DEATH
CERTIFICATE
JAMES RITCHIE
Date 16 November 1941
Cert: 30011
Place of Death: County: Perry City or Town:
Hazard, Ky.
Name of Hospital or Institution: Hurst Snyder Hospital
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky. County:
Knott
City or Town: Rural
Full Name: James RITCHIE
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of: (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased: (blank)
Age: 18 years
Birthplace: Talcum, Ky.
Occupation: Farming
Industry or business: Farm
Father Name: Joel RITCHIE
Father Birthplace: Talcum, Ky.
Mother Maiden Name: Irene FUGATE
Mother Birthplace: Talcum, Ky.
Informant: Auda COMBS, Harveytown, Ky.
Burial Place: Talcum, Ky.
Date: 17 November 1941
Signature of funeral director: Maggard & Garrett,
Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 26 November 1941
Registrar's Signature: (illegible)
Date of Death: 16 November 1941
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 15 November
1941 to 16 November 1941, that I
last saw him alive on 16 November 1941, and that death occurred on the date
stated above at 6 a.m.
Immediate cause of death: Hemorrhage
Due to: Gun shot wound of leg
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Homicide
Date of occurrence: 15 November 1941
Where did injury occur: Public place
While at work: no
Means of injury: Shot gun wound of leg
Signature: Chas Dana Snyder, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed: 26 November 1941
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