auto accident

Taylor fined big for buggy accident.

Wilson Times, 3 December 1918.

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  • Leonard Taylor — in 1917, Leonard Taylor registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 22 August 1883 in Pineville, Georgia; lived at 708 Viola; worked as a pipe layer for Henry Tart; and had a wife and two children. Fifty dollars was a staggering fine in 1918 — the equivalent of more than $1000 today. It’s hard to imagine that Taylor could have paid it, much less doctor bills and a buggy repair bill.
  • Henry Tart

 

The death of Alton Hagans, 13, struck by a truck while riding a bicycle.

Wilson Daily Times, 16 September 1921.

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In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Viola Street, Bryant Mill laborer Isic Haggins, 23; wife Essie May 19; and son Alton, 1.

Alton Hagans died 8 September 1921 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 25 November 1910 in Saratoga, Wilson County, to Isaac Hagans and Ezziemay Farmer; lived on Hines Street; and worked as a grocery delivery boy. His cause of death: “instantly killed by auto struck while riding bicycle.”