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Register of Deaths, Volume 1

Delaware County, Iowa
1881

 

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No.

Report Date

1. Name
2. Sex & Color

1. Age
2. Occupation

1. Date
2. Time of Death

Marital
Status

1. Nationality
2. Where Born

How long
resident of Iowa

1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death

1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
 

1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial

1. Name of Undertaker 
2. Place of Business

Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate

70

10 Jan 1881
14 Jan 1881

Jay Finch 
Male & White

6m 11d

08 Jan 1881 
1AM

American 
Iowa

During life

Manchester, Del. Co. Iowa 
Diffused Bronchitis

three days

Manchester, Ia
9 Jan 1881

Torrey & Jones

W. B. Sherman MD,
Colesburg, Iowa

71

20 Jan 1881
05 Feb 1881

Cornelius M. Van Alstyne 
Male  & White

71y 9m 19d
Farmer

05 Jan 1881 
9AM

Widower

American
Columbia Co., NY

nearly 17y

Coffins Grove Tp. Del. Co., Ia 
Pleuro Pneumonia

Five days

Coffins Grove Cem.
8 Jan 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

N. S. Craig, MD
Manchester, Ia

72

10 Jan 1881
04 Feb 1881

William E. Rice 
Male & White

35y 3m 
Farmer

04 Jan 1881
2PM

Married

American
Hartsgrove, Ohio

12y

Prairie Tp. Del. Co, Ia
Plehesis Pulmonalis

about three years

Masonville, Ia.
7 Jan 1881

Wm. Eatson 
Coffins Grove, Tp., Ia

T. Little MD
Masonville Iowa

73

24 Jan 1881
26 Jan 1881

Clarence Wesley Cliff
Male & White

3y 5d

12 Jan 1881
3PM

 

American
Freeport, Iowa

3y

Delhi, Del.Co.,Ia
Spinal Irritation from Posterior Spinal Cervation

Two years
& Ten mos.

Delhi, Del. Co. Ia.
14 Jan 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

Geo. H. Fuller MD
Delhi, Del. Co. Ia.

74 

21 Jan 1881
25 Jan 1881

Jennie Viola Laitram
Female & White

2m 

11 Jan 1881
12PM

American
Coffins Grove, Ia.

2m

Coffins Grove Tp. Del. Co., Ia 
Enteritis

Four days

Masonville Cem.
13 Jan 1881

Geo. H. Harwood MD
Masonville, Del. Co. Ia.

75

23 Jan 1881
25 Jan 1881

Lyle Sherman
Male & White

8m 4d

29 Jan 1881
12:45 AM

American
Adams Tp, Del Co., Ia

life time

Adams Tp., Del. Co. Ia 
Dentition

Congestion of the Brain
 

Pleasant Hill cem., Adams tp. Del. Co. Ia

W. E. Coquillette MD
Nugent, Linn Co. Ia

76

20 Jan 1881
29 Jan 1881

Huldah S. Olmstead
Female & White

24y 4m 411d 
Housewife

17 Jan 1881
9:30 PM

Married

American
Clayton Co. IA

During life
 

Honey Creek Tp. Del., Co.  Ia
Acute General Peritonitis, secondary to Cellulitis

Peritonitis 16 or 17 days

 Had Per. When first seen .

Not known

Edgewood, Clayton Co., Ia
19 Jan 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

Reynolds & Craig
Manchester, Ia.

77

31 Jan 1881
03 Feb 1881

William S. Linobre
Male & White

76y 6m
Mill-wright

01 Jan 1881
4AM

Widower

American
Penn

25y

Honey Creek Tp. Del., Co.
Disease of Valves of heart

Several Years
Confined to House four months

Edgewood, Clayton Co., Ia
02 Jan 1881

Chas Stone
Edgewood Clayton Co.

W. B. Sherman MD
Colesburg, Iowa

78

02 Feb 1881
03 Feb 1881

William Goodill
Male & White

76y 3m 14d
None

21 Jan 1881
4:20 PM

American
Vermont

24y

Manchester, Del. Co. Iowa
Lupeoemmiation

Heart Disease 5 or 6 years  five months

Manchester, Ia
23 Jan 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

W. B. Sherman MD
Colesburg, Iowa

79

03 Feb 1881 3 Feb 1881

Charles S. Crosby 
Male & White

56y 3m 21d

23 Jan 1881
1 PM

Married

American
Hampden, Maine

14y

Manchester, Del Co., Ia
Chronic Alcoholism primary Congestion of the Brain (immediate) 

14 hours

Manchester, Ia
28 Jan 1881

Roe Brothers

W. B. Sherman MD
Colesburg, Iowa

80

09 Feb 1881
18 Feb 1881

Frank Minkler
Male & White

1y 8m 

2 Feb 1881
2 PM

American
Nebraska

2m

Coffins Grove Tp.
Living Fever

2 weeks

Masonville Cem.
05 Feb 1881

Geo. Harwood MD
Masonville Ia

81

28 Feb 1881
02 Mar 1881

Infant son Bain Everhart 
Male & White

1m 20d

15 Feb 1881
1PM

American
Grove Creek, Jones Co. Ia.

1m 20d

Grove Creek, Jones Co. Ia 
Influenza

Spasms Two days

Union Tp. Del Co., Ia.
 

