Willie Chappell

First Name: Willie
Last Name: Chappell
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Willie Chappell came to his death at Badgetts quarter place in Laurens County on Sunday the 20th day of June AD 1882 That Lucinda Bradford the said Willie Chappell by misfortune and contrary to her will in manner and form aforesaid did kill...

COD Short Description: 
infant choked on food
Original Record: 
4945

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