Name of Deceased: Gaylord Ferris
County Name: Lorain
State: OH
Newspaper: Sanduskey Weekly Register, 1 Dec. 1875

Submitters Name: Terrea Thompson

Obit: "A Mr. Ferris, of Henrietta Township, Lorain County, committed suicide on Friday night by hanging himself to a beam in his barn. He was a well known and highly respected farmer between sixty and seventy years of age and in good circumstances. No cause is assigned for the rash act."

Note from Terrea Thompson: This is about my ancestor Gaylord Ferris, born est. 1806, d. 19 Nov 1875. In the November 24, 1875 issue of the Elyria Independent Democrat (Elyria, Ohio), there is a longer article (not an obit) stating that the reason for his suicide was despondency over protracted ill health.