Young, William 1894 February 2nd Ebbesbourne Wake
The county coroner (Mr R A Wilson) held an inquest last week at Ebbesbourne on the body of William Young, aged 58, who died suddenly on Tuesday without medical attendance. The deceased, who was a blacksmith and kept a beer-house, was getting up on Tuesday morning when he complained to his wife of pains in his stomach. She fetched him some brandy, when he became rapidly worse, and died in half an hour. He had worked at his trade on Monday, and enjoyed fairly good health.
Mr Arthur Longman, surgeon, deposed that he had occasionally attended deceased for indigestion, etc., and thought the symptoms of the fatal illness rather pointed to perforation of the stomach, which would come on very suddenly, as the cause of death.
The jury returned a verdict of “Death from natural causes.”
The funeral took place on Sunday, a large number of the villagers, personal friends and relatives following. Deceased had with his old friend (Mr W Critchele) assisted in the Chapel Choir for close on 60 years, both having joined it when boys, and it was very rare to find either missing from their posts. He was also a member of the village band for over 50 years. He had kept the Village Inn 30 years, and was very much respected in the neighbourhood.
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