Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, William February 28, 1911
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Daily Sentinel - Wednesday, March 1, 1911

                             WILLIAM THOMAS COMMITS SUICIDE
         WAS YOUNG FARMER OF SEBEWA TOWNSHIP AND JUMPED TO DEATH FROM THE LOFT
      Of His Barn - Wife Found Him Tuesday Evening Dangling From the End of Rope - 
                  Despondency Supposed to Have Been Case of the Rash Act. 

William Thomas, a young farmer of Sebewa township committed suicide last evening by

hanging himself. He told his wife, between five and six o'clock that he was going to

the barn to do the chores. She set about ______ the evening meal, and when ______ 
was on the table, she called ______ she received no response. She thought this 
strange and went to the barn. She was horrified to see the lifeless body dangling 
from the end of a rope.

Mr. Thomas had gone to the barn loft, tied a rope around a rafter, the other end 
around his neck, and jumped to death. No reason is known as to why he committed the

unfortunate act, unless it be despondency. He moved with his family on to the 
Charles Holmes farm last spring and according to report, was heavily in debt for it.

He was 35 or 40 years of age and leaves besides his wife, one small child.  The farm

is a half mile west of the store at Sebewa Center. It comprises one hundred and 
twenty acres. 

Additional Comments:
Age: 29
Lakeside Cemetery - #6-779


ctf. b. 1881 MI. son of Abe Thomas & Elmira (Kirne)

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