Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #2283 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

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Certificate Number 12095
Name of Deceased Dashield, Joshua T
Place of Death Wicomico
Town of Death Bivalve
Sex M
Race col
Married, Widowed, or Single married
Date of Birth 1858
Age (year, month, days) 57 yrs
Occupation or Employer farmer
Birthplace Maryland
Father's Name don't know
Father's Birthplace don't know
Mother's Name Peggie Ann Barcley
Mother's Birthplace Maryland
Informant (Relationship and Address) Preston Dashield; Tyaskin Md
Date of Death 7/14/1915
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor drowning, suicidal; throwing self in well
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long
Physician and Address RE Caldwell; Bivalve Md
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address Tyaskin MP Cemetery, colored; 7/16/1915; CG Messick; Bivalve
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence
Other Notes suicide

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