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

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Record #4331 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

Page (PDF) 89
Certificate Number 43465
Name of Deceased Sturgis, Peter Benjamin
Place of Death Worcester
Town of Death Pocomoke
Sex M
Race colored
Married, Widowed, or Single married
Date of Birth 7/22/1839
Age (year, month, days) 79 yrs 3 mos 20 ds
Occupation or Employer gardner
Birthplace Pocomoke Md
Father's Name Lemuuel Nelson Sturgis
Father's Birthplace Snow Hill Md
Mother's Name Mariah Canon
Mother's Birthplace Md
Informant (Relationship and Address) Ann Shorter? Pocomoke
Date of Death 11/11/1918
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor chronic myocarditis
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long
Physician and Address NE Sartarius; Pocomoke
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address Halls Hill # Pocomoke; 11/14/1918; CH Ballard & Bros; Pocomoke
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence
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