The State vs. the Dead Body of Eloise Bird

it was dead with some little froth about her nose & mucus & blood in her throat

Date: 
April 23, 1879

Deceased

Eloise Bird
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
five months old
Parent(s): 
Maria Garrison
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Eloise Bird . . .came to her death . . .by misfortune or accident

Coroner

Coroner: 
William Bayne
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Greenville
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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