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Article from Shelburne Free Press 1890 Re:Thomas Morrison family from Melancthon

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Article from Shelburne Free Press 1890 Re:Thomas Morrison family from Melancthon

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 5:53PM GMT
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Surnames: Morrison, McLean
Thursday, April 24, 1890
•The people of Shelburne and those living in the neighbourhood of Silk’s School House, Melancthon, were horror-stricken this (Thursday) morning by the news that Thomas Morrison, a farmer, had drowned his three youngest children and then taken his own life. When found, the bodies were lying in a back kitchen after having been immersed in an adjacent rain barrel. The children’s mother had left home last evening to go to Laurel by train to make a short visit with friends. The tragedy was evidently committed early this morning. It was about 7 a.m. that a neighbour, Mr. Robert McLean, was made aware of the awful affair by the two oldest and only surviving children, Sarah and Alexander, who said they could not find their pa, and that Arabelle, Thomas and Willie were lying in the old house “with something white on their faces.”

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