Notes for Abigail PEARSON

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Notes for Abigail PEARSON

Both of her parents were born in Ohio.
Newport Hoosier State
Wednesday, March 17, 1892
On last Sunday, the people of Highland, Helt Township, this county, were startled by the news that the young wife of Ezra Clark, of that place, was found dead in the Wabash River just below the I.D. & S. Railroad Bridge which spans the Wabash River
between Hillsdale and Montezuma. When found she had her right arm clamped around a clump of willows. Her remains were towed to shore when it was discovered that she was the wife of Ezra Clark, of Highland. Help was sent for and the remains were moved
to the home of her husband, where Coroner Brindley held an inquest on her body on Sunday last, rendering a verdict that she came to her death by drowning with suicidal intent. She left her home at 12 o'clock Saturday night, and is supposed to have
walked to the railroad bridge, where with intent on ending her life, she plunged into the raging waters below. Before leaving home she told her daughter Callie Clark, that she was going away and would not return. As soon as she left her room and closed
the door after her, her daughter Anna Clark got up and saw her cross the street, climb over the fence north of Joe Conrad's residence, and pass through the orchard on her way to the river. Her husband was then notified of her absence, and sent his boys
out to hunt her, but they failed to find her, and none of the family knew anything of her whereabouts until the body was found in the river Sunday morning. The family say they had not noticed anything unusual about her actions, although she had
threatened to take her life once before. Her husband, Ezra Clark, is in his 91st year. Her maiden name was Abbie Pearson, and she was rather a handsome lady. Her husband has been a resident of this county since 1832, and was first married to a lady of
Ohio by the name of Nancy Fulwider, who died in 1864.

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