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

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Record #5060 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

Page (PDF) 59
Certificate Number 7224
Name of Deceased Sterling, Samuel Henry
Place of Death Somerset
Town of Death Crisfield
Sex M
Race negro
Married, Widowed, or Single married
Date of Birth 9/1/1861
Age (year, month, days) 58 yrs 7 mos 11 ds
Occupation or Employer oyster packing & farming
Birthplace Lawsonia Md
Father's Name unknown
Father's Birthplace unknown
Mother's Name Annie Sterling
Mother's Birthplace Lawsonia Md
Informant (Relationship and Address) Mary A Sterling; Lawsonia Md
Date of Death 4/12/1920
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor cerebral hemorrhage; abt 2 hrs
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long right side paralysis; abt 2 hrs
Physician and Address WJ Barkley; 309 W Md Ave Crisfiel
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address Asbury Colored Cemetery; 4/15/1920; IS Lawson; Crisfield
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence
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