1860 Mortality Schedule for Dallas County, Iowa

The importance of the Mortality Schedules for genealogical purposes cannot be overemphasized.    The information listed by the enumerator for all deaths during the year preceding 1 June 1860 may not be available in any other record.  The abbreviation M/W indicates married or widow.

Des Moines Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Dayton, Lorane 38 f M Vt Sep Billious Remitting Fever 6 wks
Eldridge, Infant 2/365 f Iowa Jan Unknown 1
Handly, Ann 22 f Iowa Aug Fever 10
Hardy, Joseph S 2 m Iowa Sep Messenteric Fever 42
Miller, John H 2/365 m Iowa Nov Spasms Sudden
Raborn, Flora Indiana 5 f Iowa Jun Croop Sudden
Ratigan, Margaret 70 f W Ire Nov Lung Fever 4
Smalley, Helen 14 f Mo Apr Cold 14

Spring Valley Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Bonine, Starret 5/12 m K T Jan Scrofula 14
Campbell, John 11 m Ohio Aug Billious Fever 10
Palmer, Betsy Ann 43 f M N Y Jan Billious Fever 121 Weaver
Potts, Jesse P 48 m M Pa Aug Typhus Fever 13 Farmer
Roop, Theadore M 19 m Ind Dec Lung Fever 4 Farmer

Dallas Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Collins, Adam - m Iowa Jan Dead Born
Lynch, George 6 m Iowa Jan Congestive Chill 4
McCully, Catharine 43 f W Va Nov Congestive Chill 11
Moraine, Mary 31 f W Not Known May Lung Fever 4

Washington Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Beaver, Infant - m Iowa Mar Dead Born

Sugar Grove Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Albin, Henerietta 19 f Ind Nov Typhoid Fever 38
Bryant, Josiah 69 m M N C Sep Lung Fever 18 Farmer
Roe, Jane 37 m M Ind Mar Consumption 90

Walnut Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
McCready, Curtis 34 m Ohio Mar Consumption 1 yr Farmer
Summers, Elewellyin 5 m Ohio May Congestion in Brain 18

Boone Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Breezely, Levina 22 f M Ind May Inflamation of Brain 15
Neal, Daniel 65 m M Ga Sep Diobetus 4 mos
Neal, John D - m Iowa Nov Dead Born
Robinson, Infant - m Iowa Oct Dead Born
Stanfield, Peter C 40 m Tenn Jan Fits 30 yrs Farmer
Swallow, Martha 42 f M Ind Feb Consumption 2 yrs

Linn Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Bales, John N 7/12 m Iowa Jul Affection of Lungs 2 mos
Bales, Oliver H 22 m Ind Mar Pneumonia 6 wks Farmer
Dailey, Alfred 3 m Iowa May Remitting Fever 13
Dille, Rebecca J 9/12 f Iowa Oct Inflammation of Lungs 6 wks
Hamersly, George S 61 m M Pa Apr Lung Fever 18 Farmer
Maulsby, David S 1/12 m Iowa Mar Croop 1
Maulsby, Rachel 4 f Iowa Dec Typhoid Fever 25
Moore, Marion C 2 m Ill Feb Lung Fever 4 wks
Parker, Ogilvie 35 m Ky Apr Consumption 5 yrs Carpenter

Union Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Cave, Jasper 2/365 m Iowa Apr Unknown Sudden
Chance, William 21 m M Ohio Sep Sinking Chill Sudden Farmer
Gury, Michael 29 m M Ire Sep Stabbed 14 Stone Mason
Hewitt, Elizabeth 65 f M Ky Oct Palsey Sudden
Judge, Hannora 1 f Iowa May Cold 3 wks
Lambert, John 1 m Iowa Mar Pneumonia 15
Lydick, Jacob E 1/365 m Iowa May Fits Sudden
Males, Infant - f Iowa Dec Dead Born
Maulsby, John 79 m W Md May Palsey Sudden Farmer
Maulsby, Rice 1 m Iowa Nov Croop 7
Park, Lafayett 1/12 m Iowa Oct Inflammation of Brain 4 days
Smith, Mary A 51 f M Va Jan Palsey 1

Adel Township

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Brown, Infant 1/365 f Iowa Sep Not Known 1
Ellis, Nancy E 3 f Iowa Feb Fits 2 mos
Graham, James F 5/12 m Iowa May Canker Rash 14
Hester, Flora E 9/12 f Ill Sep Infl of Brain 5
Krysher, Jacob M 8/12 m Iowa Jan Infl of Brain 2
Longmire, Infant 1/12 - Iowa Apr Whooping Cough 4
Miller, Permelia 9/12 f Iowa Nov Lung Fever 14
Nichols, Jerome B 5 m Ind Mar Drowned Sudden
Parker, Catharine 35 f M Ind Mar Affection of Lungs 4 wks
Parker, Infant - f Iowa Mar Dead Born
Silkey, Welton 1/12 m Iowa Jun Infl of Brain 4 wks
Smith, Amanda 27 f M N C Feb Lung Fever 7
Winehart, Joseph 34 m M Ger Feb Lung Fever 9 wks Farm Laborer
Yoxhumer, Anna M 6 f Pa Aug Billious Fever 9

Village of Adel

Name Age Sex M/W Born Died Cause Days Ill Occupation
Barker, Adalid A 26 f M Eng May Bowel Stoppage 21
Davis, Mary 38 f M Wales Jan Infl of Bowels 10 Dress Maker
Fitzgerald, John 3/12 m Iowa Apr Whooping Cough 2 wks
Owens, Charles T 4 m Iowa Jun Infl of Brain 2
Sherman, Infant 6/12 f Iowa Feb Disease of Lungs 7
Smith, Ellmore L 2/12 m Iowa Sep Infl of Brain 2

Source:  Dallas County Records, Vol. II compiled by Howard E. Snedden and Barbara A. Snedden, 1972

Transcribed and formatted by Conni McDaniel Hall, August 2013

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