"AUGUSTA, Ky., Jan. 6 (Special) -- Hugh Jefferson French, 82, ended his life last night by firing a blast from a .20 gauge shotgun into his right temple while standing on the porch of his home on Vine Street, police reported. Bracken County Coroner Porter Wells returned a verdict of suicide.
French lived in Bracken County most of his life where he engaged in farming.
He was a member of Foster Chapel in Robertson County.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Nancy Jane Buckner French; five sons, James French, Mason County, William French, Bracken County, Hugh French Jr., Indianapolis, Ind. and Lovell French, who made his home with his parents, a daughter, Mrs. William Lee Worthington, Mason County; six brothers, Clarence French, Bracken County, Carson, Estill, Carl and Matt French, all of Robertson County, and Charles French, Cincinnati.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Foster Chapel Methodist Church, Robertson County. Burial will be in the chapel cemetery.
Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta, is in charge."
THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER (Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA) on Saturday, January 7, 1961, KENTUCKY EDITION, Page 3.
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"AUGUSTA, Ky., Jan. 6 (Special) -- Hugh Jefferson French, 82, ended his life last night by firing a blast from a .20 gauge shotgun into his right temple while standing on the porch of his home on Vine Street, police reported. Bracken County Coroner Porter Wells returned a verdict of suicide.
French lived in Bracken County most of his life where he engaged in farming.
He was a member of Foster Chapel in Robertson County.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Nancy Jane Buckner French; five sons, James French, Mason County, William French, Bracken County, Hugh French Jr., Indianapolis, Ind. and Lovell French, who made his home with his parents, a daughter, Mrs. William Lee Worthington, Mason County; six brothers, Clarence French, Bracken County, Carson, Estill, Carl and Matt French, all of Robertson County, and Charles French, Cincinnati.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Foster Chapel Methodist Church, Robertson County. Burial will be in the chapel cemetery.
Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta, is in charge."
THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER (Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA) on Saturday, January 7, 1961, KENTUCKY EDITION, Page 3.
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Librarian51
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Family Members
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Foster P. French
1903–1903
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Adrin French
1904–1904
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Anna Belle French Burgess
1905–1928
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Lovel H. French
1907–1988
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William Henry French
1910–1978
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James Alton French Sr
1913–1991
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Martha A French
1915–1937
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Clifton French
1917–1917
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Myrl Wheeler French
1919–1935
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Ida May French Worthington
1922–2007
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Robert Nelson French
1923–2002
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Reuben Wayne French
1925–1926
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