Buena Vista County, IA
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1888 Reported Deaths in Buena Vista County
Contributed by Sheryl McClure


Hunt, Elizabeth age 22 yr 1 1/2 mo. born Buena Vista Co.; died Jan. 13, 1888 in Coon Twp. of consumption; married; buried Jan 15, 1888 in Newell

Doxsee, Grace Gertrude age 16 days born Buena Vista Co.; died Jan. 20, 1888 in Coon Twp. of probable cold; buried Jan. 22, 1888 in Newell

Moore, S. V. age 67 yr. born Ohio; died Jan. 29, 1888 in Newell of erysipilas; married; buried Jan. 30, 1888 in Newell

Wart, Rilla D. age 26 yr. born Iowa; died Feb. 1, 1888 in Newell of typhoid fever; married; buried Feb. 2, 1888 in Newell

Waterman, Male age 6 hrs. born Buena Vista Co.; died Feb. 28, 1888 in Coon Twp. of premature birth; buried Feb. 29, 1888 in Newell

Schultz. Aurelia age 32 yr. 1 mo. born Wisconsin; died March 9, 1888 in Newell of puerperal fever; married; buried March 11, 1888 in Newell

Couch, Laura C. age 20 yr. born Iowa; died March 12, 1888 in Coon Twp. of puerperal fever; married; buried March 13, 1888 in Newell

Cole, Ella Gracie age 3 mo. born Providence Twp.; died April 28, 1888 in Providence Twp. of tuberculosis; buried April 29, 1888 in Newell

Suckow, Walther N. age 7 yr. 2 mo. 8 da. born Sioux Rapids; died April 17, 1888 in Sioux Rapids of arthritis; buried April 19, 1888 at the Norway church cemetery

Church, Mary Elvina age 1 yr. 10 mo. 27 da. born Alta; died May 18, 1888 in Alta of whooping cough; buried Alta

Scovel, Nellie Pearl age 8 yr. 12 da. born Iowa; died May 22, 1888 in Newell of mumps; buried May 23, 1888 in Newell

Halvorson, Mrs. Halvor age 35 yr. born Norway; died July 4, 1888 in Buena Vista Co. from exhaustion from hemorrhage; married; buried July 6, 1888 in Sioux Rapids

Schultz, Annie age 4 mo. 15 da. born Newell; died July 6, 1888 in Newell of dropsy of the brain; buried July 7, 1888 in Newell

Morrison, Mary age 67 yr. 3 mo. born Maryland; died July 15, 1888 in Storm Lake of general paralysis; married; buried July 17, 1888 in Tonica, Ill.

Woods, Ella B. age 33 yr. 11 mo 21 da. born Mass.; died July 15, 1888 in Newell of heart disease; married; buried July 17, 1888 in Newell

Kerslake, Alice age 1 yr. 2 mo. born Newell; died Aug. 2, 1888 in Newell of cholera infantum; buried Aug. 3, 1888 in Newell

Hamen (Hansen ?), Henry age 1 yr. 7 mo. born Iowa; died  Sep. 2, 1888 in Coon Twp. of  cholera infantum; buried Sept. 3, 1888 in Newell

Higgins, Harriet age 69 yr. 4 mo. born Vermont; died Aug. 2, 1888 in Sioux Rapids of dropsy and gangrene; widow; buried Aug. 3, 1888 in Sioux Rapids

Bellows, Gerty E. age 12 yr. 4 mo. born Iowa; died Aug. 10, 1888 in Coon Twp. of chronic inflammation of the bowels; buried Aug. 13, 1888 in Newell

Eno, Vincent age 8 mo. born Iowa; died  Aug. 16, 1888 in Newell of cholera infantum; buried Aug. 17, 1888

Cole, Flora E. age 28 yr. born Ill.; married; died Sept. 16, 1888 in Providence Twp. of consumption; buried Sept. 18, 1888 in Newell

Delbridge, Alta age 6 yr. born Ill.; died Sept. 20, 1888 in Hayes Twp. of inflammation of the bowels; buried Sept.20, 1888 in Storm Lake

Pesh, Walter C. age 1 yr. 9 mo. 7 da. born Hayes Twp.;died Nov. 17, 1888 in Hayes Twp. of hemorrhage of the kidneys and bowels; buried Nov. 18, 1888 in Storm Lake

Christiansen, Christian born Norway; died Nov. 1, 1888 in Sioux Rapids of heat disease; buried Sioux Rapids

Olson. Joachim age 8 yr 2 mo. born Buena Vista Co.; died Nov. 9, 1888 of inflammation of the bowels; buried Nov. 18, 1888

Hinel (?), John age 70 yr. born Germany; died Nov. 5, 1888 in Maple Valley Twp. of Bright's Disease; buried Nov. 8, 1888 at Hanover church

Hagblade, Anna age 17 yr. born Ill; died Nov. 3, 1888 in Providence Twp. of typhoid malarial fever; buried Nov. 4, 1888 in Storm Lake

Wheat, Phoebe age 56 yr. 11 da. born Penn.; married; died Nov. 18, 1888 in Storm Lake of heart disease; buried Storm Lake

Jones, Jane age 14 yr. 9 mo. in Iowa; died Nov. 27, 1888 in Brooke Twp. of diphtheria; buried Douglas Cemetery (Clay Co.) Nov. 28, 1888

Jensen, Jennie age 6 hr. born Newell; died Nov. 19, 1888 in Newell of premature birth; buried Nov. 20, 1888 in Newell

Kapsart, H. G. age 53 born Germany; married; died Dec. 2, 1888 in Brooke Twp. of typhoid fever; buried Dec. 5, 1888 in German cemetery, Brooke Twp.

Hollingsworth, Mable age 2 yr. born Sioux Rapids; died Dec. 10, 1888 in Sioux Rapids of inflammation of the bowels; buried Dec. 12, 1888 in Sioux Rapids

Buffington, Seth age 65 yr. born Indiana; married; died Dec. 24, 1888 Storm Lake of strangulated hernia; buried Dec. 26, 1888


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