Clayton co IAGenWeb - Death Records

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No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
69	9/19/84	Louisa Leske Female, white	92y 3m 2d [blank]	9/10/84 11 p.m.	[blank]	German Germany	31 yrs	Strawberry Point Iowa Adynamic	[blank] [blank]	Richland township Delaware Co. [blank]	A. Leyh Elkader Ia
small handwritten notation immediately follows the above entry: "Begin here for next report"
70	10/3/84	Rachel Gregor Female, white	13y 2m	7/23/84 [blank]		[blank] Marion Clayton Co Ia	[blank]	Marion Iowa Diphtheria	[blank] one week	Marion church 7/26/84	L.B. Mattow Elgin Ia
71	10/3/84	Martin Gregor Male, white	5y 7m	7/31/84 [blank]		[blank] Marion Ia	[blank]	Marion Clayton Co Diphtheria	[blank] 8 days	Marion church 8/1/84	L.B. Mattow Elgin Ia
72	10/15/84	J.P. Curtis Male, white	38y Pedler	8/2/84 2 p.m.	Single	American [blank]	[blank]	Clayton Co. Poor House Typhoid feaver	[blank] 3 or 4 weeks	C.C. Poor farm 8/3/84	F.M. Moore Elkader Iowa
73	10/15/84	Peter Markerd Male, white	64y 5m 14d Laborer	8/26/84 6 p.m.	Single	German Germany	[blank]	Clayton co. poor house Asthma	[blank] [blank]	C.C. Poor farm 8/-/84	F.M. Moore Elkader Iowa
74	10/28/84	John Mahoney Male, white	75y Farmer	10/19/84 8 p.m.	Married	Irish Ireland	38 yrs	Giard township Iowa Apoplexy	[blank] 10 hours	McGregor cemetery 10/21/84	C.E. Nichols Giard Iowa
-	10/30/84	Carl Herman Stickfort * Male, white	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]
75	11/10/84	Mary Ann Archer Smith Female, white	51y 6m 24d House Keeper	11/8/84 11 a.m.	[blank]	American Buffalo N.Y.	26 yrs	Volga City Iowa Cirrhosis of the liver	Ascities 8 weeks and 3 days	Volga City Iowa 10/10/84	J.H. Craig, Volga City Iowa Nov. 10, 1884
76	9/8/84	M. Winer Male, white	52y varius	9/8/84 10 a.m.	Married	German Germany	30 yrs	Jefferson township Iowa Suicide by shooting	[blank] [blank]	Guttenberg Iowa [blank]	[blank] Elkader Sept 8, 84
77	9/18/84	Nellie Whitford Female, white	1m 27d Infant	9/18/84 2 a.m.	Single	American Highland Twp	during life	Volga City Iowa Cholera Infantum	Diarrhea Ablaetorium [blank]	Volga City 9/18/84	J.H. Craig, Volga City Iowa
78	9/5/84	Thomas Leary Male, white	50y Laborer	8/29/84 12 ½ p.m.	Married	Irish Ireland	30 yrs	McGregor Clayton Co Ia Consumption	[blank] 6 months	McGregor 8/30/84	C.E. Nichols Giard Iowa
79	11/19/84	Oscar Anderegg Male, white	23y 2m 26d farmer	9/23/84 11 ½ p.m.	Single	[blank] Guttenberg Clayton Co Ia	23 yrs	Millville Twp Clayton Co Ia Heart disease	[blank] 8-10 days	Jefferson twp 10/25/84	Wm Haffbauer Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa

*Carl Herman Stickfort - entry is as typed above, he does not appear in the index and there is no explanation

