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Thomas Butcher person

born: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)died/dissolved: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)🌐 Q75595548id: p_thomas-butcher_74a5a4

also known as: Thomas Butcher

Probable 70%
Summary:  English bricklayer killed accidentally when partner's shotgun discharged.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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born_in

England
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-11-28 (1890) · +1 more
J. D. Lee, the former driver and supposed owner of the Mogollon stage line, who skipped so unceremoniously last week, owes almost everyone in the country. He was a man of very windy ways and the wonder is that he could get a stand off wi…

killed_by

accidental shotgun discharge1890-11-23
cited from J… (1890)
eet, and the teeth are in very good condition, giving evidence of a person of some thirty years of age. The other skulls are smaller, one giving evidence of about the same age as that of the man, while the other of a person of fifty or …
cited from From the Republican (1890)
From the Republican Last Sunday afternoon at 5 p. m. as Thomas Butcher and George Shaffer, his partner, were returning from a hunt, the jolting of the buggy they were riding in exploded shells in both barrels of Shaffer’s shot-gun, which was re…
shooting accident with George Shaffer's shotgun
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-11-28 (1890)
J. D. Lee, the former driver and supposed owner of the Mogollon stage line, who skipped so unceremoniously last week, owes almost everyone in the country. He was a man of very windy ways and the wonder is that he could get a stand off wi…

lived_at

cited from The deceased was an Englishman and had… (1890)
s brains. Death was necessarily instantaneous. A coro- ner’s jury was summoned by Justice Veldez, consisting of C. Stubenraugh, Geo. Rynerson, F. Arnett, E. L. Elhvood, B. Davis and M. Cuniffe. They rendered a verdict of accidental death in acc…

married_to

no relation in this country
cited from The deceased was an Englishman and had… (1890)
s brains. Death was necessarily instantaneous. A coro- ner’s jury was summoned by Justice Veldez, consisting of C. Stubenraugh, Geo. Rynerson, F. Arnett, E. L. Elhvood, B. Davis and M. Cuniffe. They rendered a verdict of accidental death in acc…

occupation

bricklayer
cited from The deceased was an Englishman and had… (1890)
s brains. Death was necessarily instantaneous. A coro- ner’s jury was summoned by Justice Veldez, consisting of C. Stubenraugh, Geo. Rynerson, F. Arnett, E. L. Elhvood, B. Davis and M. Cuniffe. They rendered a verdict of accidental death in acc…
bricklayer
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-11-28 (1890) · +1 more
J. D. Lee, the former driver and supposed owner of the Mogollon stage line, who skipped so unceremoniously last week, owes almost everyone in the country. He was a man of very windy ways and the wonder is that he could get a stand off wi…

Sources (4)

From the Republican

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

J…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

The deceased was an Englishman and had…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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