George Thomas McKenzie

George Thomas McKenzie

Male 1871 - 1927  (56 years)

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  • Name George Thomas McKenzie 
    Birth 25 Mar 1871  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Oct 1927  Bolair, Webster County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • George Thomas MCKENZIE (John L.-3, Samuel J.-2, John M.-1) was born on 25 Mar 1871. He died by murder on 1 Oct 1927 in Bolair, Webster Co., West Virginia. Thomas McKenzie Slain With Axe, in Webster Co., W. Va.

      To be Burned (sic: Buried) Near Frostburg: The body of Thomas McKenzie, aged 51, who was murdered with an axe near his home on the Samuel Hill Farm, near Cam Caesar in Webster county, W. Va. was brought to the home of his mother, Mrs. John McKenzie, in Garret county, a mile off the National Highway and six miles west of Frostburg, where burial will take place tomorrow. Mrs. McKenzie, 37, widow of the slain man, and Seymour Smith, 28, are in Webster county jail at Webster Springs, charged with murder. The body was found about a third of a mile from the McKenzie home. A short distance from the body was discovered a double-bitted axe with blood on the handle. McKenzie's head had been hacked with an axe. There was one big gash in the forehead and three back of his head, one of which penetrated his skull. Mrs. McKenzie and Smith disclaim all knowledge of McKenzie's death. They say McKenzie left home early Saturday morning with a lantern in his hand. He later returned and placed the lantern on the front porch. Cumberland Evening Times, October 4, 1927
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      FINGER PRINTS THOUGHT CLUE IN M'KENZIE MURDER
      Widow of Former Garrett Co. Man and Young Smith Held on Slaying Charge
      Mrs. Annie McKenzie, widow of Thomas McKenzie, formerly of Garrett county, Md., near Frostburg, and Seymour Smith, youth, engaged to the oldest daughter of the McKenzies, were held Saturday on the charge of murder of Thomas McKenzie, following a hearing at Webster Springs, W.Va., and were remanded to jail for the action of the January Court. Laboratory examination of finger prints on a blood stained axe handle are being made. A chestnut leaf, supposed to be stained with human blood, was found between the McKenzie home and the laurel bush where the dead man's body was suspended. This, the authorities contand, tends to establish that the man was slain at his home and his body carried to the laurel bush.

      SUICIDE THEORY SCOUTED: Little credence is put in the suicide theory. His body had been terribly mutilated, apparently by the axe found nearby, and was suspended by the chain from a laurel bush, with his hands tightly clasping a branch. There were four wounds in the head, any one of which might have been fatal, doctors say. Bloodhounds followed an alleged trail from the scene of the body's finding in the bedside of Smith in the McKenzie home where he was spending the week-end, and he was aroused by the bloodhounds licking his face, officers said. The McKenzies were married when he was 37 and she 17. They have nine children. The authorities say they have evidence that they quarreled frequently. Mckenzie was a lumberman and farmer. Smith, a railroad worker, was not his hired man, as was first reported. The body of McKenzie was brought to his former home, six miles west of Frostburg on the National Highway, for burial. Mrs. McKenzie, a former Garrett county woman, is said to have recently come into possession of a goodly sum of money from her father in Maryland. Cumberland Evening Times, October 10, 1927


      West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973
      about Geo. Thomas McKenzie




      Name:
      Geo. Thomas McKenzie

      Birth Date:
      7 Apr 1871

      Birth Place:
      MD

      Death Date:
      1 Oct 1927

      Death Place:
      Bolair, Webster, West Virginia

      Burial Date:
      4 Oct 1927

      Burial Place:
      Garret County, MD

      Death Age:
      56 years 6 months 6 days

      Occupation:
      Woodsman

      Marital Status:
      Married

      Gender:
      Male

      Father Name:
      John McKenzie

      Father Birth Place:
      Pennsylvania

      Mother Name:
      Sarah Ellen Cristner

      Mother Birth Place:
      PA

      FHL Film Number:
      593538




      He was buried on 27 Oct 1927 in Garrett Co., Maryland.

      Marraige information per the research of Ray Leidinger, Cumberland, Maryland.
    Person ID I03009  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Father John L. McKenzie,   b. 17 Jun 1842, Greenville Twp., Somerset, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1921, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Ellen (Helena) Christner,   b. 4 Jul 1845, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1938, Long Stretch, Garrett County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 Jun 1865  Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F01261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Louise (Annie) Carey,   b. 16 May 1886, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1969, Washington, D.C. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 31 Dec 1908  Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Verna Virginia McKenzie,   b. 11 Jun 1909, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1999, Upper Glade, Webster County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Ruby Viola McKenzie,   b. 10 Oct 1910, North Bend, Greenbrier, County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 2003, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Myrtle Catherine McKenzie,   b. 3 Jun 1912, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 2003 (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Daniel Freeman McKenzie,   b. 19 Dec 1913, Pocahontas County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1989, Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Rhoda Ann McKenzie,   b. 17 Nov 1915, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 2006, Sun City, Hillsborough County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Norvel Lee McKenzie,   b. 28 Jan 1918, Webster County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1997, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Nora Mae McKenzie,   b. 1 Dec 1920, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1990, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Melvin Noah McKenzie,   b. 1 Dec 1920, Webster County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1974, Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Georgia Ellen McKenzie,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
    Family ID F01783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

  • Headstones
    Gravestone of George Thomas McKenzie (b. 1871) and Anna L. Carey
    Gravestone of George Thomas McKenzie (b. 1871) and Anna L. Carey
    Blocher Cemetery
    Garrett County
    Maryland, USA


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