Marker reads as "I. A. 'Boss' Barfield 1883-1913"
The Butler Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1913, pg5
Mr. I.A. Barfield is Victim of Lightning's Bolt
Was Returning to House From Field and Took Shelter From Rain Under Pine
The news of the death by lightning of Mr. I.A. Barfield "Boss Barfield", as he was familiarly known, was a distinct shock to his friends throughout the county.
The sad occurrence took place about five o'clock Thursday afternoon in an oat field of Mr. Barfield, which is only a short distance from his residence and about nine miles south of Butler.
Mr. Barfield and a young white man in his employ were engaged Thursday in harvesting his fine crop of oats. Late in the afternoon seeing bad weather approaching the two men made hasty preparation for returning to the house. A wagon was loaded with oats and the young man drove the team home, while Mr. Barfield was left to walk through the field to the house. The rain, which came up quick and fast, overtook him, and he stopped under an old pine for shelter.
After an hour or more had passed and Mr. Barfield had not arrived at home the young man who drove the wagon went in search of his employer whose lifeless body he found beneath the pine, with unquestionable proof of his having met death from lightning, the bolt having first struck the tree and from the trunk of this descended upon Mr. Barfield.
The deceased was about forty years old and one of the county's prosperous farmers loved and esteemed by all who knew him. He is survived by a wife and one child, a girl about ten years of age.
The remains of Mr. Barfield were interred at Bethlehem Cemetery Saturday, a large attendance of sorrowing friends being present.
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The 1910 Butler, Taylor Co. GA census page 15 shows Isiah A. Barfield 32, wife Katie 28 and daughter Lorena 3.
Isaiah was born in between 1873-78 and Kate born between 1881-82 and died after 1913, according to the above obituary for Boss.
This is another case of a replacement marker being inscribed with the wrong dates.
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Personal note: I acquired much of the Barfield Family data I have relied on for the Taylor Co cemeteries from research on other websites. I am not related so I am reluctant to argue with these people. BUT! names, birth dates, marriages and death dates do not correlate with evidence I have found in documents, other than their sources ... the census.
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The Butler Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1913, pg5
Mr. I.A. Barfield is Victim of Lightning's Bolt
Was Returning to House From Field and Took Shelter From Rain Under Pine
The news of the death by lightning of Mr. I.A. Barfield "Boss Barfield", as he was familiarly known, was a distinct shock to his friends throughout the county.
The sad occurrence took place about five o'clock Thursday afternoon in an oat field of Mr. Barfield, which is only a short distance from his residence and about nine miles south of Butler.
Mr. Barfield and a young white man in his employ were engaged Thursday in harvesting his fine crop of oats. Late in the afternoon seeing bad weather approaching the two men made hasty preparation for returning to the house. A wagon was loaded with oats and the young man drove the team home, while Mr. Barfield was left to walk through the field to the house. The rain, which came up quick and fast, overtook him, and he stopped under an old pine for shelter.
After an hour or more had passed and Mr. Barfield had not arrived at home the young man who drove the wagon went in search of his employer whose lifeless body he found beneath the pine, with unquestionable proof of his having met death from lightning, the bolt having first struck the tree and from the trunk of this descended upon Mr. Barfield.
The deceased was about forty years old and one of the county's prosperous farmers loved and esteemed by all who knew him. He is survived by a wife and one child, a girl about ten years of age.
The remains of Mr. Barfield were interred at Bethlehem Cemetery Saturday, a large attendance of sorrowing friends being present.
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The 1910 Butler, Taylor Co. GA census page 15 shows Isiah A. Barfield 32, wife Katie 28 and daughter Lorena 3.
Isaiah was born in between 1873-78 and Kate born between 1881-82 and died after 1913, according to the above obituary for Boss.
This is another case of a replacement marker being inscribed with the wrong dates.
*********************************************
Personal note: I acquired much of the Barfield Family data I have relied on for the Taylor Co cemeteries from research on other websites. I am not related so I am reluctant to argue with these people. BUT! names, birth dates, marriages and death dates do not correlate with evidence I have found in documents, other than their sources ... the census.
