Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Josephus H., 1878 

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  SUICIDE IN VIRGINIA. - At Suffolk, on Wednesday last, Josephus H. Gardner, 
committed suicide by blowing his brains out with a pistol.  He kept a small 
grocery, and has been suffering with a brain affection for several years. 
He was about thirty years of age, and leaves a young wife, but no children. 
When found he was lying on a bed in the back room of his store, his hand 
badly burned with powder and the top of his head blown off.  He transacted 
business as usual up to within a few minutes of his death, and had sent his 
clerk out on an errand when the deed was committed. 


Josephus H. GARDNER, Suffolk grocer, 
suicide 3 Apr 1878, at work, age 28, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C*), Suffolk, 
"Staunton (VA) Spectator," Vol. 55, No. 29, Apr. 9, 1878, p. 2, col. 3 

*The list does not specify which lot, but his brother 
   Calvin is buried in Block C, Lot 94. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

His widow, Barsha A. (NURNEY) GARDNER 2m. to Columbus J. DUKE in 1883. 
   They are buried in Block F, Lot 172. 
   Cedar Hill list for DUKE: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 


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