Samuel Hudgens

First Name: Samuel
Last Name: Hudgens
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Overdose
COD Method/Implement: 
laudanum
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say it appearing from the examination of the body, & Testimony that the said Samuel Hudgins came to his death at his own residence on the 9th of November 1854 from an accessive [sic] uses [sic] of Laddnum taken at his own will & from his own hands.

COD Short Description: 
Laudanum
Original Record: 
5167

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