1870 Mortality Schedule

Polk County, Iowa

(Persons who died during the  year ending 1st June, 1870)

1.- Persons name    2.- Age at last birthday    3.- Sex      4.-Color      5.- Married or Widowed       6.- Place of Birth   

      7.- Father of Foreign birth    8.- Mother of Foreign birth    9.- Month the person died    10.- Profession 

 11.- Disease or cause of death.

** Every effort has been made to read the enumerators writing.  In doing so, there may be mistakes.  Please the County Coordinator if you know the correct spelling of a family.

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Spencer, David 51 M W   Iowa     Aug Farmer Consumption
Herengton, Dan 1 M W   Iowa     April   Whooping Cough
Davis, Dan 2 M W   Iowa     Aug   Cholera
Rice, Sarah 44 F W M Penn     Dec Keeping house  
Gaddes, Mary C 6 F W   Iowa     Aug   Enescpelus
Long, Abphoed? 24 M W M

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Chambers, Scealy 11 M W   Mich     Dec    
Hempstrak, Thos. 19 M W   Wis     April Clerk  
Smith, Chas. 3 M W   Iowa     Feb   Croup
Hamilton, Mary --- F W   Iowa     March   Whooping Couch
Rothrock, Saml. 76 M W M Penn     May   Hydrothorax
Varnell, Annie 5 F W   Iowa     Jan   Pneumonia
Armatia, Louis B 11/12 M W   Iowa     July   Measles
Wheeler, George 50 M W   Iowa     Aug Farmer Struck by Lightening
Stemburg, Lambert 69 M W M Iowa     Dec Farmer Astma
Griffiths, Albert 1 M W   Iowa     Sept   Dysentery
May, Ida ? F W   Illinois     Sept   Scrofula
                     
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Smith, Carrie 10/12 F W   Iowa     Oct.   Choelra
Resler, Dan 5/12 M W   Iowa     Apr.   Choelra
Shaw, Wilson 65 M W   North Carolina   ` Oct Mason Inflammation of ?
Mitchel, Hugh 49 M W   Ohio X   Oct Farmer Liver
Vanhyng, W. 2/12 M W   Iowa     June   Congestion of Brain
                     
                     
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Hatche, Jas. 27 M W M Indiana     June Farmer Apoplexy
Erelywine, Wm. 25 M W   Ohio     Aug. Farmer Drowning accident
West, Jn. 51 M W   Ohio     Aug. Farmer Consumption
Suart, Jno. 25 M W   Illinois   X June Farmer Consumption
Sibne, Chas 9/12 M W   Iowa     Aug   Whooping cough
Osburne, Elizabeth 38 F W   Indiana     June Keeping house Consumption
Ash, Mary E. 15 F W   Iowa     April   Drowning accident
                     
                     
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Harden, Eliza 49 F W M Indiana     Oct. 16 Keeping House Apoplexy
Fullman, William 49 M W S Penn     April 2   Accidental gunshot
Babbitt, Emma 18 F W S New York     Sept 24   Remitant Fever
                     
                     
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Willson, Sarah 20 F W M Ohio     March 9 Keeping House Inflamation of Stomach
Evans, Nancy E. 9 F W S Iowa     Aug 20   Inflamation of Stomach
Earl, Charles 9/12 M W S Iowa     Aug 14   Cholera
Done, Correla 1 F W S Iowa     April  4   Consumption
Keugh, St. John 10/12 M W S Iowa     Oct 20   Typhoid Fever
Smith , Jerman? 8/12 M W S Iowa     March 1   Ricketts
                     
                     
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Martin, Ira S. 2/12 M W   Iowa     April   Congestion
Kreider, Christian R. 22 M W   Indiana     Feb Glove Maker Consumption
Pollard, John 1 M W   Iowa X X June   Cholera
Tawney, Ida May 1 F W   Iowa     July   Cholera
Heim, Ida A. 2 F W   Penn     July   Dropsy of Brain
Wilson, Willie 1 M W   Indiana     July   Cholera
Rogers, Elizabeth A. 2 F W   Ohio X X Oct   Typhoid Fever
Garrity, Thomas 39 M W M Ireland X X Aug Laborer Unknown
Wagoner, Fred 22 M W M New York X X Sept Barber Inflamation of Bowels
Sanford, Edwin 46 M W M Connecticut     March Hardware merchant Typhoid Fever
Tallan, James 11/12 M W   Iowa X X June   Cholera
Blodgett, Frank W. 21 M W   Indiana     Nov Bookkeeper Consumption
Carter, Sarah 70 F W   Virginia     Sept   Typhoid Fever
Carter, Cora 9 F W   Iowa     Sept   Typhiod Fever
Carter, Florence 2 F W   Iowa     Aug   Typhoid Fever
                     
