IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.


Clayton Co. - Register of Deaths
Book 1 - pages 20-29

Note: 1880 is the first year that the state of Iowa required deaths be reported and officially recorded.

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No Date of Report 1. Name

2. Sex & Color
1. Age

2. Occupation
Date & 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
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
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43 01/03/82 [blank]
Heideurich Male, white
10 hours 12/20/81 4 p.m. Single Jew

McGregor
from birth McGregor Clayton Co Ia

Convulsions
[blank]

7 hour
Pleasant Grove cemetery McGregor Iowa

[no date]
H.H. Clark M.D.
44 01/07/82 Mrs. J.H. Bowman Female, white 60 years Farmers
wife
12/16/81 2 a.m. Married American
Penn
30 years Mallory Twp

Peritonitis
[blank]

7 days
Taylors grave yard 12/17/82 F.E. Bell M.D., Osterdock, Iowa
45 01/18/82 Thomas Broker
Male, white
63 (probably) Farmer 12/23/813 a.m. Married England

[blank]
14 years Sperry Twp
Wrumic poisoning
[blank]

8 days
Volga City Iowa 12/24/81 Joseph H. Craig M.D., Volga City Iowa
46 12/07/81 L.C. Tapping Male, white 70 years 10/21/81 10 a.m. [blank] N.H.

USA
[blank] Poor house

Heart disease
[blank]

2 weeks
Poor House 10/20/81 Grier Wheeland M.D., Elkader Iowa
47 12/07/81 Robert Hanly Male, white 37 years 06/22/81 3 p.m. [blank] [blank]

Iowa
[blank] Clayton Co Poor Farm

Dropsey
[blank]

6 months
Clayton Co Poor Farm 06/22/81 Wm H. Behle M.D., Garnavillo Iowa
48 01/16/82 Henry French
Male, white
74 years 06/09/81 1 p.m. [blank] [blank]

Vermont
[blank] Clayton Co Poor Farm

General debility and dropsey
[blank]

1 month
McGregor Clayton Co Iowa 06/10/81 Wm H. Behle M.D., Garnavillo Iowa
49 01/16/82 Y.B. Henry Male, white 69 years 01/13/82 5 a.m. [blank] [blank]
France
[blank] Clayton Co Poor Farm

[blank]
[blank]

3 month
Clayton Co Poor Farm 01/13/82 Wm H. Behle M.D., Garnavillo Iowa
50 01/30/82 Elmer Hughes Male, white 4m 15d 01/25/82 4 a.m. Single Lodomillo Tp Clayton co Ia from birth Cox Creek Twp Clayton Co Ia
Follicular Pharyngitis
[blank]

6 days
Cox Creek Twp 01/26/82 Jno Fishel M.D., Littleport
51 02/02/82 Charles Sonnkalb Male, white 66y 5m 21d Farmer 01/13/82 6 p.m. Married German
Germany
25 years Grand Meadow Tp Clayton Co Iowa
A fall Dec 12, 1882
Heart disease & fracture of rib 1 month

1 month
Grand Meadow Tp Clayton Co Ia
12/14/82
L. Brown M.D. Postville Iowa [dates for this entry were typed exactly as in original]
52 02/08/82 Ole A. Johnson
[? Ole H.] Male, white
10y 6m 12/20/81
7 a.m.
Single Norwegian
Clayton Co Iowa
from birth Clayton Co Iowa
Typhoid fever
[blank]

3 weeks
Clayton Co Iowa 12/24/81 Halvor Johnson, parent, Clayton Co Iowa
53 01/17/82 Louisa Buchhols Female, white 82 years 01/16/82 [this date was annotated with a *] 5 a.m. Widow German
Germany
unknown Richland Twp. Delaware Co. Ia
Old age
[both lines
blank]
Richland Tp Delaware Co Iowa 02/17/82 [this date also was annotated with a *] Reported by Rev. E. Barkow, Strawberry Pt Iowa
54 03/03/82 Mary Mitchell Female, white 70 years Housewife 02/09/82 4 p.m. Married American
N.Y.
18 years Pulman Tp Fayette Co Iowa
Onexemia
[blank]

4 months
Strawberry Point Iowa 01/11/82 C.H. Rawson M.D., Strawberry Point Iowa
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55 12/28/81 Anna Wüst Female, white 50y 3m 11d 12/24/81 2 m Married German
Germany
25 years St Sebald Clayton Co Iowa

Hydro thorax et Hydroptspervurdie
Rheumatismus et Iolerus sanguinus pergrallovomenses [illegible word] St Sebald Clayton Co Ia
12/25/82*
G.H. Fuehr, Luth minister, St Sebald Iowa
56 12/19/81 Eliza Ann Chaffee Female, white 35y 7m 19d 12/19/81 9:30 a.m. Married American
Mass
visiting Lodomillo Iowa
Acute Phthisis
Bronchitis

