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Samuel Barger

Birth
Bowlingtown, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
Death
8 Jan 1876 (aged 27)
Whoopflarea, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Saul, Perry County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Samuel was the son of Jesse and Elizabeth Johnson Barger...Father of Granville, Franklin, Samuel and William by Sarah Ann Davidson daughter of Perry and Elizabeth Burns Davidson...Sam was a well known raconteur, fiddle player. card player and ladies man...He was playing the fiddle at the Inn-Fair held on the head of Buffalo Creek in Owsley County for the wedding of Jesse and Sally Collins Turner, when he was shot and killed...Jesse Spurlock, a cousin of Sam's and a good friend was with Sam that evening and was shot at several times but got away unharmed...
Samuel was the son of Jesse and Elizabeth Johnson Barger...Father of Granville, Franklin, Samuel and William by Sarah Ann Davidson daughter of Perry and Elizabeth Burns Davidson...Sam was a well known raconteur, fiddle player. card player and ladies man...He was playing the fiddle at the Inn-Fair held on the head of Buffalo Creek in Owsley County for the wedding of Jesse and Sally Collins Turner, when he was shot and killed...Jesse Spurlock, a cousin of Sam's and a good friend was with Sam that evening and was shot at several times but got away unharmed...


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