The KY Death Certificate and the obituary do not match up for birthdate - the DC has the correct date of death and date of burial - the death certificate was DELAYED, meaning filed after the death
Date of birth was reverse calculated using TimeandDate.com from the obituary
London Sentinel and The Mountain Echo newspaper, London, KY
Thursday 14 February 1918; Page 4, Column 4
BUNCH - Last Sunday morning, February 3, Mr. Jefferson Bunch died at his home of Bright's disease.
He was 75 years, 11 months and three days old; was born and raised in Whitley County near Williamsburg.
He was sick six weeks. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his death.
He was buried at River Hill Monday. The bereaved have the sympathy of all.
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Rootsweb KY death Index
Name: BUNCH, THOMAS J
Age: 73
County of Death: LAUREL
Date of Death: 28 February 1918*
KY Death Certificate #023-11261-1919
Because this was a DELAY filing, and the date of death has been entered as 28 February (the reverse calculated birthdate) it seems this is the correct person, it would be easy to confuse the birthdate with the date of death.
Date of birth was reverse calculated using TimeandDate.com from the obituary
London Sentinel and The Mountain Echo newspaper, London, KY
Thursday 14 February 1918; Page 4, Column 4
BUNCH - Last Sunday morning, February 3, Mr. Jefferson Bunch died at his home of Bright's disease.
He was 75 years, 11 months and three days old; was born and raised in Whitley County near Williamsburg.
He was sick six weeks. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his death.
He was buried at River Hill Monday. The bereaved have the sympathy of all.
-----------
Rootsweb KY death Index
Name: BUNCH, THOMAS J
Age: 73
County of Death: LAUREL
Date of Death: 28 February 1918*
KY Death Certificate #023-11261-1919
Because this was a DELAY filing, and the date of death has been entered as 28 February (the reverse calculated birthdate) it seems this is the correct person, it would be easy to confuse the birthdate with the date of death.
The KY Death Certificate and the obituary do not match up for birthdate - the DC has the correct date of death and date of burial - the death certificate was DELAYED, meaning filed after the death
Date of birth was reverse calculated using TimeandDate.com from the obituary
London Sentinel and The Mountain Echo newspaper, London, KY
Thursday 14 February 1918; Page 4, Column 4
BUNCH - Last Sunday morning, February 3, Mr. Jefferson Bunch died at his home of Bright's disease.
He was 75 years, 11 months and three days old; was born and raised in Whitley County near Williamsburg.
He was sick six weeks. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his death.
He was buried at River Hill Monday. The bereaved have the sympathy of all.
-----------
Rootsweb KY death Index
Name: BUNCH, THOMAS J
Age: 73
County of Death: LAUREL
Date of Death: 28 February 1918*
KY Death Certificate #023-11261-1919
Because this was a DELAY filing, and the date of death has been entered as 28 February (the reverse calculated birthdate) it seems this is the correct person, it would be easy to confuse the birthdate with the date of death.
Date of birth was reverse calculated using TimeandDate.com from the obituary
London Sentinel and The Mountain Echo newspaper, London, KY
Thursday 14 February 1918; Page 4, Column 4
BUNCH - Last Sunday morning, February 3, Mr. Jefferson Bunch died at his home of Bright's disease.
He was 75 years, 11 months and three days old; was born and raised in Whitley County near Williamsburg.
He was sick six weeks. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his death.
He was buried at River Hill Monday. The bereaved have the sympathy of all.
-----------
Rootsweb KY death Index
Name: BUNCH, THOMAS J
Age: 73
County of Death: LAUREL
Date of Death: 28 February 1918*
KY Death Certificate #023-11261-1919
Because this was a DELAY filing, and the date of death has been entered as 28 February (the reverse calculated birthdate) it seems this is the correct person, it would be easy to confuse the birthdate with the date of death.
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