[unknown]
Putnam Conn
[no date]
H. Newell Sill M.D., Strawberry Point, Iowa
57 03/13/82 Louis Wiedow Male, white 11y 6m 25d 02/10/82 11 p.m. [blank] American
Garnavillo Tp Clayton co Ia
from birth Garnavillo Tp Clayton Co Ia
Acute Meningitis
[blank]

3 days
Garnavillo cemetery 02/13/82 W.H. Boals M.D., Garnavillo, Iowa
58 02/16/82 John Dunnegan Male, white 57y 3m Farmer 11/18/81 8 a.m. Married Irish

Ireland
30 years Read Twp Clayton County Iowa
Pneumonia
Asthma, unknown
Final sickness 10 days
Catholic cemetery 11/20/81 Boals & Duff M.D. Garnavillo Iowa
59 03/13/82 Catharine Harberg Female, white 37y 11m ?d Housewife 01/19/82 4 a.m. Married Swiss
Switzerland
27 years Garnavillo Iowa
Heart disease
[blank]

4 days
Garnavillo cemetery 01/21/82 W.H. Boals M.D., Garnavillo, Iowa
60 02/16/82 Margaret Hill Female, white 24y 10m 27d Housewife 01/19/82 4 p.m. Married American
Clayton Co Ia
from birth Garnavillo Iowa
Child Bed Fever
[blank]

5 days
Garnavillo cemetery 01/20/82 W.H. Boals M.D., Garnavillo, Iowa

Written between entry #60 and #61: "Board Bill to here [illegible words] "
61 03/24/82 Augustus Meyer
Male, white
21y 11m 26d Farmers Boy 03/08/82 5 p.m. Single German descent
Jeff Twp Clayton Co Ia
[blank] Jefferson Township

Typhoid pneumonia
Tuberculosis of lungs 2 years

Six days
Catholic cemetery 03/24/1883 Wm Hoffbauer M.D., Guttenberg Iowa
62 03/21/82 Mary Lundt Female, white 62y 5m 20d Farmers
wife
02/25/82 Married German
Germany
about 17 yrs Jefferson Township

Heart disease
[blank]

9 ms
Guttenberg cemetery 02/27/82 Wm Hoffbauer M.D., Guttenberg Iowa
63 03/24/82 Joachim Schroeder Male, white 71y 10m 26d Farmer 03/14/82 3 p.m. Married German
Germany
about 12 years Volga Tp

Heart disease. The body was delivered to his wife
[both lines
blank]
Garnavillo 03/17/82 Geo Kriebs J.P. Coroner, Elkport Iowa
64 03/21/82 James Runner
Male, white
46 years Laborer 03/10/82 Married American
W. Va
23 years Millville Township Clayton Co Ia
Malarial, Enlarged Liver & conciquently Anassrca set
in for dropsy
[blank]

about 1 yr
Paycs Grave Yard 03/12/82 T.E. Averitt M.D. Colesburg, Del. Co Iowa
65 03/09/82 Mrs. Chloe (Luther) Choate Female, white 79y 7m 20d Housewife 03/05/82 10:30 p.m. Married American
Seedefalls Herkemer Co N.Y.
18 years McGregor Ann St 2nd Ward Mendon Twp

Rheumatism & Old age
Apparent Aneurism of abdominal aorta
& acute
Bronchitis, bronchitis 1 week
6 ms
City cemetery
[no date]
R.H. Williamson M.D. McGregor Iowa
66 03/13/82 Rosa Victoria Female, white 6y 11m 16d 03/11/82 3 a.m. Single Bohemian
Cox Creek Twp Clayton Co Iowa
from birth Cox Creek Twp Clayton Co Ia
Typhoia Pneumonia
Pleurisy 4 days

8 days
Cox Creek Twp 03/12/82 W.H. Horton M.D. Volga City Iowa
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67 03/21/82 Susanna Schlett Female, white 35y 03/20/82 9:15 a.m. Single Swiss
Switzerland
9 years Clayton County Insane Asylum
Syphilis
[blank]

H.C. Grotewohl Undertaker
Clayton Co Graveyard 03/21/82 John C. Kiesel, Keeper Clayton Co Insane Asylum
68 04/07/82 Martha Lena Hecht Female, white 1y 3m 03/29/82 Single [blank]
Lincoln Winneshik Co Iowa
from birth Strawberry
Point Iowa

Diarrhea
[blank]

about a week
Strawberry Point Iowa 03/30/82 First attended by H.C. Chase MD, St Point, Iowa S.W. Bixby MD, Strawberry Point Iowa
69 04/04/82 James F. Campbell Male, white 70y 2m 29d Farmer 03/20/82 6 p.m. Married [blank]
Maine
29 years Volga City Iowa
Hepatic Hydatids
Anasarca 6 or
8 months

