Coroner Records
These records reflect transactions in which the DeKalb County paid for burial expenses of indigent people. Please note, the date listed in the left hand column is the date of the transaction, not the date of death. Copies of these papers are available from the Joiner History Room.
Date of Transaction: 04-Aug-30
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Suicide; cutting throat
Date of Transaction: 12-Apr-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck by train
Date of Transaction: 10/24/00
Township From: Victor
Jury Verdict:
Date of Transaction: 1/12/77
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict:
Date of Transaction: 21-Dec-24
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Coronary thrombosis
Date of Transaction: 08-Sep-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Run over by freight train; died from traumatic amputation of one leg
Date of Transaction: 17-Jan-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Carbolic acid poisoning at own hands
Date of Transaction: 17-Jan-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Carbolic acid poisoning at own hands
Date of Transaction: 24-May-29
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned while lighting a fire in the kitchen stove using kerosene in so doing
Date of Transaction: 03-Jun-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull struck by wreckage from RR wreck
Date of Transaction: 10-Jan-27
Township From: Afton Twn
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 02-Aug-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hypostatic pneumonia together with advanced age
Date of Transaction: 02-Aug-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis. Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 21-Oct-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-19
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 15-Nov-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 05-Mar-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute alcoholic
Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-13
Township From: Victor Twn
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned
Date of Transaction: 29-Apr-20
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train C.B.&Q., Sandwich IL
Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation
Date of Transaction: 28-Apr-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 28-Nov-18
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Post partum hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 05-Nov-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 27-Jul-27
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning
Date of Transaction: 25-Jun-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck and knocked down by an auto
Date of Transaction: 28-Jul-13
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot in head at own hands
Date of Transaction: 10-May-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Crushing of chest, overturning of auto
Date of Transaction: 13-Nov-22
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiacdilatation
Date of Transaction: 14-May-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally run over by an automobile
Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Struck by train
Date of Transaction: 09-Nov-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot in head by own hands
Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-23
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 06-Sep-22
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: Kingston 16-Oct-32
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Stroke of paralysis
Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-25
Township From: Pierce Twn
Jury Verdict: Probably cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 25-Jul-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries and infection of same; Auto accident
Date of Transaction: 25&26-Sep-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by automobile
Date of Transaction: 09-Oct-17
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 19-Aug-29
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Stroke of paralysis
Date of Transaction: 21-Nov-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: By being struck by an unknown automobile while DeKalb walking on route 23 about fifteen miles south of DeKalb IL on the 20th of November A.D. 1928. From the evidence presented we the jury presume it to be accidental.
Date of Transaction: 30-May-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Inhalation pneumonia following fracture of skull. Struck by auto
Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Streptococcia, septicemia, injury to his hand
Date of Transaction: 08-Mar-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrage
Date of Transaction: Sandwich 28-Apr-30
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Inhaling talcum powder
Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 14-Jul-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide cut throat with (?) with a (?)
Date of Transaction: 11-Sep-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cardiac (can’t read)
Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock following injuries resulting from a fall caused by suction/section of passenger train
Date of Transaction: 14-Apr-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 27-Apr-28
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 01-May-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 06-Oct-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 02-Sep-20
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.B.&Q. railroad train in Hinckley IL
Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Heart disease
Date of Transaction: 27-Feb-14
Township From: Milan Twn
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 28-Sep-17
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 26-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary Edema
Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Electrocution
Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-14
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by train #11 on west bound track of C.M. & St. Paul RR, halfway between overhead crossing of Illinois Central RR and Kishwaukee RR bridge in Western part of city of Genoa IL
Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by train
Date of Transaction: 29-Jun-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart
Date of Transaction: 05-Oct-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Endocardius following auto accident
Date of Transaction: 08-Jul-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned
Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally struck by auto
Date of Transaction: 13-Aug-14
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Struck by lightning
Date of Transaction: 20-Mar-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Run into the side of a morning train and burned the car in which he was riding consumed with flames. See Dail, Robert
Date of Transaction: 03-Jun-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Shock and (?) following kick of horse
Date of Transaction: 21-Aug-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Chronic endocartis
Date of Transaction: 18-Aug-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 23-Mar-33
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis
Date of Transaction: 17-Oct-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gun shot wound, justifiable homicide
Date of Transaction: 20-Sep-16
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 24-Apr-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy, cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 22-Oct-28
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: By skull fracture at the East Side Hospital, Waterman, IL following an auto accident on Route No. 23 two miles south and one mile east of Waterman IL on the 18th day of October A.D. 1928 at about 9 o’clock P.M.
Date of Transaction: 12-Jan-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 02-Nov-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, accidental, auto
Date of Transaction: 14-Apr-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Convulsions
Date of Transaction: 07-Mar-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Epilepsy
Date of Transaction: 12-Feb-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Inhaling a part of a (?) meat
Date of Transaction: 28-Mar-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 18-Sep-28
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental death caused by the explosion and burning of a moving picture film.
