Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John C. Estlack    
                Born: Mar-12-1869          in Harrison Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Apr- 6-1897          in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV  1 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Estlack Cemetery, Grass Run (Co Rd 5/12), Harrison Co, WV  3
      Cause of death:                      accidental gunshot  
             Resided:                      in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1892                 in Harrison Co, WV  2
          Occupation:                      farmer  
              Father: Eli Hannibal Estlack   (1826 - 1883) 
              Mother: Sarah Flowers   (1825 - 1887) 
                Wife: Mollie Lynch     
             Married: May-19-1892          in Harrison Co, WV  2
                Born: ca 1876              in Harrison Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1892                 in Harrison Co, WV  2
              Father: William C. Lynch   (1847 -     ) 
              Mother: Harriet Swiger   (1847 -     ) 

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=257502&Type=Marriage. 
(3) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 

Event Notes
Note (1) News article, "The Clarksburg Telegram," Friday, 16 April 1897, in its
entirety:

"As John Estlack, a farmer living in Doddridge County, near Salem, was going
through his field to work last Thursday, he was shot by the accidental discharge
of a gun which he was carrying and instantly killed.  The accident happened
while he was climbing over a log, the load entering his side."







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