From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Oaks.Elizabeth.1923.Garrard-Pulaski.DEATH Elizabeth Oaks January 19, 1923 Garrard-Pulaski County KyArchives Death Name: Oaks, Elizabeth Date Of Death: January 19, 1923 Time: 5 a.m. Place Of Death: Garrard County, Kentucky Residence: Not specified Gender: Female Race: W Age: 76 Marital Status: Widowed Spouse: Not specified, Not specified Date Of Birth: May 4, 1846 Place Of Birth: Pulaski [County, Kentucky] Mother's Name: Curtley, Pemelia [sic] Mother's Birthplace: Pulaski Father's Name: Vanhook, Ben F. [sic] Father's Birthplace: Pulaski Cause Of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis Hospital: None specified SS Number: None specified Occupation: House Keeper Funeral Home: J.A. Beazley, Lancaster Doctor: J.B. Kinnaird, Lancaster, Kentucky Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Ben Oaks, Lancaster, Kentucky Date Of Burial: January 21, 1923 Place Of Burial: Stanford, Kentucky Date Recorded: January 1923 Source Of Record: Kentucky Registrar of Vital Statistics, Certified Copy Certificate No.: 1053 Submitted by: Tanya Curtis aunttata@netzero.net Additional Comments: Elizabeth Vanhook was born to Benjamin Lorton Vanhook and Permelia Unknown [her surname is specified in records as both Hicks and Curtley/Kirtley] in either Pulaski or Rockcastle County, Kentucky. On 4 January 1866, at the home of her father Benjamin Lorton Vanhook in Pulaski County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Vanhook married James Thomas Oaks (Oakes), a son of Thomas Oaks and Elizabeth ("Bettie") Marcum (Markham). The couple had 11 children. The "Ben Oaks" identified as the informant on Elizabeth's death certificate is likely their eldest son, Benjamin Franklin Oaks. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/