List of Mortality for Monona, Ia 1858

MATTHEWS, MCNAMARA, BUKER, SHERMAN, DEMARES, COFFEE, WAUGH, MCCULLOCH, ROCK, MONTOUR

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Date: 7/13/2020 at 17:14:10

Clayton County Journal, Garnavillo, Iowa, Tuesday, May 17th, 1859

List of mortality in that township and the cause of the death during the year 1858

Mortality

Monona contain 1,000 inhabitants; the prevailing disease in 1858 was consumption, the whole number of death was twelve. The following list shows the name, age &c., of the deceased parties:

Jan. 8th, Ezekiel Matthews, aged 34 years, of Typhoid Fever.
March 25th. G. W. McNamara, aged 38 years, of Erysipelas.
May 2nd, Ava, daughter of Wm. and – Buker, aged 2 years, 10 mos., of Paralysis.
May 7th, Minerva Sherman, wife of F. W. Sherman, aged 46 years; Heart Disease.
May 11th, John Demares, aged 33 years, of Pleurisy.
About July 5th, Patrick Coffee, aged 32 years, drowned while bathing.
July 29, Harriet Waugh, daughter of George R. and Philena Waugh, aged 10 years; Consumption.
Aug. 16, Very suddenly, Mrs. Sarah Winters, aged 67 years; Cholera Morbus.
Sept. 3d. Mrs. Jane McCulloch, aged about 32 years, wife of James McCulloch, Consumption
Nov. 16, Mr. Le Grand Olmstead, aged 61, Consumption.
Nov. 29th, Mrs. Vahna Rock, aged about 30, Consumption.
Dec. 12, Margaret, daughter of Peter Montour, aged 15; Consumption.