A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Owen http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2643 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=45113 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Article Date: July 9 1875 Article Description: A Mother Starving Herself to Death. Article Text: Mrs. KEMPER, wife of Jasper KEMPER, died Sunday morning, June 27, under peculiar circumstances, which are as follows: About three months since her babe was taken sick and lingered for some time. A few minutes before it died, she gave it a dose of medicine by direction of the attending physician, and after it died she took up an idea that she had killed her child. Her friends tried to persuade her that the idea was erroneus, but all to no avail. The thought worked upon her mind until she became frantic. Her only desire was to die, and she tried on several occasions to destroy her life, but was prevented by her faithful husband, who kept strict watch over her. She refused to talk from the beginning, and had not taken a mouthful of food for forty-five days before she was relieved by death. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com