According to the 1881 Revised Statutes of Indiana, county coroners held inquests over any dead body supposed to have come to his or her death by violence or casualty within the county. Coroners examined witnesses to answer questions under oath about the death and sometimes questioned physicians about the post-mortem examination. After hearing all the testimony, the coroner would make a verdict about the death in writing. The coroner would also make a descriptive report of the deceased, including the name (if determined), a minute description of the person, and any money or valuables found with the body.
This index includes Fayette County Coroner’s Inquests Volume 1 and 2, covering 1891 to 1915.
Additional details about the deceased may be found in county and state death records.
Digital copies of the records found in this index can be requested by visiting the Records Request Page.
| Book | Page | Given Name | Surname | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inquest 1 | 1 | Samuel K | Powell | 1891 |
| Inquest 1 | 4 | Doctor B | Ball | 1892 |
| Inquest 1 | 7 | Susan | Jackson | 1892 |
| Inquest 1 | 9 | Walter Mathew | Graham | 1892 |
| Inquest 1 | 12 | John R | Trusler | 1892 |
| Inquest 1 | 14 | Isabelle | White | 1892 |
| Inquest 1 | 16 | Edwin | Garrett | 1892 |
| Inquest 1 | 19 | Charles | Lake | 1892 |
| Inquest 1 | 22 | Eliza | Gaudy | 1892 |
| Inquest 1 | 25 | Jacob | Kribs | 1892 |
| Inquest 1 | 27 | Nicolas | Fettig | 1893 |
| Inquest 1 | 29 | John | Benedict | 1893 |
| Inquest 1 | 31 | Frank | Hammesser | 1893 |
| Inquest 1 | 48 | Maggie | Rosser | 1893 |
| Inquest 1 | 50 | John | Hulgan | 1893 |
| Inquest 1 | 52 | Infant | McCarty | 1893 |
| Inquest 1 | 53 | Carl | Cappell | 1893 |
| Inquest 1 | 57 | Francis | Huber | 1893 |
| Inquest 1 | 62 | Charles W | Fowler | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 64 | Lawrence | Thompson | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 66 | Capron C | Kelly | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 74 | Samuel A | Dare | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 75 | Harriet | Williams | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 76 | Unknown Male | 1894 | |
| Inquest 1 | 80 | Howard | Garity | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 81 | Ivy J | Lyons | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 85 | Edwin | Burgess | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 87 | William | Barker | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 93 | Rebecca | Lake | 1894 |
| Inquest 1 | 97 | Oscar | Knotts | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 104 | Marantus | Muzzy | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 110 | Mrs. Isaac | Clements | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 113 | Sexton E | Thomas | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 116 | William | Allen | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 119 | George | Busher | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 123 | Wilber E | Broddock | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 129 | John E | Springer | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 134 | William A | Shroades | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 140 | James W | Foster | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 146 | George | Enos | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 151 | William | Chrisman | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 155 | Walter | Wise | 1895 |
| Inquest 1 | 159 | John | Davit | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 166 | James M | Kelley | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 171 | Edward | Burgess | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 175 | Unknown Male | 1896 | |
| Inquest 1 | 184 | Mary | Davitt | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 188 | Thomas | Keenan | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 192 | David | McKeena | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 197 | Harold | Hall | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 200 | Frank | Kinsey | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 213 | George H | House | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 226 | Chris | Sweetman | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 239 | John W | Foster | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 243 | Infant | Fuerst | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 248 | William G | Plummer | 1896 |
| Inquest 1 | 250 | Joseph B | Archey/Achey | 1897 |
| Inquest 1 | 254 | Edward | Farrell | 1897 |
| Inquest 1 | 257 | John E | Handley | 1897 |
| Inquest 1 | 259 | Sylvester B | King | 1897 |
| Inquest 1 | 261 | Charles | Sutton | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 265 | James H | Shipley | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 267 | Mary A | Roseberry | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 269 | Oscar | Lewis | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 272 | Edna B | Pearson | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 274 | Josephine | King | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 277 | Casper | Schninp | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 280 | David | Scholl | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 284 | Henry | Luking | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 287 | Patrick | Ready | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 291 | John D | McNaughton | 1898 |
| Inquest 1 | 295 | Frank | Wiles | 1899 |
| Inquest 1 | 299 | Mallie | Patterson | 1899 |
| Inquest 1 | 302 | Charles W | Campbell | 1899 |
| Inquest 1 | 306 | john | Deffner | 1899 |
| Inquest 1 | 309 | Catharine T | Walsh | 1899 |
| Inquest 1 | 312 | Mary M | Doyle | 1899 |
| Inquest 1 | 315 | Mathew | Erwin | 1899 |
| Inquest 1 | 318 | Infant | Hood | 1899 |
| Inquest 1 | 320 | John | Doan | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 324 | Nancy | Colman | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 326 | Elsworth | Hamilton | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 332 | Mamie | Osborn | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 334 | Fred | Totendeer | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 336 | Arphie | Lemon | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 339 | Clyde R | Mitchener | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 341 | Virnie | Osborn | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 344 | Thomas | Chenoworth | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 346 | Catharine | Welch | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 350 | David | Alzeno | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 352 | Charles | Chrismer | 1900 |
