Shelby County
IAGenWeb

1880 Federal Census
Shelby County Mortality Schedule, Page 10
Supv. Dist. 3, Dist. 211 Polk & Douglas Twp., Shelby County, Iowa

Schedule 5
Persons who died during the year ending May 31, 1880
(the census year was June 1, 1879-May 31, 1880)
Enumerated by B. B. Mallick

<-- Back to Page 9

LINE #	FAMILY #	NAME (Last, First)	AGE	SEX	COLOR	SIN-GLE	MAR-RIED	WID-OWED	PLACE OF BIRTH	FATHER'S B-PLACE	MOTHER'S B-PLACE	PROF., OCCUP. OR TRADE	MONTH OF DEATH	DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH	HOW LONG A RESIDENT OF COUNTY	PLACE CONTRACTED IF NOT PLACE OF DEATH	NAME OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN	TRANSCRIBER REMARKS
	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14.	15.	16.	17.	18.
1		Thather, Arthur	7	M	W	1			Iowa	Indiana	Iowa		January	Scarlet Fever	7	Unknown		Surname Thacher? or Thacker? Might tie to Samuel & Martha Thacher/Thacker family #30, Polk Twp. pg. 4?
2		Thacther, Florance	1	F	W	1			Iowa	Indiana	Iowa		January	Scarlet Fever	1	Unknown		Surname really Thacher? or Thacker? Might tie to Samuel & Martha Thacher/Thacker family #30, Polk Twp. pg. 4?
3		Whitehead, May	1/12	F	W	1			Iowa	Indiana	Iowa		June	Cucinasis(?)	2/12	Unknown		Disease very hard to read; Might tie to L. Dow & Nancy Whitehead family #37, Polk Twp. pg 5?
4		Custer, Mary A.	34	F	W		1		Missouri	Illinois	Illinois		March	Measles	8	Unknown	A. E. Palmer, Bayer	Buried in Corley CemeteryMight tie to Abraham Custer family #43, Polk Twp. pg. 5-6?
5		Dalton, Sarah	31	F	W		1		Indiana	Ohio	Indiana		July	Consumption		Unknown		Might tie to Henry, Maria, George Dalton family, Polk Twp. pg. 8-9?
6		Harris, Monica(?)	37	F	W		1		Indiana	Ohio	Ohio		April	Consumption		Iowa	E. A. Cobb	Given name very hard to read, Monica? Moinde? Morude? Might tie to Joseph Harris family #114, Douglas Twp. pg. 4?
7		Harris, Nellie	9	F	W	1			Iowa	Ohio	Indiana		March	Scarlet Fever		Iowa	E. A. Cobb	Might tie to Joseph Harris family #114, Douglas Twp. pg. 4?
8		Gardner, Clara	5	F	W	1			Indiana	Ohio	Indiana		Oct	Inflensteic Thoat		Iowa	J. H. Waite	Might tie to Loren & Alice Gardner family #119, Douglas Twp. pg. 4?
9		Russell, George	19	M	W	1			Iowa	Ohio	New York		Dec	Typhoid Fever		Iowa	J. H. Waite	Might tie to I. E. & M. M. Russell family #127, Douglas Twp. pg. 5?
10		Harmon, Bertha	7/12	F	W	1			Iowa	Tennessee	Kentucky		Oct	Lung Fever		Iowa	J. H. Waite	Might tie to Sam Harmon families, #128 and #129, Douglas Twp. pg. 5?
11		Douglas, Martin J.	40	M	W		1		New York			Carpenter	Dec	Pneumonia		Michigan	J Bayer	Might tie to Louise Douglas family #151, Douglas Twp. pg. 8?
12		Bickley, Thomas	2	M	W	1			Iowa	Illinois	Penn		Jany	Scarlet Fever		Iowa	Moore & Waite	Might surname really be Buckley? If so, might tie to Geo. & Susan Buckley family #205, Douglas Twp. pg. 14?
13
14	P.R.	Gaer, Corintha	8	F	W								Jany	Scarlet Fever			N. E. Palmer
15		Bigelow, Nettie	7/12	F	W								Feby	Consumption			N. E. Palmer
16

Of the deaths reported above, the following occurred in this enumeration district,
but the families to which the deceased belonged,
resided June 1, 1880, out of the enumeration district, as follows:

NO. OF LINE	PLACE WHERE THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED RESIDED JUNE 1, 1880.
ABOVE.	TOWN.	COUNTY	STATE
1	Polk	Shelby	Iowa
2	Polk	Shelby	Iowa
3	Polk	Shelby

Of the deaths reported above, the following occurred out of this enumeration district,
though the families to which the deceased belonged,
resided June 1, 1880, in this enumeration district, as follows:

NO. OF LINE	PLACE WHERE DEATH OCCURRED.
ABOVE.	TOWN.	COUNTY	STATE

REMARKS.

NO. OF LINE	REMARKS.

(from back of page)
Form for the statement by attending physicians of the causes of death in the cases reported on the reverse side of this sheet.

NO. OF LINE	CAUSE OF DEATH PRIMARY.	CAUSE OF DEATH IMMEDIATE.	SIGNATURE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.
4	Measles	Catarrhal Boonelitis	F. A. Bayer
9	Thyfouidasal(?)		J. H. Waite
10	Pleuring		J. H. Waite
11	Pneumonia		F. A. Bayer
12	Scarlet Fever		J. H. Waite

<-- Back to Page 9

Transcribed and contributed by Cheryl Siebrass, August, 2020