This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: West Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2401 Message Board Post: Suicided Phil WEST, living near Crofton, on last Friday committed suicide by cutting his throat. He was 89 years of age and had been despondent for some time. His son, aged 64, committed suicide about six months since by hanging himself. The death of his son so preyed upon his mind that he was thus driven to this sad end. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., May 3, 1895)