Date of Transaction: 09-Jun-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary (can’t read)
Date of Transaction: 20-Oct-30
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Embolism
Date of Transaction: 04-Mar-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 26-Jun-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Exhaustion due to long period of illness due to accident
Date of Transaction: 16-Oct-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by taking strychnine
Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Severing arteries and veins of throat by own hands
Date of Transaction: 18-Apr-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Shock due to severe burns
Date of Transaction: 14-Feb-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Heart attack due to epilepsy
Date of Transaction: 17-Dec-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation by monoxide gas
Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute alcoholism
Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of the third or fourth vertical vertebra
Date of Transaction: 23-Mar-32
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gunshot wound, self-inflicted
Date of Transaction: 24-Oct-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Foreign body in bronchial tube
Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-17
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 18-Dec-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis
Date of Transaction: 27-Feb-29
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gunshot wound
Date of Transaction: 11-Jan-22
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning
Date of Transaction: 09-Nov-23
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull
Date of Transaction: 13-Jun-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Tetanus resulting from a wound in back
Date of Transaction: 08-Feb-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cerebral thrombosis
Date of Transaction: 06-Apr-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary tubercular
Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed falling off car while working
Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-20
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull
Date of Transaction: 10-Apr-17
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Drowning at own hands while temporarily insane
Date of Transaction: 30-Dec-31
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Automobile accident, skull fracture, injury of spine and complicating causes
Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train
Date of Transaction: 25-Jun-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 17-Jul-26
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidental suffocation
Date of Transaction: 09-Jul-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull due to skilling of motorcycle upon which he was riding
Date of Transaction: 14&28-Jan-24
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, skidding of auto
Date of Transaction: 26-Jul-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute Dilatation of the heart
Date of Transaction: 06-May-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 22-Aug-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fractured skull. Struck by C.N.W. engine
Date of Transaction: 30-Sep-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Struck by RR engine
Date of Transaction: 04-May-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart failure
Date of Transaction: 07-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 25-Jan-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by RR engine
Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart paralysis
Date of Transaction: 13-Nov-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia
Date of Transaction: 08-Jun-30
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Epilepsy
Date of Transaction: 05-Dec-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of spine
Date of Transaction: 04-Dec-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck and knocked down by auto; killed instantly
Date of Transaction: 20-Apr-17
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 24-Dec-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes classified by physician as bowel obstruction
Date of Transaction: 16-Sep-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally hit by railway train
Date of Transaction: 02-Jul-13
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Injuries received in automobile accident
Date of Transaction: 22-Feb-26
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 24-Sep-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 26-Aug-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 01-Jul-31
Township From: Cortland Twn
Jury Verdict: Heat prostration
Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Auto collision, driver of skidding car
Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia following influenza & nervous breakdown
Date of Transaction: 04-Nov-26
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidental burns
Date of Transaction: 13-Feb-20
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 17-Nov-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: From injuries from being struck by a passenger train No. 25 at Rochelle, IL on the 26 day of Sept. A.D. 1928 at about 4:35 PM resulting in his death at City Hospital DeKalb, IL on Nov. 15, 1928
Date of Transaction: 01-Apr-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 13-Jan-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Crushed under a farm tractor
Date of Transaction: 05-Jul-19
Township From: South Grove
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 23-Apr-31
Township From: Shabbona Twn
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 29-Apr-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute alcoholism
Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-23
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Broncho pneumonia
Date of Transaction: 04-Mar-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 29-Nov-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture in auto accident
Date of Transaction: 20-Jun-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted
Date of Transaction: 05-Sep-24
Township From: Milan Twn
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 23-Dec-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Unknown
Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-25
Township From: Franklin Twn.
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 29-May-30
Township From: Pierce Twn.
Jury Verdict: Heart block
Date of Transaction: 16-Feb-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 11-Jan-13
Township From: Genoa Twn.
Jury Verdict: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 11-Dec-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic poisoning; secondary, fractured hip
Date of Transaction: xx-Jan-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 24-Feb-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Pericarditis
Date of Transaction: 22-Oct-22
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suicide by inhaling chloroform
Date of Transaction: 22-Sep-16
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 31-Jul-15
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 14-Jul-24
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Natural causes-hemorrhage due to duodenal ulcer
Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-33
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Asthema due to fall in which one leg was broken
Date of Transaction: 27-Jan-21
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Suicide. Throat cut with razor
Date of Transaction: 10-Dec-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Crushed by falling tree
Date of Transaction: 05-Mar-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot in head at own hands
Date of Transaction: 08-Jan-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental gunshot would
Date of Transaction: 08-Jan-18
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 20-Mar-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Run into the side of a morning train and burned the car in which he was riding consumed with flames. See Berve, Louis.
Date of Transaction: 03-Mar-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 09-Aug-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Broken neck as a result of falling from a train
Date of Transaction: 29-Oct-21
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by RR engine while riding in auto.
Date of Transaction: 29-Oct-21
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by RR engine while riding in auto.
Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Toxemia due to absorption from bed sore following confinement due to fractured femur from accidental fall.
Date of Transaction: 29-Nov-13
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 22-Apr-31
Township From: Kingston Twn
Jury Verdict: Suicide, gunshot wound
Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-19
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by RR train on C. M. and St. Paul at Genoa, IL.
Date of Transaction: 07-Jul-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Drowned in a sistern (suicide)
Date of Transaction: 18-Aug-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, struck by automobile
Date of Transaction: 20-Jun-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted
Date of Transaction: 27-Feb-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of base of skull while felling tree
Date of Transaction: 20-Jan-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental injury
Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock, struck by RR engine
Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-30
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 21-May-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture and shock
Date of Transaction: 25-May-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Myocarditia with heart block
Date of Transaction: 09-Apr-27
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, struck by upper arm of mail crane
Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental gas poisoning
Date of Transaction: 14-Dec-26
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Exhaustion, fracture of hip
Date of Transaction: 06-Sep-17
Township From: Afton
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 10-Mar-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock and external violence, RR accident
Date of Transaction: 22-Jun-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Senile myocarditis
Date of Transaction: 01-Dec-26
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes, probably apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 23-Oct-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 02-Jun-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-27
Township From: Cortland Twn
Jury Verdict: Suicide by cutting throat
Date of Transaction: 10-Apr-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Drowned
Date of Transaction: 10-Sep-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental fall with fracture of hip
Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gunshot wound due to ill health
Date of Transaction: 27-Feb-21
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute (can’t read) heart
Date of Transaction: 01-Feb-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Edema of larynx and shock following ingestion of lye while temporarily insane.
