Sunday, July 1, 2018

Sunday's Obituary: W. D. Wilcoxen (1888)

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)
1 May 1888

W. D. Wilcoxen committed suicide at his home, in Prince William county, Va., last Friday night. He climbed to the rafters of his barn, put a rope noose around his neck, and discharged a pistol into his head as he leaped down. He was found dead both by shooting and strangulation. He is well known in the District, having married Miss Mollie Manning of Georgetown.


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