IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.


Clayton Co. - Register of Deaths
Book 1 - pages 40-49

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

Note!

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-Page 40-

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
69 9/19/84 Louisa Leske
Female, white
92y 3m 2d
[blank]
9/10/84
11 p.m.
[blank] German
Germany
31 yrs Strawberry Point Iowa

Adynamic
[blank]
[blank]
Richland township Delaware Co.
[blank]
A. Leyh
Elkader Ia
small handwritten notation immediately follows the above entry: "Begin here for next report"
70 10/3/84 Rachel Gregor
Female, white
13y 2m 7/23/84
[blank]
  [blank]
Marion Clayton Co Ia
[blank] Marion Iowa

Diphtheria
[blank]

one week
Marion church
7/26/84
L.B. Mattow
Elgin Ia
71 10/3/84 Martin Gregor
Male, white
5y 7m 7/31/84
[blank]
  [blank]
Marion Ia
[blank] Marion Clayton Co

Diphtheria
[blank]

8 days
Marion church
8/1/84
L.B. Mattow
Elgin Ia
72 10/15/84 J.P. Curtis
Male, white
38y
Pedler
8/2/84
2 p.m.
Single American
[blank]
[blank] Clayton Co. Poor House

Typhoid feaver
[blank]

3 or 4 weeks
C.C. Poor farm
8/3/84
F.M. Moore
Elkader Iowa
73 10/15/84 Peter Markerd
Male, white
64y 5m 14d
Laborer
8/26/84
6 p.m.
Single German
Germany
[blank] Clayton co. poor house

Asthma
[blank]
[blank]
C.C. Poor farm
8/-/84
F.M. Moore
Elkader Iowa
74 10/28/84 John Mahoney
Male, white
75y
Farmer
10/19/84
8 p.m.
Married Irish
Ireland
38 yrs Giard township Iowa

Apoplexy
[blank]

10 hours
McGregor cemetery
10/21/84
C.E. Nichols
Giard Iowa
- 10/30/84 Carl Herman Stickfort *
Male, white
[blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank]
75 11/10/84 Mary Ann Archer Smith
Female, white
51y 6m 24d
House Keeper
11/8/84
11 a.m.
[blank] American
Buffalo N.Y.
26 yrs Volga City Iowa

Cirrhosis of the liver
Ascities

8 weeks and 3 days
Volga City Iowa
10/10/84
J.H. Craig, Volga City Iowa
Nov. 10, 1884
76 9/8/84 M. Winer
Male, white
52y
varius
9/8/84
10 a.m.
Married German
Germany
30 yrs Jefferson township Iowa

Suicide by shooting
[blank]
[blank]
Guttenberg Iowa
[blank]
[blank]
Elkader Sept 8, 84
77 9/18/84 Nellie Whitford
Female, white
1m 27d
Infant
9/18/84
2 a.m.
Single American
Highland Twp
during life Volga City Iowa

Cholera Infantum
Diarrhea Ablaetorium
[blank]
Volga City
9/18/84
J.H. Craig, Volga City Iowa
78 9/5/84 Thomas Leary
Male, white
50y
Laborer
8/29/84
12 ½ p.m.
Married Irish
Ireland
30 yrs McGregor Clayton Co Ia

Consumption
[blank]

6 months
McGregor
8/30/84
C.E. Nichols
Giard Iowa
79 11/19/84 Oscar Anderegg
Male, white
23y 2m 26d
farmer
9/23/84
11 ½ p.m.
Single [blank]
Guttenberg Clayton Co Ia
23 yrs Millville Twp Clayton Co Ia

Heart disease
[blank]

8-10 days
Jefferson twp
10/25/84
Wm Haffbauer
Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa

*Carl Herman Stickfort - entry is as typed above, he does not appear in the index and there is no explanation

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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
80 11/26/84 Mores Marks
Male, white
21y 5m 15d
Book Keeper
9/10/84
12 M
Single Jew
Quincey Ill
two mo McGregor Iowa

Valvular disease of
heart
[blank]

five years
Graceland cem
Chicago Ill
9/13/84
H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
81 11/26/84 Hannah Regel
Female, white
2y 2m 11d 7/31/84 *
1 p.m.
Single German
Clayton Co
since birth Mendon township Clayton Co

Convulsions
[blank]

24 hours
McGregor Iowa
10/30/84 *
H.H. Clark McGregor Iowa
82 11/28/84 Caleb M. Benzen
Male, white
60y
farmer
11/4/84
4 p.m.
Single English
Vermont
18 yrs Cox Creek

