DEATH CERTIFICATE

JAMES SHEPHERD

Date 05 August 1941
Cert:  19308
Place of Death: County: Fayette     City or Town:  Lexington
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Eastern State Hospital
Length of stay in hospital or community:  8 years, 7 months, 12 days
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky  County:  Knott
City or Town:  Elmrock
Full Name:  James SHEPHERD
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:  1904
Age: 37 years
Birthplace:  unknown
Occupation:  None
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Abe SHEPHERD
Father Birthplace:  Elmrock, Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Lizzie SHEPHERD
Mother Birthplace:  unknown
Informant:  Eastern State Hospital Records, Lexingtin, Kentucky
Burial Place:  Elmrock, Ky.
Date:  08 August 1941
Signature of funeral director: D. M. Lowe, Lex., Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  12 August 1941
Registrar's Signature:  D. A. Furlong
Date of Death:  05 August 1941
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from July 1939 to 05 August 1941, that I last saw him alive on 05 August 1941, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 11:20 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Pulmonary tuberculosis
Due to:  Dementia precox paranoid type
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:  G. G. Auxier, M.D., E. State Hosp., Lexington, Ky.
Date signed:   06 August 1941 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 01 February 2010