Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-03
List OF Deeds,

Inc following is list of deeds, etc.
admitted to record by the Clerk of
Greenbrier County Court from Dec.
18th to Dec. 3lst. 1894:
"A deed from Preston Matics and 9th
ers to Fletcher Mates, FOR land in Blue
Sulphur district.
From Fannie &. Caldwell and others
to j. NJ. Miller, for lot 80, Main street,
RonCeverte.
From Geo. b. Kester to WIN. A.
Mentz, for lot n o. 81, Mathews avenue,
Ronceverte.
From S. w. n. Feamster and wife to
John l.. Mccormack, for Sc acres and
l57 poles Of land in Blue Sulphur dis
trict.
From Chas. G. Anderson and wife to
John Fink. for 100 acres of land in
Lewisburg district.
From F. a. bearing and another to
w. A. Jackson, for 2t acres of land in
Failing Spring district.
From w. s. Crane and wife to Ly-
man Walkup, for 10 acres of land in
Meadow Bluff district.
From John f. Caring and wife to W.
q. Brown, fer house and lot in White
Sulphur district.
From Geo. n. Davis to j. r. French.
| for 100 acres Of land in Irish Corner
district.
From Katie Mott to Danl p. OFT.
for acres and 1913 poles of land IN Fort
| Spring district.
From Elizabeth I. Dotson to John
a. Seldomridge, for 9 acres and 100
poles of land in Failing Spring district.
From j. NJ. Holiday to &. w. Holli-
day, for an undivided interested in 1l5
acres of land in Blue Sulphur district.
From Saml II. Holiday and wife to
Z. w. Holiday. for an undivided in
terest In ll5 acres of land in Blue Sui
phur district.
From John w Arbuckle, commits
sioner, to d. l.. Esterly and others, for
acres of land in White Sulphur dis
trict.
From Jas. f. Thomas and wife to
Emory ;. Eagle, for % acres of land in
Meadow Bluff district.
From Hannah F. Neal and another
to Eliza J. Clemmons, for sat acres of
land in Falling Spring district.
From w. S. Rodes and another to
Lula j. MakdwicZ, for part of lot No.
20, Main street, Ronceyerte.
From l.. Makowicz and wife to Jose
phine Kinley for part of lot No. 20,
Main street, Ronceverte.
From John A. Preston, com'r, to
Henry L. Bell, for acres and 12O poles
Of land in Lewisburg.
SUICIDE OF MIR. OSCAR w. EAKIN.
On last Monday morning, Dec. gath,
1894, bout s o'clock, Mr.. Oscar w.
Eakin committed suicide by shooting
himsem through the head in the gra-
nary at the residence of Mr.. Henry p.
Bo5bitt 1.-THE S. l.. Bruffy place. in
Union district, this county.
Mr.. Eakin came to Monroe from
Craig county, Va, about five years ago
and bought the Stevenson place, about
miles from Union, from Col. J. Nj.
| Rowan. There he resided up to the
time of his death. Last Monday morn
ing he came to Mr.. Bobbitt's, some two
| or three miles distant, little after sun
rise. He asked Mr.. and Mrs. Bobbitt
to read the 3lst Psalm, saying that AL
mighty God had in a dream the night
| before directed him to read that Psalm
and that as soon as he arose that morn
ing he had gone to the Bible and read
it, and that he was now coEyinced that
the Almighty would save him under
any circumstances. He seemed greatly
depressed and remarked to MI. Bobbitt
that If anything happened to him he
wanted him (Bobbitt) to 60 over to his
(Eakin's) house on Wednesday and
have his hogs killed. ut may be well
to state parentheticallY that Messrs
Bobbitt and Eakin married sisters,
their wives being daughters of VIM. l..
county, and naturally the two men
were more or less intimately associ-
ated.) Mr.. Bobbitt endeavored to
cheer up his visitor, but in vain, and
|
Seeing Mrs. Bobbitt and her little son
In the yard he asked the lad to come
into the granary and weigh him on the
scales which were standing there. Mrs.
BObbitt said she would weigh him, and
did so, making some pleasant remarks
to him meanwhile. They came out of
the granary together, but a few mo.
ments later MIR. Eakin went back into
the granary, saying that he had left his
knife in there. The little boy saw him
step across the scales, and In a second
or two the report of ap!stol startled al
within hearing. Mr.. Eakin fell to the
floor and died instantly, having shot
himself through the head. The ball en-
tered just above the ear, and passing
through his head lodged beneath the
skin on the other side.
At the request of Prosecuting At
torney Rowan Justice A. Miller sum.
moned jury, and DR.. II. NJ. Brown as
the physician, and an inquest was held
The verdict Of the jury was that the
deceased came to his death by his OWL
hand.
There seems little doubt that Mr.
Eakin's mind was unbalanced, though
from what cause IS not clear. He was
in good circumstances, owed but littl;
and was considered thrifty man. II,
of late imagined himself threatened by
trouble, and that he had for some little
time contemplated suicide is indicated