Lucius Walker

First Name: Lucius
Last Name: Walker
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say: "That Lucius Walker came to his death by having accidentally fallen into the machinery of the Cotton gin of Mr James Dozier. His body passing through a pair of cog wheels in motion and breaking his spine

COD Short Description: 
caught in cotton gin
Original Record: 
3681

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