The death date of 1921 listed on the headstone must be a mistake and it appears that the death year of 1919 is the correct death year.
The Washington Times, Washington, D C
Tuesday, August 19, 1919, page 11
Miss Florence Abshire has not regained consciousness since she sustained a fracture of the skull when an automobile in which she was a passenger struck an excursion train on the Chesapeake Beach line Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. She is at Providence Hospital.
The Washington Post, Washington, D C
Saturday, August 23, 1919, page 15
Deaths Reported
Florence Abshire, 39, Provd Hosp
The Hinton Daily News and Leader, Hinton, West Virginia
Friday, August 29, 1919, page 1
Mrs Flora Bair Abshire of Washington, D C, formerly a resident of Beckley, was killed one day as week when an auto in which she was riding was demolished by a train at the Marlborough road crossing near Chesapeake Bay. The remains were taken to Beckley for interment. She was a niece of Mrs Martha McAlister of Hinton.
Contributor: Anonymous (48825891)
The Washington Times, Washington, D C
Tuesday, August 19, 1919, page 11
Miss Florence Abshire has not regained consciousness since she sustained a fracture of the skull when an automobile in which she was a passenger struck an excursion train on the Chesapeake Beach line Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. She is at Providence Hospital.
The Washington Post, Washington, D C
Saturday, August 23, 1919, page 15
Deaths Reported
Florence Abshire, 39, Provd Hosp
The Hinton Daily News and Leader, Hinton, West Virginia
Friday, August 29, 1919, page 1
Mrs Flora Bair Abshire of Washington, D C, formerly a resident of Beckley, was killed one day as week when an auto in which she was riding was demolished by a train at the Marlborough road crossing near Chesapeake Bay. The remains were taken to Beckley for interment. She was a niece of Mrs Martha McAlister of Hinton.
Contributor: Anonymous (48825891)
The death date of 1921 listed on the headstone must be a mistake and it appears that the death year of 1919 is the correct death year.
The Washington Times, Washington, D C
Tuesday, August 19, 1919, page 11
Miss Florence Abshire has not regained consciousness since she sustained a fracture of the skull when an automobile in which she was a passenger struck an excursion train on the Chesapeake Beach line Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. She is at Providence Hospital.
The Washington Post, Washington, D C
Saturday, August 23, 1919, page 15
Deaths Reported
Florence Abshire, 39, Provd Hosp
The Hinton Daily News and Leader, Hinton, West Virginia
Friday, August 29, 1919, page 1
Mrs Flora Bair Abshire of Washington, D C, formerly a resident of Beckley, was killed one day as week when an auto in which she was riding was demolished by a train at the Marlborough road crossing near Chesapeake Bay. The remains were taken to Beckley for interment. She was a niece of Mrs Martha McAlister of Hinton.
Contributor: Anonymous (48825891)
The Washington Times, Washington, D C
Tuesday, August 19, 1919, page 11
Miss Florence Abshire has not regained consciousness since she sustained a fracture of the skull when an automobile in which she was a passenger struck an excursion train on the Chesapeake Beach line Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. She is at Providence Hospital.
The Washington Post, Washington, D C
Saturday, August 23, 1919, page 15
Deaths Reported
Florence Abshire, 39, Provd Hosp
The Hinton Daily News and Leader, Hinton, West Virginia
Friday, August 29, 1919, page 1
Mrs Flora Bair Abshire of Washington, D C, formerly a resident of Beckley, was killed one day as week when an auto in which she was riding was demolished by a train at the Marlborough road crossing near Chesapeake Bay. The remains were taken to Beckley for interment. She was a niece of Mrs Martha McAlister of Hinton.
Contributor: Anonymous (48825891)
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