His death certificate records Wm Staton, age 76 years 5 months 10 days, born 28 Feb 1841 in Ky, died 7 Aug 1917 in Bath Co., Ky, married, farmer, father James Staton, mother’s maiden name Mary Traylor, both born in Ky, cause of death mitral insufficiency, informant W. R. Razor, Salt Lick, Ky, burial in Polksville graveyard.

Her son Samuel’s “Memories”44 gives her date of birth on page 1 as July 9, 1854 and on page 3 as July 9, 1853. The 1860 census lists her as 5, which is more consistent with the 1854 date, and the 1870 census lists her as age 17, which is more consistent with the 1853 date. But since Thompson and Harriett were married in August 1853, the 1854 date is surely more accurate.

Her death certificate records Ellen Staton, age 69 years 10 months 14 days, born 9 July 1854 in Ky, died 25 May 1924 in Salt Lick, Bath Co., Ky, father Thompson Alfrey, mother’s maiden name Harriet Jones, both born in Ky, cause of death pulmonary tuberculosis, informant Wm Black, Salt Lick, Ky, burial in Jones graveyard.