Below are death records from old ledgers at the Osceola Co. courthouse,
for the years 1880-1885. Scroll to the right to view the entire record.
Visit this site "Old
Disease Names" to see a glossary of old medical terms.
| Surname | Given Name | Sex | Age | Race | Date of Death |
Marital Status |
Birth |
Place of Death |
Cause |
Date of Burial |
Cemetery |
| Rubow | Bennie | M | 1y8m10d | W | 8-18-1880 | S | Iowa | Viola Twp. | Colitis | 8-19-1880 | Sibley |
| Rubow | Sarah | F | 9m | W | 8-18-1880 | S | Viola Twp. | Viola Twp. | Convulsions | 8-19-1880 | Sibley |
| Wright | Harris | M | 10m14d | W | 9-23-1880 | S | Sibley | Sibley | Entercolitis | 9-24-1880 | Sibley |
| Reeves | Melvin | M | 8y | B | 10-25-1880 | S | Gilman Twp. | Gilman Twp. | Peritonitis cause by horse's kick | 10-26-1885 | Gilman Twp. |
| Underwood | Jennie | F | 1y2m24d | W | 12-16-1880 | S | Geneva Lake, WI | Wilson Twp. | Remittant fever | 12-18-1880 | Wilson Twp. |
| Stamm | infant twin | F | 7m (?) | W | 12-9-1880 | S | Viola Twp. | Viola Twp. | Premature birth | 12-9-1880 | Viola Twp. |
| Stamm | infant twin | F | 7m (?) | W | 12-14-1880 | S | Viola Twp. | Viola Twp. | Premature birth | 12-14-1880 | Viola Twp. |
| Hartman | Lettie | F | 76y | W | 1-16-1881 | Wid | New York | Fairview Twp. | Congestion of lungs | 1-18-1881 | Fairview Twp. |
| Crawford | Catherine | F | 48y | W | 1-16-1881 | M | Ireland | Hohman Twp. | Valvular disease of the heart | 1-18-1881 | near Sanborn IA |
| Jackson | Sarah | F | 72y | W | 2-25-1881 | M | England | Hohman Twp. | Old age | 2-27-1881 | unreadable |
| Hills | Charles | M | 57y10m19d | W | 3-12-1881 | M | Ohio | Hohman Twp. | Consumption | 3-15-1881 | Hohman Twp. |
| Frary/Frery | Edgar | M | 36y29d | W | 4-29-1881 | M | Ohio | Ocheyedan Twp. | Pneumonia | 5-1-1881 | Hohman Twp. |
| Zensen | Renold | M | 3y4m | W | 2-2-1881 | S | Gilman Twp. | Gilman Twp. | Cold | 2-4-1881 | Catholic |
| Bailey | James | M | 34y2m28d | W | 4-22-1881 | M | Frydan, NY | in Ocheyedan Creek | Drowning | 4-24-1881 | Scott Co. |
| Johnson | Fred | M | 16d | W | 8-19-1881 | S | Hohman Twp. | Hohman Twp. | Entercolitis | 9-28-1881 | Holman Twp. |
| Townsend | Jay | M | 17d | W | 7-21-1881 | S | Sibley | Sibley | unknown | unknown | Holman Twp. |
| Camey/Cancy | Edith | F | 7m 27d | W | 7-2-1881 | S | Iowa | Holman Twp. | Cholera infantum | unknown | Hohman Twp. |
| Cleaveland | William Francis | M | 4d | W | 10-26-1881 | S | Iowa | Rush Lake | unknown | unknown | Rush Lake |
| Gee | Charles | M | 23y10m14d | W | 10-17-1881 | not given | not given | Holman Twp. | Typhoid fever | 10-19-1881 | Holman Twp. |
| Frees | Dora C. | F | 5y5m6d | W | 10-26-1881 | S | Illinois | Sibley | Cellutitis of foot | unknown | Hohman Twp. |
| Riley | Nellie Alba | F | 6y5m27d | W | 11-27-1881 | S | Iowa | Wilson Twp. | Scarlet fever | 11-28-1881 | Holman Twp. |
| Hagle | Essibell | F | 5y2m15d | W | 11-30-1881 | S | Iowa | Hohman Twp. | Scarlet fever | 12-1-1881 | Holman Twp. |
