From: KyArchives Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 10:47 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Hinton.John.1899.Breckinridge.OBIT John HINTON May 12, 1899 Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, May 10, 1899 Page 1, DEATH, LAST FRIDAY (May 12, 1899) John HINTON, a farmer, 40 years old who lived near Balltown (Breckinridge County), Ky. While seated by the fireplace at his son's adjoining farm a storm came up. Lightening followed the draft of the flue and struck Mr. HINTON. He was killed instantly. He leaves a married son, a widower, who will remove to the father's farm, and take the bereaved family under his charge. Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com Additional Comments: I did not find a tombstone for Mr. HINTON in the Breckinridge County Cemeteries, volume one, published in 1991. Peggy Russell This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/