Macon County AlArchives Obituaries.....Owsley, Wiley J. October 1885
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The Southern Star, October 14, 1885
The Southern Star
Ozark, Dale County, Ala.
Wednesday, October 14, 1885
Page One

A Deliberate Suicide

An Alabama Farmer Stations His Gun and Pulls The String

Wiley J. Owsley, a prominent and industrious farmer who lives at Notasulga,
Ala., committed suicide Thursday.  He, with his family, were all on the farm
near his residence and as is always his custom, left them about an hour by sun
to go and look after his flock.

Instead of this he went to the house, took a quilt and went to the kitchen and
made a pallet on the floor, then fixed a gun by the side of him, attached a
string to the trigger, laid down and pulled the string.  The contents of the gun
entered close to his right ear and came out over his eye.

His wife came home and found him dead.  He left a note to his wife saying it was
no fault of hers, that he was simply tired of life, and also gave instructions
as to his burial and funeral.

He was a good citizen, a kind and devoted husband.



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