A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Boone http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2729 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=40772 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: Flakes Bulletin Article Date: August 23 1868 Article Description: Death of the Largest Man in Kentucky. Article Text: William G. WILLIS died at his residence in Bullettsville, Boone county, Ky., a few days ago, of apoplexy, in the forty-eighth year of his age. He was probably the largest man in Kentucky, weighing five hundred pounds. His average weight for a number of years has not been less than four hundred and ninety pounds, and sometimes it reached five hundred and twenty-five pounds. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com