Her death certificate records Margaret Florence, age 55 years 9 months 4 days, born 16 Apr 1863 in Indiana, died 20 Jan 1919 in Buena Vista, Bryantsville precinct, Garrard Co., Ky, married, father Geo Fookes, mother’s maiden name Sallie Kurnes, both born in Ky, cause of death lobar pneumonia, informant Dora Florence, Buena Vista, Ky, burial in Spring Hill Cemetery.

The reported birth date is probably off by two years; she was recorded as age 10 in the 1870 census (but not at all in the 1860 census), as age 19 in the 1880 census, and as age 49 in the 1910 census. (The 1900 census is very off, reporting her as age 28 born Jan 1872.)