Landon C. HARKLEROAD

Birth:
13 May 1861
Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
28 Sep 1910
Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee
Burial:
Morningside, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Marriage:
12 Jun 1881
Blountville, Sullivan, Tennessee
Notes:
                   NEIL HARKLEROAD LISTS SECOND MARRIAGE TO V.L. VESTULN IN 1891.
FIRST MARRIAGE - FROM LDS 972684 SULLIVAN MARRIAGE BOOK, VOL 3, PAGE 32 DEATH RECORD FROM ELLEN BARNETT - DIED "ACCIDENT IN MILL" OCCUPATION "ENGINEER" KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT TENNESSEE BOBBIN & SPOOL COMPANY, ELIZABETHTON FROM THE NEWSPAPER -THE BRISTOL HERALD COURIER - LDS FILM 0271684
       DIES IN BRISTOL
        ON WAY TO
         HOSPITAL

LANDON C. HARKLEROAD, FOR-
MERLY OF BLUFF CITY, WHO
WAS INJURED IN ACCIDNET
IN BOBBIN FACTORY AT ELIZ-
ABETHTON TUESDAY PASSES
AWAY WHILE BEING TAKEN
FROM TRAIN.

       LANDON C. HARKLEROAD, FORTY-NINE YEARS OLD AND A NATIVE OF NEAR BLUFF CITY, DIED IN BRISTOL WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 11 O'CLOCK, WHILE BEING REMOVED FROM THE VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWESTERN TRAIN, PREPARATORY TO BEING TAKEN TO ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT, AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT AT ELIZABETHTON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  MR. HARKLEROAD WAS EMPLOYED IN A BOBBIN FACTORY AT ELIZABETHTON.
HE UNDERTOOK TO SHIFT A BELT ON A PULLY WITH A STICK, WHEN THE STICK WAS CAUGHT.  HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT SIDE AND SUSTAINED AN INTERNAL INJURY THAT PROVED FATAL.
       MR. HARKLEROAD LEAVES A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN, BOTH GROWN.  HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, HAVING BEEN A MEMBER OF A GOOD FAMILY.  THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL WILL BE HELD AT BLUFF CITY AT 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.  THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO BLUFF CITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

FROM THE BRISTOL HERALD COURIER - SEPTEMBER 30, 1910
       SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER
       ELIZABETHTON, TENN., SEPT. 29 - ELIZABETHTON HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATE IN ACCIDENTS THIS WEEK.
       ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON L.C. HARKLEROAD WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE PUTTING ON A BELT AT THE TENNESSEE BOBBIN & SPOOL COMPANY'S PLANT.  HE WAS THEIR SAWYER AND USED A STICK AND IT STRUCK HIM WITH GREAT FORCE IN THE STOMACH., KNOCKING HIM SEVERAL FEET FROM A PLATFORM TEN FEET HIGH.  HE WAS GIVEN MEDICAL ATTENTION AT ONCE, AND ON YESTERDAY MORNING WAS STARTED TO THE ST. LUKE HOSPITAL AT BRISTOL, BUT DIED SOON AFTER HE ARRIVED IN BRISTOL.  HIS REMAINS WERE TURNED OVER TO AN UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT AND THE BODY PREPARED FOR BURIAL AND SHIPPED TO BLUFF CITY, WHERE HIS FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY.  HIS WIFE IS AN INVALID AND HER CONDITION IS VERY BAD.  REV. T. H. FRANCISCO AND SOME WOMEN FRIENDS ACCAMPANIED HER TO BLUFF CITY THIS MORNING.  MR. HARKLEROAD WAS A HARD WORKING, INDUSTRIOUS MAN, AND RESPECTED BY HIS NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.
                  
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Notes:
                   FROM THE RECOLLECTIONS OF THELMA (BARNETT) PADERICK.  THIS STORY WAS ALSO TOLD TO DEBRA (WARD) HAGIE BY MARY ANN (HARKLEROAD) BARNETT.

