William Whalen
Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 March 1881, page 7
NEWPORT
HEART DISEASE-William Whalen, a married man, forty-five years of
age, died suddenly yesterday at his home on the corner of Goodman and Brighton
streets. Coroner Schoolfield held an inquest and the jury rendered a verdict of
death from heat disease.
The deceased leaves a widow and seven small children to mourn his loss. There was a rumor current he had choked to death while eating his dinner, but there was no evidence elicited at the inquest to corroborate the story. He was taken ill while eating his dinner.