Afton Enterprise Birth Records

BIRTH RECORDS--Copied from the Afton Enterprise papers



Years for 1883, 1886 and 1887 are missing

Birth dates were hard to determine on names, depending on when news items might have been sent


Date of Paper Name Birth Date Remarks




Feb. 19, 1880 Ames, Wesley, (son) Feb. 1880
Jan. 25, 1894 Ames. A. W. (dau) Jan. 1894
Feb. 7, 1889 Archer, Morton (son) Feb. 7, 1889
June 4, 1891 Armitage, H. P. (dau) June 1, 1891
Feb. 4, 1892 Armitage, Wesley (dau) 1892 Pleasant Twp news item
May 16, 1889 Armstrong, Mrs. Harvy (dau) May 1889 Lives Wray, CO
Jan. 24, 1884 Arnold, Ed. (son) Jan. 21, 1884
Dec. 8, 1881 Aroes, M/M (boy) Dec. 1881
Mar. 27, 1884 Ashby, M. V. (son) Mar. 24, 1884
Feb. 23, 1888 Ashby, M. V. (twin daus) Feb. 21, 1888
July 13, 1882 Ashby, Mat. (son)  July 9, 1882
Sept. 12, 1889 Aten, Rev. (son)  Sept. 10, 1889
July 29, 1880 Babcock, Charles, (dau) July 1880
Oct. 16, 1890 Babcock, Chas. (son) Oct. 10, 1890
May 23, 1889 Ballard, Frank (son) May 21, 1889
July 3, 1890 Ballard, Fred (son) June 28, 1890
Apr. 14, 1892 Ballard, L. W. (dau) Apr. 10, 1892
Oct. 19, 1882 Ballard, Lou (son) Oct. 13, 1882
May 22, 1890 Barger, Albert (son) May 21, 1890
Jan. 25, 1894 Barger,Albert (dau) Jan. 20, 1894 Live Danville, IL
June 3, 1880 Beebe, Wilbur, (boy) June 1880 Gdson of Dr. Beebe
Sept. 4, 1884 Berry, James (son) Sept. 1884
Apr. 26, 1888 Beymer, A. S. (dau) Apr. 1888
Oct. 20, 1892 Bigelow, Mr. (son) Oct. 18, 1892
July 2, 1891 Bolinger, H. E. (dau) June 25, 1891 Des Moines, IA
Nov. 2, 1893 Bolinger, H. E. (dau) Oct. 29, 1893
Aug. 4, 1881 Bothe, Chas (boy) July 29, 1881
Oct. 20, 1892 Boyer, Wm. (dau) Oct. 1892
June 15, 1882 Brockman, F. W. (son) June 8, 1882
July 22, 1880 Brockman, Frank, (dau) July 1880
Mar. 31, 1892 Brooks, J. H. (dau) Mar. 1892
Oct. 26, 1882 Brown, Archie (dau) Oct. 25, 1882
May 5, 1892 Burd, John (dau) Apr. 1892
Sept. 12, 1889 Byrum, W. H. (son) Sept. 8, 1889
Mar. 3, 1892 Byrum, W. H. (son) Feb. 28, 1892
Aug. 4, 1892 Callahan, James (dau) Aug. 1, 1892 1st baby in 15 years
Sept. 12, 1889 Camp, L. J. (son) Sept. 10, 1889
Aug. 6, 1891 Camp, L. J. (son) Aug. 1891
May 29, 1890 Camp, Will (son) May 1890
Feb. 25, 1892 Carl, Geo. (dau) Feb. 1892
Apr. 24, 1884 Carter, Milt (son) Apr. 22, 1884
Nov. 1, 1888 Case,  Oct. 1888 Lives Urbana, IL d/o Mrs. G. W. Beymer
Feb. 28, 1889 Casteels, Frank (son) Feb. 1889
Apr. 1, 1880 Cherry, Jacob (son) Mar. 1880 arrived on emigrant train
Oct. 9, 1890 Cherry, W. E. (son) Oct. 3, 1890
Dec. 6, 1888 Cherry, Will (dau) Dec. 1888 Grand father Jacob
Nov. 6, 1884 Coldwell, J. C. (son) Oct. 31, 1884
