In the 1910 Forsyth Valley, Swan TS, Taney County, MO Census Joe G, 33, and his wife Virgie, 32, have been married five years. They are the parents of two children, one living, daughter Geneva, age not readable,(born abt 1906). Also living with the family is Joe's brother Maynard, 19, a baseball pitcher. Joe is a newspaper publisher, most likely at Forsyth.
Joe and Virgie also have a daughter Virginia Upton, born abt 1914, who married Carl Richards. Carl and Virginia Richards were co-editors of the Regional News in Palo Heights, Illinois. The couple purchased the paper in 1947 and ran it for many years.
Obituary from the Appleton City Journal, Appleton City, St Clair County, MO, Thursday, January 13, 1921 --
FORMER EDITOR SUICIDES
Joe G Upton, former editor and publisher of the El Dorado Springs News, committed suicide in his home in that city the fore part of last week by hanging himself from a rafter in the attic of his home. He had been missing from home for more than two days and the dead body was found by his daughter when she went to the attic for some canned fruit. No cause was assigned for the act unless it was due to temporary insanity. He had recently suffered from some financial losses due to speculation, but still had considerable property intact.
--Submitted by Karen Foreman
Joe and Virgie also have a daughter Virginia Upton, born abt 1914, who married Carl Richards. Carl and Virginia Richards were co-editors of the Regional News in Palo Heights, Illinois. The couple purchased the paper in 1947 and ran it for many years.
Obituary from the Appleton City Journal, Appleton City, St Clair County, MO, Thursday, January 13, 1921 --
FORMER EDITOR SUICIDES
Joe G Upton, former editor and publisher of the El Dorado Springs News, committed suicide in his home in that city the fore part of last week by hanging himself from a rafter in the attic of his home. He had been missing from home for more than two days and the dead body was found by his daughter when she went to the attic for some canned fruit. No cause was assigned for the act unless it was due to temporary insanity. He had recently suffered from some financial losses due to speculation, but still had considerable property intact.
--Submitted by Karen Foreman
In the 1910 Forsyth Valley, Swan TS, Taney County, MO Census Joe G, 33, and his wife Virgie, 32, have been married five years. They are the parents of two children, one living, daughter Geneva, age not readable,(born abt 1906). Also living with the family is Joe's brother Maynard, 19, a baseball pitcher. Joe is a newspaper publisher, most likely at Forsyth.
Joe and Virgie also have a daughter Virginia Upton, born abt 1914, who married Carl Richards. Carl and Virginia Richards were co-editors of the Regional News in Palo Heights, Illinois. The couple purchased the paper in 1947 and ran it for many years.
Obituary from the Appleton City Journal, Appleton City, St Clair County, MO, Thursday, January 13, 1921 --
FORMER EDITOR SUICIDES
Joe G Upton, former editor and publisher of the El Dorado Springs News, committed suicide in his home in that city the fore part of last week by hanging himself from a rafter in the attic of his home. He had been missing from home for more than two days and the dead body was found by his daughter when she went to the attic for some canned fruit. No cause was assigned for the act unless it was due to temporary insanity. He had recently suffered from some financial losses due to speculation, but still had considerable property intact.
--Submitted by Karen Foreman
Joe and Virgie also have a daughter Virginia Upton, born abt 1914, who married Carl Richards. Carl and Virginia Richards were co-editors of the Regional News in Palo Heights, Illinois. The couple purchased the paper in 1947 and ran it for many years.
Obituary from the Appleton City Journal, Appleton City, St Clair County, MO, Thursday, January 13, 1921 --
FORMER EDITOR SUICIDES
Joe G Upton, former editor and publisher of the El Dorado Springs News, committed suicide in his home in that city the fore part of last week by hanging himself from a rafter in the attic of his home. He had been missing from home for more than two days and the dead body was found by his daughter when she went to the attic for some canned fruit. No cause was assigned for the act unless it was due to temporary insanity. He had recently suffered from some financial losses due to speculation, but still had considerable property intact.
--Submitted by Karen Foreman
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