San Francisco Bulletin, 3/20/1872:
Suicide in Aurora, Nevada. – A correspondent of the Sacramento Union, writing from Aurora, Nevada, March 14th, gives this case of suicide: On Monday evening, the 11th instant, about 10 o’clock, Julia, wife of Wilson Butler, aged thirty-two years, committed suicide in this town by shotting herself in the head with a pistol. The ball penetrated the brain, which oozed freely out of the wound. She lived until about 5 o’clock the next morning, but spoke not a word after the shooting. It was a very sad affair, and a surprise to the people. She leaves behind four young children. The Coroner held an inquest on the body, and their verdict was in accordance with the above.
Nevada State Journal, 3/23/1872: THE TOMB. Wilson. – In Aurora, March 12th, Mrs. Julia Wilson (sic), aged 32 years.
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Sacramento Daily Union, 1/10/1863: Married. In Aurora, Dec. 28th, Samuel Jones to Julia A. Welch.
Sacrametnto Daily Union, 5/25/1865: Died. In Aurora (Nev.), May 18th, Samuel Jones.
Nevada Marriages, 1860-1987: Wilson Butler and Julia A. Jones married 18 Mar 1867; Esmeralda Co. Marriages, Vol Misc. A, p. 60.
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Note: For more about the Butler family, please refer to the book titled, Aurora, Nevada's Silent City on the Hill (Sue Silver, 2011).
Suicide in Aurora, Nevada. – A correspondent of the Sacramento Union, writing from Aurora, Nevada, March 14th, gives this case of suicide: On Monday evening, the 11th instant, about 10 o’clock, Julia, wife of Wilson Butler, aged thirty-two years, committed suicide in this town by shotting herself in the head with a pistol. The ball penetrated the brain, which oozed freely out of the wound. She lived until about 5 o’clock the next morning, but spoke not a word after the shooting. It was a very sad affair, and a surprise to the people. She leaves behind four young children. The Coroner held an inquest on the body, and their verdict was in accordance with the above.
Nevada State Journal, 3/23/1872: THE TOMB. Wilson. – In Aurora, March 12th, Mrs. Julia Wilson (sic), aged 32 years.
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Sacramento Daily Union, 1/10/1863: Married. In Aurora, Dec. 28th, Samuel Jones to Julia A. Welch.
Sacrametnto Daily Union, 5/25/1865: Died. In Aurora (Nev.), May 18th, Samuel Jones.
Nevada Marriages, 1860-1987: Wilson Butler and Julia A. Jones married 18 Mar 1867; Esmeralda Co. Marriages, Vol Misc. A, p. 60.
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Note: For more about the Butler family, please refer to the book titled, Aurora, Nevada's Silent City on the Hill (Sue Silver, 2011).
San Francisco Bulletin, 3/20/1872:
Suicide in Aurora, Nevada. – A correspondent of the Sacramento Union, writing from Aurora, Nevada, March 14th, gives this case of suicide: On Monday evening, the 11th instant, about 10 o’clock, Julia, wife of Wilson Butler, aged thirty-two years, committed suicide in this town by shotting herself in the head with a pistol. The ball penetrated the brain, which oozed freely out of the wound. She lived until about 5 o’clock the next morning, but spoke not a word after the shooting. It was a very sad affair, and a surprise to the people. She leaves behind four young children. The Coroner held an inquest on the body, and their verdict was in accordance with the above.
Nevada State Journal, 3/23/1872: THE TOMB. Wilson. – In Aurora, March 12th, Mrs. Julia Wilson (sic), aged 32 years.
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Sacramento Daily Union, 1/10/1863: Married. In Aurora, Dec. 28th, Samuel Jones to Julia A. Welch.
Sacrametnto Daily Union, 5/25/1865: Died. In Aurora (Nev.), May 18th, Samuel Jones.
Nevada Marriages, 1860-1987: Wilson Butler and Julia A. Jones married 18 Mar 1867; Esmeralda Co. Marriages, Vol Misc. A, p. 60.
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Note: For more about the Butler family, please refer to the book titled, Aurora, Nevada's Silent City on the Hill (Sue Silver, 2011).
Suicide in Aurora, Nevada. – A correspondent of the Sacramento Union, writing from Aurora, Nevada, March 14th, gives this case of suicide: On Monday evening, the 11th instant, about 10 o’clock, Julia, wife of Wilson Butler, aged thirty-two years, committed suicide in this town by shotting herself in the head with a pistol. The ball penetrated the brain, which oozed freely out of the wound. She lived until about 5 o’clock the next morning, but spoke not a word after the shooting. It was a very sad affair, and a surprise to the people. She leaves behind four young children. The Coroner held an inquest on the body, and their verdict was in accordance with the above.
Nevada State Journal, 3/23/1872: THE TOMB. Wilson. – In Aurora, March 12th, Mrs. Julia Wilson (sic), aged 32 years.
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Sacramento Daily Union, 1/10/1863: Married. In Aurora, Dec. 28th, Samuel Jones to Julia A. Welch.
Sacrametnto Daily Union, 5/25/1865: Died. In Aurora (Nev.), May 18th, Samuel Jones.
Nevada Marriages, 1860-1987: Wilson Butler and Julia A. Jones married 18 Mar 1867; Esmeralda Co. Marriages, Vol Misc. A, p. 60.
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Note: For more about the Butler family, please refer to the book titled, Aurora, Nevada's Silent City on the Hill (Sue Silver, 2011).
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