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Suicide in Henry county, Va.

--Jno. Wade, a shoemaker, near Penn's store, Henry county, Va., in a fit of intoxication, after unfeelingly whipping two of his little children, and brutally beating his wife, ended his existence last Tuesday, the 18th ult., by hanging himself to one of the rafters of his house. He leaves a wife and six helpless children.

The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 4, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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