Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Edwards, Newitt C., 1918 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Newitt Calvin Edwards, 23 Aug 1854 - 25 Apr 1918, death certificate abstract ______________________________________________________________________________ Certificate of Death, Vol. 374, No. 11091 Commonwealth of Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} State Board of Health Place Of Death: County of Southampton; Inc. Town of Franklin Registration District No. 2874 Registered No. 23 Full Name: Newit C. Edwards ______________________________________________________________________________ Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex: Male Color or Race: White Marital Status: [check mark by married] Date of Birth: [blank] Age: 64 yrs.* Occupation: [blank] Birthplace: Virginia [Southampton Co.] Father: -Name: [blank*] -Birthplace: [blank] Mother: -Maiden Name: [blank*] -Birthplace: [blank] Informant: R.H. Stephenson* Franklin, Va. Burial or Removal: Franklin*, April 26, 1918 Undertaker: W.J.M. Holland Franklin, Va. Filed: May 3, 1918 Registrar: C.C. Vaughan ______________________________________________________________________________ Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: Apr. 25, 1918 I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Apr. 10, 1918 to Apr. 25, 1918 I last him alive on Apr. 24, 1918 and that death occurred, on date stated above, at 11 P.m. The Cause of Death was as follows: Mitral regurgitation and Dropsy Duration: 2 yrs. Contributory (Secondary): [blank] Duration: [blank] (Signed) Ashley P. Cutchin, M.D. 5/2, 1918 Franklin, Va. ______________________________________________________________________________ The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1918-374-11091 *Additional information: Age is wrong - 63. His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 16, 1942, p. 5), with their marriage record appended, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363t2ob.txt They are buried in Poplar Spring- Section 1, Plot 21A. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt He is given there as b. 8/23/1854 to Newitt & Martha Matilda (MURFEE) EDWARDS. The informant was a son-in-law, Roscoe Henry STEPHENSON, Jr. (bd. PS2-13A). Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com (Nov 2013) [brackets mine] file size: 4 Kb file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/e363n1dc.txt