Aug 8, 2007 from Tim Hudson,
o The information on Palestine's death certificate was given by her sister, Sarah E. Youngblood Everett, and it stated that Palestine died of breast cancer. Dr. C.C. Colvin signed the death certificate, and he reported that she suffered from breast cancer for 1 year and six months.
o Sarah Youngblood Everett gave Palestine's date of birth as 12 July 1865, putting her life at 50 years, 10 months, and 13 days. If correct, father Abraham must have come home briefly on furlough in November 1864 from the Confederate Army in order for mother Caroline to have conceived Palestine in that month. We know that he received leave for 30 days beginning 15 January 1865, but I believe it virtually impossible that a child born after only six months would have survived in that era.
o Palestine's granddaugher-in-law Arelia (Shorty) Breed gave me dates on Plaestine of (26 July 1864 - 21 Aug 1914). Clearly this death date is incorrect, as shown by her death certificate. I am at a loss as to which date of birth to accept, but considerind the incorrect death date Mrs Breeed had in her records, this birth date also seems questionable. The 1900 census provides no help, but it gives her date of birth as July 1868, clearly mistaken. The 1880 census seems the best evidence that her death certificate contained the correct date of birth, for on 9 June 1880, it gave her age as 14.