Buena Vista County, IA
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1870 Mortality Schedule - Buena Vista County

1 June 1870

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Barnes Township

Name

Age

Sex

Race

Place of Birth

Month of Death

Occupation

Cause of Death

Peterson, Peter Ole

5/12

M

W

Wisconsin

August

 

Cholera Infantile

Shermon, Herman

4

M

W

Illinois

March

 

Dropsy of Heart

 

Brooks Township

Name

Age

Sex

Race

Place of Birth

Month of Death

Occupation

Cause of Death

Marble, Edith

1/2 FW IowaNovember   Whooping Cough

Johnson, Rosa B

17 FW Pennsylvania December Housekeeping Typhoid Fever
 

Coon Township

Name

Age

Sex

Race

Place of Birth

Month of Death

Occupation

Cause of Death

C?sh???, Jacob 77 M W Massachusetts February Farmer Consumption
Humphrey, Jessie 3/12   W Iowa June   Cholera Infantum
McCormmick, David 19 M W Wisconsin November Farm Laborer Accidental Gun shot
Tierney, Ellen ? 7/12F WIowa September   Cholera Infantum
 

Lee Township

Name

Age

Sex

Race

Place of Birth

Month of Death

Occupation

Cause of Death

?, Frank5 MW  Maine OctoberCongestion of lungs
Spooner, Frank 35F WNew York November Keeping house P??p??l Fever
H?sla, Sten??? 37M WNorway July Farmer Drowned
Reng, Othelia L 1F WMinnesota January  Scarlet Fever
Sanderson, Franklin 18M wWisconsin May Farm Laborer Accidental Gun Shot
 

Nokomis Township

Name

Age

Sex

Race

Place of Birth

Month of Death

Occupation

Cause of Death

Benton, Clara A 2/12F WIowa August  Whooping Cough
Mathew, Margaret ?F WCanada June  Cholera Infantum
 

Poland Township

Name

Age

Sex

Race

Place of Birth

Month of Death

Occupation

Cause of Death

Hoskins, Charles A 2M WIowa April  Measles
Ponsor, Therressa Ellen 3F WSweden July   Impure Vaccination


Remarks: Ellen Ponsor came to New York City from Sweden, was here vaccinated. Her arm swelled badly and mortification set in causing death.

 

Storm Lake Township

Name

Age

Sex

Race

Place of Birth

Month of Death

Occupation

Cause of Death

Sandorsky, Albert S

 

2

 

M

 

W

 

Iowa

 

August

 

 

 

Inflammation of B (cut off)


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