- 14 Dec 1882
- Nellie E. Russell, oldest dau. of Henry
and Maggie Russell, d. 6 Dec 1882
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- 14 Dec 1882
- Hillsdale item Donaldson, Mr., an aged
and respected citizen died suddenly and
unexpectedly. On Sunday morning after having eaten,
when he got up from the table he fell to the floor
dead. He was a member of the M.E. church.
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- 21 Dec 1882
- Three funerals at Liberty church within a week.
Mrs. L. C. Barker, George Foster of
Hastings, both on 12 Dec. and on the 13th Mr.
Tomson who was kicked in the face by a horse.
(headstone in the East Liberty Cemetery: Eliza
Barker, wife of L.C. 25 Dec 1832 - 4 Dec 1882)
(buried in the Hastings Cemetery: G. W. Foster,
d. 10 Dec 1882 age 51y - Civil War GAR)
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- 28 Dec 1882
Mosher, Mr. who lived north of town on the
Sterling Davis place, died yesterday morning at 4 AM
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- 28 Dec 1882
- Cokely, Mrs., died last Wednesday and
was buried in the cemetery east of town on Thursday
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- 11 Jan 1883 - Glenwood item
- Record, Mrs. James, died on Saturday 8
Jan. She suffered from consumption. She leaves a
husband and two small children. The husband within
a year has lost his wife, brother and grandmother.
- (headstone in Glenwood Cemetery: Sarah E.
Record, wife of J.F. died 6 Jan 1883 at age 23y
1m 29d)
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- 11 Jan 1883
- Hubbell, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. lost their
10 year old daughter Tuesday night from membranous
croup. Two other children of the family are
suffering from the same ailment.
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- 25 Jan 1883
- Jas. Hoover, brother-in-law of H. H.
Huffaker and one of the city's esteemed citizens.
He fell from a sleigh, dead. Deceased was a
painter, aged about 50. He leaves an invalid wife
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- 1 Feb 1883
- James Hoover,, born in Warren, Trumbull,
Ohio, on 23rd of August in 1836His wife was Annarpy
(Huffaker) whom he married in 1867 in Beulah county
IL. He served during the Civil War.
- (headstone in the Silver City Cemetery:
James Hoover, 23 Aug 1836 - 23 Jan 1883)
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- 15 Feb 1883
- Haymaker, infant dau. of Mr. and Mrs.
John Haymaker of White Cloud Township.
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- 22 Feb 1883
- Donner, Mrs. H. buried last week in
Liberty Cemetery
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- 8 Mar 1883
- Mary E. Donner, wife of Henry, died 13 Feb
1883. She leaves a husband and four children.
- (headstone in East Liberty Cemetery: Mary E.
Donner, died 13 Feb 1883, age 34y 9m 28d)
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- 22 Mar 1883 - Hillsdale item
- Mrs. Willis Kelley and child, formerly
of Hillsdale now a resident of Corning. On the 9th
the Kelley's oldest child died of membranous croup
and on Sunday following the mother died of heart
disease.
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- 5 Apr 1883 - Silver City item
- Joseph Hornby died at the residence of
Henry Hastings.
- (headstone in Silver City Cemetery: Joseph
Hornby 29 Nov 1849 - 25 Mar 1883)
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- 12 Apr 1883 - Nonpareil item of 6 Apr.
- John H. Plumer funeral held at the Brick
church in the Plumer settlement. The funeral
services were conducted in German.
- (headstone in Salem Lutheran Cemetery: John
H. Plumer geb in Hanover 1795 - gest den 2 Apr
1883)
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- 3 May 1883
- Alfred M. Delavan, Sen., age 75 d. 24
Apr 1883 at his home in Rawles Township. Born in
New Jersey, near Jersey City, 27 Jul 1808. Came to
Mills county in 1863. Married 9 Jul 1834 to Olive
Shaw, a native of Dayton Ohio. Parents of 8
children, 6 now living.(buried in Pleasant Hill
cemetery)
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- 23 Aug 1883
- Maurice Burnham, of Ingraham Township - his
child of 4 or 5 years was missing and finally after
a search was found to have fallen in a well which
was 40 feet deep. Funeral at Liberty church.
