Boos, Frank



BORN IN: Germany
DIED: 10/27/1890
AGED: 66
CAUSE OF DEATH: Poisoning
DEATH LOCATION: Searsville

OCCUPATION: Farmer
MEMBER OF: GAR

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OBITUARY ---------------

Daily Alta California, Volume 83, Number 120, 28 October 1890 — Suicide of a Pioneer.

Suicide of a Pioneer.

Redwood City, October 27th. — Frank Booz, a pioneer of this county, committed suicide this afternoon at Searsville, eight miles from town, . by taking strychnine. He was found later in a neighboring vineyard, but too late for relief. He was sixty-five years of age, and had been a resident here for over thirty years. He leaves a family. No cause is assigned for the deed.

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