MANNAN - Elijah - Putnam

At 4 o’clock Thursday Coroner EH Kleinbub received word to come to Cloverdale at once, that a man had been found dead. Mr. Kleinbub started as soon as possible and upon arriving at Cloverdale found that his destination was four miles further, southeast of Cloverdale. There he found Elijah Mannan, a prominent farmer, lying on the floor of his house, with a bullet hole in his heart.  A revolver was near the dead man which told the story of a probably suicide. Mr. Kleinbub will hold an investigation at once. The dead man was 56 years of age and has three children, two sons and a daughter. The daughter’s name is Mr. Patrick.  One of the sons lived with Mr. Mannan and the other in Morgan County.  A special to the Banner Times from Cloverdale says: “Elijah Mannan, a well to do farmer living four miles east of here and committed suicide yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock by shooting himself through the heart with a 32 calibre revolver. He only lived a few moments after the shooting. Mr. Mannan and his son Elmer were living alone, his older son Ulysses marrying a few weeks ago. Ulysses happened to be passing his father’s place and stopped to see him. When he entered the house he found his father lying near the door. He was still breathing but never regained consciousness. Coroner Kleinbub was notified. He arrived about 6 oclock p.m. and held an inquest which resulted in the verdict of suicide. Mr. Mannan was twice married his last wife having died about a year ago. He was in good circumstances, owning two good farms. His neighbors were very much shocked to hear of this sad affair.  It is supposed that despondence was the cause of Mr. Mannan taking his life. He had never mentioned such a thing to anyone and left no note of explanation. Mr. Mannan was a member of the 61st Regt Ind Vols, during the late war. The funeral will be held Saturday. Interment being at the Mannan burying ground in Morgan County.  – kz