OAKS, Wilber

Date of birth:  1878
Date of death: 20 Jan 1894 – Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 26, 1894,
Volume XXXIV Number 29, page 6 column 6

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CORONER’S VERDICT

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STATE OF INDIANA,
  Johnson County,
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The undersigned coroner of Johnson County, Indiana, did on the 21st day of January, 1894, hold an inquest on the body of Wilber Oaks, found dead in the town of Edinburg on the 20th day of January 1894.

Having viewed the body and heard the testimony of witnesses, find deceased came to his death by accidentally being caught under a house that was being moved.

Deceased was sixteen years old. No valuables found on body.

J. T. JONES, 
Coroner J. C. 

Franklin, Ind., Jan 23, 1894.

Link to Wilber Oaks’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry