McMullen Co., TX - DEATH: Lydia Elizabeth Tope 1911 This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Renee Pierce Smelley Submitted: 7/8/2005 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm **************************************************** Notes: Several years was spent wondering who this death certificate was for. There is no name recorded on this McMullen County Death Certificate. The only clue was the name of the father and mother. Through working on family genealogy I was able to figure out who the death certificate is for. I have filled in the missing pieces of this document in quation marks. Standard Certificate of Death State of Texas County: McMullen City: Tilden Registered No. 9 Full Name: No name supplied "Lydia Elizabeth Tope" Sex: Female Color of Race: (sic) Married Date of Birth: No date supplied "February 09, 1876" Age: about 35 Occupation: House General Nature of Industry: Keeper Birthplace: Texas Date of Death: July 9, 1911 Name of Father: W. P. White Birthplace: Texas Maiden Name of Mother: Yarbrough "Susan Jane Smith" Birthplace: Texas Informant: No name supplied I hereby certify, that I attended the deceased from July 3 1911 to July 9 1911 that I last saw her alive on July 9 1911 and that death occurred, on date stated above at 1:30 pm The Disease or Means of Injury Causing Death was Intersusception of bowels J. E. Smith July 14 1911 Adress: Tilden Filed July 14 1911 E. J. Booth Registrar ********************************** Notes: Lydia Elizabeth White, daughter of William Penn White and Susan Jane Smith, was born on February 09, 1876 in Live Oak Co., TX. She married Thomas Benjamin Tope on May 01, 1895 in McMullen Co., TX. She is buried in the San Miguel Cemetery, Cross Community in McMullen County, TX next to her husband, Thomas Benjamin Tope. Thomas Benjamin Tope, son of James Henry Tope and Dorcas Salina Winters, was born on December 19, 1868 and died on December 31, 1953.