This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wessels Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kg.2ADI/1611 Message Board Post: Barry Adage, Barry, Pike Co. IL, Friday Jan. 4, 1884: "Frederick Wessels recently escaped from the Adams county poor farm, and a few days later he was found dead. He had killed himself."