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

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Record #5408 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

Page (PDF) 49
Certificate Number 0943
Name of Deceased Laws, Clarence
Place of Death Wicomico
Town of Death Salisbury; Peninsula Hospital
Sex M
Race AA
Married, Widowed, or Single single
Date of Birth 12/22/1895
Age (year, month, days) 25 yrs 15 ds
Occupation or Employer farming
Birthplace Virginia
Father's Name Wm J Laws
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Name Meddie Davis
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Informant (Relationship and Address) Wm J Laws; Bloxom Va
Date of Death 1/7/1931
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor hemmorhage (…abdominal); 12 hrs
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long pistol wound abdomin; homicidal
Physician and Address jMcF Dick; Salisbury md
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address First Baptis Cemetery; 1/9/1921; JF Stewart; Salisbury Md
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence 12 hrs; residence: Accomac Co Va
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