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.