July 9, 1885 Collings, Robert (dau) June 29, 1885
Nov. 1, 1888 Collings, Robert (son) Oct. 1888
Mar. 5, 1891 Cool, Dick (dau) Mar. 1, 1891
June 6, 1889 Cool, Richard (son) June 3, 1889
Apr. 13, 1893 Cool, Richard F. (son) Apr. 12, 1893 Live LaCrosse, WI
Nov. 3, 1892 Cowl, W. P. (son) Oct. 30, 1892
Oct. 30, 1890 Cowl, W. P. (twins) Oct. 28, 1890
Dec. 8, 1892 Craig, Morton (son) Dec. 1892
Feb. 9, 1882 Cramer, Mr. (girl)
Abt 10 yrs old
Mar. 12, 1885 Crawford, Recorder (dau) Mar. 8, 1885
July 13, 1893 Crawford, Wm. (dau) July 6, 1893
Aug. 4, 1881 Creswell, M/M (girl) July 29, 1881
Feb. 6, 1890 Cruse, Mr. (son) Feb. 1890
July 9, 1885 Cullison, Elmer (dau) July 4, 1885
Aug. 25, 1892 Cullison, Elmer (son) Aug. 22, 1892
Sept. 5, 1888 Cunningham, G. W. (son) Sept. 21, 1888
Mar. 13, 1884 Cunningham, Henry (son) Mar. 7, 1884
Feb. 16, 1888 Curtis, Ed. (dau) Feb. 16, 1888
Apr. 9, 1885 Davenport, D. (dau) Apr. 5, 1885
Sept. 2, 1880 Davenport, D. (son) Aug. 1880
Oct. 5, 1882 Davenport, Squire (son) Oct. 4, 1882
May 13, 1880 Delmege, R. H. (dau) May 1880
Oct. 16, 1884 Delmege, R. H. (dau) Oct. 1884
June 22, 1882 Delmege, R. H. (son) June 1882
Nov. 11, 1880 Depue, Theo (dau) Nov. 10, 1880
Apr. 1, 1880 Ditchler, John (Twin sons) Mar. 1880 one twin died
June 1, 1882 Draper, Al (son) June 1, 1882
May 25, 1893 Draper, George (son) May 23, 1893
Oct. 7, 1880 Draper, Joseph Oct. 1880
Jan. 26, 1882 Dunn, C. M. Esq. (dau) Jan. 1882 Arrived on #3
Sept. 14, 1893 Eastman, Roy (dau) Sept. 12, 1893
Sept. 5, 1889 Elliott, James (dau) Aug. 31, 1889
Aug. 13, 1885 Emerson, W. J. (dau) Aug. 12, 1885
Nov. 15, 1888 Emery, Henry (dau) Oct. 25, 1888
June 23, 1892 Epperson, George (son) June 1892
Mar. 7, 1889 Ewing, J. K. (son) Mar. 1889
Sept 2, 1880 Fife, David, (son) 1855 1st person born Afton
Jan. 31, 1889 Figgins, Dan  (son) Jan. 20, 1889
Mar. 26, 1891 Figgins, Dan (son) Mar. 15, 1891
June 19, 1884 Foidel, Sebastian (dau) June 11, 1884
Aug. 30, 1888 Franks, A. J. (son) Aug. 24, 1888
July 16, 1885 Golisch, H (son) July 1, 1885 b two weeks ago
Sept. 20, 1888 Golisch, Herman (dau) Sept. 16, 1888
Jan. 12, 1882 Goodale, Millard (dau) Jan. 1882 Arrived last week
Aug. 16, 1888 Grandfield, John (son) Aug. 12, 1888
Aug. 13, 1891 Gray, Jack (son) Aug. 4, 1891
Oct. 1, 1891 Groves, Will Sept. 1891 just says baby
June 23, 1892 Hainline, Frank (dau) June 1892
June 9, 1892 Hainline, John (son) June 8, 1892
Jan. 7, 1892 Hammans, G. (son) Jan. 2, 1892
Aug. 10, 1882 Hammans, Geo. (son) Aug. 6, 1882
June 9, 1892 Hammans, J. W. (dau) June 7, 1892
Aug. 25, 1892 Handley, C. P. (son) Aug. 19, 1892
Aug. 25, 1892 Hanley, Press (son) Aug. 1892
