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Kirk Esty person

born: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)died/dissolved: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)id: p_kirk-esty_2c780e

also known as: Esty

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Summary:  Killed in a shooting scrape near Duncan after a disagreement over a card game with Jim Parks.
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shooting scrape near Duncan
cited from A shooting scrape occurred near Duncan… (1890)
A shooting scrape occurred near Duncan last week, in which Kirk Esty’s life candle was snuffed out in a twinkling. It seems that Jim Parks and Esty had a misunderstanding over a game of cards, when Esty stepped over the fire and hit Parks in t…

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Jim Parks1890-12-05
cited from A shooting scrape occurred near Duncan… (1890) · +1 more
hes that he would hunt up a girl, propose to her, and would be married inside of an hour. He soon found a girl, whom he had never met before, made a proposal, and on it being accept- ed sent for the justice of the peace and was married.…
cited from A shooting scrape occurred near Duncan… (1890)
A shooting scrape occurred near Duncan last week, in which Kirk Esty’s life candle was snuffed out in a twinkling. It seems that Jim Parks and Esty had a misunderstanding over a game of cards, when Esty stepped over the fire and hit Parks in t…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-11-28 (1890) · +1 more
hes that he would hunt up a girl, propose to her, and would be married inside of an hour. He soon found a girl, whom he had never met before, made a proposal, and on it being accept- ed sent for the justice of the peace and was married.…

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