One year
Volga City Iowa 03/22/82 Joseph H. Craig M.D., Volga City Iowa
70 04/25/82 Ann M. Bass Female, white 54y 4m 15d Housewife 04/12/82 4 a.m. Married American

Indiana
30 years McGregor Clayton Co

Tuberculeris
[both lines
blank]
Pleasant Grove cemetery
[no date]
H.H. Clark M.D., McGregor Iowa
71 04/25/82 Mary H. Baldwin Female, white 37y 1m Housewife 04/20/82 9 p.m. Married American
[blank]
1y 5mos North McGregor
Ovarian abcess
Peritonitis 3 days

2 weeks
Pleasant Grove Cemetery 04/22/82 H.H. Clark M.D., McGregor Iowa
72 04/25/82 Adam Keen Male, white 61y Mechenist 04/07/82 11 p.m. Married French
France
40 years Clayton, Clayton Co Iowa
Congestion of Brain
[blank]

6 days
Clayton cemetery 04/10/82 H.H. Clark M.D., McGregor Iowa
73 04/25/82 Isaiah Harrington Male, white 39y 6m 21d Farmer 04/24/82 2 p.m. Married American
Summerset Niagra Co NY
13 years Madison Buchanan Co Iowa

Pulmonary Phihisis
Lungs, liver & kidneys 20 yrs

20 years in
August
Oak Hill cemetery Buchanan Co Iowa
[no date]
H. Newell Sill M.D., Strawberry Point, Iowa
74 05/05/82 Paulin Dahlman Female, white 35y 5m 9d 02/26/82 Married Norwegian
Norway
since 1867 in Mississippi River

Suicide by drowning in Mississippi River
[blank]

Undertaker Christian Lutge of Guttenberg
Guttenberg cemetery 03/03/82 G.H. Jacobs J.P. Guttenberg Iowa
75 04/27/82 Joseph Heusler Male, white 66y 4m Stonemason 04/21/82 Married German
Germany
12 years Jefferson Township on C.P. Goodrich farm
Sucide by Hanging
[blank]

Undertaker Christian Lutge of Guttenberg
Guttenberg cemetery 04/26/82 G.H. Jacobs J.P. Guttenberg Iowa
76 04/17/82 Mrs. Jane Thompson Female, white 77y 11m 14d 04/14/82 10:45 a.m. Widow American
Connecticut
about 15 years Hardin Monona Twp Clayton co Ia
Organic Disease of the Heart
General dropsy about 4 months

not known
Senora Cemetery Minnesota 04/17/82 John Shepherd MD, Postville Iowa
77 05/13/82 Elias Sylvester Midland Male, white 33y
Book binder
05/11/82
8 a.m.
Single Norwegian
Norway
4 days McGregor Iowa
Ran over by R.R. Engine
[blank]

Undertaker O.C. Buck
McGregor 05/12/82 Isaac Mathews acting J.P. McGregor
78 05/08/82 Wellington M. Goodrich Male, white 51y 5m 21d Farmer 05/01/82 2 p.m. Married American
Penn
26 years Sperry Twp Clayton Co Ia
Phihisis Pulmonalis
[blank]

16 years
Sperry Twp Clayton Co Ia
05/03/82
W.H. Horton M.D. Volga City Iowa
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79 05/03/82 James Keilholtz Male, white 28y 2m 6d Shoemaker 05/04/82 4 a.m. Single [blank]
Giboa Ohio
17 yrs Volga City Iowa
Phihisis
[blank]

1 year
Volga City Ia 05/05/82 J.H. Craig MD, Volga City Ia
80 05/22/82 Mabel Ewing Female, white 9m 05/20/82 11 p.m. Single [blank]
Sperry Twp
9 mo Volga City Iowa
Double Acute Pneumonia
[blank]

15 days
Volga City Ia 05/22/82 J.H. Craig MD, Volga City Ia
81 06/02/82 George M. Robertson Male, white 36y 4m
R.R. Conductor
05/11/82 3 a.m. Single Scotch
Scotland
15 years Beulah Clayton Co
Consumption
[blank]

about 2 yrs
Manchester Delaware Co Ia 05/13/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
82 05/11/82 Thos Healy Male, white 70y
unknown
05/11/82 10 a.m. Widower American
unknown
unknown Clayton County Poor House

Phlisis Pulmonalis
[blank]

unknown
Clayton Co Poor House 05/12/82 W.H. Boals M.D., Garnavillo, Iowa
83 06/16/82 Fritz Mueller Male, white 82y
Laborer
06/08/82 7 p.m. Widower German
Germany
20 years Clayton County Poor House
General debility
[blank]

4 weeks
CCPH 05/09/82 Chas Wedemeyer, Steward Clayton Co Poor farm
84 05/28/82 Frederick William Dahms
Male, white
2d 9hrs 05/26/82 8 p.m. Single German
Grand Meadow
from birth Grand Meadow Clayton Co Iowa
Convulsions
ab
about 12 hours
Grand Meadow cemetery 05/28/82 John Shepherd MD, Postville Iowa
85 06/28/82 Magdalena Hecht Female, white 1y 2m 14d 03/30/82 Single [blank]

