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Elsie J. <I>Kimbrough</I> Dunn

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Elsie J. Kimbrough Dunn

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
26 Dec 1912 (aged 29–30)
Fountain Green, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Hancock County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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The Quill, page 1
Tuesday, December 31, 1912

A YOUNG WIFE COMMITS SUICIDE.

Mrs. John Dunn of Fountain Green, Tires of Life, and Hangs Herself.

A young wife and mother's suicide by hanging at Fountain Thursday [sic] evening was a tragedy of the yuletide season. Mrs. John Dunn, who was Elsie Kimbrough before her marriage, in a fit of despondency, drove a nail above her bed room [sic] door and tying a piece of muslin around her neck climbed on a chair and jumped off into space. Her husband returning home found the body cold in death.

Mrs. Dunn was about 30 years old and by her marriage to John Dunn leaves two sons, aged five and seven years, to mourn with the husband and father.

The funeral occurred at Fountain Green M. E. church Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m., Rev, [sic] Shawgo, officiating assisted by Rev. L. C. Gray. Burial in the Fountain Green cemetery.
The Quill, page 1
Tuesday, December 31, 1912

A YOUNG WIFE COMMITS SUICIDE.

Mrs. John Dunn of Fountain Green, Tires of Life, and Hangs Herself.

A young wife and mother's suicide by hanging at Fountain Thursday [sic] evening was a tragedy of the yuletide season. Mrs. John Dunn, who was Elsie Kimbrough before her marriage, in a fit of despondency, drove a nail above her bed room [sic] door and tying a piece of muslin around her neck climbed on a chair and jumped off into space. Her husband returning home found the body cold in death.

Mrs. Dunn was about 30 years old and by her marriage to John Dunn leaves two sons, aged five and seven years, to mourn with the husband and father.

The funeral occurred at Fountain Green M. E. church Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m., Rev, [sic] Shawgo, officiating assisted by Rev. L. C. Gray. Burial in the Fountain Green cemetery.


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  • Created by: Marcia
  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31358321/elsie_j-dunn: accessed ), memorial page for Elsie J. Kimbrough Dunn (1882–26 Dec 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31358321, citing Fountain Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Marcia (contributor 46945176).