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George Robin Bilbrey

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George Robin Bilbrey

Birth
Putnam County, Tennessee, USA
Death
17 Feb 1895 (aged 5)
Putnam County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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George Robin Bilbrey
was 5 years 10 months & 1 day of age when he was killed by a log on 17 February 1895.

George Robin was born 16 April 1889 in Putnam County, Tennessee; son of the late Richard Poteet Bilbrey and Mary Elizabeth Bilbrey, nee Whiteaker.

George's little brother Joe Thomas Bilbrey was killed by a log on the same day 17 February 1895.

The Bilbrey Brothers lie at rest in Rocky Point Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee.

OBITUARY NOTICE OF GEORGE 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.
George Robin Bilbrey
was 5 years 10 months & 1 day of age when he was killed by a log on 17 February 1895.

George Robin was born 16 April 1889 in Putnam County, Tennessee; son of the late Richard Poteet Bilbrey and Mary Elizabeth Bilbrey, nee Whiteaker.

George's little brother Joe Thomas Bilbrey was killed by a log on the same day 17 February 1895.

The Bilbrey Brothers lie at rest in Rocky Point Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee.

OBITUARY NOTICE OF GEORGE 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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