Death certificate shows 21 Sep 1859 as the DOB. Headstone on his grave shows 22 Oct 1872 as the DOB. Both of these dates are incorrect (as corroborated by several census records). Exact DOB is uncertain; however October 1861 is the likely birth month.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS4Q-97D : 11 October 2018), A. M. Varnell, 11 Dec 1931; Death, Bradley, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
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