Iowa
[blank] Strawberry
Point Iowa
Teething
[both lines
blank]
Strawberry Point 03/31/82 E.G. Barkow Luth Pastor, Strawberry Point
86 07/07/82 Bertie Munger Male, white 17m 06/09/82 11 p.m. Single [blank]
Volga City Iowa
from birth Volga City Iowa
Measles
[blank]

1 week
Volga City Iowa 06/10/82 J.H. Craig MD, Volga City Ia
87 07/07/82 William Minney
Male, white
50y 11m 7d Laborer 06/23/82 9 p.m. Widower American
New York
[blank] McGregor
Apoplexy
[both lines
blank]
Pleasant Grove cemetery 06/25/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
88 07/17/82 Peter Dinran Female * white 5y 06/24/82 early a.m.   Irish

Cox Creek
from birth [blank]

Diphtheria
[blank]

about 6 or
7 days
[both lines blank] A. Kraft MD, Elkader, Iowa
89 07/17/82 Anna Bilin (Hightaman) Female, white 41y House-
keeping on farm
06/26/82 11 a.m. Married German
Germany
27 years Cox Creek Twp
Acute Yellow Atrophy caused by mental distress & malarious influence
Spleen enlarged
About 6 or 7 days
[Millville crossed out] Mederville Iowa 06/27/82 A. Kraft MD, Elkader, Iowa
90 07/21/82 Mary Moaey [? Nioaey] Female, white 73y 02/02/82 Widow Switzerland

[blank]
26 years McGregor Mendon Township

An Organic Heart disease
Pheumatic Trouble aggravated unknown

15 years or more
Oakland cemetery
[no date]
Eugene A. Guilbert MD, McGregor Iowa
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91 06/26/82 Frederickee Dorweger Female, white 53y
House-
keeping
06/26/82 10:30 a.m Married German
Germany
[blank] Highland Township Clayton County Iowa
Suicide by Hanging herself in her House
[both lines
blank]
Elkader Clayton Co Iowa 06/26/82 Undertaker H.C. Grolewohl, Elkader Wm A. Deufield, Coroner, Volga City Iowa
92 07/12/82 Addie M. Bowen Female, white 33y 06/04/82 5 a.m. Married American

[blank]
[blank] McGregor Clayton Co Iowa
Tuberculousis Pulmonum
[both lines
blank]
Oakland cemetery McGregor 06/07/82 Eugene A. Guilbert MD, McGregor Iowa
93 07/23/82 William Hossfeld Male, white 69y 2m 27d brewer and saloon
keeper
07/07/82 3 a.m. Married German

[blank]
since fall of 1852 [possibly 1832] Guttenberg Clayton County Iowa

Brain fever caused by habit of drinking
[blank]

10 days
Guttenberg 07/09/82 Wm Hoffbauer M.D., Guttenberg Iowa
94 07/23/82 Jacob Biedermann Male, white 86y 9m 18d Farmer 06/27/82 8 p.m. Married German
Germany
since 1850 Jefferson Twp Clayton Co Iowa
Fracture of right femur, which fracture had not been set as shown by post mortum examination
[blank]

129 days
Guttenberg Catholic Cemetery
[no date]
Wm Hoffbauer M.D., Guttenberg Iowa
95 07/15/82 Maria Eva Schneider Female, white 72y 8m 28d Housewife 07/08/82 6 a.m. Married German
Germany
28 years Guttenberg Clayton County Iowa

Scirrlius Cancer of the Brest
[blank]

5 or 6 years
Guttenberg cemetery 07/11/82 Duffin Bros MD's Guttenberg Iowa
96 07/28/82 Emma Rustop Female, white 3y 6m 2d 07/13/82 8 p.m. Single American
Guttenberg Iowa
from birth Guttenberg Iowa
Scarlet Fever
Pneumonia and Paratitis 2 to 3 days

4 days
Guttenberg cemetery 07/15/82 Duffin Bros MD's Guttenberg Iowa
97 07/20/82 Maria Albertine Louise Schmidt Female 2y 21d 07/19/82 7 a.m.   [blank]
Strawberry Point Iowa
from birth Strawberry Point Iowa

Entro Colitis
[blank]

4 days
St Pt burying grounds 07/20/82 H.C. Chase MD, Strawberry Point Iowa
98 04/12/82 Alfred Stoan Male, white 49y 9m Farmer 03/26/82 8 a.m. Married American
Chautaugua Co Ny
13 years Cass Township Clayton Co Iowa
Angina Pectoris
[blank]

