FOLIS, Omer Henry
Date of death: 4 Oct 1890 – Urmeyville, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, October 10, 1890,
Volume XXXI Number 16, page 3 column 2
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Friday afternoon Homer, the twelve-year-old son of John Follis [sic], ate some pawpaws while in the woods assisting his father cutting wood. When quitting time came he returned home, ate a hearty supper and retired, seemingly in good health. About 2 o’clock the household was aroused by the groans of young Follis but when the parents got to his bedside he was dead. Coroner Jones was summoned and an investigation was made and it was ascertained that the boy had swallowed a number of pawpaw seeds which had lodged in the small bowels and produced congestion which soon resulted in death. The funeral took place on Monday morning from his late home.
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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, October 10, 1890,
Volume XXXI Number 16, page 2 column 3
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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 4th day of October 1890, hold an inquest on the body of Homer Follis, found dead at Urmeyville, in said county on the 4th day of October, 1890. Having viewed the body and heard the testimony of witnesses, I find that the deceased came to his death by reason of convulsions.
Deceased was 12 years old, 4 feet 5 inches high.
Franklin, Ind., July 18, 1896.
J. T. JONES,
Coroner J. C.
Link to Omer Henry Folis’s grave
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry