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

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Record #5113 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

Page (PDF) 73
Certificate Number 9274
Name of Deceased Polk, Leah E
Place of Death Wicomico
Town of Death near Mardella Springs, RD2
Sex F
Race Afro American
Married, Widowed, or Single widow
Date of Birth 4/27/1859
Age (year, month, days) 61 yrs 15 ds
Occupation or Employer housework
Birthplace Mdq
Father's Name Ephraim Hall
Father's Birthplace Mdq
Mother's Name Sonia Hurley
Mother's Birthplace Md
Informant (Relationship and Address) William Polk; Mardella Springs RD2
Date of Death 5/12/1920
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor lobar pneumonia; 6 ds
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long
Physician and Address Hunter R Mann; Mardela Springs Md
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address Mardella Springs; 5/15/1920; Holloway & Co; Salisbury Md
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence
Other Notes

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