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Note: N3416 Peter Ouzts I and His Descendants by Hortense Woodson, 1949, pp. 144, 148,149 Named for his Uncle James Tolbert Ouzts, Deaths p. 295
Edgefield SC US Census 1860,1870, L/w John H. Dorn - Grand Son 1880, 9C/7L 1900
Greenwood SC US Census 10C/8L 1910
GREENWOOD - June 25 - James T. Ouzts, a well known farmer and member of the mercantile firm of W. M. and J. T. Ouzts Company, of Ouztsville, committed suicide Tuesday Morning at his home in the Mountain Creek section of the county. Mr. Ouzts was 57 years of age. He had not been well lately, and it is supposed this made him despondent. He leaves a wife and eight children. Rev. Jesse L. Ouzts, of Inman is a brother, and also Mr. W. M. Ouzts of Kirksey. From reports received here, Mr. Ouzts went to the field, where he had some hands at work Tuesday Morning, and borrowed a pistol from one of the Negroes. He then went to an Out-House and shot himself in the head. He was dead when found a few minutes later. Keowee Courier, July 1, 1914.
Mr. J. T. Ouzts, one of the leading farmers of the Kirksey section of Greenwood county, committed suicide Tuesday morning by shooting himself in the head. The report of the pistol was heard by members of the family and they found his body about five minutes after the shot had been fired. Although he had been in bad health for a year or more Mr. Ouzts’ relatives and friends had never suspected that he would take his own life, but, in the absence of a note explaining his act, it is believed he had despaired of ever getting well and decided to end it all with his revolver. Mr. Ouzts arose at the regular time this morning and appeared to be in his usual spirits. He left his house a few minutes before 9 o’clock and went to a field near by where some negroes were working. He asked one of them for a pistol and immediately after it was handed to him walked to a seed house, about 100 yards from his dwelling, and shot himself in the forehead. Members of the family heard the muffled sound, but at first did not discover that it came from the seed house. A hurried search was made and his body was soon located. It is believed that he died instantly. Mr. Ouzts was a well to-do farmer and held the respect and esteem of his community, in which the news of his tragic death has caused profound sorrow. He was 57 years of age and leaves his wife and eight children. These are: Messrs. George Trapp, J. H. and Ollie Ouzts, Misses Lena and Nellie Ouzts and Mesdames O. A. Etheredge, A. L. Kemp, Mrs. W. M. Ouzts of Kirksey, and Rev. J. L. Ouzts of Spartanburg are brothers. The funeral at Mountain Creek church. – Greenwood Journal. The Edgefield (SC) Advertiser, June 24, 1914.
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