Joseph H. Sellers

First Name: Joseph
Middle Name(s): H.
Last Name: Sellers
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that on the 6th day of October AD 1878 at the residence of J. S. Sellers in the County and State aforesaid the said Joseph H. Sellers came to his death by voluntarily shooting himself twice with a Pistol once near the pit of the stomach and once in the forehead.

COD Short Description: 
shot self in the stomach and head
Original Record: 
4169

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