Wayne County IL Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, Robert October 30, 1878
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The Frontier Echo, Nov. 1, 1878, Jacksboro, Texas
ROGERS, ROBERT - A young man recently from Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, 
committed suicide Wednesday afternoon, October 30th, by shooting himself 
through the head with a Henry rifle, at the residence of his uncle Marion W. 
Rogers, who lives on West Keechi, nine miles west of south from Jacksboro, 
(Texas). His father is a practicing physician residing in Fairfield, Illinois. 
His father was at one time in good circumstances and engaged in business in 
St. Louis, but losing most of his property, he returned to Fairfield where 
Robert was born, and resumed his profession. It seems the young man was of 
proud but despondent disposition. He wrote the following note to his uncle 
which was found on the table: Marion - please send Pa's letter to him and you 
can have everything in my trunk and valise unless pa and the folks want them.

The letter to his father was sealed, but by advice of neighbors was opened - 
Dear Father- I hate to give you any more sorrow but I think this is the best I 
can do. Owing the failing of which you know I do not expect to ever be anybody 
anymore and my head aches every day and I think I can find no more happiness 
in this world, so I have determined to leave it. Pa, respect the words of a 
dying man. I think you are fast losings the love of May and Belle by crossness 
and fault finding. I think you did everything what you thought for the best, 
but I seemed destined to trouble always. I have no fear of another world and 
think I have a perfect right to leave this without crime. Love to all, Robert 
Rogers. He had tied a string to the trigger of the gun but could not pull it, 
so he used a stick with which to fire the gun, the muzzle of which he placed 
close to his head just back of the right ear, the ball coming out to the rear 
of the left ear. Undoubtedly his death was instantaneous. The suicidist (sic)
was buried at Spring Dale.


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