The following are death certificates that have unresolved conflicts in comparing information from their death certificate to other info. from cem. records and census data. Remember, in death cert. the only thing that is primary source is the death date and location and cause of death only, as they were attested to at the time of the event. All other info. is the recall of the informant. Billie Jones Camden, SC [email protected] ------------------------------------------- Buried beside Frank W. Trotter and his wife Amanda was one Lessie J. Bowers. I had assumed she is a daughter. I found this death cert. that proved the relationship. 1916 - Death Cert. #31277, Saluda Co, SC Lessie J. Bowers Female, White, married b. Oct 12, 1874, Saluda Co, SC* father: Frank Trotter, Saluda Co, SC* mother: Amanda Kinard, SC* d. April 4, 1916, Saluda Co, SC cause: pneumonia informant: W. M. Bowers, Leesville, SC buried: not given UT: can't read *Saluda Co. was not formed until 1895. Probably location was Edgefield Dist, SC. CONFLICTS: The Year of birth for Lessie J. Bowers is not the same as cem. records. I went back to the Camden Arcnives and rechecked the date. It is as I had typed. Additional info. of age at death 42 y, 5m, 22d would calculate birthdate as 13 Oct 1873, which is only one day off the date in cem. rather than a full year off the birthdate given in the death cert. Lissie is age 7 in the 1880 Census, Germanville, Edgefield, South Carolina, p. 153C, living with parents. That puts her birth at 1873 as well, altho census ages are notoriously off my several years. The following are identified in the St. Mark's Lutheran Church cem. records of HC Ouzts as Frank* and his wife* and two children: Bowers, Lessie J. TROTTER Oct 12 1873 Apr 4 1916 *Trotter, F. W. Sep 28 1846 - May 17 1916 *Trotter, Amanda C. [Christian KINARD] Mar 1 1851 - Dec 3 1933 Trotter, James Talbert Jul 15 1883 - Dec 26 1905 So, what to use when death cert. & cem. records are in conflict? Guess other source is needed to help confirm one or the other. I cannot do that. I have chosen to use the cem. records since her age at death works out to be 1873 also. ------------------------------ 1920 - Death Cert. #11313, Edgefield Co, SC James Warren Collins Male, White, Widow, retired farmer b. Dec. 25, 1843, Edgefield Co, SC father: Louis Collins, Edgefield Co, SC mother: Ann Holmes, Edgefield Co, SC d. June 3, 1920, Collins Township, Edgefield Co, SC cause: bronchitis informant: (G. W.) Quarles, Cold Springs, SC buried: Red Hill [Baptist Church, Edgefield Co, SC] UT: not given This is now correct. I had written down b. 1847 and it was 1843, which agrees with the cem. records. However there are still a small differences in days of birth of Dec. 13 vs Dec. 25. Red Hill Bapt, Edgefield Co, SC Collins, James W. Dec 23 1843 - Jun 3 1920 I cannot provide resolution to this conflict. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1952 - Death Cert. #16568, Edgefield Co, SC Bessie Corenne Parkman Female, White, child age 7 b. June 27, 1945, Rural Edgefield Co, SC father: Raymond Parkman mother: Eva Burton d. Dec. 20, 1952, Rural Edgefield Co, SC cause: Multiple fracture of skull & jaw - accident, fell our of truck door when truck ran into a ditch. informant: Raymond Parkman, father. buried: East View, Edgefield Co, SC UT: J. H. Hollingsworth Cem. records at East View Cem, Edgefield Co, SC gives different date of BIRTH Parkman, Bessie Corrine Jun 21 1946 Dec 20 1952 I double checked my transcription today, and the 1845 is correct per DC. According to the DC, she was age 7, which would mean that she was born in 1945 not 1946. I don't think I rechecked the day of death 21st vs 27th. -----------------------------------------------------------