N&W in 1903 -- Notable Victums

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GREAT GRANDSON OF PATRICK HENRY KILLED BY TRAIN
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        Roanoke, Va., Nov. 11. -- (Special) -- J. R. Henry, a great grandson of Daniel Patrick Henry, was run over by a freight train at Elliston today and instantly killed.
    Mr. Henry was a gallant Confederate soldier and was a son of the late Col. Spottswood Henry, of Bedford county, Va.  He was the father of Daniel Henry who was killed near Elliston several years ago when on his first trip as fireman, by the engine blowing up.
    The deceased was a prominent man in his community.  He leaves a large family.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph
November 12, 1903

Gordon Hamilton
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