EXTRACTS FROM THE CORONERS INQUEST BOOK-ST. MARY'S PARISH - 1985 Submitted by: Janet Walker {CHenry8604@aol.com} ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Extracts from The Coroners Inquest Book St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Extracted and submitted by Helen W. Ross for Links Copied By Janet Barrett Walker Found in StMary Links Vol.1 No.2 Winter 1985 Toby Stansbury 24 May 1875 at bayou Chene from a gunshot wound by pistol fired by William Anslum Edward Thomas - age 10; by drowning while truing to swim across Bayou Teche at the plantation of Mr. Pringle Henry D. Smith 21 June 1875 at the home of R. Verdun on grand Lake Plantation of natural causes Charles Atkinson 29 Nov 1875 by hanging when a crowd of Franklin citizens forcebly took him from the sheriff Emild Egloff 29 Nov 1875 drowned at Belleview Plantation when he accidentally stepped off the bridge into the bayou Poitence James 14 Dec 1875 scalded by hot sugar syrup at Fairfax Plantation Emiline Holmes 4 Dec 1875 in an explosion of a boiler at sugar mill John Thomas 4 Dec 1875 in an explosion of a boiler at sugar mill Unknown man 28 Sept 1875 an inquisition was held at Grand Lake Shore on the plantation of A. J. Millet into the death of an unknown male who died from a violent blow to the head Jessie Williams 5 Oct 1876 accidentally shot at Arlington plantation by Abrahm Blanck James Edward 8 Oct 1876 death from a stab wound inflicted by his brother Jackson Edward Dinah Gant 15 Oct 1876 of natural causes at Massy Plantation Unknown man 19 Oct 1876, colored, drowned at Sterling Plantation John Fary 1 Nov 1876, child at Sterling Plantation; death was caused by a whipping with a cane knife administered by Clestine Hubert Robert Mack 3 Jun 1876 by accidentally falling from a boat at Garden City Plantation Patricio Rodriquez 26 Dec 1876 of unknown causes, possibly a fall, at Centerville Susan Hill 27 Dec 1876 of a sudden illness; heart disease Cora Jaco 7 Jan 1877 accidentally shot at Cypremort by a ball fired from the gun of Eliza Jane Hanison William Dudley 8 Jan 1877 by blow inflicted at the hands of Aleck Brown at Grand Woods Plantation Elie Rollins 12 Feb 1877 of a gunshot wound inflicted by Oliver Olsbury at the plantation of Sterland Clark Richard Marshall 29 Jan 1877 from a gunshot wound at Cypremont Charles Raymond 19 Feb 1877 accidentally drowned at Grandwood Plantation on Bayou Teche Scott Williams 26 Feb 1877 of a blow to the head inflicted by Henry Jackson at Anna Plantation Joseph Miller 9 Mar 1877 suiside by drowning at Valentine Schuman's plantation near Centerville Catherine Morris 26 Mar 1877 from a pistol shot fired by George George Sanders at the plantation of Mr. Thompson on Bayou Teche Unknown man 20 April 1877 accidentally drowned; body found at the pass going to Flat Lake near the mouth of Duck Bayou white man about 35 or 40 with black hair and beard Issac Trowbridge, Jr. 26 Apr 1877 suiside by self-inflicted gunshot wound Henry Brown 10 Mar 1877 by violent blows to the head by an unknown person at Grand Woods Plantation on Bayou Teche James Dyer 27 May 1877 drowned while bathing in the bayou at Foore & Barnett Plantation on Bayou Teche Alfred Adams 22 Jul 1877 died from disease of the heart Wm. Bradley 22 May 1877 of a gunshot wound inflicted by Albert O'Neil at Acklin Plantation Wilkes Simms 12 Jan 1877 a severed spine at Pecan Grove Plantation Fred Ehrhardt 8 Sept 1877 death resulting from a fractured skull by an unknown person Phillip Rogers 30 Aug 1877 death resulting when a tree fell on him while he was cutting wood at Bellview Plantation on the Teche John King 12 Nov 1877 of stab wounds inflicted by Lawrence McClure at walker Plantation Brown Washington 11 Nov 1877 shot by an unknown party in Centerville Soloman Colbert 13 Feb 1878 by natural causes at the plantation of Mr. C.B. Austin Jim Fifer 3 Mar 1878 death from a gunshot wound inflicted by Willis Williams at Mound Plantation George Crump 4 Mar 1878 of natural causes Frank Walker 15 Mar 1878 death from a pistol