Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Williams, Nathan E., 1918 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Nathan Eldridge WILLIAMS, 7 Feb 1848 - 7* Apr 1918, death certificate abstract ______________________________________________________________________________ Certificate of Death, Vol. 378, No. 13528 Commonwealth of Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} State Board of Health Form No. 12. Place Of Death: Southampton Co.; Boykins District Registration District No. 871 Registered No. 16 Full Name: N.E. Williams ______________________________________________________________________________ Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex: male Color or Race: white Marital Status: [blank*] Date of Birth: [blank] Age: 70 yrs Occupation: Watchman for R.R. Co. Birthplace: N.C. Father: -Name: Don't Know* -Birthplace: Don't Know Mother: -Maiden Name: Don't Know* -Birthplace: Don't Know Informant: A.M. Williams [son Aubrey*] Boykins, Va. Burial or Removal: Southampton Co.*, 4/15, 1918 Undertaker: A.W. Gray & Bro. Boykins, Va. Filed: May Report, 1918 Registrar: E.R. Bryant ______________________________________________________________________________ Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: Ap'l 14, 1918* I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Ap'l 9, 1918 to Ap'l 14, 1918 I last him alive on Ap'l 13, 1918 Death is said to have occurred, on date stated above, at ____ _.M. The Cause of Death was as follows: Pneumonia Lobar Duration: [blank] Contributory (Secondary): [blank] (Signed) Jno.W. Smith, M.D. Branchville, Va. [not dated] ______________________________________________________________________________ The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1918-378-13528 *Additional information: All the dates given on the certificate are wrong, by a week. Note the delay in filing, which may account for the calendar error. Nathan's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 12, 1918) states directly that he "died at his home here Sunday morning, April 7," and it was published two days before the date given on the certificate. A transcript is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452n3ob.txt Buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins- Annex 1, Section A, Plot 9. The informant, his son Aubrey, is buried in Annex 2, Plot 215. The SCHS gives Nathan's parents as Nathan J. & Sarah (FERGUSON) WILLIAMS. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt The obit ("Tidewater News," July 8, 1921, p. 11) for Nathan's widow, Sarah Elizabeth (RICKS) WILLIAMS, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w452s2ob.txt Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com (Jul 2013) [brackets mine] file size: 4 Kb file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/w452n1dc.txt