Cherokee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Donald, Charles M. June 7, 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meredith Clapper http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002801 November 2, 2017, 6:47 pm The Cherokee Advance 16 Jun 1883 p 2 A Strange Suicide The son of M. M. Donald, ten miles from Canton, drowned himself the 7th Inst. He was about 8 years of age. He, with an older and younger brother were thining (sic) corn in the field. They ran a race to the jug of water, and one of the brothers beat this one to the place. This made him furiously mad. So he opened his knife and attempted to cut his own throat. His older brother told him to behave or he would tell his father, and that he would take his knife away from him The deceased boy answered, that he did not wish to live, and that he would thin one more row of corn, then he would drown himself When he finished the row, he started to the river. His brother, after a moment, ran after him. But the deceased out-ran him, having much the start, jumped in the water and was drowned His parents were always kind to him Additional Comments: 1880 Cherokee Co., GA Ball Ground Malcolm Donald 47 Elizabeth Donald 34 Mary Susan Donald 12 John M. Donald 9 Sarah A. Donald 7 Charles Donald 6 Henry Donald 2 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb