Parents: Anderson Roy & Mary Cooper
Charley Roy, son of Anderson Roy, of Dry Fork, aged about 16, was instantly killed on Saturday last, by the accidental discharge of a gun.
The circumstances of young Roy's death are about as follows: He walked from the kitchen in an adjoining room and picked up a gun and blew down the muzzle for the purpose of ascertaining if it was loaded when it was discharged with the results above stated.
His head was literally blown to pieces.
He was buried in the Bennett Cemetery.
Obit courtesy of 1897 Grant County Press - Diane Flanagan
Charley Roy, son of Anderson Roy, of Dry Fork, aged about 16, was instantly killed on Saturday last, by the accidental discharge of a gun.
The circumstances of young Roy's death are about as follows: He walked from the kitchen in an adjoining room and picked up a gun and blew down the muzzle for the purpose of ascertaining if it was loaded when it was discharged with the results above stated.
His head was literally blown to pieces.
He was buried in the Bennett Cemetery.
Obit courtesy of 1897 Grant County Press - Diane Flanagan
Parents: Anderson Roy & Mary Cooper
Charley Roy, son of Anderson Roy, of Dry Fork, aged about 16, was instantly killed on Saturday last, by the accidental discharge of a gun.
The circumstances of young Roy's death are about as follows: He walked from the kitchen in an adjoining room and picked up a gun and blew down the muzzle for the purpose of ascertaining if it was loaded when it was discharged with the results above stated.
His head was literally blown to pieces.
He was buried in the Bennett Cemetery.
Obit courtesy of 1897 Grant County Press - Diane Flanagan
Charley Roy, son of Anderson Roy, of Dry Fork, aged about 16, was instantly killed on Saturday last, by the accidental discharge of a gun.
The circumstances of young Roy's death are about as follows: He walked from the kitchen in an adjoining room and picked up a gun and blew down the muzzle for the purpose of ascertaining if it was loaded when it was discharged with the results above stated.
His head was literally blown to pieces.
He was buried in the Bennett Cemetery.
Obit courtesy of 1897 Grant County Press - Diane Flanagan
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