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Henry Uhter (1818-1906)

Henry Uhter (1818-1906)

The following excerpt is from page 12 of Reports of the Historical Secretary of the Old Settler and Historical Association of Lake County Indiana, from 1906 to 1910, which was printed in 1910 by J.J. Wheeler in Crown Point. It can also be found in the local history files at the Lowell Public Library (LH--Vital Statistics, vol. 2, page 80):

    Suicide

    Mr. Henry Uhter, who lived a little east of the Egypt school house, born in Germany, Jan. 20, 1818, coming to Lake County in 1870, was found dead in his room Sunday morning April 15, 1906, with a gun upon or beside him. He was 88 years of age. Had been quite an invalid for twelve years. Three sons and six daughters, four of the daughters married, are living. The married daughters are: Mrs. Albert Hack, Mrs. Westberg, Mrs. Henry Worley, Mrs. John H. Worley. Mrs. Uhter is also living.

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