Jennie CUDDEBACK, age 21, died 30 Jul 1880
A Young Woman's Suicide
Port Jervis, N.Y., July 31.--Much excitement prevails near the village of Huguenot, in Orange County, a few miles east of this place, over the finding this morning in the Neversink River, of the body of Jennie CUDDEBACK, a beautiful and accomplished young woman, 21 years old.Miss CUDDEBACK lived with her mother, a widow.Soon after 9 o'clock last evening she went out of doors, wearing nothing upon her head.She did not return, and the occupants of the house, thinking it strange that she should stay out so long, went to look for her.No trace could be found, and repeated calls failed to bring any response.The neighbors were informed of her disappearance, and a search was instituted and continued all night without success.This morning, while a party of searchers was passing along the banks of the Neversink River, near the missing woman's home, the body was found, lying upon its face in about three feet of water.Miss CUDDEBACK is thought to have jumped in while laboring under a temporary fit of insanity.She was highly esteemed.Her father committed suicide in the Newburg jail several years ago, where he was awaiting trial for attempted murder.
[The New York Times, Weds 1 Aug 1880, p.1.]