Georgetown Times (No date)
Petersfield SC June 23- On the morning of June 14 Henry J. Brourton, who was residing at Furman, Hampton County SC son of G. W. Brourton of Georgetown County, was caught in a belt running from a saw mill owned by the Furman Lumber Co. to his lath mill, which he was operating at the time and was badly hurt. He was cut in several places about the face and head, and his body was badly bruised and intestines crushed.
Two of his special frields Mr. W. E. Tuten and Mr. J. H. Adams, with Dr. G. Tuten together with Mrs. H. J. Brourton and Mrs. W. P. Ellis, carried the wounded man to St. Joseph's infirmary in Savannah, where he died the next morning shortly after two o'clock. He was administered to by the Rev. T. B. Slanford, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church of Savannah. The body was prepared for burial and accompanied by Mrs. H. J. Brourton and Mr. J. H. Adams to Charleston, enroute to Georgetown for interment.
Mrs. Brourton was Miss Lillian G. Ridgeway of Charleston, and on reaching that city, her family met her, and her father L. M. Ridgeway and brother H. L. Ridgeway, went with her onto Henry SC, and from there to Good Hope Methodist Church, of which the deceased was a member.
The body was funeralized in the church by Rev. J. O. Carraway and interred in the church yard in the presence of three hundred or more relatives and friends.
Mr. Brourton leaves his wife, father and mother Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brourton, two brothers W. A. Brourton of Imperial Cal, and C. G. Brourton of Henry , two sisters Mrs. Isaac Burroughs and Mrs. J. S. B. Jacobs of Georgetown County. Mr. Brourton was well known and well thought of in his home county and his many friends offer sincerest sympathy to his bereaved wife. He was also a much respected citizen of the town in which he was doing business, and leaves many friends there who mourn his loss.
Mr. Brourton was also a very active officer and member of the Knights of Kythias body located at Furman, and the above names gentlemen who accompanied him to Savannah for treatment, were his brother Knights. Their sympathy, attention and care is much appreciated by his wife and family.
Petersfield SC June 23- On the morning of June 14 Henry J. Brourton, who was residing at Furman, Hampton County SC son of G. W. Brourton of Georgetown County, was caught in a belt running from a saw mill owned by the Furman Lumber Co. to his lath mill, which he was operating at the time and was badly hurt. He was cut in several places about the face and head, and his body was badly bruised and intestines crushed.
Two of his special frields Mr. W. E. Tuten and Mr. J. H. Adams, with Dr. G. Tuten together with Mrs. H. J. Brourton and Mrs. W. P. Ellis, carried the wounded man to St. Joseph's infirmary in Savannah, where he died the next morning shortly after two o'clock. He was administered to by the Rev. T. B. Slanford, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church of Savannah. The body was prepared for burial and accompanied by Mrs. H. J. Brourton and Mr. J. H. Adams to Charleston, enroute to Georgetown for interment.
Mrs. Brourton was Miss Lillian G. Ridgeway of Charleston, and on reaching that city, her family met her, and her father L. M. Ridgeway and brother H. L. Ridgeway, went with her onto Henry SC, and from there to Good Hope Methodist Church, of which the deceased was a member.
The body was funeralized in the church by Rev. J. O. Carraway and interred in the church yard in the presence of three hundred or more relatives and friends.
Mr. Brourton leaves his wife, father and mother Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brourton, two brothers W. A. Brourton of Imperial Cal, and C. G. Brourton of Henry , two sisters Mrs. Isaac Burroughs and Mrs. J. S. B. Jacobs of Georgetown County. Mr. Brourton was well known and well thought of in his home county and his many friends offer sincerest sympathy to his bereaved wife. He was also a much respected citizen of the town in which he was doing business, and leaves many friends there who mourn his loss.
Mr. Brourton was also a very active officer and member of the Knights of Kythias body located at Furman, and the above names gentlemen who accompanied him to Savannah for treatment, were his brother Knights. Their sympathy, attention and care is much appreciated by his wife and family.
