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Quellen-Verweis NI45560 :

Personen : Montgomery Edgar "Ed"
Burial: 04 Dec 1962, Buried at Ft. Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
Funeral Services: 04 Dec 1962, Chapel--Sixteenth at Boulder, officiating Chaplain Major Paul S. Drumheller of the Lowry Air Force Base, music by Olinger Male Quartet
Occupation: Worked maintenance at a daycare
Residence: 1962, 2514 Champa St Denver, Colorado.

Quellen-Verweis NI45561 :

Personen : Powell Dorothy Mae Duncan
Lived at 119 N 13th Street Colorado Springs, CO when the boy broke her taxi.
Lived at 123 N 13th Street Colorado Springs, CO when she was adopted and she got the piano there
Aunt Carrie, Uncle Clark and Lorene lived in the cottage in the back of this address.
Lived on W Colorado Avenue (1400 or 1500) Colorado Springs, CO when Gramps (C.C. Simms) died
after Gramps died moved to house across from 1722 W Colorado Avenue.

Quellen-Verweis NI45563 :

Personen : Bohne Fillmore L.
Occupation: Streetcar motorman.

Quellen-Verweis NI45567 :

Personen : Copeland Joseph B.
Joseph B. Copeland and Mary Copeland moved from Phenix City (Brownsville) in 1897. Joseph is shown in the Columbus City Directory in 1873 as a "Dealer of Wood". Sometime before 1878, he began working at the Eagle and Phenix Mills, by 1898 he has moved to Danville, VA where he was a dyer at the Dan River Mill.

Quellen-Verweis NI45571 :

Personen : Trauernicht Carl
Carl was a bond attorney in St. Louis, Missouri.

Quellen-Verweis NI45574 :

Personen : Jett Daniel Boone
Daniel was a professor of Civil Engineering at New Mexico A&M, which later became New Mexico State University.

Quellen-Verweis NI45577 :

Personen : Johnson Maggie
LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Fri. July 29, 1932.
MRS. MAGGIE BOYD:
Mrs. Maggie Johnson Boyd, widow of the late Wm. C. Boyd was born in Johnson County, near Vannia, Ill., February 9, 1855 and died at the home of her nephew, W. A. Sigman at Flat River, July 21, 1932, aged 77 years, 5 months and 12 days. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m, at Marvin Chapel by Rev. E. H. Zipprodt of the First Baptist Church at Flat River. Music was furnished by the young people's quartet from the same church. Interment was in Marvin Chapel cemetery. Hood's Undertaking Co. in charge.
In early life the deceased came with her parents to Missouri and in her youth applied her time to teaching. She taught at least 35 terms of school in this and adjoining counties. She was educated at Carleton College under the instruction of Prof. E. J. Jennings. Her family was among the early settlers of Southern Illinois, Johnson County being named for her ancestors. All of her immediate family have passed on, with the exception of one brother, James Johnson, whose address is unknown.
Many years ago she professed faith in Christ and united with the Loughboro Baptist Church, later moving her membership to the Cantwell Baptist Church, being ever faithful to her church obligations, as long as the state of her health permitted.
She leaves to mourn her passing, one step daughter, Mrs. Chas. Gibson of Leadwood; her brother James and her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sigman of Flat River, with whom she has made her home the past three years and who so tenderly cared for her during her last illness. There are a host of other relatives and friends to whom the News extends sympathy.

Quellen-Verweis NI45578 :

Personen : Black Irvin
LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Fri. June 16, 1933.
IRVIN BLACK:
Irvin Black, son of Clem R. and Maggie Black, was born at Flat River, Mo., June 17, 1914, and passed away at his home in Flat River, June 17, 1933, following an illness of six years. He was 19 years, 2 months and 18 days of age. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Taylor Avenue Methodist Church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. C. Johnson. Interment was in Parkview cemetery, with Caldwell Brothers in charge.
At the age of thirteen years, on Easter Sunday, Irvin united with the Taylor Avenue Church, and the following June he was stricken with the illness that finally resulted in his death. His mother and two brothers preceded him in death. He is survived by his father, stepmother, two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Shepherd, of St. Louis, and Miss Evelyn, of Flat River, also one step brother, Lee Crawford and step sisters, Mrs. Harry McIlroy of Lore City, Ohio and Mrs. Nellie Boror, of Litchfield, Ill., his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Brewen and many other relatives and friends.

