SCRUGHAM, Infant
Date of death: 8 Oct 1893 – Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, October 13, 1893,
Volume XXXIV Number 14, page 2 column 5
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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 8th and 9th days of October, 1893, hold an inquest on the body of an unnamed infant, male child of Ed. Scrugham found dead in Nineveh township, in said county, and state, on the 8th day of October, 1893.
Having viewed the body and heard the statements of witnesses, find that deceased came to his death from natural causes.
Deceased was about 48 hours old, small and of an unhealthy appearance. No valuables found on the body.
J. T. JONES,
Coroner J. C.
Franklin, Ind., October 9th, 1893.
Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, page 180, referencing Book H-17, page 4, records that Scrougham [sic] (no first name), a two-day-old white male, died 8 October 1893 in Johnson County.
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry