Andrew County, Missouri Coroner’s Inquest 1866-1890
Andrew County, Missouri
Coroner’s Inquest 1866-1890
Transcribed by Jane E. Owens 20 January, 2005
Name: Anderson, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1870
Cause of Death: Suicide - Hanging
Name: Austin, George
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1889
Cause of Death: Suicide - Gunshot wound
“in the cemetery at the grave of his child”
Name: Bowlin, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1877
Cause of Death: Accidental Drowning 102 River
Name: Burnett, Marion
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1882
Cause of Death: Accidental Drowning
Name: Clemmons, Lewis
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death:: No cause of death given
Name: Combs, George R.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1877
Cause of Death: Overdose of Alcohol and Opium
Name: Cormady, William
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: Accidental Drowning
Name: Courtner, Winifield
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Concussion - thrown from horse
Name: Dalton, Levi
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1881
Cause of Death: No cause of death given
Name: Doe, Baby
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1876
Cause of Death: No cause of death given -
Belonged to hired girl of W. H. Armstrong
Name: Doe, Baby
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Blow to head -
Body found in “Jenkins Well”
Name: Doe, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1881
Cause of Death: Drowned
Name: Doe, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death:1883
Cause of Death: Drowned
Name: Duffey, Barnabus
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1884
Cause of Death: Sporidotick Cholera
Name: Dunovan, Timothy
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1884
Cause of Death: Appendicitis
Name: Duval, William
County: Andrew
Date of Death:1888
Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound - Gangreen-Amputation
“Shot by James Hayzlett”
Name: Fossel, Joseph
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1882
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Name: Gadding, Thomas F.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1881
Cause of Death: Found in 102 River
(shares document with Selum, John)
Name: Gaines, Julius A.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: Gunshot wound - Accidental discharge
of double barrel shotgun
Name: Hazelwood, John C.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1878
Cause of Death: Drowned
Name: Heartsock, John F.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1884
Cause of Death: Suffocation
Name: Hockaday, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1884
Cause of Death: Accidental Injury
Name: Hoffelmire, August
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1866
Cause of Death: Drowing
Name: Hopkins, George B.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1889
Cause of Death: Hit by train
Name: Howard, George D.
County: Andrew
Date of Death:1879
Cause of Death: Injuries inflicted upon his
head and neck in Kansas City
Name: Johnson, Ellen
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1879
Cause of Death: Uterine Hemmorrhage
Name: Marion, Oakly
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1890
Cause of Death: Intoxicated, fell out of his
wagon and was run over by it
Name: McKillop, William
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Struck on the head by a club
in the hands of George Montgomery
Name: McLaughlin, Austie
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1884
Cause of Death: Murdered and raped by Newton Bateman
Name: McLaughlin, Della
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1884
Cause of Death: Murdered and raped by Newton Bateman
Name: Murphy, Mollie
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1887
Cause of Death: Drowned
Name: Pendleton, Rosing
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1890
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Name: Pendleton, Samuel H.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1890
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Name: Redheffer, William
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1881
Cause of Death: Suicide - gunshot wouldn
“Dead at courthouse”
Name: Scott, J. W.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1881
Cause of Death: Dismembered by train, Savannah Depot
Name: Selum, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1881
Cause of Death: Found in 102 River
(Shares document with Gadding, Thomas F.)
Name: Smith, George
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Pneumonia - Lack of care
Name: Spurlock, George N.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1887
Cause of Death: Wounds were inflicted by Jasper Rhoades
Name: Stanton, John D.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1877
Cause of Death: Suicide - Gunshot wound
Name: Walters, Calvin
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1881
Cause of Death: Struck by lightning
Name: Wardlow, David
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1877
Cause of Death: Ruptured blood vessel at the
base of the brain
Name: Wyss, Fritz
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1888
Cause of Death: Accidentally by exposure