Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....English, David H. 1901
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Lowell Journal, 4 Jul 1901

David H. English - His Dead Body Found Hanging in the Barn - Tuesday Morning.  

Hanged Himself During the Night.    

David H. English of South Boston hanged himself in his barn sometime during
Monday night and his dead body was discovered Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock.  We
are informed that Mr. English had had a good deal of trouble with his farm
tenant and had been very despondent during the past two weeks and on Monday
refused to eat.  He was in Lowell Saturday apparently in his usual health,
however he had been subject to epilepsy for a number of years.  Deceased was a
veteran of the Civil war and he was fond of saying: “I am the laziest and
luckiest old soldier in Michigan;” but we could never see where the “lazy” came
in.  He kept an accurate account of all his receipts and expenditures and it was
his boast that he could account for every penny that passed through his hands
for thirty-five years.  His record books were his pride and he visited most of
the printing offices in this section exhibiting them and saying that if farmers
generally would keep books there would be fewer farm mortgages foreclosed.  His
oldest book had to be rebound a year or two since as it was nearly worn out with
frequent reference to it.  Mr. English was about 55 years old and leaves a wife
and adopted daughter in good circumstances.  


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