Webster County Death Records - 1911

Contributed by Brenda Joyce Jerome

Reprinted with permission from Vol VII, No. 2 - 4 of The Western Kentucky Journal. Abstracted from microfilmed death certificates from KY Dept for Libraries and Archives. In some cases, the handwriting is faded out and hard to read. The number at the end of each entry is the certificate number and must be used when ordering a copy of the death certificate. Note that surnames are often spelled in two different ways on the same death certificate.



BAKER, Mandy; born 17 Mar 1875 Webster County and died 12 May 
1911; buried Sellars Cemetery; female; black; single; father 
Jim BAKER born Webster County; mother Allice RUBY born Webster 
County; informant Jim BAKER of Poole.  #13830

ORSBURN, George Allen; born 13 Aug 1910 Onton, KY and died 26 
May 1911; buried Sebree; male; white; single; father Louis 
Smith ORSBURN born Sebree; mother Jessie Allen RHODES born 
Cainsville, TN; informant Roy ORSBURN of Sebree.  #13831

BURTON, Vitola; born 2 May 1911 Caldwell and died 21 May 1911; 
buried Prospect Graveyard; female; white; single; father J.G. 
BURTON born Caldwell County; mother Fanny MORSE born IL; 
informant J.G. BURTON of Providence.  #13832

JOHNSON, Rebecca; born 26 Nov 1866 Webster County and died 7 
May 1911; buried Providence Cemetery; female; Negro; married; 
housekeeper; father Benj. JENKINS born KY; mother Lucy ASHER 
born KY; informant Geo. JENKINS of Providence.  #13833

MITCHELL, not named; still born 17 May 1911; buried Providence 
Cemetery; male; col.; father Robert MITCHELL born Muhlenburgh 
County, KY; mother Ada PARKER born Muhlenburg, TN [sic]; 
informant Ada PARKER of Providence.  #13834

SHOULDERS, Florence; born 31 Jul 1892 Webster County and died 
2 May 1911; buried Waggoner School House; female; white; single; 
father J.A. SHOULDERS born Smith County, TN; mother Nannie A. 
OVERBY born Webster County.  #13835

HEARRIN, William Ocer; born 18 Jun 1883 Webster County and 
died 23 May 1911; buried Stone; male; white; single; miner; 
father R.J. HEARRIN born Webster County; mother J.F. KING 
born Webster County.  #13836

BELOW, not named; still born 29 Jun 1911; buried I.O.O.F., 
Clay, KY; male; white; father Ray BELOW born Clay, KY; mother 
Fannie FLOYD born Clay, KY.  #13837

RISINGER, Gordon C.; born 18 Jul 1906 Union County, KY and 
died 9 May 1911; buried Old Bethel; male; white; father John 
W. RISINGER born Union County, KY; mother Sallie E. BOREY 
born Union County, KY; informant John C. RISINGER of 
Morganfield, KY.  #13838

BEAN, Verbal; born 25 Mar 1911 Webster County and died 29 May 
1911; buried Hopewell; male; white; single; father Harry 
BEAN born Webster County; mother Julia CARNEYHAN born Hopkins 
County, KY; informant Harry BEAN of Sturgis, KY.  #13839

STONE, Eva Jewel; born 29 Mar 1902 Webster County and died 
4 Jul 1911; buried Little Zion; female; white; single; father 
Willis STONE born Webster County; mother Mattie OVERBY born 
Webster County; informant E.T. WAGGENER of Dixon, KY.  
#16590

JOHNSON, Alex McLean; born 17 Mar 1911 Dixon and died 4 Jun 
1911; buried Oak Grove Cemetery; male; black; single; father 
unknown; mother Piney JOHNSON born Dixon, KY; informant Estell 
JOHNSON of Dixon.  #16591

STONE, Myrtle; born 7 Apr 1909 Webster County and died 13 
Jun 1911; buried Stone Graveyard; female; white; father 
George R. STONE born Webster County; mother Alice STONE born 
Webster County; informant Bill STONE of Dixon, KY.  #16592

GRIGG, Cannie; born 1 May 1911 Webster County and died 22 
Jun 1911; buried Waggener Cemetery; female; white; father 
Tom GRIGG born NC; mother Annie GRIGG born Webster County; 
informant J.P. GRIGG of Dixon, KY.  #16593

HAWKINS, Bessie; born 18 May 1911 Webster County and died 1 
Jun 1911; buried Mt. Lebanon; female; white; father Charles 
HAWKINS born IL; mother ___ HARDIN born KY; informant Chas. 
HAWKINS of Sebree, KY.  #16594

COBB, James; stillborn 9 Jun 1911; buried Old Bethel; male; 
white; father David COBB born Webster County; mother Minnie 
THOMAS born Webster County; informant D.W. COBB of Sebree, 
KY.  #16595

