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Preston Brooks Blocker

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Preston Brooks Blocker

Birth
Death
7 Jun 1884 (aged 21)
Texas, USA
Burial
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.2766875, Longitude: -97.7274112
Plot
Sec. 4, Lot 61
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Brooks Blocker.

He is Killed by the Accidental discharge of a Pistol near Abilene.

News was received in the city yesterday by relatives, that Brooks Wallace, youngest son of Col. A. P. Blocker, and brother of William and John Blocker, of Austin prominent stock men, was killed on his ranch near Abilene, by the accidental discharge of his pistol. His remains were carried to Fort Concho where they were buried on Sunday. The Statesman extends its cordial sympathy to the bereaved family in this their hour of affliction.

- Austin American-Statesman
June 10, 1884
Brooks Blocker.

He is Killed by the Accidental discharge of a Pistol near Abilene.

News was received in the city yesterday by relatives, that Brooks Wallace, youngest son of Col. A. P. Blocker, and brother of William and John Blocker, of Austin prominent stock men, was killed on his ranch near Abilene, by the accidental discharge of his pistol. His remains were carried to Fort Concho where they were buried on Sunday. The Statesman extends its cordial sympathy to the bereaved family in this their hour of affliction.

- Austin American-Statesman
June 10, 1884

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