Great grandmother of Barack Obama. (Source: Research staff of the Wichita Pub. Library.)
Died November 26, 1926 from ptomaine poisoning. Resided in Topeka, Kansas. Survivors-husband Ralph Dunham of Topeka, sons Ralph Dunham, Jr. and Stanley Dunham, sister, Doris Armour. (Wichita Eagle)
The following is from The Topeka Daily Capital, dated Nov. 27, 1926;
"YOUNG WIFE KILLS SELF
Mrs. Ruth Dunham drinks poison after quarrel with husband
Mrs. Ruth Dunham, 26, of 703 Buchanan street, ended her life Thursday night by taking strychnine in her husband's auto repair shop at 1117 West Sixth avenue. Her body was found by her husband, Ralph Dunham, early yesterday morning.
Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Dunham went to Melvern to spend Thanksgiving with Dunham's sister, Mrs. H. I. Whitney. While in Melvern Mr. and Mrs. Dunham had a disagreement. While Dunham and his brother, Earl Dunham, went hunting, Mrs. Dunham returned to Topeka. Before taking poison, she wrote a letter to the effect that her husband did not love her any more.
The body will be taken to El Dorado, Kan., for burial."
Died November 26, 1926 from ptomaine poisoning. Resided in Topeka, Kansas. Survivors-husband Ralph Dunham of Topeka, sons Ralph Dunham, Jr. and Stanley Dunham, sister, Doris Armour. (Wichita Eagle)
The following is from The Topeka Daily Capital, dated Nov. 27, 1926;
"YOUNG WIFE KILLS SELF
Mrs. Ruth Dunham drinks poison after quarrel with husband
Mrs. Ruth Dunham, 26, of 703 Buchanan street, ended her life Thursday night by taking strychnine in her husband's auto repair shop at 1117 West Sixth avenue. Her body was found by her husband, Ralph Dunham, early yesterday morning.
Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Dunham went to Melvern to spend Thanksgiving with Dunham's sister, Mrs. H. I. Whitney. While in Melvern Mr. and Mrs. Dunham had a disagreement. While Dunham and his brother, Earl Dunham, went hunting, Mrs. Dunham returned to Topeka. Before taking poison, she wrote a letter to the effect that her husband did not love her any more.
The body will be taken to El Dorado, Kan., for burial."
Great grandmother of Barack Obama. (Source: Research staff of the Wichita Pub. Library.)
Died November 26, 1926 from ptomaine poisoning. Resided in Topeka, Kansas. Survivors-husband Ralph Dunham of Topeka, sons Ralph Dunham, Jr. and Stanley Dunham, sister, Doris Armour. (Wichita Eagle)
The following is from The Topeka Daily Capital, dated Nov. 27, 1926;
"YOUNG WIFE KILLS SELF
Mrs. Ruth Dunham drinks poison after quarrel with husband
Mrs. Ruth Dunham, 26, of 703 Buchanan street, ended her life Thursday night by taking strychnine in her husband's auto repair shop at 1117 West Sixth avenue. Her body was found by her husband, Ralph Dunham, early yesterday morning.
Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Dunham went to Melvern to spend Thanksgiving with Dunham's sister, Mrs. H. I. Whitney. While in Melvern Mr. and Mrs. Dunham had a disagreement. While Dunham and his brother, Earl Dunham, went hunting, Mrs. Dunham returned to Topeka. Before taking poison, she wrote a letter to the effect that her husband did not love her any more.
The body will be taken to El Dorado, Kan., for burial."
Died November 26, 1926 from ptomaine poisoning. Resided in Topeka, Kansas. Survivors-husband Ralph Dunham of Topeka, sons Ralph Dunham, Jr. and Stanley Dunham, sister, Doris Armour. (Wichita Eagle)
The following is from The Topeka Daily Capital, dated Nov. 27, 1926;
"YOUNG WIFE KILLS SELF
Mrs. Ruth Dunham drinks poison after quarrel with husband
Mrs. Ruth Dunham, 26, of 703 Buchanan street, ended her life Thursday night by taking strychnine in her husband's auto repair shop at 1117 West Sixth avenue. Her body was found by her husband, Ralph Dunham, early yesterday morning.
Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Dunham went to Melvern to spend Thanksgiving with Dunham's sister, Mrs. H. I. Whitney. While in Melvern Mr. and Mrs. Dunham had a disagreement. While Dunham and his brother, Earl Dunham, went hunting, Mrs. Dunham returned to Topeka. Before taking poison, she wrote a letter to the effect that her husband did not love her any more.
The body will be taken to El Dorado, Kan., for burial."
