Mistaking carbolic acid for medicine given her by a physician was found by the coroners jury to have caused the death of Mrs.Bessie Edwards formerly of Decatur in St. Johns hospital in Springfield Sunday. According to witnesses who were with her when she died she had been ill in her roof?, 114 1/2 N. Sixth street,Springfield,since the death of her husband three weeks ago. The body was forwarded to Decatur for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
Obituary furnished by Janet Donner
Illinois Death Certificate
Name: Bessie Edwards
[Bessie Skidmore]
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1893
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 15 Apr 1917
Death Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
Burial Date: 17 Apr 1917
Burial Place: Decatur, Ill.
Death Age: 24
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Female
Residence: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
Father Name: Alfred Skidmore
Father Birth Place: W. VA.
Mother Name: Eva England
Mother Birth Place: W. VA.
FHL Film Number: 1543817
Mistaking carbolic acid for medicine given her by a physician was found by the coroners jury to have caused the death of Mrs.Bessie Edwards formerly of Decatur in St. Johns hospital in Springfield Sunday. According to witnesses who were with her when she died she had been ill in her roof?, 114 1/2 N. Sixth street,Springfield,since the death of her husband three weeks ago. The body was forwarded to Decatur for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
Obituary furnished by Janet Donner
Illinois Death Certificate
Name: Bessie Edwards
[Bessie Skidmore]
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1893
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 15 Apr 1917
Death Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
Burial Date: 17 Apr 1917
Burial Place: Decatur, Ill.
Death Age: 24
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Female
Residence: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
Father Name: Alfred Skidmore
Father Birth Place: W. VA.
Mother Name: Eva England
Mother Birth Place: W. VA.
FHL Film Number: 1543817
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