In 1889, school had just let out for the summer. Guy Winslow Emerson, 5th great-grandson of Capt. John Locke, took his younger brother Lowe fishing. When rain approached, they boys took shelter under a hickory tree. Guy was leaning against the trunk of the tree when lightning struck and killed him instantly. Lowe was also injured severely but survived. Twenty years later, he started a life insurance company in Cincinnati.
Locke Genealogy
Topic: Struck by Lightning (Read 2229 times)