The Evening News, Baraboo, Wis. - 7 August, 1901, p.3
A C C I D E N T
Proved Fatal to Samuel H. Webster
Samuel H. Webster passed into the beyond last evening about six o'clock as the result of the accident which he experienced on Monday morning. He had hitched a horse to his buggy expecting to go to his farm in the town of Fairfield and just as he was getting into the vehicle the animal gave a plunge causing the driver to fall beneath the heels and wheels of the horse and buggy. He was dragged some distance resulting in his jaw bone being broken and sustaining internal injuries from which he did not recover. After the accident he complained of pains in the vital portions of the body and grew worse until he passed away.

He was born in Fairfield, Vermont, seventy years ago on the first day of last July and came to Wisconsin about 1858. Most of the time since then he has resided on his farm near the city but recently has made his home in Baraboo.

In 1862 he enlisted in Co. F, 33rd Wis. Vol. Infantry and until he was mustered out in July 1865 his regiment was engaged in the western part of Dixie. The deceased took an active part in seventeen engagements one of which was the siege of Vicksburg. He leaves a son, Herman Webster of this city, and three daughters: Mrs. M. L. Porter of Fairfield; Mrs. C. C. Porter, Klevenville, Wis.; and Mrs. Myrtle Cornell, Mankato, Minn.

The funeral will be held Thursday at 11 o'clock a. m. at the house and at 2 o'clock p. m., at the Fairfield M. E. church.

Contributed by ~ Vicky Rafn