STONE, Macle; born 8 May 1911 Webster County and died 17 
Jun 1911; no burial place listed; female; white; father James 
STONE born Webster County; mother Dellie TODD born Webster 
County; informant William TODD of Sebree, KY.  #16596

BRIDWELL, Beulah; born 3 Apr 1911 KY and died 9 Jun 1911; 
buried Shady Grove Cemetery; female; white; single; father 
Herman C. BRIDWELL born KY; mother Mamie OWENS born KY; 
informant Wm. BRIDWELL of Poole, KY.  #16597

HANCOCK, Shelby H.; born 3 May 1899 Webster County and 
died 12 Jun 1911; buried A.M. Ashby Cemetery; male; white; 
school boy; father Columbus HANCOCK born Webster County; 
mother Ellen RIDEOUT born Webster County; informant G.P. 
HANCOCK of Onton, KY.  #16598

CROWLEY, Walter Green; born 9 Jun 1874 KY; no death date; 
buried 18 Jun 1911 Sassafrass Grove; male; white; married; 
farmer; father Seborn CROWLEY born KY; mother Sallie COBB 
born KY; informant A.C. CROWLEY of Slaughtersville, KY.  
#16599

LEWIS, Hattie; born 4 Nov 1888 Crittenden Co, KY and died 
7 Jun 1911; buried Williams Grave Yard; female; white; 
married; father Dan UTLEY born Hopkins County, KY; mother 
Mary Elisabeth LOWERY born Crittenden County; informant: 
W.L. UTLEY of Providence, KY. #16601

CUMMINS[?], Dellie; born 25 Aug 1892 Webster County and 
died 21 Jun 1911; buried Oak Grove; female; white; single; 
father James CUMMINS born KY; mother Sarah CORNIEL born KY; 
informant: G.R. LITTLE of Providence, KY. #16602

SIGLER, not named; still born 4 Jun 1911; buried on farm 
of father; male; white; father James SIGLER born Providence, 
KY; mother Effie NICHELS born Clay; informant: R.L. MARTIN 
of Providence. #16603

DAVIS, not named; born 28 May 1910 Webster County and died 
9 Jun 1911; buried Providence Cemetery; female; col.; father 
Thomas DAVIS born Webster County; mother Mollie COX born Nebo, 
Hopkins County; informant: Mollie DAVIS of Providence. #16604

HUGHES, Mary; born 2 Mar 1896 Caldwell County, KY; died 9 
Jun 1911; buried Crider, KY; female; col.; school girl; father 
Julius HUGHES born Caldwell County; mother ___ GLENN born 
Caldwell County; informant: Julius HUGHES of Providence. 
#16605

VANHOOSER, not named; still born 13 Jun 1911; buried Shady 
Grove; male; white; father R.G. VANHOOSER born TN; mother 
Ollie BAKER born KY; informant: E.H. MONTGOMERY of Providence. 
#16606

WALKER, not named; born 13 Jun 1911 Webster County and died 
16 Jun 1911; buried Pleasant Ridge; female; white; father John 
WALKER born Webster County; mother ___ ASHBY born Webster 
County; informant: John WALKER of Providence. #16607

REAKSTRAW, Allana[?]; born 8 Nov 1910 Providence, KY and died 
26 Jun 1911; buried Little Zion; female; white; father Henry 
REAKSTRAW born Dixon, KY; mother Ruby BENTLEY born Dixon; 
informant: E.N. RICE of Providence. #16608

EVANS, Fred; died 8 Jun 1911; male; black; single; coal miner. 
No other information. #16609

HARRIS, Lesta; born 17 Mar 1906 Webster County and died 17 
Jun 1911; buried Clay, KY; female; white; father Essel HARRIS 
born Webster County; mother Mattie SKINNER born Webster County. 
#16610

WATSON, Mary; born 27 Apr 1911 Webster County and died 18 Jun 
1911; buried Clay, KY; female; white; mother Ellen WATSON born 
Union County, KY; informant: Belle WATSON of Clay, KY. #16611

HESS, Lula Beatrice; born 25 May 1911 Webster County and died 
20 Jun 1911; female; white; father C.H. HESS born KY; mother 
Ethel DIVINE born KY. #16612

TUCKER, not named; born 21 Mar 1911 Evansville, IN and died 
21 Jun 1911; buried Madisonville, KY; girl; colored; father 
Gravet TUCKER; mother Rethe BROWDER born Crittenden County. 
#16613

WATSON, S. Ellen; born 17 Oct 1892 Union County, KY and died 
26 Jun 1911; buried Clay, KY; female; white; single; father 
Albert WATSON born Grayson County, KY; mother Balle AMES born 
Webster County; informant: Harrison AMES of Clay. #16614



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