1871 - 1927 (56 years)
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Name |
George Thomas McKenzie |
Birth |
25 Mar 1871 |
Maryland |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1 Oct 1927 |
Bolair, Webster County, West Virginia |
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.
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Person ID |
I03009 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
Father |
John L. McKenzie, b. 17 Jun 1842, Greenville Twp., Somerset, Pennsylvania d. 23 Feb 1921, Garrett County, Maryland (Age 78 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
Sarah Ellen (Helena) Christner, b. 4 Jul 1845, Allegany County, Maryland d. 2 Jun 1938, Long Stretch, Garrett County, Pennsylvania (Age 92 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Marriage |
16 Jun 1865 |
Allegany County, Maryland |
Family ID |
F01261 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Anna Louise (Annie) Carey, b. 16 May 1886, Garrett County, Maryland d. 19 Jun 1969, Washington, D.C. (Age 83 years) |
Marriage |
31 Dec 1908 |
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland |
Children |
| 1. Verna Virginia McKenzie, b. 11 Jun 1909, West Virginia d. 12 Jan 1999, Upper Glade, Webster County, West Virginia (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 2. Ruby Viola McKenzie, b. 10 Oct 1910, North Bend, Greenbrier, County, West Virginia d. 19 Oct 2003, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 3. Myrtle Catherine McKenzie, b. 3 Jun 1912, West Virginia d. 6 Dec 2003 (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 4. Daniel Freeman McKenzie, b. 19 Dec 1913, Pocahontas County, West Virginia d. 25 Dec 1989, Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 5. Rhoda Ann McKenzie, b. 17 Nov 1915, West Virginia d. 6 Apr 2006, Sun City, Hillsborough County, Florida (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 6. Norvel Lee McKenzie, b. 28 Jan 1918, Webster County, West Virginia d. 24 Jun 1997, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 7. Nora Mae McKenzie, b. 1 Dec 1920, West Virginia d. 19 Jul 1990, Maryland (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 8. Melvin Noah McKenzie, b. 1 Dec 1920, Webster County, West Virginia d. 3 Dec 1974, Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia (Age 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 9. Georgia Ellen McKenzie, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
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Family ID |
F01783 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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