This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4AB.2ACI/574 Message Board Post: The following obit from the Shelby Sentinel was submitted to the Henry County Historical Society by member, Vernon Purvis. The two from the Henry County Local were transcribed by Marie Winburn for the Henry County Historical Society Quarterly Review: Shelby Sentinel May 25, 1899 AWFUL ACCIDENT ....................... Two Men Die from the Effects of Drinking Belladonna And Alcohol. .............. Dr. M.M. Cinnamond and Wm. Maddox, prominent people of Pleasureville neighborhood, died Sunday from the effects of drinking alcohol and belladonna by mistake. Maddox had been on a spree and he and Dr. Cinnamon (who had served as an officer of a primary election the day before) met at the former’s drug store in Defoe, about three miles from Pleasureville. Maddox having exhausted his supply of whisky procured some alcohol and poured into it, as a flavor, what he supposed was extract of vanilla, but was in reality belladonna, a deadly poison. Both drank of the mixture and Maddox died shortly afterward. Dr. Cinnamond lived until the afternoon. Both men became stone blind before their deaths from the effects of the drug. Several physicians attended Dr. Cinnamond and heroic measures were resorted to but he never rallied. In justice ot him, be it said, he was not in the habit of drinking and no doubt took the fatal potion thinking he needed a stimulant. Several others who d! rank of the mixture had narrow escapes especially Thomas Smith who it was thought would also die. Dr. Cinnamond was a son of Mr. M.P. Cinnamond, of Clayvillage, and was 38 years of age. He was well known throughout the county and many regrets are expressed that a life, which gave promise of so much usefulness, should be cut down in such a manner. He leaves a wife, who was before her marriage, Miss Carrie Payne, a popular young lady of the Simpsonville neighborhood and child. The funeral services were conducted at his late home by Rev. J.F. Mahoney, of Waddy, after which the remains were taken to Simpsonville Tuesday and interred in the Masonic cemetery. Henry County Local Friday, August 15, 1902 Shelby County: Mrs. Carrie Cinnamond, widow of Dr. Cinnamond formerly of Defoe d. nr Simpsonville. Henry County Local Friday, October 17, 1902 Shelby County: Claud Cinnamond, farmer and Miss Arminta Harrod both of the Christiansburg neighborhood, were md. Oct. 9th.