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George Wheeler Schofield

Birth
Gerry, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Death
17 Dec 1882 (aged 49)
Fort Apache, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
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TELEGRAPH.
PACIFIC COAST.

Special to the CITIZEN:

WILLCOX, Dec. 18. -

Lieutenant-Colonel Schofield, Sixth Cavalry, commanding post at Fort Apache, committed suicide on the morning of the 17th by shooting himself through the head. The ball entered his right eye and came out at the base of the skull. He has been suffering from ill health for the last three or four months, and it is supposed his mind was temporarily deranged at the time of the deed. No other cause is known. He left no writing to show his intentions or reasons.

Arizona Weekly Citizen; Tucson, Arizona.
December 24, 1882; Page One.
Info provided by dm wms FAG Contributor

Lt Col Co B 4th US Calvary. Disinterred in 24 Nov 1884, re interned at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=11696136&PIpi=43159329. Thanks to Robert Wessel for posting this info.

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Actual burial here
TELEGRAPH.
PACIFIC COAST.

Special to the CITIZEN:

WILLCOX, Dec. 18. -

Lieutenant-Colonel Schofield, Sixth Cavalry, commanding post at Fort Apache, committed suicide on the morning of the 17th by shooting himself through the head. The ball entered his right eye and came out at the base of the skull. He has been suffering from ill health for the last three or four months, and it is supposed his mind was temporarily deranged at the time of the deed. No other cause is known. He left no writing to show his intentions or reasons.

Arizona Weekly Citizen; Tucson, Arizona.
December 24, 1882; Page One.
Info provided by dm wms FAG Contributor

Lt Col Co B 4th US Calvary. Disinterred in 24 Nov 1884, re interned at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=11696136&PIpi=43159329. Thanks to Robert Wessel for posting this info.

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Actual burial here

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