Cornelius Johnson

First Name: Cornelius
Last Name: Johnson
Sex: 
Male
Child: 
child
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say that the deceased came to his death [at] his Fathers house, on the 15 [Dec] 1892 from burns frm Accidentaly catching on f[ire][.]

COD Short Description: 
accidentally caught on fire
Original Record: 
4784

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