Date of Transaction: 24-Jul-13
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 19-Jul-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Shock due to crushing injuries when he jumped from moving train and accidentally fell
Date of Transaction: 20-Oct-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, struck by auto, pedestrian
Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-25
Township From: Milan Twn
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging while despondent
Date of Transaction: 24-May-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Suicide by taking carbolic acid
Date of Transaction: 31-Dec-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 19-Jul-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 25-Mar-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 07-Jul-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning
Date of Transaction: 23-Apr-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 21-May-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by train, accident
Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-26
Township From: Cortland Twn
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally thrown from automobile
Date of Transaction: 07-Nov-18
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 14-Jun-29
Township From: Franklin Twn
Jury Verdict: Valvular heart disease
Date of Transaction: 10-Apr-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Unknown Disease
Date of Transaction: 01-Dec-18
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 20-Feb-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Paris Green poisoning
Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gunshot
Date of Transaction: 12-Nov-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: A stroke of paralysis
Date of Transaction: 22-Aug-28
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Infection caused by a fall from a hay derrick breaking both limbs and crushing the left one.
Date of Transaction: 07-Dec-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Shock, burns, clothing from candle
Date of Transaction: 20-Nov-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull
Date of Transaction: 20-Nov-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull
Date of Transaction: 11-Oct-18
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure
Date of Transaction: 16-Sep-18
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Heart failure
Date of Transaction: 15-Apr-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Broncho pneumonia
Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries due to steering gear binding and car skidding into ditch and turning over on side
Date of Transaction: 07-Jul-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac insufficiency
Date of Transaction: 09-Dec-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by freight train of C.N.W. near Rollo, IL
Date of Transaction: 18-Feb-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 01-Oct-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-18
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation
Date of Transaction: 12-Aug-15
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 14-Jan-13
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Struck by Great Western RR engine
Date of Transaction: 18-Jun-13
Township From: Geneva
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 22-Oct-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Shock from the auto in which he was riding being struck by a train
Date of Transaction: 19-Aug-22
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart
Date of Transaction: 12-Jan-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 03-Nov-28
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Came to his death on the 2nd day of November 1928 at his place of residence located at the corner of 1st & Green Sts, Sandwich, IL from asphyxiation due to inhaling illuminating gas. Said gas escaping from an open burner on the kitchen stove in the kitchen of said residence. And from the evidence presented we the jury believe his death to be accidental.
Date of Transaction: 31-Mar-33
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Inhaling carbon monoxide gas
Date of Transaction: 22/27Aug 24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck by railroad engine
Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-20
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Rupture
Date of Transaction: 14-Aug-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Hanging at own hands while temporarily insane
Date of Transaction: 01-Oct-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation due to accidental overlying by parents while asleep.
Date of Transaction: 02-May-16
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 24-Oct-29
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture from being struck by train
Date of Transaction: 02-Jan-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fractured skull
Date of Transaction: 10-Sep-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by RR engine while riding in auto
Date of Transaction: 07-Dec-24
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Gunshot wound accidental, while gun in own hands
Date of Transaction: 14-Aug-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 04-May-15
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Death by bullet wound in head caused by own hand
Date of Transaction: 25-May-13
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Unknown cause
Date of Transaction: 22-Mar-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally hit by C.N.W. train at DeKalb, IL
Date of Transaction: 23-Feb-28
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suffocation during epileptic seizure
Date of Transaction: 10-Aug-25
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Toxemia
Date of Transaction: 18-Jan-31
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 31-Jan-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.N.W. train at 4th crossing in DeKalb.
Date of Transaction: 14-Jul-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Burned with kerosene
Date of Transaction: 08-Jan-18
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 30-Jul-14
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Killed by being thrown out of wagon fracturing several ribs and ruptured his heart
Date of Transaction: 23-Feb-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 21-Dec-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot by own hands
Date of Transaction: 03-Feb-14
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot in head fired by own hands
Date of Transaction: 28-Dec-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Broken neck in auto accident
Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Killed in airplane crash. See Keyser, John
Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of neck
Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Aschemia
Date of Transaction: 14-Feb-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cardiac Disease
Date of Transaction: 02-Sep-18
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Murdered
Date of Transaction: 02-Sep-18
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 20-Sep-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Drowning
Date of Transaction: 28-Oct-18
Township From: Maple Park
Jury Verdict: Suicide by drowning
Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 17-Nov-13
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Railway accident
Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 16-Feb-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Edema of larynx, drinking lye
Date of Transaction: 06-Apr-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 15-May-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, accidental fall
Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart block
Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-30
Township From: Franklin Twn.
Jury Verdict: Convulsions following encephalitis
Date of Transaction: 05-Oct-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Edema of larynx, kerosene explosion
Date of Transaction: 16-Jan-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis. Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 18-May-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental burning
Date of Transaction: 07-Sep-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 17-Aug-19
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Suicide by shooting
Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 22-Jun-22
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Electrocution, accidental
Date of Transaction: 09-Aug-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Confusion and shock due to an auto accident
Date of Transaction: 09-Nov-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Came to his death on the 8th of Nov. A.D. 1928 at the Inland & Wire Cable Co, Sycamore, Ill while operating a cable machine and while in the employ of the above mentioned company. Said machine being controlled by electricity and from the evidence presented we the jury are unable to determine whether said occurrence was accidental or otherwise.
