Infant Male Child of Mariah Owings

Description: 
Infant Male Child of Mariah Owings
Sex: 
Male
Parent(s): 
Mariah Owings
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, That the said child came to its death on Friday 6th day of July in its mothers house from Suffocation, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid, do say that the aforesaid child came to his death by misfortune or accident.

COD Short Description: 
suffocated in crib
Original Record: 
2341

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