Kate’s Notes: I have transcribed this article to the best of my ability but because the original material was in poor condition (especially the last few paragraphs, which were stained and torn) some names were missing or undecipherable. If anyone has access to a better copy of this article, any corrections or additions to the obituary below would be appreciated. Any portions of the text that are in doubt have been placed within brackets.

From The Circleville Herald
Circleville, Ohio
9 March, 1929

MAIL CARRIER ENDS HIS LIFE WITH SHOTGUN
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Thomas Sherman Graham Suicides At His home In Orient Friday.
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   Believed to have been despondent over financial worries and ill health, Thomas Sherman Graham, 50, rural mail carrier of Orient, ended his life Friday by firing a shotgum charge through his head.
   The tragedy occurred in the living room of his home in Orient, when he placed the muzzle of the shotgun in his mouth and fired the fatal shot by hooking the trigger on a corner of a stove. The back of his head was blown out.
   The shot was heard by his wife, who rushed into the living room to find the lifeless body of her husband. Dr. C. E. Bowers, Pickaway-co coroner, was summoned and returned a verdict of suicide.
NERVOUS FOR MONTH
   According to coroner Bowers, the dead man had been very nervous for the past month and had been worrying over his financial affairs although he was not greatly in debt. Several months ago he is said to have purchased a 180 acre farm.
   Mr. Graham had been a mail carrier on rural route No. 2 out of Orient for the past 26 years.
FUNERAL SUNDAY
   He was born on Feb. 19, 1879, the son of William and Hannah Gilliland Graham of Pickaway-co. He is survived by his widow, Inez Fuller Graham; four children, [Marie] Graham, Ruth Willoughby and Harold Graham, of Columbus, and James Arthur Graham, at home; four brothers, Warren and George Graham, of Mt. Sterling, [Brough] Graham, Derby, and Walter Graham, Orient, and three sisters, Mrs. [...] C. Edward, Derby, Mrs. C. E. [...], Williamsport, and Mrs. W. [...], Derby.
   Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Orient M. E. church, Rev. [Ricketts] and Rev. Kinney officiating. Burial will be in Darbyville cemetery.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010