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Subject: DEATH OF MRS. DORA ALICE(ALLBEE)STEVENS.

Date: Monday, May 28, 2001 6:35 PM

Decatur County Journal

December 9, l897

MRS. DORA ALICE STEVENS, daughter of ROBERT ALLBEE of this city,

committed suicide at her home ll miles north of Rockport, Mo., on the

evening of December l, l897, by shooting herself through the head. A

coroner's inquest held before J.P. Sanders rendered a verdict in

accordance with the above statement. Ill health is the motive which

prompted the rash act.

The deceased leaves a husband and two small children. The remains were

laid at rest in Bethel Cemetery, Eden Township, last Sunday.

JOHN H. STEVENS, the husband, arrived Tuesday with the little boy who

will be cared for by his grandfather. The little girl was turned over

to the care of MR. STEVENS' sister at Chariton. The relatives of the

deceased have the sympathy of all who know them.

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