Surry-Southampton County-Roanoke-Salem City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Hart, Ruffin A., 1926 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Ruffin Allen HART, 15 Jul 1854 - 21 Nov 1926, death certificate abstract ______________________________________________________________________________ Certificate of Death, Vol. 894, No. 27311 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} Place Of Death: City of Roanoke Registration District No. 2800; Registered No. 871 Full Name: Ruffin Allen Hart Residence: 205 Virginia Ave., Va. Hts. Length of residence in city or town where death occurred: 3 yrs.* ______________________________________________________________________________ Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex: Male Color or Race: White Married; Husband of: Louise Malvina** Hart Date of Birth: July 15 1854 Age: 72 Years, 4 Months, 6 Days Occupation: Merchant, retired Birthplace: Surry Co., Va. Father: -Name: Silvery Hart -Birthplace: Va. Mother -Maiden Name: Unobtainable -Birthplace: " Informant: Miss E. Jay Hart Burial: East Hill, Salem, Va., 11/24/26 Undertaker: John M. Oakey, Inc., Roanoke, Va. Filed: 11/23/26 Registrar: C.B. Ransone ______________________________________________________________________________ Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: Nov. 21, 1926 Death is said to have occurred, on the date stated above, at ca. 2 A.M. The Principal Cause of Death and Related Causes of Importance in Order of Onset were as follows: Chronic Myocarditis [Health Dept. code 90]; duration 2 yrs. Contributory Causes of Importance Not Related ot Principal Cause: Prostatic Hypertrophy Operation? No Autopsy? No What test confirmed diagnosis? History & findings [signature illegible], M.D. Coroner, Roanoke, Va. 11/22/26 ______________________________________________________________________________ [*His wife's obituary states they formerly resided in Ivor, Southampton Co., VA, until about 1926: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h630l2ob.txt **Her death certificate gives her middle name as Melvina: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/h630l1dc.txt] The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 894-27311 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com (Apr 2011) [brackets mine] file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/vitals/deaths/h630r1dc.txt file size: 3 Kb