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Additional RUTHERFORD Surnames in RUTHERFORD, JOHN WESLEY (WEST FORK) Cemetery
Additional RUTHERFORD Surnames in WASHINGTON County
RUTHERFORD, [Joe?]RUTHERFORD, Bayless EarlRUTHERFORD, C MRSRUTHERFORD, Charley DRUTHERFORD, David ARUTHERFORD, Dudley GRUTHERFORD, Elisabeth ARUTHERFORD, ElizabethRUTHERFORD, GertrudeRUTHERFORD, George ARUTHERFORD, InfantRUTHERFORD, Jay JRUTHERFORD, JennieRUTHERFORD, JoeRUTHERFORD, Joseph RRUTHERFORD, John LRUTHERFORD, John AlexanderRUTHERFORD, Lewis WRUTHERFORD, Loy DRUTHERFORD, MariaRUTHERFORD, Mary CatherineRUTHERFORD, Margaret ERUTHERFORD, Malinda ElizabethRUTHERFORD, MaryRUTHERFORD, Mrs.RUTHERFORD, Nancy MRUTHERFORD, Nancy (close up)RUTHERFORD, Nancy CRUTHERFORD, Nannie ORUTHERFORD, RebeccaRUTHERFORD, Samuel CRUTHERFORD, SophroniaRUTHERFORD, Tennessee PRUTHERFORD, Thomas VernonRUTHERFORD, Thomas McDonaldRUTHERFORD, William L.RUTHERFORD, William Calloway
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Submitted: 3/23/13 • Approved: 1/7/14 • Last Updated: 1/10/14 • R851026-G0-S3
May 15, 1883 - November 5, 1898
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, November 11, 1898
RUTHERFORD, John - {from The Fayetteville Daily} John Rutherford, the 17 year old son of John Rutherford, was killed by the cannon ball at West Fork at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The young man had gone from his home near there to attend an exhibition and when the train whistled he, with several companions, ran down to the track but the train being so close and running so rapidly some of them stopped and let it pass before crossing over to the depot. They thought young Rutherford crossed in front of the train; but not seeing him at the depot they looked down the track and discovered his body cut in two. He had tried to cross the track but was caught by the swiftly moving train and the wheels passed over his body about the abdomen, completely severing it. Of course death was instantaneous.
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