Quellen-Verweis NI45581 :

Personen : Davis Cora Rachel
LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Fri. Dec. 30, 1932.
MRS. ELLIS BYINGTON:
Mrs. Ellis Byington passed away at her home in Farmington Monday, December 26, 1932, following an illness of pneumonia of five days duration. She was 61 years, 7 months and 14 days of age. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the First Baptist Church, by the pastor, Rev. F. Q. Crockett, assisted by Rev. E. H. Zipprodt of the Flat River Baptist Church. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery at Farmington.
Cora Rachel Davis was born in St. Francois County, May 12, 1871, the daughter of the late James R. and Elizabeth Davis. She was united in marriage to Ellis Byington, January 17, 1914. She is survived by her husband, a stepson, Foster Byington, two brothers and two sisters, Alonzo Davis of Farmington; Thomas and Mattie (Mrs. J. W. Reddick) of California; and Emma (Mrs. Prentice Elvins) of Elvins; besides a number of other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Byington was converted in early girlhood and became a member of the Randolph Methodist Church, living an earnest Christian life since that time. On Wednesday of last week she took a deep cold, later developing pneumonia.
To the bereaved ones, The News offers sympathy.

Quellen-Verweis NI45583 :

Personen : Bowman Otto
LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Fri. July 28, 1933.
OTTO BOWMAN:
Otto Bowman, aged 48 years, whose home was in Glen Allen, Mo., passed away Friday, July 21, at the State Hospital at Farmington, where he had been a patient the past eighteen years. The body was prepared for burial at the Cozean Funeral Home and funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Glen Allen Methodist Church, by the pastor, Rev. Kazee. Interment was in the cemetery at Glen Allen.
He is survived by three brothers, Walter Bowman, who is an engineer for the Missouri Pacific Railway working out of St. Louis; Grover Bowman, an engineer located at Oklahoma City; and George Bowman, a city salesman at Milwaukee. All three of the brothers were called to Farmington and accompanied the body to Glen Allen.
Mr. Bowman was employed as chief mechanic for the Frisco Company and was located at Cape Girardeau before his health failed him.

Quellen-Verweis NI45591 :

Personen : Layton James Oliver
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45593 :

Personen : Layton Abner
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45595 :

Personen : Layton William
1850 census has a W. Layton listed with this wife and children. He's not absolutely proven to be the same as William but all evidence points to it.

Quellen-Verweis NI45596 :

Personen : (Unknown) Mary
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45597 :

Personen : Layton Jesse
Jessie is said to have died during the Civil War.
Probably the J.C. Layton who died of wounds in the Civil War. 1st. Reg. of Calvery. Per Wofford History from J.B. O. Landrum transcribed from office in Columbia, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45598 :

Personen : Layton David P.
Probably the D.P. Layton listed in History of Wofford Family who died in Civil War, 1st. Reg. of Calvalry.

Quellen-Verweis NI45599 :

Personen : Layton Susan Ann
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45600 :

Personen : Layton Martha
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45601 :

Personen : Crow Lebaron Simpson
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45602 :

Personen : Layton Sarah J.
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45603 :

Personen : Crow William C.
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45605 :

Personen : Layton Mary
Burial: Layton Cemetery, Enoree, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45606 :

Personen : Felkner Amme
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45609 :

Personen : Layton James Oliver
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.
Tombstone says, "Rest, Soldier, rest..."

Quellen-Verweis NI45610 :

Personen : Layton Francis "Frank" Leander
Civil War record as found in S.C. Archives.
Francis L. Layton (Private)
Co. K - S.C. Calvary
Ferguson's Regiment ( Formed by consolidation of 14 & 17 Battalions S.C. Calvary).Civil War records in S.C. Archives. Private Co. K--5 S.C. Calvary -----Ferguson's Reg. formed by consolidation of 14 & 17 Battalions S.C. Calvary.

Quellen-Verweis NI45611 :

Personen : Layton Harriett
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.
Tombstone says, "Harriet / Daughter of A. & A. Layton.
She is buried close to her parents.

