MERMIN???? TERAN

5 May 1869

Personnel: Coroner Charles Meyers (testimony has been lost).

Source: Pima County, Arizona records 1864-1923, AZ 83, Box 2, 1869 demands folder, University of Arizona Special Collections.

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