Delirium tremens
[blank]

8 days
Strawberry Point
11/6/84
A. Leyh
Elkader Road
83 12/5/84 James McNeil
Male, white
8m 8d 11/2/84
3 p.m.
Single Irish
Grand Meadow Twp
8m 8d Grand Meadow Twp Clayton Co

Cholera Infantum
[blank]

about a month
Clermont
11/3/84
John Shepherd
Postville Iowa
84 12/6/84 Effie Todd
Female, white
17y 2m 1d
Student
11/27/84
7 a.m.
Single [blank]
Highland Twp Clayton Co
17y Highland Twp

Malignant Typhus &c
[blank]

ten days
Volga Ia Clayton Co
11/28/84
J.H. Craig
Volga City Iowa
notation: "End of Thompson's work Change from hear"
85 1/14/85 Daniel F. Davis
Male, white
30y
Merchant
8/16/84
[blank]
Married American
Penn
19 yrs Strawberry Point Iowa

Fatty liver
[blank]
[blank]
St. Pt. Iowa
8/18/84
S.N. Bixby
Strawberry Point Ia
86 1/14/85 Carlie Blake
Male *, white
[blank] 10/29/84
[blank]
[blank] American
N.Y.
[blank] Strawberry Point

Surgical operation by Prof W.F. Peck of Davenport Iowa for the removal of an ovarion Tumor *
[blank]
[blank]
St. Pt. Iowa
10/31/84
S.N. Bixby
Strawberry Point Ia
87 1/15/85 Stella Howard
[blank]
22y 12/16/84
11 p.m.
Married American
California
12 yrs Monona

Purpusal Septisoina
[blank]

21 days
Monona
Dec 19, 84
P.H. Sharp
Monona Iowa
88 1/9/85 George Wm
Wink O'Witch
Male, white
3d 1/8/85
7 a.m.
Single German
Hardin Iowa
3 days Hardin Clayton Co Iowa

Not Known
[blank]
[blank]
Farmersburg
1/9/85
John Shepherd
Postville Iowa
89 1/28/85 Herman Reinhart
Male, white
59y 7m 27d
Shoemaker
1/15/85
11 p.m.
Widower German
Mechlenburg
Warlaw
30 yrs Guttenburg Iowa

Pleuritis sicca chronica Asthemia Paralysis cardis
[blank]

2 years
Guttenburg
1/18/85
Herman J. Schirmer Guttenburg Iowa
90 2/3/85 Kenna Maria Biedermann
Female, white
65y 3m 27d
Informer
1/15/85
11 a.m.
Widow Austrian
Lehtenstein Austria
33 yrs Guttenburg Iowa

Old bronchial catarrh running into consumption
[blank]

over 2 years
Guttenburg
1/18/85
Wm Hoffbaur
Guttenburg Iowa

*notes:
record 81: dates typed as in record
record 86: sex typed as in record (sex does not 'fit' cause of death)

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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
91 1/19/85 Wm Lawler
Male, white
75y
Labering
1/19/85
4 o'clock
Single Irish
Ireland
Not Known Clayton County Insane Asylum

Frozen and old age
[blank]
[blank]
Elkader
[blank]
[blank]
92 2/26/85 Mrs. Jennie Peterman
Female, white
29y 23d
housewife
2/11/85
2 a.m.
Married American
Pittsburg Penn
21 yrs Highland twp Iowa

Perfura hemorrhagia
Ascites

one year
[blank]
[blank]
C.C. Parker MD
Fayette Iowa
93 2/26/85 Ephram P. Souvel
Male, white
1y 6m 2/25/1885
2 p.m.
Single American

Clayton Co Iowa
[blank] Clayton County Iowa

Broncho Pneumonia
[blank]

seven days
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Feb 27, 85
C.E. Nichols MD
Giard Iowa
94 2/22/85 Frank Rohwedder
Male, white
64y
Laborer
2/21/85
7:30 a.m.
Single German
Germany
[blank] Clayton Co Poor House

old age and general debility
[blank]
[blank]
Clayton Co Poor farm

2/22/1885
Rudolph Gmelin
Garnavillo Iowa
95 2/25/85 Elizabeth Winch
Female, white
82y 8m 22d
[blank]
2/11/85
3 a.m.
Single German
Prusia
30 yrs Volga Twp

Dropsy
[blank]

forty two months
Ceres

2/15/85
Wm. Hoffbaur
Guttenburg Iowa
96 1/14/85 C.G.P. Grasch
Male, white
17y 14d
farmer
1/7/85
8 ¼ p.m.
Single German
St. Bald
[blank] St. Sebald

