Adams Co. Stillbirths
from Death Certificates
1921-1947

~source: State Historical Society of Iowa, State Archives, Deaths, Stillbirths, Adams County, 1921-1947 (online at familysearch.org)
~transcribed for Adams co. IAGenWeb by S. Ferrall, September 2025

~Important notes:
Every effort has been taken to transcribe the information accurately, but errors are possible. Any notes in [brackets] or question marks (?) were added by the transcriber and do not appear on the certificate. Please use this transcription as a guide, always consult the original record to confirm the information.

There may be additional information on the certificate; such as name of doctor, undertaker, parent's birthplace, age, occupation, etc. Interested researchers should view the original document at familysearch.org

There was not a place on the certificate to report burial place until 1939.

The records are mostly in chronological order.


Name or sex of baby
Father
Mother
Date Place Burial place or date
Not reported until 1939

Comments
Falconer, Opal Marie
Falconer, Paul G.
Reichardt, Ida Anna
10/20/1921 Corning, Quincy twp.    
McGreggor, Chas William
McGreggor, Sewell
Rogers, Mary E.
02/19/1922 Prescott, Union twp.    
Male
Smith, Ernest A.
Query, Amy
03/15/1922 Jasper twp.    
Male
Cody, Delmar F.
Bycroft, Ellen M.
04/07/1922 Mercer twp.    
Male
Watts, Chas
Vaughn, May
05/03/1922 Nodaway twp.    
James, Robert S.
James, Perry Andrew
Williams, Martha B.
09/11/1922 Corning, Quincey twp.    
Kosar, Lois Marie
Kosar James
Blazek, Clara
09/24/1922 Colony twp.    
Ellenwood, Jack Junior
Ellenwood, R. Jack
Abbey, Verna B.
05/21/1923 Corning RR#3
Worthington twp.
   
David, Grace Luciel
David, David C.
Howell, Ella Marie
08/21/1923 Prescott R.F.D.
Union twp.
   
Dory, Doris
Dory, Leslie
Randall, Bertha
01/15/1924 Union twp.    
Male
Rowland, Arthur
Sparr, Mary
05/22/1924 Colony twp.    
Male
Wilkinson, Marion
Patton, Ruth
02/25/1924 Nodaway twp.    
Givan, Ellen Pearl
Givan, Albert R.
Simpson, Elpha P.
03/08/1924 Prescott R.F.D.
Prescott twp.
   
Brown, Lucy May
Brown, Charles J.
Stevenson, Lucy C.
07/16/1924 Union twp.    
Male
Mikkelsen, Arthur Michael
Reichow, Charlotte Paige
08/02/1924 Corning, Quincy twp.    
Male twin [s]
Kralik, William
Starry, Emma
09/04/1924 Colony twp.   Stillborn at 6 mo.

[Transcription note: Unable to determine if this certificate is for twin boys, or just one of them]
Sullivan, Joseph Charles
Sullivan, Daniel
Fecht, Florence F.
09/25/1924 Corning R.F.D.
Mercer twp.
   