                     
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Fordham, Minnie D. 1 F W   Iowa     Feb.   Asthma
Kimball, Harry 3/12 M W   Iowa     July   Cholera
Love, Thomas E. 31 M W M New York     April Clerk in Office Consumption
Roth, Baby 1 day M W   Iowa     May   Injury at Birth
Martin, Horatio 56 M W M Connecticut     April Farmer Pluresy
Stanley, Everett O. 1 M W   Iowa   X Aug   Cholera
Donaldson, Harty M. 1/12 F W   Iowa X X Sept   Unknown
Shackelford, Henry 26 M W   Ohio     Oct Druggist Inflamation of Bowels
Fox, Eliza 52 F W M Penn     July   Erysipilas
Davis, James W. 65 M W M Penn     Dec Grocer Neuralgia
Seeberger, Ulysea 1 M W   Iowa X   July   Cholera
                     
                     
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Sparhawk, Eddie 10/12 M W   Iowa     June   Congestion of Brain
Noble, Willie 2 F W   Iowa     Feb   Inflammation of Bowels
James, Elizabeth 82 F W W Connecticut     Dec   Consumption
Ledwick, Robert 64 M W M Ireland X X March Farmer Acute Rheumatism
Drown, Edward 2/12 M W   Iowa     Aug   Inflammation of Bowels
Neuman, Nancy 65 F W W Kentucky     April   Dropsy of Heart
Lowell, Charles 19 M W   Michigan     Aug.   Injury on RR
Palmer, Robert S. 3/12 M W   Iowa     Oct.   Inflammation of Brain
Slaver, Eddie 5 M W   Iowa X X Sept   Scarlet Fever
Slaver, Sarah E. 1 F W   Iowa X X Sept   Scarlet Fever
Bartz, James 5/12 M W   Iowa X X May   Cholera
Lewis, Margaret 22 F W   Indiana     March   Bronchitis
Lewis, James 24 M W   Indiana     July    Bronchitis
James, John 77 M W M Indiana     March Farmer Old Age
Swift, Lucy 7/12 F W   Iowa     Aug   Ulceration
Vanbuskirk, Edward 1 M W   Iowa     Sept   Inflammation of Bowels
Martin, MaryAnn 43 F W M Tenn     Oct   Consumption
Swift, Bridget 35 F W M Ireland X X May   Accident
Hughes, Micheal 23 M W   Ireland X X Dec Brick Mason Consumption
Benedict, Edith 55 F W M Canada     Nov   Typhoid Fever
Dixon, James 59 M W M Penn   X Dec Farmer Typhoid Fever
Cain, Elizabeth 60 F W M Ireland X X Aug   Drowned
McDonald, Emma 22 F B   Missouri     Jan   Dropsy of Heart
                     
                     
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Mahanna, Harry 1 M W   Iowa     Sept   Dysentary
McCain, Mary 70 F W W Penn     Feb   Consumption
Fedrick, Cornelia C. 36 F W M Ohio     Sept   Consumption
Mathews, Kate 14 F W   Indiana     June   Dropsy of Heart
Parr, Prudence 4 F W   Illinois X   Oct   Diptheria
Brushnehan, Mary 23 F W M Ireland X X Jan   Typhoid Fever
Schofield, Lavina 1 F W   Iowa X X Sept   Cholera
George, Albert 2 M W   Ohio     Aug   Inflammation of Brain
Sprague, Josephine 4 F W   Ohio     May   Measles
Lancerman, Leo 1 M W   Iowa     July   Indigestion
Hutton, Charles 7/12 M W   Iowa     April   Inflammation of Brain
Somes, Harvord L. 1 M W   Maine     July   Cancer of Stomach
Marinel, Robert 1 M W   Iowa X X Aug   Cholera
Lewis, Mary 22 F W   New York     Jan   Consumption
Nordyke, Bethnel 29 M W M Ohio     Dec Dealer in Stock Killed on R.R.
Scott, John 1 M W   Iowa X X Aug   Cholera
James, John E. 1 M W   Iowa     July   Inflammation of Brain
James, William A. 3/12 M W   Iowa     Feb   Diptheria
Hartney, Michael 28 M W M Ireland X X Dec Brick Mason Drowned
Lacy, Ellen 34 F W M Ireland X X Jan   Childbirth
Lacy,Lawrence 1 M W   Iowa X X Aug   Pneumonia
Milligan, Schylor C. 1 M W   Iowa     July   Unknown
Brotz, Frederick 38 M W   Baden X X Oct. Laborer Typhoid Fever
Lester, Eliza 32 F W M England X X July   Childbirth
Hollingsworth, William 1/12 M W   Iowa X X Sept   Spasms
Burtch, Harriet 61 F W M Mass     May   Disease of Heart
Atkins, Barnabus P. 64 M W M Mass     Aug Farmer Consumption
Moffitt, Rachel 62 F W M Ohio     Aug   Apoplexy
                     
