1870 Iowa Federal Census Column Key 1870 Transcriptions Transcribed from  microfilm 1421009 by Kent G. Transier, © 2006
Mortality Schedule Pages 1 - 18 Mortality Schedule Index
Pg Ln Fam Name Age Sex Clr M/W POB FFB MFB MOD Job COD Township
1 1 30 Wilkin, Mathew 40 M W M Ohio     September   Consumption Crawford
1 2 53 Blosser, Noah E 2 M W   Iowa     Dec At home Congestion of Brain Crawford
1 3 78 Donahue, Michael 47 M W W Ireland 1 1 July Farmer Consumption Crawford
1 4 35 Crawford, Oliver 48 M W M Ohio     June Farmer Typhoid Fever Crawford
1 5 30 Wilkin, Jane 65 F W M Ohio     June   Inflamation of Stomach Crawford
1 6 59 Crossley, Hannah 60 F W W Kentucky     Aug   Disease of Heart Crawford
1 7 89 Crawly, (?) John 40 M W M Ireland     March   Typhopid Fever Crawford
1 8 92 McMichael, Nancy 25 F W M Ireland     September   Consumption Crawford
1 9 116 Hall, Ellen 1 F W   Iowa     March At home Consumption Crawford
2 1 58 Sammon, Peter 1 M W   Iowa 1 1 March At home Croup Lee
2 2 60 Totman, Frances -- F W   Iowa     March At home Stillborn Lee
3 1 16 Rinker, Earnest O 2 M W   Iowa     May At home Inflamation of Bowels Douglas
3 2 27 Chase, Jane 67 F W M Kentucky     March Keeping house Consumption Douglas
3 3 56 Woolrey, Mary 44 F W M Indiana     November Keeping house Typhoid fever Douglas
3 4 56 Woolrey, Joseph 22 M W M Indiana     October Farmer Typhoid fever Douglas
3 5 56 Woolrey, Ida M 2/12 F W   Iowa     April At home Lung fever Douglas
3 6 73 Malone, Michael 3/12 M W   Iowa     August At home Inflamation of brain Douglas
3 7 81 Bardrick, George 78 M W W England     May Farmer Congestion of lungs Douglas
3 8 97 Infant -- M W   Iowa     May At home Stillborn Douglas
3 9 99 Gideon, Nancy 62 F W M Virginia     July Keeping house Typhoid Douglas
3 10 116 Ivens, Jacob 72 M W M North Carolina     May Farmer Consumption Douglas
4 1 16 Devault, Jessie 3/12 M W   Iowa     August At home Diarhea Jackson
4 2 27 Linn, Margaret 1 F W   Iowa     April At home C***** of spine Jackson
4 3 51 Bissell, Gertie 5/12 F W   Iowa     August At home Disease not known Jackson
4 4 87 Dabney, Henry 74 M W W Virginia     March Farmer Congestive Fever Jackson
5 1 9 Rowe, Minney E 1 F W   Iowa     August No occupation Measles Grand River
5 2 28 Love, Adelia A 1 F W   Iowa     June No occupation Lung Fever Grand River
5 3 54 Hartsook, Martha 8/12 F W   Iowa     August No occupation Congestion of Brain Grand River
6 1 69 Shepherd, Sarah 1/12 F W   Illinois     June No occupation Whooping Cough Webster
6 2 70 Wintermantel, Frances 1/12 F W   Iowa 1   Feburary No occupation Dysentery Webster
7 1 24 Brown, Albertus 1/12 M W   Iowa     March At home Lung Fever Jefferson
7 2 34 Stockwell, Margaret 1/12 F W   Iowa     February At home Whooping Cough Jefferson
7 3 71 McDonald -- F W   Ohio     Sept At home Stillborn Jefferson
7 4 75 Wright, Oscar S 7/12 M W   Iowa     August At home Congestion of Brain Jefferson
7 5 77 Hutchinson, John 5 M W   Iowa     Sept At home Thyphoid fever Jefferson
7 6 86 Ballard (?), Ulysus C 10/12 M W   Iowa     August At home Chronic Diarhea Jefferson
7 7 103 Holmes, Margaret 1/12 F W   Iowa     Sept At home Found ******* Jefferson
7 8 127 Whittaker, Thomas E 4 M W   Iowa     November At home Disease of Spine  
