St. Matthias Catholic Church
Deaths 1853-1863
Funeral Record for the Catholic Congregations of Muscatine
Some of these people may have been buried in the Old St. Mary's Cemetery in Muscatine. Being there are no burial records or grave markers that remain there today, makes it tough. The best we can do is to see if their place of burial is noted in an obituary or if they are found interred in another cemetery. We checked Greenwood Cemetery records and found only one from this listing who was buried there. It was of John Shwab/Schwab who died in 1862.
This webpage was created August 10, 2007 by Lynn McCleary
Year Entry # First Name Last Name Burial Date Notes Priest Previous to the year 1853 have been buried in the Catholic graveyard of Muscatine Patrick McCormick noted same John Owens noted same Sophia Mary Berry noted same J. ? Farrel A child dead without baptism noted same Ann Keenan 1853 1 Catharine Corcoran 7 Jan 1853 Catharine Fahey, wife of Patrick Corcoran, Aged 21 years Ph. Laurent 1854 1 Mary Foly 12 Jul 1854 Mary, wife of Patick Foly, Aged 38 yrs of sickness of scarlet fever Flannary 1854 2 Bernard Chichy 9 Jul 1854 Aged perhaps 48 years from sickness of cholera Flannary 1854 3 none given Deleharity none given Aged 8 yrs, he died by cholera Flannary 1854 4 David White 2 Aug 1854 He died by sunstruck Flannary 1854 5 Marguritha Seyvert 8 Aug 1854 (written in German) Flannary 1854 6 Margaretha Seyvert 9 Aug 1854 Wife of Mich. Seyvert (written in German) Flannary 1854 7 Barbara Seyvert 10 Aug 1854 Flannary 1854 8 John Sudderly 12 Aug 1854 Aged 28 yrs Flannary 1854 9 Michael Seyvert 16 Aug 1854 Husband of Mary Seyvert, Age 38 yrs Flannary 1854 9 Mary Ellen Mahony 27 Aug 1854 Six months, dying of cholera Flannary 1854 10 Theresia Basten 2 Sep 1854 2 yr old daughter of C. Bastan died of cholera Flannary 1854 11 Amalie Bedmer 24 Sep 1854 Bernard Bedmer Flannary 1854 12 Thomas O'Neil 3 Sep 1854 Son of Moses & Johann O'Neil, 7 months old dying of diarrhea Flannary 1854 13 Mary Fahey 3 Oct 1854 Wife of Jos Fahey, she died of nervous fever. Flannary 1854 14 Marie Liuse Plessis 5 Oct 1854 Age 5 yrs (written in French) daughter of F. ? Plessis. Died of fever Flannary 1854 15 N. ? McGovern 9 Oct 1854 Buried in Catholic graveyard, he died working on the railroad. Flannary 1854 16 Catherine O'Conner 8 Nov 1854 Wife of Jeffrey O'Connell, she died of apoplexy. Aged 40 years Flannary 1854 17 Herman Ludgehausen 5 Nov 1854 Husband of Elizabeth (written in German) Flannary 1854 18 Robert Grandville 13 Nov 1854 Aged 1 1/2 yrs, died by diarrhea Flannary 1854 19 John Carrol 14 Nov 1854 Age about 30 yrs., he died in consequence of a hurt on the railroad. Flannary 1854 20 Daniel Kelly 17 Nov 1854 Age 96 yrs. buried in the catholic graveyard Flannary 1854 21 Mary Coughlin 21 Nov 1854 Age about 25 yrs. Flannary 1854 22 Celina Leimille 24 Nov 1854 wife of Louis Malle, Aged 26 yrs (written in French) Flannary 1854 23 Henry Dunlap 15 Dec 1854 Age 30 yrs F. P. McCormick 1854 24 William Lalor 22 Dec 1854 Age 23 yrs F. P. McCormick 1855 25 Kate Finn 27 Jan 1855 Aged 30 yrs F. P. McCormick 1856 1 Margaret Oppelt 15 Mar 1856 Age 35 Ph. Laurent 1856 2 Mary Keily 13 May 1856 Aged 14 yrs 4 mos 3 dys Ph. Laurent 1856 3 John Murphy 21 May 1856 Died May 19, 1856, Age 19 yrs, due to consumption Ph. Laurent 1856 