The family story is that my gg grandfather died in a blizzard Dec of 1899 in Pondera County. When they found him three days later he was frozen in a sitting position and the sheep he had been tending had eaten off his beard.
I am looking for documentation for this story.
Also I am looking for his grave and a death record.

He was married to Delphine "Della" Pitt Herald, she is buried in Forsyth.