Obituary - James Samuel Hargreaves
(1/21/1857-9/27/1936)
Contributed By Jayson A. Smith
EAST LIVERPOOL REVIEW
[no volume numbers] Pages 1 & 3
Monday - September 28, 1936
MISSING MAN, 80, DIES IN HOSPITAL
James S. Hargreaves, Lost Since Last Tuesday, Found In Wooded Ravine
James S. Hargreaves, 80, of 2407 St. Clair avenue, who was found by three boys in a semi-conscious condition in a wooded ravine 500 yards from the East Liverpool-Youngstown highway near the city limits Saturday at 5 p.m., where he apparently had lain since disappearing from his home five days earlier, died from exposure in City hospital Sunday at 8 a.m.
The youths, William Kerr, 16, of St. Clair avenue; Donald Mackey, 15, of Fisher avenue, and Ernest Long, 15, of Jennings avenue, came unexpectedly upon the man while returning from a hike through the woods. Weak and bruised, he was lying face down in a thicket.
The Mackey boy became frightened and ran, but his companions ventured closer and after ascertaining he was still alive, Ernest Long went to a nearby telephone and notified police. Chief of Police H. J. McDermott and Mayor O. Earl Greenawalt responded and ordered him removed to the hospital in an ambulance.
Fall Over 20 Foot Cliff
Indications were, authorities said that Mr. Hargreaves had wandered about a mile from his home last Tuesday, crossing fields and pushing through the woods. His body was found about 300 feet from a 20-foot cliff over which he had fallen.
He evidently had injured his leg in the drop for he had removed a slipper and sock below the ledge, indicating that he also had become dazed by the fall, underbrush was beaten down in a circle where he apparently had walked before collapsing.
Gribby Lawton, who lives within several hundred yards of the place Mr. Hargreaves was found, told police his dogs became excited Tuesday night and barked for a long time. He said he went out and looked around but failed to see the man.
Members of Mr. Hargreaves family today offered $50 reward to the boys who discovered him, but it was refused. Scores of Boy Scouts and neighbors had searched for the man since his disappearance.
Born in England
He was born in Hanley, England, Jan. 21, 1857, and had lived here 63 years. He served at one time as a member of the East Liverpool volunteer fire department and later was a packer at the former Cartwright Pottery Co. here. In later years he served as custodian of Thompson park.
He was a member of the First Methodist Protestant church, the Protected Home Circle and Tribe of Ben Hur.
He leaves four sons, Edwin, Allen, Earl and Albert Hargreaves, all of East Liverpool, and six daughters, Mrs. Omar Lettington, Mrs. D. W. Smith, Mrs. Clyde Silliman, Mrs. Pansy McDonald and Mrs. W. A. Watson, all of East Liverpool, and Mrs. George A. Axe of New Wilmington, Pa. Twenty-eight grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held in the Martin funeral home, Tuesday at 2 p.m., in charge of Rev. J. F. Dimit, pastor of the Methodist Protestant church. Burial will be made in Riverview cemetery. Friends are asked to call at the funeral home tonight.
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