His death certificate records Thomas Pollitt, age 78, born 1840 in Kentucky, died 26 Jan 1918 in Fleming Co., Ky, farmer, father Thomas Pollitt, mother’s maiden name Nancy Mineer, both born in Ky, cause of death chronic interstitial nephritis, informant Commodore Pollitt, Vanceburg, Ky, burial in Foxport.

The marital status section has checkmarks by both widowed and married. I take this to mean that he had been widowed, remarried, and his second wife survives. It is unlikely to mean that he is currently widowed, because everyone widowed was once married.

Note that there was also a Thomas Alexander Pollitt in Lewis Co., born 10 Sep 1825, died 18 Nov 1895, son of Robert Pollitt, who married Eliza DeAtley, and had children Charles, William H, John Franklin, Laura Belle, Lucy A, Richard Presley, Emma, and Milton. So be careful not to confuse the two families.