Allbaugh, Lizzie Belle
Allbaugh, W. A.
Leonard, Martha Jane
01/12/1925 Kent, Grant twp.    
Male
Chamberlain, Ovid L.
Noone, Ella M.
04/11/1925 Corning, Quincy twp.    
Thompson, Carl Eugene
Thompson, Forist V.
Sterling, T. Florence
04/01/1925 Washington twp.    
Female
Vanderhoof, Dewey George
Bailey, Georgia A.
04/02/1925 Quincy twp.    
Hanson, Otto Dean
Hanson, Otto B.
Schofroth, Elizabeth C.
05/12/1925 Prescott, Union twp.   Twin, born first
Hanson, Margery Mae
Hanson, Otto B.
Schofroth, Elizabeth C.
05/12/1925 Prescott, Union twp.   Twin, born second
Boswell, Charles Everett
Boswell, Elmer E.
Steadman, Myrtle E.
05/15/1925 Washington twp.    
Bixler, Hilda
Bixler, S. Erle
Smith, Grace M.
07/02/1925 Douglas twp.    
Female
Lopez, Manuel
Williams, Reva R.
07/23/1925 Quincy twp.    
Female
Sink, John Henry
Coulthard, Nellie May
09/24/1925 Washington twp.    
Rogers, Ivan Russell
Rogers, Harry K.
Hickman, Dora E.
10/04/1925 Washington twp.    
Male
Mosman, Ted C.
Hill, Katie A.
01/28/1926 Lincoln twp.    
Male
Pettingill, Everett
Palmer, Buena A.
04/20/1926 [ink blot]    
Male
Riley, Clyde A.
Casey, Clara Louisa
07/23/1926 Mercer twp.    
Eckels, Lois Vernielle
Eckels, Warren E.
Huxtable, Eleanor H.
08/16/1926 Grant twp.    
Woosley, Bertha
Woosley, Elliot
Draper, Bertha
11/28/1926 Grant twp.    
Wheeler, Arthur Thomas
Wheeler, R. Lisle
Runyon, Nellie M.
11/10/1926 Jasper twp.    
Male
Kenyston, Edward
Johnson, Nola
02/27/1927 Brooks, Jasper twp.    
Anderson, Julienne
Anderson, Carl
Bissel, Nellie Grace
08/26/1927 Colony twp.    
Female
James, Milton P.
Sage, Benna E.
09/28/1927 Jasper twp.   2¾ lbs.
Botkin, Gale Elmer
Botkin, Elmer J.
Gale, Ruby
12/04/1927 Union twp.   9½ lbs.
Olson, Wilma
Olson, G. C.
Perks, Emma R.
07/14/1928 Douglas twp.   Twin, 2nd in order of birth
Male
Mitchell, Orville
Buenton, Agnes
10/15/1928 Nodaway twp.    
Thompson, Lula Maxnie
Thompson, Roy L.
Selby, Susa E.
01/10/1929 Quincy twp.    
Landrus, Charles Edward
Landrus, Roy E.
Howard, Eunice P.
02/17/1929 Carbon, Douglas twp.    
McGregor, Billy Rogers
McGregor, Sewall
Rogers, Mary
03/16/1929 Prescott village    
Male
Myers, Arnold E.
Lawrence, Ella
04/14/1929 Douglas twp.    
Male
McQuaid, Barney
Carr, Sarah
04/21/1929 Jasper twp.    
Selby, Mary Ellen
Selby, Earle A.
Hendery, Alice P.
05/23/1929 Nodaway village    
Geary, Gail Lee, male
Geary, Jesse Lee
Scott, Mabel
06/26/1929 Quincy twp.    
Kirkpatrick, Ellsworth
Kirkpatrick, Charles Chris
Hyde, Mabel E.
08/04/1929 Lincoln twp.    
Female
Loch, John Jefferson
Lawrence, Mary Ann
08/03/1929 Quincy twp.   9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Female
Brown, Roland William
Freilinger, Catharine Helen
09/30/1929 Douglas twp.   Premature, 4½ or 5 mo. gestation; cause: unknown
Female
Mitchell, Orville
Brenton, Agnes
02/03/1930 Douglas twp.    
Male
Lauber, Louis Leo
Strong, Dorothy Fern
04/15/1930 Corning, Quincy twp.   Premature, 7 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Cipra, Joe Junior
Cipra, Joe Edward
Means, Hazel Pearl
07/03/1930 Prescott village   9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Contracted Pelvis
Male
Calvin, Arthur
Lowe, Laura
07/04/1930 Grant twp.   9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Cerebral hemorrhage
Male
Brokaw, Charles Walter
Jones, Annetta Mae
10/10/1930 Grant twp.   Premature; 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause of stillbirth: don't know; stillborn; born alive at 7am