Consumption
[blank]

8 weeks
St. Sebald
1/9/85
G.H. Frechlutt
St. Sebald Iowa
97 3/30/85 Fred Youggan *
Male, white
60y
Laborer
12/5/84
[blank]
Married German
[blank]
2 yrs Guttenberg

Drowning accident
[blank]
[blank]
Guttenberg
3/25/85
J.W. Cain Coroner
Elkader Ia
98 3/30/85 Rev J. Clark *
Male, white
80y
Bible Agt
3/26/85
[blank]
[blank] [blank]
[blank]
[blank] Farmersburg Twp Clayton Co

Accidental drowning
[blank]
[blank]
Delivered to friends who live at Hazelton J.W. Cain Coroner
Elkader Iowa Clayton Co
99 4/7/85 Marion Wheeler
Male, white
69y 11m 18d
Blacksmith
4/26/85 *
11 5/10 a.m.
Married American
Ohio
40 yrs Millville Twp

Intersusseption of the Bowels
Colis & violent inflamation

three days
Page Graveyard
3/24/85 *
Thos E. Averitt
Colesburg Iowa Delaware Co
100 4/16/85 Philip Keenan
Male, white
63y
Farmer
3/18/85
9 a.m.
Married Irish
Ireland
15 yrs Highland Twp

Hypertrophy of Liver
[blank]

over a year
Elkader
3/21/85
J.H. Craig
Volga City Iowa
101 4/17/85 Ed. S. Connell
Male, white
31y 2m 23d
farmer
3/18/85
6 p.m.
Single Irish
Clayton Co Iowa
since birth Read Township Clayton

Diabetes Mellitus
[blank]

about 2 yrs
Garnavillo
3/20/85
C.W. Duffin
Garnavillo Iowa
102 4/17/85 Maria Harburg
Female, white
61y 7m 10d
formerly housekeeper
3/29/85
3 a.m.
Widow German
Germany
31 yrs Garnavillo Clayton Co

Chronic Congestion of Liver
Epistaxis

7 mons
Garnavillo
3/31/85
C.W. Duffin
Garnavillo Iowa

*notes:
record 99: dates typed as in record
record 98: see also record 26, pg 47
record 97: see also record 24, pg 47

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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
103 4/9/85 Mary C. White
Female, white
25y 3m 30d
housewife
4/10/85
11 p.m.
Married N.S.

Amenca
2 yrs Osterdock Clayton Co

Childbed fever
[blank]

four days
Osterdock
4/12/85
O.D. Taft
Elkport Ia
104 5/12/85 Henry Laugenhorst
Male, white
12d 5/2/85
1 p.m.
  German

America
12 days Grand Meadow Tp

Illeo Colitis
[blank]

four days
Monona
5/5/85
M.B. Sharp
Monona Iowa
105 5/12/85 Elisabeth J. Gardner
Female, white
57y 3m 24d
[blank]
4/25/85
11 ½ a.m.
Married English

New York
26 yrs Strawberry Point Iowa

Apaplexia Cerebri
[blank]

two & ½ days
Strawberry Point
5/1/85
A. Leigh
Strawberry Point Clayton Co Iowa
106 5/29/85 Edward Copeland
Male, white
58y 10m 10d
farmer
-/-/85
9 p.m.
Married Ireland

Ireland
26 yrs Volga Iowa

Hepatic Absess
[blank]

four years
Volga City
5/3/85
J.H. Craig
Volga City Iowa
107 5/30/85 Bertha Berendt
Female, white
37y 11d
[blank]
4/21/85
9 ½ a.m.
Married German

Germany
16 yrs Guttenberg Clayton Co

Puerperal fever
[blank]

four days
Guttenberg
4/23/85
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa
108 6/9/85 Lizzie Corbin
Female, white
6y 6/3/85
10 p.m.
Single Irish

Iowa
6 yrs Volga City Iowa

Double Pneumonia
Jaundice caused by obstruction of liver & metastasis of pneumonia

one week
Volga City
6/5/85
J.H. Craig
Volga City
109 6/9/85 Julius Mentzel
Male, white
18y
farmer
5/20/85
8 p.m.
Single German

Iowa
18 yrs Cox Creek Twp

Heart Clot
Rheumatism

unknown
Elkader
[blank]
J.H. Craig
Volga City
110 6/10/85 V.R. Castleman
Male, white
68y
Laborer
4/27/85 *
3 a.m.
Married German