Quellen-Verweis NI45626 :

Personen : Bennefield Amanda J.
a/k/a - Amanda J. Benefield

Quellen-Verweis NI45636 :

Personen : Layton James
Could he be the same J.C. Layton who died of wounds in Civil War?

Quellen-Verweis NI45644 :

Personen : Schmidt Vickie Dawn
This information is restricted, but it's available upon request to related family members.

Quellen-Verweis NI45647 :

Personen : Stroud Pinckney
From Dwight Crow: Enlisted at Camp Fripp, S.C. May 26, 1862 Co. B., st. S.C. Calvalry. Died from disease at Adams Run, S.C. July 21, 1862. Final pay claimed filed by Susan Ann Stroud widow of Spartanburg Dist.
Information from his Military Records.

Quellen-Verweis NI45648 :

Personen : Bishop C. M.
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45649 :

Personen : Stroud James L.
James is mentioned in William Pierce Thornton's diary.
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45659 :

Personen : Fowler John McSwain
Burial: Layton Cemetery, Enoree, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45681 :

Personen : Layton Era
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45683 :

Personen : Layton Frances Emma
Burial: Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Enoree, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45684 :

Personen : Cox Bonapart "Boney" Kyle
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Woodruff, South Carolina.

Quellen-Verweis NI45695 :

Personen : Britt John Thomas
Burial: Snellville Historic Cemetery, Snellville, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Quellen-Verweis NI45699 :

Personen : Britt Tandy Jefferson
Burial: Rockbridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Quellen-Verweis NI45700 :

Personen : Swords Bessie
Burial: Rockbridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Quellen-Verweis NI45701 :

Personen : Britt Sarah Octavia
Burial: Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Five Forks, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Quellen-Verweis NI45703 :

Personen : Swords Richard Walker
Burial: Haynes Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Quellen-Verweis NI45706 :

Personen : Britt Ada Louella
Burial: Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Five Forks, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Quellen-Verweis NI45708 :

Personen : Kimbrell (Unknown)
Infant son.
Burial: Cedar Creek Cemetery, Fayette County, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45711 :

Personen : Sommers Dorthy Nell
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45713 :

Personen : Kimbrell (Unknown)
Infant daughter.
Burial: Cedar Creek Cemetery, Berry, Fayette County, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45714 :

Personen : Kimbrell (Unknown)
Infant son.
Burial: Cedar Creek Cemetery, Berry, Fayette County, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45722 :

Personen : Kimbrell Jesse Corneilus
Burial: Carbon Hill Cemetery, Walker, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45723 :

Personen : Earnest Matilda Jane
Burial: Carbon Hill Cemetery, Walker, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45724 :

Personen : Hopkins Mary Agnes
Mrs M A Powell passed away at Farmington, at 6:00 a.m. on Friday, March 25, 1937, from a stroke of paralysis which she sustained five days before the end came, aged 81 years 6 months and seven days.
Mary Agnes Hopkins, oldest daughter of the late Lewis and Anna Catherine Hopkins, was born in Blair Co., PA., Sept. 24 1845. She came with her parents to Missouri in 1858. She was united in marriage to Basil Powell, Dec. 4, 1873. To this union five children were born, three daughters and two sons. They are: Mrs Belle Wilson of Rocky Ford, Colorado, Mrs. Jennie Parker of Salem, Oregon, Miss Catherine Powell of Farmington, Clark Powell of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Lewis Powell of Farmington.
Mrs. Powell's husband, two brothers and one sister preceeded her to the other life. She is survived by four brothers and three sisters, Eli D., E.K. and Jeremiah of Farmington, and Blair of Corvallis, Oregon, Mrs Anna Griffin of Farmington, Sarah (Mrs. C.C.) Cunningham of Farmington and Alice (Mrs Chas.) Govreau of Long Beach, California. She is also survived by 15 grandchilren and 5 great grandchildren. She is the fourth of the large family of eleven to join the parents in the Great Beyond. She was truly a wonderful woman, an earnest Christian, intensely devoted to and greatly beloved by her family, loyal to the Methodist Church of which she had been a member since
childhood, never tiring in good deeds and in service to those near and dear to her. Her passing is indeed, a heavy loss to her family, to her other near relatives, to her friends and to her church.
We should grieve not, but bury the casket of our beloved angel mother and let flowers and angels guard it till the ressurection moning.

