Freestone County, Texas Obituaries Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Aug 18, 1899 issue Killed Himself Daniel Grant, an Old Citizen, Commits Suicide The news was brought to town last Friday evening that Mr. Daniel Grant, an old citizen of the county who lived on Ward Prairie about 8 miles northeast of town, had killed himself. The particulars, as well as we can learn are about as follows: The old man's mind had been unbalanced, at times, for several years and had often caused him to act and talk unreasonably. On the evening before he killed himself, he got out of humour about something at home, and got his gun to kill himself. One of his grown sons took it from him, shot it off and then broke it against a tree to prevent its being used. Mr. Grant then left the place and the family thought he would return at night as he had done often before; but he went about 6 miles to Mrs. E. J. Ward's place, 3 miles north of Fairfield, where his son- in-law John Ward lives, but who, with his family, was temporarily absent. There he procured a shot gun and going but a short distance from the house, he placed the gun (loaded with buckshot) to one side of his head and fired it, blowing his head to pieces. The body was not discovered until about 5 o'clock in the evening, and it is not known exactly what time he killed himself, whether Thursday evening or sometime on Friday, there being no other person on the place at the time. Justice John Terry held an inquest on the remains Friday evening, the verdict being that the deceased came to his death by his own act. Mr. Grant was about 63 years old, and as well as we could learn had been a citizen of the county about 30 years, having moved to this county from Georgia a few years after the Civil War. He was a soldier in said war, being a member of Co. I, of the 20th Regiment. The deceased was a good quiet citizen, an industrious, hard-working old farmer, who paid his debts and tried to live right towards everybody. His remains were interred Saturday evening in the Lake Chapel Cemetery.