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Evelena “Lena” Wheat

Birth
Death
19 Aug 1920 (aged 45)
Burial
Breeding, Adair County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Lena Wheat, female, black single, age 40 years, one month, 24 days,
died in Adair Co. KY at 1:00 a.m. 19 August 1920.
Date/place of birth: July 2- [second digit indistinct, may be a five or
an eight) 1875, Adair Co.
Father's name/birthplace: Frank Wheat, Adair Co.
Mother's maiden name/birthplace: Lucy Conover, Adair Co.
Informant: Frank Wheat, Columbia.
Cause of death: 'Syphilis of heart and blood vessels'; contributory
cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage.
Attending physician: W.J. Flowers, Columbia.
Place/date of burial: 'Hunter G Yard', 19 August 1920.
Undertaker: Grissom & Patterson, Columbia.

August 25, 1920 Adair County News

Lena Wheat, a colored woman who lived with her father, Frank Wheat in the Flat Woods, died last Thursday morning. She was 45 years old and was a whoman who had the respect of her her race, and also the white people of the neighborhood.

Lena Wheat, female, black single, age 40 years, one month, 24 days,
died in Adair Co. KY at 1:00 a.m. 19 August 1920.
Date/place of birth: July 2- [second digit indistinct, may be a five or
an eight) 1875, Adair Co.
Father's name/birthplace: Frank Wheat, Adair Co.
Mother's maiden name/birthplace: Lucy Conover, Adair Co.
Informant: Frank Wheat, Columbia.
Cause of death: 'Syphilis of heart and blood vessels'; contributory
cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage.
Attending physician: W.J. Flowers, Columbia.
Place/date of burial: 'Hunter G Yard', 19 August 1920.
Undertaker: Grissom & Patterson, Columbia.

August 25, 1920 Adair County News

Lena Wheat, a colored woman who lived with her father, Frank Wheat in the Flat Woods, died last Thursday morning. She was 45 years old and was a whoman who had the respect of her her race, and also the white people of the neighborhood.



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  • Created by: Judy Lynn
  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96087430/evelena-wheat: accessed ), memorial page for Evelena “Lena” Wheat (Jul 1875–19 Aug 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96087430, citing Hunter Cemetery, Breeding, Adair County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Judy Lynn (contributor 47402250).