Quellen-Verweis NI45725 :

Personen : Hopkins Lewis F.
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri, originally published in 1888, reprinted 1955 by Remfre Press of Cape Girardeau, pg 645.
Prominent among the old settlers of St.Francois County. already mentioned, stands the name of LEWIS HOPKINS, who came to this county at an early date and suffered all the privations incident to pioneer life. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1815, and is the son of BENJAMIN and CATHERINE (SMITH) HOPKINS. The father was of Irish descent and a native of Lancaster Co., PA, born in 1785. He was a stonemason by trade, and died in Blair Co., PA in 1840. His wife was a native of Maryland, born in 1790 and died in 1866. In their family were nine children. LEWIS, the subject of this sketch, being the second child. He secured a fair education in his native county, and after remaining on the farm until twenty-seven years of age commenced working at the sawmill business, and continued at the same for nearly twenty-five years. In 1841 he married Miss Anna C Domer, who was born in Blair Co.,PA in 1817. To this union were born eleven children: ELI D., EDIE K., MARY AGNES (wife of Marcus Doughty),MICHAEL, JAMES, SARAH (wife of Cyrus Cunningham), BENJAMIN and ALICE. In 1857 Mr. Hopkins left his native state and came to St.Francois Co., MO, where he purchased 183 acres in St.Francois Twp. Here he has since resided and is now the owner of 506 acres and has a fine farm. He is a hard working, industrious man, and is well spoken of by his neighbors. He is Republican in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr Hopkins and wife are the grandparents of forty-three children. Where Mr Hopkins' house is now standing is where William Murphy settled in 1798, he being the third white man to locate within the boundaries of what is now St.Francois County.

Quellen-Verweis NI45726 :

Personen : Kimbrell Nancy "Bettie" Elizabeth
In 1963, at age 86, Bettie was living in Birmingham, Alabama, and was selling encyclopedias.

Quellen-Verweis NI45728 :

Personen : Kimbrell Mamie "Frankie" Frances
Burial: Hubbertville Cemetery, Fayette County, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45729 :

Personen : Hubbert John McConnell
Burial: Hubbertville Cemetery, Fayette County, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45732 :

Personen : Kimbrell Archie M.
a/k/a - Archey M. Kimbrell
Burial: Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery (Sand Springs Cemetery), Fayette County, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45733 :

Personen : Kimbrell William Dolphus (Sr.)
Burial: Carbon Hill Cemetery, Walker, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45734 :

Personen : Kelley Ida Lee
Burial: Carbon Hill Cemetery, Walker, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45736 :

Personen : Kimbrell Fletcher M.
Social Security Number: 419-10-3490
Issued: Alabama
Last Residence: Carbon Hill, Walker County, Alabama
Burial: Carbon Hill Cemetery, Walker, Alabama.

Quellen-Verweis NI45748 :

Personen : Benefield Georgia A. B.
Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery. Pittsburg, Camp County, Texas.

Quellen-Verweis NI45751 :

Personen : Kirkley Jonathan Lee
Jonathan Lee Kirkley, 14, of the Berea Community in Fayette County, died on Wednesday, April 19, 2000, from injuries recieved in a 4-wheeler/automobile accident. He was born on December 31, 1985, in Fayette County, and was a lifetime resident of the Berea Community. An eighth grade student at Hubbertville High School, he participated in all sports activities at school and attended Tidwell Chapel Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, J.C. Kirkley, a brother, Christopher Lee Kirkley, and his great-grandparents, Elmer Shaw, Robert Kimbrell, Marvin and Minnie Tucker, and victor and Cora Kirkley. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 22, 2000, at 11:00 a.m. from the Berea Church of Christ with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Larry Alexander and Bobby Dodd were the officiating ministers. Acitive pallbearers were Ken Dodd, Brian Alexander, Tony Shaw, David Shaw, John Jones, Chris Stovall, Rodney MArkum, and Larry McWhirter. Honorary pallbearers were the Hubbertville Junior High Football Team and all his classmates. Survivors include his father, Jeffery Lee Kirkley, Berea Community, his mother, Connie Shaw Beasley of Berry, a sister, Krystal Sue Kirkley of Berea, grandparents, Oneata Tucker Kirkley of Berea, James Alfred Shaw of Eldridge, and Connie Layton of Ft. Worth, Texas, two great grandmothers, MAry Shaw of Carbon Hill, and Melba Kimbrell of Jasper, and a host of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Miles Funeral Home directed the services.