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
80	11/26/84	Mores Marks Male, white	21y 5m 15d Book Keeper	9/10/84 12 M	Single	Jew Quincey Ill	two mo	McGregor Iowa Valvular disease of heart	[blank] five years	Graceland cem Chicago Ill 9/13/84	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
81	11/26/84	Hannah Regel Female, white	2y 2m 11d	7/31/84 * 1 p.m.	Single	German Clayton Co	since birth	Mendon township Clayton Co Convulsions	[blank] 24 hours	McGregor Iowa 10/30/84 *	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
82	11/28/84	Caleb M. Benzen Male, white	60y farmer	11/4/84 4 p.m.	Single	English Vermont	18 yrs	Cox Creek Delirium tremens	[blank] 8 days	Strawberry Point 11/6/84	A. Leyh Elkader Road
83	12/5/84	James McNeil Male, white	8m 8d	11/2/84 3 p.m.	Single	Irish Grand Meadow Twp	8m 8d	Grand Meadow Twp Clayton Co Cholera Infantum	[blank] about a month	Clermont 11/3/84	John Shepherd Postville Iowa
84	12/6/84	Effie Todd Female, white	17y 2m 1d Student	11/27/84 7 a.m.	Single	[blank] Highland Twp Clayton Co	17y	Highland Twp Malignant Typhus &c	[blank] ten days	Volga Ia Clayton Co 11/28/84	J.H. Craig Volga City Iowa
notation: "End of Thompson's work Change from hear"
85	1/14/85	Daniel F. Davis Male, white	30y Merchant	8/16/84 [blank]	Married	American Penn	19 yrs	Strawberry Point Iowa Fatty liver	[blank] [blank]	St. Pt. Iowa 8/18/84	S.N. Bixby Strawberry Point Ia
86	1/14/85	Carlie Blake Male *, white	[blank]	10/29/84 [blank]	[blank]	American N.Y.	[blank]	Strawberry Point Surgical operation by Prof W.F. Peck of Davenport Iowa for the removal of an ovarion Tumor *	[blank] [blank]	St. Pt. Iowa 10/31/84	S.N. Bixby Strawberry Point Ia
87	1/15/85	Stella Howard [blank]	22y	12/16/84 11 p.m.	Married	American California	12 yrs	Monona Purpusal Septisoina	[blank] 21 days	Monona Dec 19, 84	P.H. Sharp Monona Iowa
88	1/9/85	George Wm Wink O'Witch Male, white	3d	1/8/85 7 a.m.	Single	German Hardin Iowa	3 days	Hardin Clayton Co Iowa Not Known	[blank] [blank]	Farmersburg 1/9/85	John Shepherd Postville Iowa
89	1/28/85	Herman Reinhart Male, white	59y 7m 27d Shoemaker	1/15/85 11 p.m.	Widower	German Mechlenburg Warlaw	30 yrs	Guttenburg Iowa Pleuritis sicca chronica Asthemia Paralysis cardis	[blank] 2 years	Guttenburg 1/18/85	Herman J. Schirmer Guttenburg Iowa
90	2/3/85	Kenna Maria Biedermann Female, white	65y 3m 27d Informer	1/15/85 11 a.m.	Widow	Austrian Lehtenstein Austria	33 yrs	Guttenburg Iowa Old bronchial catarrh running into consumption	[blank] over 2 years	Guttenburg 1/18/85	Wm Hoffbaur Guttenburg Iowa

*notes:
record 81: dates typed as in record
record 86: sex typed as in record (sex does not 'fit' cause of death)

