Adams County, Iowa

Stillbirths
1921-1947

Source: State Historical Society of Iowa, State Archives, Deaths, Stillbirths, Adams County, 1921-1947
Name of Baby
Father's Name
Mother's Name
Date
Place
Burial
Comments
Falconer, Opal Marie Falconer, Paul G. Reichardt, Ida Anna 10/20/1921 Corning, Quincy twp.
McGreggor, Chas William McGreggor, Sewell Rogers, Mary E. 2/19/1922 Prescott, Union twp.
Smith, Male Smith, Ernest A. Query, Amy 3/15/1922 Jasper twp.
Cody, Male Cody, Delmar F. Bycroft, Ellen M. 4/7/1922 Mercer twp.
Watts, Male Watts, Chas Vaughn, May 5/3/1922 Nodaway twp.
James, Robert S. James, Perry Andrew Williams, Martha B. 9/11/1922 Corning, Quincey twp.
Kosar, Lois Marie Kosar James Blazek, Clara 9/24/1922 Colony twp.
Ellenwood, Jack Junior Ellenwood, R. Jack Abbey, Verna B. 5/21/1923 Corning RR#3, Worthington twp.
David, Grace Luciel David, David C. Howell, Ella Marie 8/21/1923 Prescott R.F.D., Union twp.
Dory, Doris Dory, Leslie Randall, Bertha 1/15/1924 Union twp.
Rowland, Male Rowland, Arthur Sparr, Mary 5/22/1924 Colony twp.
Wilkinson, Male Wilkinson, Marion Patton, Ruth 2/25/1924 Nodaway twp.
Givan, Ellen Pearl Givan, Albert R. Simpson, Elpha P. 3/8/1924 Prescott R.F.D.
Brown, Lucy May Brown, Charles J. Stevenson, Lucy C. 7/16/1924 Union twp.
Mikkelsen, Male Mikkelsen, Arthur Michael Reichow, Charlotte Paige 8/2/1924 Corning, Quincy twp.
Kralik, Male twin [s] Kralik, William Starry, Emma 9/4/1924 Colony twp. Stillborn at 6 mo., unable to determine if this was twin boys, or single boy
Sullivan, Joseph Charles Sullivan, Daniel Fecht, Florence F. 9/25/1924 Corning R.F.D., Mercer twp.
Allbaugh, Lizzie Belle Allbaugh, W. A. Leonard, Martha Jane 1/12/1925 Kent, Grant twp.
Chamberlin, Male Chamberlain, Ovid L. Noone, Ella M. 4/11/1925 Corning, Quincy twp.
Thompson, Carl Eugene Thompson, Forist V. Sterling, T. Florence 4/1/1925 Washington twp.
Vanderhoof, Female Vanderhoof, Dewey George Bailey, Georgia A. 4/2/1925 Quincy twp.
Hanson, Otto Dean Hanson, Otto B. Schofroth, Elizabeth C. 5/12/1925 Prescott, Union twp. Twin, born first
Hanson, Margery Mae Hanson, Otto B. Schofroth, Elizabeth C. 5/12/1925 Prescott, Union twp. Twin, born second
Boswell, Charles Everett Boswell, Elmer E. Steadman, Myrtle E. 5/15/1925 Washington twp.
Bixler, Hilda Bixler, S. Erle Smith, Grace M. 7/2/1925 Douglas twp.
Female Lopez, Manuel Williams, Reva R. 7/23/1925 Quincy twp.
Female Sink, John Henry Coulthard, Nellie May 9/24/1925 Washington twp.
Rogers, Ivan Russell Rogers, Harry K. Hickman, Dora E. 10/4/1925 Washington twp.
Mosman, Male Mosman, Ted C. Hill, Katie A. 1/28/1926 Lincoln twp.
Pettingill, Male Pettingill, Everett Palmer, Buena A. 4/20/1926 [ink blot]
Riley, Male Riley, Clyde A. Casey, Clara Louisa 7/23/1926 Mercer twp.
Eckels, Lois Vernielle Eckels, Warren E. Huxtable, Eleanor H. 8/16/1926 Grant twp.
Woosley, Bertha Woosley, Elliot Draper, Bertha 11/28/1926 Grant twp.
Wheeler, Arthur Thomas Wheeler, R. Lisle Runyon, Nellie M. 11/10/1926 Jasper twp.
Kenyston, Male Kenyston, Edward Johnson, Nola 2/27/1927 Brooks, Jasper twp.
Anderson, Julienne Anderson, Carl Bissel, Nellie Grace 8/26/1927 Colony twp.
James, Female James, Milton P. Sage, Benna E. 9/28/1927 Jasper twp. 2¾ lbs.
Botkin, Gale Elmer Botkin, Elmer J. Gale, Ruby 12/4/1927 Union twp. 9½ lbs.
Olson, Wilma Olson, G. C. Perks, Emma R. 7/14/1928 Douglas twp. Twin, 2nd in order of birth
Mitchell, Male Mitchell, Orville Buenton, Agnes 10/15/1928 Nodaway twp.
Thompson, Lula Maxnie Thompson, Roy L. Selby, Susa E. 1/10/1929 Quincy twp.
Landrus, Charles Edward Landrus, Roy E. Howard, Eunice P. 2/17/1929 Carbon, Douglas twp.
McGregor, Billy Rogers McGregor, Sewall Rogers, Mary 3/16/1929 Prescott village
Myers, Male Myers, Arnold E. Lawrence, Ella 4/14/1929 Douglas twp.
McQuaid, Male McQuaid, Barney Carr, Sarah 4/21/1929 Jasper twp.
Selby, Mary Ellen Selby, Earle A. Hendery, Alice P. 5/23/1929 Nodaway village
Geary, Gail Lee, male Geary, Jesse Lee Scott, Mabel 6/26/1929 Quincy twp.
Kirkpatrick, Ellsworth Kirkpatrick, Charles Chris Hyde, Mabel E. 8/4/1929 Lincoln twp.
Loch, Female Loch, John Jefferson Lawrence, Mary Ann 8/3/1929 Quincy twp. 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Brown, Female Brown, Roland William Freilinger, Catharine Helen 9/30/1929 Douglas twp. Premature, 4½ or 5 mo. gestation; cause: unknown
Mitchell, Female Mitchell, Orville Brenton, Agnes 2/3/1930 Douglas twp.
Lauber, Male Lauber, Louis Leo Strong, Dorothy Fern 4/15/1930 Corning, Quincy twp. Premature, 7 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Cipra, Joe Junior Cipra, Joe Edward Means, Hazel Pearl 7/3/1930 Prescott village 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Contracted Pelvis
Calvin, Male Calvin, Arthur Lowe, Laura 7/4/1930 Grant twp. 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Cerebral hemorrhage
Brokaw, Male Brokaw, Charles Walter Jones, Annetta Mae 10/10/1930 Grant twp. Premature; 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause of stillbirth: don't know; stillborn; born alive at 7am
Chalmers, George Scott Chalmers, Charles Lincoln, Edna Fern 10/27/1930 Corning [Transcription note: certificate used to report this stillbirth was not the correct one, thus little information was asked for]
James, Male James, David Earl Gearheart, Velma May 2/14/1932 Corning, Quincy twp. Full term; 9 mo gestation; died during labor; cause: Prolonged labor; operative: Podalic delivery
Inman, Hazel Lavon Inman, Ervin Campbell, Velma 6/12/1932 Quincy twp. Full term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Difficult Labor; operative: Inst. [instrument]
Simmons, Female Simmons, Basil Gilbert Stout, Lucile Marion 6/13/1932 Corning, Quincy twp. Full term; 8 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Peterson, Norman Milfred Peterson, A. Norman Perks, R. Violet 2/19/1933 Carbon, Douglas twp. Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Breech Presentation
Erskines, Glenn Eugene Erskines, Caleb Geary, Marie 2/12/1933 Corning Premature; 8 mo. gestation; died 3 days before labor; cause: knot in cord
Strait, Male Strait, Donald Robert Morris, Mildred Lucile 3/23/1934 Corning, Quincy twp. Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; cause: unknown
Bartholoue, Carl Jean Bartholoue, Orville R. Davis, Harriet 4/22/1934 Corning, Quincy twp. Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; cause: Compressed cord
Dray, Female Day, Clark W. Jett, Nellie M. 10/10/1934 Douglas twp. Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; pedalis version during labor; cause: undetermined
Jenkins, Paul Allison Jenkins, Sterling A. Findley, Izola D. 3/4/1935 Corning, Jasper twp. Premature; 6 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Don't know
Hartley, Clarence Howard Hartley, William Fay Arnold, Ella H. 5/12/1935 Cromwell, Union twp. Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: asphyxiation
Steadman, Male Steadman, Chester Leroy Enders, Lillian Rose 5/19/1935 Nodaway Premature; 8 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Snyder, Male Snyder, Carl Willis Jenkins, Mary 12/14/1935 Corning, Quincy twp. Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; Full breech position; cause: unknown
Allen, Leroy Fredrick Allen, Elmer Leroy Button, Velma 2/17/1936 Prescott twp. Premature; 7½ mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: monstrosity [Transcription note: following the cause is a scribbled word in parenthesis)
Stueckradt, Male Stueckradt, Glen Burton Miller, Ruth Darlene 5/24/1936 Corning, Quincy twp. Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; operative: changing full breech
Knapp, Martha Lou Knapp, Thomas Marvin Hudnet, Velma E. 6/7/1936 Nodaway, Douglas twp Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: arm under chin, cord wrapped around arm and neck
Brown, Clarisa Irene Brown, Bert C. Ramsey, Mildred M. 8/9/1936 Mt. Etna, Washington twp. Full-term; 10 mo. gestation; died during labor; operative: Forceps
Richardson, Male Richardson, Lloyd Foley, Helen 10/11/1936 Grant twp. Full-term; operative: narrow pelvis mid forcep
