The following death certificates are some that I have copied over the past month or so that seem to have Ouzts connections. There are much more knowledgable Ouzts researchers than I, but thought I would send this out in case it gives some missing info. Billie Jones Camden, SC [email protected] ----------------------------------------- 1922 - Death Cert. # 8890, Greenwood Co, SC Mrs. Jane Hamilton Female, white, married b. Jan 12, 1852, SC father: Anthony Ouzts, SC mother: Rebecca Faulkner, SC d. June 2, 1922, Brooks township, Greenwood Co, SC cause: cardio renal desease. informant: W. (F) Hamilton, Dyson, SC buried: Mt. Creek [Baptist Church, Greenwood Co, SC] UT: W. V. Blyth, Greenwood, SC Married James Abner Hamilton ca 1870 son of George W. Hamilton and Matilda Still. HC Ouzts identifies Rebecca Faulkner as Rebecca [AUTRY (Becky) Parkman] Adp. d/o Elizabeth DORN & Amos Russell Faulkner b. Apr 7 1814 d. Jan 9 1898 buried: Harling-Faulkner Fam. Cem, [Pine Grove Pent] Edgefield Co, SC w/o Anthony Ouzts -------------------------------------------- I don't have info. on This Alexander or his parents. Note the two death cert. with different info. I would say that the #7511 is a correction of the #7236 IF they were in the same county. But they are not, so the order of the numbers are not significant. Most likely, he owned property in both counties. But that does not explain the different birth date nor county of death, except they were given by two different informants, the second one seems to be his wife. 1927 - Death Cert #7511, Greenwood Co., SC Alexander Ouzts Male, White, maried, Farmer b. Feb 22, 1887, SC father: S. A. Ouzts mother: Nancy Ouzts d. May (blurred), 1927, Kirksey, Greenwood Co, SC cause: influenza Informant: Joe Ouzts, Kirksey, SC buried: Mt. Creek [Baptist Church, Greenwood Co., SC] UT: H. B. Ellis, Greenwood 1927 - Death Cert #7236, Edgefield Co, SC Alexander Ouzts Male, White, maried, Farmer b. Oct 20, 1887, Edgefield Co, SC father: S. A. Ouzts, Edgefield Co, SC mother: Nancy Ouzts, Edgefield Co, SC d. May 29, 1927, Talbert township, Edgefield Co, SC cause: influenza Informant: Alice (W) Ouzts, Plum Branch, SC buried: Mt. Creek [Baptist Church, Greenwood Co., SC] UT: Mr. Ellis, Greenwood, SC These seems to be individuals from the above death cert. found in the Mt. Creek Baptist Church Cem. Records. Bracketed info. is additional info from HC Ouzts' cem. file. Ouzts, [Dematemis] Alexander Jan 24 1887 May 29 1927 40 [m. Mary Alice WHATLEY, s/o Nancy A. OUZTS & Shemuel Adrain Ouzts] Ouzts, [Walter] W. D. Nov 19 1888 Sep 16 1915 26 [s/o Nancy A. OUZTS & Shemuel Adrain Ouzts] Ouzts, [Shemuel Adrain] S. A. Nov 15 1849 Apr 5 1916 66 [m. Nancy A. OUZTS, s/o Elizabeth STOTT & Abram Ouzts Ouzts, Nancy [A. OUZTS] Aug 15 1842 Sep 11 1927 85 [w/o Shemuel Adrain Ouzts, d/o Martha CARTER & Jake Martin Ouzts] Ouzts, [Mary] Alice WHATLEY Sep 28 1892 Aug 27 1931 38 ]w/o Dematemis Alexander Ouzts, d/o Frances SIEGLER & Milledge Whatley] Her death cert. was also found: 1931 - Death Cert. #13257, Edgefield Co, SC Mary Alice Ouzts Female, white, widow of Alexander Ouzts b. Sept 27, 1894, SC age 38 yr 11 mo. father: Milledge Wahtley, SC mother: Frances Seigler, SC d: August 27, 1931, Talbert township, Edgefield Co, SC cause: tumor of the brain informant: Willie Whatley, Plum Branch, SC buried: Mt. Creek [Baptist Church, Greenwood, SC] I have info. on her parents, and her father father's death cert. is below. I have seen him referred to as Milledge Edmond, and Milledge Edward?? 1931 - Death Cert. # 6778 Mr. M. E. Whatley, white, Male, Married, farmer b. ____, SC Age 60 ? ? father: Edward Whatley [EDMOND] mother: Mary Whatley d. April 11, 1931, SC State Hospital, Columbia, Richland Co, SC cause: chronic .... nephritis; arteroschlorosis; myocarditis; facial (erysepilas) Buried: Edgefield informant: SC State Hospital, Columbia, SC UT: J. S. Strom, Edgefield, SC Resident in city - 10 days. [Columbia Hospital I think] Her mother: 1945 - Death Cert. #9691, Edgefield Co, SC Mrs. Frances E. Whatley White Female, Widow, lived in Plum Branch, McCormick Co., sC b. August 19, 1867, Edgefield Co, SC father: William K. Seigler, SC mother: Sarah Sullivan, SC d. Sept. 1, 1945, Talbert township, Edgefield Co, SC informant: Willie Whatley, Plum Branch, SC buried: Mt. Creek [Baptist Church, Greenwood Co, SC] UT: J. S. Strom ---------------------------------------- 1948 - Death Cert. # 01526, Edgefield Co, SC Arthur Jackson Ouzts White, male, married Essie Ouzts b. Nov 16, 1870, Edgefield Co, SC father: (Peter) Ouzts, Edgefield Co, SC mother: Jane Boone, Edgefield Co, SC d. Feb. 14, 1948, Rural Edgefield Co, SC cause: pulmonary edema due to hypertensive cardio vascular disease with congestive heart failure informant: Mrs. A. J. Ouzts, Edgefield, SC buried: McKendree Cem. UT: J. H. Hollingsworth, Edgefield, SC Arthur Ouzts and his 1st wife are buried in McKendree Methodist Church cem. Note the year of birth in the cemetery transcription is different from that of the death cert. Neither date of birth is primary. Census records, 1880, put his date of birth at 1870-1871. Ouzts, Arthur J. Nov 1873 Feb 14 1948 Ouzts, Emma V. [Virginia (Jennie) OUZTS] Jul 25 1856 Dec 1 1915 ----------------------------------- 1949 - Death Cert. #14858, Saluda Co, SC Jessie W. Ouzts Male, White, Married to Mrs. Bessie Dorn Ouzts. b. Feb. 26, 1871, SC Resided in Rural Saluda Co, SC father: Peta Ouzts, SC mother: Don't Know d. Oct. 30, 1949, Rural Saluda Co, SC cause: coronary thrombosis due to arterio-sclerosis (Dr. indicated that there had been a prvious coronary thrombosis) informant: Mrs. H. A. Gregory, Saluda, SC buried: Red Bank [Saluda, Saluda Co, SC] UT: Ramey's [Saluda, SC] Althought the death cert. does not give his mother, HC Ouzts states that he is the son of Peter Daniel Ouzts and his first wife: 1 Peter Daniel OUZTS b: November 06, 1837 in SC d: July 20, 1910 Burial: McKendree Meth, Edgefield SC . +Julia Ann TIMMERMAN b: December 21, 1839 in SC m: December 16, 1856 d: March 15, 1881 Father: James C. Timmerman, Major Mother: Mary Dorn Burial: McKendree Meth, Edgefield SC The Red Bank Cem. Records give the following info: Ouzts, Jesse W. 1871 - 1949 Ouzts, Bessie D. 1875 - 1959 Ouzts, Palm Jan 16 1909 - Apr 27 1968 [dau per obit] No death cert. is available on microfilm yet for his wife Bessie Dorn Ouzts. However, the Scrapbook of pictures and obits kept by Ella Ruth Hazel Trotter (1905-1963), d/o John Henry & Jamesanna Timmerman Hazel, (Copy provided by Betty Trotter, May 2004), provides this obit for her. Obit of Mrs. Bessie Dorn Ouzts (undated, no newspaper name given) Mrs. Ouzts, 83, Dies at Saluda (Special) -- Mrs. Bessie Dorn Ouzts, 83, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Webb after 10 months' illness. She was the widow of Jesse W. Ouzts, and the daughter of the late James W. Dorn and Josephine Palmer Dorn of Edgefield Co. Survivors include five daughters, Miss Palm Ouzts of the home, Mrs. J. R. (Vivian) Webb of Saluda, Mrs. Howard (Ellison) Schwarzmann of Baltimore, MD, Mr. H. A. (Julia) Gregory of Saluda Co, Mrs. H. E. Chandler of Saluda Co, and Mrs. H. E. (Leora) Wingate; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Faulkner, Mrs. Broadus Chandler of Saluda Co, and Mrs. J. B. Gregory of Ninety Six and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 4 pm Sunday from Red Bank Baptist Church by the Rev. Charles Thomas. The body will be at the Ramey Funeral Home. *NOTE: the obit states she leaves 5 daughters, but names 6. I cannot explain that. ---------------------------------------------