Obits: NORRIS, Thomas, Cumberland Twp., Greene Co, PA

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  Hung Himself
  Mr. Thomas Norris, of Cumberland township of this county, committed suicide on
  Wednesday last about 12 o'clock, P. M., by hanging himself to a joice in an
  old house on his farm.  His wife had noticed that he appeared much disturbed
  in mind for some days previous, and had been watching to prevent the calamity
  which so soon befel the family.  When he left the house to commit the sad act
  his wife sent some small childred <sic> after him, and when near the old
  house, he turned and ordered them home.  As soon as Mrs. Norris knew this, she
  sent them again after him.  They went immediately to the old house, and
  pushing open the door, saw their father hanging by the neck in the last
  agonies of death. The alarm was instantly raised, and the unfortunate man cut
  down in a few minutes, but all attempts at resuscitation were vain — the vital
  spark had fled—the wife was a widow—the children orphans.

  The deceased was an actice <sic>, industrious and enterprising citizens,
  extensively known in this county, and in possesion of one of the finest landed
  properties in the county.  We have heard no particular cause designed for the
  rash act, other than mental derangement.—Waynesburg Messenger
  The Genius of Liberty Uniontown, Pa., August 17, 1854.
  Volume 3. Number 19,
  Page 2, Column 5