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

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Record #3100 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

Page (PDF) 79
Certificate Number 23108
Name of Deceased Townsend, Joseph
Place of Death Wicomico
Town of Death near Quantico
Sex M
Race AA
Married, Widowed, or Single single
Date of Birth 7/30/1916
Age (year, month, days) 5 mos 1 ds
Occupation or Employer x
Birthplace Maryland
Father's Name Thomas Townsand
Father's Birthplace Maryland
Mother's Name Daisey Townsend
Mother's Birthplace Maryland
Informant (Relationship and Address) …? Townsend; Salisbury RFD No 50
Date of Death 12/2/1916
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor had no doctor but from information must have died of colitis
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long improper nourishment
Physician and Address CR Truitt; Salisbury Md
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address Quantico Cemetery; 12/4/1916; JF Stewart; Salisbury Md
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence 5 ds; Rockawalking; Quantico District
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