Family:John Lomont and Stella Guiff (1)

John and Stella had one daughter.

"BODY OF JOHN A. LOMONT FOUND IN RIVER. DROWNED HIMSELF. Police Recover Body With Grappling Hooks This Morning in Maumee River At Foot of Morton Street. Auto At River Rank Is Clue To His Discovery. Was Seen to Leave Car Wednesday Morning and Climb Bank of Stream; Ill Health is Thought Motive. Two hours after the police started dragging the stream, the body of John A. Lomont, aged 42, 1215 Packard avenue, an automobile accessories dealer at 3924 South Calhoun street, was found in the Maumee river at the foot of Morton street shortly before 11 o'clock this morning. Traffic officer P. E. Hardesty, who was manning the police boat discovered the body. The search for Lomont, who was reported missing late Wednesday afternoon, was directed to the river early today, when his automobile was found standing at Morton street and Edgewater avenue, within a short distance of the stream. Mrs. E. J. Sullivan, 1603 Edgewater avenue, told the police that she saw a man leave the car there shortly after 8 o'clock Wednesday morning and walk toward the river bank. When the car was still standing on the street early today, Harry Creigh, 1617 Edgewater avenue, called police headquarters. The police boat and a crew of officers equipped with grappling hooks ere sent out and a search of the river was started. Footprints leading over the levee to the water's edge were discovered and the officers began dragging the stream at that point. The body was found about 20 feet from shore, in eight feet of water. The body was fully clothed. Was Recently Ill. Mr. Lomont was believed to be recovered from an illness which had confined him to a bed for several weeks, when he drove away from his home at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning declaring he was going to visit his store. But he never appeared at the establishment, and when he did not return home Wednesday afternoon, relatives grew alarmed and called the police. Mr. Lomont's illness was caused by a complication of stomach and bowel disorders, which superinduced severe nervousness. He was critically ill for weeks, but his relatives believed he was practically recovered when he left home Wednesday. The illness, it is thought, affected his mind and caused temporary insanity. Leaves a Family. Surviving Mr. Lomont are his wife and a three-year old daughter; five brothers, Clem, Clarence R. and Ernest A., of this city, and Carl V. and J. P. Lomont, living near New Haven; and three sisters, Mrs. R. J. Mourey, of New Haven; Mrs. Frank Maire, of California, and Mrs. Charles Burns, of near New Haven. After the body was discovered, it was removed to the river bank near the Coombs street bridge to await the arrival of Coroner D. R. Benninghoff. There were no marks on the body, nor any notes explaining his reasons for the act." [Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, Thursday, 29 November 1923, pg. 1]

1.   Marriage Record, in Indiana, United States. Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005)
   Book 47, pg. 408, 15 Oct 1918.

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