Posted on: Jefferson County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Mo/JeffersonObits/226 Surname: Huber ------------------------- FARMER NEAR FESTUS FOUND HANGED IN BARN George Huber, 70-year old farmer and stockman of near Festus, Mo., hanged himself last Friday. His son, Hilmer Huber, found the body in the barn, suspended from a crosstie by a rope around the neck. No notes were found, but the elder Huber had been complaining of ill health recently, it was testified at an inquest in Festus [Jefferson County]. A verdict of suicide was returned. Huber's herd of registered brown Swiss cattle was considered one of the best in this part of the country. --St. Louis Globe-Democrat [Above article from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat was reprinted in The Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, on Friday, February 3, 1950].