Harrison Engle was the son of John Engle and Sarah Sallie Baker. He married Flora Bailey, daughter of Reuben "Rubin" Bules Bailey and Isabelle Shepherd. Together they had children Bill, Charles, Bennie and Mayme. Harrison Engle and his brother-in-law Finley Bailey were shot and killed in a gunfight with William Joseph and his son Warren.
Warren Joseph Is Said To Have Slain Harris Engle And Finley Bailey After They Murdered His Father and Wounded His Wife - Hazard, Ky., June 19
Three men are dead and a woman are wounded as a result of a gun battle this afternoon at 4 o'clock on Wooten's creek, Leslie county, seven miles from Hyden, the county seat. The dead: Will Joseph, Harris Engle and Finley Bailey. Mrs. Warren Joseph is suffering from a gunshot wound in her abdomen and Dr. R. L Collins, of Hazard, was summoned to attend her. It was reported here that Will Joseph, his son, Warren Joseph, and Warren's wife were on their way home from work in a cornfield when Engle and Balley approached them. There had been previous trouble between the principals.
It is not known who fired the first shot, but when the battle was over, WiIl Joseph, Bailey and Engle were dead and Mrs. Warren Joseph was seriously wounded. Warren Joseph is said to have killed Bailey and Engle with a shotgun after Will Joseph had been mortally wounded by either Balley or Engle.
Sheriff Sim Morris, of Hyden, was called to the scene and made an investigation. It was reported here that no arrests would be made until after funeral of the elder Joseph Saturday or Sunday.
The Owensboro Messenger, 20 Jun 1931, Sat, Page 1
Note: Mrs. Warren Joseph (Emma "Maggie" Clark), age 19, died of her wounds - Kentucky Advocate 20 Jun 1931. Warren Joseph was shot and killed in 1933.
Harrison Engle and Finley Bailey share a headstone in the Bailey Branch Cemetery.
PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT THESE PHOTO'S WERE TAKEN BY SHERRY FERGE-COLE WHO VISITED THIS CEMETERY AND HAS DOCUMENTED THE LOCATION THRU GOOGLE MAPS AND GPS COORDINATES ALONG WITH PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHS TO SHARE. THERE IS ANOTHER CREATOR ON FINDAGRAVE THAT HAS HARRISON ENGLE BURIED IN THE HENDRIX CEMETERY. YOU WILL NOT FIND HIM IN THAT CEMETERY. I HAVE INCLUDED A MAP IN PHOTO'S FOR LOCATION OF 3 AREA CEMETERIES WITHIN A MILE RANGE OF EACH OTHER IN THE BAILEY BRANCH AREA. THEY ARE TURNER CEMETERY, BAILEY BRANCH CEMETERY AND CAUDILL CEMETERY.
Warren Joseph Is Said To Have Slain Harris Engle And Finley Bailey After They Murdered His Father and Wounded His Wife - Hazard, Ky., June 19
Three men are dead and a woman are wounded as a result of a gun battle this afternoon at 4 o'clock on Wooten's creek, Leslie county, seven miles from Hyden, the county seat. The dead: Will Joseph, Harris Engle and Finley Bailey. Mrs. Warren Joseph is suffering from a gunshot wound in her abdomen and Dr. R. L Collins, of Hazard, was summoned to attend her. It was reported here that Will Joseph, his son, Warren Joseph, and Warren's wife were on their way home from work in a cornfield when Engle and Balley approached them. There had been previous trouble between the principals.
It is not known who fired the first shot, but when the battle was over, WiIl Joseph, Bailey and Engle were dead and Mrs. Warren Joseph was seriously wounded. Warren Joseph is said to have killed Bailey and Engle with a shotgun after Will Joseph had been mortally wounded by either Balley or Engle.
Sheriff Sim Morris, of Hyden, was called to the scene and made an investigation. It was reported here that no arrests would be made until after funeral of the elder Joseph Saturday or Sunday.
The Owensboro Messenger, 20 Jun 1931, Sat, Page 1
Note: Mrs. Warren Joseph (Emma "Maggie" Clark), age 19, died of her wounds - Kentucky Advocate 20 Jun 1931. Warren Joseph was shot and killed in 1933.
Harrison Engle and Finley Bailey share a headstone in the Bailey Branch Cemetery.
PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT THESE PHOTO'S WERE TAKEN BY SHERRY FERGE-COLE WHO VISITED THIS CEMETERY AND HAS DOCUMENTED THE LOCATION THRU GOOGLE MAPS AND GPS COORDINATES ALONG WITH PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHS TO SHARE. THERE IS ANOTHER CREATOR ON FINDAGRAVE THAT HAS HARRISON ENGLE BURIED IN THE HENDRIX CEMETERY. YOU WILL NOT FIND HIM IN THAT CEMETERY. I HAVE INCLUDED A MAP IN PHOTO'S FOR LOCATION OF 3 AREA CEMETERIES WITHIN A MILE RANGE OF EACH OTHER IN THE BAILEY BRANCH AREA. THEY ARE TURNER CEMETERY, BAILEY BRANCH CEMETERY AND CAUDILL CEMETERY.
