The State vs. the Dead Body of John Calhoun Clemson

Date: 
August 11, 1871

Deceased

John Calhoun Clemson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the deceased came to his death . . .by the unavoidable running of the lumber train of the G & C R Road into the passenger train of the Blue Ridge Railroad

Coroner

Coroner: 
John C. Whitfield
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Pendleton
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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