Rebecca Sherman

First Name: Rebecca
Last Name: Sherman
Description: 
child
Sex: 
Female
Age Descriptor: 
nearly six years old
Child: 
child
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . .the deceased Rebeccas Sherman came to her death . . .from the effects of an accedental burn

COD Short Description: 
burned to death
Original Record: 
2599

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