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Former Murray County citizen takes own life with
shotgun - Lived near Harper, Kansas
The notice of the death of Flemister Davis, as
contained in the following account, was a very great shock to the
relatives and many friends. Flemister Davis will be remembered as the
only son of Thomas Davis, a good citizen who lived within two miles of
Chatsworth and was a prominent in the affairs of the county for many
years being intimately connected with the founding and early history of
Chatsworth.
The father, Thomas Davis, died some years ago, but
Flemister is survived by his mother, Mrs. Laura Davis, and the sisters
named herein, and other relatives.
Flemister Davis was born and reared at the old home
place, where his mother now resides, and was an honest hardworking boy
and young man, and numbered his friends by the extent of his
acquaintances. On September 15, 1918, he married Annie Pierce, daughter
of E. E. Pierce and shortly thereafter moved to Kansas. His widow and
four children survive.
The following taken from the Harper, Kansas
Advocate, July 10th, 1930:
T. F. Davis, a young farmer of the Pilot Knob
township shot and killed himself with a 12 gauge shot gun at his home
Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.
Mr. Davis had been in Harper Monday morning after
machinery repairs. Shortly before the tragedy happened he remarked to
his family that he was going out to shoot some rabbits. Taking the shot
gun, he left the house, and went to the grainery some 300 yards from the
house, where he shot himself through the heart. Death was instantaneous.
From the indication of the wound, he had placed the butt of the gun on
the ground and leaned over the muzzle of the weapon. One shot was fired.
Harvest hands, who were working on a combine
nearby, saw Mr. Davis leave the house with the gun, and later heard the
report and went to his assistance, but he was dead when they arrived.
Despondency over ill health was thought to have
been the cause of his act. He was a hard, earnest worker and good
neighbor. The Davis family has been renters on the Milt Robinson farm
for a number of years.
Source: Harper, Kansas Advocate,
July 10th, 1930
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