Lee County Genealogy
Deaths

Deaths   1856-1857

Transcribed and contributed by Carol Griswold Salli 

BLAIR, Mrs. Martha

20 Oct 1856;  age 55

wife of J.T. Blair, Keokuk, Iowa

BROWNE, Mrs. Jane B.

13 Sept 1856

Ottumwa, Ia; wife of John Browne;  b: England 1814;  emigrated to this country 1841;  Presbyterian

BURKE, John

19 Aug 1857

Keokuk, IA;  leaves wife & 6 children

CALDWELL, Van

18 Oct 1856;  age 57

near Iowaville, Van Buren co, Ia.  born in VA; came to Iowa territory 1836; leaves several children

COLEMAN, Mrs. Lydia K.

29 Dec 1856

Montrose, Iowa;  wife of Wm. Coleman, Esq.; broncitis

COLLINS,Mrs. Harriet Roberts

14 Sept 1857

Keokuk, Iowa; wife of Dr. M. Collins, dau of Joseph & Susan Sullivan; b: 14 Jan 1822 Jefferson co., Ind.

CREEL, Robert

15 Jul 1857; 20 mos.

Keokuk, Iowa; infant son of Hon. R.P. Creel

CREIGHTON, Mr. Francis B.

29 Oct 1856;  age 32

born in Guernsey co., Ohio

DICKINSON, Mrs. Prudence

20 Oct 1856

at Detroit, Mich., wife of Jashua Dickinson & mother of Mrs. E.R. Blackwell of Keokuk, Iowa

DIMOND, Adelia R.

6 Aug 1857

Keokuk, IA;  wife of C.R. Dimond

DUNNING, Festus, Esq.

5 Oct 1856;  age 67

Farmington, Iowa

EVANS, A.S.

18 Dec 1856;  age 5

Keokuk, Iowa;  son of Mrs. J.W. Mancourt

FRENCH, Joseph B.

21 Feb 1857;  age 26

Keokuk, Iowa

HOUGHTON, Sabra

15 Nov 1856

Farmington, Iowa;  infant dau of A.J. & Jemina Houghton

HUMPHREY, John Wilson

7 Jul 1857; 1 yr, 11 mo

Philadelphia, Pa. Child of I.E. & Eleanor Humphrey

IRWIN, Mary Alice

14 Feb 1857

Keokuk, Iowa;  dau of S.W. & Mary Irwin

KASSICK, Charles Allen

6 Aug 1857;  5 mos

Keokuk, IA;  son of Geo. P. and Sarah V. Kassik

KING, Willie Vivian

3 Jan 1857;  age 12 days

Keokuk, Iowa;  inf son of Wm. S. & Louisa F. King

MACALLISTER, Andrew

20 Aug 1857

Keokuk, IA at St. Charles Hotel;  b: Scotland- age 46

McCUTCHEON, Ezra

31 Dec 1856;  age 2

Keokuk, Iowa;  son of J.F. McCutcheon

MONROE, John Clerrent

12 Sept 1857

Keokuk, IA;  only son of John O. & Celina E. Monroe/  10 mo-11da

MOODY, Charles F.

20 Nov 1856;  13 mos.

Keokuk, Iowa;  infant son of B.F. & A. M. Moody

MURPHY, Annie E.

1 Nov 1856

Keokuk, Iowa, infant dau of W.D. & A.E. Murphy

MYER, George W.

15 Dec 1856;  age 5 years

Table Rock, Oregon;  son of B.F. & D. Myer

PATTERSON, Mrs. Mary Ann

3 Feb 1857

in Sciola, Montgomery co., Iowa;  wife of John W. Patterson

PERDUE, Virginia Alice

25 Dec 1856;  age 10

Keokuk, Iowa;  dau of C.W. Perdue

RANDOLPH, John

4 Nov 1856;  age 18

Keokuk, Iowa;  son of Dr. J.K. Rickey;  accidental shooting

SATCHELL, Arthur, Esq.

1 Jan 1857;  age 5

Keokuk, Iowa;  son of J. Satchell, Esq.

STANLEY, Juliet M.

3 Jul 1857; 21 years

Red Rock, Marion Co,IA; dau of Wilson & Delia Stanley

TATE, William

Jul 1857

killed;  Montrose Twp., Lee co., Iowa

VOORHIES, Sarah Charlotte

10 Feb 1857;  age 19

Keokuk, wife of C.K. Voorhies, daughter of Mahlon Waters, Esq., of Waterford, Knox co., Ohio

WALLACE, James

2 Mar 1857;  9 mos. 12 days

Keokuk, Iowa;  only son of E. J. & Mary Folsom

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