DEATHS – From the Hawarden Independent newspaper 1881 through1890
The first issues were called the Calliope Independent as the former
town was Calliope and later consolidated with Hawarden.
Many of these deaths were not recorded at the county level. 
Indexed and recorded by the members of the Greater Sioux County
Genealogical Society

Name  of Deceased     

Date /Cause

Paper Issue Date

Akin, Robert   killed by hunter Gibbon

killed instantly

Aug 22, 1882

Akin, William   40 years

 

Aug 22, 1882

Anderson, George’s  2 yrs old

 

Sep 2, 1886

Bailey, L. H.   oldest man in county

92 years

Mar 15, 1888

Barret, Paul’s 14 yr old son 

gun accident

Aug 30, 1888

Bartley, Conly   11 yrs 

drowned

Aug 14, 1890

Batley, John    93 yrs died Feb 23,

 

Mar 1, 1888

Benbau, George   4 yrs

accident

Jun 12, 1890

Bengiman, David  

accident

Jan 16, 1890

Betten, A. J. oldest son

small pox

Jul 20, 1882

Bly, D. O. ‘s young child

blood poison

Dec 7, 1882

Boeser, Henry  60 yrs  killed by son

murdered

Apr 17, 1890

Boone, T. W.   little babe

 

Aug 21, 1890

Bourret, Wm.’s 2 yr old son

killed by train

Sep 5, 1889

Brady, Charles 

drowned

Apr 25, 1889

Brewaster?, Lewis     4 children die

scarlet fever

Mar 18, 1882

Briggs, John’s 5 mo baby

measles

Mar 14, 1889

Brochschink, Judith Mrs.    42 yrs

 

Dec 6, 1888

Broline, C.  68 yrs 

inflam. lungs

Jan 31, 1889

Brown, Lulu     suicide

drowned

Jun 13, 1889

Brunskill,  S.’s  baby

 

Nov 18, 1886

Burton, John   40 yrs

drowned

Jun 27, 1889

Byers, John

 

Sep 25, 1890

Cameron, George F.

 

Jul 5, 1883

Christian, James Mr.&Mrs  6 children

diphtheria

Nov 29, 1883

Clayton, John M.   died instantly from

shot

Jan 31, 1889

Coiflesh, J. H.      stroke

apoplexy

Mar 20, 1884

Colt, Wm. ‘s infant child

 

May 29, 1890

Connen, George

malarial fever

Jan 28, 1882

Conrad, Mary    age 37

 

May 22, 1884

Corbin, Mrs.

small pox

Mar 23, 1882

Cox, S. S. Mrs.

 

Sep 12, 1889

Coyour, Lizzie Mrs. 

badly burned

May 24, 1883

Crow, Solomon 

suicide

Nov 15, 1888

Curry, John R. Mrs.  

died Jun 26th

Jul 16, 1885

Deck, I. N. ‘s infant son  2 mo.

 

Mar 12, 1885

Decolin, Mr.

gun discharged

Apr 6, 1882

Dingeman, Gerrit

 

Mar 20, 1890

Disbrow, A. L. ‘s  3 mo. old

 

Apr 28, 1887

Dowdy, Henry ‘s  little child

 

Feb 8 /10, 1887

Eason, Jimmie  

 

Jan 1, 1885

Edwards, Peter L.  killed by

tumbling rod

Feb 28, 1888

Ensign, A. G. Mrs.

 

Apr 3, 1890

Ernest, Charles

 

Nov 24, 1887

Estes, Frances Mrs.   85 yrs

 

Apr 17, 1884

Farmer, German’a 2 yr old girl

 

Jul 21, 1887

Fee, Conductor   

killed by train

Nov17, 1881

Finch, Mr.     killed by pulling a pin

slipped/acc.

Feb 8, 1887

Flannery, W.    77 yrs

 

May 16, 1889

Fosburgh,  Porter’s sons Harry 4 yrs

Ralph 11 yrs

May 21, 1882

Fredenburg, A.    26 yrs

 

Jan 18/20,1887

Gardener, Henry    infant child

 

Feb 8, 1888

Gardner, Edward N.    33 yrs

 

Sep 18, 1884

Gehan, J. S. Mr.&Mrs.,  baby boy

 

Aug 16, 1888

Gehan, John Mrs.    58 yrs

 

Mar 1. 1888

Gifford, C. C.

 

Nov 25, 1886

Gilman, Frazier Mrs.

 

Jun 5, 1890

Gobel, N.  

accidental

Nov 19, 1885

Godd, L. A.     a Swede bachelor

 

Feb 19, 1885

Gowan, John    suffocated coal gas

suffocated

Dec 1, 1887

Grau, A. C. Mrs.    age 40

 

Dec 19, 1889

Greuger?, P. E.’s 10 mo dau

cholera

Sep 13, 1888

Grill, Louis N.

apoplexy

Nov 27, 1890

Haddock, Geo. C. Rev    shot

murdered

Aug 5, 1886

Haines, John’s infant child

 

Jul 4, 1889

Haines, Mr.&Mrs. child

Typhoid fever

Oct 21, 1886

Hale, Wm.   48 yrs

 

Jan 15, 1885

Hall, Mary Mrs.

 

Sep 11, 1890

Hamilton, Wm. of Virginia Dak.

dropsy

May 26, 1881

Hancock, Winfield Gen. Maj.

 

Feb 11, 1886

Harbolt, Mr.&Mrs. infant child

 

Apr 29, 1886

Harding, F. M.’s 5 mo old twins

 

Mar 14, 1889

Harding, Mrs.   (old)

 

Jul 12, 1888

Hawn, Edward Mr.

 

Feb 11, 1886

Hellinga, A.

 

Jan 16,1890

Helm, Clair D. dau of Geroge& Jessie

11 mo. infant

Jul 26. 1883

Hendrickson, Henry   9 years old

falling sash

Jan 5, 1881

Herring, Rose   2 ½ yr dau of F. C.

 

Aug 18, 1881

Hilton, L. D.’s  2 yr. old dau

 

Nov 14, 1889

Hofgin, George  19 yrs

 

Sep 8, 1887

Holden, Emma Mrs.

 

Jan 8, 1889

Holden, George

 

Jun 10, 1886

Holman, Mr. & Mrs  8 mo child

 

Sep 19, 1889

Holmes, John J.

suicide

Feb 28, 1889

Houser, Jessie    15 yrs

lightning strike

Aug 25, 1881

Howard, L. Mrs.  84 yrs

 

Sep 4, 1890

Huggins, Orrin Mrs.

 

Sep 27, 1888

Hunt, N. A. Mrs. 

Typhoid Fever

Oct 2, 1890

Hunt, R. D.

 

Mar 6, 1890

James, Ben’s 11 yr old son

 

Nov 17, 1887

Jaycox, Elijah   72 yrs

 

Oct 4, 1888

Jepsen, Wm.   cut throat with razor

suicide

Mar 29, 1883

Johnson, C. M. Mrs.

 

Jul 3, 1890

Johnson, Edna   little dau  of  A. L.

 

Jul 31, 1884

Johnson, Eric Mrs.   45 yrs

 

Aug 28, 1890

Johnson, John     shot in back

shot

Dec 22, 1887

Jones, A. D. ‘s baby

 

Aug 22, 1889

Kellog, E. H. 

small pox

Mar 23, 1882

Kellog, H.W. & I.’s infant son  1yr

 

Aug 9, 1883

Kelly, ‘Brakeman’ 

killed

Dec 22, 1887

Kempton, Sadie   9 mo.

fly poison

Aug 14, 1890

Kennedy, J. C.  of Calliope

died sudden

Aug 4, 1881

Kennedy, Johnny  17 yrs

 

Sep 8, 1887

Kenneson, Charlie’s  child

diphtheria

Oct 13, 1887

Kevell, Alexander

pnuemonia

Mar 31, 1887

Kiser, Cornelius ‘s  4 yr old boy

 

Oct 3, 1889

Kuyper, Simon   40 yrs

 

Sep 7, 1882

Lake, Miriam Mrs.

 

Jan 8, 1889

Lantz, Henry II  died 1 yr 8 mo

 

Jun 30, 1881

Lee, M. W.’s father

 

Dec 13, 1888

Lehman, Wm.

murdered

Sep 24, 1885

Lester, Wm. Mrs.     was it murder?

murder

Mar 1, 1888

Lillie, Joe    fell from load of straw

fell

Nov 28, 1889

Long, Michael

suicide

Oct 17, 1889

Lynn, Mabel little dau of J. M. Lynn

 

Jan 24, 1889

Lynn, Nancy Mrs.   58 yrs

 

Jun 6, 1889

Man, A. J.    26 yrs

 

Jan 11, 1883

Maronda, Emma F.   13 yrs

 

Oct 17, 1889

Martin, James

 

Nov 25, 1886

Martin, Royal Gurley  of John&Neva

3 yrs old

Feb 1, 1883

Maxon, L. Mrs. Gr.dau of D.Bancroit

 

May 14, 1885

May, Bertha  dau of A. C.&Mary 6mo

infant dau

Nov 15, 1883

May, Ruth   79 yrs   born 1810

 

Jul 11/18, 1889

McBride, Jas.    20 yrs

 

Sep 17, 1890

McClure, Alva  17 yrs  son of W. D.

 

Oct 13, 1887

McCornach, Robert   baby

killed

Feb 28, 1884

McCullough, Mr.&Mrs.’s  little babe

 

Oct 27, 1887

McElhany, Dau.   14 year old

drowned

Jun 18, 1885

McEntyre, Mr&Mrs’s infant son

cholera

Aug 23, 1883

McGrew, Horace    run over by RR

handcar

Jun 8, 1887

McNalley, Joseph  7 yrs 

inflam.bowels

Aug 4, 1887

McNamara, Thomas 

 

Feb 5, 1885

Melivany, Pat  discharge of his gun

accidental

Jan 7, 1886

Mokibben, James S.

 

Mar 1, 1888

Moore, P. ‘s little child

diphtheria

Dec 6, 1888

Morey, Jule’s little child died

 

May 15, 1890

Murdock, Janette

 

Jul 26, 1884

Myers, Margaret    78 yrs

 

Nov 28, 1889

Myers, Wm. H. 

shot & Killed

Dec 27, 1888

Nash, J. E.’s infant son

 

Jul 4, 1889

Okeefe, Elizabeth   18 yrs

 

Dec 4, 1890

Olesen, Mr.&Mrs.’s young child

 

Apr 19, 1883

Otis, J. J. Mr.&Mrs.’s  twin babies

 

Mar 24, 1887

Palmer, Walter S.

 

Mar 6, 1890

Parkin, Jas.

 

Jul 10, 1884

Parkinson, George

suicide

Jun 19, 1890

Patrich, D. S.

 

Sep 23, 1886

Peran, J. H. rupture blood vessel

rupture

Jul 31, 1890

Percy, Rowana (Mrs. S.)    45 yrs

 

Feb 18, 1882

Piper, Mr.&Mrs.’s 10 yr old dau

 

Aug 18, 1887

Puterhaugh, George 

prairie fire

Apr 28, 1887

Reed, Levi           old soldier

 

Jul 11, 1889

Reesel, Henry C.   crushed climbing

into box car

May 26, 1887

Rolling, Mrs.   of Garfield township

 

Jul 2, 1885

Rudd, A. J.    58 yrs

 

May 8, 1884

Rudd, H. H. & Dolly ‘s little dau

measles

Jul 12, 1883

Rudd, H. H. ‘s infant dau.

 

Mar 18, 1886

Rudd, H. H. Mrs.    77 yrs

 

Jun 13, 1883

Salen, Frank Mr.&Mrs.  little baby

 

Mar 31, 1887

Sheets, Clara dau of S. F. 11 yrs old

 

Aug 9, 1883

Sherman, George H.   19 yrs

 

Sep 20, 1883

Sies, Freddie

drowned

Jul 3, 1884

Smith, Caleb E. Mrs.

 

Nov 25, 1886

Snyder, L.’s child

small pox

May 21, 1882

Sonlier, Caroline 

7 mo. fetus

Feb 7, 1889

Sorg, J. D. ‘s dau 12 yrs 

lightning

Oct 20, 1881

Sporrer, Mr.              Killed

accidentally

Oct 18, 1888

Stewart, A. T. Mrs.

 

Oct 28, 1886

Stewart, John

thrown /mule

Oct 12, 1882

Stickle, Josh   22 years

 

Apr 4, 1887

Stiles, Charles E.son of Henry&Sarah

 1 ½ yrs.

Jul 21, 1883

Storer, M. Mr.   81 yrs

 

Jan 20, 1887

Storer, Mrs.     88 yrs

 

Apr 4, 1887

Storrs, Andrew’s  8 mo baby

brain dropsy

Jul 2, 1885

Storts, Leander    53 yrs

 

Oct 14, 1886

Struble, Adam 

heart disease

Mar 1. 1888

Summers, Mrs.

 

Oct 23, 1890

Swineharct, Suson H. Mrs. Frank P.

 

Oct 23, 1890

Tarbox, C. P.   35 yrs

small pox

Mar 23, 1882

Thum, Joseph  20 yrs old

murdered

Apr 8, 1884

Townson, T. M.

 

Sep 25, 1890

Traur, Elmo  acc. shot 4 yr old brother

shot

Nov 15, 1883

Trindle, Mrs.   

heart disease

Aug 1, 1889

VanLone, John’s infant child

 

Apr 5, 1889

Waite, James   37 yrs 

 

May 15, 1890

Waite, Mr.&Mrs.’s baby 6 mo.

 

Jun 27, 1889

Wakeman, George Mrs.of Union Co.

 

Apr 5, 1888

Washburn, E. E.  44 yrs

 

Feb 6, 1890

West, Kitty    3 yrs

 

Jan 1, 1885

Williams, John S.

 

Dec 5.1889

Wilson, H. A.’s infant child

 

Mar 6, 1890

Woerstoerfer, Michael   took poison

 strychnine

Nov 26, 1885

Wood, J. W.’s two week old dau

 

Oct 27, 1887

Woods, C. D.  age 37 

inflam bowel

Apr 12, 1888

Woodside, Mark

 

Oct 13, 1881

Younie, Louis’s baby

 

Mar 21, 1889 th

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