Chambers CO. AL - Suicide of William A. Allen

Submitted by Don L. Clark <donlc_99@yahoo.com>


                        William A. Allen Death Notice
                                      
     Note: The following notice was posted in the July 23, 1884 issue of
     the LaFayette Sun. Mr. Allen was born in 1825, and is buried in an
     unmarked grave in the Emory Chapel Methodist Cemetery, 5 miles east
     of LaFayette. He married Mary A. Quattlebaum.
     
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     A SAD AFFAIR.
     
     AN AGED CITIZEN COMMITS SUICIDE.
     
     On last Saturday morning Mr. William Allen, who lives 4 miles
     northeast of LaFayette, committed suicide by jumping head-first
     into a well. The act was deliberate as shown by the fact he drew
     off his shoes before taking the fatal leap. His head and face were
     cut some by striking the rock with which the well was curbed. Mr.
     Allen had been laboring under the hallucination that his life was
     in danger for some time. His family regarded him as partially
     insane, but were not expecting him to attempt his own destruction.

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