I have a rather interesting story about the death of my great, great grandmother, Ann (Merriman) Spurlock. Filia Ann, also known as Paralee or Philian, Merriman was born about 1843 in Cannon County, Tennessee, to William and Rebecca (Unknown Maiden Name) Merriman. She is found living with her parents and siblings in the 1850 census, age 7.
She married Monroe Spurlock in Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee on December 24, 1856.
Sometime between 1881, when their youngest child, Benjamin Franklin Spurlock, was born and 1895, when Monroe died, they moved from Cannon County, Tennessee to Union County, Illinois.
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| "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD4-QN9 : 12 April 2016), Paralee Ann Merryman in household of William Merryman, Cannon county, Cannon, Tennessee, United States; citing family 407, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). |
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| Source Citation: Description Year: Mar 1838 - Oct 1898: Marriages A-C Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. |
So, the subject of this blog is "Cause of Death", so let's jump to that. Ann Spurlock died on November 16, 1910 from a "Septic infection from wound caused by a fall" from her bed while a patient at the Anna State Hospital. The secondary cause of death was Epilepsy.
The interesting part of this story, is that there was a Coroner's Inquest concerning her death. I was able to find the transcript of the Inquest. Several nurses and a doctor testified concerning the wound she got from the fall, the infection and her subsequent death.
Ann was buried next to her husband the following day in Casper Cemetery, Anna, Union County, Illinois.
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| Death records, 1877-1915; Volume 4-6: 1909-1915; Film 007628198, Image 145 of 452; Accesseed Oct 19, 2018. Authors: Union County (Illinois). County Clerk (Main Author); Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film Language: English. Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974 |
Ann was buried next to her husband the following day in Casper Cemetery, Anna, Union County, Illinois.
Her obituary read:
Obituaries and Death Notices in the Jonesboro Gazette
1910
Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois
Transcribed by Darrel Dexter
darreldexter@hotmail.com
25 Nov 1910:
Mrs. Spurlock died Wednesday last week (16 Nov 1910) west of Jonesboro, aged 64 years, and was buried in Casper Cemetery.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilgssi/gazette/obit_1910.htm
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