N.Y.
[blank] McGregor Iowa

Lung fever
[blank]

four weeks
McGregor
5/28/85 *
W.A. Hall MD
McGregor Iowa
111 6/10/85 Joseph Krumch
Male, white
78y
farmer
5/17/85
2 p.m.
Married German

Germany
20 yrs Mendon Twp Clayton Co

Astamah
[blank]
[blank]
Clayton Cty
May 19, 85
W.A. Hall
McGregor Iowa
112 7/2/85 Kristen Larsen
Male, white
26y
Laborer
5/26/85
[blank]
Single Norwegian

Norway
[blank] North McGregor

Suicide by hanging
[blank]
[blank]
North McGregor
[blank]
Isaac Mathews, acting coroner
McGregor Iowa
113 7/2/85 Joseph Burgin
Male, white
63y 7m
Mechanic
6/23/85
[blank]
Married American

Vermont
[blank] Lodomillo Tp Clayton Co Iowa

Brights Disease
[blank]

2 years
Edwood Clayton Co Iowa
6/24/85
P.E. Friem
Manchester Delaware Co Iowa
114 7/4/85 William Kranert
Male, white
24y 9m
Farmer
6/7/85
12 M
Married German

N.Y.
19 yrs McGregor Clayton Co Iowa

Pleuro Pneumonia
[blank]

one week
McGregor Iowa
6/9/85
H.H. Clark
McGregor Iowa

*notes:
record 110: dates typed as in record

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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
115 8/4/85 C. Belling
Female, white
37y 6m
Housewife
4/3/85 *
9 a.m.
Married Swede

Sweden
14 yrs Clayton Co Iowa

Puerperal Convulsions
[blank]

five hours
Clayton Tp
4/3/85
H.H. Clark
McGregor Iowa
116 8/4/85 Almar Washburn
Male, white
5y 4m 2d 6/5/85
8 a.m.
Single American

Mendon Tp Clayton Co Iowa
5 yrs Mendon Tp Clayton Co Iowa

Convulsions as a result
[blank]

4 hours
McGregor Iowa
6/7/85
H.H. Clark
McGregor Iowa
117 8/4/85 A. Wadsworth
Female, white
68y 3m 15d
Housewife
6/7/85
12 M
Widow American

Indiana
47 yrs North McGregor Clayton Co

Apoplexy
[blank]

four days
[blank]
[blank]
H.H. Clark
McGregor Iowa
118 8/4/85 Mamie O'Brien
Female, White
12y 4m 8d 7/9/85
11 p.m.
Single Irish

McGregor Iowa
12 yrs McGregor Clayton Co Iowa

Pneumonia
[blank]

3 weeks
McGregor Iowa
7/12/85
H.H. Clark
McGregor Iowa
119 8/7/85 C.R. Lowe
Male, white
1y 5m 2d 7/24/85
1:30 p.m.
Single American

Iowa
1 yr Sperry Tp Clayton Co Iowa

Pneumonia
[blank]

14 days
Volga City Iowa
7/25/85
F.H. Howard
Volga City Iowa
120 8/21/85 C. Alva Jones
Male, white
1y 4m
[illegible]
7/18/85
4 p.m.
Single [blank]

Mallory Tp
1 yr Mallory Twp

Whooping Cough
Pneumonia

Three weeks
Browns graveyard
July 19, 85
T.E. Everitt
Colesburg Iowa
121 8/24/85 Nicholas Reitter
Male, white
65y 5m 14d
Saloon Keeper
7/24/85
11 p.m.
Married German

Germany
23 yrs Guttenburg Clayton Co Iowa

Alcholimus
[blank]

Three weeks
Guttenberg
July 26, 85
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa
122 8/25/85 Simon Otto
Male, white
75y 7m 6d
Stone mason
8/6/85
10 p.m.
Married German

Germany
29 yrs Guttenberg Iowa

Cerebral Halmarrhage
[blank]

five days
Guttenberg Iowa
8/8/85
H.J. Schomier
Guttenberg Iowa
123 9/1/85 Robert Cunningham
Male, white
13m 10d 8/18/85
3 p.m.
  [blank]

Highland Tp
1 yr Highland Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Mucous Dysentery
[blank]

one week
Elkader Iowa
Aug 20, 85
J.H. Craig
Volga City Iowa
124 9/5/85 William A. Linder
Male, white
56y 4m 13d
Agriculturist
8/5/85
5 ½ a.m.
Married American

