| Name |
Richard O. ("Dick") Vanlandingham |
| Birth |
1 Mar 1873, Bath Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
2 Mar 1934, Moore's Ferry, Bath Co., Kentucky |
| Burial |
Hedrick's Cemetery, Old Sand Road, Bath Co., Ky |
| Father |
Stewart Vanlandingham |
| Mother |
Mary Ellen [Vanlandingham] |
|
The following article, serving as both obituary and news item, was the front page lead on the March 8, 1934 issue of the Bath County News-Outlook, published weekly on Thursday in Owingsville:
"Wounds Fatal to Vanlandingham: Son-in-Law, Charged With Shooting, Has Not Been Apprehended
Richard O. Vanlandingham, 61 years old, who was shot about the head with a shot gun said to have been in the hands of his son-in-law, Harlan Petit, at the former's home in the Moore's Ferry section on the night of February 14 of this year, died at his home late last Friday night, March 2, from the effect of his wounds.
Petit was arrested after the shooting and held in jail here pending the action of the grand jury, [which] returned an indictment against him on a charge of shooting with intent to kill, and was released on bond for his appearance at the May term of court. At that time it was thought that Mr. Vanlandingham would recover. Since the death of Mr. Vanlandingham officers have been unable to locate Petit. His bondsmen, however, are said to have promised to produce him to answer a charge of murder.
Mr. Vanlandingham was a native of this county and a member of a prominent and widely known family. He was a son of the late Stewart and Mary Ellen Vanlandingham, born March 1, 1873. Except for a few years spent in Fleming, his entire life was spent in Bath County.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Kate Vanlandingham, he is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Mary Ford, New Castle; Ind., Mrs. Eliza Wells, Mrs. Bessie Spurlock, Mrs. Ollie Petit and Miss Nora Vanlandingham, all of this county, two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Razor and Mrs. Elizabeth Ingram, and five brothers, Walter, Johnson, William, Albert and Greenberry Vanlandingham.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, March 4, conducted by the Rev. H. S. Ficklin. Burial took place at the Hedricks graveyard."
For further information on the case, see my file "Vanlandingham murder". |
