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Rowland Barnett

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Rowland Barnett

Birth
USA
Death
5 Jan 1918 (aged 21)
Burial
Blanks Store, Charles City County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
50
Memorial ID
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THREE BROTHERS BREAK THROUGH ICE AND DROWN
City Point, Va., Jan 7

Three young men, brothers, were drowned at 7 o’clock Saturday night when a four-passenger automobile in which they were crossing the frozen surface of the James river crashed through the ice and sank to the bottom, 30 fee below.

The drowned: Jarless Barnett, 24 years old. Vernon Gibson Barnett, 23 years old. Rowland Barnett, 26 years old.

Their homes was at Barnett, Charles City county, where they were bound when they met their death. Vernon Barnett was stationed at Camp Lee and was married.
THREE BROTHERS BREAK THROUGH ICE AND DROWN
City Point, Va., Jan 7

Three young men, brothers, were drowned at 7 o’clock Saturday night when a four-passenger automobile in which they were crossing the frozen surface of the James river crashed through the ice and sank to the bottom, 30 fee below.

The drowned: Jarless Barnett, 24 years old. Vernon Gibson Barnett, 23 years old. Rowland Barnett, 26 years old.

Their homes was at Barnett, Charles City county, where they were bound when they met their death. Vernon Barnett was stationed at Camp Lee and was married.


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  • Created by: JLW
  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176708278/rowland-barnett: accessed ), memorial page for Rowland Barnett (22 Jul 1896–5 Jan 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 176708278, citing Salem Church Cemetery, Blanks Store, Charles City County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by JLW (contributor 49212535).