Lillie May (Flick) Alder (1870-1890)

FLICK, ALDER, HAYS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 1/22/2016 at 21:06:51

From Nevada Representative June 11, 1890

Maxwell.

On Thursday night last a Mrs. Alder, living two and one-half miles from Peoria, committed suicide by taking "Rough on Rats." She was seventeen years old, and had only been married about six months. Her statement was that she did not know why she did it. No reason could be assigned by any one so far as we have learned. It is claimed that her domestic relations were pleasant....

SUBMITTER'S NOTE: Lillie May Flick was the daughter of William Flick and Mary Hays and the wife of James Lincoln Alder whom she had married on 27 November 1889 in Nevada, Story County, Iowa.