The Indianapolis News
Indianapolis, Indiana
September 20, 1915
WOMAN POISONS HERSELF.
Takes One Hundred Grains of Corrosive Sublimate --- Due to Love Affair.
[Special to The Indianapolis News]
SULLIVAN, Ind., September 20 --- Mattie Shafer, age twenty, of Shelburn, died at the home of Mrs. Kate Casassa, in Linton, from the effects of 100 grains of corrosive sublimate she took with suicidal intent. A love affair was the cause.
The Call-Leader
Elwood, Indiana
September 20, 1915
SULLIVAN --- Mattie Shafer, 20, of Shelburn, died at the home of Mrs. Kate Casassa, in Linton, from the effects of 100 grains of corrosive sublimate she took with suicidal intent. A love affair was the cause.
Transcribed by: Genealogy Girl
Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Martha Schaefer [Martha Shafer]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 20
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1894
Birth Place: K Y
Death Date: 9 Sep 1915
Death Place: Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date: 1910 - 1919
Father: Noah Schaefer [Noah Shafer]
Mother: James Schaefer {Jennie Hopkins]
Cause of Death: Suicide by taking bichloride of mercury tablets
Informant: John Shafer [The only John Shafer listed on the 1900 census in Sullivan County, is John T. Shafer son of Berthenia Shafer. He is later listed as John Tillford Shores and his mother is listed as Berthenia (Mason) Shores Jones. I am not certain which Shafer that she married]
Indianapolis, Indiana
September 20, 1915
WOMAN POISONS HERSELF.
Takes One Hundred Grains of Corrosive Sublimate --- Due to Love Affair.
[Special to The Indianapolis News]
SULLIVAN, Ind., September 20 --- Mattie Shafer, age twenty, of Shelburn, died at the home of Mrs. Kate Casassa, in Linton, from the effects of 100 grains of corrosive sublimate she took with suicidal intent. A love affair was the cause.
The Call-Leader
Elwood, Indiana
September 20, 1915
SULLIVAN --- Mattie Shafer, 20, of Shelburn, died at the home of Mrs. Kate Casassa, in Linton, from the effects of 100 grains of corrosive sublimate she took with suicidal intent. A love affair was the cause.
Transcribed by: Genealogy Girl
Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Martha Schaefer [Martha Shafer]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 20
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1894
Birth Place: K Y
Death Date: 9 Sep 1915
Death Place: Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date: 1910 - 1919
Father: Noah Schaefer [Noah Shafer]
Mother: James Schaefer {Jennie Hopkins]
Cause of Death: Suicide by taking bichloride of mercury tablets
Informant: John Shafer [The only John Shafer listed on the 1900 census in Sullivan County, is John T. Shafer son of Berthenia Shafer. He is later listed as John Tillford Shores and his mother is listed as Berthenia (Mason) Shores Jones. I am not certain which Shafer that she married]
The Indianapolis News
Indianapolis, Indiana
September 20, 1915
WOMAN POISONS HERSELF.
Takes One Hundred Grains of Corrosive Sublimate --- Due to Love Affair.
[Special to The Indianapolis News]
SULLIVAN, Ind., September 20 --- Mattie Shafer, age twenty, of Shelburn, died at the home of Mrs. Kate Casassa, in Linton, from the effects of 100 grains of corrosive sublimate she took with suicidal intent. A love affair was the cause.
The Call-Leader
Elwood, Indiana
September 20, 1915
SULLIVAN --- Mattie Shafer, 20, of Shelburn, died at the home of Mrs. Kate Casassa, in Linton, from the effects of 100 grains of corrosive sublimate she took with suicidal intent. A love affair was the cause.
Transcribed by: Genealogy Girl
Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Martha Schaefer [Martha Shafer]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 20
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1894
Birth Place: K Y
Death Date: 9 Sep 1915
Death Place: Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date: 1910 - 1919
Father: Noah Schaefer [Noah Shafer]
Mother: James Schaefer {Jennie Hopkins]
Cause of Death: Suicide by taking bichloride of mercury tablets
Informant: John Shafer [The only John Shafer listed on the 1900 census in Sullivan County, is John T. Shafer son of Berthenia Shafer. He is later listed as John Tillford Shores and his mother is listed as Berthenia (Mason) Shores Jones. I am not certain which Shafer that she married]
Indianapolis, Indiana
September 20, 1915
WOMAN POISONS HERSELF.
Takes One Hundred Grains of Corrosive Sublimate --- Due to Love Affair.
[Special to The Indianapolis News]
SULLIVAN, Ind., September 20 --- Mattie Shafer, age twenty, of Shelburn, died at the home of Mrs. Kate Casassa, in Linton, from the effects of 100 grains of corrosive sublimate she took with suicidal intent. A love affair was the cause.
The Call-Leader
Elwood, Indiana
September 20, 1915
SULLIVAN --- Mattie Shafer, 20, of Shelburn, died at the home of Mrs. Kate Casassa, in Linton, from the effects of 100 grains of corrosive sublimate she took with suicidal intent. A love affair was the cause.
Transcribed by: Genealogy Girl
Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Martha Schaefer [Martha Shafer]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 20
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1894
Birth Place: K Y
Death Date: 9 Sep 1915
Death Place: Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date: 1910 - 1919
Father: Noah Schaefer [Noah Shafer]
Mother: James Schaefer {Jennie Hopkins]
Cause of Death: Suicide by taking bichloride of mercury tablets
Informant: John Shafer [The only John Shafer listed on the 1900 census in Sullivan County, is John T. Shafer son of Berthenia Shafer. He is later listed as John Tillford Shores and his mother is listed as Berthenia (Mason) Shores Jones. I am not certain which Shafer that she married]
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