Clark County IL Archives Obituaries.....Whitlock, Swepson Young August 1, 1928
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Clark County Democrat, Wednesday Eve., August 8, 1928, pg 1
The funeral of Swepson Y. Whitlock, formerly of Marshall, but who had been an 
honored citizen of Tuscola, for many years, was held at the home of his 
mother, Mrs. Florence Whitlock in Marshall at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon 
conducted by Rev. R. C. Briston of the Congregational Church and the Knights 
of Pythias Lodge had charge.  Mr. Whitlock’s body was found Wednesday 
afternoon at the bottom of a well on a farm two miles north of Farmersburg, 
Ind., by three boys.

Mr. Whitlock left his house in Tuscola Monday to go to Champaign to give a 
talk before an organization and from a note left in his pocket it seems he 
came down to Marshall Tuesday, in the night and went out to his father’s grave 
and then walked to Farmersburg, Ind.

The body was found by three boys who were picking blackberries.  An 
investigation showed that Mr. Whitlock had taken a quantity of poison and 
jumped into the well.  He left a note to his wife which was found in his 
clothing, but no reason is knows for the rash act.

Whitlock was cashier at the First National Bank at Tuscola and had been there 
for 25 or 26 years.  Before that time he was in Danville with Public Railway 
Service Company and formerly lived in Marshall and is known to many Marshall 
residents as well as to everyone in this section of the state.  He was Grand 
Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias lodge in the state, the highest office in 
that organization.

He is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Florence Whitlock, one daughter, 
Mrs. Clarence Hackett, of Akron, Ohio, and two grandchildren, Barbara Ann and 
Walter Hackett.


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