Lee County Genealogy
Deaths
Deaths
1880 Mortality Schedule for the year 1879
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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 Died Occupation Cause of Death Township
SAMELS, George
21
Iowa
Jul
-
Heart disease
Keokuk District 22
SAMPLE, Jane B.
79
Pennsylvania
Jan
-
Old age
Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards
SANDERSN, William
22
Iowa
Aug
Farmer
Consumption
Harrison Twp
SAPP
-
-
-
-
-
No Township
SARGENT, Nicholas
83
Massachusetts
Jul
-
Dropsy of heart
Des Moines Twp
SAWYER, Samuel
61
England
May
-
Encephalitis
Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards
SAYES, F. L.
-
Iowa
Jul
-
Stillborn
Charleston Twp
SCHAEFER, Kate
1
Iowa
Jan
-
Measles and scarlet fever
City of Keokuk - District 20
SCHEFFLER, Austin
79
France
Aug
Farmer
Consumption
West Point Twp
SCHEKAN, Bernard
4
Iowa
Nov
-
Scarlet fever
Keokuk District 21
SCHEYER, Clara
2
Iowa
Aug
-
Diarrah
Keokuk District 22
SCHIER, Herman
1mo
Iowa
Oct
-
Inflammation of bowels
Washington Twp
SCHKNABM, B.
8
Missouri
Sep
-
Heart disease
Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards
SCHMITT, Dan P.
6mo
Iowa
Aug
-
Scalded
West Point Twp
SCHNUFUS, Chris
56
Prussia
Nov
Farmer
Paralysis
Franklin Twp
SCHOERER, Sophia
57
Watenberg
Mar
-
??
Keokuk District 23
SCHROEDER, Edward
52
Prussia
Apr
Laborer
Epilepsy
Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards
SCHULT, (m)
7da
Iowa
Aug
-
Malformed at birth
Jackson Twp
SCHURK, Peter
73
Prussia
May
Hotel keeper
Consumption
West Point Twp
SCHWAITTE, A.
49
Iowa
Feb
-
Cancer of abdomen
City of Keokuk
SCOTT, Charles
19
Georgia
Jul
-
Consumption
Keokuk District 22
SCOTT, Nora
24
Iowa
Aug
-
Phithisis
City of Keokuk
SCULTE, Kate
41
Prussia
Jan
Housekeeper
Choked on fish bone
Fort Madison, 1 & 2 Wards
SCWARTZ, P. R.
-
Iowa
Jun
-
Stillborn
West Point Twp
SECKMAN, Mary
98
Iowa
Apr
-
Old age
Keokuk District 23
SHARP, Nancy
49
Ohio
Feb
-
Pneumonia
Denmark Twp
SHEFFLER, Christina
38
Bavaria
Oct
Housekeeper
Hernia of uterus
Franklin Twp
SHELDON, G. (m)
1
Iowa
Feb
-
Pneumonia
City of Keokuk
SHELTON, Viola
18
Illinois
Apr
Housekeeper
Syphilis
Jackson Twp
SHEMCK, S.
38
-
-
-
-
No Township
SHEPHERD, May
4
Missouri
May
-
Scarlet fever
Jackson Twp
SHEPHERD, Wallie
2
Iowa
May
-
Lung fever
No Township
SHERRICK, Sam
1
Iowa
-
-
-
No Township
SHINNIGHAM, Julius
-
Iowa
Mar
-
Brain fever
Keokuk District 23
SHITTLES, W. N.
19
Iowa
Oct
-
Run over and killed
City of Keokuk - District 20
SHOWALTER, J. A.
2
Iowa
Nov
-
Croup
Franklin Twp
SHUBERT, Lottie
63
Prussia
Aug
-
Unknown
No Township
SILSGRAVER, Myron
3
-
-
-
-
SLINGELAND, Hannah
71
Canada
Mar
-
Pneumonia
SMIDT, Orton
70
Canada
Oct
-
Hurt by a fall
SMITH, Beverly
2mo
Iowa
Mar
-
Scalded
SMITH, Charles
66
New York
Feb
Tailor
Apoplexy
SMITH, Stephen
1mo
-
Dec
-
??
SNYDER, Joseph
68
France
Apr
Farmer
Dropsy
SNYDER, Joseph
-
-
-
-
-
SOELLINGER, Felix
7mo
Iowa
Jan
-
Brain fever
SOUTH, Maria
81
-
May
-
Old age
SPEARMAN, Norman
3
Iowa
Mar
-
Measles
SPISBERGER, Blanche
11
Iowa
Jul
-
Congestion of stomach
SPORTSMAN, Mary
11
Iowa
Sep
-
Fever
SPRING, Mary
28
Prussia
May
-
Childbirth
STAN, Minnie
6mo
-
-
-
-
STANSBERRY, C. V.
1
Iowa
Aug
-
Brain fever
STANSBERRY, DANIEL
52
Indiana
Sep
Farmer
Killed by a bull
STARK, Catherin
61
Scotland
Sep
Merchant
Tumor of womb
STERNITY (m)
-
Iowa
Jan
-
Stillborn
STEVENSON (f)
30
Iowa
Jan
-
Arthritis
STEWART, Emily
83
Ohio
Jul
-
Old age
STIFFY, Delilah
40
New York
Apr
-
Dropsy
STILLMAN, Sarah
32
Ohio
Feb
-
Cholera
STOLING, Kate
21
Iowa
Nov
-
Scarlet fever
STREET, Ida B.
1
Iowa
Mar
-
Pneumonia
STYMAN, Jacob
68
Pennsylvania
May
Carpenter
Rheumatism
SUTTON, Sarah
35
Canada
Feb
-
Consumption
SWABTON, John
75
Ireland
-
-
-
SWEDON (f)
-
Iowa
Jul
-
Stillborn
SWEEDRY, Antonitte
50
England
Feb
-
Cancer of stomach