Quellen-Verweis NI45756 :

Personen : Kimbrell W. V. "Billy"
Published 3/24/1978 in Georgia.
W.V. KIMBRELL SR:
The funeral services of W.V. Kimbrell Sr., 85, of 911 N. Davis St., who died Tuesday, will be conducted Friday at 2 pm in the Kimbrell-Stern chapel. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
Mr. KIMBRELL, a native of DeKalb County, moved to Albany in 1912 while playing baseball for the South-Atlantic League as a catcher. He later played for the Albany semi-pro baseball club.
A former Albany Fire Department employee, Mr. KIMBRELL was appointed station master with the Central of Georgia Railroad during World War II and was later named general yardmaster, a position he held until his retirement in 1962 after 45 years. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Baraca Sunday School Class and the Untied Trainman's Union.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. WILL TERRY SAULS KIMBRELL, Albany; a daughter, Mrs. R.L. BROOKSHIER, Albany; a son, W.R. (Bob) KIMBRELL, Albany; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Quellen-Verweis NI45757 :

Personen : Kimbrell Charley Colquitt
Published in the pages of Memphis Press - Scimitar, Memphis, Tenn., Jan 5, 1960:
CHARLEY K. (Sic) KIMBRELL:
CHARLEY K. KIMBRELL, retired Missouri Pacific Railroad engine foreman, who lived at 986 Peabody, died at 1:15 am today at Baptist Hospital, where he was admitted Sunday. In ill health for about two years, he suffered a stroke.
Mr. Kimbrell was born in Stone Mountain, Ga, and lived in memphis many years. He was a Methodist.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. MARGARET KIMBRELL, of Memphis, his son, (CHARLES) EDWIN KIMBRELL of Decatur, GA; two brothers, BILLY and OLIN KIMBRELL of Albany, GA; and a nephew, Vernon EPPS of the home address, who he and Mrs. KIMBRELL reared.
Services at 3:30 pm tomorrow at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home, Rev. William M Tidwell officiating. Burial in Forest Hill. (Burial No. 21234)
Notes: This is CHARLEY COLQUITT KIMBRELL, born April 22, 1879 in Stone Mountain, son of DARLING LEVI KIMBRELL and Mary Ann VENABLE.

Quellen-Verweis NI45779 :

Personen : Dowdy Mary B.
As of 2005, Mary is still living in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NI45828 :

Personen : Garred David Graham
a/k/a - David Graham Jarred

Quellen-Verweis NI45833 :

Personen : Richardson Nancy Missouri
Nancy was born crossing the Plains in 1846. (See Virgil Pringle's diary in Overland in 1846, Vol. 1, Edited by Dale Morgan). The family travelled the Southern Route on what is known as the Applegate Trail. They first settle in Yamil County and then moved to Monroe, Benton County.

Quellen-Verweis NI45842 :

