Fayette County Illinois, death record Henry Bess Fayette County, Ilinois Shafter Twp. Dist.#6493 Standard Certificate of Death Henry BESS Shafter Twp. male white married wife Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth Elmore) BESS Henry's Date of Birth 22 November 1849 (His Niles son gave wrong information it was 1850), age 82 years. 6 months 10 days, retired farmer, date last worked 1929, Total time spent in this occupation 60 years, Birthplace Dayton, Ohio (Niles was wrong it was Tuscarawas Co, Ohio) Father Delbert BESS (Niles wrong again it was Abraham or Absolum BESS), Birthplace of father no record (it was Tuscarawas Co, Ohio) Mother no record (she was Sarah MCDONOUGH) Birthplace of mother no record (It was Harrison or Tuscarawas Co, Ohio), Informant (more like Mis-Informant) C.N. BESS(his son Clifford Niles BESS) of Vandalia, Illinois, buried 4 June 1932 Cemetery Browning Shafter Fayette Co, Illinois (Cemetery west of Vandalia in the country next to Great-Grandma Rachel CHESHIRE HIMES old homestead farmhouse, she donated land for the access to the cemetery & Great-Grandma Sarah Elizabeth ELMORE BESS relatives the BROWNINGS donated orignal Cemetery Land), Undertaker G.F. BARKLEY of Vandalia, Illinois, Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death 2 June 1932 at 8 a.m., Doctor last saw 31 May 1932, Principal cause of death Gastro Enterritis date of onset 18 May 1932 Other contributory causes Senile Debility 1930 no operation performed, no autopsy, no war or occupation disease, signed C.H. MOORE MD of Vandalia, Illinois 3 June 1932 telephone 51 Filed 4 June 1932 Tony BROWN Registar of Bingham, Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Beverly Himes Barger (© 1997 Beverly Himes Barger)