Aaron Rogers

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

upon their oaths, do say: That Aaron Rogers (the deceased) came to his death by accidental drowning in Thompson's Creek, below Purvis' Bridge, on Sunday the 12th May AD 1872

COD Short Description: 
could not swim and drowned in creek
Original Record: 
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