State of Tennessee
State Board of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death #17529
1. Place of Death
County Rhea
Civil Dist. 2
Reg. Dist. No. 731 File No. 48
Village Spring City Primary Reg. Dist. No. 44604
or
City Tenn
2. Full Name James Calvin Giles
3. Sex Male
4. Color or race White
5. Single, Widowed
married,
widowed,
or divorced
6. Date of birth Sep 23 - 1844
7. Age 87 yrs., 10 mos. 25 ds.
8. Occupation Farmer
9. Birthplace Tennessee
10. Name of Father William Giles
11. Birthplace of Father Tennessee
12. Name of Mother Peggy Hensley
13. Birthplace of Mother Tennessee
14. Informant J. G. Miller
Address Spring City, Tenn
15. Filed 8-20-32 T. A. Wick
16. Date of death Aug 17, 1932
17. I hereby certify, That I attended deceased from
Feb 1932 to Aug 17, 1932,
that I last saw him alive on Aug 17, 1932
and that death occurred on the date stated above at ___ M.
The cause of death was as follows:
Abscess of the bowels
Contributory: age
Signed: J.D. Lindsey, M.D.
8-18-1932, Spring City
18. Length of residence
19. Place of burial or removal - Spring City Cemetery, Aug 18, 1932
20. Undertaker I. J. Coulter Co., Spring City, Tenn.
James Calvin Giles was the second husband of my third great grandmother Dica Ann (Dicy) Smith. Dicy's first husband was my third great grandfather Jacob England who died in the Civil War.
The informant Isaac Jerry (Jerry) Miller was the son of Isaac L. Miller and Nancy Mae (Nannie) Giles. As such, Jerry Miller was the grandson of Calvin Giles and Dicy Smith.