Washington County ID Archives Obituaries.....Shearer, Rev. Leighton L.  1902
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Idaho Daily Statesman 4-12-1902
Idaho Daily Statesman
Boise, Idaho
Saturday, April 12, 1902
 
WEISER MINISTER COMMITS SUICIDE
 
Weiser, April 11 -- Rev. L. L. Shearer, a former Baptist minister, committed 
suicide here this morning by shooting himself in the head.  Despondency was 
the cause.  He had been sick for a long time.  Mrs. Shearer was out milking 
when she heard the shot.  She rushed in and found her husband dead in bed.  
The deceased was well known in this section, in Boise and in the Boise Basin 
country.
 
Mr. Shearer had been suffering with consumption for a long time, and was 
confined to his bed during the last six months.  Mr. Shearer was a minister in 
the Baptist church until his health failed some years ago, since which time he 
has been on a ranch near this place.  He left a note in which he stated that 
he would commit the deed because of the great suffering he was afflicted 
with.  The funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Baptist church.  
A wife and several children survive him. 
 
Note:  Leighton L. Shearer 1853-1902, Hillcrest Cemetery, Weiser. ch

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