Lee County Genealogy
Deaths

Deaths
1880 Mortality Schedule for the year 1879
L thru M


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.

Compiled & Transcribed by Gayle Kenniston

NAME

AGE

BORN

DEATH

OCCUPATION

CAUSE OF DEATH

TOWNSHIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

LACY, Rebecca

49

England

Dec

-

Scarlet fever

Keokuk District 21

LAIRD, Martha

5mo

Iowa

Oct

-

Water on brain

Des Moines Twp

LARSON, Wilson

17

Norway

Feb

-

Pneumonia

Montrose Twp

LASSIS, Ella J.

27

Iowa

Mar

Keeping house

Lumbar abscess

Denmark Twp

LATSCHER, James

56

Bavaria

Oct

Farmer

Dysspia

Franklin Twp

LAUR, William

-

-

-

-

-

No Township

LAWLER, Maggie E.

11mo

Iowa

Feb

-

Convulsions

Des Moines Twp

LEACH, (m) (Lauch?)

2

Iowa

Mar

-

Scarlet fever

Montrose Twp

LEAVITY, Daniel

22da

Iowa

Jul

-

Marasmus

City of Keokuk - District 20

LEBANAN, Sarah

72

-

Mar

-

Consumption

West Point Twp

LEECH, Clinton

2

Iowa

May

-

Septicumia

Keokuk District 22

LEFFLER, Sept

68

Virginia

Sep

-

Cholera

Montrose Twp

LEIGHTON, William

88

Scotland

Aug

-

Congestion of stomach

City of Keokuk - District 20

LEISEY, Harriett

2mo

Iowa

Jun

-

Sickly from birth

Keokuk District 22

LINISKI, Sarah

3

-

-

-

-

West Point Twp

LISEY, Abraham

78

Bavaria

Apr

Farmer

Old age

Franklin Twp

LOFTY, Mary

-

Iowa

Sep

-

Stillborn

No Township

LONEY, Alexander

32

Tennessee

Oct

-

Dropsy of heart

Keokuk District 22

LONG, Lydia

2

-

-

-

Croup

No Township

LUDER, Fanny

46

Holland

Apr

-

Whooping cough

Keokuk District 23

LYON, Frank

33

Ohio

Apr

-

Typhoid fever

Montrose Twp

MAGATE, John

67

Ireland

Dec

-

Lung

Jackson Twp

MAIERS, Teresa

40

Prussia

Jun

-

Confinement

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

MANEELY, Joseph

88

Pennsylvania

Aug

-

Old age

Denmark Twp

MANKA, Henry

1mo

Iowa

Jul

-

Unknown

Marion Twp

MARSELL, Joseph E.

69

New York

Nov

Carpenter

Unknown

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

MASON, Jane

2

Iowa

Jul

-

-

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

MATHENY, William

54

Illinois

Mar

Laborer

Heart disease

Des Moines Twp

MAYCOCK, Mary

80

England

Apr

-

Old age

City of Keokuk - District 20

McCARTY, James

2

Iowa

Nov

-

Croup

City of Keokuk - District 20

McCARTY, John

4

Iowa

Sep

-

Scarlet fever

City of Keokuk - District 20

McCLARE, E. J.

3

Iowa

Nov

-

--

City of Keokuk

McCLAY, Martha

70

Ireland

Feb

-

??

Jackson Twp

McCLELLAN, G. (m)

19

Iowa

Jul

-

Heart disease

City of Keokuk

McCLINTHEN, Jane

38

Michigan

Apr

-

Childbirth

Montrose Twp

McCLURG, Frances

1

Iowa

Oct

-

Teething

Keokuk District 23

McCULLANAH, Nat.

74

Ireland

Sep

Farmer

Diabetis

Franklin Twp

McDONNELL, William

3mo

Iowa

May

-

Measles

Montrose Twp

McELROY, Anna

3

Iowa

Mar

-

Scarlet fever

City of Keokuk

McELROY, Mary

7

Iowa

Mar

-

Scarlet fever

City of Keokuk

McKEE, Ann

48

Pennsylvania

Oct

-

Consumption

No Township

McKEE, Frank

32

Missouri

Mar

Farmer

Pneumonia

No Township

McKEE, J. W.

33

Ohio

Apr

-

Killed by accident

Montrose Twp

McMILLIAM, Myrtle

2mo

Illinois

Mar

-

Inflammation of bowels

City of Keokuk - District 20

McQUADE, Allice

16

Iowa

Mar

-

Consumption

City of Keokuk - District 20

McTALELL, Minerva

17

Missouri

Sep

-

Consumption???

City of Keokuk - District 20

MEDCALF, Edward

44

Pennsylvania

Sep

River pilot

Consumption

City of Keokuk - District 20

MERRITT, Libbie

8mo

Iowa

Feb

-

Measles

City of Keokuk - District 20

MEYLING, Robert

1

Iowa

Feb

-

Congestion of brain

City of Keokuk - District 20

MIFFEREN, Pela

54

Tennessee

Nov

-

Consumption

Montrose Twp

MILLER, Minnie

2

Iowa

Apr

-

Scarletina

Keokuk District 23

MILLER, Rubin

80

Virginia

Oct

Minister

Old age

City of Keokuk - District 20

MILLER, Thomas J.

3

Illinois

Nov

-

-

Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards

MITCHEL, Ida

1

Iowa

Apr

-

Brain fever

No Township

MITCHEL, Mary

23

Iowa

Dec

-

Childbirth

No Township

MOHAN, Kate

12

Illinois

Oct

-

Killed by accident

Montrose Twp

MONROE, Emma

15

Iowa

Oct

-

Typhoid fever

City of Keokuk - District 20

MOONEY, George

48

Ohio

Jan

Farmer

Kicked by a horse

Washington Twp

MOORE, Isaac

6

Iowa

Sep

-

Fever

Montrose Twp

MORRIS, Romalis

36

England

Aug

-

Consumption

Jackson Twp

MORRISON, George

5

Iowa

Nov

-

Scarlet fever

No Township

MORRISON, Harry

10

Iowa

Nov

-

Scarlet fever

No Township

MOSLEY, Frankie

2

Iowa

Jun

-

Scarlet fever

Keokuk District 22

MOTT, David

2

Iowa

-

-

-

Des Moines Twp

MURRAY, William

21

Iowa

May

Printer

Consumption

Keokuk District 22

MYERS

-

Iowa

Apr

-

Unknown

No Township

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