Guy W Moses

1896 - 1910  (14 years)

• Name	Guy W Moses
  Born	1896
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Mar 1910	Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  Buried	8 Mar 1910	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I29753	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Amos Allen Moses,   b. 4 May 1863, McKay, Ashland County, Ohio ,   d. 11 Apr 1950  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Genetta (Nettie) Palmud Moses,   b. 1870,   d. 21 Apr 1899, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 29 years)
  Married	29 Aug 1889	Ashland County, Ohio
  Family ID	F6713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Died - 7 Mar 1910 - Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Moses, Guy 1 Boy Shoots Himself Brooding over a reprimand received at school as week caused Guy Moses, a 14-year-old boy, to commit suicide at his home near here. He was found dead in the kitchen of his parents' home Monday morning at ten o'clock. He had shot himself. In the room with the boy was found an unsigned noted which read: "Maybe I will do better in the next world." Moses' trouble at school was trivial but he was scolded. This occurred early last week. He left school and ran away. He was persuaded to return to his home but had not returned to school. His parents were trying to persuade him to return to school and settle his trouble with the teacher and had hoped he would return to school the next morning. He decided not to go to school Monday, however, and when his parents left the house remained inside. He was found dead upon their return. The father of the boy is employed at the H. Adams ranch as a laborer. - Topeka State Journal The young fellow is the son of Al Moses who was a residence [sic] of Sandy Hook four years ago and is well known by the people of this city and Sandy Hook. The remains were taken across the river in a row boat last Tuesday to be buried by the side of his mother in the Rossville cemetery. [From the St. Marys Star, Thursday, March 10, 1910]
  		Obituary- Moses, Guy 2 A Youthful Suicide Guy Moses, Aged 14, Takes His Life at Maple Hill. A telephone message from Maple Hill Monday morning to Coroner G.T. Johnson brought the news of the suicide of Guy Moses, a boy of fourteen years. Dr. Johnson went to Maple Hill that afternoon, and after an investigation decided that it was a plain case of suicide and an inquest was unnecessary. Albert [sic Amos Allen] Moses, the father of the boy, is a man of about forty-five years of age, and is employed on the Adams ranch. His wife died some ten years ago. He and his three sons, of whom Guy was the youngest, lived together in a cottage a short distance north of the Adams home ranch. The oldest son is also employed on the ranch, and the younger two have been attending school in Maple Hill and doing the work about the home. Wednesday noon of last week Guy left school and wandered away. Search was made for him that night and the next day. He returned home Thursday afternoon, but offered no explanation as to where he had been, merely saying he did not feel well. He did not return to school that week. Monday morning Mr. Moses and the oldest son went to work and the other boy went to school, leaving Guy at home alone. Neighbors saw him go to the mail box at nine o'clock. A little after ten the older boy returned home with a load of hay and entering the house found Guy in bed, dead with a shot in the breast. He had undressed, gone to bed and taken his life with a shot from a 22 calibre rifle. No note or communication of any kind could be found that would give any reason he may have had for committing suicide. His pockets were full of papers of his school work and the grades on them are excellent. The only cause that can be assigned for his act is that his mind was affected, and as reasonable a theory as any is that it may have been caused by overstudy. He had no trouble at school with the teachers or his school-mates. He was a quiet, reserved boy, and the grief stricken father says that whatever may have been on his mind, it was his nature to keep it to himself. That so young a boy should do such a thing makes the case doubly sad, and the father and brothers have the sympathy of the entire community. [From The Alma Signal, Friday, March 11, 1910]