hmtl5 Earl Emerson Razor b. 1903 Salt Lick, Bath County, Kentucky d. 11 Mar 1917 New Castle, Henry County, Indiana: Hedges Genealogy

Earl Emerson Razor

Male 1903 - 1917  (14 years)


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  • Name Earl Emerson Razor 
    Born 1903  Salt Lick, Bath County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Mar 1917  New Castle, Henry County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Buried South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I1483  Hedges
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2024 

    Father Wilmington Teager Razor,   b. 13 Dec 1876, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1942, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Lavena Penelope Ward,   b. 1 Dec 1877, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1962, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 1897  Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Family ID F341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1903 - Salt Lick, Bath County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Mar 1917 - New Castle, Henry County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Published March 12, 1917 - New Castle Daily Courier, New Castle, Indiana.

      CYCLONE DEATH TOLL REMAINS AT NINETEEN
      CITY AWAKENS TO GREAT WORK OF CARING FOR
      HOMELESS AND RELIEVING SUFFERING OF INJURED
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      THE DEAD:
      Earl E. Razor, age 14, son of W. T. Razor, 1322 S. 21st.
      (from an edited article)


      *Published March 17, 1917 - New Castle Daily Courier, New Castle, Indiana.
      The funeral of Earl E. Razor, who was killed by the cyclone Sunday, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
      The remains will be held over until Monday, when interment will take place at South Mound.

      [3, 4]
    • Newcastle Busy With Rebuilding And Relief Work
      Downtown Street Quiet, but the Devastated Region Is Scene of Great Activity.
      Burial of Earl E. Razor Will Be Held On Monday
      Newcastle, Ind., March 17. - But one week has passed since one of the most destructive cyclones in the history of the state swept through Newcastle, claiming twenty-two lives, maiming and injuring nearly two hundred and causing property loss estimated at nearly a million dollars. Although the tornado is but a few days past, to Newcastle resident who have experience dread, anguish, sorrow and deep sympathy it has seemed a month. . . .

      page 7
      Lad to Be Buried Monday
      The last of the victims of the cyclone will have been laid away with the burial, Monday, of Earl E. Razor, 14, son of W.T. Razor. The Razor boy was one of the last of the first nineteen bodies hurried to the morgues to be identified.

      The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana. Sunday, 18 March 1917.
      [4, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S23] Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920.

    3. [S6] Find a Grave.

    4. [S9] Obituary.

    5. [S5] 1900 US census.

    6. [S87] Newspaper article.