                     
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West, Martena 60 F W W Baden X X April   Pneumonia
Myers, Laura 7 F W   Iowa     Feb   Consumption
Harter, J. W. 71 M W   Maryland     Aug   Drowned in River
Crowley, Robert 45 M W   Ireland X X Nov Coal Digger Pain in head died suddenly
Roech, Rose 1 F W   Iowa     Oct.   Consumption
Hull, J. E. 42 M W M New York     June Lawyer Consumption
Cox, Josephine 20 F W   Ohio     March   Congestion of Lung
Kidd, Thos. Grant 11/12 M W   Illinois     Sept   Lung Congestion
Stevenson, Hanna 24 F W   Ireland X X Aug   Intermittent Fever
Bundy , Lettie 21 F W   Ohio   X April   Child Birth
Laverty, Flora 4 F W   Iowa     Aug   Congestion of Lung
Geffries, Henry 1 M W   Iowa     Aug   Teething
Masters, P 19 M W   Ohio     Sept   Dropsy of Heart
Stutesman, C 66 M W   Penn     Nov Carpenter Chronic Diarrhea
Small, Gertrude 7 F W   Iowa     Sept   Typhoid Pneumonia
Stevenson, Luella 1 F W   Iowa     Sept   Diarrhea
Martin, Mary A. 43 F W   Tennesee     Aug   Consumption
Gibson, Martin 6/12 M B   Iowa     March   Spinal Afflection
Totten, Nettie 1 F W   Iowa     Aug   Cholera
Totten, Ettie 2/12 F W   Iowa     Sept   Cholera
Jackson, Mary 2 F W   Penn     July   Disease of Brain
Rose 1 day F W   Iowa     March   Unknown
Grant, Fred 36 M B   Missouri     Aug   Congestion of Lung
Mead, U. S. 1 day M W   Iowa     Aug   Unknown
                     
                     
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Green, Joseph 1/12 M W   Iowa     May   Unknown
Swope, Josephine 10/12 F W   Iowa     Feb   Cholera
Ives, Minnie 1 F W   Iowa     Sept   Cholera
Bushtel, Eliza J. 44 F W   Ohio   X Dec   Consumption
Pelton, Augustus 1 M W   Iowa     May   Pneumonia
Scott, Jennettie 42 F W   Scotland     Dec   Cosumption
Butt, H. 9/12 F W   Iowa     Sept   Brain Fever
Irwin, Judie 2 F W   Iowa     Oct   Congestion of Lungs
North, Geo. J. 33 M W   New York     Feb Lawyer Inflammatory Rheumatism
Nichols, Henry 37 M W   Indiana     Sept Painter  
Nichols, Minnie 1 F W   Indiana     July   Cholera
McArdle, Ed 36 M W   Ireland X X Nov   Consumption
Boehler, Louise 1 F W   Iowa X X Aug   Teething
Boehler, Louis 1/12 M W   Iowa X X July   Inflammation
McDonnel, John 1 M W   Iowa     Aug   Cholera
Bradford, Cora 5 F W   Iowa     May   Unknown
Shafer, Jane 1 F W   Iowa     Sept   Cholera
Murry, Nella 2 F W   Iowa     Dec   Inflammation of Brain
Lappen, Ida 5/12 F W   Iowa     July   Cholera
Lawyer, V 13 M W   Wisconsin     Dec   Typhoid Fever
Holmes, Evy 6 F W   Ohio     Feb   Congestion of Brain
Schoonmaker, Morris 38 M W   New Jersey     April Carpenter Disease of Heart
                     
                     
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Slater, John 8 M W   Kansas     Dec   Erysepilas
Coles, James 24 M W   Unknown     Jun 1870 Brakeman RR By RR cars running over him
Mitchell, May 1 F W   Iowa X X July   Unknown
Cowger, Emit 2 M W   Iowa     Feb   Unknown
Bond, Sarah 13 F W   Missouri     March   Heart Disease
Flinn, Thos 19 M W   New York X X Jan   Consumption
Kelly, James 36 M W   New York     Jun 1870 Day Laborer Consumption
Casey, Sarah 21 F W   Penn     April   Consumption
Dagnan, Morris 60 M W   Ireland X X Dec Day Laborer Consumption
Finn, James 6 M W   Iowa     July   Whooping Cough
Londgren, J. H. 7/12 M W   Iowa     July   Teething
Dollarhide, Mary 1/12 F W   Iowa     July   Diarrhea
Anderson, Rose 1 F W   Sweden X X Nov   Unknown
Knox, Sarah 1 F W   Iowa     May   Lung Dropsy
Banny, Charles ? 11/12 M W   Iowa     June   Cholera
Elliott, Sarah 40 F W   N. Carolina     Nov   Consumption
Walker, Jay 2/12 M W   Iowa     June   Unknown
Stamper, Cora 4 F W   Iowa     March   Unknown
                     
