Adair County Vital Statistic Records, 1909 & 1910 -- Deaths

The 17 deaths below are the only ones found in the microfilmed Adair County Vital Statistic death records for 1909-1910. Only two of the 17 are for 1909.

The sequence of information for each entry is as follows: Name, color, age, gender, marital status (omitted for children), occupation (if given), death date, cause of death, place of birth, residence, & death, and names & birthplace(s) of parents.

Underlining indicates transcribed words & names are as found in the original document; question marks indicate uncertain interpretation; information in  bracketed italics comes from other sources.

Loy (or Lay), Mike A., white, 22, male, single, farming, death date not stated, spinal disease, birth / residence / death all Fairplay, Ky., W.C. & Amanda J. Loy (or Lay), both born Adair Co.

Bennett, Holland, white, 9, male, Jan., 1910 (day of month not given), brain trouble, birth / residence / death all Fairplay, Ky., S.T. & Florence Bennett, both born Adair Co.

Hadley, Ruby, white, 19, female, single, March 10, 1910, cause not stated, birth / residence / death all Inroad, Ky., Ed & Sarah Hadley, both born Adair Co.

Miller, Ed, white, 29, male, married, merchant, March 18, 1910, cause not stated, birth / residence / death all Crocus, Ky., J.P. & Sarah Miller, both born Adair Co.

Milson, unnamed, white, one day, female, Dec. 11, 1910, cause not stated, birth / residence / death all Glensfork, Ky., T.E. & Allie Melson, both born Adair Co.

Boomer, Eugene, black, six years, male, Sept. 30, 1910, Typhoid fever, birth / residence / death all Fairplay, Ky.,G.A. & Mrs. Boomer, both born Adair Co.

Aron, Liza Jane, white, age not stated, male, married, July 8, 1910, stomach trouble, birth / residence / death all Glensfork, Ky., parents names & place(s) of birth not given.

Gadberry, Myrtie, white, age not stated, male, married, Aug. 15, 1910, consumption, birth / residence / Fairplay, Ky., death Glensfork, Ky., Thomas & Lizzie Taylor, both born Adair Co.

Epperson, Nannie, white, age not stated, male, married, July 31, 1910, cause not stated, birth / residence / death all Montpelier, Ky., Fie & Mary Rice, both born Adair Co.

Coomer, Lemuel, white, age not stated, male, married, farmer, death date not stated, suicide, birth / residence / death all Fairplay, Ky., parents names & place(s) of death not given.

Note: the seven deaths below are recorded in distinctly different handwriting from the those above.

Sanders, Thos., white, 66, male, married, farmer, Jan, 12, 1910, cancer, birth / residence / death all Adair Co., Thompson & Nancy Sanders, father born Virginia, mother born N.C.

Ellis, Thos., white, one, male, Sept. 16, 1909, whooping cough, birth / residence / death all Adair Co., David & Sarah Ellis, father born Casey Co., mother born Adair Co.

Clements, Jo, white, 15 days, male, farmer, May ?? (appears to be 10 written over 15), 1909, spinal trouble, birth / residence / death all Adair Co., Vitis & Villa Clements, both born Adair Co.

Pelley, James, white, 69, male, married, farmer, Jan. 18, 1910, pneumonia,  birth / residence / death all Adair Co., parents names & place(s) of birth not given.

Stayton, Robert, white, 78, male, married, farmer, Sept. 7, 1910, bowel trouble, born Taylor Co, residence / death Adair Co., parents names & place(s) of birth not given.

Rainwater, John, white, 68, male, married, farmer, April 5, 1910, kidney trouble, place of birth / residence not given, died Adair, parents James & Della Beard, both born Taylor Co. [Almost certainly, James & Della Beard were the parents of Emma Jones -- see next entry. John most likely was the son of William Howard & Minerva Ann (Rayborn) Rainwater.]

Jones, Emma, white, 25, female, married, housekeeping, Aug. 7, 1910, consumption, place of birth / residence / death not given, parents names & place(s) of birth not given. [See italicized information in entry for John Rainwater, immediately above.]