Husband of Fanny Gudein Pomeroy
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) August 29, 1899 page 2
Dr. Willis B. Pomeroy of 802 O street died suddenly yesterday in Smyrna, Del., where he was visiting friends. Dr. Pomeroy was one of the best-known dentists in the District. His death was the result of an overdose of chloral, which he had been taking in a prescription intended to bring sleep as he had been a sufferer from insomnia.
The remains will arrive in Washington this afternoon, when arrangements for the funeral will be completed. Mrs. Pomeroy went to Smyrna yesterday.
Dr. Pomeroy was visiting at the home of Mr. John Thompson. He retired Sunday night feeling very well, as he stated to his friends. Monday morning the doctor did not respond when called. His room was then entered. An eight-ounce bottle of medicine was on the bureau, on-third of the mixture having been used. Thinking life was not extinct, a physician was hurriedly summoned. When he arrived it was announced Mr. Pomeroy had been dead several hours. A coroner’s inquest was held, and a verdict returned that Dr. Pomeroy came to his death as a result of an overdose of chloral hydrate taken for insomnia.
Dr. Pomeroy was born in Ohio and was sixty-three years of age. He served in the Union army with distinction throughout the civil war. With the close of that conflict he located in Washington and began the practice of his profession. Dr. Pomeroy leaves a widow and three children—Dr. N. Willis Pomeroy, Mrs. P.W. Gibbon and Mrs. F.L. White, all of this city
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) August 29, 1899 page 2
Dr. Willis B. Pomeroy of 802 O street died suddenly yesterday in Smyrna, Del., where he was visiting friends. Dr. Pomeroy was one of the best-known dentists in the District. His death was the result of an overdose of chloral, which he had been taking in a prescription intended to bring sleep as he had been a sufferer from insomnia.
The remains will arrive in Washington this afternoon, when arrangements for the funeral will be completed. Mrs. Pomeroy went to Smyrna yesterday.
Dr. Pomeroy was visiting at the home of Mr. John Thompson. He retired Sunday night feeling very well, as he stated to his friends. Monday morning the doctor did not respond when called. His room was then entered. An eight-ounce bottle of medicine was on the bureau, on-third of the mixture having been used. Thinking life was not extinct, a physician was hurriedly summoned. When he arrived it was announced Mr. Pomeroy had been dead several hours. A coroner’s inquest was held, and a verdict returned that Dr. Pomeroy came to his death as a result of an overdose of chloral hydrate taken for insomnia.
Dr. Pomeroy was born in Ohio and was sixty-three years of age. He served in the Union army with distinction throughout the civil war. With the close of that conflict he located in Washington and began the practice of his profession. Dr. Pomeroy leaves a widow and three children—Dr. N. Willis Pomeroy, Mrs. P.W. Gibbon and Mrs. F.L. White, all of this city
Husband of Fanny Gudein Pomeroy
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) August 29, 1899 page 2
Dr. Willis B. Pomeroy of 802 O street died suddenly yesterday in Smyrna, Del., where he was visiting friends. Dr. Pomeroy was one of the best-known dentists in the District. His death was the result of an overdose of chloral, which he had been taking in a prescription intended to bring sleep as he had been a sufferer from insomnia.
The remains will arrive in Washington this afternoon, when arrangements for the funeral will be completed. Mrs. Pomeroy went to Smyrna yesterday.
Dr. Pomeroy was visiting at the home of Mr. John Thompson. He retired Sunday night feeling very well, as he stated to his friends. Monday morning the doctor did not respond when called. His room was then entered. An eight-ounce bottle of medicine was on the bureau, on-third of the mixture having been used. Thinking life was not extinct, a physician was hurriedly summoned. When he arrived it was announced Mr. Pomeroy had been dead several hours. A coroner’s inquest was held, and a verdict returned that Dr. Pomeroy came to his death as a result of an overdose of chloral hydrate taken for insomnia.
Dr. Pomeroy was born in Ohio and was sixty-three years of age. He served in the Union army with distinction throughout the civil war. With the close of that conflict he located in Washington and began the practice of his profession. Dr. Pomeroy leaves a widow and three children—Dr. N. Willis Pomeroy, Mrs. P.W. Gibbon and Mrs. F.L. White, all of this city
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) August 29, 1899 page 2
Dr. Willis B. Pomeroy of 802 O street died suddenly yesterday in Smyrna, Del., where he was visiting friends. Dr. Pomeroy was one of the best-known dentists in the District. His death was the result of an overdose of chloral, which he had been taking in a prescription intended to bring sleep as he had been a sufferer from insomnia.
The remains will arrive in Washington this afternoon, when arrangements for the funeral will be completed. Mrs. Pomeroy went to Smyrna yesterday.
Dr. Pomeroy was visiting at the home of Mr. John Thompson. He retired Sunday night feeling very well, as he stated to his friends. Monday morning the doctor did not respond when called. His room was then entered. An eight-ounce bottle of medicine was on the bureau, on-third of the mixture having been used. Thinking life was not extinct, a physician was hurriedly summoned. When he arrived it was announced Mr. Pomeroy had been dead several hours. A coroner’s inquest was held, and a verdict returned that Dr. Pomeroy came to his death as a result of an overdose of chloral hydrate taken for insomnia.
Dr. Pomeroy was born in Ohio and was sixty-three years of age. He served in the Union army with distinction throughout the civil war. With the close of that conflict he located in Washington and began the practice of his profession. Dr. Pomeroy leaves a widow and three children—Dr. N. Willis Pomeroy, Mrs. P.W. Gibbon and Mrs. F.L. White, all of this city
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