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Corfy, William G. ? 5 M W   Iowa     June   Pneumonia
Coughlin, John 75 M W   Ireland X X Jan 6 Farmer Consumption
                     
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Ellis, Etta 7/12 F W S Iowa     Feb 10   Pneumonia
Stuart, Wm. J. 1 M W S Iowa     Aug 24   Cholera
Hickman, Jacob 71 M W S Penn     May 20 Farmer Consumption
Claper, Bertha 7/12 F W S Ohio     Jun 26   Small Pox
Gulick, James 1 M W S Iowa     April 25   Unknown
Hays, Martha 1 F W S Iowa     Aug 12   Chronic Diarrhea
                     
                     
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Johnson, Walter 1 M W   Iowa     Oct 10   Consumption
Henderson, Chas. 1 M W   Iowa     July 26   Consumption
                     
                     
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Finley, John 41 M W M Ohio     Feb Farmer Consumption
McClain, Sarah E. 17 F W   Iowa     Feb   Pneumonia
Morn, Edward 1/12 M W   Iowa     May    
Hanly, (no name) 1 day M W   Iowa     Feb   Miscarriage
Clark, John P. 28 M W   Indiana     July Farmer Consumption
Niel, Samuel 1 M W   New York     Dec   Pnemonia
Hurst, (no name) --- M W   Iowa     March   Childbirth
                     
                     
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McClelland, William 10/12 M W   Iowa     Sept 69'   Diarrhea
McClelland, E. 1 M W   Iowa     July 69'   Cholera
Losee, William 35 M W M N. York     Sept Liveryman Unknown
Carter, C 9 F B   Iowa     Oct   Remittent Fever
Davis, Lenore 2 F W   Iowa     Sept   Diarrhea
McBride, Mary 70 F W   Ireland     Aug   Dropsey
McBride, Hugh 10 M W   Iowa     July 69'   Drowned in River
Dean, Hannah 25 F W   Ohio     Dec   Consumption
Rutherford, Adoline 3 F W   California     Sept   Erysipelas
Phelps, L. 2 F W   Iowa     March   Whooping Cough
Fredregill, Eliza 5/12 F W   Iowa     Aug   Diarrhea
                     
                     
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Ellis, Anlorfall 41 F W M Wisconsin     June 26 Keeping Hse Hemorage of Lung
Brown, William 1 M W S Iowa     July 22   Inflammation of Brain
Taft, sarah 42 F W M Norway X X May 6 Keeping Hse Pneumonia
Thor, Martin 84 M W M Norway X X March 8   Congestion of Brain
Burrick, John 39 M W M Penn     Aug 3 Farmer Disease of Kidneys
Hess, Maud 2 F W S Iowa     Oct 25    
Pleappet, Mary 44 F W M Hesser X X Sept 30 Keeping Hse Typhoid Fever
Sillith, Stella 1 F W S Iowa     Sept 10   Cholera
Baber, Alvra 19 M W S Iowa     Dec 23 Work on Farm Paralysid
Kuler, Mary 1 F W S Iowa X   April 2   Pneumonia
Gibbson, Catharine 1 F W S Iowa     May 6   Disease of Brain
Smock, John G. 50 M W M Kentucky     Sept 24 Farmer Typhoid Fever
Thompson, Lonida 6 F W S Iowa     May 12   Hypertrophy
Strain, Obediah 82 M W M Virginia     Sept 5   Unknown
Christensen, Jesse 2/12 M W S Iowa     Dec 30   Pneumonia
Parmenter, Nathl. 78 M W M New Hampshire     May 19    
Parmenter, Rhoda 73 F W M New Hampshire     April 4   Heart Disease
Moore,  Harriett 1 F W S Iowa     Sept 27   Diarrhea
Grimes, Harriett 16 F W S Indiana     Oct. 12   Remittant Fever
                     
                     
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Shwinton, Elizabeth 35 F W M Penn     May 31   Consumption
Healdman, Emma 2/12 F W S Iowa     July 3   Cholera
Halderman, A. 36 M W M Oho     Nov 11 Farmer Consumption
Anderson, Lousia 20 F W S Switzerland X X Oct 10   Typhoid Fever
Dyer, Geo. W. 24 M W S Mich.     Mar 25 Farmer Consumption
                     
                     
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