Date of Transaction: 05-Jul-27
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging while despondent from ill health
Date of Transaction: 24-Nov-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Falling from a glider
Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally asphyxiated by gas
Date of Transaction: 28-May-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Inhaling gas (commercial)
Date of Transaction: 26-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocardial
Date of Transaction: 06-Oct-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull
Date of Transaction: 12-Mar-29
Township From: Esmond
Jury Verdict: Senile heart
Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic coma
Date of Transaction: 19-Apr-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries due to falling off a tractor and under the plow.
Date of Transaction: 26-May-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental fracture of skull
Date of Transaction: 05-Mar-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Edema of lungs
Date of Transaction: 05-Nov-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 06-Oct-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Automobile accident
Date of Transaction: 19-Jan-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic poisoning, burns
Date of Transaction: 25-Feb-28
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 01-Dec-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull following a collision of a car which he was driving with a CB&Q railroad engine.
Date of Transaction: 01-Apr-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Septicemia
Date of Transaction: 03-Aug-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic Brights Disease
Date of Transaction: 13-Jul-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fractured hip together with advanced age
Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-22
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gastro-intestinal hemorrhage induced by drinking (can’t read) alcoholic liquor
Date of Transaction: 06-Jul-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed in train wreck
Date of Transaction: 05-Aug-16
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 13-Mar-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental burns
Date of Transaction: 14-Jan-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: General peritonitis, criminal abortion
Date of Transaction: 10-May-27
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental, fracture base of skull, wind storm
Date of Transaction: 14-Oct-18
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 01-Nov-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: By injuries received while riding in an automobile which ran into a freight train no. 385 on the Chicago & North Western Railroad at Pleasant St. crossing, DeKalb, Ill on the morning of October25, 1928 at about 12:15
Date of Transaction: 20-Dec-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning
Date of Transaction: 25-Feb-23
Township From: Victor Twn
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Explosion of carbide lighting plant
Date of Transaction: 23-May-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 19-May-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Acute Iliocolitis with dysentery
Date of Transaction: 21-May-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gunshot wound
Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 22-Nov-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture and internal injuries
Date of Transaction: 20-Dec-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries in automobile accident
Date of Transaction: 23-Feb-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 16-Apr-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidental carbon monoxide gas poisoning in a closed garage
Date of Transaction: 03-Dec-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gun shot
Date of Transaction: 18-Mar-32
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Trapped in a truck and burned
Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 08-Oct-26
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Struck by RR engine
Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Natural causes. Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Monoxide gas
Date of Transaction: 28-Sep-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Unknown
Date of Transaction: 09-Sep-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 30-Apr-20
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Accidentally shot by LeRoy Hoffa
Date of Transaction: 08-Sep-14
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart
Date of Transaction: 24-Dec-32
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 06-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental scalding
Date of Transaction: 03-Apr-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock. Rupture of peptic ulcer
Date of Transaction: 05-Sep-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock, hemorrhage, trauma
Date of Transaction: 17-Mar-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by Chicago & North Western train
Date of Transaction: 22-Dec-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned
Date of Transaction: 17-Sep-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 25-May-27
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning
Date of Transaction: 16-Nov-16
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Drowning
Date of Transaction: 16-Feb-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis with chronic nephritis
Date of Transaction: 19-Oct-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Stroke
Date of Transaction: 26-Jul-33
Township From: Lee
Jury Verdict: Hanging due to senile dementia
Date of Transaction: 14-Jan-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 20-Apr-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: (?) due to toxemia caused by perihephulic (?) abscess
Date of Transaction: 22-Jun-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Brain lesion; undoubtedly a blood clot on the brain
Date of Transaction: 22-Mar-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart
Date of Transaction: 30-Mar-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Stroke of paralysis
Date of Transaction: 21-Nov-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by drinking hydrochloric acid
Date of Transaction: 11-Jul-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Tetanus
Date of Transaction: 03-Dec-15
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy and heart failure
Date of Transaction: 09-Jul-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train
Date of Transaction: 09-Mar-22
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy. Senility
Date of Transaction: 19-May-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: (can’t read) due to accidental shooting
Date of Transaction: 30-Sep-32
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 13-Feb-23
Township From: Rollo
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation during unattended epileptic seizure
Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure brought on by extreme heat
Date of Transaction: 16-Dec-19
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train on C. B. & Q, Shabbona Ill
Date of Transaction: 16-Dec-19
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train on C. B. & Q, Shabbona Ill
Date of Transaction: 17-Mar-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by Chicago & North Western train
Date of Transaction: 12-May-13
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Electric shock
Date of Transaction: 13-Jan-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Suicide by inhaling commercial gas
Date of Transaction: 07-Dec-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage of lungs due to T.B.
Date of Transaction: 24-Oct-28
Township From: Cnty Infirmary
Jury Verdict: General septicemia poisoning caused by self-inflicted wounds while temporarily insane and will with paralysis
Date of Transaction: 19-Oct-29
Township From: Genoa Twn
Jury Verdict: Hanging at his own hands
Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by a train
Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock due to a fall
Date of Transaction: 22&23 Sep-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by auto
Date of Transaction: 24-Sep-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by railroad engine
Date of Transaction: 19-May-20
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-26
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia following accidental gasoline explosion
Date of Transaction: 28-Feb-16
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-32
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture; auto and RR accident
Date of Transaction: 02-Jul-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis, fracture of hip
Date of Transaction: 04-Sep-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck by auto
Date of Transaction: 02-Jun-21
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Sunstroke
Date of Transaction: 31-Dec-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Burns while lighting candles on Xmas tree
Date of Transaction: 29-Dec-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Gun shot wound; suicide
Date of Transaction: 01-Jul-31
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Heart failure as a result of hot weather
Date of Transaction: 05-Nov-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 29-Jun-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental fracture of skull by falling down stairs
Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-32
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture; auto and RR accident
Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-15
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 08-Oct-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental. Baby run over by wagon
Date of Transaction: 23-Mar-14
Township From: Milan Twn.
