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John W. Niblack

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John W. Niblack

Birth
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
Death
15 Feb 1885 (aged 37–38)
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
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Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Jackson MO newspaper
Last Sunday morning, about 9 o'clock, two small boys, while skating discovered the lifeless body of John Niblack in the creek just beyond the southwestern limits of town, and about a stones throw from his mother's house. Thursday night John left the city drunk, as he had too often done before. He was last seen by Mr. George Ward near the Tidmann Mill intoxicated and staggering on toward home. Mr. Niblack was missed by the folks at home that night, nor did he return the next day or the next. But it was supposed that he had gone of somewhere as he was in the habit of doing and no one suspected anything wrong. The news of John's death quickly heralded through the town and many people gathered upon the bank of the creek to look at the lifeless form of the man whom all knew so well. The water in which the corpse was discovered was only about 16 inches deep and when found the body was not quite covered. Acting Coroner McGlasson called a jury and upon examination of the corpse the verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to his death by drowning, while in the state of intoxication. The supposition is that the unfortunate man, being intoxicated, cold and numb and helpless fell into the water and could not get out. John Niblack was a man who possessed many good qualities, honest, liberal hearted and harmless to everyone but himself. He was a man in the prime of his life and possessed an iron constitution but he fell a victim to the destroyer that carries off the strong as well as the weak. He body was found drowned in the water, but long ago his manhood, the pride of his hopes, were drowned in the wine cup.
Jackson MO newspaper
Last Sunday morning, about 9 o'clock, two small boys, while skating discovered the lifeless body of John Niblack in the creek just beyond the southwestern limits of town, and about a stones throw from his mother's house. Thursday night John left the city drunk, as he had too often done before. He was last seen by Mr. George Ward near the Tidmann Mill intoxicated and staggering on toward home. Mr. Niblack was missed by the folks at home that night, nor did he return the next day or the next. But it was supposed that he had gone of somewhere as he was in the habit of doing and no one suspected anything wrong. The news of John's death quickly heralded through the town and many people gathered upon the bank of the creek to look at the lifeless form of the man whom all knew so well. The water in which the corpse was discovered was only about 16 inches deep and when found the body was not quite covered. Acting Coroner McGlasson called a jury and upon examination of the corpse the verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to his death by drowning, while in the state of intoxication. The supposition is that the unfortunate man, being intoxicated, cold and numb and helpless fell into the water and could not get out. John Niblack was a man who possessed many good qualities, honest, liberal hearted and harmless to everyone but himself. He was a man in the prime of his life and possessed an iron constitution but he fell a victim to the destroyer that carries off the strong as well as the weak. He body was found drowned in the water, but long ago his manhood, the pride of his hopes, were drowned in the wine cup.

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