5 hours
St. Pt burying ground 03/28/82 H.C. Chase MD, Strawberry Point Iowa
99 08/07/82 Emma Baird Female, white 34y 11m 6d Housewife 07/29/82 5 a.m. Married American
Gustaous Ohio
10 years McGregor
Hemorrhage had enjoyed perfect and uninterrupted good health until day of death, Post morteum revealed abdominal cavity filled with blood as result of ruptured aby
[both lines
blank]
Pleasant Grove cemetery McGr 07/31/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
100 08/15/82 Christopher Sarver
Male, white
72y
Laborer
07/25/82 11 a.m. Married American

[blank]
28 years Clayton Co Poor House

Dropsey
[blank]

about 4 mos
CCPH 07/26/82 Chas Wedemeyer, Steward Clayton Co Poor farm
101 07/27/82 Myron L. Hibbard Male, white 25y
Fireman
07/26/82 8:45 a.m. Married American
Vermont
5 years Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa
Rail Road Accident
[both lines
blank]
Dubuque Iowa
[no date]
Isaac Mathews acting J.P. McGregor
102 07/26/82 [blank] Female, white 20 minutes 07/22/82 2 p.m.   American

[blank]
20 min Council Hill

Perforating the cran to make dele'y possible, can not read the origin but make it as near like as possible
[both lines
blank]
Council Hill cemetery
[no date]
H.T. Schneider MD, Monona Iowa
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103 06/28/82 Mrs. John Turner Female, white 46y
House-
keeping
06/18/82 2 p.m. Married American
New York
16 yrs Monona
Ovarian tumor inciled to the demoeleric pe---
[blank]

27 years
Monona 06/19/82 H.T. Schneider MD, Monona Iowa
104 08/26/82 Simon Johnson Male, white 61y
Farmer
08/23/82 7 a.m. Married American
Penn
23 yrs Clayton Co
Abcess of Liver
[blank]

3 years
Clayton Cty 08/25 W.A. Hall MD, McGregor Iowa
105 08/26/82 Almson Truair
Male, white
7y 10m 7d 08/25/82 3 a.m. Single [blank]
Grundy co Iowa
from birth Lodomillo Twp Clayton Co Iowa
Enteritis
[blank]

5 1/2 days
Strawberry Pt cemetery 08/26/82 H.C. Chase MD, Strawberry Point Iowa
106 08/21/82 Henry Marin Male 33y 2m 4d Laborer 06/22/82 12 a.m. Single German
Germany
10 years Farmersburg Iowa
Omenal Cancer
[blank]

5 months
Clayton Center 06/24/82 L.L. Renshaw MD, Farmersburg, Iowa
107 08/21/81* Mrs. Ryan Female, white [blank] House-
keeper
08/11/82 5 p.m. Married [blank]

Ireland
30 years Littleport Iowa
Cirrhosis of the Liver
Dropsey 12 months

7 years
Littleport 08/11 O.D. Taft MD, Elkport Iowa
108 06/24/82 Katherine Probst Female 55y 6m 24d Servant 06/16/82 3 p.m. Widow German

[blank]
20 years Wagner Iowa
Hepatic abscess
[blank]

4 weeks
Wagner Iowa 06/17/82 L.L. Renshaw MD, Farmersburg, Iowa
109 02/20/82 F. Gunderson Female 25y 3m 10d None 02/10/82 Single Norwegian

[blank]
from birth Wagner

Tertiary Syphalis
[blank]

during life
Wagner Iowa 02/12/82 L.L. Renshaw MD, Farmersburg, Iowa
110 09/11/82 Sydner R. Jenkins Male, white 1y 2m 15d 08/25/82 5:30 a.m. Single American
Mendon Twp
from birth Mendon Twp
Cholera Infantum
Convulsions 16 hours

5 days
Pleasant Grove cemetery 08/26/82 F.F. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
111 09/11/82 Minnie Pohlman Female, white 1y 5m 29d 09/01/82 1 p.m. Single German
Mendon Twp
from birth Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa
Cholera Infantum
[blank]

1 week
Farmersburg 09/03/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
112 08/31/82 Margaret Ann Blaisdel Female 31y 11m 31d Housewife 02/22/82 [blank] American
Ohio
25 yrs Monona

Phthisis Pulmonalis
[blank]

3 yrs 2 mos
Monona cemetery 02/25/82 C.H. Hamilton MD, Monona Iowa
113 09/22/82 Lillie Helberg Female 4m 5d 09/05/82 7 p.m. [blank] German
McGregor Ia
from birth McGregor Iowa
Summer complaint
[blank]

1 week
McGregor Iowa 09/06/82 W.A. Hall MD, McGregor Iowa
114 82 Mary Stoferern Female 1y 4m 24d [very hard to read] 08/29/82 1 1/2 p.m. [blank] American German descent

[blank]
from birth Wagner Iowa
Diptheria
[blank]

