Desoto Par-death cert-Anna B. Kerlin-Mat(t)hews
Jerry Linney 4everhope@home.com

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Death Certificate obtained from the Louisiana State Archives in Baton
Rouge.

Anna B. (Kerlin) Mat(t)hews

    * Louisiana State Board of Health,  Bureau of Vital Statistics,
      Certificate of Death #2997
    * Place of Death - Desoto Parish
    * Township or Village - Pleasant Hill
    * Registration District No. - 4320
    * File No. - 3 or 8
    * Primary Registration District No. - 20
    * Registered No. - 14
    * Full Name - Anna B. Matthews (I know from other records that her
      name has been also spelled Mathews)
    * Personal and Statistical Particulars:
    * --Sex - Female
    * --Color or Race - White
    * --Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced - Widow
    * Date of Birth - Year 1855
    * Age - 60
    * Occupation - Housewife
    * Birthplace - LA
    * Name of Father - Sam Kerlin
    * Birthplace of father - GA
    * Name of Mother - Moody [as stated on certificate] (Other records
      show her mother as Margaret J. Moody)
    * Birthplace of mother - MA
    * The above is true to the best of my knowledge - signed S.C.
      Matthews
    * Address - Mineral, LA

Next Section: Medical Certificate of Death

    * Date of Death - 3/26/1916
    * I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 3/24/1916 to
      3/26/1916, that I last saw her 3/26/1916 and death occurred, on the
      date stated above at 2pm
    * The cause of death was as follows: Pneumonia
    * Duration - 10 days
    * Signed - R.L. Armstrong, address - Pleasant Hill, LA
    * Length of residence at place of death - 1 year
    * In the state - 60 years
    * Where was disease contracted if not at place of death? - Yes
    * Former - or usual residence - Mineral, LA
    * Place of Burial of Removal - Zions Rest Cemetery (located in the
      community of Wallace in Pelican, LA)
    * Date of Burial 3/27/1916
    * Undertaker - (cannot read signature)
    * Address - Pleasant Hill