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Ivory Lester Bauguess

Birth
Traphill, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death
20 Jun 1932 (aged 23)
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Traphill, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Never married. Son of Joe and Ora (Billings) Bauguess.

Cause of death: Infection caused by gunshot wounds of hand and leg.

Lester Baugess 23 Is Shot As He Is Working In Field
North Wilkesboro June 13 (AP)

Sheriff W B Somers was investigating the shooting today of Lester Baugess, 23, who was shot in the right hand and leg today as he worked in the field. The sheriff said he had been told that the youth's father, Joe Baugess, a substantial Trap Hill township farmer, had fired through a crack in the granary - the shot striking his son. No explanation of the shooting was available.

(Newspaper article provided courtesy of fellow contributor, Linda Albright.)
Never married. Son of Joe and Ora (Billings) Bauguess.

Cause of death: Infection caused by gunshot wounds of hand and leg.

Lester Baugess 23 Is Shot As He Is Working In Field
North Wilkesboro June 13 (AP)

Sheriff W B Somers was investigating the shooting today of Lester Baugess, 23, who was shot in the right hand and leg today as he worked in the field. The sheriff said he had been told that the youth's father, Joe Baugess, a substantial Trap Hill township farmer, had fired through a crack in the granary - the shot striking his son. No explanation of the shooting was available.

(Newspaper article provided courtesy of fellow contributor, Linda Albright.)


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  • Created by: Rich K
  • Added: Nov 4, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79846446/ivory_lester-bauguess: accessed ), memorial page for Ivory Lester Bauguess (15 Jun 1909–20 Jun 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79846446, citing Stoney Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Traphill, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Rich K (contributor 46796115).