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
91	1/19/85	Wm Lawler Male, white	75y Labering	1/19/85 4 o'clock	Single	Irish Ireland	Not Known	Clayton County Insane Asylum Frozen and old age	[blank] [blank]	Elkader [blank]	[blank]
92	2/26/85	Mrs. Jennie Peterman Female, white	29y 23d housewife	2/11/85 2 a.m.	Married	American Pittsburg Penn	21 yrs	Highland twp Iowa Perfura hemorrhagia	Ascites one year	[blank] [blank]	C.C. Parker MD Fayette Iowa
93	2/26/85	Ephram P. Souvel Male, white	1y 6m	2/25/1885 2 p.m.	Single	American Clayton Co Iowa	[blank]	Clayton County Iowa Broncho Pneumonia	[blank] seven days	Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Feb 27, 85	C.E. Nichols MD Giard Iowa
94	2/22/85	Frank Rohwedder Male, white	64y Laborer	2/21/85 7:30 a.m.	Single	German Germany	[blank]	Clayton Co Poor House old age and general debility	[blank] [blank]	Clayton Co Poor farm 2/22/1885	Rudolph Gmelin Garnavillo Iowa
95	2/25/85	Elizabeth Winch Female, white	82y 8m 22d [blank]	2/11/85 3 a.m.	Single	German Prusia	30 yrs	Volga Twp Dropsy	[blank] forty two months	Ceres 2/15/85	Wm. Hoffbaur Guttenburg Iowa
96	1/14/85	C.G.P. Grasch Male, white	17y 14d farmer	1/7/85 8 ¼ p.m.	Single	German St. Bald	[blank]	St. Sebald Consumption	[blank] 8 weeks	St. Sebald 1/9/85	G.H. Frechlutt St. Sebald Iowa
97	3/30/85	Fred Youggan * Male, white	60y Laborer	12/5/84 [blank]	Married	German [blank]	2 yrs	Guttenberg Drowning accident	[blank] [blank]	Guttenberg 3/25/85	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Ia
98	3/30/85	Rev J. Clark * Male, white	80y Bible Agt	3/26/85 [blank]	[blank]	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	Farmersburg Twp Clayton Co Accidental drowning	[blank] [blank]	Delivered to friends who live at Hazelton	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa Clayton Co
99	4/7/85	Marion Wheeler Male, white	69y 11m 18d Blacksmith	4/26/85 * 11 5/10 a.m.	Married	American Ohio	40 yrs	Millville Twp Intersusseption of the Bowels	Colis & violent inflamation three days	Page Graveyard 3/24/85 *	Thos E. Averitt Colesburg Iowa Delaware Co
100	4/16/85	Philip Keenan Male, white	63y Farmer	3/18/85 9 a.m.	Married	Irish Ireland	15 yrs	Highland Twp Hypertrophy of Liver	[blank] over a year	Elkader 3/21/85	J.H. Craig Volga City Iowa
101	4/17/85	Ed. S. Connell Male, white	31y 2m 23d farmer	3/18/85 6 p.m.	Single	Irish Clayton Co Iowa	since birth	Read Township Clayton Diabetes Mellitus	[blank] about 2 yrs	Garnavillo 3/20/85	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo Iowa
102	4/17/85	Maria Harburg Female, white	61y 7m 10d formerly housekeeper	3/29/85 3 a.m.	Widow	German Germany	31 yrs	Garnavillo Clayton Co Chronic Congestion of Liver	Epistaxis 7 mons	Garnavillo 3/31/85	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo Iowa

*notes:
record 99: dates typed as in record
record 98: see also record 26, pg 47
record 97: see also record 24, pg 47

