Individual Details

William Ellsworth HIMES

(7 Mar 1904 - 9 Nov 1920)

He accidentally shot and killed himself in a hunting accident in Clearfield County while hunting with Ira Winebarg of DuBois, Pennsylvania. Ira Winebarg later married his mother after his parents divorced.

Events

Birth7 Mar 1904Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Death9 Nov 1920from an a shotgun wound to the left side of his body in a hunting accident - Luthersburgh R.F.D., Brady Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Burial11 Nov 1920Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Families

FatherDavid Benjamin Miller HIMES (1870 - 1941)
MotherBertha Hazel Vonway MCDONALD (1881 - 1968)
SiblingJoseph Walter HIMES (1900 - 1918)
SiblingDavid Benjamin HIMES (1906 - 1979)
SiblingJohn HIMES (1907 - 1914)
SiblingRev. James Cameron HIMES (1908 - 1984)
SiblingConrad Lincoln HIMES (1911 - 1989)

Endnotes

1. Brookville Republican, (Brookville, Pennsylvania), 11 November 1920, Newspaper clipping in Himes file; Jefferson County History Center, Brookville, Pennsylvania. Ellsworth Himes Killed in hunting accident.

2. The Brookville American, (Brookville, Pennsylvania ), 11 November 2910, Newspaper clipping in Himes file; Jefferson County History Center, Brookville, Pennsylvania. Ellsworth Himes killed in hunting accident.

3. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 April 2014), William Ellsworth Himes, died 9 November 1920; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 114520.

4. Brookville Republican, (Brookville, Pennsylvania), 11 November 1920, Newspaper clipping in Himes file; Jefferson County History Center, Brookville, Pennsylvania. Ellsworth Himes Killed in hunting accident.

5. The Brookville American, (Brookville, Pennsylvania ), 11 November 2910, Newspaper clipping in Himes file; Jefferson County History Center, Brookville, Pennsylvania. Ellsworth Himes killed in hunting accident.

6. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 April 2014), William Ellsworth Himes, died 9 November 1920; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 114520.

7. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 April 2014), William Ellsworth Himes, died 9 November 1920; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 114520.