The State vs. the Dead Body of Lila Gambrell

Date: 
October 21, 1875

Deceased

Lila Gambrell
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Brain
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said Lila Gambrell came to her death by mischance produced by personal epolepsy [sic].

Coroner

Coroner: 
Elvin J. Person
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Ran Duckworth
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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