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis (chronic)
Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accident, skidding auto
Date of Transaction: 13-Apr-18
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned to death
Date of Transaction: 30-Sep-29
Township From: Afton Twn
Jury Verdict: Heat and over-exertion due to his advanced age
Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia
Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-32
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidental gun shot wound
Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fat embolism following a fracture of the lower leg
Date of Transaction: 21-May-27
Township From: Maple Park
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning while swimming
Date of Transaction: 17-Jan-22
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning
Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-13
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fractured neck from auto accident
Date of Transaction: 08-Jun-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental gunshot wound followed by gas gangrene
Date of Transaction: 21-Dec-26
Township From: Squaw Grv Twn
Jury Verdict: Accidental strangulation, shaft of elevator
Date of Transaction:
Township From:
Jury Verdict: Carbolic acid poisoning taken with suicidal intent while temporarily drunk
Date of Transaction: 05-Dec-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot into chest fired by own hands
Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Killed in an airplane crash. See Glassburn, Allen
Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-19
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C. B. & Q. railroad train
Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage and shock, injuries received when attempting to board moving freight
Date of Transaction: 01-Jul-20
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidentallly killed by C. B. & Q. train at Waterman
Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture in motorcycle auto collision
Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 10-Nov-31
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted
Date of Transaction: 21-Aug-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 27-Apr-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 20-May-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned
Date of Transaction: 25-Feb-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Carcinoma of bladder
Date of Transaction: 21-Feb-21
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging while accidentally unbalanced
Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-31
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 22-Nov-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 10-Aug-13
Township From: Milan Twn
Jury Verdict: Hanging by own hands
Date of Transaction: 17-Jun-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-26
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Gun shot wounds at hands of George Kunkle
Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-26
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Gun shot wound self-inflicted while temporarily deranged
Date of Transaction: 08-Oct-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 04-Jun-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by automobile
Date of Transaction: 21-Nov-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Diabetes
Date of Transaction: 12-Sep-18
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 07-Feb-17
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging by neck with rope to tree
Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 29-Mar-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock following fracture of hip
Date of Transaction: 04-Apr-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock and (?), accidental fracture of hip
Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-27
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Unknown natural (?)
Date of Transaction: 27-May-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 10-May-25
Township From: Mayfield Twn
Jury Verdict: Asthenia
Date of Transaction: 08-Feb-15
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by falling limb while cutting timber
Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-16
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 21-May-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by carbolic acid
Date of Transaction: 15-Mar-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 27-Sep-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: By injuries caused when an auto in which he was struck by an east-bound North Western passenger train no. 28 at fourth street crossing on the morning of Sept 27th at about 7:15
Date of Transaction: 09-Oct-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Burns from explosion of stove (?) containing gasoline
Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Severe burns
Date of Transaction: 08-Sep-17
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-21
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Drowning – accidental
Date of Transaction: 03-Aug-28
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture in a fall caused by the breaking of a ladder used as a staging on which he was standing while painting
Date of Transaction: 26-Mar-28
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Chronic gastric disease
Date of Transaction: 13-Jan-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Convulsions
Date of Transaction: 06-Aug-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck by an automobile
Date of Transaction: 25-Sep-28
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidentally being struck by a C. B. & Q. train
Date of Transaction: 06-Jul-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed in train wreck
Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by train
Date of Transaction: 17-Sep-13
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 14-Jun-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Hanging
Date of Transaction: xx-Feb-15
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 23-Feb-28
Township From: blank
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 12-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Crushed by auto
Date of Transaction: 08-Aug-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic nephritis after long continued use of alcohol and taking Arsenate of Lead with suicidal intent
Date of Transaction: 25-Nov-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gun shot sound; accidentally discharging a thirty two revolver while in the act of cleaning same
Date of Transaction: 03-Sep-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Heart failure
Date of Transaction: 30-Sep-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina Pectoris
Date of Transaction: 16-Sep-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Unknown
Date of Transaction: 26-Aug-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 02-Nov-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Being thrown from their car when struck by a train
Date of Transaction: 14-Oct-13
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage from lungs
Date of Transaction: 15-May-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 03-Sep-14
Township From: Esmond
Jury Verdict: Embolism of brain
Date of Transaction: 24-May-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental electrocution
Date of Transaction: 16-May-33
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture; RR accident
Date of Transaction: 16-Apr-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 06-Oct-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Came to his death on the 5th day of October A.D. 1928 from a broken neck. Said injuries caused by falling down a stairway at the Fargo Hotel, Sycamore, Ill about 7:00 o’clock P.M. when the decedent was in the act of performing his usual duties.
