Silas McKinney

First Name: Silas
Last Name: McKinney
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Hanging
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the sd. Silas McKinney did voluntarily hang himself by the neck and took his own life against the peace and dignity fo the same state aforesaid

COD Short Description: 
hanged self
Original Record: 
3046

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