Fern Baldock Thomas told me the story of Sarah's death on my June 2003 trip to Kentucky for the Combest Reunion.
Sarah and Frank had what was called a "step stove" which had an oven area, a firebox for inserting the wood and a box where ashes were swept.
Frank was working on a wagon wheel and couldn't get the metal ring off the hub because the wood was swollen. He brought the hub into the house and put it into the firebox of the stove to burn the wood out. When the wood burned out, Sarah was near the stove when the metal ring popped off and hit her in the head and killed her.
Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
Name: Sallie A Bowlin
Death Date: 20 Aug 1927
Death Location: Casey
Residence Location: Casey
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 20 May 1870
Birth Location: Kentucky
Father's name: Wm Riggins
Father's Birth Location: Kentucky
Mother's name: Catherine Brown
Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
Sarah and Frank had what was called a "step stove" which had an oven area, a firebox for inserting the wood and a box where ashes were swept.
Frank was working on a wagon wheel and couldn't get the metal ring off the hub because the wood was swollen. He brought the hub into the house and put it into the firebox of the stove to burn the wood out. When the wood burned out, Sarah was near the stove when the metal ring popped off and hit her in the head and killed her.
Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
Name: Sallie A Bowlin
Death Date: 20 Aug 1927
Death Location: Casey
Residence Location: Casey
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 20 May 1870
Birth Location: Kentucky
Father's name: Wm Riggins
Father's Birth Location: Kentucky
Mother's name: Catherine Brown
Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
Fern Baldock Thomas told me the story of Sarah's death on my June 2003 trip to Kentucky for the Combest Reunion.
Sarah and Frank had what was called a "step stove" which had an oven area, a firebox for inserting the wood and a box where ashes were swept.
Frank was working on a wagon wheel and couldn't get the metal ring off the hub because the wood was swollen. He brought the hub into the house and put it into the firebox of the stove to burn the wood out. When the wood burned out, Sarah was near the stove when the metal ring popped off and hit her in the head and killed her.
Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
Name: Sallie A Bowlin
Death Date: 20 Aug 1927
Death Location: Casey
Residence Location: Casey
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 20 May 1870
Birth Location: Kentucky
Father's name: Wm Riggins
Father's Birth Location: Kentucky
Mother's name: Catherine Brown
Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
Sarah and Frank had what was called a "step stove" which had an oven area, a firebox for inserting the wood and a box where ashes were swept.
Frank was working on a wagon wheel and couldn't get the metal ring off the hub because the wood was swollen. He brought the hub into the house and put it into the firebox of the stove to burn the wood out. When the wood burned out, Sarah was near the stove when the metal ring popped off and hit her in the head and killed her.
Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
Name: Sallie A Bowlin
Death Date: 20 Aug 1927
Death Location: Casey
Residence Location: Casey
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 20 May 1870
Birth Location: Kentucky
Father's name: Wm Riggins
Father's Birth Location: Kentucky
Mother's name: Catherine Brown
Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
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