St. Clair County Obits

ROBERT MCFARLAND

The Osceola Sun
Volume VI
13 December 1883
FATAL ACCIDENT
From Mr. R.F. Lyon we learn the particulars of the untimely death of Robt. McFarland, one of Butler township’s most honored and respected citizens. Mr. McFarland had been to Brownington, Henry county, on Tuesday last after a load of lumber for Messrs. Carpenter & Co., of Osceola and returning to within about a mile and one-half north of Lowry City, where his spirited team became frightened, started to run and threw him in such a way that the wagon ran over his body. He was accompanied by his son John and others, who placed him in a conveyance and started for home, but death relieved the sufferer about 6 o’clock – before reaching home. Mr. Lyon came to Osceola Wednesday morning after the coffin and stated that the deceased would be buried at Hillegas burial ground, Henry county, to-day. Deceased was 75 years of age.