Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Marlow, William 1914
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Lake Odessa Wave Times, 30 Jan 1914

Campbell Man Commits Suicide With Shot Gun

Wm. Marlow Blows Out Brains in a Supposed Fit of Temporary Insanity.

The dead body of William Marlow, a well known south Campbell township resident, 
was found Thursday evening of last week in an upper room of his house by a 
party of neighbors, after the moaning of his stock attracted their attention, 
and caused them to investigate his absence.  Indications were that he had been 
dead for some time, and an empty double barreled shot-gun on the floor near by 
gave mute evidence of the manner in which he had ended his life.  The entire 
top portion of the dead man’s head had been blown away by the discharge of the 
gun, so that death was instantaneous.

Marlow was unmarried and lived alone on his farm six miles west of Lake 
Odessa.  He was somewhat of a recluse in his habits, and his absence was not 
noted by his neighbors until the disturbance created by his suffering stock 
aroused their attention.  Inasmuch as he had no reason to end his life, it is 
believed that his suicide was the result of a temporary fit of insanity.

The funeral was held Saturday from the local U.B. church, the sermon being 
preached by the Rev. Grisso? of the south Campbell Progressive Brethren church, 
and who was a near-by neighbor of the deceased, and the body was interred in 
the family lot in Lakeside cemetery.

The deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Allarding of West Woodland 
and Mrs. George Ernsberger of Lucas, Ohio; also by three brothers, Wade Marlow, 
and Elmer Marlow of Carlton and Chas. Marlow of Marion, also by numerous other 
relatives and friends.


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