1870 Federal Census Montgomery County, Iowa (Mortality: File 1 of 1)
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: Douglas Township
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 9 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 721 1 12 Focht Mary A. 9/12 F W . Iowa . . Feb . Scorphila
1 721 2 24 Brenton John 72 M W W Kentucky . . Sep Farmer Cancer on Face
1 721 3 35 Morris Neil 68 M W M Ohio . . Feb Farmer (palsey) Paralysis
1 721 4 47 White James D 4/12 M W . Iowa . . Feb . Whooping Cough
1 721 5 51 Christopher Ella 3/12 F W . Iowa . . Mar . Consumption
1 721 6 51 Christopher Gasret 1 M W . Iowa . . Aug . Cholera Infant
1 721 7 65 Smith Mariah J 3/12 F W . Iowa . . Dec . Bronchitis
Total number of deaths: 7
No. of White Males _4_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _1_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_3_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _1_
Note: on line 3, palsey is crossed out and replaced by paralysis.
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: Frankfort Township
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 21 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 722 1 26 Tedro Mary E. 27 F W M Kentucky . . June Keeping House Suicide by Hanging
1 722 2 26 Tedro Mamie C. 5/12 F W . Iowa . . Aug At Home Cholera Infantism
1 722 3 27 Wight Mary 37 F W M Ind . . Oct Keeping House Acute Rheumatism
1 722 4 46 Tockey Carrie 9/12 F W . Wisconsin . . Aug At Home Whooping Cough
1 722 5 74 Hurlbert Edward W. 11/12 M W . Ills . . Oct . Teething dysentery
Total number of deaths: 5
No. of White Males _1_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _2_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_4_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _0_
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: Grant Township
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 21 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 723 1 3 Elwood Cyrus 46 M W M Ohio . . Sept Physician Consumption
1 723 2 42 Raff Isora 1 F W . Iowa . . June . Choaked
1 723 3 51 Peacock Frederick 1 M W . Ind . . May . Typhus Fever
Total number of deaths: 3
No. of White Males _2_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _1_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_1_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _0_
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: Jackson Township
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 21 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 724 1 16 McGuine Elmer 7/12 M W . Iowa . . Sept . Cholera Infantism
1 724 2 18 Erwin Lizzie P. 2 F W . Iowa . . Sept . Flux
1 724 3 18 Erwin Jessie V. 6/12 F W . Iowa . . Aug . Flux
1 724 4 25 Fridley Baby 1/12 M W . Iowa . . Feb . Unknown
1 724 5 33 Hart Martha 55 F W M Ohio . . May Keeping House Consumption
1 724 6 51 Holmes Hester L. 1 F W . Iowa . . Aug . Cholera Infantism
1 724 7 96 Thayer Thomas 1 M W . Iowa . . Feb . Congestion of Brain
1 724 8 102 More Edmond 2 M W . Iowa . . June . Pneumonia
1 724 9 105 Carlisle Abagail 68 F W . Ohio . . Aug Keeping House Jaundice
1 724 10 107 Granfield Phillip 1 M W . Iowa . . July . Flux
Total number of Deaths _10_
No. of White Males _5_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _1_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_5_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _0_
Note: Line 8 has "Spring Fever" crossed out and replaced with "Pneumonia".
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: Lincoln Township
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 9 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 725 1 10 Swim Mary E. 31 F W . New York . . Aug Keeping House Bronchitis
1 725 2 10 Swim Ida 4/12 F W . Iowa . . Oct . Bronchitis
1 725 3 14 Lowns Isaac C. 61 M W W Penna . . Mar Painter Billious Colic
1 725 4 34 Buffington Russell 13 M W . Iowa . . May . Putrid Throat
Total number of deaths: 4
No. of White Males _2_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _0_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_2_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _1_
Note: line 3 clearly says the household is number 14, however, that belongs to
the Trarer family, while household 15 is a Lowns family. This is possibly an error.
