Lee County Iowa
Genealogy
VITALS,
LEE CO. DEATHS
[Miscellaneous]
The following list Contributed by Valarie Ward for genealogy purposes
1895-1896
Keokuk Daily Gate,
May 1896. Death of John Herbner
Keokuk Daily Gate,
May 8, 1896. Death of Mrs. Mary F. Bode
Keokuk Daily Gate,
May 10, 1896. Death of Uncle Billy Walker
Keokuk Daily Gate,
May 18, 1896. Death of J. L Metz
Keokuk Daily Gate,
May 20, 1896. Death of Harley Hammond
Keokuk Daily Gate,
May 26, 1896. Death of Mrs. Julius Speigel
Keokuk Daily Gate,
May 28, 1896. Death of Mrs. Timothy Hurley
Keokuk Daily Gate,
April or early May 1896 . Death of Miss Willia D. Tucker
Keokuk Daily Gate,
April or early May 1896. Death of A. J. Rutledge at Quincy
Keokuk Daily Gate,
April or early May 1896. Death of Mrs. Katherine Geiser.
Keokuk Daily Gate,
April or early May 1896 . Death of Patrick Cunningham
Keokuk Daily Gate,
April or early May 1896. Death of Lawrence McCarthy
dragged to death by a horse
Keokuk Daily Gate,
April or early May 1896. Death of A. S. Warwick
Keokuk Daily Gate,
April or early May 1896. Joseph T. Jackson
drowned in the Mississippi river
Keokuk Daily Gate,
July 31?, 1895. Edna Dunn
Edna, aged two years and one month, daughter of John and Laura Dunn, died
this morning at ?:30 o’clock at the family home No 1129 Main Street of
inflammation of the bowels and spasms.
Keokuk Daily Gate,
July 24, 1895
Elanor Gladys Woorater aged eight months and fourteen days, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Woorater died at the family home, seven miles west of the
city this morning at 7 o’clock of cholera morbus.
Keokuk Daily Gate,
July 15, 1895. Mrs Mary Mulligan
colored aged sixty seven years, died at 9 o’clock Saturday night at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Mary Green. No 1710 Palean street of consumption. She is
survived by three daughters, Mrs Green, Mrs. Harrison, both of this city and
Mrs. Lackoy of Quincy and one sister Mrs Davis of this city
Keokuk Daily Gate.
March 6, 1943. Mrs. J. Hamrick
Dies Last Night. Had been in poor health five years.
Mrs. John L. Hamrick , 49, a resident of Keokuk nearly all of her life, died at
11:30 o'clock last night in her home at 1718 Missouri Avenue.
Mrs. Hamrick had been in poor helath for five years, but bore her long suffering
with great patience and without complaint. Her condition had become serious
during the past two weeks....
Keokuk Daily Gate,
Oct 12, 1894. Felix Young,
colored, aged about fifty years died at the family home No. 1429 High street,
this morning at 3 o'clock after an illness of six weeks. He is survived by his
wife. He was a member of the Knights of Tabor and also of the United Brothers of
Friendship.
Keokuk Daily Gate, Dec 10, 1890. Ellen Kort aged seven years, four months and thirteen days, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kort No 110 Exchange street was taken suddenly ill last
Thursday at the Convent school and had to be taken home. This morning at 8:25
o'clock she died and was buried at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The burial services
were conducted by Rev. Father
Keokuk Daily Gate, Dec 4, 1870
Slaid, the ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Young who live near
Argyle, died at 7:30 o'clock last evening, of scarlet fever after an illness of
four days.
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Lee County Deaths
From IaGenWeb "Iowa Old Press" Contributed by Sharyl Ferrell
Keokuk Dispatch,
28 July 1851
West Point, Lee County, Iowa
Deaths from Cholera:
BRAND, Erastus,
DINGMAN, B.,
FLETCHER, Mrs. Bertha,
GREEN, William,
GROESBECK, David
HUNT, _____,
JACKSON, Levi
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Iowa News Cathy Joynt LaBath
Sioux Valley News,
Correctionville, Woodbury, Iowa
January 13, 1898
Andrew Jackson Wilkinson, head of the wholesale drug house of Wilkinson &
Co., of Keokuk, since 1876 died aged 61. He had been a member of the board of
education for seventeen years and was founder of the public library of which he
has been a director since 1863 and was president at the time of his death. He
also served a term as mayor and alderman.
Paper Unknown
January 7, 1899
Dr. A.T. Weisman, an eminent German
physician and pharmacist of Keokuk, passed away at his home Sunday afternoon at the age of
64 years.
Davenport Daily Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
January 10, 1902
Belle Bane
Keokuk Girl's Horrible Death.
Keokuk, Jan. 10 - Miss Belle Bane of this city was burned to death
while visiting friends at Ironton, Mo., Sunday. Her
clothing caught from an open grate and she was terribly burned before help
could be offered.
Joseph Beckardt Dead
Ft. Madison, Jan. 10- Joseph Beckert, aged 70, a well-known pioneer,
dropped dead here while returning from confession.
Sister M. Rosela of the Notre Dame order of Chicago is one of his daughters.
[Transcriber note: Beckhardt and Beckert as spelled in the article and not a
typo]
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