Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Raiford, Almedia Bowden, 1920 

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Almedia (BOWDEN; Mrs. George W.) RAIFORD, 7 Nov 1848 - 5 Jan 1920, death certificate 

[Official Form (printed); handwritten responses <thus>] 

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      Form No. 12.            Certificate of Death        File No.-For 
1.  Place Of Death          Commonwealth of Virginia       State Registrar Only 
County Of <Southampton>    Bureau of Vital Statistics          <2077> [stamped] 
Magisterial                  State Board of Health 
District of <Berlin-Ivor>            ____ 
    Or 
Inc. Town of [blank]      Registration District No. <873B.>  Registered No. <1> 
    Or 
City of [blank]          (No. [blank]    St.;         [blank]    Ward) 
                     (If death occurred in a Hospital or Institution 
                       give its NAME instead of street and number) 

2. Full Name <Almedia B. Raiford -> 
                     Residence in City [blank] Yrs. [blank] Mos. [blank] Days 
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          Personal and Statistical Particulars 
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 3. Sex <Female>  4. Color or Race <White> 
 5. Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced (Write the word) <Widowed> 
 6. Date of Birth <Nov. 7th**>, 1<848> 
 7. Age    <71> yrs. <1> mos. <28> ds. 
 8. Occupation of Deceased 
  (a) Trade, profession, or particular kind of work <none> 
  (b) General nature of industry, 
  business, or establishment in 
  which employed (or employer) [blank] 
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 9. Birthplace 
    (State or Country) <Va> 
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Parents 
10. Name of Father <Elias Bowden> 
11. Birthplace of Father 
    (State or Country) <Va> 
12. Maiden Name of Mother <Temperance Eley> 
13. Birthplace of Mother 
    (State or Country) <Va> 
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14. The Above Is True To The Best Of My Knowledge 
      Informant <E. Jerome Raiford> 
            (Address)     <Ivor Va> 
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15. Filed <Feb. 9>, 19<20>   <W.H. Joyner> 
(Date received by Registrar).       Local Registrar. 
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          Medical Certificate of Death 
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16. Date of Death <Jan. 5th>, 19<20> 
17.        I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from 
    <~~~~~>, 19<14>, to  <Jan 5th>, 19<20> 
    that I last saw h<er> alive on <Jan 5th>, 19<20> 
    and that death occured, on the date stated above at <8 P>M. 
                          [time seems to be overwritten- 7 P{?}] 
    The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows: 
             <Diabetes> 

                              Duration    <5>   yrs.  <->    mos.  <->    ds. 
    Contributory <-> 
      (Secondary)             Duration  [blank] yrs. [blank] mos. [blank] ds. 

             (Signed)        <R L Raiford>, M.D. 
    <1 - 7>, 19<20>           (Address) <Sedley Va> 
        *State the DISEASE CAUSING DEATH, or, in deaths from VIOLENT CAUSES, 
    state (1) MEANS OF INJURY; and (2) whether ACCIDENTAL, SUICIDAL or 
    HOMICIDAL. 
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18. LENGTH OF RESIDENCE.  (For Hospitals, Institions, Transients, or 
      recent Residents.) 
At place of death [blank] yrs. [blank] mos. [blank] ds. 
In the State [blank] yrs. [blank] mos. [blank] ds. 
Where was disease contracted, if not at place of death? [blank] 
Former or usual Residence [blank] 
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19. Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal      Date of Burial 
    <Southampton Co.>                          <1- 8 ->, 19<20> 
20. Undertaker                                 Address 
    <W.J.M. Holland>                           <Franklin Va> 
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The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA 
   Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 504-2077 

[Both the informant and the doctor were her sons. 

 Interred in the Corinth Friends Meeting (aka RAIFORD/BRADSHAW) Cemetery, 
 at the intersection of Clayton Rd. (CR623) and Appleton Rd. (CR626), in 
 Southampton Co. 

 **Birthdate on certificate smeared, but seems to read, "Nov. 17th." 
 SCHS Cemetery Project list gives date of birth as Nov. 7, as does obituary. 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163a1ob.txt 

 Almedia's marriage to George Washington Raiford, 24 May 1871, is not of 
 record in Southampton- likely took place in Isle of Wight Co., where she 
 was born.  
 
 (18 Nov) 1850 Census, Eastern District, Isle of Wight Co., VA; 
 p. 178; dwl/fam 963; ln. 02-08; all in household b. VA; 
 Elias BOWDEN (of Tho.s), 36 M, Farmer, $1000 real estate; 
 Tempy BOWDEN, 30 F; Victoria L. BOWDEN, 10 F; Susannah BOWDEN, 8 F; 
 Marg.t A. BOWDEN, 4 F; Almeada BOWDEN, 2 F; 
 Jesse WARREN  (F.N.), 21 M B, Laborer.] 

[Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: 
 Matt Harris (Zoobug64@aol.com) [brackets & capitalization mine]. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/r163a1dc.txt