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Robert Colyer^{[1, 2, 3]}
1863 - 1940

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• Birth	8 Apr 1863	Somerset KY   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Dec 1940	Somerset, KY
  Buried	Someset City cemetery
  Person ID	I0142	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Lindsey Robert Colyer,   b. 27 Apr 1821,   d. 14 Jan 1901
  Mother	Nancy Jane Richardson,   b. 1829,   d. 1871
  Married	30 Jul 1844	Pulaski Co., Kentucky
  Family ID	F048	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Courier-Journal (Lousivlle, KY) Friday 12/31/1897 SHOT BY POLICEMAN. James Wickersham Fatally Wonded by Robert Colyer at Somerset. Someset, Ky., Dec 30.--(Special)--At 9 o'clock this evening Robert Colyer, a policeman of this place, shot and it thought, fatally wounded James Wickersham, of this place. Wickersham had been drinking and raising a disturbance. Colyer claims that he attempted to quiet Wickersham, when the latter pulled a gun. Colyer says he backed to where he cold get hold of his shotgun and fired twice at Wickersham, on load taking effect in the left arm and the other in the bowels. He used buckshot, and some seventeen of the shot took effect. Wickersham came to this place from Stanford, where he was engaged in the saloon business, which occupation he followed at this place. He is a bad man when drunk, but harmless when sober. He was intoxicated when the row occurred this evening. He recently made a race for Chief of Police, and was only defeated by a small majority. Colyer has been a policeman for about five years, and has always been a good officer. Wickersham is still alive, but can not live until morning. Colyer gave himself up to Sheriff Elrod and gave bond for his appearance tomorrow. findagrave.com Robert Lindsay Colyer Birth 8 Apr 1863 Death 29 Dec 1940 Burial Somerset City Cemetery Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA Memorial ID 12347195




• Sources

  [S05088] Collierj.ftw--Tim Jeffries, Cincinnati OH, Tim Jeffries, Cincinnatti OH. Date of Import: Aug 6, 1998 [S14494] Alice Colyer Gala. Date of Import: Sep 19, 1998 [S27813] ColyerV2.FTW. Date of Import: Sep 30, 1998