Source: TSL&A Microfilm # 73; Vital Statistics
Death Records, Volume 54
Transcribed by Jan Barnes
©2009
Name: Bessie Neel Simpson
Place of Death: District 10
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: August 26, 1889
Age: 27 years
Occupation:
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: James Neel
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Marshall
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: January 8, 1917
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis of the Lungs
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Simpson Graveyard
Date of Burial: January 9, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Simpson, Hodges, & Rippy, Bethpage
Informant: James Neel, Gallatin
Name: Sarah Ann Wallace
Place of Death: District 9
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Nov. 28, 1847
Age: 69 years, 1 month, 25 days
Occupation: Housekeeper
Birthplace: Sumner County, Tenn.
Name of Father: L. Harris
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Rippy
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Jan. 23, 1917
Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorrhage
Length of Residence: 40 years
Place of Burial: Gallatin, Tenn.
Date of Burial: Jan, 25, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North, Gallatin
Informant: Albert J. Wallace, Gallatin
Name: McCartney, Thomas L___?
Place of Death: District 13
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: May 9, 1846
Age: 72 years, 5 months, 22 days
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Wilson County, Tenn.
Name of Father: Andrew McCartney
Birthplace of Father: Wilson County, Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Sarah Idell
Birthplace of Mother: Wilson County, Tenn.
Date of Death: January 31, 1917
Cause of Death: Influenza
Length of Residence: (Dr. was W. L. Vickers, Adolphus, Ky.)
Place of Burial: Highland County
Date of Burial: February 1, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: Cora Young, Adolphus, Ky.
Name: Savely infant
Place of Death: District 5, Hendersonville
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Jan. 14, 1917
Age:
Occupation:
Birthplace: Hendersonville
Name of Father: William B. Savely
Birthplace of Father: Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Sallie Johnson
Birthplace of Mother: Missouri
Date of Death: January 14, 1917
Cause of Death: Still born, cause unknown
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Hendersonville
Date of Burial: January 15, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Friends, Hendersonville
Informant: William B. Savely, Hendersonville
*Two certificates for this child. The second one has place of burial
as the Family Burying Ground. Other information is the same.
Name: Nannie Smith
Place of Death: District 11, Bethpage
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Jan. 25, 1917 (this is the birth date given on
the certificate).
Age: 45 years
Occupation: Housekeeping
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: All Norkings
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Emma? Rogan
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: January 25, 1917
Cause of Death: Organic Heart Disease; Mitral Stenosis
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Durham Chapel
Date of Burial: Jan. 26, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Nell Ellis, Bethpage
Name: Tildie Graves
Place of Death: District 17
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Feb. 5, 1887
Age: 24 years, 11 months, 15 days
Occupation: Wife
Birthplace: Sumner County, Tenn.
Name of Father: Lacy Bell
Birthplace of Father: Macon County, Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Lizabeth Gregory
Birthplace of Mother: Tenn.
Date of Death: Jan. 20, 1917
Cause of Death: Tubercular Meningitis
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Fairfield Cemetery
Date of Burial: January 21, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: Ed Graves, Westmoreland, Tenn.
Name: Lizzie Alline Graves
Place of Death: District 17
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Jan. 18, 1917
Age: 11 days
Occupation: None
Birthplace: Nubia, Tenn.
Name of Father: Woodson Graves
Birthplace of Father: Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Laura Ausbrooks
Birthplace of Mother: Tenn.
Date of Death: Jan. 25, 1917
Cause of Death: Found dead in bed; it had thrash
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Rippy Burial Ground
Date of Burial: Jan. 29, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Ed Thompson, Westmoreland
Informant: Woodson Graves, Westmoreland
Name: Lassie H. Centers
Place of Death: District 17
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Aug. 3, 1900
Age: 16 years, 5 months, 13 days
Occupation: Wife
Birthplace: Sumner County, Tenn.
Name of Father: J. W. Wickman
Birthplace of Father: Allen County, Ky.
Maiden Name of Mother: Susan Jent
Birthplace of Mother: Allen Co., Ky.
Date of Death: January 16, 1917
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Fairfield Cemetery
Date of Burial: January 17, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: Susan Jent, Westmoreland
Name: Herman Hickerson
Place of Death: District 17
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status:
Date of Birth: May 6, 1915
Age: 1 year, 8 months, 10 days
Occupation:
Birthplace: Allen County, Ky.
Name of Father: Andrew Hickerson
Birthplace of Father: Allen County, Ky.
Maiden Name of Mother: D. S. Jent
Birthplace of Mother: Allen County, Ky.
Date of Death: January 15, 1917
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis, all it's life
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Fairfield Cemetery
Date of Burial: January 16, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Wes Gant, Westmoreland
Informant: Susan Jent, Westmoreland
Name: Beatrice Branham
Place of Death: District 10
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: May, 1916
Age: 9 months
Occupation:
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father:
Birthplace of Father:
Maiden Name of Mother: Branham
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: January 24, 1917
Cause of Death: Bronchio Pneumonia
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Kansas Burying Ground
Date of Burial: January 25, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Jim Branham, Gallatin
Name: James Martin Lovell
Place of Death: District 14
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Aug. 18, 1852
Age: 54 years, 4 months, 21 days
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: Joe Lovell
Birthplace of Father: White Co., Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Emily West
Birthplace of Mother: Sumner Co.
Date of Death: January 9, 1917
Cause of Death: Heart disease, no doctor
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Bush's Chapel
Date of Burial: January 10, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: None
Informant: Mrs. Chas. Slicer, So. Tunnel, Tenn.
Name: Leathe Bertha Simpson
Place of Death: District 14
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: June 21, 1890
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 24 days
Occupation: Housewife
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: T. W. West
Birthplace of Father: Sumner Co.
Maiden Name of Mother: Elizabeth Bennett
Birthplace of Mother:
Date of Death: Jan. 15, 1917
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Rock Bridge
Date of Burial: Jan. 16, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Simpson & Hodges & Rippy,
Bethpage
Informant: W. B. Simpson, Bethpage
Name: Henry Clay Bloodworth
Place of Death: District 5, Saundersville
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Sept. 4, 1917 (as written on certificate)
Age: 72 years, 4 months, 25 days
Occupation: Farming
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: William Bloodworth
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Vincy (Viney?) Strader
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Jan. 29, 1917
Cause of Death: Aortic regurgitation
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Beech Burying Ground
Date of Burial: 1/30/17
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Mr. Cole
Informant: L. C. Bloodworth, Saundersville,
Tenn.
Name: Alex Baker
Place of Death: District 9, Green
Sex: Male
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Widower
Date of Birth: no data, 1845
Age: 72 years
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Sumner Co.
Name of Father: don't know
Birthplace of Father: don't know
Maiden Name of Mother: Moine Baker
Birthplace of Mother: don't know
Date of Death: Jan. 23, 1917
Cause of Death: Appendicitis
Length of Residence: no data, in state 72 years
Place of Burial: Village Green
Date of Burial: Jan. 25, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Archie Garrett, Long Hollow Pike
Name: Isaiah Peyton
Place of Death: District 9, Long Hollow Pike
Sex: Female
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 1875
Age: 42
Occupation: Housework
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Hardie Elliott
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Don't know
Birthplace of Mother: Don't know
Date of Death: Jan. 23, 1917
Cause of Death: Cause of death not diagnosed.
Length of Residence: At place of death, 7 years. In state, 42
years
Place of Burial: Gallatin
Date of Burial: Jan. 24, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: George Peyton, Gallatin
Name: John Dinning
Place of Death: Gallatin
Sex: Male
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 1873
Age: 44 years
Occupation: Cook
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: George Dinning
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Don't know
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Jan. 1, 1917
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Hartsville
Date of Burial: Jan. 3, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Manda Dinning, Gallatin
Name: Dave Skimmeyhorn
Place of Death: District 3
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: May 16, 1942
Age: 74 years, 7 months, 18 days
Occupation: None
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Skimmeyhorn
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: not known
Birthplace of Mother: not known
Date of Death: Jan. 3, 1917
Cause of Death: Intesticure Heplereteles?
Length of Residence: 3 years, 2 months, 2 days. In state 74 years,
7 months, 18 days.
Place of Burial: Gallatin Cemetery
Date of Burial: Jan 3, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North
Informant: Eve Merritt, Gallatin
Name: Ettie Blackmore
Place of Death: District 3, Gallatin
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Dec. 16, 1916
Age: 19 days
Occupation: None, infant
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: G. L. Blackmore
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Harshaw
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Jan. 4, 1917
Cause of Death: Gastro enteritis
Length of Residence: 19 days
Place of Burial: Blackmore Graveyard
Date of Burial: Jan. 6, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North, Gallatin
Informant: G. L. Blackmore, Gallatin
Name: Emma E. Withers
Place of Death: District 10, 15 miles on Dobbins Pike
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: Dec. 10, 1852
Age: 64 years, 27 days
Occupation: Housekeeper
Birthplace: Va.
Name of Father: McKelley
Birthplace of Father: Va.
Maiden Name of Mother: Thomason
Birthplace of Mother: Va.
Date of Death: Jan. 6, 1917
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Length of Residence: At place of death, 40 years. In state, 64
years
Place of Burial: Gallatin Cemetery
Date of Burial: Jan. 7, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North, Gallatin
Informant: J. M. withers, Gallatin
Name: David Robb
Place of Death: District 2
Sex: Male
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Not data, 1892
Age: 25 years
Occupation: Farm-work
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Henry Robb
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Edder Wills
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Jan. 16, 1917
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Length of Residence: 25 years; in state, 25 years
Place of Burial: Cairo
Date of Burial: Jan. 17, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Henry Robb, Cairo, Tenn.
Name: Mrs. Ann Jennie Reed
Place of Death: District 4, Long Hollow Pike
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: July 23, 1840
Age: 76 years, 5 months, 12 days
Occupation: Housekeeper
Birthplace: Ireland
Name of Father: Rilley
Birthplace of Father: France
Maiden Name of Mother: Emmerson
Birthplace of Mother: New York
Date of Death: Jan. 11, 1917
Cause of Death: Organic Poison resulting from defective kidney.
Surgical operation of one kidney.
Length of Residence: 4 years, in state 35 years. Former of usual
residence, New York & Tennessee
Place of Burial: Gallatin Cemetery
Date of Burial: Jan. 13, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North, Gallatin
Informant: Emelia Christian (Col.), Gallatin
Name: Mrs. Mary Ellen Wheler
Place of Death: District 3, Gallatin
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: June 10, 1839
Age: 77 years, 7 months
Occupation: Retire Housekeeper
Birthplace: La.
Name of Father: S. Lee
Birthplace of Father: Miss.
Maiden Name of Mother: D'Armond
Birthplace of Mother: Miss.
Date of Death: Jan. 10, 1917
Cause of Death: Septicamonice following the removal of urficled Oerical
glands ??
Length of Residence: 25 years. In state 26 years.
Place of Burial: Gallatin, Tenn.
Date of Burial: Jan. 11, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North, Gallatin
Informant: Geo. W. Pardue, Gallatin, Tennessee
Name: Edders Timberlick
Place of Death: District 2
Sex: Female
Race: Colored
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: May 26, 1875
Age: 42 years
Occupation: None
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: George Washington Vaughn
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Manda Parker
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Jan. 20, 1917
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Length of Residence: Former residence, Hartsville
Place of Burial: Hartsville
Date of Burial: Jan. 21, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: John Timberlick, Gallatin
Name: Joe Sweany
Place of Death: Gallatin, Tenn.
Sex: Male
Race: Col.
