Son of Reuben J Brantley and Nancy Josephine Knight . Virgil L. Brantley married Leona Cates on February 15, 1885 in Carroll Co., Georgia. In the 1900 Census (Whitesburg), he and his wife had five children living with them: Dona, Leona, Otho, Daisy and Hubert; as well as his mother in law, Martha Cates.
Virgil worked as a blacksmith. He died from pneumonia as an inmate in the Georgia State Sanitorium in Millegeville, GA.
From Contributor Sarah Black (#48450865):
Unknown Source, 1881:
Virgil Brantley put a rope around his waist and went down in Mr. Wager's well to clean out the sticks which had fallen in when the well shelter burned down. As soon as he reached the bottom he found, that on account of gas or something, he could not remain and called out for those above to pull him out, and as they pulled him out, he lost the use of himself and his head occasionally struck the sides of the well, and when he reached the top of the well, his life was almost extinct; however he recovered somewhat in about ten minutes but is still in a critical condition.
Virgil worked as a blacksmith. He died from pneumonia as an inmate in the Georgia State Sanitorium in Millegeville, GA.
From Contributor Sarah Black (#48450865):
Unknown Source, 1881:
Virgil Brantley put a rope around his waist and went down in Mr. Wager's well to clean out the sticks which had fallen in when the well shelter burned down. As soon as he reached the bottom he found, that on account of gas or something, he could not remain and called out for those above to pull him out, and as they pulled him out, he lost the use of himself and his head occasionally struck the sides of the well, and when he reached the top of the well, his life was almost extinct; however he recovered somewhat in about ten minutes but is still in a critical condition.
Son of Reuben J Brantley and Nancy Josephine Knight . Virgil L. Brantley married Leona Cates on February 15, 1885 in Carroll Co., Georgia. In the 1900 Census (Whitesburg), he and his wife had five children living with them: Dona, Leona, Otho, Daisy and Hubert; as well as his mother in law, Martha Cates.
Virgil worked as a blacksmith. He died from pneumonia as an inmate in the Georgia State Sanitorium in Millegeville, GA.
From Contributor Sarah Black (#48450865):
Unknown Source, 1881:
Virgil Brantley put a rope around his waist and went down in Mr. Wager's well to clean out the sticks which had fallen in when the well shelter burned down. As soon as he reached the bottom he found, that on account of gas or something, he could not remain and called out for those above to pull him out, and as they pulled him out, he lost the use of himself and his head occasionally struck the sides of the well, and when he reached the top of the well, his life was almost extinct; however he recovered somewhat in about ten minutes but is still in a critical condition.
Virgil worked as a blacksmith. He died from pneumonia as an inmate in the Georgia State Sanitorium in Millegeville, GA.
From Contributor Sarah Black (#48450865):
Unknown Source, 1881:
Virgil Brantley put a rope around his waist and went down in Mr. Wager's well to clean out the sticks which had fallen in when the well shelter burned down. As soon as he reached the bottom he found, that on account of gas or something, he could not remain and called out for those above to pull him out, and as they pulled him out, he lost the use of himself and his head occasionally struck the sides of the well, and when he reached the top of the well, his life was almost extinct; however he recovered somewhat in about ten minutes but is still in a critical condition.
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