ILL
25 yrs National Clayton Co Iowa

Amylaid Desease of Liver
Ascites

three years
National cemetery
[blank]
C.W. Duffin
Garnavillo Iowa
125 9/14/85 Mrs. Thos Mclumby
Female, white
56y 1m 29d
Housewife
8/29/85
11 p.m.
Married Irish

Ireland
27 yrs Sperry Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Schimus of right breast, two operations
[blank]

three years
Elkader
Sept 2, 1885
J.H. Craig
Volga City Iowa
126 9/16/85 [blank]
Male, white
2y 6/8/85
10 a.m.
  [blank]
[blank]
[blank] Luana Iowa

Premature birth
[blank]
[blank]
Luana Iowa
June 10, 85
Mrs. M.B. Sharp
Monona Iowa

*notes:
record 115: transcriber can't determine if date is 4/2/85 or 4/3/85

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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
127 9/17/85 Casper Bertschinger
Male, white
65y
Farmer
8/20/85
11 p.m.
Married [blank]

Switzerland
35 yrs McGregor Iowa

Lung Feaver
[blank]

four months
McGregor Iowa
Aug 22, 85
W.A. Hall
McGregor Iowa
128 9/21/85 Titus Good
Male, white
85y
Farmer
9/8/85
12 p.m.
Widower English

England
10 yrs Millville Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Apoplexy
[blank]

[blank]
Delaware Co.
[blank]
G.J. Graham J.P.
Millville Iowa
129 9/21/85 Dorathea Erhardt
Female, white
84y 7m 4d
Housewife
9/8/85
8 a.m.
Married German

German
41 yrs Guttenberg

Paralysis Cardis
[blank]

Ten days
Guttenberg Iowa
Sep 13, 1885
H.J. Schirmer
Guttenberg Iowa
130 9/29/85 Helena Balzer
Female, white
76y 11m 14d
Gardner
8/30/85
3½ p.m.
Widow German

Germany
28 yrs Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa

Cholera Morbis
[blank]

three days
Guttenberg cemetery
Sept 1, 1885
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa
Report made Oct 1, 1885 to Sec of State
1 10/13/85 -- Robbins
Male, white
1/8d 10/9/85
[blank]
Single American

Clayton Co
[blank] Highland Tp Clayton Co

unknown
[blank]

unknown
Highland Tp
10/10/85
J.H. Craig
Volga Iowa
2 10/14/85 Dina Miller
Female, white
12y 1m 16d
none
9/16/85
7 a.m.
Single American

Fayette Co
since birth Monona Tp

Hemorrhage from the bowels
[blank]

two weeks
Elgin cemetery Fayette Co Iowa
9/17/85
Fred Beeker
Clermont Iowa
3 10/24/85 Robert Von Berger
Male, white
31y
Farmer
9/1/85
1 p.m.
Married [blank]
[blank]
[blank] Poor farm

[blank]
Heip decease

one year
Clayton Center
[blank]
Rudolph Gmelin
Garnavillo Iowa
4 10/24/85 Frank Bildenk
Male, white
81y
Laborer
8/30/85
6 a.m.
Widower French

France
[blank] C.C. P.H.

Pneumonia
Asthma

Three weeks
C.C. Poor farm
9/1/85
Rudolph Gmelin
Garnavillo Iowa
5 10/27/85 Vanilla Corbin
Female, white
2m 15d
Infantile
10/5/85
[blank]
Single American

Volga City Iowa
2 ½ mos Volga Iowa

Pertussis
Pneumonia

one week
Volga City Iowa
10/7/80
J.H. Craig
Volga City Iowa
6 10/28/85 Sallie C. Phillips
Female, white
68y 9m
[blank]
8/7/85
[blank]
[blank] [blank]

N.Y. state
[blank] [blank]

Heart disease
[blank]

five years
Reeds Cemetery
8/8/85
W.H. Horton
Brush Creek Iowa
7 10/31/85 Hiram C. Schaefeustein
Male, white
27y
[blank]
[blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank]

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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
7 11/10/85 Hy Davis
Male, white
60y
Laborer
10/30/85
[blank]
Single American

America
[blank] Clayton Co Insane Asylum

Paralaises
[blank]
[blank]
Clayton Co Poor Farm
10/31/85
L.L. Hulverson Supt
8 11/13/85 Michael Foster
Male, white
78y 3d
farmer
7/30/85
[blank]
Married [blank]
[blank]
20 yrs Clayton Co Iowa

[blank]
[blank]

four weeks
Pleasant Ridge Cem
8/1/85
H.H. Clark
McGregor Iowa
9 11/13/85 Amy W. Bass
Female, white
6m 5d 9/26/85
11 a.m.
Single American

Dubuque Iowa
6 mo McGregor Iowa

Cholera Infantum
[blank]

three days
Pleasant Grove cemetery
9/27/85
H.H. Clark
McGregor Iowa
10 11/13/85 Magdalena Foruet
Female, white
75y 8m 14d
housewife
10/31/85
8 a.m.
Widow German

Germany
30 yrs McGregor Iowa

Congestion of Lungs
[blank]

three days
Catholic cemetery
11/7/85
H.H. Clark
McGregor Iowa
11 11/18/85 Magdalena Kinzi
Female, white
59y 1m 7d *
housewife
10/17/85
11 a.m.
Married Switzer

Switzerland
31 yrs Jefferson Tp

Lung Congestion
[blank]

about 2 years
Guttenberg cemetery
10/19/1885
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenburg Iowa
12 11/19/85 Christ Dennis
Female, white
64y
housewife
10/20/85
2 p.m.
Married American

N.Y.
30 yrs McGregor Iowa

Nephritis
Chronic Bronchitis

10 years
McGregor
10/21/85
W.A. Hall
McGregor Iowa
13 11/19/85 Carl Russow
Male, white
5m 8/20/85
6 a.m.
Single German

Iowa
life McGegor Iowa

Inflamation of Bowels
[blank]

5 days
McGregor Iowa
8/21/85
W.A. Hall
McGregor Iowa
14 12/11/85 Emily Howa
Female, white
20y
[blank]
7/14/85
3 p.m.
Single English

Missouri U.S.
16 yrs Giard Tp Clayton Co

Paralysis
[blank]

eight days
Monona cemetery
7/15/1885
Mrs. M.B. Sharp
Monona Iowa
15 12/11/85 [blank]
[blank]
12d 7/27/85
6 p.m.
Single English

[blank]
since birth Monona Iowa

[blank]
[blank]

five days
[blank]
[blank]
Mrs. M.B. Sharp
Monona Iowa
16 12/11/85 Emma E. Meier
Female, white
16y 2m 4d
7/13/85
3 p.m.
Single German

Iowa
16 yrs Giard Tp Iowa

Strangulation from rupture of abscess of tonsil
[blank]

two weeks
Giard Tp
[blank]
M.B. Sharp
Monona Iowa
17 2/18/86 Ross Harrison Cooley
Male, white
3m 3d 2/5/86
[blank]
Single American

Clayton Co
3 mo Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Accidental drowning
[blank]
[blank]
Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa
2/7/86
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
18 2/18/86 Elmore W. Cooley
Male, white
3y 2/5/86
[blank]
Single American

Clayton Co.
3 yrs Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Accidental burning
[blank]
[blank]
Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa
2/7/86
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa

*notes:
record 11: transcriber can't determine with certainty if age is 59y 1m 7d, or 59y 7d

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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
19 2/18/86 Albert Ray Cooley
Male, white
4y 2/5/86
[blank]
Single American

Clayton Co
4 yrs Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Accidental burning
[blank]
[blank]
Clayton Co Iowa
2/6/86
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
20 2/18/86 Saucy Cooley
Female, white
22y
housewife
2/5/86
[blank]
Married [blank]

[blank]
[blank] Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Accidental burning
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
2/7/86
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
21 2/18/86 Albert Cooley
Male, white
32y
Laborer
2/5/86
[blank]
Married American

[blank]
[blank] Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Accidental burning
[blank]
[blank]
delivered to friends
2/7/86
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
22 2/18/86 Hiram Baker
Male, white
19y
Laborer
11/28/85
[blank]
Single American

[blank]
19 yrs Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Accidental scalding
[blank]
[blank]
Mendon Twp
11/28/85
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
23 2/18/86 Edward Chamberlain
Male, white
32y
Butcher
11/28/85
[blank]
Single German

[blank]
[blank] Mendon Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Accidental scalding
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
11/29/86
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
24 2/18/86 Fred Youngan *
Male, white
45y
Laborer
[blank] [blank] [blank]
[blank]
[blank] Guttenberg Iowa

Accidental drowning
[blank]
[blank]
Guttenberg Iowa
2/18/86
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
25 2/18/86 John Hannamann
Male, white
54y
[blank]
9/20/85
[blank]
[blank] German

