COUNTY FARMER A SUICIDE

Body Of Floyd McCann Found Hanging In A Corn Crib At His Farm Home West Of Kennard Thursday.

EFFECTS OF PRESENT TIMES

To acquaintances and old friends the news of the death on last Thursday of Floyd McCann of Kennard came as a great shock. He had been apparently his usual self and from reports the family had no suspicions of anything wrong until his body was found hanging in a corn crib at his home at about 5 p.m. The cause of the supposed suicidal action was the result of the present time financial depression which has caused much mental anguish among men in every walk of life.

The deceased came to this county from Washington County, Virginia with his parents, landing here March 9, 1872 just sixty one years to a day before his death. With his father’s family came four other families from the same county in Virginia. The families of these emigrants were Isaac McCann, James Caldwell, Peter Weidner. With them was also Sam Wright who was not married at that time. These families formed a little settlement around Kennard, the McCanns going first to the Joe Rosenbaum home where they headquartered until a home could be established. The homes thus established became permanent and their descendants still live in this same locality.

At the time of the landing in the county, Floyd was a child in arms, having been born Feb. 4, 1871. He was reared and educated in the home vicinity and later married a young lady of the community, Miss Myrtle Lecrone. To this union six children were born, four boys and two girls, all of whom are living. They are Lyle, Lloyd and Addie, all of California; Mrs. Hugo Timm of Bennington, Nebr. and Leroy and Chester at home.

Besides these children and the wife, he leaves to mourn his sad death two brothers, Will of Omaha and Henry of Oklahoma and three sisters, Mrs. Robert Whorlow of Wayne, Nebr., Mrs. Lydia Demory of Scottsbluff, Nebr. and Mrs. Ruth Rosenbaum of Kennard and a host of other relatives.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1 p.m. from the home and at 2 p.m. from the Methodist church, and interment was made in the Kennard cemetery.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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