4 Jane Keily 8 Jun 1856 Age 38 yrs Died of incipient consumption at the Junction Ph. Laurent 1856 5 Mary Purcell 9 Jun 1856 Died of consumption, Age 32 yrs. Ph. Laurent 1856 6 Margaret Cosgrove 10 Jun 1856 Died of consumption, Age 22 yrs. Ph. Laurent 1856 6 Ellen McCrow 12 Jun 1856 Age 47 yrs, Died of a long protracted consumption after an illness of 3 years. Ph. Laurent 1856 7 John Kirvin 24 Aug 1856 Age 29 yrs Ph. Laurent 1856 8 Regina Bodman 9 Sep 1856 Age 26 yrs, died of unknown illness Ph. Laurent 1857 1 Lawrence Foley 17 Mar 1857 Age 65 yrs Ph. Laurent 1857 2 Patrcik Donahue 11 Jul 1857 Age about 20 yrs died a sudden death being bruised and smashed by the railroad cars. Ph. Laurent 1857 3 Honora Down 13 Sep 1856 Age over 60 yrs. Ph. Laurent 1858 1 John O'Brien beginning of January Died of spasms and convulsions fits P. Magne 1858 2 Peter Hezen In the same month Died at Fredonia. P. Magne 1858 3 Morris Garey 15 Jan 1858 Died at Fredonia of lung fever. P. Magne 1858 4 Bridgett Dwire 23 Jan 1858 Died 22 Jan 1858 at Fredonia of child birth. Her child received private baptism and died also immediatley. P. Magne 1858 Peter Englbert Bernson 30 Aug 1858 Died on the 25. Was buried in block lot 5 and paid 8 dollars. P. Magne 1862 1 Unknown Child 7 Jan 1862 Unkown child of a German Doctor, age 2 yrs M. Kinsella 1862 Thomas Griffin 11 Jan 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Alice (Mrs) Morris 14 Jan 1862 She was a resident of High Prairie M. Kinsella 1862 Kate (Miss) O'Neil 14 Feb 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Unknown German Man month ? 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Mrs. Maher 30 Jan 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Unknown German Woman 20 Feb 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Unknown Man from the City 2 Feb 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Unknown Arnold 16 Feb 1862 Boy 5 minutes old M. Kinsella 1862 Marget (Miss) Celser 4 Apr 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Margaret Ellen Arnold 9 Apr 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 John Nestor 11 Apr 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Miss Donelly 6 Apr 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Agnes Bucher 13 Apr 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 John Shwab 13 Apr 1862 Note: Greenwood Cemetery records lists John Schwab 2 yrs. d. 12 Apr 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Bridget Cullen 29 Aug 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Augusta Klein 25 Aug 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Mrs. Brown 29 Nov 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Unknown Clark month ? 1862 Little boy M. Kinsella 1862 Mary Mahoy 23 Nov 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Mr. Cosgrow Nov 1862 Of 76 (Twp?) M. Kinsella 1862 Dan Muldowny 1862 Noted: "I think in Nov., a soldier of Capt Dorans" M. Kinsella 1862 Hanna Gethrin ? 12 Dec 1862 M. Kinsella 1862 Andrew Celser month ? 1862 M. Kinsella 1863 Mary Calahen 2 Jan 1863 7 weeks M. Kinsella 1863 Mary Gormon 9 Mar 1863 M. Kinsella 1863 Kate Farrell 17 Mar 1863 M. Kinsella 1863 F. Hart 23 Mar 1863 M. Kinsella 1863 Mrs. Smith 17 Mar 1863 From Moscow M. Kinsella 1863 Mrs . Cassady 2 Jun 1863 From the Slew (south end Muscatine) M. Kinsella