shot fired by Kellop Verdun at Verdun Plantation Susan Webb 5 Apr 1878 of natural causes at Foster Plantation John Simms 22 May 1878 of natural causes at Centerville Auguste Loeb 21 May 1878 accidentally drowned while swimming in Cote Blanche Bay Asbury Webb 27 Aug 1877 (not recorded until 1878) stabbed by Mary Webb at Pecan Grove Plantation John Miller 14 Jul 1878 accidentally drowned in bayou at Arlington Plantation Henry L. James 17 April 1880 drowned at Albania Plantation Ephraim Favors 20 Jun 1880 shot by an unknown person at Bellview plantation Andrew Watson 2 Mar 1880 shot by unknown party Amos Patterson 27 Jul 1880 of natural causes at Glenco plantation Robert Rodd 7 Apr 1880 of natural causes; fifth ward George Mills 18 Sept 1880 of gunshot wounds at the hands of Henderson Crawford at Centerville; self defense Unknown person 3 Oct 1880 of natural causes; a negro Ernest Falgot 23 Oct 1880 of natural causes Warren Chism 15 Oct 1880 death by homicide perpetrated by H. Shelby Sanders with a pistol at the home of Mrs. M. E. Flenrot in Pattersonville W. A. Hughes (Col.) 11 Nov 1880 by gunshot wounds and stabbing wounds inflicted by Ed. Logan in self defense at Ivanhoe Plantation Patience Jones 26 dec 1880 of gunshot wounds inflicted by her husband William Jones at Bedell Plantation Infant of Andrew Robichaux 4 Jan 1881 of natural causes Gilbert Hir 4 Jan 1881 of natural causes Casmire Moore 31 Jan 1881 while attempting to cross tracks in front of a train on Morgan Railroad at Harding Plantation Sandy Willis 23 Feb 1881 of natural causes Alfred Fisher 21 Mar 1881 of stab wounds inflicted by Phil Mayo at Dogberry Plantation Jack Knight 17 Jun 1881 of natural causes Thomas Condon 28 Jun 1881 of natural causes Edwin Wise 5 July 1881 accidental drowning at Morgan City D. Larmond 1 Aug 1881 murdered by Terence Achille at the Fuselier Home Place Robert Ball 5 Aug 1881 of gangrene at Fairfax Plantation from gunshot wound inflicted by James Brooks Phillip Pickett 8 Aug 1881 of natural causes at Bedell Plantation William Sutton 18 Sept 1881 of congestion and malaria; white man about 36 years old Charles Peterson 15 Sept 1881 of heart disease; white male,age 52, native of Sweden, coffee house keeper Richard Kane O'Neill 9 Nov 1881 murdered William Low 27 Oct 1881 of natural causes at Morgan City Peter Metzger 5 Oct 1881 of natural causes Thomas Stansbury 14 Dec 1881 of gunshot wound inflicted by Mr. H. Alard at Baldwin Melvin Lewis 26 Dec 1881 from stab wounds at the hands of A. F. Hunt and John T. Beck at Darnell Plantation Jules Verdun 31 Dec 1881 ran over by a train in Morgan City Joshua Hubbard 31 Dec 1881 of natural causes in Franklin Ephrim Mitchell 19 Feb 1882 of stab wounds to the heart at the hands of Alexander Brodie at Dogberry Plantation George Dubois 21 Mar 1882 by drowning William Jansen 24 Apr 1882 a stranger; native of Finland Joseph Voisin 11 Apr 1882 of natural causes Samuel L. Randlett 21 Apr 1882 by drowning at Justine Plantation William Messina 20 Apr 1882 of natural causes in Morgan City Alic Canklin 22 June 1882 of natural causes in Morgan City 4Έ€ ™RPŒΗ θΒ ŽΗ&‰D,&‰T.‹Β& D,u ιΜ Έ€ ™RP θ’ ŽFό&‰D0&‰T2‹Β& D0t Έ€ ™RST MARY PARISH FILES: Found in StMary Links Vol.1 No.2 Winter 1985 Extracts from The Coroners Inquest Book St. Mary Parish Tilden McCauly 10 June 1882 age five year and 4 days at the residence of frank McCauly in Berwick; death resulting from falling out a window and stricking his head Peter Paufman 25 Aug 1882 of strangulation by hanging himself at the residence odf Mrs. WM. Kramer in Franklin Sandy Williams 30 July 1882 from pistol shot at the hands of Joe Hamilton at Johnson's Plantation on Bayou Sale Charles Wilde 25 Sept 1882 death from chronic Alcoholism Stephen Smith 28 Oct 1882 under the wheels of a freight train at Baldwin Station Victor Duguay 31 Oct 1882 death resulted from a wound recieved at the hands of John Howard in an accidental shooting which occurred on Big Pigeon Bayou in Iberia Parish; He died the day following the shooting at Schaeffer