The State vs. the Dead Body of Zilpha Fisher

She was frothing from the mouth

Date: 
July 19, 1882

Deceased

Zilpha Fisher
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that. . . the said Zilpha Fisher came to her death from sun stroke

Coroner

Coroner: 
Alexander McBee
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Greenville CH
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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