REGISTERED DEATHS in Decatur County
Book B Page 5
Name of Deceased |
Age |
Sex |
Color |
Marital Status |
Cause of Death |
Occupation |
Nativity |
Place of Death |
Duration of Disease |
Complication |
Date of Death |
Father's Name |
Birthplace |
Mother's Maiden Name |
Birthplace |
Return Made By |
P.O. Address |
Date of Return |
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Mon |
Day |
Year |
Mon |
Day |
Year |
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E. S. Higgins |
74 |
M |
W |
Married |
Cancer |
Farmer |
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Lund, KS |
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Child of Ed. Wonderly |
3 mons |
|
W |
|
Congestion of lungs |
|
|
Danbury, NE |
|
|
Apr |
5 |
1898 |
Edwin Wonderly |
|
|
|
S. Miner MD |
Oberlin |
Apr |
30 |
1898 |
W. E. Palmatier |
50 |
M |
W |
Married |
Cancer of stomach |
Jeweller |
New York |
Oberlin, KS |
3 mons |
|
Apr |
10 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Child of Fred Helmkamp |
7 mons |
M |
W |
|
Pneumonia |
|
|
|
3 days |
|
Apr |
10 |
1898 |
Fred Helmkamp |
|
|
|
W. B. Mead MD |
Oberlin |
Apr |
30 |
1898 |
Isaac Ecord |
86 |
M |
W |
Married |
Pneumonia |
Farmer |
Delaware |
Bassettville, KS |
7 days |
|
Apr |
12 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
L. C. Tilden MD |
Oberlin |
Apr |
30 |
1898 |
Henry Rathbone |
46 |
M |
W |
Married |
Heart trouble |
Farmer |
|
Near Traer, KS |
|
|
Mar |
24 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
|
|
|
Jorden G. Wonderly |
16 mons |
M |
W |
|
Catarrhal fever |
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|
|
|
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Apr |
22 |
1898 |
|
|
|
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E. P. Gilpin MD |
Oberlin |
Apr |
30 |
1898 |
Mary McCalla |
38 |
F |
W |
Married |
Puerperal fever |
|
|
|
|
|
Apr |
26 |
1898 |
|
|
|
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Mead & Mead MD's |
Oberlin |
|
|
|
Noah Pointer |
71 |
M |
W |
Married |
Heart trouble |
|
|
|
|
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May |
13 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
|
|
|
Ora Witham |
19 |
M |
W |
Single |
Consumption |
|
|
|
|
|
Jun |
10 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
D. E. May MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1898 |
Child of Wm. Ufford |
5 mons |
|
W |
|
Fever |
|
|
|
|
|
Jun |
28 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
Tilden MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Sep |
30 |
1898 |
Wm. Pope |
77 |
M |
W |
|
Paralysis |
|
|
|
|
|
Jul |
6 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
Tilden MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Sep |
30 |
1898 |
Infant Son of Geo. Ayer |
6 or 7 mons |
|
W |
|
Summer complaint |
|
|
|
|
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Jul |
23 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
Tilden MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Sep |
30 |
1898 |
Infant Dau. of W. L. Kehlor |
6 mons |
|
W |
|
Convulsions |
|
|
|
|
|
Jul |
25 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
Mead MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Sep |
30 |
1898 |
Rebecca Briscoe |
52 |
F |
W |
|
Injury, concussion of spine & fracture ribs resulting in Pleurisy and peritonitis |
|
|
Olive Twp, KS |
14 days |
|
Sep |
5 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
Mead MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Sep |
30 |
1898 |
Child of M. McKinzie |
1 day |
|
W |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Sep |
25 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
Mead MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Sep |
30 |
1898 |
N. G. Addleman |
49 |
M |
W |
Married |
Brain fever |
Real Estate |
Indiana |
Oberlin, KS |
4 yrs |
|
Dec |
24 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
E. P. Gilpin MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Dec |
30 |
1898 |
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A. Munson |
60 |
|
W |
|
Stomach trouble |
|
|
Herndon, KS |
|
|
Dec |
29 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Dec |
30 |
1898 |
Child of W. V. Miller |
9 mons |
|
W |
|
Pertussis |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
10 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
E. P. Gilpin MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jan |
10 |
1899 |
David Capps |
84 |
M |
W |
Widower |
Old age |
|
Tennessee |
Kanona, KS |
|
|
Jan |
18 |
(Actual death year is 1898) 1899 |
Sampson Capps |
NC |
Esther Smith |
NC |
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jan |
10 |
1899 |
Mearl "Merl" Vernon |
5 |
F |
W |
Single |
Fire - burn |
|
Decatur Co., KS |
Kanona, KS |
|
|
Jan |
27 |
(Actual death year is 1898) 1899 |
Robert Haddow Vernon |
OH |
Louisa E. Mavity |
MO |
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jan |
10 |
1899 |
Frederick Krack |
4 mons |
M |
W |
|
Lagrippe |
|
|
Bassettville, KS |
|
|
Feb |
2 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jan |
10 |
1899 |
Frank Pettys |
49 |
M |
W |
Single |