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
103	4/9/85	Mary C. White Female, white	25y 3m 30d housewife	4/10/85 11 p.m.	Married	N.S. Amenca	2 yrs	Osterdock Clayton Co Childbed fever	[blank] four days	Osterdock 4/12/85	O.D. Taft Elkport Ia
104	5/12/85	Henry Laugenhorst Male, white	12d	5/2/85 1 p.m.		German America	12 days	Grand Meadow Tp Illeo Colitis	[blank] four days	Monona 5/5/85	M.B. Sharp Monona Iowa
105	5/12/85	Elisabeth J. Gardner Female, white	57y 3m 24d [blank]	4/25/85 11 ½ a.m.	Married	English New York	26 yrs	Strawberry Point Iowa Apaplexia Cerebri	[blank] two & ½ days	Strawberry Point 5/1/85	A. Leigh Strawberry Point Clayton Co Iowa
106	5/29/85	Edward Copeland Male, white	58y 10m 10d farmer	-/-/85 9 p.m.	Married	Ireland Ireland	26 yrs	Volga Iowa Hepatic Absess	[blank] four years	Volga City 5/3/85	J.H. Craig Volga City Iowa
107	5/30/85	Bertha Berendt Female, white	37y 11d [blank]	4/21/85 9 ½ a.m.	Married	German Germany	16 yrs	Guttenberg Clayton Co Puerperal fever	[blank] four days	Guttenberg 4/23/85	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa
108	6/9/85	Lizzie Corbin Female, white	6y	6/3/85 10 p.m.	Single	Irish Iowa	6 yrs	Volga City Iowa Double Pneumonia	Jaundice caused by obstruction of liver & metastasis of pneumonia one week	Volga City 6/5/85	J.H. Craig Volga City
109	6/9/85	Julius Mentzel Male, white	18y farmer	5/20/85 8 p.m.	Single	German Iowa	18 yrs	Cox Creek Twp Heart Clot	Rheumatism unknown	Elkader [blank]	J.H. Craig Volga City
110	6/10/85	V.R. Castleman Male, white	68y Laborer	4/27/85 * 3 a.m.	Married	German N.Y.	[blank]	McGregor Iowa Lung fever	[blank] four weeks	McGregor 5/28/85 *	W.A. Hall MD McGregor Iowa
111	6/10/85	Joseph Krumch Male, white	78y farmer	5/17/85 2 p.m.	Married	German Germany	20 yrs	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Astamah	[blank] [blank]	Clayton Cty May 19, 85	W.A. Hall McGregor Iowa
112	7/2/85	Kristen Larsen Male, white	26y Laborer	5/26/85 [blank]	Single	Norwegian Norway	[blank]	North McGregor Suicide by hanging	[blank] [blank]	North McGregor [blank]	Isaac Mathews, acting coroner McGregor Iowa
113	7/2/85	Joseph Burgin Male, white	63y 7m Mechanic	6/23/85 [blank]	Married	American Vermont	[blank]	Lodomillo Tp Clayton Co Iowa Brights Disease	[blank] 2 years	Edwood Clayton Co Iowa 6/24/85	P.E. Friem Manchester Delaware Co Iowa
114	7/4/85	William Kranert Male, white	24y 9m Farmer	6/7/85 12 M	Married	German N.Y.	19 yrs	McGregor Clayton Co Iowa Pleuro Pneumonia	[blank] one week	McGregor Iowa 6/9/85	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
115	8/4/85	C. Belling Female, white	37y 6m Housewife	4/3/85 * 9 a.m.	Married	Swede Sweden	14 yrs	Clayton Co Iowa Puerperal Convulsions	[blank] five hours	Clayton Tp 4/3/85	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
116	8/4/85	Almar Washburn Male, white	5y 4m 2d	6/5/85 8 a.m.	Single	American Mendon Tp Clayton Co Iowa	5 yrs	Mendon Tp Clayton Co Iowa Convulsions as a result	[blank] 4 hours	McGregor Iowa 6/7/85	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
117	8/4/85	A. Wadsworth Female, white	68y 3m 15d Housewife	6/7/85 12 M	Widow	American Indiana	47 yrs	North McGregor Clayton Co Apoplexy	[blank] four days	[blank] [blank]	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
118	8/4/85	Mamie O'Brien Female, White	12y 4m 8d	7/9/85 11 p.m.	Single	Irish McGregor Iowa	12 yrs	McGregor Clayton Co Iowa Pneumonia	[blank] 3 weeks	McGregor Iowa 7/12/85	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
119	8/7/85	C.R. Lowe Male, white	1y 5m 2d	7/24/85 1:30 p.m.	Single	American Iowa	1 yr	Sperry Tp Clayton Co Iowa Pneumonia	[blank] 14 days	Volga City Iowa 7/25/85	F.H. Howard Volga City Iowa
120	8/21/85	C. Alva Jones Male, white	1y 4m [illegible]	7/18/85 4 p.m.	Single	[blank] Mallory Tp	1 yr	Mallory Twp Whooping Cough	Pneumonia Three weeks	Browns graveyard July 19, 85	T.E. Everitt Colesburg Iowa
121	8/24/85	Nicholas Reitter Male, white	65y 5m 14d Saloon Keeper	7/24/85 11 p.m.	Married	German Germany	23 yrs	Guttenburg Clayton Co Iowa Alcholimus	[blank] Three weeks	Guttenberg July 26, 85	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa
122	8/25/85	Simon Otto Male, white	75y 7m 6d Stone mason	8/6/85 10 p.m.	Married	German Germany	29 yrs	Guttenberg Iowa Cerebral Halmarrhage	[blank] five days	Guttenberg Iowa 8/8/85	H.J. Schomier Guttenberg Iowa
123	9/1/85	Robert Cunningham Male, white	13m 10d	8/18/85 3 p.m.		[blank] Highland Tp	1 yr	Highland Twp Clayton Co Iowa Mucous Dysentery	[blank] one week	Elkader Iowa Aug 20, 85	J.H. Craig Volga City Iowa
124	9/5/85	William A. Linder Male, white	56y 4m 13d Agriculturist	8/5/85 5 ½ a.m.	Married	American ILL	25 yrs	National Clayton Co Iowa Amylaid Desease of Liver	Ascites three years	National cemetery [blank]	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo Iowa
125	9/14/85	Mrs. Thos Mclumby Female, white	56y 1m 29d Housewife	8/29/85 11 p.m.	Married	Irish Ireland	27 yrs	Sperry Twp Clayton Co Iowa Schimus of right breast, two operations	[blank] three years	Elkader Sept 2, 1885	J.H. Craig Volga City Iowa
126	9/16/85	[blank] Male, white	2y	6/8/85 10 a.m.		[blank] [blank]	[blank]	Luana Iowa Premature birth	[blank] [blank]	Luana Iowa June 10, 85	Mrs. M.B. Sharp Monona Iowa

