MARY'S PAGE 

Subject: 
             Cyrus Zellers - NE 1897
 Resent-Date: 
             Wed, 11 Jun 1997 17:45:08 -0700

       From: 
             "Mary A. Ellingson" <mellings@ops.esu19.k12.ne.us>
         To: 
             SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com
      

Here is another obituary I have found.

Unadilla Newspaper  Unadilla, Otoe, NE  15 May 1897

Cyrus Zellars, who came here from KS a short time since, committed 
suicide Monday, by shooting himself over the right ear with a 32 calibre 
revolver.  His body was discovered about 5 o'clock in the evening in a 
small barn belonging to the premises occupied by Mr. Tuttle, with whom he 
was living.  Deceased was during , a member of Co. L Eighth Illinois 
infantry.  His wife, who came here last December to be treated for a 
chronic disease, died suddenly, and it is thought this preyed on his mind 
so that he took his own life.  He left four small children whom we 
understand he had provided homes for.  a note was found on his person 
stating that here was enough money in his pocket to pay funeral expenses, 
and search revealed the fact that he had about $58 in his pocket.  He was 
interred in Park Hill cemetery.