- (headstone in East Liberty Cemetery: Earle
Burnham d. 21 Aug 1883, 5y 7m 2d)
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- 30 Aug 1883
- Harris, Mrs. Frank, of Malvern, three weeks ago
a son was born to her and since that time she had
been in poor health. Funeral services at the
Presbyterian church.
- (headstone in Malvern cemetery: Maggie
Harris d. 1883 - 28years- her four infant
children are buried beside her.)
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- 6 Sep 1883
- Maggie E. Harris died 29 Aug 1883 - 28y
1m 20d. She was born in Lawrence Co, PA 9 Jul 1855
and moved in 1865 to Scotland Co. MO where she
resided until her marriage to F. C. Harris in 1875.
She leaves her husband and two small sons.
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- 27 Sep 1883 - Tabor Item
- Maggie Foster, formerly of Malvern,
later of Lincoln NE, came here to take a teacher's
course but soon contracted typhoid and she died on
Monday.
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- 25 Oct 1883
- C. W Lafkin, late editor of the Glenwood
Opinion, died last Sunday morning. He has been in
failing health for some months. The funeral took
place Monday afternoon conducted by the Knights of
Pythias, of which he was a member. The deceased was
about twenty seven years old. Born and reared in
Glenwood.
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- 1 Nov 1883
- Elizabeth Kerney died at the home of her
son in Washington Township, Pottawattamie county on
21 Oct 1883, age 57y 4w 1d, after an illness of ten
months. Born in Westmorland county, England and
came to America with her parents in 1838.
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- 8 Nov 1883
- Mr. James Rockafellow died of typhoid fever on
Saturday. He was 26 years of age and leaves a young
wife, Mary Rockafellow..
- (headstone in Hastings Cemetery: James S.
Rockafellow, d. 3 Nov 1883, 26y y 6m 27d)
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- 15 Nov 1883
- McKee, Ezra, son of Robert McKee of Glenwood,
met with an accident while in the employ of the
rail road company at Tracy, Minnesota.
- (headstone in Glenwood Cemetery: Ezra
McKee 4 Mar 1854 - 7 Nov 1883.)
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- 22 Nov 1883
- Rev. W. L. Edmonds, Typhoid fever took the life
of Rev. Edmonds, pastor of the M. E. Church. He
leaves a wife and five little boys, the oldest of
which is 14 and the youngest 3 years. The funeral
rites were conducted in part by the I.O.O.F of
which he was a member. One hundred and twenty five
members of that order took part in the ceremonies.
The funeral was said to have been the largest ever
held in Malvern. Deceased was born in Canada 4 Oct
1845.
- (headstone in Malvern Cemetery : W.L.
Edmonds, d. 17 Nov 1883 38y 13d)
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- 13 Dec 1883
- Burnham, Mrs. J. H., buried last Monday at East
Liberty. She leaves a husband and two little girls.
- (headstone in East Liberty Cemetery: Lucy M.
Burnham, wife of J. H., d. 8 Dec 1883 32 years)
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- 13 Dec 1883
- Sidener, Mettie, 15 year old daughter of Sidney
and Easter Sidener and granddaughter of G. W. and
Mrs. Sidener, died of typhoid fever on 11 Nov.
- (headstone in Silver City Cemetery: Mettie
B. Sidener 19 May 1869 - 11 Nov 1883)
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- 13 Dec 1883
- Spencer, Mrs. Sarah A., daughter of G. W
Sidener and wife of Mr. P. Spencer died 22 Nov
1883. She was born in Decatur county Indiana 4 Aug
1849, came to Iowa in 1867, married on 19 Oct 1871.
- (headstone in the Silver City Cemetery:
Sarah A. Spencer, wife of P.M. d. 23 Nov
1883 34y 3m 19d)
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- 13 Dec 1883
- Sidener, Easter, wife of Sidney G. Sidener,
died on 26 Nov. She was the mother of Mettie who
died the day before, both of the same disease.
Daughter-in-law of G. W. Sidener. She leaves one
son and a husband.
- (headstone in Silver City Cemetery: Ester
Sidener 11 Dec 1844 - 26 Nov 1883)
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