VANHORN, Nancy
Date of death: 3 May 1896 – Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, May 8, 1896,
Volume XXXVI Number 43, page 1 column 2
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
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Coroner J. T. Jones was called to Edinburg Sunday morning to hold an inquest on the body of Nancy Vanhorn, colored, who died suddenly that morning while sitting at the breakfast table. Deceased was a resident of Indianapolis and at the time of her death was visiting relatives. See coroner’s verdict in another column.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, May 8, 1896,
Volume XXXVI Number 43, page 2 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 3d day of May 1896, hold an inquest on the body of Nancy Vanhorn, late of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, found dead near Edinburg, Johnson county, Indiana on the 3rd day of May 1896.
Having viewed the body and heard the testimony of witnesses, I find that the deceased came to her death by reason of paralysis of the heart.
Deceased was about 45 years old, 5 feet 7 inches high, weight 150 pounds, color black. No valuables found on body.
J. T. JONES,
Coroner Johnson County
Franklin, Ind., May 4, 1896.
Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920 records on page 215, referencing Book H-18, page 51, that Nancy Vanhorn, a forty-five-year-old colored female, died on 3 May 1896 in Edinburgh.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson