James Edwards

First Name: James
Last Name: Edwards
Description: 
little boy
Sex: 
Male
Age Descriptor: 
near three years old
Child: 
child
Parent(s): 
Adaline Edwards
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid James Edwards came to his death by being accidentally burnt by his clothers taken on fire

COD Short Description: 
clothes caught fire
Original Record: 
2576

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