Document F.274 · death certificate · transcription: verbatim
Illinois Standard Certificate of Death no. 3535, Buckhart Twp, Christian Co., Illinois, filed 4 Jan 1917 — Clara Bell Hedden, born Kansas 20 Oct 1887, died 4 Jan 1917; parents John Field of Kentucky and Cara Cooper of New Jersey; buried Stafford, Kansas.
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People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Bell Hedden | deceased | birth: 20 Oct 1887, Kansas death: 4 Jan 1917, Buckhart Township, Christian Co., Illinois burial: 7 Jan 1917, Stafford, Kansas occupation: House wife |
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| John Field | father | birth: Kentucky |
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| Cara Cooper | mother | candidate | |
| A. R. Hedden | informant | ||
| C. S. Stokes | registrar |
What this document records
Enumerated
True
Note
The reason this certificate is in the catalog is item 12–13: the decedent's mother is "Cara Cooper", born New Jersey. See the body.
Transcription and notes
Data from the document [verbatim]
STATE OF ILLINOIS — Standard Certificate of Death, registered no. 3535. County Christian. Township or Road Dist. Buckhart.
Full name Clara Bell Hedden. Sex F. Age 30 yrs 2 mos 15 da. 8. Occupation: House wife. 9. Birthplace: Kansas. 10. NAME OF FATHER: John Field 11. BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER: Kentucky 12. MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER: Cara Cooper 13. BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER: New Jersey 14. Informant A. R. Hedden, Stonington Ills. 15. Filed 1-4-17, C. S. Stokes, Registrar. 19. Place of burial: Stafford [Kansas].
Date of birth 20 Oct 1887 and burial date 7 Jan 1917 are the FamilySearch index's readings of fields not fully inside the crop.
Why this certificate matters
[J.232], [p.1945] Levi H. Cooper's 1909 death notice, says he died "at her home Southeast of Stafford" — the home of his daughter Mrs. John Field — and names her no further.
[D.587]'s 1870 Illinois sheet, read on 2026-09-05, gives Levi a daughter Carrie, 5, born New Jersey (so b. ~1865), who is absent from the 1880 household.
This certificate names a "Cara Cooper", born New Jersey, married to a John Field, whose daughter was born in Kansas in 1887 and buried at Stafford, Kansas. Every element of the 1870 sheet's Carrie and of the 1909 notice's Mrs. John Field is present in one document.
The identification is a claim and does not live here — it belongs to [p.1945] and [name.541]. The certificate itself says only what is quoted above.
It does NOT name Cara Cooper's father
Which is the thing the whole thread wants. An Illinois death certificate records the decedent's parents, not the decedent's grandparents. Cara/Carrie's own death record would name Levi. The Find A Grave index carries a Carrie Elizabeth Field, 1865–1944, at "Stafford Cemetery, Camden, Georgia" — the same mis-indexed Stafford, Kansas cemetery [J.232] and [J.233] identified.
Next
- Carrie Elizabeth (Cooper) Field's own death record, Kansas 1944 — Kansas registration
began 1911, and the certificate asks for the decedent's father's name and birthplace. That
would name Levi and close [p.1945]'s
probableparentage question from the other side. - Her Find A Grave memorial at Stafford Cemetery, Stafford, Kansas.
- A Kansas marriage record, John Field × Carrie Cooper, before Oct 1887 — Stafford or Mitchell Co. Marriage returns of that period name the bride's father.
- John Field, b. Kentucky — his own records, and the 1900/1910 Stafford Co. censuses of the household.