BRANSON Friday, July 14, 1911 Terre Haute Tribune pg. 10--KICKED BY A HORSE AND DIES FROM BLOW Farmer Goes to Stable to Feed Stock ---- Is Found Dead By His Wife ROCKVILLE, Ind., July 14 ---- Marion Branson, 62 years old, a farmer living at Prattsville, two miles and a half from here, was kicked on the chest about 7 o'clock this morning by a horse and was killed almost instantly. Branson went to the barn from house to feed the stock. His wife went to the barn a few minutes later, where she found him lying, dead. He was kicked just above the heart, a bruised place being the only evidence of a cause for death from violence. the county coroner gave a verdict of accidental death. Branson is survived by a wife and three brothers---- former Treasurer George Branson, of Rockville; Ellis Branson, of Mecca; Thomas Branson, of Dana; and one sister, Mrs. Crooks, of Bellmore. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Mount Moriah church, the Rev. Mr. Collins officiating.