Dec. 24, 1891 Hartung, Joe (son) Dec. 1891
Oct. 20, 1892 Hawkins, Bob (son) Oct. 1892
Apr. 26, 1888 Hayden, Jack (son Apr. 18, 1888
Dec. 2, 1880 Hays, Ed. (dau) Dec. 1, 1880
Apr. 5, 1888 Headley, Hiram (dau) Apr. 1888 Lives NE
July 31, 1884 Healy, A. A. (dau) July 24, 1884
Apr. 24, 180 Healy, A. A. (dau) Apr. 21, 1890
Aug. 11, 1881 Healy, A. A. (girl) Aug. 1881
Jan. 21, 1886 Henderson, Bob (son) Jan. 1886
Aug. 16, 1888 Higgans, Mr (son) Aug. 10, 1888
Feb. 25, 1892 Holland, R. C. (dau) Feb. 1892
Jan. 7, 1886 Holloway, Frank (dau) Jan. 7, 1886
Jan. 4, 1894 Holloway, J. E. (son) Jan. 1894
Apr. 14, 1892 Holloway, Justin (son) Apr. 1892
Aug. 6, 1891 Howell, Bert July 1891
Jan. 31, 1889 Hubbard, Walter (son) Jan. 17, 1889 1st born in Shannon City
Sept. 15, 1892 Huff, S. E. (son) Sept. 14, 1892
Apr. 1, 1880 Ickis, Girl Mar. 1880 arrived on #2 train
Aug. 9, 1888 Jackson, John (son) Aug. 3, 1888
Mar. 3, 1892 Johnson, A. J. (son)  Mar. 1892
May 26, 1892 Johnson, F. A. (son) May 25, 1892
June 19, 1890 Jones, Henry (son) June 1890
Jan. 7, 1892 Jones, Henry (son) Jan. 2, 1892
Nov. 26, 1891 Jones, L. B. (dau) Nov. 22, 1891
Jan. 30, 1891 Jungst, Arthur (dau) Jan. 30, 1891 home of gdparents A. E. Gunn
May 18, 1882 Jungst, Henry (dau) May 14, 1882
Sept. 8, 1892 Jungst, Lewis (son) Sept. 2, 1892
July 27, 1893 Kelley, Edward (dau) July 1893
Dec. 11, 1890 Kelley, Frank (dau) Dec. 2, 1890
Dec. 15, 1892 Kelley, G. W. (son) Dec. 9, 1892
Oct. 22, 1891 Kelley, R. B. (son) Oct. 21, 1891
June 22, 1882 Kelley, Rev. (dau) June 20, 1882
Sept. 25, 1890 Kemplin, Perry (son) Sept. 1890
Nov. 6, 1890 Kent, C. R. (dau) Oct. 25, 1890
Jan. 28, 1892 Kent, Ed (son) Jan. 1892
Aug. 24, 1893 Kent, Edward (son) Aug. 1893
Apr. 22, 1880 Kirkendall, J. D. (dau) Apr. 1880
June 5, 1884 Kirkendall, J. D. (son) June 1884
May 18, 1882 Kirkendall, Jack D. (son) May 1882 Had 6 girls
Jan. 21, 1886 Kirkman, Mrs. Rose (son) Jan. 15, 1886
Dec. 8, 1881 Klinefelter, Rev. W. (twin girls) Dec. 1881
Feb. 14, 1889 Knapp, Levi (dau) Feb. 7, 1889 7th girl baby
Dec. 1, 1892 Lamb, Edgar (son) Nov. 1892
Sept. 5, 1888 Lamb, Gus (dau) Aug. 31, 1888
Mar. 6, 1890 Landers, H. A. (son) Feb. 25, 1890 Lives Winterset, formerly Afton
July 28, 1892 Lane, John (son) July 24, 1892
Feb. 21, 1884 Larimer, Al (son) Feb. 18, 1884
Jan. 24, 1884 Lauder, Dr.  (son) Jan. 23, 1884
Mar. 16, 1893 Lauder, Dr. J. W. (dau) Mar. 1893
Oct. 30, 1890 Laughery, Will (son) Oct. 26, 1890
Dec. 8, 1892 Laughery, Will (son) Dec. 5, 1892
Aug. 9, 1888 Law, Joseph (dau) Aug. 8, 1888
Sept. 22, 1892 Lawson, Wm. (dau) Sept. 1892
May 22, 1884 Leak, Frank (son) May 16, 1884
