Abby Davis

First Name: Abby
Last Name: Davis
Sex: 
Female
Child: 
infant
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that the aforesaid Abby Davis came to her death to the best of their belief from the evidence given, by misfortune or accident.

COD Short Description: 
accidentally smothered by mother
Original Record: 
4668

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