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

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Record #4854 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

Page (PDF) 55
Certificate Number 20876
Name of Deceased Pitts, Edward
Place of Death Wicomico
Town of Death Salisbury
Sex M
Race Afro American
Married, Widowed, or Single married
Date of Birth 7/10/1862
Age (year, month, days) 57 yrs 5 mos 5 ds
Occupation or Employer hostler
Birthplace Md
Father's Name Arnold Pitts
Father's Birthplace Md
Mother's Name Comfort Selby
Mother's Birthplace Md
Informant (Relationship and Address) Thomas Pitts; Berlin, Md
Date of Death 12/15/1919
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor natural causes immediatley from attack of heart failurea being subject to same
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long heart failure
Physician and Address NP turner, acting coroner; Salisbury Md
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address Berlin Germantown Cemetery; 12/17/1919; Holloway & Co; Salisbury Md
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence
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