THE KIRKSVILLE DAILY EXPRESS, Kirksville, Missouri
May 9, 1939.
DOUG BRAGG, FARMER, 77, KILLS SELF
Shoots Himself With Shotgun at the Farm Home of Son West of La Plata; Dies in Hospital Here.
Special to The Daily Express.
---La Plata, Mo., May 9.-Alexander Douglas Bragg, 77, died at the Grim-Smith Hospital in Kirksville yesterday evening from injuries inflicted when he shot himself earlier in the afternoon. Mr. Bragg committed the act at the home of his son, George Bragg, 1 1/2 miles west of LaPlata, with whom he had made his home the past two months. He had been in ill health for some time.
---Mr. Bragg was born June 7, 1861, in Adair County, just north of the Macon County line. In 1884 he moved to the farm where his son now lives. His parents were Benjamin and Arie Anna Bragg. He was married to Ulysses Grant Meeks, October 30, 1880. She died June 24, 1934. They had one son, George.
---Mr. Bragg had five sisters and seven brothers, only two of whom are living, H. P. Bragg, La Plata and Dr. G. G. Bragg, Huntsville. He also leaves three grandchildren, Mrs. Margaret Dreyer, Huntsville, Miss Blanche Bragg, Williamsburg, Ia., and Douglas Bragg, La Plata; and three great-grandchildren, Nancy Margaret Dreyer, Huntsville, Worth Bragg, and John Allison Bragg, La Plata.
---Funeral services will be held at the Christie Funeral Home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson. Burial will be made in the La Plata Cemetery.
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NOTE CONFLICTING MARRIAGE INFO.: Marriage records of Adair County, Missouri state that Douglass Bragg of Adair Co. in the State of MO, and Grant Meeks of Adair Co. in the State of MO were at G W Meeks residence in said County, by me joined together in HOLY MATRIMONY on November 31, 1880 by E. Sampson, JP in the presence of Thos. Meeks and Chris Meeks---The month of November only has 30 days and the obit above gives a marriage date of October 30, 1880!
May 9, 1939.
DOUG BRAGG, FARMER, 77, KILLS SELF
Shoots Himself With Shotgun at the Farm Home of Son West of La Plata; Dies in Hospital Here.
Special to The Daily Express.
---La Plata, Mo., May 9.-Alexander Douglas Bragg, 77, died at the Grim-Smith Hospital in Kirksville yesterday evening from injuries inflicted when he shot himself earlier in the afternoon. Mr. Bragg committed the act at the home of his son, George Bragg, 1 1/2 miles west of LaPlata, with whom he had made his home the past two months. He had been in ill health for some time.
---Mr. Bragg was born June 7, 1861, in Adair County, just north of the Macon County line. In 1884 he moved to the farm where his son now lives. His parents were Benjamin and Arie Anna Bragg. He was married to Ulysses Grant Meeks, October 30, 1880. She died June 24, 1934. They had one son, George.
---Mr. Bragg had five sisters and seven brothers, only two of whom are living, H. P. Bragg, La Plata and Dr. G. G. Bragg, Huntsville. He also leaves three grandchildren, Mrs. Margaret Dreyer, Huntsville, Miss Blanche Bragg, Williamsburg, Ia., and Douglas Bragg, La Plata; and three great-grandchildren, Nancy Margaret Dreyer, Huntsville, Worth Bragg, and John Allison Bragg, La Plata.
---Funeral services will be held at the Christie Funeral Home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson. Burial will be made in the La Plata Cemetery.
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NOTE CONFLICTING MARRIAGE INFO.: Marriage records of Adair County, Missouri state that Douglass Bragg of Adair Co. in the State of MO, and Grant Meeks of Adair Co. in the State of MO were at G W Meeks residence in said County, by me joined together in HOLY MATRIMONY on November 31, 1880 by E. Sampson, JP in the presence of Thos. Meeks and Chris Meeks---The month of November only has 30 days and the obit above gives a marriage date of October 30, 1880!
