State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
{Marshall County # 156}
Full Name: W. E. Cochran Date of death: Sept. 2, 1914
Place of death: Verona, 16th Civil Dist., Marshall County
Sex: Male
Color or Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Date of birth: June 14, 1840
Age at date of death: 74 years, 2 months, 18 days
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Maury County, Tenn.
Name of Father: W. W. Cochran Father's birthplace: Maryland
Maiden name of Mother: Malisia Cunningham Mothers birthplace: Marshall Co.
Informant: J. W. Cochran, Lewisburg, Tenn.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from Sep 1, 1914, to Sept. 2, 1914, that I last saw him alive on Sep (?) 1914, and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 1 a. m.
The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows:
Shock from being overheated
working in field picking peas. # 194
CONTRIBUTARY (secondary) OLD AGE #
Signed: [Dr.'s name not legible], M. D., Lewisburg, Tenn.
Place of Burial: McCurdy Cemetery Date of burial: 9-2-1914
Undertaker: Sewell & Purelow Lewisburg
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