The State vs. the Dead Body of Eva Lyons

Date: 
February 9, 1880

Deceased

Eva Lyons
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Throat
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that. . . the Dec'd came to her death from Laranges[?] Tracheitis or inflamation of the wind pipe.

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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