Mar. 27, 1884 Leak, S. G. (son) Mar. 24, 1884
June 30, 1881 Lear, Peter (son) June 25, 1881
Jan. 24, 1884 Lear, Peter (son) Jan. 23, 1884
Aug. 30, 1888 Lear, Peter (son) Aug. 23, 1888
Sept. 21, 1893 Lear, Peter (son) Sept. 16, 1893
Mar. 24, 1892 Leech, Eugene (dau) Mar. 1892 Live Choteau, MT
July 3, 1890 Leininger, Albert (dau)
within last week
Mar. 8, 1888 Lenheart, Elmer (dau) Mar. 1888
May 1, 1884 Light, Samual (dau) Apr. 29, 1884 grandchild of J. W. McDill
Apr. 30, 1891 Long, Harry (dau) Apr. 24, 1891
May 5, 1892 Lynch, Ed. (dau) May 1892
Feb. 17, 1881 Major, Peter Feb. 3, 1881
Mar. 24, 1881 Martz, Benjamin F. Mar. 24, 1881
June 4, 1891 Mateer, Henry (dau) May 28, 1891
Dec. 10, 1891 Mateer, Wm. (twin sons) Dec. 1891
Oct. 4, 1888 McCutchen, J. R. (dau) Oct. 1888
June 11, 1891 McGregor, A. A. (son) June 6, 1891
Sept. 1, 1892 McKee, S. G. (dau) Aug. 1892
Oct. 19, 1893 McKee, U. E. (dau) Oct. 12, 1893
Aug. 30, 1888 McLellan, Fred (son) Aug. 27, 1888
Sept. 15, 1892 McLennan, L. W. (son) Sept. 8, 1892
June 13, 1889 McMillen, Mrs. Jennie (son) June 1889
July 10, 1890 Miller, Justice (dau) July 1890
Mar. 29, 1888 Miller, P. (baby) Mar. 1888
Sept. 12, 1889 Moffitt, E. S. (son) Sept. 1889 From Breeze Ridge items
Jan. 21, 1892 Moffitt, Gaston (child) Jan. 14, 1892
Aug. 24, 1893 Moffitt, James (son) Aug. 23, 1893
Oct. 1, 1891 Moffitt, M. F. (son) Sept. 1891
June 27, 1889 Moffitt, N. G. (son) June 1889
Feb. 9, 1888 Moffitt, W. S. (dau) Feb. 1888
June 4, 1891 Morrow, Grant (dau) May 27, 1891
Nov. 2, 1893 Mosteller, T. H. (dau) Oct. 27, 1893
Mar. 3, 1892 Mostoller, T. H. (son) Mar. 2, 1892
Aug. 4, 1881 Mutchler, Henry (girl) July 29, 1881
July 28, 1892 Mutschler, H. G. (son) July 24, 1892
Nov. 6, 1890 Mutschler, Henry (son) Nov. 1, 1890
July 13, 1893 Myers, Will (twins) July 7, 1893 Boy & girl
June 20, 1892 Nauman, R. (son) June 1892
Sept. 12, 1889 Nauman, Reuben (son) Aug. 24, 1889
Oct. 2, 1890 Palmer, John (twins) Oct. 1, 1890
Feb. 16, 1888 Parish, Mr. (son) Feb. 12, 1888
Mar. 29, 1888 Parks, H. (dau) Mar. 1888
Dec. 24, 1891 Parsons, J. A. (dau) Dec. 21, 1891
July 2, 1885 Paulus, John (dau)  June 11, 1885 Name Anna
Apr. 16, 1891 Paulus, John (son) Apr. 10, 1891
Aug. 16, a888 Phelps, Mack (son) Aug. 1888 Schuyler, NE
Oct. 1, 1891 Pingree, John Sept. 1891 just says baby
Apr. 16, 1891 Pinkerton, Elmer (dau) Apr. 11, 1891
Mar. 3, 1892 Pollock, Will (dau) Feb. 29, 1892
June 6, 1889 Porter, W. E. (dau) May 1889
Jan. 21, 1892 Power, Sam (twins) Jan. 1892 From Thayer items
Aug. 4, 1881 Ray, Andrew (girl) Aug. 1, 1881 (colored)
Jan. 31, 1889 Reed, John (son) Jan. 19, 1889
Aug. 13, 1885 Reed, Mrs.