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
127	9/17/85	Casper Bertschinger Male, white	65y Farmer	8/20/85 11 p.m.	Married	[blank] Switzerland	35 yrs	McGregor Iowa Lung Feaver	[blank] four months	McGregor Iowa Aug 22, 85	W.A. Hall McGregor Iowa
128	9/21/85	Titus Good Male, white	85y Farmer	9/8/85 12 p.m.	Widower	English England	10 yrs	Millville Twp Clayton Co Iowa Apoplexy	[blank] [blank]	Delaware Co. [blank]	G.J. Graham J.P. Millville Iowa
129	9/21/85	Dorathea Erhardt Female, white	84y 7m 4d Housewife	9/8/85 8 a.m.	Married	German German	41 yrs	Guttenberg Paralysis Cardis	[blank] Ten days	Guttenberg Iowa Sep 13, 1885	H.J. Schirmer Guttenberg Iowa
130	9/29/85	Helena Balzer Female, white	76y 11m 14d Gardner	8/30/85 3½ p.m.	Widow	German Germany	28 yrs	Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa Cholera Morbis	[blank] three days	Guttenberg cemetery Sept 1, 1885	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa
Report made Oct 1, 1885 to Sec of State
1	10/13/85	-- Robbins Male, white	1/8d	10/9/85 [blank]	Single	American Clayton Co	[blank]	Highland Tp Clayton Co unknown	[blank] unknown	Highland Tp 10/10/85	J.H. Craig Volga Iowa
2	10/14/85	Dina Miller Female, white	12y 1m 16d none	9/16/85 7 a.m.	Single	American Fayette Co	since birth	Monona Tp Hemorrhage from the bowels	[blank] two weeks	Elgin cemetery Fayette Co Iowa 9/17/85	Fred Beeker Clermont Iowa
3	10/24/85	Robert Von Berger Male, white	31y Farmer	9/1/85 1 p.m.	Married	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	Poor farm [blank]	Heip decease one year	Clayton Center [blank]	Rudolph Gmelin Garnavillo Iowa
4	10/24/85	Frank Bildenk Male, white	81y Laborer	8/30/85 6 a.m.	Widower	French France	[blank]	C.C. P.H. Pneumonia	Asthma Three weeks	C.C. Poor farm 9/1/85	Rudolph Gmelin Garnavillo Iowa
5	10/27/85	Vanilla Corbin Female, white	2m 15d Infantile	10/5/85 [blank]	Single	American Volga City Iowa	2 ½ mos	Volga Iowa Pertussis	Pneumonia one week	Volga City Iowa 10/7/80	J.H. Craig Volga City Iowa
6	10/28/85	Sallie C. Phillips Female, white	68y 9m [blank]	8/7/85 [blank]	[blank]	[blank] N.Y. state	[blank]	[blank] Heart disease	[blank] five years	Reeds Cemetery 8/8/85	W.H. Horton Brush Creek Iowa
7	10/31/85	Hiram C. Schaefeustein Male, white	27y [blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]	[blank]

