Information and burial location per Tennessee Death Certificate
Cause of death: Gun shot wound (suicide)
Name: Perry Clovenger [Clevenger]
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Oct 1911
Event Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1882
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Name: Herbert Clovenger
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Mary Clevenger
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Cemetery: New Gray Cemetery
TDC Informant: W. A. Mourfield (his father-in-law)
Citing this Record
"Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F65L-7BT : 27 January 2020), Perry Clovenger, 1911.
The October 27, 1911 edition of the Knoxville Sentinel included:
Dual Tragedy Charged to Soft Drink Resort
Husband Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life
Mrs. Perry Clevenger Had Appealed to Police to Purify His Place.
Perry Clevenger and his wife are dead as a result of what the police believe to have been a murder and suicide at 600 Asylum avenue, late Thursday afternoon...The difficulty which lead to the tragedy is said to have had its origin over the manner in which Perry Clevenger conducted a soft drink stand at 608 Asylum avenue, permitting the gathering of women there and selling whisky. Protests of the wife, made to police headquarters, resulted in a police raid on the soft drink stand and led to the arrest of Clevenger, and his brother...and two women about one hour preceeding the killing...
Cause of death: Gun shot wound (suicide)
Name: Perry Clovenger [Clevenger]
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Oct 1911
Event Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1882
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Name: Herbert Clovenger
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Mary Clevenger
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Cemetery: New Gray Cemetery
TDC Informant: W. A. Mourfield (his father-in-law)
Citing this Record
"Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F65L-7BT : 27 January 2020), Perry Clovenger, 1911.
The October 27, 1911 edition of the Knoxville Sentinel included:
Dual Tragedy Charged to Soft Drink Resort
Husband Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life
Mrs. Perry Clevenger Had Appealed to Police to Purify His Place.
Perry Clevenger and his wife are dead as a result of what the police believe to have been a murder and suicide at 600 Asylum avenue, late Thursday afternoon...The difficulty which lead to the tragedy is said to have had its origin over the manner in which Perry Clevenger conducted a soft drink stand at 608 Asylum avenue, permitting the gathering of women there and selling whisky. Protests of the wife, made to police headquarters, resulted in a police raid on the soft drink stand and led to the arrest of Clevenger, and his brother...and two women about one hour preceeding the killing...
Information and burial location per Tennessee Death Certificate
Cause of death: Gun shot wound (suicide)
Name: Perry Clovenger [Clevenger]
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Oct 1911
Event Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1882
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Name: Herbert Clovenger
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Mary Clevenger
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Cemetery: New Gray Cemetery
TDC Informant: W. A. Mourfield (his father-in-law)
Citing this Record
"Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F65L-7BT : 27 January 2020), Perry Clovenger, 1911.
The October 27, 1911 edition of the Knoxville Sentinel included:
Dual Tragedy Charged to Soft Drink Resort
Husband Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life
Mrs. Perry Clevenger Had Appealed to Police to Purify His Place.
Perry Clevenger and his wife are dead as a result of what the police believe to have been a murder and suicide at 600 Asylum avenue, late Thursday afternoon...The difficulty which lead to the tragedy is said to have had its origin over the manner in which Perry Clevenger conducted a soft drink stand at 608 Asylum avenue, permitting the gathering of women there and selling whisky. Protests of the wife, made to police headquarters, resulted in a police raid on the soft drink stand and led to the arrest of Clevenger, and his brother...and two women about one hour preceeding the killing...
Cause of death: Gun shot wound (suicide)
Name: Perry Clovenger [Clevenger]
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Oct 1911
Event Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1882
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Name: Herbert Clovenger
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Mary Clevenger
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Cemetery: New Gray Cemetery
TDC Informant: W. A. Mourfield (his father-in-law)
Citing this Record
"Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F65L-7BT : 27 January 2020), Perry Clovenger, 1911.
The October 27, 1911 edition of the Knoxville Sentinel included:
Dual Tragedy Charged to Soft Drink Resort
Husband Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life
Mrs. Perry Clevenger Had Appealed to Police to Purify His Place.
Perry Clevenger and his wife are dead as a result of what the police believe to have been a murder and suicide at 600 Asylum avenue, late Thursday afternoon...The difficulty which lead to the tragedy is said to have had its origin over the manner in which Perry Clevenger conducted a soft drink stand at 608 Asylum avenue, permitting the gathering of women there and selling whisky. Protests of the wife, made to police headquarters, resulted in a police raid on the soft drink stand and led to the arrest of Clevenger, and his brother...and two women about one hour preceeding the killing...
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