| Name |
George William STEEL [1] |
| Birth |
1909 |
| Gender |
Male |
| HIST |
Sumter man killed in accidental shooting - George William Steele, 28, was accidentally shot and killed while coon hunting in a swamp near the home of R.M. Barwick, two miles from Sumter on the Manning Highway. The fatal shot was fired by R.M. Barwick Jr. from the second floor of the Barwick home; he told Rural Officer W.J. Seale he heard two shots from the woods, and having been bothered recently by prowlers and not knowing that Steele and a companion, Lloyd McCormick, were coon hunting in the swamp, opened the window of his room and fired two shots from his pistol in the direction of the noise, with one of the shots striking Steele in the back of the head, killing him instantly.
Seale measured the distance of the shot from the Barwick house to where Steele was standing and it measured about 112 yards, he told a coroner's inquest the following day. Barwick Jr. also testified at the inquest called by Sumter County Coroner J. Scott Cain, stating that Steele was "one of the best friends he had and did not know he was hunting near the house when he fired the two shots," The Item reported. The coroner's jury met briefly and determined that Steele "came to his death from a pistol shot round in the back of his head, believed to have been fired by R.M. Barwick Jr. accidentally." Steele, a mill worker, is survived by his wife, four young sons, his father, Mac Steele, and two sisters. [1] |
| HIST |
Sumter man killed in accidental shooting - George William Steele, 28, was accidentally shot and killed while coon hunting in a swamp near the home of R.M. Barwick, two miles from Sumter on the Manning Highway. The fatal shot was fired by R.M. Barwick Jr. from the second floor of the Barwick home; he told Rural Officer W.J. Seale he heard two shots from the woods, and having been bothered recently by prowlers and not knowing that Steele and a companion, Lloyd McCormick, were coon hunting in the swamp, opened the window of his room and fired two shots from his pistol in the direction of the noise, with one of the shots striking Steele in the back of the head, killing him instantly.
Seale measured the distance of the shot from the Barwick house to where Steele was standing and it measured about 112 yards, he told a coroner's inquest the following day. Barwick Jr. also testified at the inquest called by Sumter County Coroner J. Scott Cain, stating that Steele was "one of the best friends he had and did not know he was hunting near the house when he fired the two shots," The Item reported. The coroner's jury met briefly and determined that Steele "came to his death from a pistol shot round in the back of his head, believed to have been fired by R.M. Barwick Jr. accidentally." Steele, a mill worker, is survived by his wife, four young sons, his father, Mac Steele, and two sisters. |
| Occupation |
he was a mill worker [1] |
| Occupation |
he was a mill worker [1] |
| _UID |
E662FD310B684C4389A882EE95EBB93F9118 |
| _UID |
E662FD310B684C4389A882EE95EBB93F9118 |
| Death |
1937 |
killed while coon hunting in a swamp near the home of R. M. Barwick, Sumter County, South Carolina  [1] |
| Person ID |
I280279 |
Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
17 Jul 2012 |
1909 - 1937 (28 years)