His death certificate records Charles McCleese, age 79, born 1847 in Ky, died 31 July 1925 in Tannery, Lewis Co., Kentucky, farmer, married, father Marshall McCleese, birth place not known, mother’s maiden name and birth place not known, cause of death pulmonary tuberculosis, informant Mace Lewis, Tannery, burial in Carter Co.

The informant Mace Lewis is Fleming Mason Lewis, husband of Charles’ daughter Missouri.

Her death certificate records Sarah McCleese, age 81 years 17 days, born 12 Aug 1847 in Ky, died 29 Aug 1928 in Grassy precinct, Lewis Co., Kentucky, widowed, father Geo. Stamper, mother’s maiden name Kathrine Dyer, both born in Kentucky, cause of death chronic dysentery, informant Marion Stamper, Shoup, Ky, burial in Laurel Cemetery.

She is buried next to her first husband Thomas Stafford, under the name Sarah E. Stafford.

1920 census of Lewis Co., Ky, Laurel precinct, enumerated 14 Jan, lists on p. 3A as family #38:
McCleese, Charles, 73, b. Ky Ky Va, farmer; Sarah E., wife, 72, b. Ky Ky Ky.