Raymond Oswald was born in January 1894 in Effingham, IL, the only son of George and Maggie Schroth Oswald. He grew up in Effingham, IL where his father worked as a teamster. When Raymond was 21, he went to live in Dublin, Wayne Co, IN to work for his uncle Fred Schroth. The following is newspaper article explaining his death at the age of just 21 years.
Cambridge City Tribune - 4 Feb 1915
Dublin Items - Raymond Oswald, the young man who has been working for his uncle, Fred Schroth, the barber, for the past two months, committed suicide last Saturday night by a shot through the head from a revolver. He had been suffering for a week with an ulcerated tooth and neuralgia. The pain had been so intense that the opinion prevails that temporary insanity resulted and he was not responsible for the act. He was a young man of good habits, and had just reached his manhood, 21 years this month. His body was cared for by Wright and Wiseman and was shipped to his home in Effingham, Illinois for burial.
Cambridge City Tribune - 4 Feb 1915
Dublin Items - Raymond Oswald, the young man who has been working for his uncle, Fred Schroth, the barber, for the past two months, committed suicide last Saturday night by a shot through the head from a revolver. He had been suffering for a week with an ulcerated tooth and neuralgia. The pain had been so intense that the opinion prevails that temporary insanity resulted and he was not responsible for the act. He was a young man of good habits, and had just reached his manhood, 21 years this month. His body was cared for by Wright and Wiseman and was shipped to his home in Effingham, Illinois for burial.
Raymond Oswald was born in January 1894 in Effingham, IL, the only son of George and Maggie Schroth Oswald. He grew up in Effingham, IL where his father worked as a teamster. When Raymond was 21, he went to live in Dublin, Wayne Co, IN to work for his uncle Fred Schroth. The following is newspaper article explaining his death at the age of just 21 years.
Cambridge City Tribune - 4 Feb 1915
Dublin Items - Raymond Oswald, the young man who has been working for his uncle, Fred Schroth, the barber, for the past two months, committed suicide last Saturday night by a shot through the head from a revolver. He had been suffering for a week with an ulcerated tooth and neuralgia. The pain had been so intense that the opinion prevails that temporary insanity resulted and he was not responsible for the act. He was a young man of good habits, and had just reached his manhood, 21 years this month. His body was cared for by Wright and Wiseman and was shipped to his home in Effingham, Illinois for burial.
Cambridge City Tribune - 4 Feb 1915
Dublin Items - Raymond Oswald, the young man who has been working for his uncle, Fred Schroth, the barber, for the past two months, committed suicide last Saturday night by a shot through the head from a revolver. He had been suffering for a week with an ulcerated tooth and neuralgia. The pain had been so intense that the opinion prevails that temporary insanity resulted and he was not responsible for the act. He was a young man of good habits, and had just reached his manhood, 21 years this month. His body was cared for by Wright and Wiseman and was shipped to his home in Effingham, Illinois for burial.
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