Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries:  Ben Scarbrough

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Submitted by: <dhr1953@hotmail.com>  Don Raymond

The Stanberry Owl-Headlight, Gentry County, Missouri, Tuesday, February 14, 1911:
     Farmer Commits Suicide: Community Shocked at Awful Tragedy Saturday: The
     people of Stanberry and community were shocked when they heard that Ben
     Scarbrough, a farmer west of town, had committed suicide at an early hour
     Saturday morning.  He was no doubt laboring uner a fit of temporary
     despondency over some real or fancied trouble.  He got up to build a fire
     and taking a gun he placed the muzzle against his adbomen and pulled the
     trigger.  The entire load of shot passed through his body, making a gaping
     wound.  He lived some time after he committed the deed and was rational,
     talking to his neighbors, who were summoned by the cries of the family.
     His funeral occurred Monday morning the burial being at High Ridge.  The
     family have the sympathy of all in this sad affair.