Beverly Lumpkins
Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 August 1869, page 7
NEWPORT
BODY RECOVERED-The body of Beverly Lumpkin, the negro who was
drowned in the Ohio River at the foot of York street on Sunday morning last, was
recovered yesterday, just above the mouth of the Licking.
Esquire Maphet summoned a jury and held an inquest on the remains. The verdict was that deceased came to his death by accidental drowning.