Frinnest Family

W. H. Finley MD
Hopkinton, Del. Co. Ia.

82

28 Feb 1881
02 Mar 1881

Rachel Rebecca Wolf
Female & White

37y 7m 23d

24 Feb 1881
1PM

Married

American
Williamsberh, Blair Co. Penn.

ab 4y

Delhi, Del. Co. Ia
Phethisis Pulmonalis

About six years

Delhi, Del. Co. Ia.
26 Feb 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

Albert Boomer MD
Delhi, Ia

83

02 Mar 1881
02 Mar 1881

Henry Storser
Male & White

70y 11m 
Farmer

29 Jan 1881 
9PM

Widower

American
Penn

30y

North Fork Tp. Del. Co. Ia.
Vesic of Retention of Urine

21 Days

Plum Creek,Del Co. Ia.
31 Jan 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

A. Haskin MD
Earlville Del. Co. Ia

84

04 Mar 1881 07 Mar 1881

Bidel Morgan
Male & White

54y 10m 9d 
Cabinet Maker

25 Feb 1881
5PM

Married

American
Penn

26y

Manchester, Ia
Apoplexy

None  4 days

Manchester Ia 
28 Feb 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

W. B. Sherman MD,
Colesburg, Iowa

85 

04 Mar 1881 07 Mar 1881

Laura Paddock
Female & White

46y 10m 15d
Housewife

16 Feb 1881
12Midnight

Married

American
Oneidake, NY

16y

Manchester, Ia
Fever

7 days

Manchester Ia.
17 Feb 1881

O. N. Lochenridge
Colesburg, Del. Co Ia

W. B. Sherman MD,
Colesburg, Iowa

86

01 Mar 1881
21 Mar 1881

Francis Nelson Bradley 
Male White

18y 1m 12d
Laborer

14 Feb 1881
4PM

Single

American
Pans Morrow Co., Missouri

8y

Mallory Tp, Clayton Co., Ia
Compression of the Brain caused by a heavy blow with a Cont Home right ocalpital

Spinal Menningititas, with partial Paralysis
Several Days

Hansels Graveyard
16 Feb 1881

O. N. Lochenridge
Colesburg, Del. Co. Ia

Thomas E. Arnett
Colesburg, Del. Co. Ia.

87

24 Feb 1881
21 Feb 1881

Mary Ann Gregg
Female & White

45y 1m 20d

24 Feb 1881
11AM

Irish
County Monahan, Ireland

26y

Silver Creek, Del Co. Iowa
Erysipelas & Purpura

2 weeks
active stage

16 Feb 1881

James Landman

T. Little MD
Masonville Iowa

88

14 Mar 1881
21 Mar 1881

Mabel Josephine Campbell
Female & White

3y 3m 12d

1 Mar 1881
12:45PM

American
Adams Co. Ia

life time

Adams Tp., Del. Co. Iowa 
Diptheria

Paralysis of the heart
Twenty-one days

Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Adams Tp. Del Co. Ia.

W. E. Coquillette MD
Nugent Grove, Ia

89

14 Mar 1881
21 Mar 1881

George Truby 
Male & White

67y 26d 
Carpenter/ Miller

5 Mar 1881
7PM

Widower

American
Huntington Co., Pa.

25y

Delaware Tp. 
Fabes Mesentinca

Morbrie Brigts Hemmorrhidex
about two mos before death.
Two years

Manchester 
16 Mar 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

P. E. Triam MD
Manchester, Ia

90

22 Feb 1881
21 Mar 1881

Infant Rowley 
Male & White

2m 3d

17 Feb 1881
5PM

 

American
Delaware Twp., Del. Co. Ia

During life

Manchester Del Co. Iowa.
Acute Bronchitis

7 days

Manchester Cemetery
 

Roe Brothers
Manchester Ia

N. S. Craig MD
Manchester Ia.

91

23 Mar 1881
23 Mar 1881

Mary O'Toole
Female & White

16y 4m 15d

23 Mar 1881
1:20AM

Single

American
Cedar Rapids Linn Co., Ia

Always

Coffins Grove Place of death
Cerebro Spinal Mennegitis Simple Inflamation

15 day

Farley Ia 
24 Mar 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

P. E. Triam MD
Manchester, Ia

92

14 Mar 1881

Rudolph Boutcher 
Male & White

15y 8m 11d

13 Mar 1881
11PM

Single

Prussian 
Prussia

5y

North Fork Tp. Del. Co. Ia.
Pneumonia

nine days

Earlville Del Co., Ia

15 Mar 1881 

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

S. Hoskins MD
Earlville Del. Co., Ia

93

25 Mar 1881

John Palmer
Male & White

76y 8m 10d

27 Feb 1881
3AM

Married

American
New Hampshire

15y

Delhi Iowa 
Gastritis & Enteritis Gastro Ententis in bowels entire from general constipation, diarrhria sometimes

Ententis
20 years

Delhi

28 Feb 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

J. W. Rue MD.
Delhi Ia.

94

31 Mar 1881

Infant Daughter of J. C. Kirk
Female & White

One Hour

31 Mar 1881
12Midnight

 

American
Hopkinton Ia

one hour

Hopkinton Ia
Premature birth - Six months No cause discoverable

 

Hopkington, Del. Co. Ia
 

 

W. H. Finley MD
Hopkinton, Del. Co. Ia.

95

31 Mar 1881

Seth Flint 
Male & White

Farmer

14 Mar 1881

Married

 

 

Boulder Tp., Linn Co. Ia
General Deblity, Jaundice Indigestion retention urea

eight months

 

 

W. H. Finley MD
Hopkinton, Del. Co. Ia.

96

02 Apr 1881

Mary Eaton Gleason 
Female & White

58y

20 Mar 1881
12:15 AM

Single

American
Massachusetts

1y

Richland Del. Co.
Belladonna Poisoning (She brought a RX from Mass containing Belladonna in Pil & took too much not knowing its power

Sixty hours

Strawberry Point
31 Mar 1881

Chas. Roberts
Strawberry Point

H. Newell Sill MD
Strawberry Point, Iowa

97

16 Feb 1881

Alfred Williams 
Male & White

6m 1d

11 Feb 1881

American
Manchester Ia.

