Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....Whitham, Charles 1879
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Weekly Reno Gazette July 18, 1879
The Coroner's Inquest
Charles Whitham Found Dead in His Cabin in the Mountains.
Coroner Jones went up to Poor's old mill, about ten miles from town, this
morning to hold an inquest on the body of a dead man, found there yesterday by
Mayberry's woodmen.  The deceased was a prospector, named Charles Whitham, a
native of Germany and aged about 45 years.  He was lying face downward on his
blankets, and had evidently died without a struggle.  He died of heart disease
or apoplexy.  The body was very much swollen and discolored, and life had
apparently been extinct for three or four days.  No papers or valuables were
found on the corpse except a silver watch.  A mule and a horse, and a lot of
provisions and mining tools were found in the camp.  An inquest was held, and a
verdict in accordance with the above facts rendered.  The remains were interred
near where they were discovered.

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