Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Hendon, Frank February 16, 1876 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Ayres http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007674 March 2, 2023, 2:49 am Georgia Weekly Telegraph, Journal Tn West Point Press states that on Wednesday evening February 16th Messrs Frank Hendon and John Prather were hunting wild turkeys in the vicinity of Rock Mills Ala. They were making the usual "yelping" noise to attract the game which caused Prather to mistake Hendon for a turkey. The latter behind a bush and night was coming on which facilitated the mistake and caused the former to fire shooting Hendon through the heart and killing him instantly. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/h/hendon4485gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb