Death Certificate - John Ammon Taylor

Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, Entry no. 79583, John Ammon Taylor death certificate, 19 February 1921; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 2 February 2012); Series no. 81448.

Transcript:

1 Place of Death County or Precinct or City  /  no.  /  ward	Weber Ogden  /  640 22nd Street (4th Ward)
2 Full Name Residence No. / St. Length of residence in city or town where death occurred (yrs. mos. ds) How long in U.S., if foreign birth?	John Ammon Taylor 640 22nd Street (4th Ward) 4 years
3 Sex	Male
4 Color or Race	White
5 Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced If Married, Widowed, or divorced, Husband of (or) wife of	Married Hannah Poulson
6 Date of Birth	February 18, 1846
7 Age	75 yrs. 0 mos. 1 ds.
8 Occupation	Farmer
9 Birthplace (City or town)	Texas
(State or Country)
10 Name of Father	John Taylor
11 Birthplace of Father (State or Country)	Pennsilvania
12 Maiden Name of Mother	Hannah Berkatt
13 Birthplace of Mother (State or Country)	Kentucke
14 Informant	Elmer A. Taylor
Address
15 Filed / Registrar	Feb 3 1921  /  R Wilson
16 Date of Death	February 19, 1921
17 I hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Feb 9, 1921 to Feb 19, 1921 that I last saw him alive on Feb 18, 1921 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 1:20 AM. The Cause of Death was as follows: Apoplexy  Duration: 10 ds.
18 Where was the disease contracted if not at place of death? Did an operation precede death? Was there an autopsy? What was the confirmed diagnosis? (Signed), M.D. Date/Address	No, -- No -- (signed) Feb 19, 1921 / Ogden, Utah
19 Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal      Date of Burial	Plain City Cemetary Feby 22, 1921
20 Undertaker      Address	[Ija] Lindquist Ogden, Utah
21 Registered No.	2656
22 no of Burial or Removal Permit	2719

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Interesting: 

• John died one day after his 75th birthday.
• Listed as married but his wife died in 1916, according to his gravestone.
• His parents birthplaces, in addition to being misspelled, are inverted, maybe. His census records list his Father from Kentucky and his mother from Pennsylvania.
• ETA - According to Midge - "Apoplexy is the same as a stroke. Test confirming diagnosis looks like paralysis. They had few tests available to them back then but paralysis either complete or one sided is classic. More of a symptom than a test but I think that is what it says."