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
7	11/10/85	Hy Davis Male, white	60y Laborer	10/30/85 [blank]	Single	American America	[blank]	Clayton Co Insane Asylum Paralaises	[blank] [blank]	Clayton Co Poor Farm 10/31/85	L.L. Hulverson Supt
8	11/13/85	Michael Foster Male, white	78y 3d farmer	7/30/85 [blank]	Married	[blank] [blank]	20 yrs	Clayton Co Iowa [blank]	[blank] four weeks	Pleasant Ridge Cem 8/1/85	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
9	11/13/85	Amy W. Bass Female, white	6m 5d	9/26/85 11 a.m.	Single	American Dubuque Iowa	6 mo	McGregor Iowa Cholera Infantum	[blank] three days	Pleasant Grove cemetery 9/27/85	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
10	11/13/85	Magdalena Foruet Female, white	75y 8m 14d housewife	10/31/85 8 a.m.	Widow	German Germany	30 yrs	McGregor Iowa Congestion of Lungs	[blank] three days	Catholic cemetery 11/7/85	H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
11	11/18/85	Magdalena Kinzi Female, white	59y 1m 7d * housewife	10/17/85 11 a.m.	Married	Switzer Switzerland	31 yrs	Jefferson Tp Lung Congestion	[blank] about 2 years	Guttenberg cemetery 10/19/1885	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenburg Iowa
12	11/19/85	Christ Dennis Female, white	64y housewife	10/20/85 2 p.m.	Married	American N.Y.	30 yrs	McGregor Iowa Nephritis	Chronic Bronchitis 10 years	McGregor 10/21/85	W.A. Hall McGregor Iowa
13	11/19/85	Carl Russow Male, white	5m	8/20/85 6 a.m.	Single	German Iowa	life	McGegor Iowa Inflamation of Bowels	[blank] 5 days	McGregor Iowa 8/21/85	W.A. Hall McGregor Iowa
14	12/11/85	Emily Howa Female, white	20y [blank]	7/14/85 3 p.m.	Single	English Missouri U.S.	16 yrs	Giard Tp Clayton Co Paralysis	[blank] eight days	Monona cemetery 7/15/1885	Mrs. M.B. Sharp Monona Iowa
15	12/11/85	[blank] [blank]	12d	7/27/85 6 p.m.	Single	English [blank]	since birth	Monona Iowa [blank]	[blank] five days	[blank] [blank]	Mrs. M.B. Sharp Monona Iowa
16	12/11/85	Emma E. Meier Female, white	16y 2m 4d	7/13/85 3 p.m.	Single	German Iowa	16 yrs	Giard Tp Iowa Strangulation from rupture of abscess of tonsil	[blank] two weeks	Giard Tp [blank]	M.B. Sharp Monona Iowa
17	2/18/86	Ross Harrison Cooley Male, white	3m 3d	2/5/86 [blank]	Single	American Clayton Co	3 mo	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa Accidental drowning	[blank] [blank]	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa 2/7/86	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
18	2/18/86	Elmore W. Cooley Male, white	3y	2/5/86 [blank]	Single	American Clayton Co.	3 yrs	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa Accidental burning	[blank] [blank]	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa 2/7/86	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa

*notes:
record 11: transcriber can't determine with certainty if age is 59y 1m 7d, or 59y 7d

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
19	2/18/86	Albert Ray Cooley Male, white	4y	2/5/86 [blank]	Single	American Clayton Co	4 yrs	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa Accidental burning	[blank] [blank]	Clayton Co Iowa 2/6/86	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
20	2/18/86	Saucy Cooley Female, white	22y housewife	2/5/86 [blank]	Married	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa Accidental burning	[blank] [blank]	[blank] 2/7/86	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
21	2/18/86	Albert Cooley Male, white	32y Laborer	2/5/86 [blank]	Married	American [blank]	[blank]	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa Accidental burning	[blank] [blank]	delivered to friends 2/7/86	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
22	2/18/86	Hiram Baker Male, white	19y Laborer	11/28/85 [blank]	Single	American [blank]	19 yrs	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa Accidental scalding	[blank] [blank]	Mendon Twp 11/28/85	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
23	2/18/86	Edward Chamberlain Male, white	32y Butcher	11/28/85 [blank]	Single	German [blank]	[blank]	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa Accidental scalding	[blank] [blank]	[blank] 11/29/86	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
24	2/18/86	Fred Youngan * Male, white	45y Laborer	[blank]	[blank]	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	Guttenberg Iowa Accidental drowning	[blank] [blank]	Guttenberg Iowa 2/18/86	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
25	2/18/86	John Hannamann Male, white	54y [blank]	9/20/85 [blank]	[blank]	German Germany	[blank]	Elkport Iowa Suicide by hanging	[blank] [blank]	Elkport 9/21/86 *	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
26	2/18/86	Rev. J. Clark * Male, white	55y Book Agt & Preacher	3/26/85 [blank]	[blank]	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	Dry Hollow accidental drowning	[blank] [blank]	delivered to friends [blank]	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
27	2/18/86	J.J. Thompson Male, white	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	Single	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	Volga City Iowa General debility	[blank] [blank]	Volga City Iowa [blank]	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
28	2/18/86	Alice Eggelston Female, [blank]	23y housekeeper	3/3/85 9 p.m.	Single	American Wis	[blank]	McGregor Iowa Hemorrhage from lungs	[blank] [blank]	Clayton Iowa March 5, 1885	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
29	2/18/86	L. Sherman Male, white	33y Laborer	[blank]	[blank]	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	[blank] accidental discharge of a revolver in the hands of Wm. Everlette	[blank] [blank]	Volga City Iowa [blank]	J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
30	2/18/86	Thomas Carlisle Male, white	81y 4m 10d Carpenter	2/23/85 11 a.m.	Widower	Scotch Scotland	[blank]	Clayton Co Poor House Old age	[blank] 2 months	Poor House cemetery 2/4/86	A.B. Hanna Poor farm