born at poor farm
Oct. 2, 1890 Reeves, A. J. (son) 1890 Custer Co, NE-gdpa Ira Seeley
Nov. 1, 1888 Reeves, Mr. (dau) Oct. 27, 1888
Nov. 6, 1884 Renshaw, A. W. (dau) Nov. 4, 1884
June 13, 1889 Rhem, Charley (son) June 6, 1889
Apr. 29, 1880 Richey, Justice (son) Apr 1880 Lived in Plattsmouth
June 6, 1889 Riggs, Sammy (son) June 1889
Oct. 20, 1892 Ritter, Newt (dau) Oct. 1892
Dec. 2, 1880 Rob, Charlie (son) Nov. 28, 1880
Aug. 4, 1881 Robe, Oliver (girl) July 29, 1881
June 9, 1892 Roberts, Edson (dau) June 5, 1892
Feb. 7, 1889 Roberts, Thos (dau?) Feb. 4, 1889
July 6, 1893 Rodapouch, H. (son) July 5, 1893
Dec. 27, 1888 Rush, Mr. (dau) Dec. 22, 1888
June 25, 1891 Seeley, Oscar (son) June 1891
Nov. 17, 1892 Shade, James (son) Nov. 1892
June 16, 1892 Shaub, Elmer (dau) June 12, 1892
Aug. 25, 1892 Shepard, Chas. (son) Aug. 20, 1892
Dec. 6, 1888 Shepherd, Lamb (dau) Dec. 1888
Aug. 17, 1893 Shiflett, Tom (son) Aug. 1893 Frog Hollow Vicinity news
May 7, 1891 Shoemaker, Mr. (dau) May 2, 1891
Sept. 15, 1892 Sholtz, George (son) Sept. 1892 Live Marseilles, IL
Dec. 31, 1891 Simmons, Chas. (son) Dec. 24, 1891
Feb. 16, 1882 Simonds, George (dau) Feb. 12, 1882
Nov. 11, 1880 Simonds, Joseph (dau) Nov. 11, 1880 Geo. Simonds grandfather
Sept. 25, 1884 Simons, Albert (son) Sept. 23, 1884
Feb. 23, 1893 Simpson, Walter (son) Feb. 16, 1893
July, 31, 1890 Slutts, J. W.  (dau) July 24, 1890
July 25, 1889 Smith, Bart (son) July 1889
Dec. 3, 1891 Smith, Lew B. (son) Dec. 1891
Mar. 30, 1893 Smith, W. H. (son) Mar. 1893
Oct. 30, 1890 Solinger, James (dau) Oct. 26, 1890 home of Grandpa Thornton
Jan. 7, 1892 Spencer, F. A. (dau) Dec. 30, 1891
Oct. 5, 1893 Spencer, Harry (dau) Sept. 26, 1893 Lives Hennessey, OK
Aug. 1, 1889 St. John, Willis (dau) Aug. 1, 1889
Aug. 17, 1893 St. John, Willis (son) Aug. 14, 1893
June 30, 1892 Staggers, Frank (son) June 27, 1892
June 5, 1884 Staggs, Wm. (son) June 2, 1884
Oct. 2, 1890 Stalcup, Dock (dau) Oct. 1, 1890
Aug. 7, 1890 Stewart, Adam (dau) Aug. 1890 Macksburgh items
Mar. 6, 1884 Stewart, F. A. (twin sons) Mar. 2, 1884
Aug. 1, 1889 Stewart, Ned (son) July 24, 1889 County Recorder
Mar. 19, 1884 Stuller, M/M H. (son) Mar. 1884
Apr. 19, 1888 Sullivan, Eugene (dau) Apr. 1888