2 days
Clayton Center 08/31/82 L.L. Renshaw MD, Farmersburg, Iowa
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115 09/04/82 Joran Hanson Female, white [blank]
House-
keeping
08/28/82 10:30 p.m. Married Norwegian
Norway
16 yrs Grand Meadow Tp Clayton Co Iowa
Sporatic cholera
[blank]

several days
Norwegian cemetery Wagner Tp 08/31/82 Frederick Becker MD, Clermont Iowa
116 09/04/82 Alnia Hanson Female, white 7m
09/02/82 1 a.m. Single American
Clayton Co Ia
from birth Grand Meadow Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Poisening
[blank]

48 hrs
Norwegian cemetery Grand Meadow Tp 09/03/82 Frederick Becker MD, Clermont Iowa
117 09/28/82 Hannah Kelpin Female, white 84y
None
09/27/82 2 a.m. Widow German
Germany
16 yrs Clayton Co Poor House

Old age and female debility
[blank]

6 hours after
final symptoms
Clayton Center cemetery
[no date]
W.H. Boals M.D., Garnavillo, Iowa
118 09/28/82 Mary Neimand Female, white 84y 4m 19d 08/16/82 3 p.m. Widow German

[blank]
12 yrs Guttenberg Iowa
Old age
[blank]

6 weeks
Cemetery Guttenberg
[no date]
Duffin Bros MD's Guttenberg Iowa
119 09/14/82 Lena Lemme Female, white 7m 28d 09/08/82 6 a.m. Single American
Guttenberg Iowa
from birth Guttenberg Clayton Co Ia
Cholera Infantum
[blank]

7 days
Guttenberg cemetery 09/10/82 Duffin Bros MD's Guttenberg Iowa
120 09/07/82 John W. Kahlstorf Male, white 21y 11m 7d Farmer 08/23/82 12 a.m. Single American
Garnavillo Iowa
from birth Garnavillo Iowa Clayton Co
Peritonetis
[blank]

5 days
Garnavillo cemetery 08/25/82 Duffin Bros MD's Guttenberg Iowa
121 09/02/82 Charlie H. Ran
Male, white
2y 2m 08/24/82 11 p.m. Single American
Guttenberg Iowa
from birth Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa
Scarlet Fever
adenitis about 12 days

3 weeks
Guttenberg cemetery 08/26/82 Duffin Bros MD's Guttenberg Iowa
122 10/13/82 [blank] Zahn Female, white 1d 09/29/82 6 p.m. Single German
McGregor
[blank] McGregor Iowa
Convulsions
[blank]

3 hours
Pleasant Grove cemetery 09/30/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
123 10/13/82 Catherine Timey Female, white 80y Housewife 09/14/82 Widow Irish

Ireland
15 years North McGregor
Old age
[both lines
blank]
Catholic cemetery 09/15/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
124 10/13/82 Margaret Tobarty Female, white 57y
Housewife
09/25/82 6 p.m. Widow Irish

Ireland
20 yrs North McGregor
Apoplexy
[blank]

5 days
Catholic cemetery McGregor 09/27/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
125 10/27/82 Edward Scherholz Male 3m 26d Taking Lacteal Fluid 06/07/82 Single [blank]
Allamakee Co Iowa
[blank] Franklin Twp Allamakee Co Iowa

Cholera Infantum
[blank]

8 hours
Luana
June
C.H. Hamilton MD, Monona Iowa
126 06/82 Louie Bishop Male, white 3y 6m 2d 06/05/82 Single [both
lines
blank]
[blank] near Strawberry Point Iowa
Diptheria
[blank]

4 or 5 weeks
Strawberry Point Iowa
[no date]
S.N. Bixby MD, Strawberry Point Iowa
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127 06/82 John Corbett SR
Male, white
[both lines blank] 06/06/82 [blank] [both
lines
blank]
[blank] Strawberry Point Iowa

Senile gangrene
[blank] gradual development for many years [both lines blank] S.N. Bixby MD, Strawberry Point Iowa
128 05/82 Berry Bishop Male, white 11m 05/03/82 Single [both
lines
blank]
from birth near Strawberry Point Iowa
Diptheria
[blank]

about 2 weeks
Strawberry Point Iowa
[no date]
S.N. Bixby MD, Strawberry Point Iowa

Notes written between the rows: "Report Made to here" and "Report for 82 made to State Board of Health" Then the numbering starts over at 1.
1 10/13/82 Seth Kowles Male, white 52y 5m 11d Farmer 10/04/82 12M Married American
New York
36 years Mendon Tp Clayton Co Iowa
Concussion of Brain result of being thrown from wagon by runaway horse
[blank]

5 hours after
injury
Pleasant Grove cemetery 10/07/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
2 10/17/82 Anna Alice Schmitz Female, white 17d 10/15/82 3 a.m. [blank] German

Iowa
from birth [both lines blank] [both lines
blank]
Osborne 10/15/82 S.A. Bass MD, Elkader Iowa
3 10/18/83* Godfred F. Clevish
Male, white
68y
Laborer
10/17/82 1 a.m. Widower German
Germany
about 30 years Andersons Hotel Elkader

Run over by engine No 79 C.M.&St P. R.R.
[blank]

body delivered to his sons
Garber's cemetery 10/18/82 P. Costigan, acting coroner, Elkport Iowa
4 1/82* G.C. Cone Male 76y
Merchant
10/02/82 8 p.m. Widower American
Mass
20 years McGregor Iowa
Old age
[blank]

8 days
McGregor Iowa
Oct 4
W.A. Hall MD, McGregor Iowa
5 11/08/82 William Tolle Male, white 79y 9d
Mason
10/17/82 6 p.m. Widower German
Hanover
28 years Poor house
Suicide severing both radial arteries with razor
[blank]

nine days
Clayton co. Poor farm [blank] W.H. Boals M.D., Garnavillo, Iowa
6 11/20/82 James H. White
Male, white
9m 10/28/82 11 p.m. Single [blank]
Volga City Iowa
from birth Volga City Iowa
Diptheritic Croup
[blank]

3 days
Volga City Iowa 10/29//82 J.H. Craig MD, Volga City Ia
7 11/20/82 Ella Smith Female, white 5y 7m 4d 11/16/82 11 p.m. Single [blank]
Volga City Iowa
from birth Volga City Clayton Co Iowa

Diptheria
[blank]

6 days
Volga City Iowa 11/17/82 J.H. Craig MD, Volga City Ia
8 11/21/82 Eliza Busacker Female, white 76y 2m 1d House-
keeper
11/16/82 12 p.m. Widow German
Germany
unknown Garnavillo Clayton Co Iowa

Parylisis of Heart
[blank]

unknown
Garnavillo cemetery 11/18/82 W.H. Boals M.D., Garnavillo, Iowa
9 10/18/82 Diederick Brigemann Male, white 58y 1m Farmer 10/16/82 3 a.m. Married German
Germany
27 years Clayton Tp Clayton Co Ia
Paralysis
[blank]

24 hours
Garnavillo cemetery 10/18/82 W.H. Boals M.D., Garnavillo, Iowa
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10 11/20/82 Thomas Farrell Male 10d 11/03/82 7 a.m. [blank] Irish

Volga City Iowa
from birth Volga City Iowa
Enteritis
[blank]

48 hours
Littleport Iowa 11/04/82 W.H. Horton M.D. Volga City Iowa
11 11/20/82 Anna Mary Gresnijer Female 10d 11/01/82 11 p.m. Single German
Volga City Iowa
from birth Volga City Iowa
Enteritis
[blank]

36 hours
St. Sebald Iowa 11/02/82 W.H. Horton M.D. Volga City Iowa
12 11/19/82 Ida Bertha Moribz Female, white 5y 2m 22d 11/16/82 5 p.m. Single German
Clayton Co Ia
from birth Monona Tp Clayton Co Iowa
Diphtheria
Croup

6 days
Monona cemetery 11/19/82 John Shepherd MD, Postville Iowa
13 08/25/82 Mary Anna McClelland 22y 1m 26d 05/17/82 6 a.m. Married [blank]

New Hamp
20 years Monona Iowa
Remittant Fever of Typhoid type following confinement
[blank]

35 days
Monona 05/19/82 C.H. Hamilton MD, Monona Iowa
14 12/01/82 Mena P. Plagemann Female, white 43y 1m 4d Housewife 11/08/82 4 p.m. Married German
Germany
17 yrs Elkport

Childbirth
[blank]

24 hours
Elkport 11/10/82 O.D. Taft MD, Elkport Iowa
15 12/02/82 Mrs. Mann 82y 11/01/82 Widow German
Germany
22 years Giard Twp Iowa
Old Age
[both lines
blank]
Giard Iowa
[no date]
H.T. Schneider MD, Monona Iowa
16 10/02/82 Mathew Thompson Male 78y 09/26/82 8 a.m. Single [blank]
Scotland
35 years Monona Iowa

Old Age
[blank]

1 week
Monona Iowa 09/28/82 H.T. Schneider MD, Monona Iowa
17 11/05/82 Augustus Sudowasser Male, white 24y 9m Blacksmith 11/05/82 11 p.m. Married German
Germany
10 days Jefferson T. Clayton Co Iowa
Typhoid Fever
The man was
sick when he
left Europe

12 days
Jeff Twp Clayton Co Iowa 11/08/82 Wm Hoffbauer M.D., Guttenberg Iowa
18 11/28/82 Andrew Powell
Male, colored
69y 2m Farmer 11/25/82 3 p.m. Married American
New Madrid
20 yrs Farmersburg Iowa
Heart Disease
[both lines
blank]
Giard
[no date]
Peter Farley, acting coroner, Giard Iowa
19 12/22/82 Josephine Muller Female, white 34y 19d House-
keeping
12/11/82 11:30 p.m. Married German
Germany
14 years Ceres Clayton Co Iowa

Tuberculosis
Soraguys et
Tract Thysis

2 years
Ceres Iowa 12/14/82 A. Kraft MD, Elkader, Iowa
20 12/82 Otto Blaul Male, white 42y 4m 15d Merchantile 12/03/82 1215 a.m. Married German
Germany
7 years Volga City Clayton Co Iowa
Tuberculosis
[blank]

about 5 yrs
Volga City Iowa 12/05/82 Jos H. Craig MD, Volga City Iowa
21 12/26/82 John D. O'Brien
Male, white
27y 8m 25d R.R. Brakeman 12/24/82 8 a.m. Single Irish

Ireland
4 mos North McGregor
Accident Amputation of both legs, one above and one below the knee
[blank]

36 hours after operation
Waukesha Wis 12/26/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
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22 12/04/82 Sarah S. Suther Female, white 47y 5m 10d Housewife 11/29/82 Married American
New York
23 years McGregor
Maturial Fever
Erysepeles
2 days

7 days
Pleasant Grove cemetery 12/14/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
23 12/04/82 Mary Bohen Female, white 42y Housewife 11/23/82 1:35 p.m. Married Irish

Ireland
22 years North McGregor
Tuberculosis
[blank]

1 year
Catholic cemetery 11/25/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
24 12/27/82 Solomon Wadsworth Male, white 77y 8m 25d Farmer 12/25/82
11 a.m.
Married American
Conn
47 years McGregor
Old age
[both lines
blank]
Pleasant Grove cemetery 12/26/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
25 12/04/82 Mary Ditznis Female, white 56y 10m Housewife 12/01/82 Widow German
Germany
2 years McGregor Typho
Malerial Fever
Congestion of Lungs, 3 days

3 weeks
Pleasant Grove cemetery 12/03/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
26 12/30/82 Amanda Putrick Female, white 69y 6m 26d Housewife 12/27/82
7 a.m.
Widow American
Miss
since
Oct
McGregor
Cancer
[blank]

2 yrs
Cassopolis Mich 12/30/82 H.H. Clark MD, McGregor Iowa
27 1/10/83 Cornelia P Burlingame Female, white 38y 10m 13d Housewife 1/1/1883
8 p.m.
Married American Mass 33 years McGregor, Iowa
Pneumonia
Rheumatism, chronic years
8 or 10 weeks
Farmersburg, Iowa 1/4/1883 W.A. Hall MD, McGregor Iowa
28 1/10/83 Catharine Maria Heitmann Female, white 74y 8m 2d [blank] 12/15/1882
4 a.m.
Widow German Germany since 1850 Guttenberg
-arusimis senilis
[blank]
many months
Guttenberg 12/17/82 Wm Hoffbauer MD, McGregor, Iowa
29 12/11/82 Anna Wedemeyer Female, white 72y Housewife 12/06/1882
9 a.m.
Married German Germany 22 yrs Read Twp Clayton Co Iowa Paralysis Valvular Disease of Heart unknown
4 days
Read Twp Clayton Co. Iowa 12/08/1882 W.H. Boals MD Garnavillo, Iowa
30 1/5/83 * Addie May Hawthorn Female, White 4y 6m12d 1/15/83
1 p.m.
Single American Iowa from birth Volga City Iowa
Diptheria
Croup continued through the whole length of time
6 days
Volga City Iowa 1/15/83 W.H. Horton MD Volga City, Iowa
31 1/6/83 * George R. Hawthorn
Male
2y 9m 2d 1/9/1883 *
7 a.m.
[blank] American Iowa from birth Volga City Iowa
Diptheria
Croup 2 days

4 days
Volga City Iowa 1/10/83 W.H. Horton MD Volga City, Iowa
32 12/31/82 Peter Dahl Male, white 70y
[blank}
on or about 12/29/1882 Married German Germany 32 years on his farm about 60 rods from his residence
Verdict of coroner Jury: by getting intoxicated and in that condition falling to the ground and freezing to death
[blank]

body delivered to friends
[blank]
[blank]
Wm A Penfield Coroner Volga City Iowa
33 1/27/1883 Henry Warnecke Male, white 40y
Laborer
1/27/1883
3 p.m.
Single German Germany 20 years Clayton County Insane Hospital
Hospital Gangreen
undertaker H.C. Grolwahl graveyard CCP House S.A. Buss MD Elkader, Iowa
John H. Kiene, Inp

*date typed as it appears in the original record
**
sex typed as it appears in the original record

-Transcription note: Every effort has been taken to transcribe the record accurately, but errors are possible. Notes in [brackets] were added by the transcriber. 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 #1255482
-Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Clayton co. IAGenWeb from photocopies contributed by Constance Diamond

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