Germany
[blank] Elkport Iowa

Suicide by hanging
[blank]
[blank]
Elkport
9/21/86 *
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
26 2/18/86 Rev. J. Clark *
Male, white
55y
Book Agt & Preacher
3/26/85
[blank]
[blank] [blank]
[blank]
[blank] Dry Hollow

accidental drowning
[blank]
[blank]
delivered to friends
[blank]
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
27 2/18/86 J.J. Thompson
Male, white
[blank]
[blank]
[blank] Single [blank]
[blank]
[blank] Volga City Iowa

General debility
[blank]
[blank]
Volga City Iowa
[blank]
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
28 2/18/86 Alice Eggelston
Female, [blank]
23y
housekeeper
3/3/85
9 p.m.
Single American

Wis
[blank] McGregor Iowa

Hemorrhage from lungs
[blank]
[blank]
Clayton Iowa
March 5, 1885
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
29 2/18/86 L. Sherman
Male, white
33y
Laborer
[blank] [blank] [blank]
[blank]
[blank] [blank]

accidental discharge of a revolver in the hands of Wm. Everlette
[blank]
[blank]
Volga City Iowa
[blank]
J.W. Cain Coroner Elkader Iowa
30 2/18/86 Thomas Carlisle
Male, white
81y 4m 10d
Carpenter
2/23/85
11 a.m.
Widower Scotch

Scotland
[blank] Clayton Co Poor House

Old age
[blank]

2 months
Poor House cemetery
2/4/86
A.B. Hanna
Poor farm

Notes:
*record 25, date typed as in record
record 24: see also record 97, pg 42
record 26: see also record 98, pg 42

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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
31 2/19/86 Anna Davis
Female, white
infant 9/29/85
[blank]
Single [blank]

Strawberry Point Iowa
[blank] Strawberry Point Iowa

Diarrheal paralysis
[blank]

two days
Strawberry Point cemetery
[blank]
S.N. Bixby
Strawberry Point Iowa
32 2/19/86 J.M. Westfall
Male, white
19y 7m 26d
farmer
3/26/85
[blank]
Married [blank]

N.S.
[blank] Strawberry Point Iowa

Heart disease
[blank]

several months
Strawberry Point cemetery
[blank]
S.N. Bixby
Strawberry Point Iowa
33 2/19/86 Lucy Davidson
Female, white
2y 3/9/85
[blank]
Single Strawberry Point Iowa 2 yrs Strawberry Point Iowa

Diptheria
[blank]

7 days
Strawberry Point Iowa
[blank]
S.N. Bixby
Strawberry Point Iowa
34 2/19/86 Hannah Steward
Female, white
54y 3m 23d
Housekeeping
2/9/85
[blank]
Married American

Michigan
[blank] Strawberry Point Iowa

Typhus Malarial fever
Chronic inflamation of the liver

6 days
Strawberry Point Iowa
[blank]
S.N. Bixby
Strawberry Point Iowa
35 2/19/86 August Sohade
Male, white
29y
Laborer
2/10/85
12 M
Single German

Germany
[blank] Poor farm Clayton Co Ia

Spinal Disease
[blank]

several years
Clayton Centre
[blank]
Rudolph Gmelin
Garnavillo Iowa
36 2/19/86 Andrew Oleson
Male, white
28y 5m
Laboerer
11/13/85
[blank]
Single Norwegin

Norway
[blank] Poor farm Clayton Co

Phihisic
Consumption

about 6 months
Poor farm cemetery
11/15/86
Rudolph Gmelin
Garnavillo Iowa
37 2/19/86 Wm Barthardt
Male, white
57y 5m
Laborer
2/15/85
[blank]
Single German

Germany
[blank] Poor farm Clayton Co Iowa

Paralysis
[blank]

three years
Poor farm
2/17/86 *
Rudolph Gmelin
Garnavillo Iowa
38 2/29/86 George Barnhard
Male, white
64y
farmer
1/28/86
4 p.m.
Married German

Germany
30 yrs Giard Twp Clayton Co Iowa

Corcinoma of the Stomach
[blank]

one year
Giard cemetery
1/31/86
C.E. Nichols
Giard Iowa
39 2/29/86 John Flemming
Male, white
19y
farmer
1/5/86
5 p.m.
Single American

Iowa
19 yrs Giard Twp Iowa

Consumption
Pneumonia

about 5 months
McGregor Catholic cemetery
1/7/86
C.E. Nichols
Giard Iowa
40 2/29/86 E.C. Beckman
Female, white
20y 2m 14d
[blank]
12/30/85
11 ½ p.m.
Single German

Iowa
20 yrs Littleport Iowa

Consumption
[blank]

about 6 months
Littleport Iowa
1/26/86
Camill Neff
Elkport Iowa
41 3/1/86 Aline Dean
Female, white
10y 5m 17d
none
1/16/86
6 p.m.
Single American

Iowa
10 yrs Marion Twp Clayton Co Ia

Heart disease
[blank]
[blank]
Marion Twp Clayton Co Iowa
1/28/86
Frederick Becker
Clermont Iowa
42 3/11/86 Nicholas Gress
Male, white
47y 4m
Laborer
2/14/86
2 p.m.
not married German

N.Y. City
28 yrs Guttenburg Clayton Co Iowa

[blank]
[blank]

14 days
Guttenberg Ia
2/16/86
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa

Notes:
*record 37, date typed as in record

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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
42 3/11/86 Frederick Kahrs
Male, white
57y 4m 12d
Engineer & fireman
2/25/86
6 a.m.
Married German

Germany
31 yrs Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa

Severe attack of Augina Patoris
[blank]

2 months
Guttenberg cemetery
2/28/86
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa
43 3/20/86 Maria Davis
Female, white
32y 2m 16d
House Keeper
3/12/1886
5 p.m.
Married American

[blank]
1 yr Volga Iowa

Consumption
[blank]

one year
Volga Iowa
3/14/86
J.H. Craig
Volga Iowa
44 3/20/86 Caroline Goodwin
Female, white
72y
Housekeeper
3/10/86
4 a.m.
Widow American

[blank]
34 yrs Volga City Clayton Co Iowa

Unknown
[blank]

5 days
Volga City
3/13/86
J.H. Craig
Volga City Iowa
45 3/24/86 Henry Wm Zimmerman
Male, white
16y 4m 5d
School boy
2/1/86
4 a.m.
Single German

ILL
4 yrs Guttenberg Iowa

Pneumonia
[blank]

24 hours
Guttenberg Iowa
2/4/86
H.J. Schirmer
Guttenberg Iowa
46 4/2/86 Maria Cole
Female, white
86y 17d
[blank]
3/8/86
8 a.m.
Widow American

N.Y. state
37 yrs Strawberry Point Iowa

[blank]
[blank]

12 days
Strawberry Point Iowa
3/9/86
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point Iowa
47 4/16/86 Mrs. Thomas Clark
Female, white
42y 19m 6d *
Domestic
2/19/86
10 a.m.
Married Irish

N.Y. state
29 yrs Grand Meadow Clayton Co Iowa

Supposed to be Heart disease
[blank]
[blank]
Clermont
2/21/86
John Shepherd
Postville Iowa
48 4/23/86 Elizabeth Block
Female, white
26y 6m 23d
[blank]
3/27/86
5½ p.m.
Married German

Germany
26 yrs Guttenberg Iowa

Phthisic
[blank]

3 years
Guttenberg cemetery
3/30/86
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa
49 4/23/86 Isabella Rohner
Female, white
30y 2m
[blank]
4/1/86
8 a.m.
Married German

Iowa Clayton Co
30 yrs Jefferson Twp Clayton Co Ia

Inflamatory Rheumatism
Dropsey

10 months
Guttenberg cemetery
4/3/86
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa
50 4/23/86 Sophia Hossfeld
Female, white
76y 8m
Housekeeping
4/7/86
12 M
Widow German

Germany
34 yrs Guttenberg Iowa Clayton Co Ia

Marasmus Senilis
Bronichal catarah

12 days
Guttenberg Iowa
4/9/86
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa
51 4/23/86 Mary Saihan
Female, white
61y 11m 26d
housekeeping
4/14/86
12 M
Married German

Germany
29 yrs Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa

Unknown
[blank]

she died suddenly
Guttenberg cemetery
4/16/86
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa
52 4/23/86 Emilie Grüner
Female, white
15y 9m * 3/24/86
5 a.m.
Single German

Wis
6 yrs Guttenberg Clayton Co Iowa

Triihinosis
Eruption of Measles

12 days
Guttenberg cemetery
3/26/86
Wm Hoffbauer
Guttenberg Iowa
53 4/26/86 Willis Robert Duff
Male, white
2y 5m 4d 4/22/86
5 a.m.
Single American

Iowa
2 yrs Highland Tp Clayton Co Iowa

Scalded
[blank]

36 hours
Volga City Iowa
4/23/86
J.H. Craig
Volga City Iowa

Notes:
*record 47, age typed as in record
*record 52, transcriber not certain if age is 10y 9m, or 15y 9m

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-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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