Andrew County, Missouri Coroner’s Inquest 1891-1900
Andrew County, Missouri
Coroner’s Inquest 1891-1900
Transcribed by Jane E. Owens 20 January, 2005
Name: Asher, Joseph
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1893
Cause of Death: Suicide - Hanging
Name: Ballard, Sanders
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1899
Cause of Death: Accidental gunshot wound
Name: Beasley, Miles Rutherford
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1896
Cause of Death: Accidental Shooting
Name: Belcher, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1899
Cause of Death: Hit by train
Name: Blakely, Robert
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1899
Cause of Death: Struck by train while intoxicated
Name: Butts, Joseph
County: Andrew
Date of Death:1897
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Name:Collins, Frank
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1897
Cause of Death: Shock and injury caused by
jumping from freight train
Name: Cooper, J. H.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1896
Cause of Death: Falling down a stairwell
while intoxicated
Name: Dever, Benjamin
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1899
Cause of Death: Suicide - poisoning by Arsenic
Name: Doe, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1891
Cause of Death: Hit by train
“Due to his own carelessness”
Name: Doe, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1892
Cause of Death: Drinking whiskey and exposure
Name: Doe, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1892
Cause of Death: Drowned
Name: Doe, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1894
Cause of Death: Drowned
Name: Doe, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1899
Cause of Death: Run over by train by
throwing himself across the track
Name: Heenan, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1893
Cause of Death: Train accident -
fell beneath the wheels of railroad car
Name: Henderson, Baby
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1895
Cause of Death: Head injury inflicted
by unknown person, Newborn of Estella
Name: Hewitt, John
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1892
Cause of Death: Hit by train
Name: Jenkins, Lewis Elmer
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1897
Cause of Death: Suicide - gunshot wound
Name: Mathias, Cal
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1898
Cause of Death: Accidental ingestion of
bug killer, mistook for wine
Name: Mayham, Mary
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1898
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Name: McConnell, Thomas W.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1897
Cause of Death: Hit by train while walking
Name: Pollock, Absolom
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1899
Cause of Death: Suicide - Hanging
Name: Randall, Elmer
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1893
Cause of Death: Suicide - gunshot wound
(File includes suicide note to girlfriend)
Name: Scott, Silas J.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1894
Cause of Death: No cause of death given
Name: Smith, James
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1898
Cause of Death: Murdered - gunshot wound
inflicted by A. H. Buschman
Name: Spelliarn, Guy
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1900
Cause of Death: Fractured Skull -
Jury unable to determine cause
Name: Speth, H.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1900
Cause of Death: Fractured Skull -
Jury unable to determine cause
Name: Thomann, Frederick
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1900
Cause of Death: Suicide - gunshot wound
Name: Weir, Grace
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1899
Cause of Death: Suicide - Poisoning Strychnine
Name: Wells, Martha A.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1894
Cause of Death: Suicide - Set herself on fire
Name: Wilcox, R. S.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1900
Cause of Death: Dropsey of the Heart
Name: Wilson, A. H.
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1896
Cause of Death: Murder 4 gunshot wounds
Name: Wise, Samuel
County: Andrew
Date of Death: 1897
Cause of Death: Congestion of the brain
