The State vs. the Dead Body of infant

Date: 
December 15, 1892

Deceased

infant
Description: 
infant
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
seven or eight months
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Eliza Abney
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that said child. . .came to his death by accidental Suffocation

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. Pope Roton
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Mr. Pleasant Grave Yard
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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

suffocation due to a dress or a portion of a dress being wrapped around the head

a thin dress wrapped around his head and was lying on his face ... The dress was wrapped once light around the babys head

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