Harry O'Brien Blee (1881 - 1927)

Born 7 May 1881 in Glasgow, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Woods) Blee — married 2 Jul 1906 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

Died 14 Jun 1927 at age 46 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

Biography

Description

Medium height, medium build, blue eyes and black hair. Both limbs off at the knee.^[1]

Obituary

15 Jun 1927 The Chilicothe Constitution-Tribune
K.C. Widower Dies By Wife's Grave
Kansas City, Mo., June 15. -- Despondency over his wife's death led Harry Blee, 312 West Thirteenth street, to commit suicide early yesterday morning in Mount St. Mary's cemetery where Mrs. Blee was buried. Blee was found lying beside his wife's grave, his throat cut. Blee was a former elevator operator at the courthouse, was 47 years old. He had lost both legs in a mine accident at Lexington several years ago. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Blee, died April 23, 1926, and since her death Blee repeatedly threatened suicide, his relatives said. One night last week he spent the night lying beside his wife's grave in the cemetery. Blee left a brief note on the back of an envelope expressing his love for his three children, particularly his 10-year-old daughter, Mary, who lives with an aunt in Lexington.

Burial

FindAGrave.com memorial #76466039 in Mount Saint Marys Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA

Sources

• The Lexington intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.), 19 April 1902. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063623/1902-04-19/ed-1/seq-3/#words=Blee
• The Lexington intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.), 20 June 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063623/1903-06-20/ed-1/seq-3/#words=Blee
• "Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW2H-P94 : accessed 5 March 2015), Harry Blee and Lizzie Woods, 02 Jul 1906; citing Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,601,513.
• The Lexington intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.), 11 Nov. 1911. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063623/1911-11-11/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Blee
• The Lexington intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.), 11 Nov. 1911. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063623/1911-11-11/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Blee
• The Lexington intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.), 23 Feb. 1912. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063623/1912-02-23/ed-1/seq-7/#words=Blee
• The Lexington intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.), 05 Sept. 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063623/1913-09-05/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Blee
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3RV-3LP : accessed 5 March 2015), Harry O'Brien Blee, 1917-1918; citing Lafayette County, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,397.
• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8HV-JT1 : accessed 4 March 2015), Harry Blee in household of John Woods, Kansas City Ward 9, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 232, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,927.
• Certificate of Death [img]; Missouri State Board of Heath; The State Historical Society of Missouri

1. ↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918