Whipple - William
29 Nov 1850 – 2 May 1898
Source: Crawfordsville Review 7 May 1898 p 7
William Whipple, a well known farmer living a short distance north of Linden, committed suicide last Saturday by taking morphine. He was discovered in an unconscious condition soon after taking the drug and a physician was summoned. He rallied sufficient to tell what he had done but gave no reason for the rash act. He said he purchased the drug at Crawfordsville several weeks ago and that he had made two previous efforts at suicide. The first dose was a light one and only made him deathly sick for a time. The second was a little larger but a doctor was called in and save him without suspecting the case. Saturday, it is said, he took enough to kill a horse but he lingered until Monday before death relived him of his sufferings. Mr. Whipple was in comfortable circumstances and no reason can be assigned for the rash act except despondency caused by ill health. He was 49 years old and leaves a wife and three children. The funeral occurred Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock. Interment in Romney.
Source: newspaper article (no newspaper/date given) on findagrave
William Whipple, a farmer living two miles south of Romney was determined to die. He had been despondent for several weeks and on Saturday afternoon took a large dose of morphine. Drs. Pike & Simison were called and by vigorous treatment succeeded in pulling him safely away from death. Whipple admitted that he had tried to kill himself and that he had still another dose to take. Despite the watchfulness of his family he succeeded in taking a second dose last night and the efforts of the doctors to save his life were unavailing. He died at 5 o’clock this morning. Whipple was quite a well-to-do and highly respected farmer and his death has caused quite a sensation in Randolph township. A widow and three sons survive.