The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Jane Rivers

Date: 
September 12, 1900

Deceased

Mary Jane Rivers
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

I do not deem it necessary to hold an inquest but from such evidence find that the said Mrs Jane Rivers came to her death from none other than natural causes.

Coroner

Coroner: 
John L. Woodard
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
[no location given]
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

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

Dr. T F Teal being sworn says -- I have examined the dead body of Mrs Jane Rivers and inquired into the facts of her condition . . . and . . . believe that she came to her death from natural causes caused by heart failure.
J S Rivers being sworn ses she was lying on her left side
R. E. Moore being sworn ses last knight before she wente to bed She complan bing awful tyred

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