Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Edson, Charles T. July 19, 1897
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Ionia Standard – Friday, 23 July 1897
Mr. C. T. Johnson, of the Saranac Advertiser, who came up Monday on afternoon 
freight, reports the suicide of Charles Edson, a middle aged man, who has been 
in the barber business there for many years.  The trouble with Edson was 
strong drink.  Mr. Johnson says that he met Edson about 12:30, and that he was 
then so far under the influence that he bubbled over with foolish talk.  About 
an hour later, someone came over for a doctor, saying Edson had shot himself.  
Johnson went over with the doctor.  Edson was dead, the bullet having entered 
the head just behind the temple and passed entirely through.  The family were 
too hysterical to give any clear account of the circumstances attending the 
tragedy.  Edson had threatened to shoot himself once before, about three 
months ago, at a time when he was “pretty full,” but was prevented by someone 
taking the pistol away from him.
Beyond the drink habit, there does not seem to have been any reason for the 
act.  He was doing a living business and nothing appears to show that his 
situation in life was not at least ordinarily comfortable and pleasant.  He 
leaves a wife and eight or nine children, the oldest being about 21 years.


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Saranac Cemetery - Lot 413

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