Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Armour, Mary E. (Chandler) 1880
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Belding Home News, 12 Aug 1880

Death of Mrs. Armour. – One of the saddest events we have been called upon to
record was the death of Mrs. Dr. Armour, last Monday.  The particulars are as
follows:  She had been sick for some time with rheumatic fever, having
considerable pain in her shoulder which finally settled in her side.  On Sunday
night the Doctor visited a patient, returning between 12 and 1 o’clock.  Mrs.
Armour desired an opiate, saying she could sleep; the Doctor answered, “pretty
soon.”  A child crying, he went to another room to quiet it and while doing so
fell asleep.  He awoke about 3 o’clock, went immediately to his wife’s room and
found her in a comatose state which he knew to be the effect of opiates.  In a
chair by the bedside stood a bottle of Dover powders which he had left on a
bureau in the room.  He used all remedies that could be thought of, such as cold
applications, and walking about the yard, which was continued with the
assistance of neighbors and Dr. Connor until 4:30 p.m. Monday, but without avail.

At an inquest held on Tuesday before Esq. Gage a verdict was rendered that
deceased came to her death by an over-dose of opium in the form of Dover powders
administered by her own hand.  The jurors wish it understood that the powder was
taken to relieve pain and allow her to sleep.  Her parents, daughter and
son-in-law arrived here on Tuesday and departed Wednesday morning for her old
home 10 miles south-west of Hastings, where she will be buried.


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