Date of Transaction: 04-Nov-25
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, struck by train at grade crossing
Date of Transaction: 15-Apr-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute pancreatitis
Date of Transaction: 28-Apr-19
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 19-May-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Unknown
Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Enterocolitis
Date of Transaction: 13-Mar-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis
Date of Transaction: 04-Dec-14
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus
Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-17
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 31-Jul-28
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-13
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Railroad accident
Date of Transaction: 21-Jun-23
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by train while flagging (can’t read)
Date of Transaction: 04-Sep-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Murdered
Date of Transaction: 19-Dec-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation
Date of Transaction: 13-Apr-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental gun shot wound
Date of Transaction: 12-Aug-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock as the result of an auto accident
Date of Transaction: 11-Mar-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 03-Feb-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebrospinal meningitis
Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-18
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 22-Mar-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 19-Nov-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of hip
Date of Transaction: 20-May-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 02-Nov-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by drowning
Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute bowel trouble following eating green corn
Date of Transaction: 20-Nov-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of the skull; auto accident
Date of Transaction: 26-Feb-20
Township From: Franklin Twn.
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 12-Jan-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 10-Mar-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Fatty degeneration of the heart
Date of Transaction: 19-Sep-28
Township From: Cortland Twn.
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 03-May-28
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-25
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Unknown disease
Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-21
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fatty degeneration of heart
Date of Transaction: 26-Jun-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture and several ribs broken due to collision between a Ford Coupe and a bicycle which he was riding
Date of Transaction: 07-Apr-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally struck by auto – broke neck
Date of Transaction: 30-Oct-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Drinking muriatic acid
Date of Transaction: 06-Apr-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental; wall falling
Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-18
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure
Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-24
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 26-May-30
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 26-Mar-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 31-Mar-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by taking strychnine
Date of Transaction: 05-Apr-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hanging with suicidal intent
Date of Transaction: 15-Aug-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries due to an auto accident
Date of Transaction: 02-Mar-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 08-Jun-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental fall – broken hip
Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis
Date of Transaction: 01-Sep-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Tetanus
Date of Transaction: 16-May-32
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Peritonitis as a result of a ruptured bowel
Date of Transaction: 05-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 30-Oct-20
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 04-Aug-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Exposure and intoxication
Date of Transaction: 07-Sep-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture and broken neck
Date of Transaction: 20-Jun-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned
Date of Transaction: 18-Dec-13
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Hanging by own hands
Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental fracture skull
Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Toxemia, fell, fracture of vertebrae
Date of Transaction: 18-May-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 17-May-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Tetanus due to accidental nail puncture of foot
Date of Transaction: 03-Mar-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Unknown disease
Date of Transaction: 11-Jan-28
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Unknown natural causes
Date of Transaction: 02-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 30-Jul-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 06-Sep-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted
Date of Transaction: 15-Apr-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 10-Jun-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull
Date of Transaction: 24-Jul-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis
Date of Transaction: 03-Aug-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Organic heart disease due to injury and shock as result of an auto accident
Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: A senile heart attack
Date of Transaction: 20-Mar-28
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes. Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 21-Jun-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart failure due to stroke
Date of Transaction: 04-Jun-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture; auto accident
Date of Transaction: 21-Jul-24
Township From: Esmond
Jury Verdict: Struck by lightning
Date of Transaction: 26-Jun-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull due to accidental overturning of automobile
Date of Transaction: 19-Dec-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Sepsis
Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 07-Oct-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Died of injuries received by being thrown from wagon which was hit by a Chicago & North Western Railway
Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally electrocuted
Date of Transaction: 14-Aug-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture struck by train
Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-18
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 10-Mar-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by shooting
Date of Transaction: 13-Jul-13
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 25-Oct-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Convulsions
Date of Transaction: 10-Jul-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Aschemia following accidental fracture of hip
Date of Transaction: 29-Nov-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gunshot wound
Date of Transaction: 17-Nov-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Suicide, strychnine poisoning
Date of Transaction: 08-Nov-21
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Intra-abdominal hemorrhage. Fall from wagon.
Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of the base of the skull
Date of Transaction: 04-Dec-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Angina Pectoris
Date of Transaction: 15-Jul-15
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Drowning
Date of Transaction: 30-Aug-22
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation due to pulmonary hemorrhage resulting from injury received by falling from his skidding motorcyele.
Date of Transaction: 27-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 17-Jul-13
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 14-May-15
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus
Date of Transaction: 25-Jun-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Convulsions
Date of Transaction: 05-Mar-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by RR engine. RR laborer
Date of Transaction: 18-Oct-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic convulsions – scalding
Date of Transaction: 01-Apr-15
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Anural (?) embolus
Date of Transaction: 19-Sep-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage of the brain
Date of Transaction: 10-Nov-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-14
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 09-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Measles complicated with pneumonia
Date of Transaction: 05-Oct-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation by monoxide gas
Date of Transaction: 11-Sep-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Shock, accidental fall-broken back, internal injuries
Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-19
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.B. & Q. railroad train
Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-23
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Carbolic poisoning taken with suicidal intent while despondent
Date of Transaction: 08-Jun-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned by the explosion of gas tank on his automobile
Date of Transaction: 14-Apr-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 18-Aug-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.N.W. train, DeKalb Ill
Date of Transaction: 05-Nov-18
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure
Date of Transaction: 26-May-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary embolism
Date of Transaction: 06-Nov-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Static pneumonia as result of injury
Date of Transaction: 03-Sep-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 25-Apr-23
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by train while riding in auto.
Date of Transaction: 25-Apr-23
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage. Struck by train while riding in auto.