6m

Manchester Ia.
Gastro Entritis

Congruital Hydrocephalus
 

Manchester Ia.
17 Feb 1881

R. W. Butler MD
Manchester Ia.

98

10 Mar 1881

Delosh 
Male & White

3 minutes

06 Mar 1881
11 1/2 AM

French-American
South Fork Tp. Ia.

entire life

South Fork Tp, Del. Co. Ia
Ill health for months

South Fork Del. Co. Ia.
 

Julius Deloch

P. Byam MD
Hopkinton, Ia

99

11 Apr 1881

Sophia Cousins
Female & White

47y 
Housewife

22 Mar 1881
6:30 PM

Married

English
England

25y

Bremen Tp Del. Co. Ia.
Consumption

Two years 

Earlville Del Co., Ia
24 Mar 1881 

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

S. Haskins MD
Earlville Del. Co., Ia

100

11 Apr 1881

Eugene J. Stetson 
Male & White

3m 

24 Mar 1881
5 PM

American
Earlville Ia

During life

Earlville, Ia
Unknown

Died suddenly

Earlville Ia
26 Mar 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

S. Haskins MD
Earlville Del. Co., Ia

101

14 Apr 1881 

Delva Connick
Male & White

2y 5m 11d

3 Apr 1881
6AM

American
Masonville Ia

During life

Masonville 
Lung Fever

4 days

Masonville Cemetery
 

Geo. Harwood MD
Masonville Ia

102

12 Apr 1881

Helen Margaret Hurd 
Female &White

44y 8m 5d 
Domestic

30 Mar 1881
3AM

Single

American
Watertown, Jefferson Co. NJ

13y

Richland Del. Co.  Ia
Angina Pectoris

Valvular derangement Hereditary probably 3 days

Manchester Del. Co. Ia
31 Mar 1881

 

Joseph H. Craig MD
Wards Corner, Ia.

103

14 Apr 1881

Carrie Sims 
Female & White

2y 2d

22 Mar 1881
12 midnight

 

American
Earlville Del Co., Ia

During life

Earlville, Ia Septiemia

3 days

Earlville

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

A. Eaheart MD
Earlville Ia.

104

02 Apr 1881

Stella Luretta Kelley
Female & White

19y 10m
Housewife

02 Apr 1881
1AM

Married

American
Elkhart Co. Indiana

12y

Milville Tp. Clayton Co. Ia 
Child birth: Eclampsia

Apaplexy in sensibility from the Comments
19 hours

LaClaire Cemetery Scott Co., Ia.

O. N. Lochenridge
Colesburg, Del Co Ia

Thomas E. Arnett
Colesburg, Del. Co. Ia

105

30 April 1881
03 May 1881

Charlotte Loop 
Female & White

42y
Housewife

24 Apr 1881
1PM

Married

American
New York

20 y

Hopkinton Del. Co. Ia
Ovarian Tumor

Eight and 1/2 years

Hopkinton Cemetery
25 Apr 1881

A. Kirkwood
Hopkinton, Ia

W. H. Finley MD
Hopkinton, Del. Co. Ia.

106

30 April 1881
03 May 1881

Adelaide Alzina Harris
Female & White

50y 7m 9d

02 Apr 1881
3AM

Married

American
Schuyler, Herkimer Co., NY

28y

Delhi Del. Co. Ia
Plthsic, addicting abdominal organs & lungs

four months

Delhi
4 April 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

Albert Boomer MD
Delhi Ia

107

30 April 1881
03 May 1881

Lettie D. Thompson
Female & White

34y 11m 12d

23 Apr 1881
9PM

Married

American
New York

22y

Delhi Del. Co. Ia
Phthisis Puhnonalis

Six months

Manchester Ia
25 Apr 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

G. H. Fuller
Delhi Del Co., Ia

108

2 May 1881
06 May 1881

Hattie H. Corbin
Female & White

6y 3m 0d

20 Apr 1881
10AM

 

American
Delaware Co. Ia

During life

Delhi Iowa 
Cerebro Spinal Menninggitis

three days

Delhi Ia
20 Apr 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

S. Hoskins MD
Earlville Del. Co., Ia

109

2 May 1881
06 May 1881

Albert C. Goodman
Male & White

18m 24d

11 Apr 1881
1PM

American
Earlville Iowa

During life

Earlville Iowa
Suddenly choked to death

15 minutes

Earlvile, Iowa

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

S. Hoskins MD
Earlville Del. Co., Ia

110

16 May 1881
18 May 1881

Sarah Beckett
Female & White

71y
Common Laborer

13 May 1881
6:30AM

Widow

Supposed American
Kentucky

(don’t known)

Earlville Del Co., Iowa
Consumption

Consumption with Spinal Disease (don’t know)

Earlville
14 May 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

A. Eaheart MD
Earlville Ia.

111

23 May 1881
23 May 1881

Michael Hogan
Male & White

abt 80y

27 Apr 1881
2PM

Irish
Ireland

abt 25y

Middlefield Tp, Buchanan Co. Ia
Peritonitis (so I think was not called till he was dead T.B.)

3 days

Middlefield Tp, Ia.

Patrick O'Brien

T. Little MD
Masonville Iowa

112

15 May 1881
26 May 1881

John Harris
Male & White

61y 10 m 15d
Farmer

12 May 1881
5PM

Married

Cape Breton

24y

Greeley Del Co. Ia
Continued Fever f malignant form

Thirty-0ne days

Greeley
5 May 1881

Jerome Baker
Greeley Ia

W. W. Newsomw MD
Greeley, Iowa

113

25 May 1881
02 June 1881

Nettie Wheeler
Female & White

19y 6m
Housewife

1 May 1881
6PM

Married

American
Iowa

During life

South Fork Tp, Del. Co. Ia
Puerperal Eclampsia

Two days

Hopkinton Ia
3 May 1881

S. Cumming MD
Hopkinton Iowa

114

11 Jun 1881
11 Jun 1881

Easton O. Wilson
Male & White

16y 11m 28d

14 May 1881
3PM

Single

American

14y

Manchester Ia
Cerebro Spinal Menningitis

2 days

Manchester Ia
15 May 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

N. S. Craig, MD
Manchester, Ia

115

27 Apr 1881
22 Jun 1881

William E. C. Cosgrove
Male & White

4y 8m 4d

21 Apr 1881
8AM

American
Webster Co., Iowa

During life

Delhi Tp. Ia 
Cerebo Spinal Menningitis Cerebro Spinal Fever

on day & Night

Delhi Ia
22 Apr 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

J. W. Rue MD.
Delhi Ia.

116

11 Jun 1881
24 Jun 1881

Hattie Pierce
Female & White

24y 9m 4d
Living at home

24 May 1881
10AM

Single

American
Delaware, Del Co., Ia

24y 9m 4d

Delhi Tp. Ia 
Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Three years

Manchester Ia
25 May 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

Clarence A. Bradley MD
Delaware Iowa

117

23 Jun 1881

Balaam Thomson White
Male & White

63y 4m 8d
Laborer

09 Jun 1881
6PM

Married

Ohio

30y

Richland Iowa
Consumption

Eight months

Volga City
11 Jun 1881

Charles Roberts
Strawberry Point Iowa

H. Newell Sill MD
Strawberry Point, Iowa

118

08 Apr 1881
01 Aug 1881

Dean Preussner
Male & White

1y 11m 18d

03 Apr 1881
4AM

American
Delaware Co. Ia

during life

Richland tp. Del Co. Ia
Diphtheria

9 days

Alleghany Cemetery Richland Tp. Del Co. Ia
4 Apr 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

B. H. Reynolds MD
Manchester Ia

119

21 Mar 1881
01 Aug 1881

David E. Darrs
Male & White

57y 11m 26d
Farmer

21 Feb 1881
1AM

Married

Welsh
South Wales

abt 15y

Delaware Tp. 
Brights Disease of Kidneys

4 to 6 months

Manchester Cemetery, Manchester Iowa
22 Feb 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

Reynolds & Craig
Manchester, Ia.

120

22 Jan 1881
01 Aug 1881

Charity Elizabeth Kelley 
Female & White

19y 2m
Seamstress

27 Sept 1880
abt 12 Midnight

Single

American
New York

12y

Coffins Grove Twp Delaware Co Ia.
Tuberculosis

Peritonitis supposed to have been trumalie, following a blow or kick upon abdomen
(not known. Was ill from peritonitis when first seen)

Masonville, Iowa
29 Sept 1880

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

Reynolds & Craig
Manchester, Ia.

121

17 Nov 1880
01 Aug 1881

Joel L. Bailey
Male & White

3y 11m 20d

16 Nov 1880
11AM

American
Delaware Co. Ia

since birth

Milo Twp. Del. Co. Iowa
Diphtheria Croup

6 days

17 Nov 1880

Chas. Torrey
Manchester, Del. Co. Ia.

Reynolds & Craig
Manchester, Ia.

122

13 Jun 1881
01 Aug 1881

William D. Smith
Male & White

15y 5m 21d

11 Jun 1881
2AM

Single

American
Prairie Tp Del Co., Ia

During life

Manchester, Iowa
Pyaenia (not following injury or operation)

4 weeks

Manchester Del. Co. Ia
12 Jun 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

Reynolds & Craig
Manchester, Ia.

123

08 Apr 1881
01 Aug 1881 

Ben Preussner 
Male & White

4y 10m

3 Apr 1881
10AM

Single

American
Delaware Co. Ia

During life

Richland Twp, Delaware Co., Ia
Diphtheria Croup

7 days

Alleghany Cemetery Richland Tp. Del Co. Ia
4 Apr 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

Reynolds & Craig
Manchester, Ia.

124

27 Jul 1881
02 Aug 1881

O. Holcomb
Male & White

82y
None

20 Jul 1881

Married

Manchester Iowa
Cholera Simplex

9 hours

Manchester, Iowa

R. W. Butler MD
Manchester Ia.

125

27 Jul 1881
02 Aug 1881

D. F. Day
Male & White

30y
Farmer

20 Jul 1881
3:30PM

Married

Spring Branch
Cholera Morbus

Structural disease of (kidney) carring urenamia poisoning
3 days

Spring Branch

R. W. Butler MD
Manchester Ia.

126

06 Aug 1881
09 Aug 1881

Joseph Wheeler
Male White

5m 14d

02 Aug 1881
3AM

American
South Fork Tp

5m 14d

South Fork, Twp.
Cholera Infantum

26 hours

Hopkinton

Friends

S. Cumming MD
Sand Spring, Iowa

127

07 Aug 1881
09 Aug 1881

James Coleman
Male

75y 2m 7d
Miller

06 Aug 1881
4PM

Widower

English
Waldron Sussex Co. Eng.

13 years

Manchester
Brights Disease

Ulceration of bladder
18 months

Beloit, Wis.
8 Aug 1881

Roe Brothers
Manchester, Ia

P. E. Triam MD
Manchester, Ia

128

18 Aug 1881
20 Aug 1881

Cora Hatfield
Female & White

3m 

8 Aug 1881
7PM

American
near Greeley

near Greeley
Ulceration of bowels

3 weeks

Greeley, Ia.
 

J. Baker

W. C. McCanon MD
Manchester, Iowa

129

24 Aug 1881
26 Aug 1881

Winnifred Mildred Gee
Female

27d

20 Oct 1880
1:30PM

American
Delaware Co., Ia

Prairie Tp. Del. Co, Ia
Anemia

25 days

Masonville, Del. Co. Ia
 

S. P. Peters
Masonville, Ia

T. Little MD
Masonville Iowa

130

02 Sept 1881
10 Sept 1881

Pamelia Merry
Female & White

12y 18d

13 Aug 1881
4PM

American
Oneida, Del Co., Ia

12y 18d

Oneida Twp
Typhus Malarial Fever

nine days

Colesburg Del. Co. Ia.
13 Aug 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Iowa

S. Haskin MD
Earlville, Iowa

131

02 Sept 1881
12 Sept 1881

Avery E. Smith
Male & White

2m 14d

07 Aug 1881
11AM

 

American
Delhi, Del. Co. Ia

since birth

Delhi
Cebro Spinal Fever

4 days

Delhi
8 Aug 1881

John Swinburne
Delhi

J. W. Rue MD.
Delhi Ia.

132

16 Sept 1881
17 Sept 1881

Mary Wells
Female & White

19y
Farmer

13 Sep 1881
2AM

Married

Elk Tp., Del. Co. Ia

 

Elk Tp. Del. Co. ia
Puerperal convulsions

28 days

Edgewood, Iowa
14 Sept 1881

J. Baker
Greeley

M. Blodgett MD
Greeley, Ia

133

16 Sept 1881
17 Sept 1881

Gertrude M. Shurman
Female & White

10m 21d

26 Aug 1881
5PM

American
Sand Spring

10m 20d

Sand Spring
Cholera Infantum

30 hours

Sand Spring

By Friends

S. Cummings MD
Sand Spring

134

01 Sept 1881
17 Sept 1881

James A. Marshall
Male & White

64y 6m 5d
Machinist & Engineer

05 Aug 1881
1PM

American
New Hampshire

25 years

Sand Spring
Paralysis

12 hours

Sand Spring

By Friends

S. Cummings MD
Sand Spring

135

16 Sept 1881
17 Sept 1881

Alonson Tuttle
Male & White

71y
Farmer

12 Sept 1881
11PM

Widower

American
New York

12 years

Sand Springs
Typhoid Fever

28 days

Sand Spring

By Friends

S. Cummings MD
Sand Spring

136

12 Sept 1881
23 Sept 1881

Amos Eugene Hogan
Male & White

1y 5m 19d

10 Sept 1881
8:25PM

American
Milo Tp. Del. Co. Iowa

since birth

Milo Tp. Delaware Co., Iowa
Typho Malarial Fever

Six weeks

Plum Creek, North Fork, Del. Co. Ia.
11 Sept 1881

G. H. Fuller
Delhi Del Co., Ia

137

24 Sept 1881
03 Oct 1881

Chas J. Barker
Male & White

68y 4m 9d
Farmer

27 Aug 1881
3PM

Married

American

25 years

Delhi Township
Heart Disease Oscification of the valves

Diabetes
was troubled for 20 years

At Upper Bay Cemetery
27 Aug 1881

A. F. Kirkwood
Hopkinton, Ia.

J. W. Rue MD.
Delhi Ia.

138

26 Sept 1881
04 Oct 1881

Gail Gleason
Female & White

5m 7d

24 Sept 1881
11:30 PM

American
Delhi, Del. Co. Ia

since birth

Delhi, Del. Co., Ia
Disease of stomach (chronic indigestion)

5 months

Delhi
25 Sept 1881

Geo. H. Fuller MD
Delhi, Del. Co. Ia.

139

10 Oct 1881
13 Oct 1881

Olea May Papinaugh
Female & White

2m 21d

02 Oct 1881
4AM

American
Clinton, Iowa

since birth

Delhi, Ia
Pneumonia and Spinal fever

Pneumonia
since birth

Delhi
03 Oct 1881

M. White
Delhi

J. W. Rue MD.
Delhi Ia.

140

10 Oct 1881
13 Oct 1881

Myron L. Meister
Male & White

1y 3m 20d

03 Oct 1881
10AM

 

American
Delhi, Del. Co. Ia

since birth

Delhi
Enteritis & gastro Enteritis cause improper food, diarrhea difficulty for some time previous to death

Cerebral Fever
3 months

Delhi
04 Oct 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

J. W. Rue MD.
Delhi Ia.

141

01 Sept 1881
21 Oct 1881

Lorain B. Miller
Female & White

73y
Housewife

05 Aug 1881
8PM

Widow

American
New York State

abt 16 years

Coffins Grove Twp Delaware Co Ia.
Carcroid of eye & face

Ten years

Coffins Grove Cemetery
6 Aug 1881

Roe & Bros.
Manchester, Ia

N. S. Craig MD
Manchester Ia.

142

01 Sept 1881
21 Oct 1881

Thomas Smith
Male & White

61y 15d
Farmer

2 Aug 1881
12 Midnight

Married

English
Yorkshire, England

4 1/2 years

Coffins Grove Twp Delaware Co Ia.
Enysipelas & Septicaemia. The enysipelas was idiopathic -affecting both legs- below knee

Septicemia began early in course of disease
Two weeks

Coffins Grove Cemetery
4 Aug 1881

Roe & Bros.
Manchester, Ia

N. S. Craig, MD
Manchester, Ia

143

20 Oct 1881
21 Oct 1881

Winona A. Harper
Female & White

8m 9d

30 Jul 1881
3AM

American
Jones Co., Iowa

During life

Manchester, Iowa
Cholera Infantum

one week

Manchester Cemetery
31 Jul 1881

Roe & Bros.
Manchester, Ia

B. H. Reynolds MD
Manchester Iowa

144

01 Sept 1881
21 Oct 1881

John W. Griffith
Male & White

85y 9m 21d
Farmer

13 Apr 1881
10AM

Widower

American
Lexington, Kentucky

47 years

Manchester, Iowa
Old age

 

Manchester Cemetery
14 Apr 1881

Roe & Bros.
Manchester, Ia

B. H. Reynolds MD
Manchester Iowa

145

01 Sept 1881
21 Oct 1881

Clarence Harvey Ackley
Male & White

2y 3m 14d

12 Aug 1881
9AM

 

American
Manchester, Iowa

During life

Manchester, Iowa
Dysentery

Ten days

Manchester Cemetery
13 Aug 1881

Roe & Bros.
Manchester, Ia

N. S. Craig MD
Manchester Ia.

146

31 Aug 1881
21 Oct 1881

Mary Crintclaw
Female & White

19y 10m
None

11 Aug 1881
7PM

Single

American
Illinois

2y

Manchester, Iowa
Consumption

about 3 years

Manchester Cemetery
12 Aug 1886

Roe & Bros.
Manchester, Ia

B. H. Reynolds MD
Manchester Iowa

147

01 Sept 1881
21 Oct 1881

Flora A. Harper
Female & White

22y 11m 6d
Housewife

30 Jun 1881
5AM

Married

American
Delaware Co., Ohio

18y

Manchester, Iowa
Consumption

about 9 months

Delaware Center Cemetery
1 Jul 1881

Roe & Bros.
Manchester, Ia

B. H. Reynolds MD
Manchester Iowa

148

01 Sept 1881
21 Oct 1881

Stewart
Male & White

2 hours

01 Aug 1881
3PM

 

American
Coffins Grove Tp Del Co Ia

2 hours

Coffins Grove Tp. Del. Co. Ia.
Cyanosis Neonatorum

2 hours

unknown

 

N. S. Craig MD
Manchester Ia.

149

20 Oct 1881
22 Oct 1881

Thos Ratcliff
Male & White

17y
Laborer

11 Jul 1881

Single

English
England

10y

Union Town
Diabetes Medilus

11 Months

Union Town
12 Jul 1881

Friends and Family
 

W. H. Finley MD
Hopkinton, Del Co Ia

150

20 Oct 1881
22 Oct 1881

Infant Of J. W. & Lide Corbin
Female & White

a few minutes

30 Aug 1881

8:30AM

Delhi

Delhi, Tp
Eclampsia in Mother: Instrument of delivery

Delhi
30 Aug 1881

Dorin Corbin

W. H. Finley MD
Hopkinton, Del Co Ia

151

20 Oct 1881
22 Oct 1881

Corsilda Ann Wilson
Female & White

61y 3m 27d
Housewife

14 Oct 1881
2:30 PM

Married

Penn.

31y

North Grove Tp.
Disease of heart

Retention of urine

Hopkinton Cemetery
16 Oct 1881

Friends and Family

W. H. Finley MD
Hopkinton, Del. Co Ia

152

20 Oct 1881
22 Oct 1881

Robert Leroy Crawford
Male & White

1y 7d

22 Sept 1881
5PM

Hopkinton

1y 7d

Hopkinton, Iowa
Exhaustion from teething

six weeks

Hopkinton Cemetery
23 Sept 1881

Family

W. H. Finley MD
Hopkinton, Del Co Ia

153

26 Aug 1881
25 Oct 1881

Alfred Gaiety
Male & White

32 years

23 Aug 1881

Married

Canadian
London, Canada

6y

Manchester, Del. Co., Iowa
Ulceration of the bowels

about two weeks

Manchester, Iowa

Roe & Bros.
Manchester, Ia

W. B. Sherman MD,
Colesburg, Iowa

154

27 Oct 1881
28 Oct 1881

Charles Malvern
Male & White

68y 4m 18d
Farmer

15 Jul 1881
9AM

Married

Scotch
Edinburgh, Scotland

31y

Greeley Iowa
Some form of disease of the heart but it is not known what

has been troubled for
2 years

Greeley
18 Jul 1881

J. Baker
Greeley, Ia.

M. Blodgett MD
Greeley, Ia

155

02 Nov 1881
12 Nov 1881

William Bridges
Male & White

82y 7m 25d
Retired farmer

21 Sept 1881
9AM

Married

American
Williamstown, Mass.

11y

Almoral Iowa
Age Cholera Morbus

18 days

Earlville Cemetery
22 Sept 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Iowa

Returned by J. B. Dunham
Earlville, Iowa

156

05 Nov 1881
12 Nov 1881

(Infant) Morgan
Male & White

4 or 5 hours

07 Sept 1881

American
Milo Tp. Del. Co. Iowa

4 or 5 hours

Milo Twp. Del. Co. Iowa
Asphyxia

4 or 5 hours

B. H. Reynolds MD
Manchester Iowa

157

22 Oct 1881
12 Nov 1881

Sarah Lyle Craig
Female & White

18y 9m 28d
None

26 Nov 1881
9:20AM

Single

American
Indiana

since 5 months
of age

Delhi Twp. Delaware Co. Iowa
Phithissi Pulmonalis

One Year

Manchester Cemetery Delaware Co., Iowa

N. S. Craig MD
Manchester Ia.

158

28 Oct 1881
16 Nov 1881

Lida Young
Female & White

1y 3m

06 Oct 1881
12 Midnight

German
Earlville, Del. Co. Iowa

Since born

Earlville, Iowa
Cholera Infantum

4 days

Earlville, Iowa
08 Oct 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

S. Haskin MD
Earlville, Iowa

159

22 Oct 1881
16 Nov 1881

Aruna Collar
Male & White

31y 11m 25d
Farmer

21 Oct 1881
8:30AM

Widower

American
Vermont

28y

Delhi Delaware Co., Iowa
Disease of heart

Dropsy
several years

Cemetery Milo Twp.

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

B. H. Reynolds MD
Manchester Iowa

160

29 Oct 1881
16 Nov 1881

James Bryant
Male & White

5y 3m 17d

17 Oct 1881
11AM

English
Iowa

since born

North Fork Twp., Del Co., Ia
Diphtheria

one week

Rockville Del Co., Ia
18 Oct 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

S. Haskin MD
Earlville, Iowa

161

14 Nov 1881
16 Nov 1881

Moses Sackett
Male & White

31y
Farmer

27 Oct 1881

Married

Iowa

Del Twp.
Cerebral Meningitis

A hard cold which brought on an acute attack.
Chronic

Del Co.
28 Oct 1881

R. W. Butler MD
Manchester Ia.

162

19 nov 1881
21 Nov 1881

Un-named Clark
Female & White

3m 25d

19 Oct 1881

American
Delhi, Del. Co. Ia

since birth

Delhi
Malformation of the skull (congenital)

Since birth

Delhi
20 Oct 1881

J. Swimburne
Delhi

J. W. Rue MD.
Delhi Ia.

163

26 Nov 1881
28 Nov 1881

Ralph Ethelbert Griffin
Male & White

4y 6m 1d

23 Nov 1881
7AM

 

Delhi, Del. Co. Iowa

All his life

Delhi, Del. Co., Ia
Membranous Croup

3 days

Delhi
25 Nov 1881

 

G. H. Fuller
Delhi Del Co., Ia

164

26 Nov 1881
28 Nov 1881

Sarah Simons
Female & White

63y 8m 1d

20 Nov 1881
5PM

Married

English
Buckinghamshire, England

21y

Delhi, Iowa
Paralysis of the heart

almost instantaneous

Delhi Iowa
22 Nov 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

A. Boomer MD
Delhi, Iowa

165

03 Dec 1881
03 Dec 1881

Amanda Minnie Michel
Female

9y 4m 23d

24 Nov 1881
11PM

American
Milo Tp. Del. Co. Iowa

Hazel Green, Del Co., Ia
Diphtheria

9 days

Bay Cemetery
25 Nov 1881

D. Trumble MD
Milo, Twp

166

05 Dec 1881
07 Dec 1881

Alice Jones
Female & White

32y

30 Nov 1881
12PM

Single

American
Michigan

20y

Greeley Iowa
Tuberculosis

several years

02 Dec 1881

Jerome Baker
Greeley Ia

L. H. Keys MD
Greeley, Iowa

167

30 Nov 1881
09 Dec 1881

Barbara E. Heyer
Female & White

27y

29 Nov 1881
2PM

Married

Iowa

27y

Greeley, Iowa
Dysentery

Two weeks

Greeley, Iowa
30 Nov 1881

Jerome Baker
Greeley Ia

W. W. Newsom MD
Greeley, Iowa

168

05 Nov 1881
09 Dec 1881

P. D. McKenna
White & Male

56y
Farmer

04 Nov 1881
7AM

Widower

Kentucky

16y

Greeley, Iowa
Angina Pectoris

almost instantly

Greeley, Iowa
05 Nov 1881

Jerome Baker
Greeley Ia

John Schneider
Greeley, Iowa

169

21 Oct 1881
12 Dec 1881

Ruth Eaton
Female & White

68y 7d
Housewife

24 Sept 1881
7PM

Widow

American
Grafton, New Hampshire

25y

Delaware Twp. Del Co. Ia
Brights Disease of Kidneys

About 2 years

Cemetery near Mason Creamery
25 Sept 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

N. S. Craig MD
Manchester Ia.

170

23 Nov 1881
12 Dec 1881

Marnie K. Hunt
Female & White

21y 1m 21d
Household

08 Nov 1881
AM

Married

American
Sheboygan Co. Wis.

16y

Delaware Center Del Co. Ia
Phethisis Pilmonalis

7 months

Delaware Cemetery
9 Nov 1881

 

N. S. Craig MD
Manchester Ia.

171

12 Dec 1881
12 Dec 1881

Michael Glynn
Male & White

27y 4m
Saloon Keeper

22 Nov 1881
11AM

Married

Irish
Colesburg Iowa

Since born

Earlville, Iowa
Pyemia Blood poison

Amputation of leg
21 days

Colesburg Iowa
25 Nov 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

S. Haskin MD
Earlville, Iowa

172

01 Dec 1881
12 Dec 1881

Chas H. Jordison
Male & White

1y 1m

26 Aug 1881
8AM

 

American
Sand Creek

from birth

Sand Creek
Exhaustion from diarrhea

14 days

Sand Creek
27 Aug 1881

Torrey & Jones

Reynolds & Craig
Manchester, Ia.

173

04 Dec 1881
13 Dec 1881

Floyd A. Morse
Male & White

4m

30 Nov 1881
10PM

American
Coffins Grove Tp. Del Co Ia

from birth

Coffins Grove Tp. Del Co. Ia
Lung fever, complicated with whooping cough

3 weeks

2 Dec 1881

Roe Bros. Manchester Ia

B. H. Reynolds MD
Manchester Iowa

174

30 Nov 1881
13 Dec 1881

Flora May Anderson
Female & White

20y 4m 14d
Housewife

23 Nov 1881
9PM

Married

American
Honey Creek Tp. Del. Co Ia

from birth

Manchester, Iowa
Peritonitis

7 days

Manchester Cemetery
27 Nov 1881 

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

B. H. Reynolds MD
Manchester Iowa

175

01 Dec 1881
13 Dec 1881

Jane E. Jordison
Female & White

25y
Housewife

07 Aug 1881
7AM

Married

English
Yorkshire, England

Five years

Prairie Tp. Del. Co, Ia
Peritonitis following child birth

one week

Sand Creek Del Co. Ia
7 Aug 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

Reynolds & Craig
Manchester, Ia.

176

04 Dec 1881
13 Dec 1881

J. M. Ames
Male & White

61y 1m 14d
Farmer

29 Oct 1881
1 1/2 PM

Married

American
Chesterfield, NY

22y

Milo Tp. Del. Co. Iowa
Typhoid Pneumonia

12 days

Buck Creek
4 Oct 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

Reynolds & Craig
Manchester, Ia.

177

19 Dec 1881
21 Dec 1881

Pearl Way
Female & White

1m 23d

17 Dec 1881
6PM

 

American
near Greeley

 

Near Greeley
Spasms immediate cause; abscess of bowels primary cause

Abscess of bowels
10 hours

Greeley
18 Dec 1881

J. Baker
Greeley, Iowa

W. C. McCanon MD
Manchester, Ia

178

23 Dec 1881
23 Dec 1881

Merey Ann Bovee
Female/White

28y 7m 29d

29 Nov 1881
5PM

Married

American
DeKalb Co., Ind

25y

Earlville
Convulsions

Since infancy

Earlville
11 Dec 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

A. Eaheart MD
Earlville Ia.

179

19 Dec 1881
23 Dec 1881

J. W. Penn
Male/White

71y 13d
Retired Farmer

8 Dec 1881
6PM

Married

American
Nelson Co., V
a

48y

Delhi Tp.
Paralysis

about 20 days

Earlville
11 Dec 1881

F. Werkmeister,
Earlville, Ia.

A. Eaheart MD
Earlville Ia.

180

31 Dec 1881
04 Jan 1882

Sarah Mount
Female/White

19y

31 Dec 1881
1:30PM

Married

American
Calhoun Co., Ill

3wks

Eads Grove Del. Co. Ia
Typhoid Fever _Exhaustion, had child been month old of disease in Ill- Had attended her sister who died 3 weeks ago

None
2 weeks

Eads Grove, Del Co Iowa
1 Jan 1882

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

P. E. Triam MD
Manchester, Ia

181

12 Jan 1882
12 Jan 1882

Dora E. Marvin
Female/White

30y 9m 6d

8 Jan 1882
7PM

Married

American
Illinois

Coffins Grove Tp.
Typhoid Pneumonia

nine days

Whitney, Buchanan Co

Geo Howard MD
Masonville Iowa

182

10 Jan 1882
16 Jan 1882

Willie Garfield Hale
Male/White

4m 25d

14 Dec 1861
6:30 PM

American
Manchester, Iowa

Manchester Iowa
Whooping cough

Convulsions
about 4 weeks

Manchester Cem.

16 Dec 1881

Torrey & Jones
Manchester, Ia

N. S. Craig MD
Manchester Ia.

 

-Transcription note: Every effort has been taken to transcribe the record accurately, but errors are possible. Please use this transcription as a guide only & always consult the original record to confirm the information.
-Source: Register of deaths v. 1, 1880-1897, FHL film #1065035

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