Death Certificate
Name: William Baxter Horner
Date/Place of death: Dec. 2, 1947, Camden Clark Memorial Hospital, Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV
Residence: 1030 Lynn St., Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV
Veteran: Spanish-American
male, white, married
Spouse: Elizabeth C. Horner, age 56
Date/Place of birth: Nov. 22, 1874, Tyler Co., WV
Age: 73y 0m 10d
Occupation: retired B. & O. R. R. conductor
Father: Leander Horner, b. WV
Mother: Sarah J. Bumgardner, b. WV
Informant: Mrs. W. B. Horner, Parkersburg, WV
Cause of death: coronary thrombosis
Date/Place of burial: Dec. 6, 1947, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV

He is named Baxter Horner on his gravestone, which indicates he was a private in the !st WV Infantry during the Spanish American War.