Edward Haddock
Montpelier Examiner, Friday, 30 February 1900, page 1
Last Saturday evening Bloomington was thrown into a vale of
sorrow by the news that one of its oldest and most respected citizens, Ed
Haddock Sr. had been thrown from a wagon and fatally injured.
He was riding on some boards laid on the running gears of the vehicle when one of the horses, passing closely to a cow, touched her horn and instantly the team started to run. Mr. Haddock held on to the reins until they were quite close to his barn, when they turned quickly throwing him to the ground.
He struck on his head, fracturing the skull near the base. Tenderly he was borne to his home and everything that physicians skill and willing hands could do was done, but he never regained consciousness and eight hours after the accident he "passed over the divide."
The funeral took place Tuesday as was attended by an immense concourse of people from all over the valley.