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Samuel M. Rector

14 Dec 1883 – 14 Aug 1906

Birth14 Dec 1883
Death14 Aug 1906
CemeteryColumbus Cemetery
Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added byShirley (Bruhn) Martys on 17 Aug 2008
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18253047

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From the web site: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/platte/vitals/vitals1906b.html Columbus Journal, August 15, 1906 Samuel M. Rector, one of the most popular young men in Columbus, was drowned yesterday afternoon while swimming in the Loup River south of the court house. In company with three other younger boys he had swum across the channel of the river to a sandbar and was returning when he was attacked by cramps and went down in water about eight feet deep after calling for help. His body was washed to shallow water about two blocks down stream where it was recovered by Clarence Pitman and the other boys who were with him. Although he had not been under water more than twenty minutes the boys were unable to resuscitate him and they sent for E.O. Rector, father of the drowned young man who drove quickly to the scene of the accident. The body was taken directly to the undertaking rooms of H. Gass where four physicians were called and pronounced him dead. Sam Rector had just returned the night before from Fort Riley, where he had been in camp with Company K in which he was a sergeant. At Fort Riley he had trouble with his stomach and was unable to be on duty and it is believed that it was this trouble which was responsible for the attack of cramps. Samuel M. Rector, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. E.O. Rector, was born at Guide Rock, Neb., December 14, 1883. He came to Columbus with his parents about fifteen years ago, completing the course of study in the Columbus schools graduating from the high school in 1903. He taught school two years, one year in Platte county and one year in Butler. But being of a mechanical term of mind he had decided to take up electrical engineering. He was a member and First Lieutenant of the local camp of Sons of Veterans and a member of the Woodman lodge. Sam Rector was clean in his personal habits, ambitious to get on in the world and his bright, kind disposition made him a general favorite among the boys. The funeral will be conducted from the Rector home in South Columbus by Rev. Munro of the First Congregational church, at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday.) The Woodman lodge, the Sons of Veterans and Company K will attend the funeral in a body. The deceased leaves besides his parents, two brothers, Jesse of North Platte, and Fred of Sidney.

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