Personen : Benefield Needham H.
Burial: May 03, 1886, Girard Cemetery, Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama.
Article from Columbus Enquirer Sun 5/2/1886
SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD:
A May Day Spoiled by a Horrible Tragedy
Lem Ogletree and Needham Bennefield Carry Their Pistols and Whiskey to a Picnic - One Brought Back a Corpse and the Other Carried to Jail.
Lem Ogletree and Needham Bennefield were among those who boarded the excursion train to Fort Mitchell yesterday to attend the Odd Fellows annual picnic. They had their pistols and a bottle of whiskey. Bennefield was brought back a corpse yesterday afternoon and Ogletree was carried a prisoner to Seale jail on the charge of murder.
Yesterday morning at 11:30 o'clock news was received in the city that a man had been killed at Fort Mitchell. First reports said it was accidental, but later it was reported that the shooting was intentional and unprovoked. The facts, as obtained by the ENQUIRER-SUN from a gentleman who was present at the coroner's inquest, are as follows:
When Ogletree and Bennefield boarded the train here yesterday morning it was noticed that they were drinking, and en route to Fort Mitchell they gave considerable trouble to those in charge of the excursion. At one time it was threatened to put them off the train, but they promised not to go on the picnic grounds while under the influence of liquor. On arriving at Fort Mitchell Ogletree, Bennefield, Ed Courtney, John Howard and Burnett Dolan went out into the woods for target practice. All were drinking except Dolan. While engaged in the target practice, two of the witnesses, Howard and Dolan, say that Ogletree walked up to Bennefield, and, placing a pistol to his forehead said" "You are the first man that caused me to break my temperance pledge, and if you don't repent of it, G-d d--n you, I'll kill you." With this statement he pulled the trigger, but the pistol failed to fire. Bennefield threw up his hand to ward off the pistol, but Ogletree placed it to his face again and fired. The ball entered near the right eye and Bennefield fell dead. The men were appalled at what had been done and hurried to the picnic ground and told of the killing. When the unfortunate affair became known hundreds of people left the picnic ground and went to view the dead body of Bennefield. Ogletree, who was very drunk, finally laid down upon the ground and fell asleep not a great distance from the body of his victim.
The managers of the picnic sent to Oswichee for Justice F.L. Nisbett, who had a jury summoned and held an inquest. Howard and Dolan testified to the facts in substance as related above. Courtney, however, testified that the shooting was accidental. At first Howard was not inclined to give his testimony, but Messrs J. F. Wise and A. O. Young, to whom he had given an account of the tragedy, were sworn as witnesses and testified that Howard had told them that Ogletree made the remark above quoted, and then deliberately shot Bennefield. After the examination of these two witnesses, Howard then admitted that he had made such a statement to them.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict that Bennefield came to his death by a gunshot wound at the hands of Ogletree, and that it was murder.
Sheriff Ballamy, of Russell County, who had reached the scene, took charge of Ogletree and carried him to jail at Seale. Howard and Dolan were required to give bond for their appearance as witnesses before the grand jury.
The remains of Bennefield were placed in a casket and brought to this city on the train yesterday evening and they will be interred tomorrow.
Ogletree and Bennefield both worked in the dye department of the Eagle and Phenix mills and lived on the other side of the river. Ogletree is only about twenty-one years of age, Bennefield was about thirty years old. The tragedy cast a gloom over the entire picnic party, yet the managers are in no way to be censured, as the shooting did not occur on the grounds and they allowed no whisky to be sold there.
From Columbus Ledger 5/5/1886
A Special grand jury has been summoned to investigate the killing of Needham Bennefield by Lem Ogletree.
From Columbus Ledger 5/6/1886
INDITED FOR MURDER
The grand jury in Russell circuit court yesterday returned a true bill against Lem Ogletree for the murder of Needham Bennefield at Fort Mitchell last Saturday. During the investigation before the grand jury it was testified that Bennefield had two bullet holes in his head, one near the eye the other at the top part of his forehead just under the edge of the hair. On account of this testimony, Drs. William and Cheney if Seal, were sent to this city to examine the body and ascertain if such is the case.
The body will be exhumed this morning and the examination made. They will be assisted by Dr. Grimes. Dr. Williams says that as the witnesses testified at the coroner's inquest that only one shot was fired, he did not make a through search for a second wound. The defense claims that the wound on the forehead was caused by the same ball that entered near the eye, and that it is evident that the shooting was accidental, as they claim the two men were examining the pistol at the time it went off.
From Columbus Ledger 5/7/1886
BENNEFIELD'S BODY
It is Exhumed and an Autopsy made
Only One Bullet in the Head
Yesterday morning the body of Needham Bennefield, who was killed at Fort Mitchell on Saturday by Lem Ogletree, was exhumed and Dr. C. L. Williams, of Seale, and Dr. D. Griggs, of this city, made an autopsy. The autopsy was made by order of the circuit court of Russell county, testimony having been given before the grand jury that there were two bullet holes in Bennefield's forehead. The physicians, after a thorough examination, found that there was only one bullet hole. That was at the inside corner of the left eye. The ball ranged downward, struck a bone and glanced up into the base of the brain where it was removed. The place where a second bullet was thought to have entered was simply a clot of blood. The autopsy confirmed that examination made by Dr. Williams at the coroner's request and disposes of the statement that two bullets entered the head.
Dr. Cheney did not come up from Seale as was stated yesterday to assist in the autopsy.
The trial of young Ogletree has been set for next Wednesday.

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