This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Callahan, Gates, Long Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/1285.14.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: here's the Birth Record for Martha Callahan and her Death Record: Microfilm Roll: Barry County Births Book A & B; Book/Page: A-29; Entry: 427; Date of Birth: Nov. 4, 1867; Name: Martha Gates; Sex: Female; Place of Birth: Hastings; Father: Noah Gates; Residence: Hastings; Birthplace: Michigan; Occupation: Farmer; Mother: Martha Gates; Residence: Hastings; Birthplace: New York; Date Recorded: June 5, 1868 by D. Jenkins, Clerk ====================================== Microfilm Roll: Barry County Deaths; Book C; Liber/Page: C-114; Entry: 8034; Date: Sept. 12, 1924; Name: Martha E. Callahan; Sex: Fem. [female]; Color: White; Martial Status: Married; Age: Years: 56; Months: 10; Days: 10; Place of Death: Hastings City; Cause of Death: Cancer of Stomach; Birthplace: Mich.; Occupation: Home; Father: Noah Gates; Birthplace: Unknown; Mother: Martha Chase; Birthplace: Unknown; Date of Record: Oct. 15, 1924 -------------------------------------------------------- Medical Dictionary Online <http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org/> Cause of Death Definition: Stomach Cancer Tumors or cancer of the STOMACH. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX As for Alice Callahan, here's the only Callahan listed in Liber C on Page 254; in the original the capital "O" looks like an "A", but the rest of the spelling is definitely "live": Microfilm Roll: Barry County Deaths; Book C; Liber/Page: C-254; Entry: 9710; Date: April 24, 1930; Name: Olive M. Callahan; Sex: Female; Color: White; Martial Status: Married; Age: Years: 48; Months: 2; Days: 21; Place of Death: Twp. of Assyria; Cause of Death: Sclerosis of Liver; Birthplace: Ohio; Occupation: At home; Father: George Long; Birthplace: Unknown; Mother: Unknown; Birthplace: Ojio; Date of Record: Aug. 13, 1930 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Medical Dictionary Online http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org/ Cause of Death Definition: Sclerosis: A pathological process consisting of hardening or fibrosis of an anatomical structure, often a vessel or a nerve.