| Pell | George C. | M | 1y1d | W | 2-18-1882 | S | Osceola Co. | Sibley | Bronchitis | 2-20-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| Vanskey | Isaac | M | 57y16d | W | 5-10-1882 | M | Indiana | Goewey Twp | Peritonis | 5-11-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| Wilds | Hebert C. | M | 1y21d | W | 12-12-1882 | S | Minnesota | Sibley | Eclampsia | 12-13-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| McCausland | Kate | F | 2y10m25d | W | 3-12-1882 | S | Iowa | Sibley | Diphtheria | 3-14-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| Johnson | Matilda | F | 27y7m6d | W | 5-10-1882 | M | Sweden | Horton Twp. | Childbirth | 5-12-1882 | Nobles Co. MN |
| Moar/Moore | Oren J. | M | 8m4d | W | 8-31-1882 | S | Sibley | Sibley | Intestinal inflammation | 9-1-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| Moar/Moore | Oscar | M | 7m26d | W | 8-22-1882 | S | Sibley | Sibley | Intestinal inflammation | 9-1-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| Brooks | Bertie | M | 9y2m14d | W | 6-27-1882 | S | Iowa | Sibley | Meningitis | 6-30-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| Sherman | Margaret V. | F | 23y7m21d | W | 5-18-1882 | not given | Iowa | Fairview Twp. | Peritionits | 5-25-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| Fanwell | Mary A. McCausland | F | 46y6d | W | 4-26-182 | M | Canada | Sibley | Pulmonary consumption | 4-28-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| Hannon | Frank | M | 3m2d | W | 11-17-1882 | S | Sibley | Sibley | Morasneses | 11-18-1882 | Holman Twp. |
| Beightley | Myrtle A. | F | 5m10d | W | 1-23-1883 | S | Ashton Twp. | Ashton Twp. | Pneumonia | 1-25-1883 | Ashton Twp. |
| McLaughlin | Harry Edward | M | 3m | W | 1-27-1883 | S | Ashton Twp. | Ashton Twp. | Paralysis of organs | not given | Ashton Twp. |
| Gegen | Peter | M | 1y11m7d | W | 6-10-1883 | S | Gilman Twp. | Gilman Twp. | Scarlatina | 6-11-1883 | Ashton Twp. |
| Aitkin | William F. | M | 72y11m23d | W | 6-27-1883 | Wider | New York City | Sibley | Pneumonia | 6-28-1883 | Sibley |
| Zonker/Jonker | John | M | 21y2m24d | W | 10-4-1883 | S | England | Sibley | Typhoid fever | not given | Sibley |
| Hathaway | Halles | M | 21y3m | W | 5-15-1883 | S | Wisconsin | Ocheyedan Twp. | Consumption | 5-16-1883 | Goewey Twp. |
| Thompson | Arthur | M | 11y2m3d | W | 5-28-1883 | S | Iowa | Sibley | Typhoid fever | 5-29-1883 | Sibley |
| Rowland | Anthony | M | 67y4m18d | W | 10-18-1883 | Wider | New York | Sibley | Pneumonia | not given | Fakento NY |
| Toland | George | M | 24y | W | 6-30-1883 | M | Wisconsin | Sibley | Pulmonary tuberculosis | 7-1-1883 | Sibley |
| Webb | Ned Leroy | M | 8y3m | W | 4-12-1883 | S | Iowa | Sibley | Diabete melitis | 4-14-1883 | Sibley |
| Chambers | Roy | M | 10m16d | W | 7-26-1883 | S | Sibley | Sibley | Pulmonary tuberculosis | 7-28-1883 | Sibley |
| Laherty | Ellen | F | 22y | W | 10-2-1883 | M | Ireland | Sibley | Puerperal septicemia | 10-4-1883 | Alton, IA |
| Townsend | Earnest Buell | M | 1m29d | W | 10-18-1883 | S | Gilman Twp. | Gilman Twp. | Gastritis simple | 10-19-1883 | Ashton Twp. |
| Pell | William F. | M | 20y5m12d | W | 8-30-1883 | S | Iowa | Sibley | Tetinus | 8-31-1883 | Osceola Co. |
| Hills | infant | M | 10d | W | 10-18-1883 | S | Ashton Twp. | Ashton Twp. | Premature birth | 10-20-1883 | Ashton Twp. |
| Hoskins | Hellen | F | 32y6m10d | W | 11-17-1883 | M | Wisconsin | Goewey Twp. | Miscarriage | 11-18-1883 | Ashton Twp. |