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 1852
Age: 65 years
Occupation: Labor
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Don't know
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Don't know
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Jan. 26, 1917
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis of the Lungs
Length of Residence: 30 years. In state, 65 years
Place of Burial: Gallatin
Date of Burial: Jan. 27, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: C. L. Crowder, Gallatin
Informant: Jessie Sweany, Nashville
Name: Milton W. Chenault
Place of Death: District 19, Castalian Springs
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: June 1, 1849
Age: 67 years, 7 months, 26 days
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: D. Chenault
Birthplace of Father: Kentucky
Maiden Name of Mother: Vuensberry (Cushenberry, perhaps)
Birthplace of Mother: Kentucky
Date of Death: Jan. 27, 1917
Cause of Death: Brights Disease
Length of Residence: 10 years, in state 67 years, 7 months, 20 days
Place of Burial: Chenault Grave Yard
Date of Burial: Jan. 28, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Harris & North, Gallatin
Informant: D. F. Barry, Gallatin
Name: Virgil Lee Summers
Place of Death: District 16
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: April 30, 1885
Age: 31 years, 8 months, 23 days
Occupation: Minister of the Gospel
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: John Logan Summers
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Ella Briley
Birthplace of Mother: Tennessee
Date of Death: Jan. 24, 1917
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis of Lungs
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Briley Cemetery
Date of Burial: 1-25-17
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: B. F. Jernigan, Portland
Name: Edwin Taylor
Place of Death: District 16
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Dec. 30, 1835
Age: 81 years
Occupation: Blacksmith
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Name of Father: David Taylor
Birthplace of Father: Virginia
Maiden Name of Mother: Fanie Russell
Birthplace of Mother: Virginia
Date of Death: Jan. 2, 1917
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery
Date of Burial: Jan. 4, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: W. G. Wilkinson, Portland
Informant: John Taylor, Mitchellville, Tenn.
Name: R. L. Broadrick
Place of Death: District 15
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Infant
Date of Birth: 6-8-1916
Age: 8 months, 22 days
Occupation:
Birthplace: Tenn.
Name of Father: Clide Broadrick
Birthplace of Father: Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Ivie Broadrick
Birthplace of Mother: Tenn.
Date of Death: 1-31-1917
Cause of Death: Polmyelitis
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Cole Cemetery
Date of Burial: 1-1-1917 (probably 2-1-1917, but is typed as written on
certificate)
Funeral Home or Undertaker: H. B. Wilkinson, White House
Informant: Mrs. Broadrick
Name: Nora Bell Clark
Place of Death: District 15, White House
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: 4-8-1913
Age: 3 years, 9 months, 12 days
Occupation:
Birthplace: Tenn.
Name of Father: Aaron C. Clark
Birthplace of Father: Ky.
Maiden Name of Mother: Ella Welch
Birthplace of Mother: Tenn.
Date of Death: 1-20-1917
Cause of Death: Typhoid fever with a lung complication
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Eidson Cemetery
Date of Burial: 1-21-1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: H. B. Wilkinson, White House
Informant: W. C. Clark, White House
Name: Mrs. Vergie Goad
Place of Death: District 12, Westmoreland
Sex: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Aug. 4, 1891
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 20 days
Occupation: Housekeeper
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Name of Father: John Davis
Birthplace of Father: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Annie Rhoads
Birthplace of Mother: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Date of Death: 1-24-1917
Cause of Death: Measles
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Date of Burial: June 25, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: R. E. Thornton, Westmoreland
Informant: R. E. Thornton, Westmoreland
Name: Joe Hayden Eddings
Place of Death: District 12, Westmoreland
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: July 10, 1913
Age: 3 years, 5 months, 23 days
Occupation: Nothing
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Name of Father: Monroe Eddings
Birthplace of Father: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Hattie Troutt
Birthplace of Mother: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Date of Death: 1-3-1917
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: Troutt Burial Ground
Date of Burial: 1-4-1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: Caldwell & Stinson, Westmoreland
Informant: Carey Hayton, Westmoreland
Name: James W. Key
Place of Death: District 12, Westmoreland
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: June, 1866
Age: 50 years, 7 months
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Name of Father: Geo. Key
Birthplace of Father: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Maiden Name of Mother: Martha Perry
Birthplace of Mother: Sumner Co., Tenn.
Date of Death: Jan. 12, 1917
Cause of Death: supposed to be heart failure. Death sudden, no
physician had.
Length of Residence:
Place of Burial: New Hope Cem.
Date of Burial: Jan. 13, 1917
Funeral Home or Undertaker: R. E. Thornton, Westmoreland
Informant: R. E. Thornton, Westmoreland
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