Fatal Accident – Mr. A.E. GAMMON, son of Wm. G. GAMMON, of Rome, Ga., was thrown from his horse last Tuesday, near Dr. N.T. DULANEY‘s, one mile from Blountville, died on Thursday.  He was thrown against the corner of a fence, and had his skull fractured just above the left eye.  He showed no signs of consciousness from the time of the accident to his death. 

Source:  Bristol News, 22 Jan 1878, pg. 3. Available via ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov.