DEATH CERTIFICATE

JAMES B. FITCHPATRICK

Date:  09 November 1947
Cert:  23944
Place of Death: County: Floyd     City or Town: Martin
Hospital or Institution:  Beaver Valley Hospital 
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Floyd
City or Town:  Hunter
Full Name:  James B. FITCHPATRICK
If Veteran Name War: W W #1
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Laura FITCHPATRICK
Age of husband or wife if alive:  58
Birth date of deceased:  31 January 
Age: 53 years
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Occupation:  Miner (Coal)
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Henderson FITCHPATRICK
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Elizabeth HOWARD
Mother Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Informant:  Mrs. Polly Shephard, Prestonsburg, Ky.
Burial Place:  Hunter, Ky.
Date:  11 November 1947
Signature of funeral director: W. J. Ryan, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  14 November 1947
Registrar's Signature:  Lucy Ransdell
Date of Death:  09 November 1947
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 08 November 1947 to 09 November 1947, that I last saw him alive on 09 November 1947, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 4 p.m.
Immediate cause of death: Toxicity
Duration: (blank)
Due to: Strangulated hernia
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address: C. L. Allen, M.D., Martin, Ky.
Date signed:  11 November 1947
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 23 June 2010