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Marker reads as "I. A. 'Boss' Barfield 1883-1913"
The Butler Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1913, pg5
Mr. I.A. Barfield is Victim of Lightning's Bolt
Was Returning to House From Field and Took Shelter From Rain Under Pine
The news of the death by lightning of Mr. I.A. Barfield "Boss Barfield", as he was familiarly known, was a distinct shock to his friends throughout the county.
The sad occurrence took place about five o'clock Thursday afternoon in an oat field of Mr. Barfield, which is only a short distance from his residence and about nine miles south of Butler.
Mr. Barfield and a young white man in his employ were engaged Thursday in harvesting his fine crop of oats. Late in the afternoon seeing bad weather approaching the two men made hasty preparation for returning to the house. A wagon was loaded with oats and the young man drove the team home, while Mr. Barfield was left to walk through the field to the house. The rain, which came up quick and fast, overtook him, and he stopped under an old pine for shelter.
After an hour or more had passed and Mr. Barfield had not arrived at home the young man who drove the wagon went in search of his employer whose lifeless body he found beneath the pine, with unquestionable proof of his having met death from lightning, the bolt having first struck the tree and from the trunk of this descended upon Mr. Barfield.
The deceased was about forty years old and one of the county's prosperous farmers loved and esteemed by all who knew him. He is survived by a wife and one child, a girl about ten years of age.
The remains of Mr. Barfield were interred at Bethlehem Cemetery Saturday, a large attendance of sorrowing friends being present.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 1910 Butler, Taylor Co. GA census page 15 shows Isiah A. Barfield 32, wife Katie 28 and daughter Lorena 3.
Isaiah was born in between 1873-78 and Kate born between 1881-82 and died after 1913, according to the above obituary for Boss.
This is another case of a replacement marker being inscribed with the wrong dates.
*********************************************
Personal note: I acquired much of the Barfield Family data I have relied on for the Taylor Co cemeteries from research on other websites. I am not related so I am reluctant to argue with these people. BUT! names, birth dates, marriages and death dates do not correlate with evidence I have found in documents, other than their sources ... the census.
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The Butler Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1913, pg5
Mr. I.A. Barfield is Victim of Lightning's Bolt
Was Returning to House From Field and Took Shelter From Rain Under Pine
The news of the death by lightning of Mr. I.A. Barfield "Boss Barfield", as he was familiarly known, was a distinct shock to his friends throughout the county.
The sad occurrence took place about five o'clock Thursday afternoon in an oat field of Mr. Barfield, which is only a short distance from his residence and about nine miles south of Butler.
Mr. Barfield and a young white man in his employ were engaged Thursday in harvesting his fine crop of oats. Late in the afternoon seeing bad weather approaching the two men made hasty preparation for returning to the house. A wagon was loaded with oats and the young man drove the team home, while Mr. Barfield was left to walk through the field to the house. The rain, which came up quick and fast, overtook him, and he stopped under an old pine for shelter.
After an hour or more had passed and Mr. Barfield had not arrived at home the young man who drove the wagon went in search of his employer whose lifeless body he found beneath the pine, with unquestionable proof of his having met death from lightning, the bolt having first struck the tree and from the trunk of this descended upon Mr. Barfield.
The deceased was about forty years old and one of the county's prosperous farmers loved and esteemed by all who knew him. He is survived by a wife and one child, a girl about ten years of age.
The remains of Mr. Barfield were interred at Bethlehem Cemetery Saturday, a large attendance of sorrowing friends being present.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 1910 Butler, Taylor Co. GA census page 15 shows Isiah A. Barfield 32, wife Katie 28 and daughter Lorena 3.
Isaiah was born in between 1873-78 and Kate born between 1881-82 and died after 1913, according to the above obituary for Boss.
This is another case of a replacement marker being inscribed with the wrong dates.
*********************************************
Personal note: I acquired much of the Barfield Family data I have relied on for the Taylor Co cemeteries from research on other websites. I am not related so I am reluctant to argue with these people. BUT! names, birth dates, marriages and death dates do not correlate with evidence I have found in documents, other than their sources ... the census.
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