Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....SATTERFIELD, Allen December 30, 1903
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Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, January 6, 1904
OBITUARY  Page 4, Column 4
ENDS HIS LIFE WITH PISTOL
     About 12:30 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon, December 30, 1903, Allen 
SATTERFIELD, a well-known and respected young man of this city (Cloverport, 
Ky), shot himself through his left breast with a .38 calibre pistol.  He was 
in a second story room at his home when the deed was committed, and was found 
in a dying condition a few minutes after the shot was fired.
     Dr. A. A. SIMONS was summoned and arrived several minutes before the 
wounded man drew his last breath.  The physician made every effort to save his 
life, but it was impossible as the bullet had passed through the body within a 
few inches of the heart, and had lodged in the spinal column.
     Mr. SATTERFIELD died about 1 o'clock.  It is believed by the family and 
his friends that Mr. SATTERFIELD was temporarily insane when he shot himself, 
and they can assign no direct cause for the act.  He had been in poor health 
for sometime, and this seemed to have saddened him.  On Tuesday he acted 
strangely on several occasions and his family thought he was not at all 
himself.  He ate little at dinner Wednesday, and then went upstairs to his 
bedroom.  The shot rang out a few minutes later.
     Members of the family rushed upstairs to his room.  He was sitting on the 
bed with the pistol in his hand.  Before he expired he told them that he was 
forced to commit the act.  Near him was found an envelope on which he had 
written, "I was forced to it."
     The news of the killing was a shocking surprise, as SATTERFIELD was known 
as a model young man.  He was self-sacrificing in the extreme for his invalid 
mother, and several sisters whom he resided with.  His brothers and sisters 
are:
Tom SATTERFIELD of Cloverport, Ky
Luther SATTERFIELD of Cloverport, Ky
Charles SATTERFIELD of Herrin, Illinois (Williamson County)
James SATTERFIELD of Pineville, Ky (Bell County)
Mrs. Lizzie JACKSON of California
Mrs. Viola JACKSON of Cloverport, Ky
Miss Laura SATTERFIELD of Cloverport, Ky
Miss Rena SATTERFIELD of Cloverport, Ky
     Mr. SATTERFIELD was about 37 years of age and unmarried.  For several 
years he had been a member of the local A.O.U.W. Lodge.
     The funeral was held from the residence at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, 
January 1, 1904 by the Reverend S. O. CHRISTIAN of the Baptist Church.  The 
A.O.U.W. Lodge then took charge of the body, and the enterment was in the 
Murray Graveyard.

Additional Comments:
I did not find a tombstone for Mr. Allen SATTERFIELD in the Breckinridge County 
cemetery Books, volume 1 or volume 2.

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