A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Morgan Reeves
Newspaper article, from the Wanamaker manuscript:
YOUNG MAN FALLS TO DEATH OFF MUD ROAD
Pinned Under Auto With Face Buried In Very Shallow Water
NOT FOUND UNTIL MORNING
Morgan Reeves, 25, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Reeves of Hamburg, was killed Thursday night about 11:30 o’clock when a Model T roadster, in which he was riding alone, slid off an embankment about a mile south of Knox and pinned the young man underneath with his head and shoulders submerged in the mud and water. Death was attributed to drowning and mud asphyxiation. When Coroner Ralph Lovelady reached the scene he removed a quantity of mud from the dead man’s mouth and nose and water had completely filled his stomach and lungs.
Members of the day crew working on the dredgeboat near Cooper creek and on land belonging to the deceased saw the roadster upturned in the highway ditch as they were going to work early Friday morning. Obtaining a lantern at the dragline, they lifted the car off the body and pulled young Reeves out of the ditch, but he had been dead for several hours. No bones were broken, but he had been so completely trapped by the car that death ensued shortly after the plunge into the ditch.
As nearly as can be learned , the accident occurred a little after 11:30 as Reeves had spent the evening with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Birkby, neighbors, and about 11:15 left there and started home.
Coming to the corner where he would ordinarily have turned to go to his home, a quarter of a mile east, he turned west on the road leading to where a dragline is in operation, and his car evidently slid off the muddy road and into the ditch at that time.
No inquest was held as no evidence of foul p[l]ay was detected.
Mr. Reeves, while only a young man, has for the past few years, lived on the farm of his deceased uncle, T.A. Morgan, batching and has engaged in farming on a large scale. He was well known in Sidney, a friendly, likable young man, and had a large circle of friend[s] both here and at Hamburg.
Morgan Reeves, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Reeves, was born near Hamburg, January 6, 1904, being at the time of his death 25 years, 9 months and 5 days of age.
His education was received in the Hamburg public schools, and following his graduation he had been associated with his father in the management of their large holdings of farm land. He is survived by his parents, one brother, Ben, two sisters, Azile and Jean.
Funeral services were held at Hamburg Sunday afternoon, very largely attended by friends from all parts of the county.
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