The State vs. the Dead Body of Emma Alexander

Date: 
July 2, 1885

Deceased

Emma Alexander
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Lungs
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths say that from the evidence before them that the said Emma Alexander died from congestion of the lungs

Coroner

Coroner: 
Arch B. Calvert[?]
Coroner Title: 
acting coroner

Location

County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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