Tragedy Tuesday - The Death Of Henry Boomershine (1957)

BOOMERSHINE RITES SUNDAY   Henry C. Boomershine, 67, of West Manchester, died Thursday afternoon in Reid Memorial hospital, Richmond, from injuries sustained in a truck collision June 8.   The accident occurred at the intersection of U.S. Route 40 and the Lewisburg Western road, west of Lewisburg, when Boomershine, going south on Lewisburg Western road, pulled in front of a truck traveling east on Route 40.  The east-bound truck hit Boomershine's vehicle on the right side.  Boomershine had been employed at the H. A. Geeting Auto company in West Manchester for 31 years and at the time of the accident was driving a company gasoline truck making deliveries to farm patrons.   Mr. Boomershine was a native of the West Manchester community, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Boomershine.  He was a member of the Masonic lodge of Eaton, and American Legion as a veteran of World War I.   Final rites were conducted from a West Manchester funeral home Sunday afternoon, with burial following in Mound Hill cemetery at Eaton.  The Rev. Keith Akard, a former pastor of the West Manchester Congregational Christnian church officiated at the funeral services.   Masonic and military services were conducted at the funeral home Saturday evening.   Survivors include his widow, Chloe; a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Tanner of Richmond; a son, Daniel of West Manchester; a brother, Ralph of Indianapolis; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Bias, Berea, Mrs. Mabel Handley of Eaton and Mrs. Willodene Hebbler of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and three grandchildren. **unknnown newspaper clipping, 16 JUN 1957, Preble County, Ohio

Wedding Wednesday - Ligon & Hardgrove (1853)

MARRIED

At the First Baptist Church, by the Rev. B. Manly, Jr., on Wednesday, April 27th, 1853, Mr. Wm. H. Hardgrove, to Miss Sallie E. Ligon, all of this city.

 

**Richmond Whig, 29 APR 1853, Pg. 2 (via Genealogybank)

 

Sarah (Sallie) Eudocia Ligon was the daughter of John Leigh Ligon and his wife, Mary Anne Puryear Ligon.

Obituary - John L. Ligon (1867)

Died

Ligon - At Bristol, Tennessee, on Saturday, the 16th instant, Mr. John L. Ligon, formerly of this city, in the sixty sixth year of his age.

**Richmond Whig, 19 NOV 1867, Pg. 4 (Via Genealogybank)

John Leigh Ligon was the son of William Ligon (1765-1829) and his wife, Sarah Leigh Ligon (no dates).  He was born 12 FEB 1802 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.  He married 8 OCT 1828 in Henrico County, Virginia to Mary Anne Puryear, daughter of Hezekiah Puryear and his wife, Eudocia.