Source: TSL&A Microfilm #27, Vital Statistics
Death Records, Volume 56
Transcribed by Jan Barnes
©2006
*Death certificates were typed in order as they appeared on the film.
Name: Mary Catherine Payne
Place of Death: District 14
Sex: Female
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: 1832
Age: 82 years
Occupation: Housewife
Birthplace: Smith Co.
Name of Father: Cy Richardson
Birthplace of Father: Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Marada Savage
Birthplace of Mother: Tenn.
Date of Death: Aug. 2, 1914
Cause of Death:
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Gazaway Burying Ground
Date of Burial: Aug. 3, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: No undertaker
Informant: B. Payne, S. Tunnel
(Found with the July certificates)
Name: Henry Gunther
Place of Death: District 16, Mitchellville
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Sept 6, 1865
Age: 48 years, 11 months, 7 days
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Germany
Name of Father: Unknown
Birthplace of Father: Germany
Maiden Name of Mother: Unknown
Birthplace of Mother: Germany
Date of Death: Aug 13, 1914
Cause of Death: struck by train; death instantly
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Gunther Cem.
Date of Burial: Aug 14, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: House Bros. & Bryan, Franklin,
Ky
Informant: Mrs. Lola Gunther, Mitchellville, Tenn.
Name: Elsie Laverne Deng (Denning)
Place of Death: District 16
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Marital Status:
Date of Birth: May 27, 1914
Age: 2 months, 25 days
Occupation:
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: Marco Denning
Birthplace of Father: Sumner Co.
Maiden Name of Mother: Blancie Allred
Birthplace of Mother: Warren Co.
Date of Death: Aug 22, 1914
Cause of Death: Death without Medical attendant. Supposed to
be diarrhea
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Oldfield Cemetery
Date of Burial: Aug 22, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: Rosco? Denning
Name: Thomas Jefferson Moncrief
Place of Death: District 11, Bethpage
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Nov. 10, 1830
Age: 83 years, 9 months, 5 days
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Name of Father: Sanders Moncrief
Birthplace of Father:
Maiden Name of Mother: Phillips
Birthplace of Mother:
Date of Death: Aug. 15, 1914
Cause of Death: Enteritis
Length of Residence: 83 years
Place of Burial: Mt. Vernon
Date of Burial: Aug. 16, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Simpson & Campbell
Informant: W. F. Moncrieff, Woodville, Tenn.
Name: William Hendrickson Pence
Place of Death: District 11, Bethpage
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 11-19-1853
Age: 60 years, 9 months, 1day
Occupation: Traveling Salesman
Birthplace: Schochok?, Logan Co., Ky
Name of Father: E. M. Pierce
Birthplace of Father: Va.
Maiden Name of Mother: Nancy Harper
Birthplace of Mother: Logan Co., Ky.
Date of Death: 8-20-1914
Cause of Death: uremia
Length of Residence: former resident of Bowling Green, Ky.
Place of Burial: Springfield, Tenn
Date of Burial: Aug 2, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North,
Gallatin
Informant: Mrs. W. H. Pence, Bowling Green, 1118 Adams
St.
Name: Capt. Joseph Thorb Odom
Place of Death: District 3, Gallatin
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widower
Date of Birth: April 13, 1833
Age: 81 years, 3 months, 21 days
Occupation: none, lived a retired life
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Harris Odom
Birthplace of Father: N. C.
Maiden Name of Mother: Elliston
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug. 3, 1914
Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorhage and hemplegia
Length of Residence: 18 days; in state 81 years 3 months, 21 days,
former residence near Gallatin
Place of Burial: Gallatin Cemetery
Date of Burial: Aug 4, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North, Gallatin
Informant: Mrs. Jane Nickelson, Gallatin
Name: William Gourley
Place of Death: District 3, Cole Ferry Pike
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widower
Date of Birth: May 25, 1847
Age: 67 years, 2 months, 8 days
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Sam. Gourley
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Darnell
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug. 2, 1914
Cause of Death: Nephritis coupled by mitral insufficiency
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Gourley Cemetery
Date of Burial: Aug. 3, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North,
Gallatin
Informant: Rebecca Walker, Gallatin
Name: Mary Bridgewater
Place of Death: District 3, Odum Ben.
Sex: Female
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: no data available, 1894
Age: 20 years
Occupation: House work
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Stephen Harris
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Tennie Douglas
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug. 1, 1914
Cause of Death: Puerperal Peritonitis
Length of Residence: 20 years
Place of Burial: Long Hollow Pike
Date of Burial: Aug. 2, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Will Bridgewater, Odum Ben.
Name: Oldham Cowen McLaren
Place of Death: District 3, Gallatin
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: July 15, 1869
Age: 45 years, 17 days
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: J. H. McLaren
Birthplace of Father: Va.
Maiden Name of Mother: Cowen
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug. 1, 1914
Cause of Death: Nephritis
Length of Residence: 3 years; in state 45 years, 17 days
Place of Burial: Gallatin, Tenn.
