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Accidental death at what is now Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. Henry had just entered the Bowling Green Business University. He went to join other students on the roof of Van Meter Hall at the Western Kentucky State Normal School to witness the history-making flight of the first areoplane to fly to Bowling Green. An army aviator was headed from Memphis to give a demonstration at the Warren county fairgrounds. On word of the planes approach, Henry rushed for a better view. He fell through the building's skylight and died at 4:30 PM at St. Josephs Hospital.
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The Roanoke Leader September 1918
HENRY CLEGG KILLED AT BOWLING GREEN ON MONDAY
Henry Clegg, son of Rev. K.L. Clegg and grandson of the late Mr. S.N. Sledge, fell from a house top Monday at Bowling Green, Ky., where he was attending college and was killed by the fall. The remains of this young man will arrive at Wadley today where interment will be made. Relatives from this place will attend.
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Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953
Name: Henry Clegg
Death Date: 2 Sep 1918
Death Location: Warren
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 1900
Birth Location: Alabama
Father's Name: K L Clegg
Occupation: student
Cause of death: fractured skull (accidental)
Undertaker: Gerard & Gerard
Burial: Wadley, AL. on Sept 4th
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Home in 1910: Precinct 8, Randolph, Alabama
Kinchen Clegg 57
Moley E Clegg 41
James J Clegg 23
John F Clegg 20
Lenora Clegg 18
Charles W Clegg 12
Emma S Clegg 11
Henry F Clegg 8
William K Clegg 6
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Accidental death at what is now Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. Henry had just entered the Bowling Green Business University. He went to join other students on the roof of Van Meter Hall at the Western Kentucky State Normal School to witness the history-making flight of the first areoplane to fly to Bowling Green. An army aviator was headed from Memphis to give a demonstration at the Warren county fairgrounds. On word of the planes approach, Henry rushed for a better view. He fell through the building's skylight and died at 4:30 PM at St. Josephs Hospital.
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The Roanoke Leader September 1918
HENRY CLEGG KILLED AT BOWLING GREEN ON MONDAY
Henry Clegg, son of Rev. K.L. Clegg and grandson of the late Mr. S.N. Sledge, fell from a house top Monday at Bowling Green, Ky., where he was attending college and was killed by the fall. The remains of this young man will arrive at Wadley today where interment will be made. Relatives from this place will attend.
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Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953
Name: Henry Clegg
Death Date: 2 Sep 1918
Death Location: Warren
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 1900
Birth Location: Alabama
Father's Name: K L Clegg
Occupation: student
Cause of death: fractured skull (accidental)
Undertaker: Gerard & Gerard
Burial: Wadley, AL. on Sept 4th
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Home in 1910: Precinct 8, Randolph, Alabama
Kinchen Clegg 57
Moley E Clegg 41
James J Clegg 23
John F Clegg 20
Lenora Clegg 18
Charles W Clegg 12
Emma S Clegg 11
Henry F Clegg 8
William K Clegg 6
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Accidental death at what is now Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. Henry had just entered the Bowling Green Business University. He went to join other students on the roof of Van Meter Hall at the Western Kentucky State Normal School to witness the history-making flight of the first areoplane to fly to Bowling Green. An army aviator was headed from Memphis to give a demonstration at the Warren county fairgrounds. On word of the planes approach, Henry rushed for a better view. He fell through the building's skylight and died at 4:30 PM at St. Josephs Hospital.
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The Roanoke Leader September 1918
HENRY CLEGG KILLED AT BOWLING GREEN ON MONDAY
Henry Clegg, son of Rev. K.L. Clegg and grandson of the late Mr. S.N. Sledge, fell from a house top Monday at Bowling Green, Ky., where he was attending college and was killed by the fall. The remains of this young man will arrive at Wadley today where interment will be made. Relatives from this place will attend.
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Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953
Name: Henry Clegg
Death Date: 2 Sep 1918
Death Location: Warren
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 1900
Birth Location: Alabama
Father's Name: K L Clegg
Occupation: student
Cause of death: fractured skull (accidental)
Undertaker: Gerard & Gerard
Burial: Wadley, AL. on Sept 4th
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Home in 1910: Precinct 8, Randolph, Alabama
Kinchen Clegg 57
Moley E Clegg 41
James J Clegg 23
John F Clegg 20
Lenora Clegg 18
Charles W Clegg 12
Emma S Clegg 11
Henry F Clegg 8
William K Clegg 6
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Accidental death at what is now Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. Henry had just entered the Bowling Green Business University. He went to join other students on the roof of Van Meter Hall at the Western Kentucky State Normal School to witness the history-making flight of the first areoplane to fly to Bowling Green. An army aviator was headed from Memphis to give a demonstration at the Warren county fairgrounds. On word of the planes approach, Henry rushed for a better view. He fell through the building's skylight and died at 4:30 PM at St. Josephs Hospital.
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The Roanoke Leader September 1918
HENRY CLEGG KILLED AT BOWLING GREEN ON MONDAY
Henry Clegg, son of Rev. K.L. Clegg and grandson of the late Mr. S.N. Sledge, fell from a house top Monday at Bowling Green, Ky., where he was attending college and was killed by the fall. The remains of this young man will arrive at Wadley today where interment will be made. Relatives from this place will attend.
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Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953
Name: Henry Clegg
Death Date: 2 Sep 1918
Death Location: Warren
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 1900
Birth Location: Alabama
Father's Name: K L Clegg
Occupation: student
Cause of death: fractured skull (accidental)
Undertaker: Gerard & Gerard
Burial: Wadley, AL. on Sept 4th
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Home in 1910: Precinct 8, Randolph, Alabama
Kinchen Clegg 57
Moley E Clegg 41
James J Clegg 23
John F Clegg 20
Lenora Clegg 18
Charles W Clegg 12
Emma S Clegg 11
Henry F Clegg 8
William K Clegg 6
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