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    1. [OHDARKE] HARRELL, Martin Earl Dr. (1889-1933) Obituary Transcription
    2. Please reply ONLY on the Board (link below): ============================================ This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DeLANEY, GLASGOW, HARRELL, HARRISON, HARROLD, OSBORNE, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACE/255 Message Board Post: Extracted from Greenville Daily Advocate, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, dated 09 Feb 1933: Name: Dr. Martin Earl HARRELL Age: 53 Residence: New Madison, [Darke County, Ohio]* Cause of Death: Chloroform Poisoning, Self-administered. Date of Death: Tuesday 07 Feb 1933. Article states that remains have been transported to the home of a brother: O. G. [Otho Glenn]* HARRELL near Kokomo, [Howard County,]* Indiana, for funeral services. Article states that services were to be conducted from the brothers home @ 2 p.m. on 09 Feb 1933, followed by burial in a cemetery near New London, IN, the decedents former residence. Article states that Dr. HARRELL'S widow, Anna [Elizabeth DeLANEY]*, arrived from Arlington, NJ, on 08 Feb 1933 to accompany the remains to their final destination. Article states that other survivors include: a thirteen year old son: [William Earl HARRELL]* and two other brothers: [William Wesley HARRELL, and Ernest Evert HARRELL]*. Article states that Mrs. HARRELL is employed as a nurse in the General Hospital @ Arlington, [NJ]. Article states that worries regarding Dr. HARRELL'S health and domestic troubles were believed to be responsible for the suicide**. Article states that Dr. HARRELL had been critically injured in a grade crossing crash six weeks earlier. Article states that Dr. HARRELL had moved to New Madison, from Burkettsville, [Mercer County, Ohio]* 18 months prior and that He was a world war veteran and a member of the New Madison American Legion Post. *Items in brackets [ ] added by me. **According to Death Certificate issued by Darke County, the Coroner ruled the death accidental, not suicide.

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