This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pinkerton Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1537 Message Board Post: Headline in Evergreen Courant for 6 Oct 1926 reads: Loses Life in Florida Waters: Casper Pinkerton, age 20, formerly of Georgiana was drowned near Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., September 29th while attempting to swim a canal with three of his shipmates. He was an employee on the dredge, "Federal". Telegraphic message to relatives from Captain R.E. Shook, whi is in command of the "Federal" was received soon after the unfortunate occurrence. Pinkerton was reared in Georgiana and made his home there until a few months past. He was for a long time as valued employee of the Lime Cola Bottling co. His untimely death will be heard with much regret in this section.