Plantation on the way home to Franklin Stephen Phillips 5 Nov 1882 of internal hemorrhages from an accidental shooting at the hands of Luther Harris at Louis Kramer Plantation Charles Harris 12 Nov 1882 of natural causes George Locklay 14 Dec 1882 of gunshot wound from a pistol in the hands of Regis Duguay in Baldwin Patrick O'Neil 14 Dec 1882 from gunshot wound inflicted by Jim Thomas at Jules Burgnieres(?) home on Bayou Cypremont John James 25 Dec 1882 of natural causes at Franklin 6$ <% Ζ% τ% W& Ν& * y* Ν* :+ @+ B+ H+ J+ P+ R+ X+ [+ a+ c+ e+ g+ m+ o+ u+ w+ ζ+ +, v, - H- χ- 6. }. / t/ λ/ O0 Η0 1 `1 Ώ1 Α1 Η1 2 o2 ˜2 !3 w3 λ3 -4 h4 «4 ζ4 '5 ‘5 Ε5 6 g6 Λ6 ,7 .7 07 67 ϋφρρφρφρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρφρρφρφρρφφφφφρρρρρρρρφρφρρρρρφρρρρρρρρ ΐ!π ΐ!π ΐ!π ? Issac Brown 4 Jan 1883 of a knofe wound to the head at the hands of John Austin at T.J. Schaffer's "Susie" Plantation Osbury Anderson 24 Jan 1883 of an accidental shooting by Willy Steward in Franklin John Veith 29 Jan 1883 at Bayou Sale Station on Morgan Railroad - no foul play- an accident1875Unknown man Solomon Grimes 29 Jan 1883 was shot by Dudley Sanders at Pharr and Williams Lumber Yard and died the next day Prince Acker 18 Feb 1883 at Belleview Plantation shot by Sandy Gray Learman 1 Mar 1883 a chinaman shot by William Moore at Oaklawn Plantation Milford Johnson & Antoine Jones 4 Mar 1883 at Ivanhoe Plantation; Antoine Jones was shot by Don Dyer and Milford Johnson was shot by Tom Washington Charles Haxter 15 Jan 1883 of natural causes in Morgan City Ann Smith 18 Jun 1883 of apparent poor health of the heart and extreme heat in front of the home of Susan & William Smith on Susie Plantation; 50 year old native of Virginia Valentine Aucoin 19 Jun 1883 of natural causes in Morgan City Dinah Bryant 27 July 1883 of natural causes; 70 yr old colored female William Rodiger 10 Aug 1883 of natural causes at the residence of WM. Miller Sec.15 - Morgan's La. & Tex. Railroad; 50 yr old greman Matilda Burrell 11 Aug 1883 of natural causes at the plantation of Bosworth near Sorrel Station; colored female Bellone lanson (Lancon) 22 Aug 1883 of suicide at Cote Blanche (The name is spelled both ways in the Inquest records) Warren Reed 19 Nov 1883 of a gunshot wound at the hands of Sosthene Lewis at Shady Side Plantation Thomas Cooper 26 Nov 1883 of a gunshot wound inflicted by Benjamin Strander at Grandwoods Place on Bartel's Plantation Montague 29 Nov 1883 of natural causes at Ricohoc Plantation Baptiste Aldi & George Burgess 9 Dec 1883 in a boiler explosion at Pecan Grove Plantation Chris Krentel 13 Dec 1883 from a pistol shot wound inflicted by A. Winchester in self defense Catherine Auguste 7 Jan 1884 of natural causes at Bellevue Plantation Lillie White 4 Jan 1884 of suffocation at Morgan City; a colored female age 5 months, 21 months Ben Hayes 15 Jan 1884 of natural causes Joseph Malborough 4 July 1884 of accidental shooting inflicted by John Ker on Oaklawn Plantation in front of the residence of J.B. Luke Unknown Man 3 July 1884 colored man shot by an unknown person at F. Fay's Plantation William Burgess 4 July 1884 murdered at Calumet Plantation by Terence (John) Williams and Frenchy (Willy) Williams Martin Conley 6 Feb 1884 of natural causes in Oaklawn Plantation Frederic Bath 8 Feb 1884 of natural causes in Morgan City R. C. Stringer 5 Mar 1884 of natural causes in Bayou Sale Station Joseph Aucoin 11 Apr1884 of natural causes in Morgan City Jefferson Williams 16 Apr 1884 of natural causes in Morgan City Filghman Lemous 19 Apr 1884 murdered by a shot fired from a gun fired by Ned Ryals at Oaklawn Plantation AAnn Lewis 21 Apr 1884 hit by train in Morgan City Dyer Smith 24 May 1884 of natural causes in Pattersonville at the residence of Jack Hayes Westley Walters 19 Jun 1884 of natural causes at Arlington Plantation Ephraim Jones 19 Aug 1884 of a gunshot wound inflicted by Nicholas Blagi (?) at Bayou Sale Station Allen Devinney 19 Aug 1884 murdered by Edward Wiltz alias Dan Hugley by stabbing at Bayou Beouf