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1870 Mortality Schedules, Benton County, Iowa
SCHEDULE 2.--Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870
Microfilm Number: T1156-56


Transcribed by Sue Soden and proofread by John Shuck
for the IAGenWeb Project and the USGenWeb Census Project ®
Copyright © 2008 by Sue Soden.

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Transcriber's Notes:
   No enumeration dates appear on the schedules. All enumeration districts
   begin with Page #1. Reference page numbers have been assigned by the
   transcriber to indicate the enumeration order. FAM# refers to the family
   number as listed in the 1870 Federal Population Census Schedules.

TOWNSHIPS:   BENTON    BIG GROVE    BRUCE    CANTON    CEDAR    EDEN    ELDORADO
FLORENCE    FREMONT    HARRISON    HOMER    IOWA    JACKSON    KANE
LEROY    MONROE    POLK    ST. CLAIR    TAYLOR    UNION
TOWNS:   BELLE PLAINE    BLAIRSTOWN    EAST IRVING    FLORENCE    LUZERNE
 
Blairstown, Town of
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
  1   1   34    Ohge           Charles      1/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       June    .               Whooping cough             .
  1   2   42    Briggle        Geo S        2      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Aug     .               Brain Fever                .
  1   3  113    McPherson      H            10/12  F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Dec     .               Congestion Lungs           .
  1   4  121    Hastings       Addison      10/12  M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Sept    .               Brain Fever                .
  1   5  123    Cole           Jessie       5/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       March   .               Lung Fever                 .
  1   6  146    Miller         Hugh         56     M    W      M    Va           .       .       March   Farmer          Lung Fever                 .

         Total number of deaths, 6      No. of white males, 4       No. of married, 1     Total foreign born, .
                                        No. of white females, 2     No. of widowed, .
 
Leroy Township
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
  2   1   16    Glick          Francis S    8/12   F    W      .    Pa           .       .       Feb     .               Brain ?                    .
  2   2   36    Thomas         Marietta     18     F    W      .    Ohio         .       .       Oct     .               Typus Fever                .
  2   3   40    Haines         Martha       15     F    W      .    Ill          .       .       Dec     .               Consumption                .
  2   4   42    Whipple        Elizabeth    72     F    W      W    N.Y.         .       .       Mch     .               Old age                    .
  2   5   48    Greswold       Frankie      2      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Feb     .               Influenza                  .
  2   6   71    Cary           Gertrude     8/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Oct     .               Cholora Infantum           .
  2   7   76    Sullivan       Nora         1/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Dec     .               Croup                      .
  2   8  127    Bell           Thomas       3      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       April   .               Croup                      .
  2   9  151    Weaver         Charles      1/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       April   .               Hemorhage Bowels           Hemorhage is crossed out and "Dis of" is written above it
  2  10  160    Olesen         Manuel       3/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Feb     .               Scrofula                   .

         Total number of deaths, 10     No. of white males, 4       No. of married, .     Total foreign born, .
                                        No. of white females, 6     No. of widowed, 1
 
Luzerne, Town of
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
  3   1   15    Scillinger     Lydia        89     F    W      W    NY           X       .       Dec     .               Consumption                .
  3   2   20    Mills          Elmott       1/12   M    W      .    Iowa         X       .       May     .               Convulsions                .

         Total number of deaths, 2      No. of white males, 1       No. of married, .     Total foreign born, .
                                        No. of white females, 1     No. of widowed, 1
 
Iowa Township
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
  4   1   28    Blake          Elizabeth    20     F    W      M    Ind          .       .       April   Keeping House   Child birth Fever          Child birth was crossed out & Puerperal was written above it
  4   2   44    Verman         Victor       1      M    W      .    Iowa         X       X       April   .               Hemorhag Lung              .
  4   3   87    Schild         John         65     M    W      M    Prussia      X       X       Nov     Farmer          Consumption                .
  4   4   95    Cape           Mary         1      F    W      .    Iowa         X       X       Sept    .               Whooping Cough             .
  4   5  118    Daniel         *ade         71     M    W      W    Ireland      X       X       Nov     Blacksmith      Consumption                .
  4   6  125    Buda           George       77     M    W      M    Prussia      X       X       Mch     Farmer          Lung Fever                 .
  4   7  137    Sexton         Sarah        54     F    W      M    N.Y.         .       .       Dec     Keeping House   Consumption                .
  4   8  147    Buda           Henry        1/12   M    W      .    Iowa         X       .       July    .               Cholora Infantum           .
  4   9  147    Buda           Louisa       1/12   F    W      .    Iowa         X       .       July    .               Cholora Infantum           .
  4  10  150    Shild          Franklin     21     M    W      .    Pa           X       X       Aug     Farmer          Drownded                   .
  4  11  154    Fletcher       Nevada       4/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       June    .               Congestion of Brain        Congestion was crossed out & Dis was written above it
  4  12  173    Kennedy        Frank C      9/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Aug     .               Cholora Infantum           .