| Inquest 1 | 354 | William | Morgan | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 356 | Infant | Larimore | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 357 | Huldah | Smith | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 360 | Calla | Patterson | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 362 | Nettie | VanBlair | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 364 | Louisa | Rudicel | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 367 | Sarah A | Lyons | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 369 | John C | Long | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 372 | John T | Huston | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 374 | Smith | Landerback/Louderback | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 377 | Anna | Leach | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 379 | Lucinda | McGrath | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 381 | Juanita | Nichols | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 383 | William | McCormick | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 386 | Roy | Williams | 1901 |
| Inquest 1 | 390 | Horace | Davis | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 392 | Isaac | Lockwood | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 395 | William H | Reed | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 396 | Queen | Gordon | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 399 | Gleany | Benninger | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 401 | Howard | Warren | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 403 | Bridget | O'Neal | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 405 | Nancy | Furguson | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 407 | Nellie | Brockman | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 409 | Thomas | Bruton | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 411 | Charles | Booe | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 413 | John | Caldwell | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 415 | William | Scotten | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 417 | William | Clark | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 419 | Edward | Perkins | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 421 | Francis M | Duvall | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 424 | Olonzo | Daniels | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 429 | Robert | Swan | 1902 |
| Inquest 1 | 431 | Ora L | Dawson | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 434 | Harry | Waybright | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 437 | William E | Smith | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 440 | William H | Oakley | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 443 | Preston | Chowning | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 445 | Van | Moore | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 448 | Adam | Hay | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 450 | Thomas | Williams | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 452 | Catherine | Garrity | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 454 | Solomon | Williams | 1903 |
| Inquest 1 | 456 | Frank | McCleaster | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 459 | Charlie | Perkins | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 461 | Catherine/Helen | Immel | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 462 | Hannah | Hays | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 464 | P F | Feigert | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 466 | George | Martin | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 468 | Earl | Stant | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 470 | Raymond | Bostic | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 472 | John | McPherson | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 474 | George | Cooper | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 476 | John | Uhl | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 479 | Lorenzo D | Ashcraft | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 481 | Infant | Spence | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 483 | Albert | Martin | 1904 |
| Inquest 1 | 487 | Monroe | Bludsoe | 1905 |
| Inquest 1 | 492 | James | Smtih/Williams | 1905 |
| Inquest 1 | 496 | Pery H | Ross | 1905 |
| Inquest 1 | 498 | John H | Schmidt | 1905 |
| Inquest 1 | 500 | William A | Hanson | 1905 |
| Inquest 1 | 502 | Charles C | Waybright | 1905 |
| Inquest 1 | 505 | Katherine | Dawson | 1905 |
| Inquest 1 | 507 | Elbert | Smith | 1905 |
| Inquest 1 | 515 | Calvin | Myers | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 519 | William M | Hamilton | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 521 | Henry F | Waters | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 523 | Charles | Thompson | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 527 | John P | Thrasher | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 528 | John R | Virden | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 530 | Rebecca E | Ludlow | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 531 | G G | Emerson | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 533 | Edward | Florea | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 536 | Green | Hudson | 1906 |
| Inquest 1 | 541 | Bridget | Wampole | 1907 |
| Inquest 1 | 544 | Oliver P | Turner | 1907 |
| Inquest 1 | 550 | Jennie | Muddell | 1907 |
| Inquest 1 | 562 | Unknown Male | 1907 | |
| Inquest 1 | 564 | Samuel | Kuhlman | 1907 |
| Inquest 1 | 568 | Grace | York | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 1 | Alice | Thompson | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 3 | John P | Lommel | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 12 | Philip O | Marrow | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 15 | Haley | 1907 | |
| Inquest 2 | 17 | Unknown Man | 1907 | |
| Inquest 2 | 22 | Austin | Ford | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 34 | John W | Merrell | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 36 | John A | Insprucker | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 38 | Katherine | Davis | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 42 | John C | Hess | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 45 | George W | Kepler | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 50 | William | Henry | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 52 | Clarence | Wanley | 1907 |
| Inquest 2 | 54 | Frederick | Snider | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 57 | Alonzo M | Williams | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 59 | Anna | Hamilton | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 62 | Mathew | Pyke | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 65 | Patrick | Maher | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 67 | Georgia | Upthegrove | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 69 | John F | Beers | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 71 | Emery H | Moffitt | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 74 | Joseph A | Sample | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 77 | Alfred M | Saxon | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 80 | Francis M | Martin | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 82 | John V | Clifford | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 84 | Francis M | Bilby | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 86 | Ora L | Vare | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 88 | Murray | 1908 | |
| Inquest 2 | 91 | Sarah | Campbell | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 94 | Fred C | Piper | 1908 |
| Inquest 2 | 98 | Marshall | Benedict | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 101 | Charles | Seals | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 104 | Maude | Selby | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 111 | Lucy J | Browning | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 113 | Datie Florence | Beck | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 115 | Francis T | Roots | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 119 | Edgar | Klenk | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 121 | Lulu Maude | Wilson | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 135 | Unknown man | 1909 | |
| Inquest 2 | 137 | James H | Ross | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 138 | Frank M | Martin | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 140 | Vebert | Wenfrey | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 142 | Albert F | Bradburn | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 144 | Harry | Burton | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 146 | Theodore | Grouseklause | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 148 | Clarence F | Capple | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 150 | Donald J | Spangler | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 152 | Ellen | Keller | 1909 |
| Inquest 2 | 154 | Mary J | Philips | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 156 | Joseph | Rerdlee | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 158 | Joseph Alonzo | Martin | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 160 | Thomas E | Smiley | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 163 | Nathaniel | Taylor | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 166 | Harvey T | Pierce | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 168 | Margaret | Reisner | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 170 | Jesse | Cloud | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 172 | Mary E | Lewark | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 174 | Henry | Estes | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 176 | Aaron | Huber | 1910 |
| Inquest 2 | 178 | Cynthia A | Ostheimer | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 180 | Samuel A | Davis | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 182 | Rupert | Chrisman | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 190 | Benjamin H | Burton | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 195 | Ruby | Heeb | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 196 | William | Bradford | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 198 | Theodore E | Gregg | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 200 | Edward | Proctor | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 202 | Emma | Herman | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 203 | Theodore L | Culbertson | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 205 | Winfield S | Moore | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 207 | John T | Ayers | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 209 | Sarah Ann | Reed | 1912 |
| Inquest 2 | 210 | Emmett | Jobe | 1912 |
| Inquest 2 | 211 | Edward | Parvis | 1912 |
| Inquest 2 | 212 | Henry | Uphouse | 1911 |
| Inquest 2 | 214 | Hamilton | 1912 | |
| Inquest 2 | 216 | Clarence | Faber | 1912 |
| Inquest 2 | 217 | William Harry | Burk | 1912 |
| Inquest 2 | 219 | Walter | Seal | 1912 |
| Inquest 2 | 229 | Perry | Pickle | 1912 |
| Inquest 2 | 232 | Otto | Golden | 1912 |
| Inquest 2 | 234 | Benjamin C | Ball | 1912 |
| Inquest 2 | 237 | Peter | Brennan | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 239 | Wilson T | Ball | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 241 | Freddie | Reed | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 243 | Alvin | Keever | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 245 | John | Walch | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 247 | Henry | Gall | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 249 | Daniel | Sherry | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 252 | John | Downey | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 255 | William | Merrell | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 259 | J W | Barnes | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 261 | Thomas | Cullins | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 264 | Mary I | Heeb | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 266 | Michael | Gerber | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 269 | William M | Ball | 1914 |
| Inquest 2 | 271 | Guy W | Farrington | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 273 | James | Finch | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 276 | Benjamin F | Shriner | 1913 |
| Inquest 2 | 278 | Elizabeth | Reynolds | 1914 |
| Inquest 2 | 282 | Estel | Beher | 1914 |
| Inquest 2 | 284 | William | Ferguson | 1915 |
| Inquest 2 | 287 | Edward H | Ball | 1915 |
| Inquest 2 | 289 | John | Keenan | 1915 |