8 1 2 Doan, Mary A 35 F W   Kentucky     May Keeping house Consumption Union
8 2 28 Browne, Rosela 1 F W   Iowa     October At home Chronic Diarhea Union
8 3 34 Jackson, Mary E 1/12 F W   Iowa     April At home Inflamation of brain Union
8 4 36 Boyles, Minta 9 F W   Iowa     August At home Spinal **** Union
8 5 41 McCalman, Mary E 1 F W   Ohio     July At home Whooping cough Union
8 6 73 Guye, Cyrena 35 F W M Indiana     May Keeping house Measles Union
8 7 73 Guye, Everet C 1/12 M W   Iowa     August At home Diarhea Union
8 8 77 Thompson, Hattie -- F W   Iowa     July At home Stillborn Union
8 9 87 Cracraft, John 55 M W M Pennsylvania     February Illinois Consumption Union
8 10 92 Bird, William 78 M W M Virginia     July Farmer Consumption Union
8 11 120 Hamilton, Lydia 5/12 F W   Illinois 1   March At home Not known Union
8 12 124 Farris, John A 4 M W   Iowa     February At home Croup Union
8 13 132 Farris, Lester Grant 4 M W   Iowa     January At home Inflamation of lung Union
8 14 164 Graham, Rev John 76 M W M Scotland 1 1 April Minister Dropsy Union
9 1 57 Coakly, Philena A 34 F W M Maine     December Keeping house Congestive chills Lincoln
9 2 60 Demarr, Mary 1/12 F W   Iowa     September   Not known Lincoln
9 3 63 Polk, Henry 5/12 M W   Iowa     March   Spinal **** Lincoln
9 4 68 Kirkland, Robert 13 M W   Canada 1 1 June Farm laborer Measles Lincoln
9 5 83 Bertholf, George 35 M W   Ohio     February Farmer Apoplectic fit Lincoln
9 6 132 Gordon, Lura 1 F W   Iowa     August No occupation Consumption Lincoln
9 7 134 Alexander, William 46 M W M Kentucky     November Farmer Consumption Scott
10 1 4 Rutherford, Barbara 53 F W M Kentucky     August Keeping house Dropsy of heart Scott
10 2 18 Vanbuskirk, Thomas 57 M W M New Jersey     April Farmer Consumption Scott
10 3 32 Scott, Elizabeth 69 F W M Tennessee     June No occupation Dropsy of heart Scott
10 4 32 Harris, Asbury 4/12 M W   Iowa     March At home Whooping cough Scott
10 5 107 Black, Daniel 69 M     North Carolina     April Farmer Dropsy of heart Scott
10 6 118 Hunt, Louisa 1 F W   Illinois 1   March No occupation Strangulation Scott
10 7 121 Ogburn, Emma 1 F W   Iowa     October No occupation B**** of Bowels Scott
10 8 126 Dorrell, Valora 2 F W   Iowa     April No occupation Canker throat Scott
10 9 128 Allen, Elsworth 9/12 M W   Iowa     October No occupation Hooping cough Scott
10 10 129 Little, Asbury 1 M W   Iowa     January No occupation Pneumonia Scott
11 1 7 Bolsby, Julia A 75 F W   Pennsylvania     Decem House Keeper Cancer on face Madison
11 2 23 Allen, Hiram 35 M W   Indiana     August Farmer Wounds Madison
11 3 27 Allen, Margaret 60 F W   Kentucky     June House Keeper Consumption Madison
11 4 28 Orahood, Priscilla 62 F W   Virginia     December House Keeper Dropsy Madison
11 5 31 Seerly, Mary 1/12 F W   Iowa     January At home Spinal ***** Madison
11 6 47 White, Nancy J 2 F W   Iowa     May At home Lung fever Madison
11 7 66 Gabbert, Ota 3 F W   Iowa     March At home Typhoid Fever Madison
11 8 93 Bopels, John H 7 M W   Iowa     June At home Inflamation of Brain Madison
11 9 97 Browne, John I 4 M W   Iowa     May At home Lung Fever Madison
11 10 107 Morgan, John M 8 M W   Indiana     Sept At home Congestion of stomach Madison
11 11 128 Griffin, James H 19 M W   Indiana     June Farm laborer Typhoid Fever Madison
11 12 36 Poultern, Samuel S 1 M W   Iowa     August At home Diarhea Madison
11 13 38 Cook, Anna 66 F W W Ohio     August Housekeeper Cancer Madison
12 1 40 Jones, Charles 1 M W   Wisconsin   1 September At home Diarrhea Penn
13 1 21 Brinson, Juliett 1 F W   Iowa     March   Premature birth Monroe
13 2 24 Cornelison, Easter 1/12 F W   Iowa     June   Not Known Monroe
13 3 48 Lillis, Martin F 8 M W   Iowa 1 1 May   Pneumonia Monroe
13 4 49 Gabbert, Henry R 2 M W   Iowa     September   Canker sore throat Monroe
13 5 63 Roby, Susan 24 F W M Ohio     June No Occupation Consumption Monroe
13 6 63 Clark, John E 20 M W   Ohio     August Farmer Consumption Monroe
13 7 64 Blohm, Gehane 3 M W   Polworm     June No Occupation Measles Monroe
13 8 64 Blohm, Gedl 1 F W   Polworm     June No Occupation Measles Monroe
13 9 67 Weeks, Elizabeth 1 F W   Iowa     April No Occupation Whooping Cough Monroe
14 1 3 Mease, James 1 M W   Iowa     October   Congestion of Brain Walnut
14 2 43 Harper, Louiza 6 F W   Iowa   1 June   Whooping Cough Walnut
14 3 72 Foster, Grant 6/12 M W   Iowa     May   Congestion of  **** Walnut
14 4 82 Porter, Hiram 2/12 M W   Iowa     July   Croup Walnut
14 5 93 Rankin, Clarence 7 M W   Iowa     October   Typhoid Fever Walnut
14 6 105 Landis, Frank   M W   Iowa     December   Unreadable Walnut
14 7 126 Gibbons, Ida 1 F W   Iowa     March   Whooping Cough Walnut
15 1 46 McNeely, Orien 1/12 M W   Iowa     October   Not known Walnut
15 2 50 Lake, Jennie 25 F W M New York     July Housekeeping Consumption Walnut
16 1 8 Fuqua, Docia E (?) 2/12 F W   Kansas     November   Whooping Cough South
16 2 63 Smith, Joseph M 3 M W   Missouri     October   Croup South
16 3 74 Baker, Louisa 7 F W   Illinois     June   Burned South
17 1 37 Srackangast, Krozella 10 M W   Iowa     August No Occupation Brain ***** Winterset Wd 1
17 2 65 Barker, Bessie 1 F W   Iowa     September   Chronic Diarrhhea Winterset Wd 1
17 3 90 Nesbit, Nellie B 6 F W   Illinois     April No Occupation Dropsy of Brain Winterset Wd 1
17 4 104 McLeod, John 66 M W M Scotland 1 1 August Stone Mason Not known Winterset Wd 1
17 5 104 McLeod, Grace 1 F W   Iowa 1   Sept   Inflamation Brain Winterset Wd 1
18 1 23 Turbet, Sarah 59 F W W Ohio     November Keeping house Consumption Winterset Wd 2
18 2 50 Kendig, Jane A 27 F W M Pennsylvania 1   April   Consumption Winterset Wd 2

 

Column

Description
Pg Page number
Ln Line number
Fam Family number (refers to family number in 1870 census)
Name Name of every person who died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, whose usual Place of Abode at the Time of his Death was in the Family
Age Age last birthday. If under one year, give months in fractions of 1/12
Sex Sex
Clr Color - White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinese (Ch), Indian (I)
M/W Married or Widowed
POB Place of birth naming the state, territory, or country
FFB Father of foreign birth
MFB Mother of foreign birth
MOD The month in which the person died
Job Profession, occupation, or trade
COD Disease or cause of death
Township Township