Lee County Iowa
Genealogy
Deaths
1880 Mortality Schedule for the year 1879
L thru M
Mortality Schedules
were taken in Iowa in 1860-1870 & 1880. The household was asked if anyone
died the "previous year"
There are many infant and children's deaths and this is almost the only way to
find them at this early date.
Compiled & Transcribed by Gayle Kenniston
| NAME | AGE | BORN | DEATH | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH | TOWNSHIP |
| LACY, Rebecca | 49 | England | Dec | - | Scarlet fever | Keokuk District 21 |
| LAIRD, Martha | 5mo | Iowa | Oct | - | Water on brain | Des Moines Twp |
| LARSON, Wilson | 17 | Norway | Feb | - | Pneumonia | Montrose Twp |
| LASSIS, Ella J. | 27 | Iowa | Mar | Keeping house | Lumbar abscess | Denmark Twp |
| LATSCHER, James | 56 | Bavaria | Oct | Farmer | Dysspia | Franklin Twp |
| LAUR, William | - | - | - | - | - | No Township |
| LAWLER, Maggie E. | 11mo | Iowa | Feb | - | Convulsions | Des Moines Twp |
| LEACH, (m) (Lauch?) | 2 | Iowa | Mar | - | Scarlet fever | Montrose Twp |
| LEAVITY, Daniel | 22da | Iowa | Jul | - | Marasmus | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| LEBANAN, Sarah | 72 | - | Mar | - | Consumption | West Point Twp |
| LEECH, Clinton | 2 | Iowa | May | - | Septicumia | Keokuk District 22 |
| LEFFLER, Sept | 68 | Virginia | Sep | - | Cholera | Montrose Twp |
| LEIGHTON, William | 88 | Scotland | Aug | - | Congestion of stomach | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| LEISEY, Harriett | 2mo | Iowa | Jun | - | Sickly from birth | Keokuk District 22 |
| LINISKI, Sarah | 3 | - | - | - | - | West Point Twp |
| LISEY, Abraham | 78 | Bavaria | Apr | Farmer | Old age | Franklin Twp |
| LOFTY, Mary | - | Iowa | Sep | - | Stillborn | No Township |
| LONEY, Alexander | 32 | Tennessee | Oct | - | Dropsy of heart | Keokuk District 22 |
| LONG, Lydia | 2 | - | - | - | Croup | No Township |
| LUDER, Fanny | 46 | Holland | Apr | - | Whooping cough | Keokuk District 23 |
| LYON, Frank | 33 | Ohio | Apr | - | Typhoid fever | Montrose Twp |
| MAGATE, John | 67 | Ireland | Dec | - | Lung | Jackson Twp |
| MAIERS, Teresa | 40 | Prussia | Jun | - | Confinement | Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards |
| MANEELY, Joseph | 88 | Pennsylvania | Aug | - | Old age | Denmark Twp |
| MANKA, Henry | 1mo | Iowa | Jul | - | Unknown | Marion Twp |
| MARSELL, Joseph E. | 69 | New York | Nov | Carpenter | Unknown | Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards |
| MASON, Jane | 2 | Iowa | Jul | - | - | Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards |
| MATHENY, William | 54 | Illinois | Mar | Laborer | Heart disease | Des Moines Twp |
| MAYCOCK, Mary | 80 | England | Apr | - | Old age | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| McCARTY, James | 2 | Iowa | Nov | - | Croup | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| McCARTY, John | 4 | Iowa | Sep | - | Scarlet fever | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| McCLARE, E. J. | 3 | Iowa | Nov | - | -- | City of Keokuk |
| McCLAY, Martha | 70 | Ireland | Feb | - | ?? | Jackson Twp |
| McCLELLAN, G. (m) | 19 | Iowa | Jul | - | Heart disease | City of Keokuk |
| McCLINTHEN, Jane | 38 | Michigan | Apr | - | Childbirth | Montrose Twp |
| McCLURG, Frances | 1 | Iowa | Oct | - | Teething | Keokuk District 23 |
| McCULLANAH, Nat. | 74 | Ireland | Sep | Farmer | Diabetis | Franklin Twp |
| McDONNELL, William | 3mo | Iowa | May | - | Measles | Montrose Twp |
| McELROY, Anna | 3 | Iowa | Mar | - | Scarlet fever | City of Keokuk |
| McELROY, Mary | 7 | Iowa | Mar | - | Scarlet fever | City of Keokuk |
| McKEE, Ann | 48 | Pennsylvania | Oct | - | Consumption | No Township |
| McKEE, Frank | 32 | Missouri | Mar | Farmer | Pneumonia | No Township |
| McKEE, J. W. | 33 | Ohio | Apr | - | Killed by accident | Montrose Twp |
| McMILLIAM, Myrtle | 2mo | Illinois | Mar | - | Inflammation of bowels | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| McQUADE, Allice | 16 | Iowa | Mar | - | Consumption | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| McTALELL, Minerva | 17 | Missouri | Sep | - | Consumption??? | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| MEDCALF, Edward | 44 | Pennsylvania | Sep | River pilot | Consumption | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| MERRITT, Libbie | 8mo | Iowa | Feb | - | Measles | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| MEYLING, Robert | 1 | Iowa | Feb | - | Congestion of brain | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| MIFFEREN, Pela | 54 | Tennessee | Nov | - | Consumption | Montrose Twp |
| MILLER, Minnie | 2 | Iowa | Apr | - | Scarletina | Keokuk District 23 |
| MILLER, Rubin | 80 | Virginia | Oct | Minister | Old age | City of Keokuk - District 20 |
| MILLER, Thomas J. | 3 | Illinois | Nov | - | - | Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards |
| MITCHEL, Ida | 1 | Iowa | Apr | - | Brain fever | No Township |
| MITCHEL, Mary | 23 | Iowa | Dec | - | Childbirth | No Township |
| MOHAN, Kate | 12 | Illinois | Oct | - | Killed by accident | Montrose Twp |
| MONROE, Emma | 15 | Iowa | Oct | - |