Crawford County PA Archives Obituaries.....KING, Robert  July 16, 1842
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  Crawford Democrat, July 26, 1842
  MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. - We are pained to learn of a most distressing accident 
  which resulted in the death of Robert King, a promising young man, aged 
  nineteen, son of Samuel King, of Woodcock tp.  On Saturday the 16th inst. the 
  deceased was at a chopping frolic at the house of Wm. Rainey, in Richmond tp.  
  After supper he started for home, and was not heard of until the following 
  Monday about 9 o'clock, when his father having become alarmed for his safety, 
  collected a few of his neighbors and started in search of him.  About half a 
  mile from Mr. Rainey's, the dead body of the young man was found, at the 
  bottom of a very steep hill, or precipice, with his neck broken, and 
  dreadfully disfugured from the effects of the weather.  It is supposed by his 
  friends, that the deceased attempted to descend the hill, in order to take a 
  nearer course home, being deceived as to its declivity, and losing his balance 
  was precipitated upon a ledge of rocks at the base of the steep, causing his 
  mmmediate death.--
     The deceased was the only child residing with his parents, and was their 
  chief stay in their declining years.
  
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