| Conger | David | M | about 40y | W | 5-28-1884 | unknown | unknown | hotel in Sibley | Spinal meningitis | 5-28-1884 | Sibley |
| Smith | Nellie May | F | 2y1m17d | W | 7-3-1884 | S | Traverse Co. MN | Sibley | Remittant fever | 7-4-1884 | Sibley |
| Skuse | John | M | 70y8m1d | W | 8-3-1884 | M | Co. Cork, IRE | Sibley | Old age | 8-5-1884 | Sibley |
| Clapsaddle | Michael | M | 73y6m | W | 7-18-1884 | M | Harkimer Co. NY | Sibley | Heart disease | 7-19-1884 | Sibley |
| Whitney | Walter E. | M | 12y12d | W | 9-22-1884 | S | Sibley | Sibley | Femoral artery cut in accident | 9-24-1884 | Sibley |
| Gallager | Ellen | F | 24y10m5d | W | 8-16-1884 | M | Iowa | Ashton Twp. | Pulmonary consumption | 8-18-1884 | Ashton Twp. |
| Larson/Larsen | Lydia | F | 5m8d | W | 9-11-1884 | S | Sibley | Sibley | unknown | 9-12-1884 | Sibley |
| Boor | Camie K. | F | 1y11m8d | W | 9-18-1884 | S | Ashton Twp. | Ashton Twp. | Infantile paralysis | not given | Ashton Twp. |
| Frye/Fry | Mary | F | 20y5m12d | W | 10-14-1884 | M | US | Holman Twp. | Parturition | 10-16-1884 | unreadable |
| Roberts | Letta | F | 27y | W | 10-25-1884 | M | Indiana | Gilman Twp. | Bright's disease | unreadable | unreadable |
| Carter | Mrs. Winifred | F | 76y | W | 1-21-1885 | Wid | West Haven, VT | Ashton Twp. | Bronchitis | not given | DeSoto, NY |
| Irwin | infant | M | 21d | W | 4-16-1885 | S | Iowa | Hohman Twp. | Infammation of bowels | 4-17-1885 | Sibley |
| Mandeville | Harris Joy | M | 6y4m1d | W | 4-25-1885 | S | Osceola Co. | Sibley | Diphtheria | 4-26-1885 | Sibley |
| Mandeville | Eva Leloa | F | 11y4m1d | W | 4-21-1885 | S | Osceola Co. | Sibley | Diphtheria | 4-22-1885 | Sibley |
| Mandeville | Anna Hazel | F | 9y2m14d | W | 5-1-1885 | S | Osceola Co. | Sibley | Diphtheria | 5-2-1885 | Sibley |
| Paddock | Olive C. | F | 15y4m | W | 5-12-1885 | S | Wisconsin | Holman Twp. | Diphtheria | 5-13-1885 | Sibley |
| Parker | Minnie Myrtle | F | 7m4d | W | 6-21-1885 | S | Osceola Co. | Osceola Co. | Cholera infantum | 6-21-1885 | Sibley |
| Lenk/Leuk/Link | Fritz | M | 49y11m23d | W | 8-23-1885 | M | Germany | Goewey Twp. | Kidney disease | 8-25-1885 | Ashton Twp. |
| Robertson | Emeline L | F | 41y9m8d | W | 5-2-1885 | M | Ohio | Holman Twp. | Pneumonia | 5-5-1885 | unreadable |
| Stamm | Rebecca Ann | M | 34y11m24d | W | 3-25-1885 | M | Ohio | Holman Twp. | Pneumonia-consumption | 3-26-1885 | Sibley |
| Morse | Paule | M | 3y9m10d | W | 9-13-1885 | S | Iowa | Holman Twp. | Diphtheria | 9-13-1885 | Holman Twp. |
| Rea | Eliza H. | F | 10y7m4d | W | 5-23-1885 | S | Iowa | Holman Twp. | Diphtheria | 5-24-1885 | Holman Twp. |
| Downs | Mary Alice | F | 8y9m7d | W | 9-13-1885 | S | England | Viola Twp. | Typhoid fever | 9-14-1885 | Holman Twp. |
| Gafan/Gapan | Nicholas | M | 8m16d | W | 9-25-1885 | S | Ashton Twp. | Ashton Twp. | Cholera infantum | 9-25-1885 | Ashton Twp. |
| Hall | Esther Anna | F | 40y7m | W | 12-13-1885 | M | New York | Ocheyedan Twp. | Encephalitis | 12-15-1885 | near Spencer IA |
| Moar | Hattie M. | F | 1y8m10d | W | 12-18-1885 | S | Iowa | Ocheyedan Twp. | Pneumonia | 12-19-1885 | Ocheyedan |
| Martine | Diantha | F | 60y | W | 11-16-1885 | Wid | Vermont | Sibley | Cancer of stomach | 11-17-1885 | Holman Twp. |