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William Tweedy

Birth	:	21 Nov 1856
Death	:	2 Jul 1889
Burial	:	Saint Marys Cemetery, Waverly, Bremer County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7275009, -92.4563980
Description	:	The Killing of Tweedy at Lancaster Authentic information was received in the city yesterday morning too late to appear in the Herald of the killing of William Tweedy, the well-known cattle man of Antelope Valley, by W. O. Wheeling. The affair took place Tuesday noon at a small place called Maynard, a short distance from Lancaster. The town of Lancaster and the district round about appears to be honeycombed with feuds of all sorts. A great many lawsuits, criminal complaints, with supplementary cross-complaints, keep coming down from that section, growing out of these feuds and quarrels. Tweedy and... Read More	The Killing of Tweedy at Lancaster Authentic information was received in the city yesterday morning too late to appear in the Herald of the killing of William Tweedy, the well-known cattle man of Antelope Valley, by W. O. Wheeling. The affair took place Tuesday noon at a small place called Maynard, a short distance from Lancaster. The town of Lancaster and the district round about appears to be honeycombed with feuds of all sorts. A great many lawsuits, criminal complaints, with supplementary cross-complaints, keep coming down from that section, growing out of these feuds and quarrels. Tweedy and Wheeling have both been mixed up in a number of these. Each has a great many friends, and the chances are the case will be an awkward one to try. Already there are two distinct accounts of the way the killing took place. The quarrel between the two was one of long standing. Some time ago Tweedy charged Wheeling with having killed some of his hogs. Wheeling was tried and cleared. A little later some of Tweedy's horses trespassed upon Wheeling's land, and he captured and held them. When Tweedy and some of his friends came in and took the horses away Wheeling had them arrested and examined for stealing. Tuesday, about 2 o'clock, Tweedy was waiting in George's blacksmith shop, in the town of Maynard, while his horse was being shod. Wheeling happened to enter the same shop, and Tweedy opened the fracas by asking his enemy why he had killed a certain bull. Wheeling answered with asperity, and the quarrel soon became very fierce. Both the men are fighting characters; Tweedy is said to have been a man absolutely without fear. As to what took place in the next few minutes there is a disagreement. Tweedy's friends say that he, anticipating from the way in which Wheeling spoke that there would be a fight, stooped down to pick up a chisel, and that as he did so Wheeling shot him twice in the back. Tweedy's own statement, made just before his death, was to the same effect. Wheeling, on the other hand, says that he had done nothing at all to injure Tweedy, when the latter picked up a piece of iron and advance upon him. He drew his revolver and warned him to keep away, but in vain. When Tweedy was only a few feet away Wheeling fired twice. The first ball entered the groin and the other the abdomen. . . . Los Angeles Herald, Thu, Jul 4, 1889 . . . Judge Cheney then sentenced Wheeling to one year in the State's prison at San Quentin. Los Angeles Herald, Tue, Nov 26, 1889

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William Tweedy's memorial is located at: Saint Marys Cemetery, Waverly, Bremer County, USA.
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William Tweedy death on 2 Jul 1889 in
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Latitude: 42.7275009
Longitude: -92.4563980

Family Members:

Parent

Robert Tweedy Sr.

(1811 - 1899)

Mary Elizabeth Holyfield Tweedy

(1819 - 1910)

Spouse

Laura Melvina Prater Tweedy

(1868 - 1943)

Siblings

George Washington Tweedy

(1844 - 1908)

James Tweedy

(1844 - 1932)

Robert Tweedy Jr.

(1858 - 1943)

Children

Fay Wilbur Tweedy

(1885 - 1933)

Mabel Tweedy

(1889 - 1893)

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