Tucker, Glenn Jr. Tucker, Glenn Moore, Ruth 12/28/1936 Nodaway Full-term; cause: dead 2 wks before birth
Crouse, Joy Lou Crouse, Louis Brown, Nellie 1/6/1937 Corning Full-term; died before labor; cause: multiple placental infarcts
Morris, Female Morris, Paul B. Corbin, Lillie W. 1/12/1937 Carbon, Douglas twp. Full-term; 8 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Dotson, Leila May Dotson, Clarence E. Roberts, Joy M. 6/7/1937 Corning, Lincoln twp. Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Goldsmith, Francis Alvin Goldsmith, Francis M. Purdum, M. Lucile 7/18/1937 Corning, Jasper twp. Premature; 33 week gestation; died before labor; cause: Over work
Watts, Female Watts, William Gibson, Gertrude 9/3/1937 Jasper twp. Premature; 5 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Allison, Female Allison, Robert Ray Douglas, Lelah Marie 1/17/1938 Washington twp Premature; 7 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Robison, Donald Robison, Datio J. Shad, Leona R. 11/24/1938 Carbon, Douglas twp. Twin; premature; 7 mo. gestation; 1st in order of delivery; died during labor; cause: Breech, delayed delivery of head. [Transcription note: unclear if 2nd twin survived]
Wiley, Marlin Lee Wiley, Virgil E. Diggs, Bella May 4/27/1939 Rural Jasper twp. Buried 4/28/39, Guss cemetery, [Taylor co., IA] 5½ mo. gestation; maternal: Had one previous child born prematurely at about same time, no fetal cause known
Ross, Emma Lou Ross, Clarence Page, Marie 9/6/1939 Nodaway twp. Buried 9/7/39, Prairie Rose cemetery 10 mo. gestation; died during delivery of head; complication: Breech presentation, prolapsed cord
Pepper, David Howard Pepper, Howard G. Lucas, Crissie 10/14/1939 rural Corning Buried 10/15/39, Corning, IA 8½ mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: none known
Riley, Katherine Kay Rile, Alber Warnock, Lulu 2/24/1940 rural Bridgewater, Washington twp Buried 2/25/40, Carl cemetery 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; faetus macerated at time of birth; cause: none apparent
Westlake, Lloyd William Westlake, Floyd Case, Helen 5/15/1940 Corning Buried 5/16/40, Prairie Rose cemetery Term pregnancy; died before labor; cause: knot in the umbilical cord, mother aware of lack of motion for 2 days
Johannes, Donald Dean Johannes, Harold Rogers, Mildred Fern 7/21/1940 rural Prescott Buried 7/22/40, Forest Hill cemetery 8 mo. gestation; died abt 2 days before labor; fetal cause: abrupta placenta, multiple infarcts of the placenta
Murphy, Frances Jean Murphy, Francis Lawrence, Betty Jean 8/6/1940 Corning, Quincy twp. Burial 8/7/40, Walnut Grove cemetery 6 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: none known
Myers, Willard Harvey Myers, Melvin M. Hossman, Florence M. 11/2/1940 rural Corning, Nodaway twp. [blank] 10 mo. gestation; died during delivery; operation: podallic forceps; cause: transfer presentation after coming head lodged
Reed, Jo Ann Reed, Earl E. Paul, Clara 3/29/1941 Corning, Quincy twp. Burial 3/29/41, Oak Hill cemetery 6 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: measles & cough
Everling, Ronald Lee Everling, Dollivar Gadies, Freda E. 4/2/1941 rural Cromwell, Colony twp. Burial 4/2/21, Nevinville, IA 8 mo. gestation; died before labor; complication: Albuminuria; cause: cord strangulation
Law, John Paul Law, Paul G. Wilson, Lereatha Viola 9/13/1941 Corning Burial 9/14/41, Evergreen cemetery 9 mo. gestation; died about 2 days before labor; complication: pyelitis last week of pregnancy; operation: footling extraction; cause: asphyxia, cord about neck 4 times
Woolsey, Male Woosley, Melvin Glenn Neely, Eva Elizabeth 1/13/1942 rural Kent, Grant twp. Burial 1/13/42, Lenox cemetery 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: hydrocephalis
Hoffman, William LeRoy Hoffman, Thomas E. Thompson, Viola M. 11/1/1942 rural Nodaway Burial 11/2/42, Quincy 9 lunar mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: mother had flu, I arrived just after birth
Dueling, Nancy Marie Dueling, Clarence Benjamin Thompson, Jaunita Louise 1/19/1945 Brooks, Jasper twp. Burial 1/1945, Quincy cemetery 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: cord knotted around neck and cut off circulation
Armagost, Robert Franklin Armagost, Robert Casey, Wilma Doris 2/8/1946 Home of Clifford Casey, rural Corning, Mercer twp. Burial 2/10/46, Lenox, IA 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: Strangulated cord
Notes: Transcribed by S. Ferrall, Sept. 2025 for IAGenWeb
~Source: State Historical Society of Iowa, State Archives, Deaths, Stillbirths, Adams County, 1921-1947 (online at familysearch.org)

~Important notes:
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