Notes:
*record 25, date typed as in record
record 24: see also record 97, pg 42
record 26: see also record 98, pg 42

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
31	2/19/86	Anna Davis Female, white	infant	9/29/85 [blank]	Single	[blank] Strawberry Point Iowa	[blank]	Strawberry Point Iowa Diarrheal paralysis	[blank] two days	Strawberry Point cemetery [blank]	S.N. Bixby Strawberry Point Iowa
32	2/19/86	J.M. Westfall Male, white	19y 7m 26d farmer	3/26/85 [blank]	Married	[blank] N.S.	[blank]	Strawberry Point Iowa Heart disease	[blank] several months	Strawberry Point cemetery [blank]	S.N. Bixby Strawberry Point Iowa
33	2/19/86	Lucy Davidson Female, white	2y	3/9/85 [blank]	Single	Strawberry Point Iowa	2 yrs	Strawberry Point Iowa Diptheria	[blank] 7 days	Strawberry Point Iowa [blank]	S.N. Bixby Strawberry Point Iowa
34	2/19/86	Hannah Steward Female, white	54y 3m 23d Housekeeping	2/9/85 [blank]	Married	American Michigan	[blank]	Strawberry Point Iowa Typhus Malarial fever	Chronic inflamation of the liver 6 days	Strawberry Point Iowa [blank]	S.N. Bixby Strawberry Point Iowa
35	2/19/86	August Sohade Male, white	29y Laborer	2/10/85 12 M	Single	German Germany	[blank]	Poor farm Clayton Co Ia Spinal Disease	[blank] several years	Clayton Centre [blank]	Rudolph Gmelin Garnavillo Iowa
36	2/19/86	Andrew Oleson Male, white	28y 5m Laboerer	11/13/85 [blank]	Single	Norwegin Norway	[blank]	Poor farm Clayton Co Phihisic	Consumption about 6 months	Poor farm cemetery 11/15/86	Rudolph Gmelin Garnavillo Iowa
37	2/19/86	Wm Barthardt Male, white	57y 5m Laborer	2/15/85 [blank]	Single	German Germany	[blank]	Poor farm Clayton Co Iowa Paralysis	[blank] three years	Poor farm 2/17/86 *	Rudolph Gmelin Garnavillo Iowa
38	2/29/86	George Barnhard Male, white	64y farmer	1/28/86 4 p.m.	Married	German Germany	30 yrs	Giard Twp Clayton Co Iowa Corcinoma of the Stomach	[blank] one year	Giard cemetery 1/31/86	C.E. Nichols Giard Iowa
39	2/29/86	John Flemming Male, white	19y farmer	1/5/86 5 p.m.	Single	American Iowa	19 yrs	Giard Twp Iowa Consumption	Pneumonia about 5 months	McGregor Catholic cemetery 1/7/86	C.E. Nichols Giard Iowa
40	2/29/86	E.C. Beckman Female, white	20y 2m 14d [blank]	12/30/85 11 ½ p.m.	Single	German Iowa	20 yrs	Littleport Iowa Consumption	[blank] about 6 months	Littleport Iowa 1/26/86	Camill Neff Elkport Iowa
41	3/1/86	Aline Dean Female, white	10y 5m 17d none	1/16/86 6 p.m.	Single	American Iowa	10 yrs	Marion Twp Clayton Co Ia Heart disease	[blank] [blank]	Marion Twp Clayton Co Iowa 1/28/86	Frederick Becker Clermont Iowa
42	3/11/86	Nicholas Gress Male, white	47y 4m Laborer	2/14/86 2 p.m.	not married	German N.Y. City	28 yrs	Guttenburg Clayton Co Iowa [blank]	[blank] 14 days	Guttenberg Ia 2/16/86	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
42	3/11/86	Frederick Kahrs Male, white	57y 4m 12d Engineer & fireman	2/25/86 6 a.m.	Married	German Germany	31 yrs	Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa Severe attack of Augina Patoris	[blank] 2 months	Guttenberg cemetery 2/28/86	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa
