Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....PATE, Milton V. August 11, 1920 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com June 25, 2021, 5:03 pm Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., August 11, 1920 OBITUARY M. V. PATE KILLED BY LIGHTENING Brother of H. C. PATE, of This City Found Dead in a Barn at Son's Home Near Hawesville Mr. Milton V. PATE, who was nearly seventy years old, was found dead in the barn at the home of his son, George PATE, of near Hawesville (Hancock County, Ky) on Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock. It is the belief of his son that Mr. PATE was struck dead by lightening. The remains were brought here Monday morning and interred in the family lot at Taul's graveyard near Cloverport. Mr. PATE was the eldest brother of Mr. Henry Clay PATE of this city, who survives with several other brothers, and four sons of the deceased, all of whom reside in Breckinridge County: George PATE Frank PATE Owen PATE Henry PATE; except for Mr. George PATE who recently bought a farm in Hancock, and his father resided with him. PATE was a native of this county (Breckinridge). Additional Comments: #0336 Taul Cemetery #1, located on the right side of Highway 105, northwest of New Clover Creek Church, in Breckinridge County, Ky. PATE, Milton V. 01 Dec 1851 -- 11 Aug 1920 husband of Cynthia Ann "Syntha" COMPTON Wed: Bonddate 22 Dec 1874 Breckinridge County, Ky Book-11 Page 140 son of Poindexter T. "Dexter" "Deck" PATE & Judith Octavia (nee: PATE) have his death certificate have his obituary he has a tombstone "M.V.Pate" on tombstone PATE, Cynthia Ann "Syntha" 03 Oct 1849 -- 17 Feb 1881 husband of Milton V. PATE daughter of Henry COMPTON & Sarah Ann MARLOW COMPTON TAUL she has a tombstone "S.A. Pate" on tombstone Dana Brown & Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/p/pate11811gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/