Osage County KS Archives Obituaries.....GRAY, Ben  June 8, 1933
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The Carbondale Record
Osage County
Thursday
June 8, 1933

Ben Gray Drowns Self.
Ben GRAY, formerly of Quenemo, who for the past several years has been an inmate
at the county farm, was found dead in Dragoon creek at the county farm Monday
afternoon.
Harry WILLIAMS testified that at about 1 o'clock he found the body of Ben GRAY
laying face down near the bank of the creek with his head toward the bank of the
creek, and that GRAY was dead when he found the body. He testified that GRAY had
not shown up for dinner and that after dinner a search was started for him. 
The Coroner decided that his death was due to suicide.
GRAY had been at the county farm about four years, going there from Quenemo. He
would have been 84 years of age on the 25th of this June. He has a son, daughter
and wife living at Quenemo and a son in Ottawa, also some nephews. 


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