Hawthorne, Nevada, February 24th. – Mrs. Davis suicided at Candelaria yesterday. Cause, family trouble. (Daily Alta California, 2/25/1887)
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News of the Morning. Pacific Coast. Mrs. Davis committed suicide at Candelaria, Nev. (Sacramento Daily Union, 2/25/1887)
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Suicide in Candelaria.
On the 23d, a woman named Mrs. Davis, was found dead. She is supposed to have committed after having a quarrel with the man with whom she was living. The Corner’s (sic) verdict was to the effect that she had committed suicide. The unfortunate woman leaves two children who are now living with an uncle in Taylor. Justice Grippen saved her property for them. (Walker Lake Bulletin, 3/2/1887)
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The jury summoned before E. M. Grippen, at Candelaria on February 23d, to inquire into the cause of the death of Alice Davis, who was found dead in bed, rendered the following verdict. We, the undersigned jurors, find that the deceased came to her death on the 28d (sic) day of February, A.D. 1887, in Candelaria, Esmeralda County, State of Nevada, from an overdose of laudanum administered by her own hand, or by some person or persons unknown to this jury. We find also that her age is about 40 years. A. V. Brown, William Dunlap, G.H. Hamor, John Grady, Thos. Smith, N. L. Becker, Jury. (Esmeralda News, 3/5/1887)
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1880 Census, Belleville, Esmeralda County, NV: Alace Davis, 30 yrs, Widowed, Keeping House, MO/FR/OH; Sadia Davis, dau, 8 yrs, MT/Carolina/MO; Kenneth C. Davis, son, 12 yrs, Laborer, MT/Carolina/MO
Hawthorne, Nevada, February 24th. – Mrs. Davis suicided at Candelaria yesterday. Cause, family trouble. (Daily Alta California, 2/25/1887)
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News of the Morning. Pacific Coast. Mrs. Davis committed suicide at Candelaria, Nev. (Sacramento Daily Union, 2/25/1887)
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Suicide in Candelaria.
On the 23d, a woman named Mrs. Davis, was found dead. She is supposed to have committed after having a quarrel with the man with whom she was living. The Corner’s (sic) verdict was to the effect that she had committed suicide. The unfortunate woman leaves two children who are now living with an uncle in Taylor. Justice Grippen saved her property for them. (Walker Lake Bulletin, 3/2/1887)
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The jury summoned before E. M. Grippen, at Candelaria on February 23d, to inquire into the cause of the death of Alice Davis, who was found dead in bed, rendered the following verdict. We, the undersigned jurors, find that the deceased came to her death on the 28d (sic) day of February, A.D. 1887, in Candelaria, Esmeralda County, State of Nevada, from an overdose of laudanum administered by her own hand, or by some person or persons unknown to this jury. We find also that her age is about 40 years. A. V. Brown, William Dunlap, G.H. Hamor, John Grady, Thos. Smith, N. L. Becker, Jury. (Esmeralda News, 3/5/1887)
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1880 Census, Belleville, Esmeralda County, NV: Alace Davis, 30 yrs, Widowed, Keeping House, MO/FR/OH; Sadia Davis, dau, 8 yrs, MT/Carolina/MO; Kenneth C. Davis, son, 12 yrs, Laborer, MT/Carolina/MO
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