His death certificate records Dave Florence, age 78 years, born in Kentucky, birthdate blank, died 23 Nov 1918 in Farmers, Rowan Co., Ky, farmer, married, father James Florence, birthplace don’t know, mother’s maiden name don’t know, born in Harrison Co., Ky, cause of death acute nephritis, informant J. W. Florence, Cynthiana, Ky, burial in Cynthiana, Ky.

His name and the birth year 1842 are on a double gravestone for him and his wife Polly Ann in the Republican Christian Church Cemetery in Buena Vista, but the death date is blank. It was apparently erected when Polly Ann died, and never updated when he did.

Her death certificate records Malinda W. Florence, age 40 years 8 months 7 days, born 4 July 1880 in Kentucky, died 11 Mar 1921 in Farmers, Rowan Co., Ky, widowed, father Geo W. Moore, born in Virginia, mother’s maiden name Ruthie Jane Gahart, born in Kentucky, cause of death tuberculosis of lungs, informant Val Moore, Farmers, Ky, burial in Moore Graveyd.

Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 7, p. 536, records the marriage on 27 Feb 1912 of David Florence and Malinda Moore.