Lamar-Pike-Spalding County GaArchives Obituaries.....Shivers, William Jefferson August 25 1904
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The Barnesville News-Gazette, Barnesville, Ga., Thursday, September 1, 1904
Laetitia News

We are sorry to note the death of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Shivers. 
He was taken sick on Saturday and died Sunday night. The babe was only a year 
and a few months old. He was buried at the Shivers cemetery, funeral conducted 
by Rev. W.V. Kendrick. The little darling will be missed at home. A few days 
before this occurred, Mr. Jeff Shivers, who was killed by his son, was buried 
at the Shivers cemetery, his funeral was conducted by Rev. W.V. Kendrick.

(Transcribed 6/21/04 Lynn Cunningham)

Additional Comments:
Jeff Shivers was William Jefferson Shivers. He was a son of Wilson Shivers, Sr. 
and Elizabeth Moore.

The Atlanta Constitution, October 8, 1904
Boy Who Killed His Father Not Indicted.
Griffin, Ga., October 7. - (Special)
The grand jury in the case of young Harry Shivers, of Pike County, who shot his 
father about two months ago in a family row, in session at Zebulon, in that 
county, returned a no bill after carefully investigating the entire matter. The 
tradegy was fully written up in the Constitution at the time. Young Shivers was 
only 14 years of age and in defense of his smaller brothers and sisters and his 
mother he shot his father, W.J. Shivers, with a double-barreled shotgun, 
killing him instantly. Sentiment in the community was at the time divided, but 
after a careful investigation of the affair, the grand jury, it is understood, 
now returns "no bill." Young Shivers was released from jail this afternoon and 
came from Zebulon to Griffin, where his mother now lives.

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