Death cerificate says he was 65 years old - when he should have been 56

Benjamin Hite in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Benjamin Hite
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1863
Birth Place: Lunenburg Co., VA.
Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1891
Marriage Place: Brunswick, Virginia
Father: Pleasant Hite
Mother: Lucy
Spouse: Alice Elder

Ben Hite in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Ben Hite
Age: 40
Birth Date: Jun 1859
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Totaro, Brunswick, Virginia
Sheet Number: 2
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 22
Family Number: 23
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Allice Hite
Marriage Year: 1890
Years Married: 10
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Day Laborer
Months not employed: 0
Can Read: No
Can Write: No
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: R
Farm or House: H
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Household Members:
Name Age
Ben Hite 40
Allice Hite 30
John W Hite 8
Edmond Hite 5
Ben Hite 3
Jogerson Hite 11/12

Benjamine Hite in the 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Benjamine Hite
[Benjamin Hite]
Age in 1910: 45
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Totaro, Brunswick, Virginia
Street: South Of The Plank Road From Grandy To Charley Hope Va
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Work On Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: No
Able to Write: No
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
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Household Members:
Name Age
Benjamine Hite 45
John W Hite 17
Edmond Hite 15
Benjamine Hite Jr. 12
Jogison Hite 9
Mary Hite 50

Alice passed away before 1910 and sister Mary came to live with him, obstensively to help raise the children

His son John Wesley signed his death certificate July 25th 1919 - Aortic regurgitation - heart attack