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Submitter:  Lora Hutsell Washington  
File/Register No.:   12336 Surname of Deceased:   SIMS
Given Name of Deceased:   Leo Vance State of Death:   Illinois
County of Death:   Massac Date of Death:   26 Mar 1947
Age at Death:   51 Race or Color:   Colored
Sex::   M Residence:   Brookport, Illinois
Date of Birth:   19 Mar 1896 Place of Birth:   Brookport, Illinois
Occupation:   Laborer Father's Surname/Given Name:   Louis Thomas SIMS
Father's Place of Birth:   Brookport, Illinois Mother's Surname/Given Name:   Nola Elizabeth
Mother's Maiden Name:   KENDALL Mother's Place of Birth:   Brookport, Illinois
Date Record Filed:   30 Mar 1947 Informant:   Elmer SIMS
 
Submitter:  Lora Hutsell Washington  
File/Register No.:   6935 Surname of Deceased:   SIMS
Given Name of Deceased:   Louis State of Death:   Illinois
County of Death:   Jackson Date of Death:   7 Feb 1937
Age at Death:   65 Race or Color:   C
Sex:   M Residence:   Brookport, Illinois
Date of Birth:   11 Feb 1871 Place of Birth:   Brookport, Illinois
Occupation:   Merchant Father's Surname/Given Name:   Isaac Sims

Father's Place of Birth:   Louisville, Kentucky

 

Mother's Surname/Given:   Name: Sara

Mother's Maiden Name:   Hawkins Mother's Place of Birth:   Eddyville, Kentucky
Date Record Filed:   15 Feb 1937 Spouse:   Nola Kendall SIMS
Informant:   Nola Kendall SIMS # of Children?:   4
Submitter:  Lora Hutsell Washington File/Register No.:   35383
Surname of Deceased:   SIMS Given Name of Deceased:   Myrtle
State of Death:   Illinois County of Death:   Massac
Date of Death:   4 Oct 1918 Age at Death:   23
Race or Color:   B Sex:   F
Residence:   Metropolis, Illinois Date of Birth:   4 Dec 1894
Place of Birth:   Metropolis, Illinois Occupation:   Housewife
Father's Surname/Given Name:   George LANG Father's Place of Birth:   Tennessee
Mother's Surname/Given Name:   Laura Mother's Maiden Name:   Tinsley
Mother's Place of Birth:   Kentucky Date Record Filed:   5 Oct 1918
Spouse:   Hiram SIMS Informant:   George Tinsley
 

Submitter:  Lora Hutsell Washington

 

 
File/Register No.:   34563 Surname of Deceased:   SIMS
Given Name of Deceased:   Nola Elizabeth State of Death:   Illinois
County of Death:   Massac Date of Death:   4 Aug 1943
Age at Death:   69 Race or Color:   C
Sex:   F Residence:   Brookport, Illinois
Date of Birth:   14 Mar 1874 Place of Birth:   Brookport, Illinois
Occupation:   Housewife Father's Surname/Given Name:   Hiram Kendall
Father's Place of Birth:   Paris, Tennesse Mother's Surname/Given Name:   Mary
Mother's Maiden Name:   Williams Mother's Place of Birth:   Paris, Tennessee
Date Record Filed:   9 Aug 1943 Spouse:   Louis Thomas Sims
Informant:  Roosevelt Sims Turley # of Children?:   4
 
Submitter: Charles Caffey Jackson  
File/Register: 1763 Given Name: James
Surname: CAFFEY Date of Death: 12 Dec 1928
Place of Death: Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN. Race or Color: Colored
Sex: Male Marital Status: Widowed
Cause of Death: Unknown Spouse's Name: Unknown
Place of Burial: Pleasant Garden Cemetery Occupation: Laborer
   
   
   

 

 







Date of Birth: Unknown
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age at death: 69
Father's Name: Thomas Caffey
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Unknown
Mother's Maiden Name: Unknown
Mother's Birth Place: Unknown
Informant: Mattie Caffey
Number of Children: Unknown
Date Record Filed: 19 December 1928
 
 

Submitter:  Alice Blevins

 

Given Name:   OSCAR 

Surname:  CARR

Sex:  Male

Color:  Black

Marital Status:  Single

Born:   Unknown

Died:   1 Jan 1919

Place of Death: Alabama

Age:   35

Parents:   Unknown

Cause:  Tuberculosis following acute Pneumonia

Informant:   S. H. M. McCammon

Buried:   Cleveland, Tennessee

 

Submitter:   Charles Caffey McCraw Jackson

 

+-++File/Register:   182 Civil Dist.1st

Given Name:   John

Surname:   CAFFEY ( Caffy)

Date of Death:   25 Jul 1914

Place of Death:   Chattanooga, Hamilton County TN

Race or Color:   Negro

Sex:   Male

Marital Status:   Married

Spouse's Name:   Lizzie

Cause of Death:   Angina, Cardiac

Place of Burial:   Pleasant Garden Cemetery

Occupation:   Merchant

Date of Birth:   1874

Birth Place:   TN

Age at death:   42

Father's Name:   John Caffy (Caffey)

Father's Birth Place:   TN

Mother's Name:   Ellen

Maiden Name:   Smith

Mother's Birth Place:   TN

Informant:   Lizzie Caffy (Caffey)

Number of children:   Ukn

Date Record Filed:   26 Feb 1914

Are you submitting a death certificate?:   No

Submitter:  Alice Blevins

 

Given Name:   SARAH 

Surname:  CULBERTSON

Sex:  Female

Color:  Colored

Marital Status:  Married

Born: Unknown in Huntsville, Ala

Died:   5 Feb 1919

Age:   40

Father:   Henry Medlin

Born:   Alabama

Mother:   Unknown

Informant:   Scott Culbertson

Cause:   Bronchial Pnuemonia following Influenza

Buried:   Chattanooga

 

Submitter:  Alice Blevins

 

Given Name:  Maggie 

Surname:  DAVIS

Sex:  Female

Color:  Colored

Marital Status:  Married

Born:   13 Jan 1891 in Blount County

Died:  16 Jan 1919

Age:   28

Father:   George Davis

Born:   Blount County

Mother:   Jessie(?) Henry

Born:   Blount County

Cause:   Tuberculosis

Buried:   Wildwood

 

Submitter:   Alice Blevins

 

DIST.#:  17 Alcoa

Given Name:  Will

Surname:  DEAN

Race:  Black

Sex:  Male

Marital:  Single

Born:   Unknown

Died:   14 May 1917 Blount County, TN

Age:   About 24 years old

Occcupation:   Laborer Waterpower Construction

Father:   Unknown

Mother:   Unknown

GAVE ADDRESS AS:   Macon, Georgia

Informant:   Wm. A. Bishop of Alcoa

Cause:   Thyphoid Fever

Buried:   Aloca Tn

Undertaker:   Knox Power Company

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