Scott, Joseph Bion - 1904

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.

~ Elizabethville Echo dated 29-Sept-1904, Page 4, Column 2

 

You can visit the memorial page for Joseph Bion Scott.

 

 

 Coroner's Certificate

Source: Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Source: United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968

Coburn, George - 1884

 George Coburn died in Ft. Deposit in Aug. 1884, aged 40, from pneumonia.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 26-Aug-1885

Cobb, George (Dr.) - 1875

 Dr. George Cobb of Dallas Co. died Jan. 26th.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 11-Feb-1875

Clopton, Nathaniel Vanderwall - 1914

N. V. Clopton of Pensacola, a native of Butler Co., and son of the late Mr. N. V. Clopton of Greenville, died at his home.
~ The Living Truth 04-Mar-1914

You can visit the memorial page for Nathaniel Vanderwall Clopton.