"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66N-RFQ : accessed 16 November 2015), William J Lotz in household of Martin Lotz, Breckenridge, Caldwell, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 177, sheet 281C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0676; FHL microfilm 1,254,676.
Death Certificate: Missouri State Death Certificate [State File No. 61-002170, Reg. Dist. No. 187(?), Primary Reg. Dist. 3040, Registrar's No. 30] http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1961/1961_00002170.PDF
Find A Grave: Memorial #15032781 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15032781
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