Mills County, Iowa

Register of Deaths - Book 1, pages 17-24 (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 17
   Whonn, Lettie
     age 21d - d 12 Oct 1883 at Henton Station, Mills Co bp Henton Station - res 21d - bur Glenwood
   Routzong, Sarah E.
     age 33y 11m - d 7 Jan 1884 at Henderson - bp Lawrence Co, IN - res not given - bur Henderson
   Cook, Nancy
     age 94y - d 10 Jan 1884 at Malvern - bp Ireland - res not given - bur Council Bluffs
   Harris, Maggie E.
     age 28y 1m 20d - d 29 Aug 1883 at Malvern - bp Lawrence Co, PA res not given - bur Malvern
   Harold, Delila
     age 78y 3m 12d - d 9 Jan 1884 at Hillsdale - bp NC - res 17y - bur Hillsdale
   Shelley, J.M.
     age 77y 21d - d 29 Dec 1883 in Silver Creek Twp, Mills Co - bp KY - res about 8y - bur Silver Creek Twp
   Holsclaw, Charles Elmer
     age 9y 5m - d 14 Feb 1884 at Hillsdale - bp Knox Co, IL res not given - bur Hillsdale
   Rogers, Lawson White
     age 83y 3m - d 18 Jan 1884 at Glenwood - bp TN - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Stevens, M. Ellen
     age 22y - d 14 Apr 1884 in Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp IA - res 4 or 5 days - bur not given
   Lawrence, Ed
     age 54y 2m - d 20 Feb 1884 at Henderson - bp VT - res not given - bur Henderson
   Pickrel, Mary Jane
     age 27y 2m 15d - d 30 Mar 1884 at Emerson - bp Peoria Co, IL - res 5y - bur Emerson
   Tindall, Clara E.
     age 24y 7m 23d - d 17 Jan 1884 at Emerson - bp ChristianCo, IL - res 5y - bur Emerson
   Linley, Charles A.
     age 8y 5m 22d - d 8 Feb 1884 at Silver City - bp Rushville, Schuyler Co, IL - res 2y - bur Silver City
Page 18
   Jones, Nannie
     age 15y 3m 20d - d 22 Apr 1884 in Plattville Twp, Mills Co - bp U.S. - res, do not know - bur not given
   Christy, Ham
     age 6m - d 7 Jun 1884 in Ingraham Twp, Mills Co - bp Ingraham Twp - res not given - bur Liberty Cemetery
   Reasoner, James P.
     age 44y - d 4 Feb 1884 in Center Twp, Mills Co - bp OH - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Parmeter, Asher
     age 71y 9m - d 28 Apr 1884 at Malvern - bp Rutland, CT - res not given - bur Malvern
   Swartz, Maud
     age 1y 3m - d 24 Jul 1884, place not given - bp Ingraham Twp - res not given - bur Silver City
   Finken, Teresa
     age 15y - d 10 Aug 1884 in West Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp West Oak - res not given - bur Oak Twp Cemetery
   Finken, Henry
     age 11y - d 9 Aug 1884 in West Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp West Oak - res not given - bur Oak Twp Cemetery
   Grove, Harvey
     age 61y - d 11 Aug 1884 in Plattville Twp, Mills Co - bp IL - res not given - bur Glenwood
   unnamed female
     age 6m - d 9 Aug 1884 in Glenwood Twp, Mills Co - bp Glenwood City - bur Glenwood
   McCoy, James
     age 84y - d 22 Feb 1884 in Glenwood Twp, Mills Co - bp PA - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Byers, Rachel
     age 45y 8m 4d - d 22 Aug 1884 in Center Twp, Mills Co - bp OH - res 30y - bur not given
   unnamed male
     age 3d - d 21 Aug 1884 in Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp Oak Twp - res not given - bur Mineola
   Miller, George W.
     age 47y - d 29 Aug 1884 in Ingraham Twp, Mills Co - bp Ingraham Twp - res not given - bur not given
Page 19
   Ewing, Tom
     age 2m - d 2 Sep 1884 in Ingraham Twp, Mills Co - bp Ingraham Twp - res not given - bur Silver City
   Reed, George
     age 1y 8m - d 26 Aug 1884 in Anderson Twp, Mills bp Anderson Twp - res not given - bur Silver City
   unnamed male
     age 4m - d 18 Nov 1883 in Indian Creek Twp - bp Indian Creek Twp - res 4/12y - bur Emerson
   Lacy, Pearl
     age 11m 21d - d 2 Dec 1883 at Henderson - bp Henderson - res not given - bur Henderson
Page 20
   Bouton, Mamie
     age 7y 1m - d 1 Oct 1884 at Silver City - bp IA - res not given - bur Silver City
   Hettinger, Geo W.
     age 2y 3d - d 8 Oct 1884 at Silver City - bp IA - res not given - bur Silver City
   Meadows, Samuel
     age 68y 1/2m - d 2 Oct 1884 in Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp not given - res not given - bur Oak Twp
   Young, Jacob
     age 66y - d 9 or 10 Oct 1884 in Oak Twp, Mills Co -bp Geramny - res 28y - bur Oak Twp
   Walling, Myrtie
     age 10m - d 30 Nov 1884 in Glenwood First Ward bp Glenwood - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Rommel, George
     age 1y 6m - d 14 Nov 1884 at Silver City - bp Silver City - res not given - bur Silver City
   Taylor, George M.
     age 16y - d 30 Jan 1885 in Glenwood Twp, Mills Co bp MO - res 6 weeks - bur Glenwood
   Campbell, William
     age 1d - d 13 Feb 1885 in Oak Twp, Mills Co - bp Glenwood - res not given - bur West Liberty
   Mitchell, Xenia
     age 2y 11m - d 21 Feb 1885 at Hastings - bp NE - res not given - bur Hastings
   Gilliard, Susan
     age 62y - d 14 Feb 1885 in Glenwood Twp, Mills Co - bp England - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Otis, Sabina
     age 82y 5m - d 24 Feb 1885 at Glenwood - bp Vr - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Juenkel, female
     age 22d - d 8 Mar 1885, place not given - bp 2 miles east of Mineola - res not given - bur Mineola
   Hansen, Jacob Johann August
     age 6 1/2m - d 6 Apr 1885, place not given - bp 4 miles south of Mineola - res not given - bur Mineola
Page 21
   Schmiedeskamp, Ferdinand August
     age 6m - d 7 Apr 1885 in Pott. Co - bp Pott. Co - res not given - bur Pott. Co.
   Hill, August V.
     age 21y 1m - d 28 Mar 1885 in Oak Twp, Mills Co bp Sweden - res not given - bur Linn Co, MO
   Wolf, Mary
     age 15y 6m - d 27 Apr 1885 at Mineola - bp Germany - res not given - bur Mineola
   Myles, Mary
     age 35y - d 8 May 1885 in Center Twp - bp U.S. - res not given - bur Center Twp
   Bolin, Daniel
     age 16y 20d - d 21 Apr 1885 in Glenwood - bp IA - res life - bur Des Moines
   Jackson, Marion
     age 15y 4m - d 19 May 1885 at Glenwood - bp England - res not given - bur not given
   Thompson, Cecelia Margaretha
     age 8y 5m - d 6 May 1885 at Mineola - bp Germany res not given - bur Mineola
   Scheel, Mrs. Friedrich (nee Dorothea Roennfeldt)
     age 38y 2m - d 22 May 1885 in Mills Co - bp Germany - res not given - bur Mineola
   Philips, Ella E
     age 2y 5m - d 18 Jun 1885 at Henderson - bp Henderson - res not given - bur Mills Co
   Hay, female
     age 17d - d 9 Jun 1885 at Henderson - bp Henderson - res not given - bur Anderson Twp
   Barbee, Solomon
     age 73y 19d - d 14 Jun 1885 in Mills Co - bp Ross Co, OH - res not given - bur Hillsdale
   Ruckman, Martha
     age 13y 7m 8d - d 23 Jun 1885 at Glenwood - bp IA - res life - bur Glenwood
   Roberts, Mary O
     age 17y - d 1 Jun 1885 at Glenwood - bp U.S.A. - res not given - bur not given
Page 22
   McGloughlin, John
     age 20y 4m - d 3 Jun 1885 at Glenwood - bp not known - res not given - bur not given
   Spali, Fritz N.
     age 16y 8m 13d - d 3 Jun 1885 at Glenwood FMI. - bp not given - res not given - bur not given
   Case, Hattie
     age 9y 5m 6d - d 4 Jul 1885 at Glenwood - bp not given res life - bur not given
   Delashmutt, Pearley G
     age 2y - d 18 Jul 1885 in Lyons Twp, Mills Co - bp Lyons Twp - res not given - bur Van Ettens Cemetery
   Fincham, Helen D.
     age 37y 9m - d 17 Jul 1885 in Center Twp, Mills Co - bp OH - res not given - bur Silver City
   Higgins, Gertie
     age 8m - d 1 Aug 1885 in Ingraham Twp, Mills Co - bp IA - res not given - bur Malvern
   Neal, female
     age 2d - d 30 Jul 1885 at Henderson - bp Henderson - res not given - bur Henderson
   Jennings, Leroy
     age 1y 1m - d 7 Aug 1885 at Glenwood - bp Glenwood res life - bur Glenwood
   Fox, William J.R.
     age 11y 1m 22d - d 23 Aug 1885 at Glenwood - bp U.S. - res not given - bur not given
   Foxworthy, Taylor
     age 36y 2m - d 27 Aug 1885 in Mills Co - bp KY res not given - bur not given
   Barnard, Nancy
     age 4d - d 30 Aug 1885 at Hillsdale - bp Mills Co - res not given - bur Hillsdale
   Scott, Jessie
     age 2y 6m - d 24 Aug 1885 at Pacific Junction - bp Pacific Junction - res not given - bur Pacific City
   Lincoln, Minnie
     age 1y 19m - d 14 Aug 1885 at Pacific Junction - bp Pacific Junction - res not given - bur Pacific Junction
Page 23
   Myren, George
     age 14y 10m 8d - d 11 Sep 1885 at Glenwood FMI - bp U.S. res not given - bur Woodbury Co, IA
   Tipton, Mary Ann
     age 40y 3m - d 12 Feb 1886 at Glenwood - bp PA - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Miller, Gracy Pearl
     age 9m 15d - d 13 Mar 1886, place not given - bp Mills Co - res not given - bur Malvern
   Towslee, Mrs. Julia H.
     age 60y 6m - d 5 May 1886 at Glenwood - bp VT - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Loobey, Lawrence
     age 70y 2m - d 7 Jun 1886 at Silver City, IA - bp Ireland - res not given - bur Neola, IA
   Cooper, Elizabeth M.
     age 37y 10m 1d - d 4 Apr 1886 at Henderson of injuries received in the fall of a bridge 4 Jul 1882 - bp McLeon Co, IL - res 30y - bur near Henderson
   Walker, Chas P.
     age 14y - d 1 Aug 1886 at Glenwood - bp U.S. - res not given - bur not given
   Shay, Early
     age 3m - d 5 Aug 1886 in Mills Co - bp Mills Co - res not given - bur Malvern
   Surface, Lee W.
     age 3d - d 14 Aug 1886 at Hillsdale - bp Hillsdale - res 3d - bur Hillsdale
   Dennis, Clifford W.
     age 10y 6m 13d - d 30 Aug 1886 at Glenwood FMI - bp IA res life - bur not given
Page 24
   Vorse, Matie
     age 24y 8m 12d - d 24 Oct 1885 at Glenwood FMI - bp U.S. - res not given - bur Des Moines
   Heinrichs, John P
     age 17y 6m 1d - d 14 Oct 1885 at Glenwood - bp U.S. - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Shields, Olive T.
     age 19y - d 14 Oct 1885 near Malvern - bp Mills Co - res life - bur Liberty Church
   Barton, Bessy
     age 25y - d 13 Oct 1885 at Malvern - bp England - res 8y - bur Malvern
   Middleton, Catherine
     age 54y 3m - d 21 Nov 1885 in Silver Creek Twp, Mills Co - bp OH - res not given - bur Council Bluffs
   Agan, John
     age 39y 2m - d 23 Oct 1885 at Silver City - bp IN - res not given - bur Silver City
   Sidener, Geo. W.
     age 73y 5m - d 2 Nov 1885 at Silver City - bp KY - res not given - bur Silver City
   Darling, Mabel
     age 15y 5m - d 5 Dec 1885 at Glenwood - bp Mills Co - res life - bur Glenwood
   Woods, Mabel
     age 15y 1m - d 8 Nov 1885 at Henderson - bp IA - res not given - bur Henderson
   Sherrard, Hellen (sic)
     age 32y 5m - d 16 Nov 1885 in Anderson Twp, Mills Co - bp IL - res not given - bur IL
   Tipton, Dot
     age 6m d 2 Jan 1886 at Glenwood - bp Glenwood - res not given - bur Glenwood
   Shoneberger, Ira
     age 12y d 24 Jan 1886 at Glenwood FMI - bp U.S. - res not given - bur not given
   Schenck, James Monroe
     age 67y 10m - d 1 May 1886 in Anderson Twp, Mills Co - bp OH - res not given - bur Henderson

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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