BAUGH, John – (d. 1899)

Farmer Suicides. Used the Same Weapon with Which He Slew Federal Soldiers.

Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 1 – John BAUGH, a respected farmer, who lived alone near Cleveland, Tenn., committed suicide today by shooting himself through the head.  He was a brave soldier of the Confederate army, and killed himself with the same gun he carried through the civil war.

Source: Memphis Appeal, January 2, 1899, page 3

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