[Transcription note: the data entered on this certificate is conflicting & confusing - typed exactly as it appears on original]
Chalmers, George Scott
Chalmers, Charles
Lincoln, Edna Fern
10/27/1930 Corning   [Transcription note: certificate used to report this stillbirth was not the correct one, thus little information was asked for]
Male
James, David Earl
Gearheart, Velma May
02/14/1932 Corning, Quincy twp.   Full term; 9 mo gestation; died during labor; cause: Prolonged labor; operative: Podalic delivery
Inman, Hazel Lavon
Inman, Ervin
Campbell, Velma
06/12/1932 Quincy twp.   Full term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Difficult Labor; operative: Inst. [instrument]
Female
Simmons, Basil Gilbert
Stout, Lucile Marion
06/13/1932 Corning, Quincy twp.   Full term; 8 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Peterson, Norman Milfred
Peterson, A. Norman
Perks, R. Violet
02/19/1933 Carbon, Douglas twp.   Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Breech Presentation
Erskines, Glenn Eugene
Erskines, Caleb
Geary, Marie
02/12/1933 Corning   Premature; 8 mo. gestation; died 3 days before labor; cause: knot in cord
Male
Strait, Donald Robert
Morris, Mildred Lucile
03/23/1934 Corning, Quincy twp.   Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; cause: unknown
Bartholoue, Carl Jean
Bartholoue, Orville R.
Davis, Harriet
04/22/1934 Corning, Quincy twp.   Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; cause: Compressed cord
Female
Day, Clark W.
Jett, Nellie M.
10/10/1934 Douglas twp.   Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; pedalis version during labor; cause: undetermined
Jenkins, Paul Allison
Jenkins, Sterling A.
Findley, Izola D.
03/04/1935 Corning, Jasper twp.   Premature; 6 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: Don't know
Hartley, Clarence Howard
Hartley, William Fay
Arnold, Ella H.
05/12/1935 Cromwell, Union twp.   Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: asphyxiation
Male
Steadman, Chester Leroy
Enders, Lillian Rose
05/19/1935 Nodaway   Premature; 8 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Male
Snyder, Carl Willis
Jenkins, Mary
12/14/1935 Corning, Quincy twp.   Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; Full breech position; cause: unknown
Allen, Leroy Fredrick
Allen, Elmer Leroy
Button, Velma
02/17/1936 Prescott twp.   Premature; 7½ mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: monstrosity

[Transcription note: following the cause is a scribbled word in parenthesis)
Male
Stueckradt, Glen Burton
Miller, Ruth Darlene
05/24/1936 Corning, Quincy twp.   Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; operative: changing full breech
Knapp, Martha Lou
Knapp, Thomas Marvin
Hudnet, Velma E.
06/07/1936 Nodaway, Douglas twp   Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: arm under chin, cord wrapped around arm and neck
Brown, Clarisa Irene
Brown, Bert C.
Ramsey, Mildred M.
08/09/1936 Mt. Etna, Washington twp.   Full-term; 10 mo. gestation; died during labor; operative: Forceps
Male
Richardson, Lloyd
Foley, Helen
10/11/1936 Grant twp.   Full-term; operative: narrow pelvis mid forcep
Tucker, Glenn Jr.
Tucker, Glenn
Moore, Ruth
12/28/1936 Nodaway   Full-term; cause: dead 2 wks before birth
Crouse, Joy Lou
Crouse, Louis
Brown, Nellie
01/06/1937 Corning   Full-term; died before labor; cause: multiple placental infarcts
Female
Morris, Paul B.
Corbin, Lillie W.
01/12/1937 Carbon, Douglas twp.   Full-term; 8 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Dotson, Leila May
Dotson, Clarence E.
Roberts, Joy M.
06/07/1937 Corning, Lincoln twp.   Full-term; 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Goldsmith, Francis Alvin
Goldsmith, Francis M.
Purdum, M. Lucile
07/18/1937 Corning, Jasper twp.   Premature; 33 week gestation; died before labor; cause: Over work
Female
Watts, William
Gibson, Gertrude
09/03/1937 Jasper twp.   Premature; 5 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Female
Allison, Robert Ray
Douglas, Lelah Marie
01/17/1938 Washington twp   Premature; 7 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: unknown
Robison, Donald
Robison, Datio J.
Shad, Leona R.
11/24/1938 Carbon, Douglas twp.   Twin; premature; 7 mo. gestation; 1st in order of delivery; died during labor; cause: Breech, delayed delivery of head

