Lee Grant McNichols

1879 - 1937  (58 years)

• Name	Lee Grant McNichols  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1 Sep 1879	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military Draft Registration	1918	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	Draft Registration - WWI; Married to Lula
  Death	21 Nov 1937	Christian County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 5]
  	Cause: Homicide: Shot by Son-in-Law
  	Lula and Lee McNichols shot by son-in-law, Dr. HE Martin
  Burial	Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  		Cemetery-Greenwood (Clarksville TN)
  Person ID	I29301	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	James T McNichols,   b. 19 Nov 1838   d. 21 Jan 1917 (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Wilmuth McNichols,   b. 9 Jan 1843, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 25 Apr 1887, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F13867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lula Heflin,   b. Feb 1882, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 1937, Christian County, Kentucky, USA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1904	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Beulah McNichols,   b. 27 Dec 1905, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Aug 1987, Christian County, Kentucky, USA (Age 81 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F13810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Sep 1879 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 16 Mar 1904 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI; Married to Lula - 1918 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Death - Cause: Homicide: Shot by Son-in-Law - 21 Nov 1937 - Christian County, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News

  Homicide-McNICHOLS Lula and Lee (Murdered)

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S5] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [S13] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 8. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 [S14] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Registration State: Tennessee; Registration County: Montgomery County. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [S3429] Murder of Lula and Lee McNichols - Messenger-Inquirer - 23 Nov 1937, (Name: Messenger-Inquirer; Location: Owensboro, Kentucky; Date: 23 Nov 1937;), State Physician Held in Double Murder. A plea of self-defense at the examining trial of Dr. H. E. Martin Friday on a charge of murdering his wife's parents was indicted today in a statement attributed to Martin by Sheriff Edwin France: "It was either him or me. I happened to be lucky." The sheriff said the 51-year-old physician made the statement 10 him shortly after the fatal shooting of Lee Grant McNichols, 58, owner of extensive farm lands in Christian county, and Mrs. Lula McNichols, 52, at the Martin home in nearby La Fayette Sunday. Although no charge was placed against her, Mrs. Martin, 31, the former Beulah McNichols, was under $3,000 bond to appear at her husband's hearing. The sheriff said Martin had expressed fear brothers of both the slain p;rsons might "try to get even" and had told him at the jail: "I am afraid please keep me safe and dont let anybody in to see me." France said the doctor and his wife had quarreled, and that when the McNichols arrived at the Martin home in response to a summons from Mrs. Martin, the doctor shot McNichols once and Mrs. McNichols twice from his doorway. Mrs. McNichols was struck as she leaped in front of her husband, the sheriff said. McNichols fired two shots through the door, rushed into the house, disarmed Martin and struck him on the head with his pistol, then fired another bullet which created Martin's scalp, the sheriff continued. McNichols walked to a nearby store, drank a "soda," assisted in carrying his wife to a doctor's office, where she died, and then drove 18 miles to a Hopkinsville hospital before succumbing to his wound, the sheriff reported. The sheriff said Martin had performed "target practice" with his wife's hat and a .22 calibre rifle in their home Sunday morning. • Messenger-Inquirer • Owensboro, Kentucky • 23 Nov 1937, Tue • Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110387309/messenger-inquirer/?xid=637 Homicide-McNICHOLS Lula and Lee (Murdered)