Mills County, Iowa

Register of Deaths - Book 1, pages 1-8 (1880-1898)
Transcribed and submitted by Beverly Boileau
(Abbr: y=year; m=month; d=days/died; bp=birthplace; res=number of years a resident of Iowa; bur=buried; and FMI=Feeble Minded Institution.)
Page 1
   London, Dan
     age not given - d 30 Jun 1880 in Ingraham Twp, Mills Co - bp unknown - res unknown - body sent to St. Joe, MO
   Christo, James
     age 13y 9m 8d - d 8 Apr 1880, 4 a.m. in Ingrahan Twp, Mills Co - bp not given - res 13y - bur 5 miles n of Glenwood
   Van Orsdel, Thankful
     age 18y 2m - d 18 Jul 1880, 9 p.m. in Center Twp, Mills Co bp not given - res 18y - bur Hillsdale
   Likes, female
     age 5m - d 31 Jul 1880 in Indian Creek Twp, Mills Co bp Mills Co - res 5m bur Indian Creek Twp
   Hamilton, Josie E
     age ly 5m 20d - d 20 Jul 1880, 4 p.m. in Indian Creek Twp, Mills Co - bp Mills Co - res not given - bur Silver Creek Twp
   Gustin, Jesse
     age 1y 3m 3d - d 20 Jul 1880 in Indian Creek Twp, Mills Co bp Mills Co - res not given - bur Indian Creek Twp
   Smith, Charlie
     age11m 9d - d 26 Aug 1880, 8 p.m. at Glenwood IA - bp Page Co, IA - res 11m 9d - bur Glenwood
   Hill, Martha Jane
     age 29y 5m 26d - d 2 Sep 1880, 11 a.m. in Plattville Twp, Mills Co - bp MO - res 8y - bur Glenwood
   Simpkins, George Wm.
     age 5y 5m - d 14 Aug 1880, 5 p.m. in Deer Creek Twp, Mills Co - res life - bur Deer Creek Twp
   Hay, Martha A.
     age 22y - d 30 Aug 1880 in Anderson Twp, Mills Co - bp IA - bur Anderson Twp
   Dunlap, John
     Alva age 9 d - d 2 Sep 1880, 11 p.m. at Henderson - bp Mills Co - res life - bur Anderson Twp, Mills Co
   Shipman, Ralph Israel
     age 2d - d 10 Oct 1880, 6a.m. at Emerson - bp Emerson - res life - bur Emerson
   Morris, Randolph
     age 24y 3m 4d - d 4 Sep 1880, 2 a.m. in Deer Creek Twp, Mills Co - bp IL - bur West Twp, Montgomery Co, IA
Page 2
   Goosel, Lucy M.
     age 25y 2m 20d - d 28 Sep 1880, 5 p.m. Vine St., Glenwood - bp IL - res 6y - bur Glenwood
   Dodds, Hattie
     age 10m 9d - d 16 Sep 1880, 8:30 a.m. at Glenwood - bp Glenwood - res life - bur Glenwood
   Turner, Elizabeth E
     age 42y 6m 10d - d 29 Sep 1880, 4 a.m. in Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp KY - res 29y - bur Glenwood
   Burnham, Hellena E.
     age 17y 10m 18d - d 1 Sep 1880, 11 a.m. in Ingraham Twp, Mills Co - bp IL - res 15y - bur Liberty Grave Yard north of Malvern
   Foster, George
     age 5m 21d - d 13 Sep 1880, 12 midnight in Ingraham Twp, Mills Co - bp IA - res life - bur Silver City Grave Yard
   Gowens, George J
     age 38y 6m 16d - d 10 Oct 1880, 8 a.m. at Traders Point, St. Mary Twp, Mills Co - bp KY - res 28y - bur Oak Twp
   Hess, Christofer
     age 42y 10m 8d - d 23 Aug 1880, 4 p.m. at Silver City - bp Germany - res 12y - bur Silver City
   Foster, Lucinda
     age 10y 10m 10d - d 15 Sep 1880 at Randolph, IA - bp OH - res 21/2y - bur Antrims Cemetery
   Ault, Frank
     age 20y 8m 22d - d 17 Sep 1880, 3 p.m. at Pacific Junction - bp PA - res 11y - bur Glenwood
   Woods, Harry
     age 14d - d 9 Nov 1880, 11:30 p.m. at Henderson - bp Hender- son - res life - bur Henderson
   Bennix, Kandie E.
     age ly 6m lid - d 2 Nov 1880, 3 a.m. in Anderson Twp, Mills Co - bp Fremont Co, IA - res life - bur Anderson Twp
   Ringland, I.B.
     age 53y - d 8 Dec 1880, 9 p.m. at Malvern - bp Washington Co, PA - res 24y - bur White Cloud Cemetery
   Stanley, H.R.
     age 37y 2m 22d - d 19 Dec 1880, 3 p.m. at Malvern - bp PA res 23y - bur White Cloud
Page 3
   Graves, Edith
     age 11y 7m - d 24 Nov 1880 in Center Twp, Mills Co - bp Mills Co - res life - bur Hillsdale
   Brown, Joseph
     age 75y - d 1 Dec 1880 in Center Twp, Mills Co - bp RI - res 7y - bur North Grove
   Clark, George W
     age 57y 7m 4d - d 30 Aug 1880 in St. Mary Twp, Mills Co - bp NY - res 31y - bur Pacific City
   Rickabaugh, David
     age 20y 3m 21d - d 12 Oct 1880 at Malvern - bp Malvern - res life - bur Malvern
   Wiatt, Guilford
     age 4m 23d - d 29 Nov 1880 in Silver Creek Twp, Mills Co - bp Silver Creek Twp - res life - bur Silver Creek Twp
   Pace, Wesley
     age 57y - d 29 Sep 1880 in Montgomery Co - bp KY - res not given - bur not given
   unnamed
     age not given - d 13 Sep 1880 in Montgomery Co, IA - bp not given - res not given - bur not given
   Brookhouser, Charlie
     age 5m 10d - d 13 Jan 1881 at Silver City - bp Silver City- res during life - bur Silver City
   Leinbracht, Rudolph
     age 5m 11d - d 23 Jan 1881 at Silver City - bp IA - res from birth - bur Silver City
   Williams, Henry
     age 32y - d 3 Jan 1881 at Hastings - bp OH - res 2y - bur Hastings
   Winger, Maude
     age 7y 11d - d 10 Jan 1881 at Hastings - bp Page Co, IA - res during life - bur Hastings
   Baucraft, Mary G
     age 33y - d 7 Feb 1881 at Malvern - bp NY - res 6y - bur White Cloud
   Henderson, N.G.
     age 44y 6m 3d - d 19 Jan 1881 at Malvern - bp IN - res 21y - bur White Cloud
   unnamed
     age 16d - d 5 Feb 1881 in Center Twp - bp Center Twp - res during life - bur Center Twp
Page 4
   Way, Sariah
     age 22y - d 15 Feb 1881 at Hillsdale - bp IA - res 22y - bur Hillsdale
   Smith, Elisha L.C.
     age 63y - d 27 Feb 1881 at Elm Grove, Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp SC - res 3m - bur Elm Grove, Oak Twp
   Bowen, Cassina
     age 64y 11m 26d - d 26 Feb 1881 at Hastings - bp Monongahela Co, VA - res 15y - bur 10 miles southeast of Hastings
   Brandt, H.J. Herman
     age 9m 23d - d 23 Feb 1881 at Silver City - bp IA - res from birth - bur Silver City
   Cunning, James F
     age 3m - d 30 Mar 1881 in Deer Creek Twp, Mills Co - bp Mills Co - res during life - bur North Grove
   Way, Lislay
     Age 3m 17d - d 15 Apr 1881 at Hillsdale - bp Hillsdale - res not given - bur Hillsdale
   Musselman, Lottie L
     age 6y 3m 4d - d 26 Apr 1881 at Hastings - bp IA - res during life - bur Hastings
   Chapman, Alice A
     age 35y 1m 21d - d 6 Apr 1881 at Hastings - bp NY res 21/2y - bur Emerson
   Simpkins, Emma
     Age 2y 1m 3d - d 3 May 1881 at Hastings - bp IA - res life - bur South Grove
   Burns, R.W.
     age 33y 5m lid - d 15 May 1880 (1881?) at Hillsdale bp MO - res 28y - bur Waughboncey
   unnamed
     age 3d - d 10 Apr 1881 in Glenwood Twp, Mills Co bp Glenwood Twp - res life - bur Glenwood
   Dorsey, L.
     age 21y - d 28 May 1881 at Pacific Junction - bp unknown - res unknown - bur Fairfield, IA
Page 5
   Kennett, Zachariah
     age 46y - d 19 May 1881 at Glenwood - bp not given - res not given - bur "supposed Glenwood"
   Dempster, Stella
     age 23m - d 23 Mar 1881 at Emerson - bp Hardin Co, IA - res 2d - bur Emerson
   Edie, Amelie
     age 75y - d 16 Feb 1881 at Emerson - bp PA - res 8y - bur Cornis Cemetery
   Talinger, Harry
     age 15m - d 13 Jan 1881 at Emerson - bp Emerson - res life - bur Emerson
   Root, William A
     age 21d - d 17 Nov 1880 in Lyons Twp, Mills Co - bp Mills Co - res not given - bur Mills Co
   Hosick, Mariah
     age 44y - d 28 Apr 1881 in Anderson Twp, Mills Co - bp PA - res unknown - bur not given
   Hollingsworth, Ray
     age 2y 1M 19d - d 23 Apr 1881 at Henderson - bp Mills Co - res life - bur Anderson Twp, Mills Co
   Spencer, Adie
     age 10m - d 15 Feb 1881 at Silver City - bp Silver City - res life - bur Silver City
   Haney, Burtie
     age 3m - d 28 Mar 1881 at Silver City - bp Mills Co - res life - bur Silver City
   Scheel, Amelie
     age 36y, 5m - d 19 Mar 1881 at Mineola - bp Germany - res 10y - bur Mineola
   Evernham, Arthur
     age 1y 7m - d 10 Aug 1880 at Glenwood - bp Glenwood - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Harrison, Alfred
     age 6y - d 10 Aug 1880 at Glenwood - bp Glenwood - res not given - bur Glenwood
   DeLoska, B.
     age 34y - body found 17 Jul 1881 4 miles southeast of East Plattsmouth - drounded body delivered to wife - bp Poland - res not given
Page 6
   McFarland, Cephas P.
     age 26y 8m - d 6 Aug 1881 at Pacific Junction - bp Andrew Co, MO - res 15y - bur Glenwood
   Knowles, Mary E.
     age 21y 29d - d 13 Jul 1881 at Emerson - bp Knoxville, Marion Co, IA - res during life - bur Emerson
   Waits, Melinda J.
     age 27y 6m - d 1 Apr 1881 at Emerson - bp PA - res 3y - bur Emerson
   Hastings, Helen
     age 14m 7d - d 12 Aug 1881 in Mills Co - bp Mills Co - res life - bur Silver City
   Runkles, John
     age 23y - d 15 Aug 1881 in Mills Co - bp Mills Co - res 23y - bur Glenwood
   Wilson, Cora
     age 1y 8m - d 10 Aug 1881 at Glenwood - bp MO - res 1/3y - bur Glenwood
   Pall, John Benson
     age 1y 9m 20d - d 20 Jul 1881 in Anderson Twp, Mills Co bp Mills Co - res during life - bur Anderson Twp
   Kruse, William
     age 17y 11m - d 10 Aug 1881 in Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp Oak Twp - res during life - bur Oak Twp
   Patterson, A.M.
     age 7m - d 8 Aug 1881 at Hillsdale - bp MO - res 5/12 - bur Hillsdale
   Franks, Samuel
     age 4m 10d - d 26 Jul 1881 in St. Mary Twp, Mills Co - bp Mills Co - res life - bur St. Mary Twp
   Kesterson, Katie
     age 8y 4m 16d - d 6 Sep 1881 in Rawls Twp, Mills Co bp Mills Co - res life - bur Rawls Twp
   Duncan, Eliza Jane
     age 68y 2m 2d - d 25 Jul 1881 at Emerson - bp York Co, PA - res 5y - bur Emerson
   Rowland, Nancy
     age 31y 9m 19d - d 27 Jul 1881 in Anderson Twp, Mills Co bp IA - res life - bur Anderson Twp
Page 7
   Reimers, Mary
     age 37y - d 12 Oct 1881 in Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp Germany - res 3/12 - bur not given
   Law, Ann
     age 30y - d 19 Sep 1881 at Silver City - bp Switziland Co, IN - res 2y - bur Silver City
   Creamer, John
     age 63y 5m 15d - d 9 May 1881 in Anderson Twp, Mills Co - bp Fayette Co, OH - res 30y - bur Liberty Church
   Donner, Adna
     age 5y 1m 8d - d 28 Feb 1881 in Silver Creek Twp, Mills Co bp Mills Co - res life - bur Liberty Church
   Smith, Metia C.
     age 50y 10m 15d - d 8 May 1881 in Indian Creek Twp, Mills Co - bp Springfield, OH - res 2/12 - bur Wearin's Burial Ground
   Aistrope, Walter
     age 50y 1M 9d - d 25 May 1881 in White Cloud Twp, Mills Co bp England - res 19y - bur Malvern
   Starr, Eddie
     1y 4d - d 11 Sep 1881 at Hastings - bp Hastings - res life - bur South Grove
   Mabbit, Joseph
     age 55y 10m 25d - d 4 Oct 1881 at Hastings - bp Union Co, IN - res 7y - bur Hoyt Cemetery
   Sheil, Henrietta
     age 63y 1m 20d - d 20 Apr 1881 in Keg Creek Twp, Pott. Co - bp Germany - res 4y - bur Lanz Graveyard, Mills Co.
   French, Alanson A.
     age 46y 1M 20d - d 15 Sep 1881 at Emerson - bp Berkshire Co, MA - res 4y - bur Emerson
   Morris, Maria
     age not given - d 26 Aug 1881 in Deer Creek Twp, Mills Co - bp CT - res 9y - bur Climax, Montgomery Co
   Wood, Jacob
     age 76y 6m 18d - d 11 Oct 1881 at Henderson - bp Armstrong Co, PA - res 11y - bur "in the grave yard southeast of town on the hill"
   Fritch, Orlando
     age 2m - d 8 Feb 1882 in Indian Creek Twp, Mills Co - bp Indian Creek Twp - res 2/12 - bur Emerson
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   Skerritts, Rhode
     age 27y 9m 13d - d 27 Oct 1881 in Plattville Twp, Mills Co - bp Boone Co, IA - res 21y - bur Plattville Twp
   Sparks, Charles
     age 40y - d 13 Nov 1881 in Ross Twp, Fremont Co - bp not known - res not known - bur Tabor
   Reed, John C
     age 68yr 3m 14d - d 4 Nov 1881 in Indian Creek Twp, Co - bp OH - res 32y - bur Indian Creek Twp
   Woolf, Cody
     age 5y - d 4 Dec 1881 at Pacific City - bp America - res not given - bur Pacific City
   Smith, W.H.
     age 37y - d 13 Dec 1881 at Glenwood - bp OH - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Fallon, Sarah
     age 75y - d 5 Jan 1882 in Glenwood Twp, Mills Co - bp not given - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Roberts, Ida M.
     age 23y 15d - d 10 Jan 1882 at Hastings - bp Taylor Co - res 23-1/24y (sic) - bur Taylor Co
   Richards, H. Ray
     age 8y 8m 14d - d 16 Jan 1882 at Pacific Junction - bp U.S. - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Crowder, Mrs P.
     age 30y - d 23 Apr 1882 in St. Mary Twp, Mills Co - bp U.S. res not given - bur not given
   Plumb, Valentine
     age 62y 16d - d 2 Mar 1882 in Anderson Twp, Mills Co - bp Lincolnshire, England - res 25y - bur Anderson Twp
   Brookhouser, Nathan
     age 50y 10m 25d - d 7 Mar 1882 at Silver City - bp PA - res 20y - bur Silver City
   Claiborne, Eugene V
     age 2y 5m - d 24 Feb 1882 at Glenwood - bp IA - res bur Glenwood
   Creech, Nancy
     age 69y - d 19 Jan 1882 in Rawls Twp, Mills Co - bp KY - res 29y - bur Estes Cemetery

Source: Mills County Death Record Book I, Office of the Clerk of District Court, Mills County, Glenwood, by Beverly Boileau in 1981.
Secondary Source: Hawkeye Heritage Vol 18 (4): 177-195, 1983.

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