Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wilcher, Mary A. 1887
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The Marion County Patriot, September 9, 1887
The Marion County Patriot, No. 36
September 9, 1887
Page Five

Suicide in Texas

We learn from a party who had been shown a private letter from Anneta, Texas, 
of the suicide of Mrs. Mary A. Wilcher, an aged lady, who at one time resided 
in this county near Tazewell.  This affair is made more sad when the facts 
connected with the suicide are known.

Some years ago R.E. Wilcher, her son, moved to Texas leaving his aged mother 
and several sisters behind, all of whom we believe are married.  Mrs. Wilcher, 
when she lived in this county, had a snug amount of property around her, and 
her son returned from Texas and by some means got possession of the greater 
portion of it.  After a time Mrs. Wilcher decided to go to Texas where her son 
resided, and she sold what property was left and realized therefrom about $500, 
which the son also appropriated.  A home with her stepdaughter was not an 
agreeable one, and she went to live with her own daughter, Mrs. H.G. Chapman, 
who lived at Anneta, but Mrs. Chapman refused to admit her to her home, saying 
that her brother had usurped his mother’s property and that he must take care 
of her.

Such mistreatment on the part of her children, who should have known nothing 
but love and respect for their aged and helpless mother, so worked upon the old 
lady’s mind that she decided to end her days taking her own life, which act was 
accomplished by hanging.



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