THE KIRKSVILLE DAILY EXPRESS, Kirksville, Missouri
May 9, 1939.
DOUG BRAGG, FARMER, 77, KILLS SELF
Shoots Himself With Shotgun at the Farm Home of Son West of La Plata; Dies in Hospital Here.
Special to The Daily Express.
---La Plata, Mo., May 9.-Alexander Douglas Bragg, 77, died at the Grim-Smith Hospital in Kirksville yesterday evening from injuries inflicted when he shot himself earlier in the afternoon. Mr. Bragg committed the act at the home of his son, George Bragg, 1 1/2 miles west of LaPlata, with whom he had made his home the past two months. He had been in ill health for some time.
---Mr. Bragg was born June 7, 1861, in Adair County, just north of the Macon County line. In 1884 he moved to the farm where his son now lives. His parents were Benjamin and Arie Anna Bragg. He was married to Ulysses Grant Meeks, October 30, 1880. She died June 24, 1934. They had one son, George.
---Mr. Bragg had five sisters and seven brothers, only two of whom are living, H. P. Bragg, La Plata and Dr. G. G. Bragg, Huntsville. He also leaves three grandchildren, Mrs. Margaret Dreyer, Huntsville, Miss Blanche Bragg, Williamsburg, Ia., and Douglas Bragg, La Plata; and three great-grandchildren, Nancy Margaret Dreyer, Huntsville, Worth Bragg, and John Allison Bragg, La Plata.
---Funeral services will be held at the Christie Funeral Home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson. Burial will be made in the La Plata Cemetery.
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NOTE CONFLICTING MARRIAGE INFO.: Marriage records of Adair County, Missouri state that Douglass Bragg of Adair Co. in the State of MO, and Grant Meeks of Adair Co. in the State of MO were at G W Meeks residence in said County, by me joined together in HOLY MATRIMONY on November 31, 1880 by E. Sampson, JP in the presence of Thos. Meeks and Chris Meeks---The month of November only has 30 days and the obit above gives a marriage date of October 30, 1880!
May 9, 1939.
DOUG BRAGG, FARMER, 77, KILLS SELF
Shoots Himself With Shotgun at the Farm Home of Son West of La Plata; Dies in Hospital Here.
Special to The Daily Express.
---La Plata, Mo., May 9.-Alexander Douglas Bragg, 77, died at the Grim-Smith Hospital in Kirksville yesterday evening from injuries inflicted when he shot himself earlier in the afternoon. Mr. Bragg committed the act at the home of his son, George Bragg, 1 1/2 miles west of LaPlata, with whom he had made his home the past two months. He had been in ill health for some time.
---Mr. Bragg was born June 7, 1861, in Adair County, just north of the Macon County line. In 1884 he moved to the farm where his son now lives. His parents were Benjamin and Arie Anna Bragg. He was married to Ulysses Grant Meeks, October 30, 1880. She died June 24, 1934. They had one son, George.
---Mr. Bragg had five sisters and seven brothers, only two of whom are living, H. P. Bragg, La Plata and Dr. G. G. Bragg, Huntsville. He also leaves three grandchildren, Mrs. Margaret Dreyer, Huntsville, Miss Blanche Bragg, Williamsburg, Ia., and Douglas Bragg, La Plata; and three great-grandchildren, Nancy Margaret Dreyer, Huntsville, Worth Bragg, and John Allison Bragg, La Plata.
---Funeral services will be held at the Christie Funeral Home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson. Burial will be made in the La Plata Cemetery.
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NOTE CONFLICTING MARRIAGE INFO.: Marriage records of Adair County, Missouri state that Douglass Bragg of Adair Co. in the State of MO, and Grant Meeks of Adair Co. in the State of MO were at G W Meeks residence in said County, by me joined together in HOLY MATRIMONY on November 31, 1880 by E. Sampson, JP in the presence of Thos. Meeks and Chris Meeks---The month of November only has 30 days and the obit above gives a marriage date of October 30, 1880!
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