Joe Thomas Bilbrey
was 2 years 10 months and 7 days of age when he was killed by a log on 17 February 1895.
Joe Thomas was born 10 April 1892 in Putnam County, Tennessee; son of the late Richard Poteet Bilbrey and Mary Elizabeth Bilbrey, nee Whiteaker.
His brother George Ruben Bilbrey was killed by a log the same day.
The Brothers Bilbrey lie at rest in Rocky Point Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee.
OBITUARY NOTICE OF JOE BILBREY: Bilbrey, Children of Dick: Last Saturday Dick Bilbrey, who lives near Goffton, cut a tree down for wood, and while he was cutting it up, four of his children were playing on one of the logs, when it began to roll down the hillside. The two oldest ones jumped off on the upper side, but the two little ones fell on the under side and were crushed to death. They were both buried in the same coffin Monday. [Date: 2/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 16, Page 5] THE COOKEVILLE PRESS
was 2 years 10 months and 7 days of age when he was killed by a log on 17 February 1895.
Joe Thomas was born 10 April 1892 in Putnam County, Tennessee; son of the late Richard Poteet Bilbrey and Mary Elizabeth Bilbrey, nee Whiteaker.
His brother George Ruben Bilbrey was killed by a log the same day.
The Brothers Bilbrey lie at rest in Rocky Point Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee.
OBITUARY NOTICE OF JOE BILBREY: Bilbrey, Children of Dick: Last Saturday Dick Bilbrey, who lives near Goffton, cut a tree down for wood, and while he was cutting it up, four of his children were playing on one of the logs, when it began to roll down the hillside. The two oldest ones jumped off on the upper side, but the two little ones fell on the under side and were crushed to death. They were both buried in the same coffin Monday. [Date: 2/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 16, Page 5] THE COOKEVILLE PRESS
Joe Thomas Bilbrey
was 2 years 10 months and 7 days of age when he was killed by a log on 17 February 1895.
Joe Thomas was born 10 April 1892 in Putnam County, Tennessee; son of the late Richard Poteet Bilbrey and Mary Elizabeth Bilbrey, nee Whiteaker.
His brother George Ruben Bilbrey was killed by a log the same day.
The Brothers Bilbrey lie at rest in Rocky Point Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee.
OBITUARY NOTICE OF JOE BILBREY: Bilbrey, Children of Dick: Last Saturday Dick Bilbrey, who lives near Goffton, cut a tree down for wood, and while he was cutting it up, four of his children were playing on one of the logs, when it began to roll down the hillside. The two oldest ones jumped off on the upper side, but the two little ones fell on the under side and were crushed to death. They were both buried in the same coffin Monday. [Date: 2/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 16, Page 5] THE COOKEVILLE PRESS
was 2 years 10 months and 7 days of age when he was killed by a log on 17 February 1895.
Joe Thomas was born 10 April 1892 in Putnam County, Tennessee; son of the late Richard Poteet Bilbrey and Mary Elizabeth Bilbrey, nee Whiteaker.
His brother George Ruben Bilbrey was killed by a log the same day.
The Brothers Bilbrey lie at rest in Rocky Point Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee.
OBITUARY NOTICE OF JOE BILBREY: Bilbrey, Children of Dick: Last Saturday Dick Bilbrey, who lives near Goffton, cut a tree down for wood, and while he was cutting it up, four of his children were playing on one of the logs, when it began to roll down the hillside. The two oldest ones jumped off on the upper side, but the two little ones fell on the under side and were crushed to death. They were both buried in the same coffin Monday. [Date: 2/21/1895, Vol. VIII, No. 16, Page 5] THE COOKEVILLE PRESS
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