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This is one of my favorite
pages & I hope you enjoy it as well. Be sure to visit the
Epidemics and
Old Times
Diseases pages as well.
My research into the cause of death for my various ancestors
has lead me to one definite conclusion. My relatives must have slept on the
railroad tracks. There are an unusually large number of deaths related to
trains. Way too many to list here. This prompted my sister Anita to say she'd
rather fly! I'm keeping a running tally of train related accidents below.
You'll find murdered, suicide, strange & unusual causes as well as statistics
below giving the totals of several different categories. |
SOME OF OUR MORE UNUSUAL & INTERESTING DEATHS
| Castle |
Joseph B. Sr. |
5-11-1882 |
12-22-1929 |
Joe was a Johnson County,
Kentucky Sheriff who died the day
after he was wounded in a shoot out with Jesse B. Dills on the streets
of Paintsville, KY. |
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Daniel |
Hershell V. |
2-19-1924 |
01-09-1968 |
Stabbed 44 times in prison. He also bit the
nose off of a guard and spit it out at his feet.
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| Dills |
Jesse B. |
11-28-1899 |
12-21-1929 |
Killed in a shootout with
Sheriff Joe Castle on the streets of Paintsville, Johnson Co., KY.
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Garner |
Mary (Layce) |
Abt 1613 |
1635 |
Killed in Shropshire England while being
tried as a witch. See her story on my
Miscellaneous But Interesting
page. |
| Hatfield |
Erictus |
abt 1788 |
Unknown |
Stabbed himself while gutting
a deer |
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Hylton |
Eliphas Preston Shelton |
02-28-1820 |
02-17-1896 |
Killed by the Ku Klux Klan |
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McCoy |
George |
1867 |
1935 |
Per the physician - this is all the information I could
get..... |
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O'Bryan |
Margaret (Pack) |
1804 |
07-23-1859 |
Mortification (I never knew anyone who
really died of Mortification but in the 1850's it was what we now call
gangrene) |
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Preston, Sr. |
Eliphas |
1795 |
03-02-1861 |
By A Hurt (Talk about an understatement) |
| Preston |
Elizabeth Ann |
9-1-1859 |
Bef. 1910 |
Killed when a limb her
husband was cutting down fell on her head |
| Preston |
Steven Francis |
3-7-1865 |
8-4-1923 |
Dropped from horse about noon
but dead when help got to him (copied verbatim from the death
certificate) |
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Price |
George Wasington |
2-9-1861 |
12-28-1924 |
Dropped Dead Cause Unknown |
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VanHoose |
Brook Lyn |
January 1868 |
12-19-1939 |
Kidnapped & held for ransom. Died while
trying to escape. He was wearing a 5 carat diamond ring when he was found.
Talk about dumb crooks! |
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Walker |
Samuel Porter |
7-17-1826 |
12-8-1911 |
Run over my a mule team on a public highway |
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Ward |
Jesse |
Abt. 1820 |
12-27-1856 |
Gravel (Kidney or gallstones) |
UNUSUAL MURDERS - SUICIDES - & MAYHEM
| Castle |
Anderson, Frances (Davis),
Catherine & Foster |
Various beginning
abt 1847 |
10-25-1899 |
Father, Mother & 2 of the
children were poisoned. |
| Connors |
Raymond |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Murdered by his sons |
| Hatfield |
Ellison |
August 1841 |
8-9-1882 |
First victim of the
Hatfield & McCoy Feud.
Stabbed 26 times and shot in the back. |
| Mounts |
Ellison |
Unknown |
2-18-1889 |
The only participant in the
Hatfield & McCoy feud to be
executed in connection with the feud. He was hung in Pikeville,
Pike Co., KY |
| Various Known Murders - includes
4 hangings & 14 poisonings |
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Total of 132 known murders as of
June 13, 2007 & includes one "Mysterious Circumstances" |
| Various Known Suicides |
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Total of 31 known suicides
as of June 13, 2007 |
| Suicides/Murders not confirmed
which |
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Total of 10 either
murders/suicides undetermined which as of June 13, 2007 |
INDIAN MASSACRES
| Nappier |
Fanny (Alley) & 5 children |
1750 & Various |
1777 |
Fanny & her 5 children were killed near Ft.
Blackmore, VA. That same year her sister, Mary "Polly"
Alley was also captured but escaped unharmed. |
| Wiley |
Jenny (Sellards), her half
brother & 5 children |
1760 & various |
1831
Children killed October 1789 |
This brave pioneer woman watched as Indians
murdered her brother and children in October 1789. She
escaped and raised 5 more children. One of Kentucky's
State Parks is named in her honor. Read her story on the
Miscellaneous but
Interesting Page. |
| Total Indian Related |
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Total of known 26 Indian related killings as
of June 13, 2007 |
TRAIN - BOATS - PLANES - MINES - WAR & AUTO RELATED ACCIDENTS
Listed in my database as of June 13, 2007
| Number of automobile, motorcycle,
truck, bulldozer or truck
related accidents |
189 |
| Number of fire related deaths |
49 |
| Number of fatal dog or snake
bites |
7 |
| Number of drownings |
47 |
| Number of electrocutions |
8 |
| Number of horse related accidents |
12 |
| Number of plane accidents |
7 |
| Number of mine/industrial
accidents accidents |
85 |
| Number of deaths by tornado - 5
were
killed in the Griffin Tornado, Posey County, Indiana in
1925 |
6 |
| Number of tree related accidents,
falling limbs, etc. |
5 |
| Number of train related accidents |
53 |
| Number of war related deaths -
Includes 4 Prisoners of War |
124 |
FEVERS & OTHER DISEASES
| Anemia, Pernicious Anemia, Leukemia |
20 |
| Cholera |
25 |
| Diphtheria |
29 |
| Fever (Cat scratch, spotted, rabbit &
others) |
37 |
| Flu or Influenza |
75 |
| Measles |
18 |
| Premature births, SIDS, Died before age
1, Stillborn |
198 |
| Scarlett Fever |
12 |
| Smallpox |
4 |
| Tetanus or lockjaw |
5 |
| Typhoid |
80 |
| Tuberculosis & Consumption |
210 |
| Whooping Cough & Croup |
41 |
| Yellow Fever |
1 |
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