Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilder, Charles F June 1, 1872
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A History of Norfolk Virginia by Harrison Burton


“June 1st, a young man named Wilder committed suicide on 
Church Street. Upon his person the following letter was found, 
which we publish as a solemn warning to all young men who drink 
liquor to excess”
“Dear, mother, father and brother, good-bye, for you will not see me again, as 
having taken a dose of laudanum, which the doctors say will kill any man, You 
may think this is a rash act in me, but it is not so, as I have had it on my 
mind for two years or more. Dear mother my reason for doing this is that I have 
contracted a habit of drinking liquor to such an extent that I cannot stop it, 
and rather than bring disgrace on you and brother I would rather die
From your loving son Charlie F. Wilder”


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