George V. Dilbeck (1868 - 1890)

Born 1868 in Cherokee, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 Dec 1890 at about age 22 in Yell, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

George V. Dilbeck was born 1868 in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States.

He was the son of John Joel Dilbeck and Cynthia Ann (Conaway) Dilbeck.

Obituary

• George Dilbeck, says The Dardanelle Post, aged about 22 years, lived on the farm of Mr. C.C. Frisbee, his father-in-law, near Petit Jean, some twelve miles south of Dardanelle. On last Saturday he was feeling badly and unable to labor, and told his wife that if she would go down to the field and weigh the cotton he would take his gun and go out on the creek and kill a duck. Mrs. D. departed for the field about 11 a.m. to see about the cotton. When she returned her husband and the gun were both gone. She, however, felt no uneasiness until after dark when, George, not returning, a search was instituted, which, with horn blowing, shouting, etc., was kept up a goodly portion of the night, but without success. The search was recommenced Sunday morning with renewed vigor. Sometime in the afternoon Mr. Frisbee found George's gun and one glove near the brink of the river bank. Further search disclosed two small pools of blood behind which lay the unfortunate man's hat. Further down the creek was found a beaten place, as though wallowed out by the agonized struggles of a human body. Then a broad, smooth trail, denoting where the body had slid down the muddy bank into the river. Some ten steps below this point the drowned corpse was found in a half-standing position, with arms outstretched, as if in the act of rising, and slowly rocking to and fro to the sluggish motion of the muddy current. No explanation is producible as to the mysterious manner of this young man's death. There were no marks of violence on the body except a few scratches on the face. The little pools of blood looked like where the victim's nose might (not legible) barely possible, but not probably, that he may have lost enough blood to have caused fainting, but the marks of the terrible struggle on the ground lead to the supposition that he was attacked by some sort of fit, in the convulsions of which he was precipitated over the creek bank without power to save himself. Esq. Davis held an inquest with verdict in accordance with the foregoing facts. Dilbeck was said to be an honest, industrious young man. He leave a young wife and a large circle of friends and kindred to mourn his loss. - ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Arkansas) 19 Dec. 1890, Fri. Page 5

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