Daniel Fountain

First Name: Daniel
Last Name: Fountain
Sex: 
Male
Child: 
child
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths [do] say that he was shot accidentally by [a] pistol in the hands of his brother [?] Fountain about seven years old, about three Oclock yesterday evening and died [?] morning near Wallaceville[?].

COD Short Description: 
shot in the side
Original Record: 
4746

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