Jesse Wood

First Name: Jesse
Last Name: Wood
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

it appears to us and we verily believe that the sd. Jesse. . .either wilfully, intentionally or accidentally go[t] into the River. . .by which means he was drowned

COD Short Description: 
potentially suicidal drowning
Original Record: 
2913

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