Dorcas Crossly

First Name: Dorcas
Last Name: Crossly
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say by falling the ifre and burning to death there being no person present at the time we suppose she had a fit as she was subject to having fits

COD Short Description: 
fell into fire during fit
Original Record: 
2999

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