Suffocation

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do Say: . . . that the aforesaid Henry Ethredge came to his death from foul air in the well

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that Sindy Brighthop came to her death, from a dislocated neck done by th parties in the house

Description: 
child
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say: that the child came to its death by having a quilt over it face and in our opinion sufficated

Description: 
infant
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
seven or eight months
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Eliza Abney
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that said child. . .came to his death by accidental Suffocation

Description: 
infant child
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Ella Wilson
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do Say From Strangerlation due to the accumulation of Phlegm in the throat

Description: 
infant child
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
nine days old
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Anna Eliza Ashley
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say from suffocation

Description: 
infant child
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Janie Myers
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that deat was produced from suffocation . . . after a long spell of sickness

Description: 
infant child
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Mary Gibson
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that it died from strangulation

Description: 
child, boy, baby
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Selena Allen came to her death from Strangulation

Description: 
Babie
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid James Frazier did die from Suffocation

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