Harrison Engle was the son of John Engle and Sarah Sallie Baker. He married Flora Bailey, daughter of Reuben "Rubin" Bules Bailey and Isabelle Shepherd. Together they had children Bill, Charles, Bennie and Mayme. Harrison Engle and his brother-in-law Finley Bailey were shot and killed in a gunfight with William Joseph and his son Warren.
Warren Joseph Is Said To Have Slain Harris Engle And Finley Bailey After They Murdered His Father and Wounded His Wife - Hazard, Ky., June 19
Three men are dead and a woman are wounded as a result of a gun battle this afternoon at 4 o'clock on Wooten's creek, Leslie county, seven miles from Hyden, the county seat. The dead: Will Joseph, Harris Engle and Finley Bailey. Mrs. Warren Joseph is suffering from a gunshot wound in her abdomen and Dr. R. L Collins, of Hazard, was summoned to attend her. It was reported here that Will Joseph, his son, Warren Joseph, and Warren's wife were on their way home from work in a cornfield when Engle and Balley approached them. There had been previous trouble between the principals.
It is not known who fired the first shot, but when the battle was over, WiIl Joseph, Bailey and Engle were dead and Mrs. Warren Joseph was seriously wounded. Warren Joseph is said to have killed Bailey and Engle with a shotgun after Will Joseph had been mortally wounded by either Balley or Engle.
Sheriff Sim Morris, of Hyden, was called to the scene and made an investigation. It was reported here that no arrests would be made until after funeral of the elder Joseph Saturday or Sunday.
The Owensboro Messenger, 20 Jun 1931, Sat, Page 1
Note: Mrs. Warren Joseph (Emma "Maggie" Clark), age 19, died of her wounds - Kentucky Advocate 20 Jun 1931. Warren Joseph was shot and killed in 1933.
Harrison Engle and Finley Bailey share a headstone in the Bailey Branch Cemetery.
PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT THESE PHOTO'S WERE TAKEN BY SHERRY FERGE-COLE WHO VISITED THIS CEMETERY AND HAS DOCUMENTED THE LOCATION THRU GOOGLE MAPS AND GPS COORDINATES ALONG WITH PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHS TO SHARE. THERE IS ANOTHER CREATOR ON FINDAGRAVE THAT HAS HARRISON ENGLE BURIED IN THE HENDRIX CEMETERY. YOU WILL NOT FIND HIM IN THAT CEMETERY. I HAVE INCLUDED A MAP IN PHOTO'S FOR LOCATION OF 3 AREA CEMETERIES WITHIN A MILE RANGE OF EACH OTHER IN THE BAILEY BRANCH AREA. THEY ARE TURNER CEMETERY, BAILEY BRANCH CEMETERY AND CAUDILL CEMETERY.
Warren Joseph Is Said To Have Slain Harris Engle And Finley Bailey After They Murdered His Father and Wounded His Wife - Hazard, Ky., June 19
Three men are dead and a woman are wounded as a result of a gun battle this afternoon at 4 o'clock on Wooten's creek, Leslie county, seven miles from Hyden, the county seat. The dead: Will Joseph, Harris Engle and Finley Bailey. Mrs. Warren Joseph is suffering from a gunshot wound in her abdomen and Dr. R. L Collins, of Hazard, was summoned to attend her. It was reported here that Will Joseph, his son, Warren Joseph, and Warren's wife were on their way home from work in a cornfield when Engle and Balley approached them. There had been previous trouble between the principals.
It is not known who fired the first shot, but when the battle was over, WiIl Joseph, Bailey and Engle were dead and Mrs. Warren Joseph was seriously wounded. Warren Joseph is said to have killed Bailey and Engle with a shotgun after Will Joseph had been mortally wounded by either Balley or Engle.
Sheriff Sim Morris, of Hyden, was called to the scene and made an investigation. It was reported here that no arrests would be made until after funeral of the elder Joseph Saturday or Sunday.
The Owensboro Messenger, 20 Jun 1931, Sat, Page 1
Note: Mrs. Warren Joseph (Emma "Maggie" Clark), age 19, died of her wounds - Kentucky Advocate 20 Jun 1931. Warren Joseph was shot and killed in 1933.
Harrison Engle and Finley Bailey share a headstone in the Bailey Branch Cemetery.
PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT THESE PHOTO'S WERE TAKEN BY SHERRY FERGE-COLE WHO VISITED THIS CEMETERY AND HAS DOCUMENTED THE LOCATION THRU GOOGLE MAPS AND GPS COORDINATES ALONG WITH PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHS TO SHARE. THERE IS ANOTHER CREATOR ON FINDAGRAVE THAT HAS HARRISON ENGLE BURIED IN THE HENDRIX CEMETERY. YOU WILL NOT FIND HIM IN THAT CEMETERY. I HAVE INCLUDED A MAP IN PHOTO'S FOR LOCATION OF 3 AREA CEMETERIES WITHIN A MILE RANGE OF EACH OTHER IN THE BAILEY BRANCH AREA. THEY ARE TURNER CEMETERY, BAILEY BRANCH CEMETERY AND CAUDILL CEMETERY.
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Bailey (Branch) Cemetery is located at the end of Bailey's Branch Road in Wooton, Kentucky directly behind two RV/campers slightly uphill. On the right side is a path is stairs and on the left side is additional headstones.
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