Taylor County GaArchives Obituaries.....I.A. Barfield June 5 1913
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The Butler Herald, June 10, 1913
The Butler Herald
Tuesday, June 10, 1913
Page Five

Mr. I.A. Barfield is Victim of Lightning’s Bolt

Was Returning to House From Field and Took Shelter From Rain Under Pine

The news of the death by lightning of Mr. I.A. Barfield “Boss Barfield”, as he 
was familiarly known, was a distinct shock to his friends throughout the county.

The sad occurrence took place about five o’clock Thursday afternoon in an oat 
field of Mr. Barfield, which is only a short distance from his residence and 
about nine miles south of Butler.

Mr. Barfield and a young white man in his employ were engaged Thursday in 
harvesting his fine crop of oats.  Late in the afternoon seeing bad weather 
approaching the two men made hasty preparation for returning to the house.  A 
wagon was loaded with oats and the young man drove the team home, while Mr. 
Barfield was left to walk through the field to the house.  The rain, which came 
up quick and fast, overtook him, and he stopped under an old pine for shelter.

After an hour or more had passed and Mr. Barfield had not arrived at home the 
young man who drove the wagon went in search of his employer whose lifeless 
body he found beneath the pine, with unquestionable proof of his having met 
death from lightning, the bolt having first struck the tree and from the trunk 
of this descended upon Mr. Barfield.

The deceased was about forty years old and one of the county’s prosperous 
farmers loved and esteemed by all who knew him.  He is survived by a wife and 
one child, a girl about ten years of age.

The remains of Mr. Barfield were interred at Bethlehem cemetery Saturday, a 
large attendance of sorrowing friends being present.



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