Jan. 9, 1890 Sullivan, Eugene (dau) Jan. 4, 1890
Feb. 16, 1882 Swaine, Truman (dau) Feb. 18, 1882
July 9, 1885 Swanker, Mary July 1885 unmarried
July 28, 1892 Syp, Logan (dau) July 1892
Dec. 31, 1891 Thomas, J. D.  (son) Dec. 25, 1891
Apr. 3, 1884 Thompson, L.  (dau) Mar. 1884
Feb. 7, 1889 Thurston, Wm. (dau) Feb. 7, 1889
Aug. 18, 1892 Tiffany, Fred (son) July 10, 1892
Sept. 26, 1889 Turner, Mr. (dau) Sept. 1889
Mar. 29, 1888 Underwood, Lafe (dau) Mar. 5, 1888
Nov. 9, 1882 Van Patten, (dau) Nov. 1882
Jan. 7, 1886 Vickers, L. V. (son) Dec. 29, 1885 Grandfather L. Raguet
June 11, 1885 Violet, G. M. (son & dau) June 7, 1885
Sept. 28, 1882 Violet, G. M. (son) Sept. 24, 1882
July 14, 1892 Wain, Mr. (dau) July 13, 1892
Jan. 21, 1886 Walker, Gus (son) Jan. 1886
July 16, 1891 Watkins, M. V. (son) July 13, 1891
Nov. 20, 1890 West, Charles (son) Nov. 13, 1890
May 18, 1882 Wheeler, T. H. (dau) Feb. 1882
No Dates White, Ben ( twins) 1880
Aug. 11, 1892 White, Chas. (son) Aug. 1892
Feb. 18, 1892 White, Ed. (dau) Feb. 1892
Jan. 7, 1892 White, K. D. (son) Jan. 1892
Sept. 22, 1892 White, L. C. (dau) Sept. 1892
Apr. 11, 1889 White, L. C. (son) Apr. 1889
Jan. 30, 1891 White, L. C. (son) Jan. 1891
Dec. 28, 1893 White, L. C. (son) Dec. 20, 1893
Sept. 1, 1881 Wick, Henry (girl) Aug. 1881
Sept. 4, 1884 Wick, Sam (dau) Sept. 1884
Dec. 28, 1893 Wickham, W. G. (dau) Dec. 22, 1893
Feb. 26, 1880 Wiles, Henry, (son) Feb. 1880
Aug. 4, 1881 Williams, W. T . (girl) July 31, 1881
Sept. 21, 1893 Wilson, Editor (son)  Sept. 1893 Editor of Tingley Vindicator
Sept. 14, 1893 Wilson, Johnie (son) Sept. 1893 Frog Hollow Vicinity news
Oct. 19, 1882 Wilson, Jos. (dau) Oct. 1882
July 18, 1889 Winter, P. C. (dau) July 1889
Mar. 27, 1884 Wirtt, Rev. (dau) Mar. 25, 1884
Jan. 7, 1892 Woods, Elmer (son) Dec. 1891  Could be Jan. 1892
Aug. 8, 1889 Woolensock, Mr. (son) Aug. 1889 Breeze Ridge items
Feb. 21, 1884 Yard, T. L. (son) Feb. 14, 1884
Feb. 24, 1881 Yeager, Joseph (dau) Feb. 1881
Oct. 6, 1892 Younkin, Frank (dau) Oct. 1892
Feb. 23, 1888 Yount, M/M (dau) Feb. 9, 1888
Jan. 22, 1891 Yunkin, Frank (dau) Jan. 1891
June 11, 1891 Zahler, John (son) June 5, 1891
Nov. 1, 1888 Zahler, Mr. (dau) Oct. 27, 1888



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