VERDICT
State of Iowa, )
Ringgold County )
An inquisition holden (sic) at Mt. Ayr, in Ringgold County, on the 8th day of March, A.D. 1884, before S. Baily, Coroner of said County, upon the body of Wm H. Alexander, then lying dead, by the Jurors said Jurors upon their oaths do say that the said Wm H. Alexander came to his death by strangulation caused by hanging by the neck, and that the same was done by his own hands, with suicidal intent, while under the influence of intoxicating drinks.
Geo S. Allyn
Geo A. Slentz
J. C. McClurg
Attest S. Bailey, Coroner
The burial took place on Sabbath, Rev. P. Andrews preaching the funeral sermon. The expenses were paid by the I.O.O.F. lodge of which he formerly was a member. A large number of people followed the body to its last resting place. A large family of children are left to mourn his untimely end. He was once in high standing in the community, and had the brightest of prospects before him, but the demond drink blasted his hopes and his life.
The 1880 census of Mount Ayr lists wife and children as Mary (1843); Albert, 13; Fanny, 12; John, 10; Charles, 8; Ralph, 5; and Ray, 1
VERDICT
State of Iowa, )
Ringgold County )
An inquisition holden (sic) at Mt. Ayr, in Ringgold County, on the 8th day of March, A.D. 1884, before S. Baily, Coroner of said County, upon the body of Wm H. Alexander, then lying dead, by the Jurors said Jurors upon their oaths do say that the said Wm H. Alexander came to his death by strangulation caused by hanging by the neck, and that the same was done by his own hands, with suicidal intent, while under the influence of intoxicating drinks.
Geo S. Allyn
Geo A. Slentz
J. C. McClurg
Attest S. Bailey, Coroner
The burial took place on Sabbath, Rev. P. Andrews preaching the funeral sermon. The expenses were paid by the I.O.O.F. lodge of which he formerly was a member. A large number of people followed the body to its last resting place. A large family of children are left to mourn his untimely end. He was once in high standing in the community, and had the brightest of prospects before him, but the demond drink blasted his hopes and his life.
The 1880 census of Mount Ayr lists wife and children as Mary (1843); Albert, 13; Fanny, 12; John, 10; Charles, 8; Ralph, 5; and Ray, 1
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