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1845 - 1917 (72 years)
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Name |
Eliza Ellen FLETCHER |
Born |
22 Mar 1845 |
Boone County, Missiouri [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
30 Jul 1917 |
Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA [2] |
Buried |
Rose Hill Cemetery, Harrison County, Iowa, USA [3] |
Notes |
- The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, August 8, 1907
Saturday afternoon about one o'clock MISS FLOSSIE FLETCHER, a young woman about eighteen years old, committed suicide. The tragedy occurred at the residence of Samuel Jones, one block north of the Q depot, where MISS FLETCHER had been making her home for some time, Mrs. Jones being an aunt of
hers. The deed was deliberately planned and executed. She laid down upon the floor with her head upon a pillow, placed the muzzle of a 32 caliber revolver to her right temple and fired it. Death resulted almost instantly.
Coroner Storie was called and upon viewing the remains and reading a letter written by her and addressed to a young man she had been keeping company with, which was full of accusation and good advice to him, he decided not to hold an inquest and issued a certificate of death accordingly.
MISS FLETCHER had made an attempt to end her life a few days previous by taking some drug but which did not prove successful. Thus another young life has gone, like a flash of lightning, out into the great beyond. She had her troubles and her sorrows and brooded over them until they seemed greater than she could bear, and rashly concluded to end them all. Someone somewhere knows why she did this rash act, and someone knows they are responsible for it, and in all their future life they will never be able to
forget it, and waking or sleeping the horror of it all like
"Banquo's ghost" will refuse to stay down.
Funeral services were held at the home at two o'clock Sunday, conducted by Rev. A.H. Stote, who by a few manly and well directed words drew a lesson that should be a benefit to the community, after which her body was laid
away in Russell Cemetery.
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Person ID |
I17804 |
Complete |
Last Modified |
6 May 2008 |
Family |
Allen Samuel JONES, b. 5 Dec 1845, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 27 Jan 1917, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA (Age 71 years) |
Married |
11 Sep 1864 |
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa |
Children |
| 1. Marietta JONES, b. 28 Jun 1865, d. 1866 (Age 0 years) |
| 2. Sarah Emma JONES, b. 10 Mar 1867, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA , d. Clayton New Mexico, USA |
+ | 3. William Edward JONES, b. 24 Feb 1869, Boone County, Missiouri , d. 12 Oct 1951, Billings MT (Age 82 years) |
+ | 4. Callie Ann JONES, b. 9 Mar 1871, d. 21 Jun 1955, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA (Age 84 years) |
| 5. Minnie Alice JONES, b. 19 Nov 1873, d. 7 Aug 1917 (Age 43 years) |
+ | 6. Nora Abigail JONES, b. 21 Feb 1877, Inwood (Lyon) IA , d. 12 May 1963, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA (Age 86 years) |
+ | 7. Ada Belle JONES, b. 7 Mar 1879, d. 26 Feb 1966 (Age 86 years) |
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Family ID |
F7031 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Born - 22 Mar 1845 - Boone County, Missiouri |
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| Married - 11 Sep 1864 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa |
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| Died - 30 Jul 1917 - Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA |
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| Buried - - Rose Hill Cemetery, Harrison County, Iowa, USA |
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Sources |
- [S186] WPA 1930s Graves Registration Survey., b. 22 Mar 1845.
- [S186] WPA 1930s Graves Registration Survey., d. 30 Jul 1917.
- [S186] WPA 1930s Graves Registration Survey., bur. Rose Hill Cem., Missouri Valley (Harrison) IA.
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