hmtl5 Rollie Bagley b. 20 Jun 1897 Purdin, Linn County, Missouri d. 27 Jun 1919 Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri: Hedges Genealogy
Rollie Bagley

Rollie Bagley

Male 1897 - 1919  (22 years)

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  • Name Rollie Bagley 
    Born 20 Jun 1897  Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Jun 1919  Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6
    Buried 29 Jun 1919  Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I161  Hedges
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2023 

    Father Charles Stewart Bagley,   b. 21 Mar 1872, Evansville, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1955, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Anna May Hedges,   b. 9 Jul 1877, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1962, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 17 Oct 1894  Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 6
    Family ID F65  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lillie Ponder,   b. 19 Mar 1897, Burning Springs, Clay County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1980, Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 10 Aug 1916  Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7
    Children 
     1. Bernard Delos Bagley,   b. 16 Jan 1918, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1982, Hobart, Lake County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jun 1897 - Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Aug 1916 - Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Jun 1919 - Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 29 Jun 1919 - Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Bagley Rollie 1897-1919
    Bagley Rollie 1897-1919

  • Notes 
    • MHR note: Rollie was killed by a baseball. Rollie had one son.
      [1]
    • Hit by a thrown baseball at Brookfield Ball Park, Linn County, Missouri.
      [2]
    • Killed In A Baseball Game
      Sphere Struck Purdin, Mo., Player Near the Heart.
      Brookfield, Mo., July 28. – Rollie Bagley of Purdin was killed yesterday in a ball game between Purdin and New Garden when a baseball struck him near the heart.
      The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri. Monday, 28 July 1919, page 1.
      [8]
    • Death Was Almost Instant
      The Brookfield Budget give the following account of the accident at Brookfield Sunday which caused the death of Rollie Bagley, a brief mention of which was made in the Constitution Monday.
      A very regrettable death was that of Rollie Bagley Sunday afternoon while playing ball at Powell Park.
      Young Bagley was a member of a ball team from Purdin’s rural districts that was matched up against a baseball nine of young farmers from Yellow Creek township.
      The fatal accident occurred during the first half of the eighth inning. Bagley was at bat and James Ridgeway of the rival team was pitching when a ball served by the latter hit the unfortunate batter over the heart knocking him to his knees. When he regained his feet he remarked that he was all right, but when he attempted to take a few steps, his companions say, he fell heavily to the ground, death, to all appearances, resulting instantly.
      His getting hit with the ball is conceded to be largely due to the fact that Bagley was a left-handed striker, and no one more keenly regrets the sad affair than Pitcher Ridgeway.
      The body was taken to Ruck’s undertaking rooms and prepared for burial and later removed to the home in Purdin.
      This was the third game for these two rural teams; one game was played at Purdin two weeks ago and a second game at Kersley grove east of New Garden a week ago Sunday. Each team had scored a victory and Sunday’s game stood 9 to 8 in favor of Yello Creek when so unfortunately ended.
      Rollie Bagley was 22 years old, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Bagley of Purdin. He was an industrious young farmer, and was united in marriage August 1916, with Miss Lillie Ponder of Jamaica, Ill, who with a fifteen-months-old child survive. Other near relatives are: his parents, four brothers and one sister.
      The wife and two brothers of the deceased attended the game Sunday.
      The funeral was held at two o’clock Tuesday at the Christian church at Purdin.
      The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri. Thursday, 31 July 1919, page 1.
      [6, 8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S7] Death certificate.

    3. [S5] 1900 US census.

    4. [S6] Find a Grave.

    5. [S26] US World War I draft registration.

    6. [S9] Obituary.

    7. [S43] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002.

    8. [S87] Newspaper article.