Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Councill, Samuel D., 1935 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Samuel D. COUNCILL, 23 Jul 1874 - 7 Jan 1935, death certificate abstract ______________________________________________________________________________ Certificate of Death, Vol. 1418, No. 2687 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} Place Of Death: Southampton Co., Berlin-Ivor Magisterial District Registration District No. 875C; Registered No. 3 Full Name: Samuel D. Councill [extremely faint] ______________________________________________________________________________ Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex: Male Color or Race: White Married; Spouse: Sally Judson Councill Date of Birth: July 23, 1874 Age: 61 Years Occupation: Farmer; Last worked at this occupation: Dec. 1934 Birthplace: July 23- 1874 [something, likely "Virginia" overwritten] Father: -Name: Joe Councill -Birthplace: Va. Mother -Maiden Name: Nancy Jones -Birthplace: Va. Informant: Mrs. S.D. Council, R.F.D.1 - Ivor, Va. Burial: Council Cemetery*, 1/8 1934 [sic- 1935] Undertaker: H.M. Purviance, Boykins, Va. Filed: Jan. 8, 1935 Registrar: Thos. M. Pulley ______________________________________________________________________________ Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: Jan. 7, 1935 I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Dec. 25, 1934 to Jan. 5, 1935 I last him alive on Jan. 5, 1935 Death is said to have occurred, on the date stated above, at 10 P.M. The Principal Cause of Death and Related Causes of Importance in Order of Onset were as follows: Spinal paralysis due to degeneration of Cord [??]; Date of onset: Dec 1, 1934 [Health Dept. code 81] Contributory Causes of Importance Not Related ot Principal Cause: Broncho[?] Pneumonia; Date of onset: Dec 25 What test confirmed diagnosis? [illegible] Was there an autopsy? no Was disease in any way related to the occupation of the deceased? no E.M. Babb, M.D., Ivor, Va. ______________________________________________________________________________ The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1935-1418-2687 Additional information: *The SCHS Cemetery Project (II-52) lists the following similar interment: COUNCIL Cemetery, near Ivor - Samuel B. COUNCIL SR. (Died 193?) http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt His obituary ("The Tidewater News," Jan. 11, 1935) posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c524s1ob.txt An abstract of the death certificate (1919-458-10253) of his daughter Ruth (COUNCILL; Mrs. Percy L.) BRITT is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b630r1dc.txt Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com (Apr 2011) [brackets mine] file size: 4 Kb file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/c524s1dc.txt