Individual Details
Benjamin Lockhart
(4 May 1877 - 25 Dec 1891)
Events
| Birth | 4 May 1877 | Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States | |||
| Death | 25 Dec 1891 | Wilderness Lodge, Mendocino, California, United States |  |  |
Families
| Father | Benjamin Franklin (Pomeroy) Lockhart (1843 - 1929) |
| Mother | Mary Lucretia Cull (1847 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Joseph Albert Lockhart (1870 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Laura Ellen Lockhart (1871 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Lucretia Mary "Lulu" Lockhart (1871 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Anna Laurie Lockhart (1875 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Martha Keith Lockhart (1879 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Edna Lockhart (1884 - 1884) |
Notes
Death
From the articles by Rena Lynn Moore -"Ben died when he was only 14. He had gone out early Christmas morning to shoot squirrels for Christmas dinner. His boot came untied and he leaned down to retie it while holding his gun, which somehow discharged just as he leaned forward, killing him instantly. All the families in the area went to the services in the parlor of the Lockhart home"
Out hunting rabbits, shoe lace came undone. He bent over to tie it and shot himself in the head. [Susan Slade Grosl]
Benjamin was out hunting on Christmas morning, when he used the stock of the gun to push a wire fence down, the gun when off, shooting him in the head. [Kathy Smith]
Fort Bragg Advocate and News, 6 Jan 1892, Wed · Page 3
Benjamin Lockhart was killed instantly on Christmas Day by the accidental discharge of a double barrelled shot gun in Jackson Valley, between Westport and Cahto, while out hunting. Deceased was 14 years old.
Mendocino Dispatch Democrat - January 1, 1892, Ukiah, California
On Christmas Day, in Jackson Valley, between Westport and Calito, Benjamin Lockhart, aged 14 years was accidentally shot and killed. Young...
Ukiah Daily Journal 01 Jan 1892, Fri · Page 3
A Fatal Accident.
On Christmas Day, in Jackson Valley, between Westport and Cahto, Benjamin Lockhart, aged 14 years was accidentaly shot and killed.
Young Lockhart and his father went out hunting on that day, and after being out for some time they sat down to rest. Benjamin was carrying a double barrelled shot gun, and in some manner it accidentaly discharged, and the load struck him in the throat and came out at the back of his head. He was killed instantly.
His father was only a few feet away when the accident occurred. He immediately started for assistance and in a short time reached Mr. Atkinson's place. Mr. Atkinson and others returned to the scene of the accident, and conveyed the body of the unfortunate young fellow to Atkinson's house, where is remained until Sunday, when the remains were interred in the cemetery at Cahto.
The sympathy of the entire communidty will go out to the bereaved family in their sad affliction. Cor.
Cahto, Dec., 29, 1891.
Endnotes
1. Smith, Kathy, Lockhart, Lovejoy and Warren genealogy. (Ukiah, CA: Kathy Smith,