         Total number of deaths, 12     No. of white males, 7       No. of married, 4     Total foreign born, 3
                                        No. of white females, 5     No. of widowed, 1
 
East Irving, Town of
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
  5   1    1    McCurdy        Lutica       74     F    W      W    Ireland      X       X       Oct     .               Typhoid Fever              .
  5   2    9    Tibbels        Harvey W     58     M    W      M    N.Y.         .       .       Feb     Farmer          Lung Fever                 .
  5   3   11    Coats          Margaret J   13     F    W      .    Ohio         .       .       Oct     .               Typhoid Fever              .
  5   4   19    Splendler      Carrie       1/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       June    .               Convulsions                .

         Total number of deaths, 4      No. of white males, 1       No. of married, 1     Total foreign born, 1
                                        No. of white females, 3     No. of widowed, 1
 
Belle Plaine, Town of
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
  6   1    2    Russell        No Name      1/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Sept    .               convulsions Spasms         .
  6   2    7    Granby         Adaline      4      F    W      .    Ill          .       .       Dec     .               Congestion of Brain        Congestion is crossed out and Dis. is wrote above it.
  6   3   12    Moore          Maria        66     F    W      W    England      .       .       Nov     .               Congestion of Liver        Congestion is crossed out and Dis. is wrote above it.
  6   4   40    Moore          Wm C         1      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Aug     .               cholora Infantum           .
  6   5   46    Baker          No Name      1/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Dec     .               Spasms                     The word Convulsions is written over spasms
  6   6  102    Thompson       Edgar        11     M    W      .    Wis          .       .       Apr     .               Rheumatism                 .
  6   7  164    Bemia          Willie       1      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       May     .               Croup                      .
  6   8  166    Atkinson       Lucy A       21     F    W      .    Ohio         .       .       Jan     .               Consumption                .
  6   9  213    Snyder         No Name      1/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       June    .               Congestion of Lungs        .
  6  10  261    Green          Jennet       58     F    W      W    Mass         .       .       Sept    .               Jauntice                   .
  6  11  290    Ealy           Willis       1      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       May     .               Croup                      .

         Total number of deaths, 11     No. of white males, 5       No. of married, .     Total foreign born, 1
                                        No. of white females, 6     No. of widowed, 2
 
St. Clair Township
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
  7   1   28    Redfield       Frank        1      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       July    .               Typhoid Fever              .
  7   2   36    Bosley         George       2/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Feb     .               ? of Brain                 .
  7   3   77    Tobin          David F      2/12   M    W      .    Iowa         X       X       March   .               Consumption                .
  7   4   99    Nolon          Peter        7/12   M    W      .    Iowa         X       X       July    .               Scarlet Fever              .
  7   5  104    Charles        James        39     M    W      M    Ireland      X       X       Feb     Farmer          Inflamation of Liver       .
  7   6  121    Creger         Elizabeth    83     F    W      W    Hanover      X       X       July    .               Apoplexy                   .

