Josiah Parker

First Name: Josiah
Last Name: Parker
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths . . . that on the night of the 23rd of August 1829 . . .the said Josiah Parker. . . did wllfully throw himself in a well and then and there did drown himself against the peace of this state.

COD Short Description: 
threw himself in well
Original Record: 
2713

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