Date of Burial: Aug. 2, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North,
Gallatin
Informant: Mrs. D. B. Evertson, Gallatin
Name: Still Born
Place of Death: District 9
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Aug 11, 1914
Age:
Occupation:
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: Not divulged
Birthplace of Father: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Lethie Ford
Birthplace of Mother: Macon Co., Tenn.
Date of Death: Aug 11, 1914
Cause of Death: Still born; premature birth
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: On premises
Date of Burial: Aug 11, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: None
Informant: J. R. Parks, Gallatin
Name: Benjamin Franklin Atchison
Place of Death: District 14
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: May 26, 1832
Age: 82 years, 2 months, 26 days
Occupation: Black smith
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: John Atchison
Birthplace of Father: Not known
Maiden Name of Mother: Not known
Birthplace of Mother:
Date of Death: Aug 22, 1914
Cause of Death: Paralysis
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Biggs Cemetery
Date of Burial: Aug 23, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: W. W. Atchison, Fountain Head
Name: Willy Barber
Place of Death: District 14, Fountain Head
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: (death date was given for birthdate)
Age: 18 years, 6 months, 16 days
Occupation:
Birthplace: Fountain Head
Name of Father: Jim Barber
Birthplace of Father: Fountain Head
Maiden Name of Mother: Mally Whitson
Birthplace of Mother: Fountain Head
Date of Death: Aug 13, 1914
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Sulphura Cemetery
Date of Burial: Aug 14, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: Mallie Barber, Fountain Head, Tenn.
Name: Pauline Baise
Place of Death: District 16
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status:
Date of Birth: Oct 1, 1913
Age: 11 months, 5 days
Occupation:
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: S. C. Baise
Birthplace of Father: Cumberland Co., Ky
Maiden Name of Mother: Cora Finn
Birthplace of Mother: Macon Co.
Date of Death: Aug 6, 1914
Cause of Death: Gastrointestinal caterlmitt? convulsions
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Portland Cemetery
Date of Burial: Sept. 7, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson,
Portland
Informant: S. C. Baise, Portland
*Date of death is given as Aug 6, but the drs. note indicates that she was
attended from Sept. 2 through Sept. 6.
Name: Francis Barker
Place of Death: Gallatin
Sex: Female
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: No data obtainable, 1856
Age: 58 years
Occupation: Washer woman
Birthplace: Georgie
Name of Father: Amos Carter
Birthplace of Father: Don't know
Maiden Name of Mother: Don't know
Birthplace of Mother: Don't know
Date of Death: Aug 1, 1914
Cause of Death: Tabes Dossalis (Locomotor Atuxy, spinal disease
contributory)
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Gallatin
Date of Burial: Aug 2, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Fannie Wyley, Gallatin
Name: Mary Boyd
Place of Death: District 2, near Cairo
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Sept. 13, 1833
Age: 80 years, 11 months, 12 days
Occupation: Housekeeper
Birthplace: N. C.
Name of Father: J. Boyd
Birthplace of Father: N. C.
Maiden Name of Mother: Hester
Birthplace of Mother: N. C.
Date of Death: Aug 25, 1914
Cause of Death: Cause of death not known
Length of Residence: 2 years, 6 months; in state 76 years, former resident
of Cotton Town
Place of Burial: Bowman Grave yd.
Date of Burial: Aug 26, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North,
Gallatin
Informant: J. A. Bowman, Gallatin
Name: July Wheeler
Place of Death: Gallatin
Sex: Female
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: No data, 1853
Age: 61 years
Occupation: Housework
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Dave Medowes
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Phebie Medowes
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug 19, 1914
Cause of Death: Chronic Catarrhal Gastritis
Length of Residence: at place of death, 3 years; former residence -
Hartsville
Place of Burial: Gallatin
Date of Burial: Aug 20, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Letha Belo, Harrisburge, Ky.
Name: Emerson Parker Wallace
Place of Death: District 3
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Oct. 19, 1913
Age: 11 months
Occupation:
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: J. Frank Wallace
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Bowman
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug 31, 1914
Cause of Death: No physician in attendance at time of death. Child
died in a convulsion
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Gallatin Cemetery
Date of Burial: Sept. 1, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North,
Gallatin
Informant: J. Frank Wallace, Gallatin
Name: Buck Blalock
Place of Death: District 2, Cairo
Sex: Male
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: no data, 1857
Age: 57 years
Occupation: farmer
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Shell. Blalock
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Susan Wry
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug 8, 1914
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Length of Residence: 7 years; in state 57 years
Place of Burial: Cairo
Date of Burial: Aug 9, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Mary Blalock, Cairo
Name: Louis Porter Hanner
Place of Death: District 10, Dobbins Pike
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: April 4, 1871
Age: 43 years, 5 months, 1 day
Occupation: Pharmacy and Farmer
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Hanner
Birthplace of Father: Ala.
