Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fisher, Benjamin May 23, 1891
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Norfolk Virginian May 26, 1891
DEATH FROM EXPOSURE
An Aged Inmate of The Almshouse Found Dead in The Woods
Justice A. H. Hawks, of the county, held an inquest Saturday night over the body 
of one Philip J. Fisher, an old white man aged 91 years, who has been an inmate of 
the county almshouse for some time. On Friday last, he left that institution and 
strayed off in the woods, and it is thought got lost. He laid down under a tree 
and died from exposure. There were no signs of foul play or anything of the kind. 
The verdict of the jury, which was empaneled at midnight, was that the deceased 
came to his death from natural causes. The remains were turned over to the county 
authorities for burial.

Additional Comments:
There is no other death of a 91-year-old almshouse inmate in the newspaper and I 
assume that the paper got his name wrong.

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