Columbus Dempsey

First Name: Columbus
Last Name: Dempsey
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Columbus Dempsey came to his [death] by cause unknown but suppose from an attack of fits to which he was almost daily subject

Original Record: 
3007

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