Maiden Name of Mother: Hanner
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug 5, 1914
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Length of Residence: 6 years at place of death; in state 43 years,
5 months, 1 day
Place of Burial: Gallatin, Tenn.
Date of Burial: Aug 6, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North,
Gallatin
Informant: Mac R. Hanner, Clarksville, Tennessee
Name: Martha Lucinda Bruce
Place of Death: District 3, Cairo
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: June 15, 1848
Age: 66 years, 2 months, 2 days
Occupation: Housekeeper
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: B. Bruce
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Clark
Birthplace of Mother: Va.
Date of Death: Aug 17, 1914
Cause of Death: No physician present or in attendance. Died before
one could be summoned
Length of Residence: 66 years, 2 months, 2 days
Place of Burial: Gallatin Cemetery
Date of Burial: Aug 18, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North, Gallatin
Informant: Mrs. N. S. Caldwell, Gallatin
Name: Marcus Allen Riggsbee
Place of Death: District 15
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Aug 12, 1864
Age: 50 years, 0 months
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: Rufin James Riggsbee
Birthplace of Father: North Carolina
Maiden Name of Mother: Mandy Bandy
Birthplace of Mother: Sumner Co.
Date of Death: Ag. 29, 1914
Cause of Death: Pellagra
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Cedar Grove
Date of Burial: Sept. 3, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: W. E. Riggsbee, Portland
Name: Adnel W. Wilmarth
Place of Death: District 15
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth:
Age:
Occupation: Nothing
Birthplace: Mass.
Name of Father:
Birthplace of Father:
Maiden Name of Mother:
Birthplace of Mother:
Date of Death: Aug 9, 1914
Cause of Death: Pellagra
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Link Cemetery
Date of Burial: Aug 9, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: Tom Briley, Cotton Town
Name: Lydia Troutt
Place of Death: District 12
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Feb 11, 1843
Age: 71 years, 6 months, 9 days
Occupation: House keeper
Birthplace: Sumner, Tenn.
Name of Father: George Troutt
Birthplace of Father: Sumner
Maiden Name of Mother: Bell
Birthplace of Mother: Sumner
Date of Death: 8-17-1914
Cause of Death: Chronic Intestinal Nephritis
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Sarver Buring
Date of Burial: 8-18-1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Simpson & Campbell,
Bethpage
Informant: Jas. W. Simpson, Bethpage
Name: James Cullum
Place of Death: District 5, Pilot Knob
Sex: Male
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: July, 1889
Age: 25 years, 7 months
Occupation: Painter
Birthplace: Pilot Knob
Name of Father: James Cullum
Birthplace of Father: Smith Co., Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Florance Willerkson
Birthplace of Mother: Sumner Co.
Date of Death: Aug 4, 1914
Cause of Death: Consumption, no doctor
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Pilot Knob
Date of Burial: Aug 5, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: James Cullum, Pilot Knob
Name: Tim Beasley
Place of Death: District 5, Avendale
Sex: Male
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 1839
Age: 75 years
Occupation: Stone mason
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Dave Alexander
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Diniah Beasley
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug 23, 1914
Cause of Death: Infirmities of old age & general paralysis
Length of Residence: 5 years at place of death; in state 75 years.
former residence - Beasleys Bend
Place of Burial: Avendale
Date of Burial: Aug 25, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Willis Vaughn, Avendale
Name: Owens Infant (Born Dead)
Place of Death: District 5
Sex: Male
Race: Black
Marital Status:
Date of Birth: Aug 1, 1914
Age: Born dead
Occupation:
Birthplace: Gallatin, R. 3
Name of Father: Will Owens
Birthplace of Father: Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Mary Corey
Birthplace of Mother: Tenn.
Date of Death: Aug 1, 1914
Cause of Death: Syphilis in mother
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Gallatin, R. 3
Date of Burial: Aug 2, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: The Neighbors, Gallatin, R. 3
Informant: Will Owens, Gallatin
Name: Venue Pursley
Place of Death: Gallatin
Sex: Female
Race: Colored
Marital Status: single
Date of Birth: Aug 17, 1894
Age: 20 years
Occupation: Housework
Birthplace: Gallatin
Name of Father: Ben Chumley
Birthplace of Father: Hartsville
Maiden Name of Mother: Hanah Bullock
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Aug 17, 1914
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Length of Residence: 20 years
Place of Burial: Gallatin
Date of Burial: Aug 19, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Hannah Bullock, Gallatin
Name: George Baker
Place of Death: District 9
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Jany 3, 1847
Age: 67 years, 8 months
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: Z. B. Baker
Birthplace of Father: Sumner Co.
Maiden Name of Mother: Newsom
Birthplace of Mother: Sumner
Date of Death: August 31, 1914
Cause of Death: Nephritis
Length of Residence: 1 year; in state 67 years
Place of Burial: Gallatin, Tenn.
Date of Burial: Sept. 1, 1914
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North, Gallatin
Informant: I. M. Baker
(Found among the September certificates)
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