Date of Transaction: 28-Feb-14
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart
Date of Transaction: 16-Dec-14
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Uremic coma
Date of Transaction: 28-Apr-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 31-Jul-24
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Chronic endocarditis
Date of Transaction: 15-Jul-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Broken neck in auto collision; car in which she was riding turned over
Date of Transaction: 04-Oct-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Epileptic fit
Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Explosion of a boiler while repairing the same
Date of Transaction: 02-Oct-22
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Post-operative shock
Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-28
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 20-Jul-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage from lungs
Date of Transaction: 17-Mar-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by Chicago & North Western train
Date of Transaction: 06-Jul-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed in train wreck
Date of Transaction: 10-Jul-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 10-Jul-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Sudden aspiration of vomitus with asphysix
Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: (Alias Vandusen). Asphyxiation by commercial gas.
Date of Transaction: 13-Nov-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-21
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute indigestion
Date of Transaction: 12-Sep-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Electrocution
Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 15-Jul-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accident
Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-16
Township From: Pierce Twn
Jury Verdict: Acute endocarditis
Date of Transaction: 18-Aug-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries
Date of Transaction: 05-Dec-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes. Probably angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 21-May-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart paralysis
Date of Transaction: 12-Mar-23
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation – malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 02-Feb-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-14
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by train #11 on west bound track of C.M. & St. Paul RR, halfway between overhead crossing of Illinois Central RR and Kishwaukee RR bridge in western part of city of Genoa, Ill.
Date of Transaction: 04-May-33
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Broken back; auto accident (see William Roberts)
Date of Transaction: 04-May-33
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries; auto accident (see Humphrey Roberts)
Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-13
Township From: Genoa Twn.
Jury Verdict: Paralysis Heart
Date of Transaction: 30-Jan-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia
Date of Transaction: 19-Oct-19
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 13-Dec-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental electrocution
Date of Transaction: 18-Jun-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation. Accidental strangulation by strings of bonnet.
Date of Transaction: 26-Mar-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Pleurisy with effusion resulting from a fall on Nov. 22 1928 in which his left hip was broken bringing on a continued weakening of his general physical condition until the attack of pleurisy followed by death.
Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-28
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Accidental scalding
Date of Transaction: 09-Jan-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 18-Jul-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Gen’l asthemia
Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Auto collision
Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Auto collision, driver of skidding car
Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Airplane crash which afterward burned
Date of Transaction: 01-May-25
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Aschemia (?) of brain
Date of Transaction: 15-May-23
Township From: Victor Twn.
Jury Verdict: Broncho pneumonia
Date of Transaction: 29-May-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: A stroke of paralysis
Date of Transaction: 14-Sep-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 28-Jun-21
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 06-May-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Status Lymphorims
Date of Transaction: 20-Oct-30
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Run into the side of a RR train
Date of Transaction: 30-May-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic coma
Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 27-Apr-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus
Date of Transaction: 02-Nov-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock, run over by RR train
Date of Transaction: 10-Oct-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Hit and killed by being struck by an auto
Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cause of death unknown
Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 20-Nov-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture by being struck by an automobile
Date of Transaction: 09-Jan-30
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 26-Aug-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental fall
Date of Transaction: 26-Jul-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Struck by a train while riding in an auto
Date of Transaction: 20-Dec-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental explosion (?) tank
Date of Transaction: 19-Jul-30
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 07-Aug-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac insufficiency
Date of Transaction: 30-Mar-23
Township From: Genoa Twn.
Jury Verdict: Gored by bull
Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cardiac lesion
Date of Transaction: 29-Mar-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental fracture of skull
Date of Transaction: 30-Apr-28
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: (?) coronary artery
Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 19-Aug-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 07-Oct-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 28-May-26
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Sepsis following gangrenous injury of feet when caught in elevator
Date of Transaction: 06-Apr-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull; broken neck; passenger in skidding auto
Date of Transaction: 12-Nov-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 06-Nov-29
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Paralysis of heart
Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 05-Jan-18
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidentally asphyxiated
Date of Transaction: 16-Jan-26
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Heat stroke. Sleeping near hot stove.
Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-21
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute bronchitis
Date of Transaction: 01-Feb-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina Pectoris
Date of Transaction: 05-Apr-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina Pectoris
Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-21
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Senility
Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries
Date of Transaction: 14-Dec-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture in an automobile accident
Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 07-Jun-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 05-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 29-Nov-22
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed between car bumpers
Date of Transaction: 24-Feb-24
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 12-Mar-15
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus
Date of Transaction: 11-Aug-17
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 27-Dec-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by train, grade crossing, pedestrian
Date of Transaction: 10-Jul-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental, falling from a ladder
Date of Transaction: 05-Jun-30
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 20-Dec-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 28-Feb-24
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 24-Mar-30
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart attack
Date of Transaction: 24-Jun-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Strychnine poisoning
Date of Transaction: 22-Dec-22
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Strangulation at the hands of Thomas Cromwell, deceased
Date of Transaction: 07-Nov-15
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 18-Dec-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart attack
Date of Transaction: 08-Nov-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Embolism due to valvulant heart lesion
Date of Transaction: 30-Nov-17
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 27-Sep-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 29-Dec-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by inhaling commercial gas
Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-22
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Tubercular peritonitis
Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Explosion of a boiler while repairing same
Date of Transaction: 21-May-16
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 01-Jun-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock, fracture of skull, struck by RR engine at grade crossing, pedestrian
Date of Transaction: 05-May-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 17-Sep-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina
Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 14-Dec-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus
Date of Transaction: 11-Sep-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 02-Jul-13
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Fractured skull
Date of Transaction: 04-Jun-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, accidental fall
Date of Transaction: 08-Feb-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage into respiratory center of the brain
Date of Transaction: 18-Jun-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 08-Dec-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 03-Aug-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Drowned
Date of Transaction: 21-Jun-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure caused by a weakened condition brought about by bowel trouble
Date of Transaction: 24-Jan-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation – myocarditis
Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-17
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 10-Feb-15
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Hanging by own hands with suicidal intent
Date of Transaction: 15-Sep-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 23-Nov-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned to death
Date of Transaction: 06-Dec-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Tetanus
Date of Transaction: 28-May-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Electrocution, accidental
Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Gunshot wound
Date of Transaction: 07-Apr-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Struck by train
Date of Transaction: 09-Jul-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 11-Mar-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally struck by train
Date of Transaction: 30-Jan-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Embolism
Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Strangulation by her own hand while temporarily deranged mentally
Date of Transaction: 07-Jun-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Burns, explosion of kerosene can
Date of Transaction: 25-Jan-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock and advanced age due to severe burns
Date of Transaction: 01-Oct-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: By accidentally falling from her chair at her home fracturing her right hip which together with her age caused her death
Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Broncho Pneumonia
Date of Transaction: 13-Jul-31
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Fall, fracturing neck of femur resulting in connection with uremic poisoning in death
Date of Transaction: 23-Apr-14
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-27
Township From: Pierce Twn
Jury Verdict: Kick of horse
Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Shock from a fall at his home injuring the back of his head
Date of Transaction: 12-Jul-33
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 18-Mar-27
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Gangrene
Date of Transaction: 06-Dec-15
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Accidentally shot
Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: See Kindhart. Alias name provided by coroner
Date of Transaction: 11-Jul-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Skidding auto passenger
Date of Transaction: 23-Mar-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide. Pistol shot in head.
Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-17
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 20-Jun-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Drowning
Date of Transaction: 19-May-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Acute streptococcus infection
Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-14
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by train #11 on west bound track of C. M. & St. Genoa Paul RR, halfway between overhead crossing of Illinois Central RR and Kishwaukee RR bridge in western part of city of Genoa, Ill.
Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fractured skull. Struck by C. N. W. engine
Date of Transaction: 25-Jul-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 13-May-15
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Hanging at own hands
Date of Transaction: 08-Mar-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Struck by C&NW engine
Date of Transaction: 13-Nov-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Symptomatic epileptic seizure, cause unknown
Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-22
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Run over by Illinois Central train
Date of Transaction: 06-Jul-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed in train wreck
Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-13
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Railroad accident
Date of Transaction: 03-Dec-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental gunshot wound
Date of Transaction: 03-Sep-24
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 29-Dec-21
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 17-Mar-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Carbolic acid poisoning at own hands
Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries, RR accident
Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: See Renwick, Alias name provided by coroner
Date of Transaction: 28-May-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Unknown medical disease
Date of Transaction: 04-Dec-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation
Date of Transaction: 12-Jul-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed while at work for American Steel Wire Co., DeKalb, IL
Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis
Date of Transaction: 06-Jun-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition
Date of Transaction: 11-Apr-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 19-Aug-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted while at work
Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-15
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 20-Mar-14
Township From: Mayfield
Jury Verdict: Convulsions
Date of Transaction: 15-May-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 01-Mar-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart paralysis caused by strangulation of the vagus nerve while aspirating fluid from the plural cavity
Date of Transaction: 31-Dec-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy
Date of Transaction: 13-Jun-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: DeKalb
Township From: 15-Sep-20
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.N.W. railroad train, DeKalb, ILL
Date of Transaction: 11-Sep-19
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned in hotel fire at Shabbona
Date of Transaction: 25-Nov-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck down and killed by auto
Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by an automobile
Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-27
Township From: Sugar Grove
Jury Verdict: Broken neck, fractured skull, fall from load of straw
Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture
Date of Transaction: 25-Oct-20
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Natural causes
Date of Transaction: 06-Jan-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 30-Oct-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock and exhaustion as a result of injuries received in a fall
Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris
Date of Transaction: 26-Jul-30
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of the heart
Date of Transaction: 05-Jun-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis
Date of Transaction: 05-Jun-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by engine of the C.N.W. railroad
Date of Transaction: 07-Dec-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Embolism
Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Scalding
Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Asthemia – accidentally struck by auto 3 years before
Date of Transaction: 21-Dec-26
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 06-May-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 11-Jun-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Burns caused by gasoline
Date of Transaction: 16-Oct-17
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 09-Apr-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of base of skull. Struck by auto.
Date of Transaction: 10-May-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Crushing of chest, overturning of auto
Date of Transaction: 17-Aug-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 31-Jul-17
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 08-Jul-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging
Date of Transaction: 06-Aug-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information
Date of Transaction: 11-Mar-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Exposure
Date of Transaction: 29-Jun-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Suicide
Date of Transaction: 29-Jun-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Overdose of medicine by deceased husband
Date of Transaction: 13-Aug-13
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Shot by own hands accidentally
Date of Transaction: 30-Mar-16
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train
Date of Transaction: 12-Sep-24
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Diabetic coma
Date of Transaction: 20-Sep-18
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental
Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-29
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Run over by an auto truck
Date of Transaction: 28-Jan-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation
Date of Transaction: 15-Aug-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 05-May-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Thrown from auto when auto was driven into moving train at grade crossing
Date of Transaction: 23-Oct-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Brain lesion due to some unknown cause
Date of Transaction: 19-Mar-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation
Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-19
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.B. & Q. railroad train
Date of Transaction: 28-Dec-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by drowning
Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-19
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.B. & Q. railroad train
Date of Transaction: 12-Mar-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Date of Transaction: 09-Apr-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Railway accident
Date of Transaction: 07-Sep-17
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental