Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Morris S. 1924
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Ionia County News, 17 Jul 1924

Ronald Farmer Commits Suicide

Morrie S. Cobb Takes life With Shotgun in Field Near His Home

Despondency over ill health is believed to have been the reason for Morrie S.
Cobb, 54, [The obituary card has a note that he was 45 years old.] prominent
Ronald township farmer, taking his life last Friday afternoon by shooting
himself in the head.  His body was found by neighbors, Herbert Greenhoe and John
Chase, in some tall weeds near a fence at the rear of the farm.

It was four years ago that the mill at Nickleplate, in which he was a part owner
with John Rowe, burned.  Since that time Mr. Cobb is reported to have suffered
from the effects.  He took much interest in his work when the mill was in
operation and after the fire grew somewhat wearisome at the conflagration.

Following the fire he purchased the Herbert Greenhoe farm of 50 acres in Ronald
township and had lived there until the time of the suicide.  The farm has been a
prosperous one and is now rich in crops.  Mr. Cobb was not a man to complain a
great deal and it is believed his health had been bothering him more than anyone
realized, causing him to take his life.

The funeral was held last Sunday . . . [this copy of the obituary ends here.]

[Transcriber’s note: There is a notation on the obituary card that he was buried
in North Plains Cemetery.]


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