Georgetown Times (No date)
Petersfield SC June 23- On the morning of June 14 Henry J. Brourton, who was residing at Furman, Hampton County SC son of G. W. Brourton of Georgetown County, was caught in a belt running from a saw mill owned by the Furman Lumber Co. to his lath mill, which he was operating at the time and was badly hurt. He was cut in several places about the face and head, and his body was badly bruised and intestines crushed.
Two of his special frields Mr. W. E. Tuten and Mr. J. H. Adams, with Dr. G. Tuten together with Mrs. H. J. Brourton and Mrs. W. P. Ellis, carried the wounded man to St. Joseph's infirmary in Savannah, where he died the next morning shortly after two o'clock. He was administered to by the Rev. T. B. Slanford, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church of Savannah. The body was prepared for burial and accompanied by Mrs. H. J. Brourton and Mr. J. H. Adams to Charleston, enroute to Georgetown for interment.
Mrs. Brourton was Miss Lillian G. Ridgeway of Charleston, and on reaching that city, her family met her, and her father L. M. Ridgeway and brother H. L. Ridgeway, went with her onto Henry SC, and from there to Good Hope Methodist Church, of which the deceased was a member.
The body was funeralized in the church by Rev. J. O. Carraway and interred in the church yard in the presence of three hundred or more relatives and friends.
Mr. Brourton leaves his wife, father and mother Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brourton, two brothers W. A. Brourton of Imperial Cal, and C. G. Brourton of Henry , two sisters Mrs. Isaac Burroughs and Mrs. J. S. B. Jacobs of Georgetown County. Mr. Brourton was well known and well thought of in his home county and his many friends offer sincerest sympathy to his bereaved wife. He was also a much respected citizen of the town in which he was doing business, and leaves many friends there who mourn his loss.
Mr. Brourton was also a very active officer and member of the Knights of Kythias body located at Furman, and the above names gentlemen who accompanied him to Savannah for treatment, were his brother Knights. Their sympathy, attention and care is much appreciated by his wife and family.
Petersfield SC June 23- On the morning of June 14 Henry J. Brourton, who was residing at Furman, Hampton County SC son of G. W. Brourton of Georgetown County, was caught in a belt running from a saw mill owned by the Furman Lumber Co. to his lath mill, which he was operating at the time and was badly hurt. He was cut in several places about the face and head, and his body was badly bruised and intestines crushed.
Two of his special frields Mr. W. E. Tuten and Mr. J. H. Adams, with Dr. G. Tuten together with Mrs. H. J. Brourton and Mrs. W. P. Ellis, carried the wounded man to St. Joseph's infirmary in Savannah, where he died the next morning shortly after two o'clock. He was administered to by the Rev. T. B. Slanford, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church of Savannah. The body was prepared for burial and accompanied by Mrs. H. J. Brourton and Mr. J. H. Adams to Charleston, enroute to Georgetown for interment.
Mrs. Brourton was Miss Lillian G. Ridgeway of Charleston, and on reaching that city, her family met her, and her father L. M. Ridgeway and brother H. L. Ridgeway, went with her onto Henry SC, and from there to Good Hope Methodist Church, of which the deceased was a member.
The body was funeralized in the church by Rev. J. O. Carraway and interred in the church yard in the presence of three hundred or more relatives and friends.
Mr. Brourton leaves his wife, father and mother Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brourton, two brothers W. A. Brourton of Imperial Cal, and C. G. Brourton of Henry , two sisters Mrs. Isaac Burroughs and Mrs. J. S. B. Jacobs of Georgetown County. Mr. Brourton was well known and well thought of in his home county and his many friends offer sincerest sympathy to his bereaved wife. He was also a much respected citizen of the town in which he was doing business, and leaves many friends there who mourn his loss.
Mr. Brourton was also a very active officer and member of the Knights of Kythias body located at Furman, and the above names gentlemen who accompanied him to Savannah for treatment, were his brother Knights. Their sympathy, attention and care is much appreciated by his wife and family.
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