Eugene Monts, his mother Nannette, and his two half brothers (Thomas Lamar Monts & Clarence Eugene Monts, Jr.) died in a house fire in Aiken, SC.
The following was researched, and posted on Facebook site, "Forgotten Cemeteries of Georgia," by John Stevenson:
I entered her (Nanette's) name and death date into Newspapers.com and found my answer. It is a very tragic tale.
On the cold night of February 20, 1922, a fire broke out in the Monts' residence in Aiken, SC. The fire was presumed to have begun on the second floor of their older sons, Lamar and Clarence, Jr's bedroom. The bedroom was across the hall from their parent's bedroom. It was reported that the fire could have been started by the amateur radio set sparking either drapes or bed linen.
The father, Clarence, apparently ran to the closed door to his son's room. When he opened the door, this caused a backdraft which blasted him back into his bedroom and shot him through the second-floor window and out into the back yard.
When the neighbors ran to the scene, the second floor was fully engulfed in flames and collapsing into the first floor. They also found the badly burned Clarence still alive in the backyard. Clarence was heavily burned on both arms and his face. So seriously, the newspaper article about the fire feared that Clarence would not survive his injuries. There was nothing anybody could do to help the rest of the family.
It was reported that Nanette's body was found near Baby Eugene, appearing that she was trying to shield the child from the fire. Clarence, Jr. was found in the hallway near the front door and Lamar was found under the rubble of the collapsed roof.
Nanette and Baby Eugene were taken to her hometown of Washington, GA to be buried near her parents, thus this is where I came across them. The other two boys, Lamar and Clarence, Jr., were buried together in the Bethany Cemetery in Aiken, SC, next to their mother, Mary Louise Lamar Monts, Clarence's first wife, who had passed away in 1913.
The father survived his injuries and later became an insurance salesman. He eventually moved in with his sister in Little Mountain, SC and died there in 1931 and was laid to rest in the same family plot as his older children and first wife in the Bethany Cemetery in Aiken, SC.
The following was researched, and posted on Facebook site, "Forgotten Cemeteries of Georgia," by John Stevenson:
I entered her (Nanette's) name and death date into Newspapers.com and found my answer. It is a very tragic tale.
On the cold night of February 20, 1922, a fire broke out in the Monts' residence in Aiken, SC. The fire was presumed to have begun on the second floor of their older sons, Lamar and Clarence, Jr's bedroom. The bedroom was across the hall from their parent's bedroom. It was reported that the fire could have been started by the amateur radio set sparking either drapes or bed linen.
The father, Clarence, apparently ran to the closed door to his son's room. When he opened the door, this caused a backdraft which blasted him back into his bedroom and shot him through the second-floor window and out into the back yard.
When the neighbors ran to the scene, the second floor was fully engulfed in flames and collapsing into the first floor. They also found the badly burned Clarence still alive in the backyard. Clarence was heavily burned on both arms and his face. So seriously, the newspaper article about the fire feared that Clarence would not survive his injuries. There was nothing anybody could do to help the rest of the family.
It was reported that Nanette's body was found near Baby Eugene, appearing that she was trying to shield the child from the fire. Clarence, Jr. was found in the hallway near the front door and Lamar was found under the rubble of the collapsed roof.
Nanette and Baby Eugene were taken to her hometown of Washington, GA to be buried near her parents, thus this is where I came across them. The other two boys, Lamar and Clarence, Jr., were buried together in the Bethany Cemetery in Aiken, SC, next to their mother, Mary Louise Lamar Monts, Clarence's first wife, who had passed away in 1913.
The father survived his injuries and later became an insurance salesman. He eventually moved in with his sister in Little Mountain, SC and died there in 1931 and was laid to rest in the same family plot as his older children and first wife in the Bethany Cemetery in Aiken, SC.
Eugene Monts, his mother Nannette, and his two half brothers (Thomas Lamar Monts & Clarence Eugene Monts, Jr.) died in a house fire in Aiken, SC.
The following was researched, and posted on Facebook site, "Forgotten Cemeteries of Georgia," by John Stevenson:
I entered her (Nanette's) name and death date into Newspapers.com and found my answer. It is a very tragic tale.
On the cold night of February 20, 1922, a fire broke out in the Monts' residence in Aiken, SC. The fire was presumed to have begun on the second floor of their older sons, Lamar and Clarence, Jr's bedroom. The bedroom was across the hall from their parent's bedroom. It was reported that the fire could have been started by the amateur radio set sparking either drapes or bed linen.
The father, Clarence, apparently ran to the closed door to his son's room. When he opened the door, this caused a backdraft which blasted him back into his bedroom and shot him through the second-floor window and out into the back yard.
When the neighbors ran to the scene, the second floor was fully engulfed in flames and collapsing into the first floor. They also found the badly burned Clarence still alive in the backyard. Clarence was heavily burned on both arms and his face. So seriously, the newspaper article about the fire feared that Clarence would not survive his injuries. There was nothing anybody could do to help the rest of the family.
It was reported that Nanette's body was found near Baby Eugene, appearing that she was trying to shield the child from the fire. Clarence, Jr. was found in the hallway near the front door and Lamar was found under the rubble of the collapsed roof.
Nanette and Baby Eugene were taken to her hometown of Washington, GA to be buried near her parents, thus this is where I came across them. The other two boys, Lamar and Clarence, Jr., were buried together in the Bethany Cemetery in Aiken, SC, next to their mother, Mary Louise Lamar Monts, Clarence's first wife, who had passed away in 1913.
The father survived his injuries and later became an insurance salesman. He eventually moved in with his sister in Little Mountain, SC and died there in 1931 and was laid to rest in the same family plot as his older children and first wife in the Bethany Cemetery in Aiken, SC.
The following was researched, and posted on Facebook site, "Forgotten Cemeteries of Georgia," by John Stevenson:
I entered her (Nanette's) name and death date into Newspapers.com and found my answer. It is a very tragic tale.
On the cold night of February 20, 1922, a fire broke out in the Monts' residence in Aiken, SC. The fire was presumed to have begun on the second floor of their older sons, Lamar and Clarence, Jr's bedroom. The bedroom was across the hall from their parent's bedroom. It was reported that the fire could have been started by the amateur radio set sparking either drapes or bed linen.
The father, Clarence, apparently ran to the closed door to his son's room. When he opened the door, this caused a backdraft which blasted him back into his bedroom and shot him through the second-floor window and out into the back yard.
When the neighbors ran to the scene, the second floor was fully engulfed in flames and collapsing into the first floor. They also found the badly burned Clarence still alive in the backyard. Clarence was heavily burned on both arms and his face. So seriously, the newspaper article about the fire feared that Clarence would not survive his injuries. There was nothing anybody could do to help the rest of the family.
It was reported that Nanette's body was found near Baby Eugene, appearing that she was trying to shield the child from the fire. Clarence, Jr. was found in the hallway near the front door and Lamar was found under the rubble of the collapsed roof.
Nanette and Baby Eugene were taken to her hometown of Washington, GA to be buried near her parents, thus this is where I came across them. The other two boys, Lamar and Clarence, Jr., were buried together in the Bethany Cemetery in Aiken, SC, next to their mother, Mary Louise Lamar Monts, Clarence's first wife, who had passed away in 1913.
The father survived his injuries and later became an insurance salesman. He eventually moved in with his sister in Little Mountain, SC and died there in 1931 and was laid to rest in the same family plot as his older children and first wife in the Bethany Cemetery in Aiken, SC.
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