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Also Known As:<_AKA> Nathnaiel Wilbur Query Cause of Death:<CAUS > suicide Ob ituary: Nathaniel Wm. Query Takes Owen Life Sunday. Fa rmer of Cuba Taken Own L ife Sunday Because of Ill Health - Funeral Ye sterday. Nathaniel William Query, 73 years old, a resident of Cuba, e ight miles northwest of Spencer, committed suicide Sunday afternoon . He was found about 2:45 by his son-in-law, Roy Bandy of Indianapol is, hanging from a rafter in a wagon shed. He had placed a chain aro und his neck, fastened it over a rafter and leaped from the sideboar d of th e wagon. It was stated that he died from strangulation an d a broken neck. She riff Frank Mitten and James H. Rowland, county c oroner, of Spencer, were called to investigate. Mr. and Mrs. Bandy c ame to visit her parents over the weekend , and Sunday morning they tr ied to persuade Mr. Query to consult a physician ab out his physical c ondition. He would not consent to come to Spencer, so the Ba ndy's ca me to see a doctor for him. The deceased told his wife, Mrs. Meliss a Q uery, he was going to the barn to do a few chores. When young Ban dy returned f rom Spencer he went to the barn and wagon shed, and ther e found the body of his father-in-law. It was believed by those wh o investigated that the act was com mitted about 1:30pm. Mr. Query ha d been ill the past year and it was believed that because of his physi cal condition he decided to end his life...He was a fa rmer by trade . He was born July 7, 1869, a son of Solomon and Mary (Dobson) Qu ery . He was a farmer by trade. Survivors include the widow, and none ch ildren - Mrs. Ethel Cook, of Jordan Village; Mrs. Letha Schopmeyer o f Poland; Roy A., of Indianapolis; Clyde, Spencer rte; Mrs. Nellie Ph illips, of Indianapolis; Mr s. Bessie Weddle, of Clayton; Harold of Ot terbein; Mrs. Mabel Bandy, of Indiana polis; and Mrs. Ruby Grace, of F ort Wayne. Also 24 grandchildren, two great-gr andchildren, and the f ollowing brother and sisters - Charles Query pf Straughn, Indiana; Do ra Miles Query of Poland; Mrs. Ann Haltom, Spencer; Mrs. Della Jame s , Terre Haute; and Mrs. Martha Randall, of Vandalia. Funeral service s were he ld yesterday (Wednesday) at 10:30 a.m. at the Cuba Church, i n charge of Rev. Ha rold Cornwell, and burial was made in the Cloverda le Cemetery.

Birth	Jul 7, 1869	Owen County, Indiana, USA
Marriage	May 17, 1891	Owen County, Indiana, USA - Melissa Emiline Boes
Death	Feb 28, 1943	Owen County, Indiana, USA
Burial		Cloverdale Cemetery, Cloverdale Township, Putnam County, Indiana

Spouse	Melissa Emiline Boes (1870 - 1962)
Child	Roy Argiel Query (1892 - 1962)
Child	Cora Ethel Query (1893 - )
Child	Lethia G Query (1896 - 1943)
Child	Clyde A Query Sr. (1898 - 1967)
Child	Nellie Marie Query (1899 - 1973)
Child	Bessie Query (1901 - 1975)
Child	John William Query (1904 - 1938)
Child	Harold Oran Query (1907 - 1997)
Child	Mable P Query (1909 - 1993)
Child	Ruby Query (1919 - 1995)

Father	Solomon Query (1847 - 1921)
Mother	Mary E Dobson (1852 - 1893)
Sibling	Joshua Query (1870 - 1926)
Sibling	Susan Anne Query (1872 - 1954)
Sibling	Martha B Query (1874 - 1945)
Sibling	Della F Query (1877 - 1976)
Sibling	Nora A Query (1879 - 1965)
Sibling	James Garfield Querry (1880 - 1926)
Sibling	Dora Miles Query (1884 - 1943)
Sibling	Solomon Ross Query (1886 - 1909)
Sibling	Margaret M Query (1888 - 1975)
Sibling	Charles E Query (1891 - 1976)