Submitted by Carol L. Patterson
Obits - Clarke Hennen
Pub. 7 Aug 1940,
Democrat Messenger



Camp Run Farmer Commits Suicide

     Jollytown, Aug, 6.--Clarke Hennen, 63, well known farmer of Camp Run, W. Va., near here, was found dead yesterday forenoon in the barn where he had hung himself.  No reason for the suicide was given by relatives.
     The body was found by his granddaughter, Miss Anna Hennen, who went to the barn yesterday around 11 o'clock to call him to dinner.  Dr. E. W. Rose, of Hundred, W. Va., said he had been dead several hours.
     Mr. Hennen, whose home is south of the Mason-Dixon Line, was born October 24, 1876, a son of the late Alex and Lucinda Taylor Hennen.  He spent his entire life on the farm where he was born.
     He married Anna Pethtel, who died 20 years ago.
     Surving are one daughter, Mrs. Ora Fordyce, of Fairmont, W. Va.; four sons, James Hennen, Philadelphia; Russell and Edison Hennen, at home, and Milton Hennen, of Camp Run, W. Va.; one sister, Mrs. Clara Underwood, Claysville, and three brothers, John and Frank Hennen, West Alexander, and Martin Hennen, of Camp Run.