Sherman Bowden

First Name: Sherman
Last Name: Bowden
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that ... the said Sherman Bowden while bathing in the Lawson's Fork Creek ... accidentally fell into water over his head and was drowned

COD Short Description: 
drowned in Lawson's Ford Creek
Original Record: 
3084

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