Obit: Butler, James E. (1874 - 1914)
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BUTLER ----Source:
GREENWOOD GLEANER (Greenwood, Wis.) 09/03/1914 Butler, James E.
(15 OCT 1874 - 27 Augl 1914) James Eldin
Butler, who has been a resident of Clark County, Wis. in the town
of Mead since a boy, committed suicide last Thursday sometime
during the nigh after he had retired for the day. The act is
supposed to have been done while in a fit of despondency. During the summer
he and his brother-in-law had been working the farm of this father,
now deceased, on shares. He had spent about a week on his forty
near the Shoemaker corners and had returned home ill Thursday
afternoon and retired without supper. Later he came downstairs and
ate a lunch, which his mother had prepared, and returned to bed.
His rifle had always hung near the stairway, which he evidently
took with him. No shot was heard by any member of the family and
his death was not discovered until the following morning about nine
o’clock, when he was called by his mother. He was found in
bed lying in a perfectly natural position with the gun lying across
his chest pointed to his throat. The bullet entered under the chin
and came out the top of his head. Deceased was a
single man of thirty-nine years of age, having been born Oct. 15,
1874. He had always been a hard working man with the respect of all
who knew him. Funeral services
were held Sunday at the home and the body taken to Nelson, Wis.,
for burial.
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