Bibb County AlArchives News.....Suicide [John S Gillespie] July 12, 1859 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000719 August 4, 2007, 2:04 pm The Daily Confederation [AL], Jul 12, 1859 Suicide—We learn that John S. Gillespie, of Bibb county, in this State, committed suicide at the house of Mr. Turner Harper, of this county, on yesterday morning. He was on his way to his Mississippi plantation, and had upwards of five hundred dollars on his person. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of "died by his own hands." He was found in bed yesterday morning weltering in his blood, having shot himself through the temples with a pistol. No cause is assigned for the rash act. He was a temperate, industrious citizen, and leaves a wife and two children to mourn his untimely loss.—Marion (Ala.) American. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/bibb/newspapers/suicidej1464gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb