Mills County, Iowa


Partial Death Recording for Iowa Institution for Feeble Minded Children
1885 - 1898
NOTES:
      This facility was originally built as the Soldier's Orphans Home. It was designed to care for children of the Civil War Veterans. In 1874, the Orphan’s Home moved to Davenport, Iowa. The Institute re-opened its doors in 1876, as the Iowa Asylum for Feebleminded Children. By the turn of the century, approximately 1000 children, referred to as inmates, from all over the State of Iowa lived at the IIFMC. The percentage of deaths of children and teenagers was much higher, in Mills, than in other Iowa counties. Many times little was known about the child's age and background. There was a State Cemetery for burial of the residents of the Institution, but it is not indexed in the Mills County Cemetery Book. In the 1940's the name was changed to the Glenwood State School. Today the institution is called the Glenwood Resource Center. ~ Cay Merryman and Karyn     Search listing by Date order
Name
Sex
Birth Place
Age
Status
Res
Death Date
Death Place
Buried
Anderson, John C.
m
Sweden
22y
s
3y
01Mar1893
Poor Farm
Poor Farm
Anet, Charley B.
m
PA
66y
ng
24y
21Jun1894
Bethlehem
Glnwd St Ce
Ayers, Eddie
m
IA
23y
s
life
08Apr1894
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Bird, Lucretia
f
IA
19y
s
life
16 Dec1897
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Brown, David L.
m
U. S.
12y
ng
life
10 Feb 1888
Glenwood FMI
Glenwood
Chase, Martha C.
f
U. S.
19y 9m 3d
ng
ng
6 Apr 1887
Glenwood FMI
ng
Clarke, Allie Matilda
f
ng
29y
s
ng
29Nov1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Clutter, Franz
m
ng
15y
s
ng
13Aug1894
Glenwood
Glnwd St. Ce
Colburn, Ly___gers
m
IA
15y
s
life
05Sep1894
Glenwood
Glnwd St.Ce
Darrow, Joseph
m
Clayton Co IA
24y10m2d
s
life
28Dec1894
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce.
Dau, Bertha
f
U. S.
11y 6m 22d
ng
life
20 Feb 1888
Glenwood FMI
Glenwood
Dennis, Clifford W.
m
IA
10y 6m 13d
ng
life
30 Aug 1886
Glenwood FMI
ng
Doak, Charles
m
U. S.
15y6m
ng
ng
18 Mar 1887
Glenwood FMI
ng
Edson, Mary M.
f
ng
15y
ng
ng
18Jan1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce.
Elliot, Edwin E.
m
IA
15y
s
life
25May1894
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Fiester, Rebecca B.
f
IA
8y
s
life
31Jan1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St. Ce
Fitzgerald, Joseph
m
Canada
22y
s
ng
20 Mar1898
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Fulton, Elmer
m
Montgomery Co
18y
s
life
12Sep1894
Lyons Twp
Glnwd St.Ce
Glover, Lenora Marg.
f
ng
23y
s
ng
17Sep1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Hartzell, Anna V.
f
ng
21y
s
ng
26May1897
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Hill, Eddie L.
m
U.S.
18y 5m
ng
ng
13 May 1887
Glenwood FMI
ng
Hubbard, John Wm.
m
ng
19y
s
ng
20Mar1896
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Hulbert, Ada
f
ng
17y
s
ng
10Jun1894
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce.
Huss, Gertrude
f
ng
15y
s
ng
01May1897
IFMC
Glnwd St Ce
Kamker, Carl
m
ng
16y 7m 17d
ng
ng
20 Feb 1888
Glenwood FMI
Glenwood
Kelley, Isaac
m
ng
20y
s
ng
19Jan1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce.
Lamphier, Randall
m
IA
10y 1m 8d
ng
ng
20 Sep 1887
Glenwood FMI
Glenwood
Lindiman, Benjamin
m
IA
20y
ng
life
31 Jan1898
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Lovig, John L.
m
U. S.
19y
ng
life
15 Oct 1886
Glenwood FMI
ng
Lubke, Jacob
m
Germany
9y
s
2y
12Feb1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Lun____, John
m
ng
16y
s
ng
11Mar1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Miller, Donny F.
m
IA
14y
s
life
13 Mar1898
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Minard, Rosea
f
ng
9y
s
ng
26May1897
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Myren, George
m
U.S.
14y 10m 8d
ng
ng
11 Sep 1885
Glenwood FMI
Woodbury Co, IA
Peirce, Thomas
m
ng
18y
s
ng
30May1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Poduski, Farrow
?
Pole
11m
ng
ng
22 Mar 1888
Glenwood FMI
Glenwood
Porter, Seth L.
m
IA
19y
s
life
02Jun1894
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce.
Powers, Frank
m
ng
11y10m4d
s
ng
08Feb1893
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Randolph, Jessie M.
f
ng
19y3m
s
ng
01Feb1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St. Ce
Robinson, Nellie V.
f
SC
28y
s
16y
09Feb1896
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Sallurlee? Lorin J.
m
ng
20y
s
ng
08Apr1896
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Salton, Henry
m
ng
17y
ng
ng
22 Apr 1887
Glenwood FMI
ng
Seward, Sylvia A.
f
IA
9y
s
life
22Jan1896
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Shepherd, Jennie
f
ng
20y
s
ng
09 Dec1897
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Shoneberger, Ira
m
U. S.
12y
ng
ng
24 Jan 1886
Glenwood FMI
ng
Smith, Philip
m
U.S.
16y 1m 1d
ng
ng
2 July 1887
Glenwood FMI
Glenwood
Spali, Fritz N.
m
unknown
16y 8m 13d
s
ng
3 Jun 1885
Glenwood FMI
ng
Sprague, Elsie
f
IA
5y
s
life
10Nov1895
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Stephenson, Geo W
m
IA
17y
s
life
01Mar1896
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Stiffey, George
m
U. S.
8y 3m 24d
ng
ng
21 Apr 1887
Glenwood FMI
ng
Thompson, Arthur M
m
IA
37y
s
life
19 Dec1897
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Thrush, Charles H
m
ng
17y
s
ng
17Feb1897
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Tisirigton, Lizzie
f
U. S.
18y 4m 15d
ng
ng
24 Sep 1887
Glenwood FMI
Colfax
Travers, Bertha
f
IA
18y
s
life
23May1896
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Vorse, Matie
f
U. S.
24y 8m 12d
ng
ng
24 Oct 1885
Glenwood FMI
ng
Ward, Ernest Grover
m
ng
10y
s
ng
01Jan1896
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Winset, Dell
m
IA
18y
s
life
24Apr1894
Glenwood
Glnwd St Ce
Source: Compiled from Mills County death records, previously transcribed by Beverly Boileau & Cay Merryman.

Key: Y=year;  M=month;  D=days/died;  BP=birthplace;  Res=number of years a resident of Iowa;  Bur=buried;  and FMI=Feeble Minded Institution.

Copyright © 2000 by Cay Merryman and may be reproduced only with written permission.
Source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Family History Library Catalog, Microfilm # 1503210
All data transcribed and submitted by Cay Merryman.

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