W.A. MCCORMICK

MCCORMICK

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 3/1/2002 at 18:13:57

Decatur County Journal
Thursday, October l7, l9l5

W.A. MCCORNICK, of near Pleasanton, committed
suicide last Saturday
evening by hanging. The body was found
hanging in the barn within a few
minutes after death had occurred by the
mother of the deceased. Dr.
Macy was summoned from Pleasanton but nothing
could be done.

MR. MCCORMICK accompanied by his wife had
been in Pleasanton during the
afternoon trading and had seemed in an
unusually cheerful mood. They
returned home that evening reaching there
about six o'clock. Shortly
after reaching home, MR. MCCORMICK went to
the barn and a short time
later his mother found him hanging dead.
Evidently he had climbed upon
the manger and tied a hitch rein around a
timber overhead and then about
his neck and jumped off. Death had seemingly
resulted speedily.

He leaves a wife and two sons and his father
and mother to mourn his
tragic death. He resided on the farm of his
parents and worked the
place living with his family in one of two
houses on the place. He was
about forty-five years of age. The funeral
was held Sunday at the
Pleasanton L.D.S. Church, the services being
conducted by Rev. Harrison
Hamilton, of Leon.

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Decatur County Journal
Thursday, October 28, l9l5

WILLIAM A., son of JOHN A. and NANCY J.
MCCORMICK, was born in Harrison
County, Missouri, August 22, l873. Departed
this life October 9, l9l5.
The past 23 years he has been a resident of
Decatur County, residing on
a farm north of Pleasanton.

The deceased was united in marriage to MABEL
MCWILLIAMS October l0,
l894. To this union two children were born,
ERNEST A. and EARL, the
mother and EARL having passed to the great
beyond. On November 24,
l904, he was again united in marriage to EMMA
V. CROSS. To this union
one son, MILES LUTHER, was born, he with
mother and brother, EARNEST,
are left to mourn the loss of husband and
father.
Besides the above mentioned, he leaves an
aged father and mother and one
sister, MRS. J.W. ANDERSON, of near Leon. He
was cheerful in his
manner, always willing to help the needy and
often expressed and
manifested great faith in God.

The funeral services were conducted by W.H.
Hamilton at the L.D.S.
Church at Pleasanton and his body rests in
Hamilton Cemetery to await
the resurrection from the dead.

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February 27, 2002