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 HERSELFMAN RESORTS TO ROPE.
Acts of Both Parties Unaccountable Except on Hypothesis of Sudden InsanityThe 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
Van Buren Obituaries maintained by Rich Lowe.
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