       MY GRANDFATHER (MOM'S DAD) TOOK HER (MARY ANN HARKLEROAD) AND HER BROTHER TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON WHEN MY MOTHER WAS AN INFANT.  THAT FIRST WINTER IN WASHINGTON, MY GRANDMOTHER (MARGARET ELIZABETH HARKLEROAD) DIED - I DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE OF DEATH.  MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT HER DAD (LANDON HARKELROAD) AND SOME MEN MADE HER COFFIN.  THEY LIVED WAY BACK IN THE MOUNTAINS.  THEY BROUGHT HER OUT ON A SLED.  SNOW WAS UP TO THEIR KNEES.  MY GRANDFATHER CARRIED MY MOTHER AND MY UNCLE SAT ON THE COFFIN.  THEY WALKED ALL DAY.  THEY BURIED MY GRANDMOTHER IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.
       MY MOTHER SAID THAT SOMEONE WROTE HER FROM WASHINGTON AND TOLD HER THAT MY GRANDMOTHER'S GRAVE WAS IN THE CENTER OF THE CEMETERY IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.
                  
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
1882
Death:
10 Jul 1916
Surgoinsville, Hawkins, Tennessee
Notes:
                   CALLED "JONCE"
DOD, POD, POCEM FROM TENNESSEE DEATH CERTIFICATE - FILE NUMBER ILLEGIBLE. INFORMATION GIVEN BY W.E. HARKLEROAD - STATES DATE OF BIRTH AS 26 FEB 1884 AND GIVES "JOHNSON" AS MIDDLE NAME.  OCCUPATION LISTED ON CERTIFICATE - "SAWMILL ENGINEER"  CAUSE OF DEATH IS LISTED AS PERFORATED DUODEUAL ULCER - BOTH THELMA (BARNETT) PADERICK AND MARIE (BARNETT) WARD REMEMBER THEIR MOTHER, MARY ANN (HARKLEROAD) BARNETT TELLING OF HER BROTHER'S DEATH.  "HE WENT TO THE STORE FOR LUNCH.  HE BOUGHT SOME SARDINES.  HE ATE THEM ON THE PORCH AND DIED."
                  
2
Birth:
25 Oct 1886
Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
24 Dec 1977
Greenville, Tennessee
Marr:
15 Aug 1905
Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennesse 
Notes:
                   IN 1944 SHE RECEIVED A DELAYED BIRTH CERTIFICATE (#301156) FROM TN.
PROOFS OF AGE WERE: 1) AFFIDAVIT OF J.H. LITTLE - COUSIN - WAS (16) YEARS OF AGE AT HER BIRTH  2) AFFIDAVIT OF J.V. SHIPLEY - NEIGHBOR - PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED 3) FAMILY BIBLE RECORD PRESENTED - RECORDED BY MOTHER - REGULAR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD NO. 289-14-2107 (10-9-40) ADDRESS LISTED AS BOX 359 ELMWOOD PL P.O. ELMWOOD, OHIO.  EMPLOYER'S NAME - PURITY LAUNDRY DATE OF MARRIAGE - SULLIVAN COUNTY MARRIAGES BOOK 1899-1915 ROLL 13 PAGE 127 BOBBY BARNETT REMEMBERS HER FAVORITE BRAND OF SNUFF - BURTON DENTAL SNUFF BAPTIZED IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH AT HER HOME ACCORDING TO MARIE B. WARD
                  
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Landon C. Harkleroad - Blocked

Landon C. Harkleroad was born at Sullivan, Tennessee 13 May 1861. His parents were James Henry Harkleroad and Fannie Emaline Hicks.

He married Blocked 12 Jun 1881 at Blountville, Sullivan, Tennessee .

They were the parents of 2 children:
Andrew Johnson Harkleroad born 1882.
Mary Ann Harkleroad born 25 Oct 1886.

Landon C. Harkleroad died 28 Sep 1910 at Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee .