1914
  Abraham Copal  
 
 

 War Veteran Ends Life with Pocket Knife at 93

Died 09 Apr 1914

Abraham Copel cuts throat at Confederate
Home and Dies an Hour later.   Using a pocket-knife he had carried since the Civil War, Abraham Copel, a Confederate veteran, 93 years old, severed his jugular vein early yesterday morning and died an hour later at the Confederate Home in Pewee Valley.  

He had lived at the home for ten years and mental weakness caused by his declining health promoted the act.  He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William Poulter, of Middletown, Ky. 

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:  Submitted by Boyd and Shirley Copal, relation to the deceased.

 

 
 

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