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1880 Federal Census
Shelby County Mortality Schedule, Page 9
Dist. 210 Shelby 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 J. C. Shivelly

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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 RESI- DENT 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	15	Peterson, Peter	16/30	M	W				Iowa	Schleswig	Schleswig		April	Hemorrhage from navel	16/30		G. W. Todd	Tied to Ness [Nis?} & Anna Peterson family, Shelby Twp. pg. 2
2	67	Leister, Zilpha	6	F	W				Iowa	Ohio	Ohio		December	Diptheria	4	New York	R. E. Kuhn	Surname misspelled, s/b Liester. Tied to John & Eliza Liester family, Shelby Twp. pg. 7. Buried in Shelby Cemetery
3	67	Leister, Elsy	8/12	F	W				Iowa	Ohio	Ohio		April	over dose of medicine	8/12		R. E. Kuhn	Surname misspelled, s/b Liester. Tied to John & Eliza Liester family, Shelby Twp. pg. 7. Buried in Shelby Cemetery
4	176	Boget, Sadie J.	23	F	W		1		Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Keeping house	July	Typhoid fever	7		J. W. Campbell	Tied to David H. & Sophia Boget family, Shelby Twp. pg. 19
5	167	Simpson, Charles W.	2/12	M	W				Iowa	Iowa	Wisconsin;		October	Eresypolis	2/12		J. W. Campbell	Tied to John W. & Martha Simpson family, Shelby Twp. pg. 18; Buried in Shelby Cemetery
6	168	McLachlin, John	65	M	W				Vermont	Vermont	New York;	Carpenter	April	Pnemonia	4		R. E. Kuhn	Tied to Hannah McLachlin family, Shelby Twp. pg. 18; Buried in Shelby Cemetery
7	191	Pierce, Bertha	5	F	W				Iowa	Indiana	Ohio		Oct.	Diptheria	5		J. W. Campbell	Tied to George D. & Mary C. Pierce, Shelby Twp. pg. 20; Buried in Shelby Cemetery
8	261	Gromann, Wm.	25	M	W				Holstein	Holstein	Holstein	Dealer in Lumber	Feby	Broken Leg	5		B. L. Nye	Tied to Henry Grommann family, Shelby Twp. pg. 27; Buried in Shelby Cemetery. Groman or Gromann?
9	84	Edwards, Not Named		M	W				Iowa				Jany	Still born			J. W. Campbell	Tied to Wm. E. & Mary Jane Edwards family, Shelby Twp. pg. 9
10	- -	Eden, Mrs.	(35)	F	W		1		(Sweden)	(Sweden)	(Sweden)	Keeping house	(Apl)	Child birth			Dr. -- Tesky (of Avoca Ia)	Buried in Shelby Cemetery
11	160	Brown, James		M;	W				Erie Ill		West Virginia		Apl	Still born			Dr. -- Wells	Tied to Thomas & Catherine A. Brown family, Shelby Twp. pg. 18
12	--	Showalter, William	29	M	W		1		Ill	(Pennsylvania)	(Pennsylvania)	Farmer	June 16th	Parylisis			J. W. Campbell	Buried in Shelby Cemetery
14	--	Day, Andy	9	M	W			Vale Iowa					Aug 28	Pneumonia		Crawford Co	J. W. Campbell
15
16	P.R.	James Ullery	31	M	W								May	Consumption			R. E. Kuhn
17		Ernest Tague	1 9/12	M	W								Sept.	Cholera Infantium			Knowles & Avoca
18		Cinderalla Brabham	22	F	W								Dec.	Consumption			G. W. Todd	Buried in Shelby Cemetery
19

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
10	(Avoca)	Pottawattamie	Iowa
13	Vale	Crawford	(Iowa)
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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
11	Erie	Whiteside	Illinois
12	Minden	Pottawattamie	Iowa

REMARKS.

NO. OF LINE	REMARKS.
No. 10	Mrs. Edon was here but a short time and balance of the family left here shortly after her death can find no one who knows her first name.
No. 8	Groman was thrown from buggy and leg broken mortified it was amputated and died shortly after
No. 3	Died from an over dose of medicine given it by its parents through mistake the medicine was preposed for Diabetes for an adult
	I certify that the above is correct as near as it was possible for me to make it. J. Shivelly

(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.
1	Umbilical Hemorragge		G. W. Todd
3	Over dose Medicine		R. E. Kuhn
2	Diphtheria		R. E. Kuhn
4	Typhoid Feaver		J. W. Campbell
5	Erysepolis		J. W. Campbell
6	Pneumonia		R. E. Kuhn
7	No 7 overlooked by physician
9	No 9 overlooked by physician
12	Paralysis		J. W. Campbell
13	Pneumonia		J. W. Campbell

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Transcribed and contributed by Cheryl Siebrass, August, 2020