His death certificate records HIram T. Royse, age 82, born 20 June 1829 in Rowan, died 24 July 1911 in Fleming Co., Ky, widowed, miller, father Benjamin Royse, mother’s maiden name Nancy Lee, both born in Rowan Co., Ky, cause of death senility followed by chronic dysentery, informant M. T. Boyd, Hillsboro, Ky, burial in Hillsboro.

(Rowan County was not formed until the summer of 1856. The birthplace references are presumably to the area around Triplett and Hilda that was part of Fleming Co. until it became part of Rowan Co. at that time.)