         Total number of deaths, 6      No. of white males, 5       No. of married, 1     Total foreign born, 2
                                        No. of white females, 1     No. of widowed, 1
 
Eldorado Township
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
  8   1   14    Kerns          Michael H    11     M    W      .    Ohio         .       .       Dec     .               Brain Fever                Fever was crossed out & an unreadable word was written above it
  8   2   19    Rasburg        John         41     M    W      W    Holstine     X       X       Jan     Farmer          Lung Fever                 .
  8   3   30    Leonard        Mary         58     F    W      W    Pa           .       .       March   Keeping House   Consumption                .
  8   4   61    Kellogg        Betsy        68     F    W      W    NY           .       .       April   Keeping House   Cancer                     .
  8   5   66    May            Allen        69     M    W      W    Tenn         .       .       Jan     Farmer          Consumption                .
  8   6   68    Mank           Crisbon      1      M    W      .    Pa           .       .       Aug     .               Brain Fever                Fever was crossed out & an unreadable word was written above it
  8   7   73    Luge           Couse        80     M    W      .    Holstine     X       X       July    Laborer         Shot himself               Shot himself was crossed out & an unreadable word was written above it
  8   8   94    Gartka         Anna         12     F    W      .    Ill          X       X       June    .               Typhoid Fever              .
  8   9   98    Brandle        Henry        8/12   M    W      .    Iowa         X       X       July    .               Scroffula                  .
  8  10  129    Shrader        Etta         1/12   F    W      .    Iowa         X       X       Feb     .               Convulsions                .

         Total number of deaths, 10     No. of white males, 6       No. of married, .     Total foreign born, 2
                                        No. of white females, 4     No. of widowed, 4
 
Florence Township
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
  9   1   11    Pulver         Elizabeth    43     F    W      M    NY           .       .       Aug     Keeping House   Dropsy                     .
      2   33    Troy           John         46     M    W      M    Pa           .       .       Feb     Farmer          Inflamation of Brain       .
      3   76    Sauer          Geo F        2/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Nov     .               Congestion of Lungs        .
      4   93    Kimm           Eliza        45     F    W      M    Norway       .       .       March   Keeping House   Consumption                .
      5  104    Anderson       Ann          33     F    W      M    Norway       .       .       Aug     Keeping House   Consumption                .
      6  152    Peterson       Alice        4      F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Feb     .               Croup                      .
      7  152    Peterson       Peter        2      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Feb     .               Croup                      .

         Total number of deaths, 7      No. of white males, 3       No. of married, 4     Total foreign born, 2
                                        No. of white females, 3     No. of widowed, .
 
Florence, Town of [Norway]
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                  TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH              REMARKS
====================================================================================================================================================================
 10   1    8    Henry          Susan B      1      F    W      .    Iowa         X       .       Aug     .               Congestive Chill            .
 10   2   25    Hodger         John         30     M    W      M    Norway       X       X       Sept    Laborer         RR acc. Killed by RR train  .
 10   3   46    Watson         Jerome B     4/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Jan     .               Dropsy of Brain             Dropsy was crossed out & Dis written above it
 10   4   46    Watson         Andrew W     9      M    W      .    Ohio         .       .       April   .               Spinal ?                    .

         Total number of deaths, 4      No. of white males, 3       No. of married, 1     Total foreign born, 1
                                        No. of white females, 1     No. of widowed, .
 
Fremont Township
Enumerated by: H. L. Bassett
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 11   1   21    Smith          Sarah        36     F    W      M    Mass                         June    Keeping House   Consumption
 11   2   22    Ofender        Martin       54     M    W      .    Witenburg    X       X       June    Carpenter       Consumption
 11   3  119    Rummellsberg   H            5/12   M    W      .    Iowa         X       X       Aug     .               Cholora Infantum
 11   4  143    McClord        Margaret     26     F    W      M    Canada       X       X       Feb     Keeping House   Consumption

         Total number of deaths, 4      No. of white males, 2       No. of married, 2     Total foreign born, 2
                                        No. of white females, 2     No. of widowed, .
 
