The State vs. the Dead Body of A. E. Powell

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1885--

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that deceased A.E. Powell came to his death by a Pistol Shot in his own hands in his parlor of his residence[.]

Coroner

Coroner: 

Location

Inquest Location: 
at A.E. Powell's residence

Source

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