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MURDER of former Ballard Co. resident

KHill60  (View posts) Posted: 5 Jun 2008 5:49PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: CRABTREE, COFFEE, BUGG
Who was G. P. CRABTREE who murdered Isaac N. Coffee in 1896 in Cairo, IL?
Does anyone know any more details about this murder and/or what happened to G. P. Crabtree?

From the out-of-print book, "Vital Statistics of Far Western Kentucky", by M. Juliette Magee

I. N. (Isaac) COFFEE, born March 7, 1852, killed in Cairo July 26, 1896 by G. P. CRABTREE, his former clerk. Age 44 years, 4 months, 19 days. Embalmed and buried in Blandville in Vault by I.O.O.F and K. of P. of Cairo, at 3 p. m. on 29th, big funeral.

(Isaac had a Drug Store in Cairo)

Note: Isaac COFFEE was from a prominent Ballard Co. Family. His wife was Lucy Prudence BUGG, also from a prominent Ballard Co. family

Kathleen Hill
jak.ish@verizon.net

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