Butler county Missouri 1927 Tornado Victims

Submitted by Sherry Link <slink@ims-1.com>



'The Daily Republican' Poplar Bluff, MO  newspaper,  Wednesday,  May
11, 1927, front page: The front page is filled with  'Grief  Sticken
Prepare to Bury Dead', 'Rebuilding of City in Progress', 'East  Side
School Ended For Year' & a list of ... 'The Dead'.  This  same  list
again appears on page 3 of the Thursday, May 12, 1927 edition.


1. Atkins, Harry.
2. Adams, Paul.
3. Allen, Bert.
4. Barnett, Pat.
5. Burgess, Lloyd.
6. Boyt, W. G..
7. Brown, Mrs. Grace.
8. Brown, Louise.
9. Brown, Lois.
10. Brown, Thelma.
11. Brown, Hunter, Fisher, Ark..
12. Brown, Letha.
13. Brown, Skakey (col.) [negro]
14. Brown, Weldon.
15. Bilkey, Howard.
16. Berry, J. P..
17. Bullock, Elmer.
18. Berry, Mrs. Pink and grandson.
20. Cook, Procter O.
21. Cravens, Eli.
22. Crane, John.
23. Christian, Wilma.
24. Dalton, Mrs. Frances.
25. Dalton, Harry.
26. Dalton, Ilene.
27. Dunn, Troy.
28. Detter, P..
29. Davis, John.
30. Greenwall, Arthur.
31. Grosshart, Sherman.
32. Grosshart, Mrs., & son, 10.
34. Gray, James.
25. Grand, John.
26. Gatewood, E.L..
27. Hastings, Clarence.
28. Hawkins, Walter.
29. Huson, J. W..
30. Hargrove, Will.
31. Hill, Cora.
32. Henwell, Archy (col.).
33. Hawkins, Arthur.
34. Hendrix, Henry.
35. Johnson, Ary (col.).
36. Jonas, Lee.
37. Kaich, Albert.
38. Kaich, Albert, Jr.
39. Lade, Mrs. Belle.
40. Lundry, Frank.
41. Lade, W. M..
42. Macke, A..
43. Mengel, Ed.
44. Mangold, Pearl.
45. McDonald, ______
46. Overfield, Ethel.
47. Overfield, Laura Mae.
48. Owens, Ethel.
49. Ogie, Louis.
50. Ogle, Tom.
51. Robinson, Henry.
52. Rexford, Harry.
53. Sheffield, Bert.
54. Sherman, ______
55. Sheffield, Allen.
56. Sheffield, Shorty.
57. Seofield, Mrs. Joe.
58. Smith, Mrs. J. L..
59. Shaw, Doe (col.).
60. Starkey, F. E..
61. Sherrill, Opal.
62. Seypohitowsky, A. G..
63. Souders, George.
64. Sanders, Cecil.
65. Scott, Mrs. Ida.
66. Terry, W. L..
67. Tomlison, Ed.
68. Whitmer, Mary Jane.
69. Wisdom, Mrs. Sarah.
70. Winifred, Laura Mae.
71. Wilson, Joe.
72. Woolridge, Ethel.
73. Woodruff, Mry.
74. Voit, W. H.
75. Vincent, Mrs. Alta.
76. Vencent, Dolly.

Two unidentified white men were also killed in Poplar Bluff.

[Sidebar:
McDaniel, A. T..
Grosshart, Kenneth.
Grosshart, Sherman were
killed in Beaver Dam township southwest of Poplar Bluff, MO]