Wendy Percival

Poor John Edworthy died aged only 12 years old, in a horrific accident. In my blog post last week, Churchyard Mysteries, I wrote about my discovery of three children's graves in the corner of a Devon churchyard where the wild daffodils grow. Since then I've learned what happened to one of them, John Edworthy, who died on 18th November 1889. Family John was the third son of Charles and Elizabeth (nee Ware) Edworthy. Charles was a thatcher and the family lived in a cottage adjo