Date:    28 February 1948
Cert:    23457 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town: Smithsboro, Ky.  Rural
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky  County: Knott
City or Town:  Smithsboro     Rural
Full Name:  John MADDEN 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Cinda CODY
Age of husband or wife if alive: 67 years
Birth date of deceased:  30 November 1870 
Age:  77 years, 02 months, 28 days
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky. 
Occupation:  Carpenter 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Wid MADDEN 
Father Birthplace:  Irishman Creek 
Mother Maiden Name:  Martha Ann SMITH 
Mother Birthplace:   Smithsboro, Ky. 
Informant:  Cinda CODY MADDEN, Smithsboro 
Burial Place:   Cornett Hill 
Date:  29 February 1948 
Signature of funeral director:  Friends, Smithsboro
Date received by local registrar:  12 November 1948 
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Date of Death:  28 February 1948 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 01 January 1948 to 28 February 1948, that I last saw him alive on 14 February 1948, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 10 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  appoplexia
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
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:  M. F. Kelley, M.D., Hindman, Ky.
Date signed:  13 November 1948 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 27 December 2010