Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Ropel, Napoleon, 1928 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Napoleon ROPEL [ROPIL], 16 Feb 1862 - 6 May 1928, death certificate abstract ______________________________________________________________________________ Certificate of Death, Vol. 985, No. 12434 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} Place Of Death: Southampton Co. Magisterial District of Berlin & Ivor, Registration District No. 875C; Registered No. 4 Full Name: Napoleon Ropel Residence: [blank] ______________________________________________________________________________ Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex: M [Male] Color or Race: W [White] Married; Spouse: Married [sic] Date of Birth: Feb 16th 1862 Age: 66 Years, 2 Months Occupation: Sawyer Birthplace: Canada Father: -Name: Gilbert Reopel -Birthplace: Canada Mother -Maiden Name: Unknown -Birthplace: Canada Informant: Edna Ropil Ivor, Va. Filed: June 1, 1928 Registrar: Thos. M. Pulley ______________________________________________________________________________ Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: May 6th 1928 I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Dec 1st, 1927 to May 6, 1928 That I last him alive on May 6, 1928 Death is said to have occurred, on the date stated above, at 8:10 P.M. The Cause of Death was as follows: Carcinoma of tongue [Health Dept. code 43]; Duration: [blank] Contributory: [blank] Where was disease contracted if not at place of death? [blank] Did an operation precede death? Yes Date of: Sept 12 Was there an autopsy? No What test confirmed diagnosis? Microscopic (signed) E.M. Babb, M.D. May 7, 1928 Ivor, Va. Burial: Suffolk Va*, May 8 Undertaker: Ivor Hdwe. Co. Inc. Ivor, Va. ______________________________________________________________________________ The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1928-985-12434 Additional information: *Does not appear on the list of interments at Cedar Hill Cemetery nor Holly Lawn Cemetery, both in Suffolk. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Nansemond County Cemeteries: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaschs/nansemnd.htm Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com) [brackets mine] file size: 4 Kb file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/r140n1dc.txt