Cecelia Markham, 19, died November 5, 1907 in Mammoth, Juab County, Utah of strychnine poisoning.
She was born May 7, 1887 in Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah to Stephen Markham Jr. and Sarah Ann Lloyd Markham.
Interment was made in the Spanish Fork Cemetery on November 7, 1907. A. N. Wallace, undertaker, handled the funeral arrangements.
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Verdict in Markham Case
Special to The Tribune
MAMMOTH. Nov. 7— An inquest was held here, tonight over tho remains of Celia Markham, who died here Tuesday
afternoon under peculiar circumstances.
The Jury was composed of William Chatwin, Harry Webb and Fred Kurtz. After hearing testimony from a number of witnesses the Jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased came to her death from strychnine poisoning, aelf-administered.
The funeral services will be held Thursday in the L.D.S. meeting house by Bishop Andrew Steedman. The body will then be shipped, to Spanish Fork for burial. Arthur Lim, who had been held on suspicion of having been in some way connected with her death was released tonight as no evidence was found against him.
-Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 7, 1907, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Cecelia Markham, 19, died November 5, 1907 in Mammoth, Juab County, Utah of strychnine poisoning.
She was born May 7, 1887 in Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah to Stephen Markham Jr. and Sarah Ann Lloyd Markham.
Interment was made in the Spanish Fork Cemetery on November 7, 1907. A. N. Wallace, undertaker, handled the funeral arrangements.
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Verdict in Markham Case
Special to The Tribune
MAMMOTH. Nov. 7— An inquest was held here, tonight over tho remains of Celia Markham, who died here Tuesday
afternoon under peculiar circumstances.
The Jury was composed of William Chatwin, Harry Webb and Fred Kurtz. After hearing testimony from a number of witnesses the Jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased came to her death from strychnine poisoning, aelf-administered.
The funeral services will be held Thursday in the L.D.S. meeting house by Bishop Andrew Steedman. The body will then be shipped, to Spanish Fork for burial. Arthur Lim, who had been held on suspicion of having been in some way connected with her death was released tonight as no evidence was found against him.
-Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 7, 1907, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
death certificate
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