DEATH CERTIFICATE

WILLIAM SMITH

Date   31 October 1927
Cert:  22529
Place of Death: Voting Pct.:  Asylum, Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Fayette Co., Ky.
Full Name:  William SMITH
Residence:  Eastern State Hospital
Length of Residence in city where death occurred:  00 years, 01 months, 17 days
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:  Single
Date of Birth:  1882
Age: 45 years, + months
Occupation:  Coal Miner
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Father Name:  John J. SMITH
Birthplace Father:  unknown
Mother Maiden Name:  unknown
Birthplace Mother:  unknown
Informant/Address:  Records, Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Ky.
Filed:  02 November 1927
Registrar:  D. A. Furlong 
Death of Date:  31 October 1927
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 12 September 1927 to 31 October 1927, that I last saw him alive on 31 October 1927, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 1 p.m.
Cause of Death:  Acute nephritis
Duration:  03 weeks
Contributory:  Manic depressive psychosis, manic type
Duration:  03 months, 04 days
Where was disease contracted if not at place of death?: (blank)
Did an operation precede death:  no     Date: (blank)
Was there an autopsy: no
What test confirmed diagnosis: usual
Signed/Address:  W. R. Thompson, M.D., 31 October 1927, Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Ky.
Place of Burial or Removal:  Kragon, Ky.
Date of Burial:  03 November 1927
Undertaker/Address:  Wiehl, Lex., Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 23 March 2010