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Otto Bellows

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Otto Bellows

Birth
Death
12 Dec 1914 (aged 24)
McCool Junction, York County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
York, York County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot K-76, space 2
Memorial ID
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York Daily News Times 12-11-1914
Otto Bellows 23, shot and killed his mother Mrs. Alice May Bellows and wounded his sister Lorena Bellows (Dresden) over the death of his father earlier in the year. After the death of his father his mother hired a farm hand to run the farm and Otto was never happy after that. To show his disapproval he came after the farm hand, his sister and mother with a rifle. After killing his mother he then shot himself in the head and died 24 hrs later. Farm hand did get away and was not harmed, but Lorena Bellows Dresden lived with a bullet in right shoulder for 66 yrs before her death in 1980.
York Daily News Times 12-11-1914
Otto Bellows 23, shot and killed his mother Mrs. Alice May Bellows and wounded his sister Lorena Bellows (Dresden) over the death of his father earlier in the year. After the death of his father his mother hired a farm hand to run the farm and Otto was never happy after that. To show his disapproval he came after the farm hand, his sister and mother with a rifle. After killing his mother he then shot himself in the head and died 24 hrs later. Farm hand did get away and was not harmed, but Lorena Bellows Dresden lived with a bullet in right shoulder for 66 yrs before her death in 1980.


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  • Maintained by: Russ
  • Originally Created by: Don
  • Added: Sep 7, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41660869/otto-bellows: accessed ), memorial page for Otto Bellows (30 Nov 1890–12 Dec 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41660869, citing Greenwood Cemetery, York, York County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Russ (contributor 47140908).