43	3/20/86	Maria Davis Female, white	32y 2m 16d House Keeper	3/12/1886 5 p.m.	Married	American [blank]	1 yr	Volga Iowa Consumption	[blank] one year	Volga Iowa 3/14/86	J.H. Craig Volga Iowa
44	3/20/86	Caroline Goodwin Female, white	72y Housekeeper	3/10/86 4 a.m.	Widow	American [blank]	34 yrs	Volga City Clayton Co Iowa Unknown	[blank] 5 days	Volga City 3/13/86	J.H. Craig Volga City Iowa
45	3/24/86	Henry Wm Zimmerman Male, white	16y 4m 5d School boy	2/1/86 4 a.m.	Single	German ILL	4 yrs	Guttenberg Iowa Pneumonia	[blank] 24 hours	Guttenberg Iowa 2/4/86	H.J. Schirmer Guttenberg Iowa
46	4/2/86	Maria Cole Female, white	86y 17d [blank]	3/8/86 8 a.m.	Widow	American N.Y. state	37 yrs	Strawberry Point Iowa [blank]	[blank] 12 days	Strawberry Point Iowa 3/9/86	F.H. Howard Strawberry Point Iowa
47	4/16/86	Mrs. Thomas Clark Female, white	42y 19m 6d * Domestic	2/19/86 10 a.m.	Married	Irish N.Y. state	29 yrs	Grand Meadow Clayton Co Iowa Supposed to be Heart disease	[blank] [blank]	Clermont 2/21/86	John Shepherd Postville Iowa
48	4/23/86	Elizabeth Block Female, white	26y 6m 23d [blank]	3/27/86 5½ p.m.	Married	German Germany	26 yrs	Guttenberg Iowa Phthisic	[blank] 3 years	Guttenberg cemetery 3/30/86	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa
49	4/23/86	Isabella Rohner Female, white	30y 2m [blank]	4/1/86 8 a.m.	Married	German Iowa Clayton Co	30 yrs	Jefferson Twp Clayton Co Ia Inflamatory Rheumatism	Dropsey 10 months	Guttenberg cemetery 4/3/86	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa
50	4/23/86	Sophia Hossfeld Female, white	76y 8m Housekeeping	4/7/86 12 M	Widow	German Germany	34 yrs	Guttenberg Iowa Clayton Co Ia Marasmus Senilis	Bronichal catarah 12 days	Guttenberg Iowa 4/9/86	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa
51	4/23/86	Mary Saihan Female, white	61y 11m 26d housekeeping	4/14/86 12 M	Married	German Germany	29 yrs	Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa Unknown	[blank] she died suddenly	Guttenberg cemetery 4/16/86	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa
52	4/23/86	Emilie Grüner Female, white	15y 9m *	3/24/86 5 a.m.	Single	German Wis	6 yrs	Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa Triihinosis	Eruption of Measles 12 days	Guttenberg cemetery 3/26/86	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg Iowa
53	4/26/86	Willis Robert Duff Male, white	2y 5m 4d	4/22/86 5 a.m.	Single	American Iowa	2 yrs	Highland Tp Clayton Co Iowa Scalded	[blank] 36 hours	Volga City Iowa 4/23/86	J.H. Craig Volga City Iowa

Notes:
*record 47, age typed as in record
*record 52, transcriber not certain if age is 10y 9m, or 15y 9m

-Transcription note: Every effort has been taken to transcribe the record accurately, but errors are possible. Notes in [brackets] were added by the transcriber. Please use this transcription as a guide only & always consult the original record to confirm the information.

-Source: Register of deaths v. 1, 1880-1897, FHL film #1255482
-Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Clayton co. IAGenWeb from photocopies contributed by Constance Diamond