SILVER, John E.: Died 1910

SILVER, MCSURLEY

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 9/26/2016 at 17:01:07

**Handwritten: St. Line Dem. Thurs. 25 Aug. 1910

TWO SUICIDES FRIDAY
YOUNG LADY NEAR HERE SHOOTS HERSELF

MAN RESORTS TO ROPE.
Acts of Both Parties Unaccountable Except on Hypothesis of Sudden Insanity

The death of Miss Cleola McSurley, daughter of Mr. J.H. McSurley, living three miles north of here, as the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by her own hand, was a very sad affair. On the same day John E. Silver of Des Moines township, three miles west of Mt. Sterling, hung himself in his barn, and being cut down, died the following day.

Note: Obituary for Miss McSurley posted separately.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book G, Page 112, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA