A Former Resident of Elizabethville Suicides.
The Patriot of Sept. 26th has the following: “Dr. J. Bion Scott, aged 48 years, of Gettysburg, Pa., committed suicide by hanging in the Friends Asylum, Philadelphia, where he had been a patient for two months. He was suffering from Melancholia.”
Dr. Scott practiced medicine here, about 1881 and 2.
Dr. Scott practiced medicine here, about 1881 and 2.
~ Elizabethville Echo dated 29-Sept-1904, Page 4, Column 2
You can visit the memorial page for Joseph Bion Scott.
Source: Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Source: United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968
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