Bessie Marshal

First Name: Bessie
Last Name: Marshal
Description: 
child
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say "that Bessie Marshal came to her death by the hand of Providence, at the house of Henry Foster, on the 22nd day of November 1893."

COD Short Description: 
constant cough
Original Record: 
4912

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