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: Red Oak Township
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 9 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 726 1 16 Norman Mary 1 F W . Iowa X . Aug . Cholera Infantism
1 726 2 24 Rinhart W. T. 2 M W . Iowa . . Dec . Spotted Fever
1 726 3 40 Stafford Huldah 79 F W M New York . . March . Aneurism
1 726 4 50 Horton Jacob A. 1 M W . Iowa . . Aug . Congestion of Brain
1 726 5 79 Lloyd Darthula 9/12 F W . Iowa . . Feb . Congestion of Lungs
1 726 6 140 Luckey Henry 13 M W . Iowa . . June . Thrown from horse
Total number of deaths: 6
No. of White Males _3_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _1_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_3_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _0_
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: City of Red Oak Junction
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 21 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 727 1 7 Late Ann M. 2 F W . Iowa . . April . Pneumonia
1 727 2 16 Pitner John R. 3 M W . Ills . . Oct . Typhoid Fever
1 727 3 22 Douglas Octavia 2 F W . Ills . . July . Cholera Infantism
1 727 4 24 Beam Alac G 28 F W M Iowa . . Dec Keeping House Consumption
1 727 5 26 Newbery Francis 3/12 F W . Iowa . . Nov . Umbilical Hemrage
1 727 6 30 Cozad Mary A. 73 F W W Penna . . March . Inflammation of Lungs
1 727 7 49 Swisher Martha F. 13 F W . Ohio . . Nov . Typhoid Fever
1 727 8 180 McMillin N A 1 M W . Iowa . . Sept . Dysentary
1 727 9 182 Shafer Clarence 1 M W . Iowa . . Nov . Canker in Stomach
1 727 10 187 Null Charley 1/12 M W . Iowa . . Jan . Pneumonia (Lung Fever)
1 727 11 187 Null Chester 1/12 M W . Iowa . . Jan . Pneumonia (Lung Fever)
Total number of deaths: 11
No. of White Males _5_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _1_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_6_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _1_
Remarks: Death in family 182 caused by accidentally drinking concentrated lye causing canker in stomach.
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: Sherman Township
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 21 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 728 1 3 Milner Lucens B 10/12 M W . Iowa . X Jan . Pneumonia
1 728 2 17 Peck John 11/12 M W . Ohio . . Dec . Ensiphelas
1 728 3 24 Binder George 6/12 M W . Iowa . . July . Cholera Infantism
1 728 4 36 Lynn Babe 1/12 M W . Iowa . . March . Bleeding of Umbilical Chord
Total number of deaths: 4
No. of White Males _4_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _0_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_0_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _0_
Note: For line 1, "pneumonia" was written over a crossed out "Lung Fever"
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: City of Villisca
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 21 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 729 1 32 Lucas Phebe E. 14 F W . Ohio . . Nov At School Typhoid Fever
1 729 2 46 Welch Edward M. 2 M W . Iowa . . Aug . Diptheria
1 729 3 89 Cooper Hettie 28 F W M Ohio . . Sept Keeping House Inflammation of Spine
Total number of deaths: 3
No. of White Males _1_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _1_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_2_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _0_
Certificate is attached to City of Villisca page:
I hereby certify that the whole number of pages in the foregoing Return made
by me on Schedule Two is Eleven and that this return has been well and truly
made according to the tenor of my oath of office.
W.W. Merritt, Assistant Marshal.
Dated Mch. 6th, 1871 Dist. of Iowa
(STAMPED) MAR 11 1871
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: Washington Township
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 10 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 730 1 53 Fulton Mary 75 F W M Iowa . . Jun Keeping House Congestion of Bowels
Total number of deaths: 1
No. of White Males _0_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _1_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_1_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _0_
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Year: 1870 Mortality State: Iowa County: Montgomery
Reel No: Not Listed Division: West Township
Enumerated by: W.W. Merritt, June 1870
Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright: 9 Jan 2009
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KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE HN=HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
CO=COLOR M/W=MARRIED or WIDOWED POB=PLACE OF BIRTH
PARENTAGE [FA=FATHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH] [MO=MOTHER OF FOREIGN BIRTH]
MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
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PG SH LN HN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO M/W POB FA MO MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH
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1 731 1 4 Harding Hezekiah 2 M W . Iowa . . Jan . Hemorage of Stomach
1 731 2 9 McAlexander M 1/12 F W . Iowa . . Jun . Fits
1 731 3 9 McAlexander M P 1/12 F W . Iowa . . Jun . Fits
1 731 4 83 Cook Mary F. 2 F W . Iowa . . May . Scarlet Fever
1 731 5 83 Cook Jesse M. 4 M W . Iowa . . May . Scarlet Fever
Total number of deaths: 5
No. of White Males _2_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _0_ Total Foreign born _0_
No. of White Females_3_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _0_
Note: line 4 clearly says household 83, but there were not that many households
in West Township in 1870. The other families match up. The best guess is Family 74,
which is a Cook household of 2 young couples.
