Jacob Wise

1826 - 1856  (~ 30 years)

• Name	Jacob Wise
  Born	CA 1826	Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Sep 1856	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: suicide
  Misfortune	1857	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	suicide
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-84771
  Person ID	I84771	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  WISE - A poor fellow named Jacob Wise committed suicide in Preston on Thursday by poisoning himself with laudanum. He had just been released from Brantford gaol, was out of employment, and had been taunted by the wife of a neighbour with being a d---d rascal. He went home immediately after this taunt was uttered, and swallowing a dose of laudanum, told his wife what he had done, after which he went to sleep and never woke again. A coroner's inquest was held before Dr. Seagram, and the jury, of which Mr. Otto Klotz was foreman, returned a verdict: "Died by administering to himself a large dose of opium with intent to commit suicide". Hamilton Spectator 8 Sep 1856

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), September 10, 1856. Suicide-A poor fellow, named Jacob Wise, committed suicide in Preston, on Thursday, by taking Laudanum. He had just been released from Brantford Gaol; and it is supposed his ignominious position led to the committal of the fatal deed.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CA 1826 - Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: suicide - 4 Sep 1856 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - suicide - 1857 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth