Dexter, James L.

Abt 1860 -

• Name	Dexter, James L.
  	20240218GHLn- https://genealogytrails.com/penn/potter/deaths/index.html#A Genealogy Trails Potter County Pennsylvania Obituaries and Death Notices James L. Dexter From the Patriot, dated January 4, 1918: Contributed by Denise Hansen James L. Dexter, aged 58, well known Potter County politician, yesterday slashed his throat and cut his wrists in a fit of melancholy following a long illness. He is in a Coudersport hospital, and is not expected to live, his knife having cut the jugular vein. Dexter was one of Potter's best known residents, having held office as register and recorder, county auditor and deputy county treasurer.
  Birth	Abt 1860
  	age 58 at attempted suicide in 1918.
  Gender	Male
  Incident	3 Jan 1918	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
  	age 58. James L. Dexter, well known Potter County politician, yesterday slashed his throat and cut his wrists in a fit of melancholy following a long illness. He is in a Coudersport hospital, and is not expected to live, his knife having cut the jugular vein.
  	20240218GHLn- https://genealogytrails.com/penn/potter/deaths/index.html#A Genealogy Trails Potter County Pennsylvania Obituaries and Death Notices James L. Dexter From the Patriot, dated January 4, 1918: Contributed by Denise Hansen James L. Dexter, aged 58, well known Potter County politician, yesterday slashed his throat and cut his wrists in a fit of melancholy following a long illness. He is in a Coudersport hospital, and is not expected to live, his knife having cut the jugular vein. Dexter was one of Potter's best known residents, having held office as register and recorder, county auditor and deputy county treasurer.
  office	Dexter was one of Potter's best known residents, having held office as register and recorder, county auditor and deputy county treasurer.
  Person ID	I96026	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

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  Incident - age 58. James L. Dexter, well known Potter County politician, yesterday slashed his throat and cut his wrists in a fit of melancholy following a long illness. He is in a Coudersport hospital, and is not expected to live, his knife having cut the jugular vein. - 3 Jan 1918 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  20240218GHLn- https://genealogytrails.com/penn/potter/deaths/index.html#A Genealogy Trails Potter County Pennsylvania Obituaries and Death Notices James L. Dexter From the Patriot, dated January 4, 1918: Contributed by Denise Hansen James L. Dexter, aged 58, well known Potter County politician, yesterday slashed his throat and cut his wrists in a fit of melancholy following a long illness. He is in a Coudersport hospital, and is not expected to live, his knife having cut the jugular vein. Dexter was one of Potter's best known residents, having held office as register and recorder, county auditor and deputy county treasurer.

  
  

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TNG ID: I96026