Taylor Township
Enumerated by: Solomon H. Lee
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 12   1    5    Wentz          Jas N        */12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       August  .               Cholora Infantum           Enumerated by Solomon H Lee
 12   2   38    Wood           Margaret     36     F    W      M    Ohio         .       .       Dec     House Keeping   Child Bed Fever            Child Bed was crossed out & Puerperal was written above it
 12   3   56    Huntly         Kac*y        7      F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Nov     .               Epilepsy                   .
 12   4  189    Powers         Milla        16     F    W      M    Mich         .       .       Aug     Keeping House   Child Birth                .
 12   5  230    Campbell       Elva         17     F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Dec     School Teacher  Consumption                .
 12   6  272    Smith          Lizzie       2/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       March   .               a Cold                     Cold was crossed out & Dis Lungs was written above it
 12   7  270    Stevens        Jno Webster  */12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Jay     .               in Birth                   in Birth was crossed out & Still Born was written above it
 12   8  279    Chadbourne     Harriet      1      F    W      .    Tenn         .       .       Oct     .               Debility                   .
 12   9  280    Vanhorn        William      10/12  M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       May     .               Bronchitis                 .
 12  10  291    Hyman          Wm E         8      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       May     .               Spine Dis. Of              .
 12  11  316    Robert         Emily        42     F    W      M    N.Y.         .       .       Feby    .               Consumption                .
 12  12  354    Bennett        Elmena M     1/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Oct     .               Cholora Infantum           .
 12  13  447    Mease          Catherine    30     F    W      M    New Hampshire.       .       Jany    .               Dropsy                     .
 12  14  451    Hedgelin       Achsah *     21     F    W      M    Ind          .       .       May     Keeping House   Consumption                .
 12  15  312    Shaffen        George W     42     M    W      M    Ill          .       .       Aug     Carpenter       Consumption                .
 12  16  462    Mahon          Mary C       45     F    W      M    Ohio         .       .       Mch     Keeping House   Consumption                .
 12  17  496    Tryon          Jepa D       14     M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Oct     Farm Laborer    Remitting Fever            .
 12  18  499    Triggs         John R       8      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       June    .               Malignant Fever            Malignant was crossed out
 12  19  499    Triggs         Alica N      3      F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       July    .               Malignant Fever            Malignant was crossed out
 12  20  500    Powel          Orion        1      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       July    .               Scarlet Fever              .
 12  21  526    Robert         Thomas       56     M    W      M    Pa           .       .       Jany    Farmer          Cancer in Stomach          .
 12  22  601    Pitts          Stella       1/12   F    W           Iowa         .       .       Feby    .               Tumor on Neck              on Neck was crossed out

         Total number of deaths, .      No. of white males, 9       No. of married, 8     Total foreign born, .
                                        No. of white females, 13    No. of widowed, .
 
Eden Township
Enumerated by: Solomon H. Lee
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 13   1  630    Thompson       Montira      2/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Aug     .               Unknown                    Enumerated by Solomon H Lee
 13   2  675    Thompson       Olden Ione   1/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Sept    .               Cholora Infantum           .
 13   3  701    Shappin        Infant       1/12   M    W      .    Iowa         X       X       Feb     .               Still Born                 .
 13   4  728    Albaugh        Mary         30     F    W      M    Ohio         .       .       May     .               Child Birth                .

         Total number of deaths, 4     No. of white males, 3        No. of married, 1     Total foreign born, .
                                       No. of white females, 1      No. of widowed, .
 
Harrison Township
Letter microfilmed on top of the Eden Township Mortality Schedule:                                              

               [Stamped: Census Office; Feb 17, 1871]
               Briefed

                                                  Iowa

                                      Vinton Feby 22/71
               Francis A Walker Esq

                                   Sir
                                      You write me for schedule #2 from
               Harrison Tp in my subdivision, which I would cheerfully
               send Provided a Death had occured during the year ending May
               21st/70 and this is the only reason why you did not get it
               with the other papers.
                                                Yours Truly
                                                    S. H. Lee asst Marshall

                Sub. Div. 60.
 
Canton Township
Enumerated by: Solomon H. Lee
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 14   1  782    Williams       Infant       2/12   F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       July    .               Consumption                Enumerated by Solomon H Lee
 14   2  830    Wilson         Candis       19     F    W      .    Canada       X       X       Feby    .               Lung Fever                 .
 14   3  875    Carl           Rosana       20     F    W      M    Ohio         .       .       Oct     Keeping House   Child Birth                .
 14   4  882    Bows           Alice        28     F    W      M    N.Y.         X       X       June    Keeping House   Fever Intermi              .
 14   5  979    Foster         Mary E       20     F    W      M    N.Y.         .       .       May     Keeping House   Child Birth                .
 14   6  983    Runyon         Elizabeth    27     F    W      M    N.J.         .       .       Apr     Keeping House   Hemorage of Bowels         Hemorage was crossed out & Dis was written above it

         Total number of deaths, 6     No. of white males, .        No. of married, 4     Total foreign born, 1
                                       No. of white females, 6      No. of widowed, .
 
Benton Township
Enumerated by: Solomon H. Lee
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                   TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH               REMARKS
=====================================================================================================================================================================
 15   1  1053   Donels         William      59     M    W      M    Ohio         .       .       Jany    Farmer          Typhoid Fever                Enumerated by Solomon H Lee
 15   2  1061   Floyd          Edwin        3/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       June    .               Bronchitis                   .
 15   3  1152   Houck          Frances R    27     F    W      M    N.Y.         .       .       Apl     Keeping House   Puerperial convulsions       .
 15   4  1158   Roll           Christopher  16     M    W      .    Switzerland  X       X       Sept    on Farm         Typhoid Fever                .
 15   5  1157   Dickinson      James        1      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       ?       .               Brain Fever inflamation of   Month of death unreadable; the word Fever is crossed out

         Total number of deaths, 5     No. of white males, 4        No. of married, 2     Total foreign born, 1
                                       No. of white females, 1      No. of widowed, .
 
Polk Township
Enumerated by: Solomon H. Lee
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 16   1  1211     Miller       Samuel F     42     M    W      M    N.Y.         .       .       Feby    Farmer          Cancer                     Enumerated by Solomon H Lee
 16   2  1211     Miller       Esther A     1      F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       May     .               Scarlet Fever              .
 16   3  1270     Vandeventer  Wm H         69     M    W      M    N.Y.         .       .       Decr    Farmer          Debility                   .
 16   4  1305     Bailey       Clorinda     54     F    W      M    N.Y.         .       .       Jany    Keeping house   Debility                   .
 16   5  1382     Crop         Sarah Jane   3      F    W      .    Ind          .       .       Oct     .               Croup                      .
 16   6
 16   7  [lines 6 through 14 are blank]
 16  14
 16  15  I hereby Certify that the foregoing is made according to the Law & Instructions
 16  16
 16  17                                                       Solomon H Lee asst Marshall

         Total number of deaths, 5     No. of white males, 2        No. of married, 3     Total foreign born, 1
                                       No. of white females, 3      No. of widowed, .
 
Union Township
Enumerated by: Wm C. Smith
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 17   1   37    Kirby          Catharine    24     F    W      .    Illinois     X       X       Jany    School Teacher  Typhoid Fever              Enumerated by Wm C Smith
 17   2   24    McKinna        Alice        15     F    W      .    Illinois     X       X       Feby    at Home         * Disease unknown          asterisk refers to remark at bottom of page which reads: "Supposed to be Lung Disease"
 17   3   63    O Brien        Margaret     77     F    W      W    Ireland      X       X       June    without Occ     Cancer in the Breast       .
 17   4   95    Krohnke        Antja        61     F    W      M    Holstein     X       X       March   Keeping House   Apoplexy                   .

         Total number of deaths, 4     No. of white males, .        No. of married, 1     Total foreign born, 2
                                       No. of white females, 4      No. of widowed, 1
 
Homer Township
Enumerated by: Wm C. Smith
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 18   1    6    Byam           Ernest       10/12  M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Feby    .               Pnumonia                   Enumerated by Wm C Smith
 18   2  106    Hirchner       John         11/12  M    W      .    Iowa         X       X       June    .               Dysentry                   .

         Total number of deaths, 2     No. of white males, 2        No. of married, .     Total foreign born, .
                                       No. of white females, .      No. of widowed, .
 
Kane Township
Enumerated by: Wm C. Smith
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 19   1  105    Emmons         Franklin     4      M    W      .    Ohio         .       .       Dec     .               Diptheria                  Enumerated by Wm C Smith

         Total number of deaths, 1     No. of white males, 1        No. of married, .     Total foreign born, 1
                                       No. of white females, .      No. of widowed, .
 
Big Grove Township
Enumerated by: Wm C. Smith
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 20   1   12    Robinson       George M     5/12   M    W      .    Iowa                 .       Sep     .               Inflamation Brain          Enumerated by Wm C Smith
 20   2   54    Ward           Minnie May   1      F    W      .    Iowa                 .       Apr     .               Bronchitis                 .
 20   3   72    Jackson        John         85     M    W      M    South Carolina       .       June    no occupation   Congestive Chills          .
 20   4   78    Couly          Rhesa        78     M    W      W    Maryland             .       Oct     no occupation   Intermittant Fever         .

         Total number of deaths, 4     No. of white males, 3        No. of married, 1     Total foreign born, 1
                                       No. of white females, 1      No. of widowed, 1
 
Jackson Township
Enumerated by: Wm C. Smith
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 21   1   26    Sharp          Christina    60     F    W      M    Scotland     X       X       Apr     Keeping House   Softening of Brain         Enumerated by Wm C Smith
 21   2   54    Hilton         Peter A      52     M    W      M    New York     .       .       Dec     Farmer          Brain Disease              .
 21   3  144    Wolford        Samuel *     2      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       June    at Home         Unknown                    .
 21   4  152    Johnson        Thomas       21     M    W      .    Indiana      .       .       Aug     Farm Laborer    Hepatitis                  .

         Total number of deaths, 4     No. of white males, 3        No. of married, 2     Total foreign born, 1
                                       No. of white females, 1      No. of widowed, .
 
Monroe Township
Enumerated by: Wm C. Smith
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 22   1   30    Kindervater    Charles      19     M    W      .    Illinois     X       X       May     Farm Laborer    Typhoid Fever              Enumerated by Wm C Smith
 22   2  115    Bloss          Henry        8/12   M    W      .    Iowa         X       X       March   at Home         Measles                    .
 22   3  125    Hawkins        Melinda      16     F    W      .    Ohio         .       .       Jany    at Home         Inflamation Bowels         .

         Total number of deaths, 3     No. of white males, 2        No. of married, .     Total foreign born, .
                                       No. of white females, 1      No. of widowed, .
 
Bruce Township
Enumerated by: Wm C. Smith
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 23   1    3    Heath          Sarah        23     F    W      M    Penn         .       .       Feby    Helping Hand    Epiliptic                  Enumerated by Wm C Smith
 23   2   75    Somers         Warren       2      M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Mar     .               Congestive Brain           .
 23   3   75    Somers         Lucie        4      F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Apr     .               Congestive Brain           .
 23   4   76    Aiuger         Adella       3      F    W      .    Iowa         .       .       May     .               Congestive Brain           .
 23   5  106    Wilmuth        Otto F       8/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Mar     .               Congestive Brain           .

         Total number of deaths, 5     No. of white males, 2        No. of married, 1     Total foreign born, .
                                       No. of white females, 3      No. of widowed, .
 
Cedar Township
Enumerated by: Wm C. Smith
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                                                                                  FOREIGN-BORN   MONTH                   DISEASE-OR                 TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN  FAM#   LAST-NAME      FIRST-NAME   AGE    SEX  COLOR  M/W  BIRTH-PLACE  FATHER  MOTHER  DIED    OCCUPATION      CAUSE-OF-DEATH             REMARKS
===================================================================================================================================================================
 24   1    2    Grettenburg    Helena       35     F    W      M    Bohemia      X       X       May     Keeping house   Consumption                Enumerated by Wm C Smith
 24   2   61    Griffen        Mary         35     F    W      M    Scotland     X       X       Sep     Keeping house   Consumption                .
 24   3  114    Tuttle         Margaret     48     F    W      M    Virginia     .       .       Nov     Keeping house   Inflamation Brain          .
 24   4  121    Goib           Charlie      9/12   M    W      .    Iowa         .       .       Aug     .               Brain Fever                .
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 24  17
 24  18  State of Iowa\
 24  19  Benton County/   I hereby certify that the foregoing Eight pages
 24  20                   of the Schedule of Mortality were made by me
 24  21                   according to Law and instructions and The
 24  22                   Tenor of my Oath of Office
 24  23                            Witness my hand
 24  24                                      Wm C Smith
 24  25                                      assistant US Marshall

         Total number of deaths, 4     No. of white males, 1        No. of married, 3     Total foreign born, 2
                                       No. of white females, 3      No. of widowed, .
 
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