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submitted by
Laura Martin
WAYNE  CO., IL

CORONER'S  INQUEST 

Inquest held at Fairfiled R.#2 on the 28th day of Sept, 1928
on the body of JOHN J. HEADLEY:

Name of Jury:
CHAS. E. HAEFELE
J.H. LAWRENCE
C.A. MERRITT
T.M. SCOTT
IDAH WILSON
BONNIE MERRITT
 
Witnesses Residence Occupation
Pearl SIMMS Fairfield Housewife
Geo. HEADLEY Fairfield Farmer

Verdict of Jury:
"We the Jury sworn to inquire into the death of JOHN J. HEADLEY on oath do find he came to his death by Angina Pectoris"

Description of Deceased:
Sex:  Male
Height:  5'9"
Complexion:  Dark
Color of Eyes:  Blue
Color of Hair:  Gray

Evidence at the Inquest of JOHN J. HEADLEY:

Pearl SIMMS, 21, Housewife; Fairfield R.R. (daughter):
 "I was in the kitchen ironing, my niece came running in saying Grandfather was laying in the yard dying.  I run out to him and found him just breathing, he has not been well for some time, had doctored with Doctors HARLAN and HILLIARD.  I don't know what had been said relative to his condition, some folks in a car helped to carry him in."

Geo. HEADLEY, 28; Farmer; Fairfield R.R. #6 (son):
"Father had been to my house the first of the week and seemed better than he had been in some time.
Father has been bothered with heart  trouble for 3 or 4 years that I know of."

Feb  3,  2003
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