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William Henry Hazelip
Generation: K | ID: 2101 | Lifespan: 68 years Updated: 27 Dec 2011
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Ancestry Information
PATERNAL MATERNAL
(Paternal Grandfather) (Paternal Grandmother) (Maternal Grandmother) (Maternal Grandfather)
Merry Hazelip
(12 May 1795 - 5 Mar 1870)
Elizabeth Jane Wesley
(15 Jan 1799 - 10 Feb 1865)
Unavailable
b. UNK - d. UNK
 
Unavailable
b. UNK - d. UNK
 
(Father) (Mother)
Hiram M. Hazelip
(ABT 15 Mar 1836 - 9 Oct 1864)
Mary Jane Cook
(ABT 1843 - UNK)
William Henry Hazelip
(26 Dec 1861 - 27 Jan 1929)
Marriages of William Henry Hazelip
Images Spouse Date of Marriage Certificate Location of Marriage
Louvine Skaggs 1 Mar 1883 Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
MARRIAGE NOTES: FMC. Louvine was only 15 at the time of her first marriage. By rights, I think William Henry Hazelip (who is listed as being 20 years old) was really 22. I wonder if this was to conceal, to some degree, the difference in their ages.
Children of William Henry Hazelip
Images Children Lifespan Other Parent
No children have been entered for this person.
Siblings of William Henry Hazelip
Images Siblings Lifespan Father Mother
Artimetia Hazelip (ABT 1857 - 20 Apr 1858) Hiram M. Hazelip UNKNOWN
James Keelon Hazelip (11 Jun 1859 - UNK) Hiram M. Hazelip Sarah Anna Williams
William Henry Hazelip (26 Dec 1861 - 27 Jan 1929) Hiram M. Hazelip Mary Jane Cook
Detailed Primary Information for William Henry Hazelip
Gender: Male
Generation: K
Added: 25 Apr 2010
Last Updated: 27 Dec 2011
Living: False
Primary Notes: Profile photo from William James: www.billjames.org.
Detailed Birth Information for William Henry Hazelip
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1861
Time of Birth: UNK
Birth Location: Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Map of Birthplace: Map Unavailable
Birth Notes: Date and location located in deposition included in Hiram M. Hazelip's Civil War Pension Application.

One page of the pension application says he was born December 26, 1862.
Detailed Death Information for William Henry Hazelip
Death Date: 27 Jan 1929
Time of Death: UNK
Death Location: Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
Map of Deathplace: Map Unavailable
Cause of Death: Murdered by Step Son
Death Notes:
Detailed Burial Information for William Henry Hazelip
Burial Location: Light Cemetery, Rhoda, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Map of Location: Click to view map (N 37.15955, W 86.22913333)
Name on Stone: WILLIAM HENRY HAZELIP
Birthdate on Stone: DEC. 26, 1861
Death Date on Stone: JAN. 27, 1927
Inscription 1: ASSASSINATED
Inscription 2: None.
Reverse Inscription: None
Burial Notes: The date of death on William's stone (1927) is most likely incorrect and should have been 1929. For evidence of this point, see (a) the transcription of the news story about William's death at the hands of his stepson and (b) his Death Certificate. The fact that William's tombstone appears to be rather new supports this conclusion, because I have seen on more than one occasion where a newer stone (whether to replace an old stone or to put an initial stone in place many years after a person's death) incorrectly states the dates of birth and death.
Cemetery Notes: A contemporary newspaper report regarding the murder of William Henry Hazelip indicated that William was buried in "Spillman Burying Ground." William is, indeed, buried in what is now called Light Cemetery, which means they must be the same.
Additional Notes for William Henry Hazelip
Database Note No: 134
Source: The Bowling Green Times-Gazette
Dated: August 12, 1885

Edmonson County News

Henry Hazelip shot at Alex Houchins here yesterday without hitting Houchins, although within a fewfeet of him. Then Houchins' son struck Hazelip in the back of the head with a rock, causing a severe wound. It was the outgrowth of an old grudge. Dack Hazelip and Willis Merideth also had a fight which grew out of the Hazelip-Houchins fight, without either one of them being hurt. There were also two or three boy fights.
Database Note No: 135
The Edmonson News

January 31, 1929

Henry Hazelip Shot to Death

"Landmark" of County Killed By His Stepson

Henry Hazelip, one of he most widely known citizens of the section was shot and killed by his stepson, Everett Willis, at their home near Shrewsbury, Grayson County. The body was brought to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank James, in Brownsville, Sunday. Burial was in the Spillman burying ground Monday.

Varying reports of the killing have been received here, but the most reliable seems to be in substance that Hazelip and his stepson quarreled over the appointment of the land each was to cultivate. This was last Friday, and until the morning of the killing, Willis had been away from home.

Sunday morning Mr. Hazelip and his wife, to whom he was married this last November, went to the barn to milk and do their chores. Mr. Hazelip took a horse to water it at a well near the corner of the house. It was there, it is said, that he met young Willis, but what transpired is unknown, except that the latter fired two shots from a shotgun, one charge striking Hazelip in the left arm and the other taking effect in his breast and abdomen and causing his death. Willis, it is reported, went to Leitchfield and surrendered and it is not known what disposition has been made of the case in Grayson Courts.
Images Relating to William Henry Hazelip
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Database Image No: 384
William Henry Hazelip and Unknown Fellow
Obtained c. 2008 from Sue Ann Hornung at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyborn/index.html.
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Database Image No: 387
William Henry Hazelip Family
Obtained from William James. (See www.billjames.org.) Annotation with photo:

"Family Picture of Frank James and his wife Effie Hazelip (William Henry Hazelip's daughter). Pictured with them on the right are Effie's parents (Henry and Louvine Skaggs Hazelip) and two of their other children."

ARR. Need to add others.
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Database Image No: 658
1870 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY