Lee County Genealogy
Deaths

Deaths
1880 Mortality Schedule for the year 1879
A thru B

Mortality Schedules were taken in Iowa in 1860-1870 & 1880.  The household was asked if anyone died the "previous year"
There are many infant and children's deaths and this is almost the only way to find them at this early date.

Transcribed by Gayle Kenniston

NAME

AGE

BORN

DEATH

OCCUPATION

CAUSE OF DEATH

TOWNSHIP


 

 

 

 

 

 

    Emmannuel

2

Iowa

-

-

-

Keokuk District 21

   -- Ruth

66

New Hampshire

-

-

Pneumonia

Denmark Twp

  -- (f)

-

Iowa

-

-

Stillborn

No Township

  -- Iquatz (m)

14mo

-

Jan

-

??

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

 -- Estella

2mo

Iowa

Dec

-

Brain fever

No Township

 -- F.

-

Iowa

Sep

-

Stillborn

Marion Twp

 --- John

1

Pennsylvania

Jan

-

Scarlet fever

Keokuk District 21

 --- Kenneth

3mo

Illinois

Jan

-

Scarlet fever

Keokuk District 21

  Maggie

2

Iowa

-

-

-

Keokuk District 21

 -- Mary

81

Prussia

Feb

-

Old age

Marion Twp

? John

1

Iowa

-

-

-

Keokuk District 21

?? (f)

-

Iowa

May

-

Stillborn

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

?? (f)

-

Iowa

Oct

-

Unknown

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

?? (m)

-

Iowa

Jun

-

Stillborn

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

?? (m)

-

Iowa

Jan

-

Stillborn

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

?? (m)

-

Iowa

Feb

-

Unknown

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

???

-

Iowa

Jul

-

Stillbirth

Des Moines Twp

ALBERS, Elizabeth

2

Iowa

Nov

-

Convulsions

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

ALBERT, Fred

2

Iowa

Feb

-

Scarlet fever

City of Keokuk

ALEANDER, Iowa

42

Ohio

Feb

-

Consumption

Keokuk District 22

ALLEN, Charles

50

New York

Mar

-

Consumption

Keokuk District 22

ALLEN, Charley

51

New York

Mar

-

Heart disease

City of Keokuk

ALTER, Susan

40

Pennsylvania

Jul

Housekeeper

Consumption

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

ALTON, Rosa

3

Iowa

Sep

-

??

Keokuk District 21

AMERY, Nellie

22

Missouri

Feb

-

Valvular disease of heart

City of Keokuk - District 20

ANDERSON, Robert

9mo

Iowa

Apr

-

Whooping cough

Montrose Twp

ANDREAS, Sarah

23

Iowa

Jan

Housekeeper

Paralysis

Washington Twp

APPLEGATE, Vel.

18

Iowa

Mar

-

Congestive fever

No Township

ARNOLD, Ellis

2

Iowa

May

-

Congestive chills

Charleston Twp

ARNOLD, Ellis

-

-

-

-

-

No Township

ARTHUR, Christian

75

Pennsylvania

Feb

Housekeeper

Dropsy

West Point Twp

ASCOTT, W. G.

-

Iowa

Feb

-

Stillborn

Jackson Twp

ATTES, Martha

75

Pennsylvania

Apr

Housekeeper

Dropsy

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

AUIBY, Jesse

-

-

-

-

-

No Township

AUSTIN, Ellen

73

Pennsylvania

Mar

-

Lung fever

Marion Twp

AYLAISE, Eva

36

Iowa

Jan

-

Spasm

Franklin Twp

Baby M (f)

-

Iowa

Apr

-

Encephalitis

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BAIRD, Stephen

2

Iowa

Nov

-

Diptheria

Des Moines Twp

BAKER, George

57

New York

Sep

Machinist

Abscess of bowels

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BAKER, Minnie

4

Iowa

Jul

-

Brain fever

No Township

BALEY, Ji

4

Iowa

Apr

-

Measles

Des Moines Twp

BALLAGAIN, Anetta

8

Illinois

Jan

-

Scarlet fever

Keokuk District 22

BALLAGAIN, Jean

10

Illinois

Dec

-

Scarlet fever

Keokuk District 22

BAMERON, Dora

1mo

Iowa

Jul

-

Lung fever

No Township

BARKET, Haroht

78

Connecticut

Oct

-

Brights disease

City of Keokuk - District 20

BATES, John

57

Germany

Dec

Laborer

Pneumonia

City of Keokuk - District 20

BECK, Anderson

66

Prussia

May

Laborer

Intestional

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BECKERT, A. (f)

5

Iowa

May

-

-

No Township

BEIMMON, Ellen

5

Iowa

Feb

-

Croup

City of Keokuk - District 20

BELL, Laura May

4

Iowa

Feb

-

Liver disease

No Township

BENDLAGE, Elizabeth

59

Hanover

Oct

Housekeeper

Cramp in stomach

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BENDLAGE, Joseph

60

Hanover

Oct

Laborer

Liver disease

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BENNING, Holling

60

Kentucky

Jan

-

Pneumonia

Charleston Twp

BENNING, John

3mo

Iowa

Oct

-

Unknown

Charleston Twp

BENNING, Nettie

-

-

-

-

-

No Township

BENNING, William

-

-

-

-

-

No Township

BENTON, Joseph

7mo

Iowa

Apr

-

Water of brain

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BERRY, Alice

23

Tennessee

Nov

Housekeeping

Consumption

Keokuk District 21

BERTH, Albert

9mo

Iowa

Dec

-

Measles

Keokuk District 23

BESSING, Nettie

16

Missouri

Jul

-

D. in Denver, Co

Charleston Twp

BETHEM, Luella

1

Iowa

Apr

-

Scarlet fever

Des Moines Twp

BETHEM, Minnie

5

Iowa

Apr

-

Scarlet fever

Des Moines Twp

BIMINGHAM, Henry

18

Illinois

Feb

Salesman

Typhoid fever

City of Keokuk - District 20

BLADGETT, (f)

11mo

Iowa

Feb

-

Bronchitis

Des Moines Twp

BLIXT, Ida

18

Sweden

Jul

-

Consumption

Keokuk District 22

BLUMQUIST, C. K.

33

Sweden

Jun

-

Prenicious-fever

Jackson Twp

BOEDING, W.

6mo

-

Aug

-

Disentary

No Township

BOGEN, (infant) (m)

6mo

Iowa

Jul

-

Diarrhea-indigestion

City of Keokuk - District 20

BOGERT, Caroline

53

Baden

Sep

Housekeeper

Paralysis of heart

Franklin Twp

BOLSTER, Henry

54

Prussia

Feb

Laborer

Lung fever

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BOLSTER, Mary

6mo

Iowa

Jul

-

Cholera

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BONDANCE, Frank

14

Iowa

Feb

-

Scarlet fever

Montrose Twp

BORG, Henry J.

75

Saxony

Apr

-

Dropsy

Keokuk District 23

BOUMAGES, M. (f)

19

Iowa

Aug

-

Consumption

Montrose Twp

BOWEN, John

75

My

Oct

Carpenter

Suicide (shooting) Des Moines Iowa

City of Keokuk - District 20

BOWER, Mary

42

Virginia

Feb

-

Paralysis

City of Keokuk

BRADEN, Isabella

47

Ohio

Oct

Housekeeper

Internal tumor

No Township

BRADNEY, Martha

25

Illinois

Apr

-

Consumption

Keokuk District 23

BRARS, Mattie

4mo

Iowa

Oct

-

Unknown

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BRAUN, Philip

38

Wittenberg

Apr

Farmer

Scarlet fever

Franklin Twp

BRIGGS, Madison

43

Virginia

Jan

-

Consumption

Keokuk District 21

BRIGGS, Will

7

Missouri

Mar

-

Scarlet fever

Montrose Twp

BROWN, Arthur

1

Iowa

Jan

-

Scarlet fever

City of Keokuk - District 20

BROWN, M. R.

14

Iowa

-

-

-

Montrose Twp

BROWN, Phillip

30

Iowa

Apr

Blacksmith

Scarlet fever

Franklin Twp

BRUSTER, Jane

57

Pennsylvania

Dec

Housekeeper

Brain disease

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

BRYANT, Oliver

6mo

Iowa

Sep

-

Unknown

Denmark Twp

BUFORD, Willliam

40

Virginia

Mar

-

Dropsy of heart

Des Moines Twp

BUGANGY, Ecison

51

Iowa

Jan

-

Scarletina

Keokuk District 23

BURFET, William

104

Africa

Mar

-

Old age

Des Moines Twp

BURGHOFFER

-

-

-

-

-

No Township

BURGHOFFER,

47

Switzerland

Feb

-

Lung fever

Charleston Twp

BURNS, Mary

19

Iowa

Apr

-

Brights disease

Keokuk District 21

BURRELL, (infant)

15da

Iowa

Jan

-

Premature birth

City of Keokuk - District 20

BUTLER, Iva

3

-

-

-

-

No Township

 

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