St. Clair County Obits

CHILD MANVILLE

Clinton, Missouri newspaper
19 May 1892
The three year old daughter of O. R. Manville at Hartwell was drowned by falling in a cistern Monday evening. Mrs. Manville had been helping a daughter of J. V. Swearinger clean house and as the little girl desired to be with the other children, let her go out. In about half an hour, when her mother was ready to go home, the child was missing. And as the cistern cover was tilted, she looked in and, to her horror, there was the missing one, dead. The cistern is 15 feet with 10 feet of water. Two boys were attracted by the mother's screams and with the assistance of Lee Bensley, who was there in a few seconds, the body was brought to the surface. An inquest was conducted and found accidental death by drowning. The child's father was in Appleton City on business and arrived home Tuesday and in the afternoon the remains were buried at Norris graveyard.