[Transcription note: unclear if 2nd twin survived]
Wiley, Marlin Lee
Wiley, Virgil E.
Diggs, Bella May
04/27/1939 Rural Jasper twp. Buried 4/28/39, Guss cemetery
[Taylor co., IA]
5½ mo. gestation; maternal: Had one previous child born prematurely at about same time, no fetal cause known
Ross, Emma Lou
Ross, Clarence
Page, Marie
09/06/1939 Nodaway twp. Buried 9/7/39, Prairie Rose cemetery 10 mo. gestation; died during delivery of head; complication: Breech presentation, prolapsed cord
Pepper, David Howard
Pepper, Howard G.
Lucas, Crissie
10/14/1939 rural Corning Buried 10/15/39, Corning, IA 8½ mo. gestation; died during labor; cause: none known
Riley, Katherine Kay
Rile, Alber
Warnock, Lulu
02/24/1940 rural Bridgewater, Washington twp Buried 2/25/40, Carl cemetery 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; faetus macerated at time of birth; cause: none apparent
Westlake, Lloyd William
Westlake, Floyd
Case, Helen
05/15/1940 Corning Buried 5/16/40, Prairie Rose cemetery Term pregnancy; died before labor; cause: knot in the umbilical cord, mother aware of lack of motion for 2 days
Johannes, Donald Dean
Johannes, Harold
Rogers, Mildred Fern
07/21/1940 rural Prescott Buried 7/22/40, Forest Hill cemetery 8 mo. gestation; died abt 2 days before labor; fetal cause: abrupta placenta, multiple infarcts of the placenta
Murphy, Frances Jean
Murphy, Francis
Lawrence, Betty Jean
08/06/1940 Corning, Quincy twp. Burial 8/7/40, Walnut Grove cemetery 6 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: none known
Myers, Willard Harvey
Myers, Melvin M.
Hossman, Florence M.
11/02/1940 rural Corning, Nodaway twp. [blank] 10 mo. gestation; died during delivery; operation: podallic forceps; cause: transfer presentation after coming head lodged
Reed, Jo Ann
Reed, Earl E.
Paul, Clara
03/29/1941 Corning, Quincy twp. Burial 3/29/41, Oak Hill cemetery 6 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: measles & cough
Everling, Ronald Lee
Everling, Dollivar
Gadies, Freda E.
04/02/1941 rural Cromwell, Colony twp. Burial 4/2/21, Nevinville, IA 8 mo. gestation; died before labor; complication: Albuminuria; cause: cord strangulation
Law, John Paul
Law, Paul G.
Wilson, Lereatha Viola
09/13/1941 Corning Burial 9/14/41, Evergreen cemetery 9 mo. gestation; died about 2 days before labor; complication: pyelitis last week of pregnancy; operation: footling extraction; cause: asphyxia, cord about neck 4 times
Male
Woosley, Melvin Glenn
Neely, Eva Elizabeth
01/13/1942 rural Kent, Grant twp. Burial 1/13/42, Lenox cemetery 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: hydrocephalis
Hoffman, William LeRoy
Hoffman, Thomas E.
Thompson, Viola M.
11/01/1942 rural Nodaway Burial 11/2/42,
Quincy
9 lunar mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: mother had flu, I arrived just after birth
Dueling, Nancy Marie
Dueling, Clarence Benjamin
Thompson, Jaunita Louise
01/19/1945 Brooks, Jasper twp. Burial 1/1945, Quincy cemetery 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: cord knotted around neck and cut off circulation
Armagost, Robert Franklin
Armagost, Robert
Casey, Wilma Doris
02/08/1946 Home of Clifford Casey, rural Corning, Mercer twp. Burial 2/10/46, Lenox, IA 9 mo. gestation; died before labor; cause: Strangulated cord

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