John Warren Gilkison
1890 - 1941 (50 years)
Generation: 1
1. John Warren Gilkison was born on 29 Oct 1890 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 29 Jun 1941 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Brown Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1920, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1930, Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
Trapped in Home, Five Die in Fire
Morehead, Ky. – (INS) – Five persons, including two children, died Saturday when fire destroyed their home at near-by Bluestone.
The dead: John Gilkison, 50 years old, his wife, Blanche, 46; their grandchildren Glennis, 5, and Mary Lou Gilkison, 2; and the children’s father, Receau Gilkison.
Fred Gilkison, 16 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilkison, two of the victims, was seriously burned.
The family was trapped on the second floor when flames, which stared in the kitchen below, blocked their escape from a stairway. Police investigated the cause of the blaze.
Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana. Sunday, 29 June 1941.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67114286/john-warren-gilkisonJohn married Blanche Mae Elam on 1 Aug 1912 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. Blanche was born on 9 Mar 1897 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 27 Jun 1941 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Brown Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]