DEATH CERTIFICATE

 J. HIRAM DRAUGHN

Date  29 March 1939
Cert:  07838
Place of Death: Voting Pct. Jenkins In Town limits, Letcher Co., Ky.
Full Name:  J. Hiram DRAUGHN
Residence:  Whitesburg, Ky.
Length of Residence: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Mrs. Nancy A. DRAUGHN
Date of Birth:  11 February 1880
Age: 59 years, 11 months, 18 days
Occupation:  Saw Mill Man
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Father Name:  Walter DRAUGHN
Birthplace Father:  N.C.
Mother Maiden Name:  Velarie PERKINS
Birthplace Mother:  Grayson Co., Va.
Informant/Address:  B. V. DRAUGHN, Dunham, Ky.
Burial Cremation Removal Place:  McRoberts, Ky.
Date:  30 March 1939
Undertaker/Address:  Geo. W. McCoy, Jenkins, Ky.
Filed:  01 April 1939
Registrar:  E. M. Collins
Death of Date:  29 March 1939
I hereby certify, That I attended deceased from 28 March 1939 to 29 March 1939, that I last saw him alive on 29 March 1939, death is said to have occurred on the date stated above, at 10 a.m.
Cause of Death: Bullet wound of brain, multiple compound Fractures of Frontal & Parytal Bones of Skull.  Secondary shock.  Secondary Hemorrhage.
Date of onset: 28 March
Contributory causes: (blank)
Name of operation: None
What test confirmed diagnosis:  Clinically
Was there an autopsy:  No
Accident, suicide, homicide: Supposedly suicide
Date of Injury: 28 March 1939
Where did injury occur: Whitesburg, Ky.
Specify whether injury occurred industry, home, public place:  In the yard of his home near Whitesburg, Ky.
Manner of injury:  Suicide
Nature of injury: Gunshot wound
Related to occupation: No
Signed/Address:  J. W. (illegible), M.D., Jenkins, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 03 May 2010