Abram Y. McFarlin (1915)
DICKEY, MCFARLIN, MCFARLANE
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 1/4/2011 at 09:31:21
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
September 15, 1915
Page 1A. Y. McFARLIN of Jackson Township, Suicides.
A. Y. McFarlin, who lived on what is known as the old Rose farm in section five, Jackson township, committed suicide on last Friday afternoon by shooting himself with a revolver. During the past year he has suffered from two paralytic strokes, the last one leaving him much impaired in both mind and body.
A son, Chas. McFarlin, resides on the same farm, and a daughter, Mrs. Fred Dickey, resides at Dexter. He was past eighty five years of age.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. Goff of the Dexter Presbyterian church were held on Sunday.
_______________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 15, 1915
Page 1, Column 6FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE
A. Y. McFarlane, of Jackson Township, Commits Suicide. Was Eighty Three Years Old
A. Y. McFarlane, an aged farmer of Jackson township, living three miles north of Pitzer, committed suicide Saturday by shooting himself through the breast. Mr. McFarlane has been in feeble health for some time, having sustained two strokes of apoplexy.
He worried considerably over his financial affairs though he was a man of considerable wealth. McFarlane was one of the parties on whom young Robison forged notes, and is believed that this weighed heavily on his mind, and that it was partially the cause of his suicide.
No inquest was held, the county attorney after investigation deciding that it was a plain case of suicide. Mr. McFarlane was highly esteemed in the community where he has lived many years. He was eighty three years old.
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