Consumption |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Feb |
4 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jan |
10 |
1899 |
Infant son of Frank Heitman |
9 mons |
M |
W |
Entero Colitis |
|
|
|
|
Jul |
27 |
1898 |
|
|
|
|
W. B. Mead MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Sep |
30 |
1898 |
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1899 H. C. Miller |
70 |
M |
W |
Married |
Paralysis |
Farmer |
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
2 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
W. B. Mead MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Dora Witham |
22 |
F |
W |
Single |
Consumption |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
5 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
E. P. Gilpin MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Mrs. Allen |
83 |
F |
W |
|
Old age |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
10 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Child of Ira Pock/Peck |
7 mons |
|
W |
|
Dysentery |
|
|
Cedar Bluffs, KS |
|
|
Jan |
11 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
L. C. Tilden MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Irva Chilson |
6 mons |
F |
W |
|
Croup |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
15 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Harry Paulson |
15 mons |
M |
W |
|
Bronchitis |
|
|
Danbury, NE |
|
|
Jan |
22 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
D. E. May J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Frank Hatch |
80 |
M |
W |
|
Lagrippe |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
23 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
E. P. Gilpin MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Jno. Leone |
1 |
|
W |
|
Lagrippe |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
23 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
L. C. Tilden MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Phemica Branson |
34 |
F |
W |
|
Gastric ulcer |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
24 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
W. B. Mead MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
T. J. Woody |
38 |
M |
W |
|
Suicide |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
25 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
E. P. Gilpin MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Sarah Ewing |
74 |
F |
W |
|
Lagrippe |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
26 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
E. P. Gilpin MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Child of J. P O'Grady |
5 mons |
|
W |
|
Brain fever |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
28 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
S. Miner MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Child of Oscar Ecord |
2 mons |
|
W |
|
Lagrippe |
|
|
Bassettville, KS |
|
|
Jan |
28 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Child of Wm. Snow |
8 mons |
|
W |
|
Lagrippe |
|
|
Bassettville, KS |
|
|
Feb |
7 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Dora Kimball |
21 |
|
W |
|
Heart disease |
|
|
Traer, KS |
|
|
Feb |
9 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
A. Hanna |
73 |
M(?) |
W |
|
Lagrippe |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Feb |
12 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
S. Miner MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Thos. C. Kitchen/Nitchen |
2 wks |
|
W |
|
Cold |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Feb |
14 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
E. P. Gilpin MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Child of S. W. McElroy |
2 mons |
|
W |
|
Congestive lungs |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Feb |
26 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
S. Miner MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Ira B. Baldwin |
55 |
|
W |
|
Bright's disease & Heart failure |
|
|
Dresden, KS |
|
|
Mar |
2 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
E. P. Gilpin MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Book B Page 6
Name of Deceased |
Age |
Sex |
Color |
Marital Status |
Cause of Death |
Occupation |
Nativity |
Place of Death |
Duration of Disease |
Complication |
Date of Death |
Father's Name |
Birthplace |
Mother's Maiden Name |
Birthplace |
Return Made By |
P.O. Address |
Date of Return |
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Mon |
Day |
Year |
Mon |
Day |
Year |
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Mrs. Tutt |
63 |
F |
B |
Married |
Cancer |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Feb |
24 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
L. C. Tilden MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Kate O'Grady |
38 |
F |
W |
Married |
Lagrippe |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Feb |
25 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
S. Miner MD J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Apr |
14 |
1899 |
Ada E. Ridgway |
3 |
F |
W |
|
Diphtheria |
|
|
Center, KS |
|
|
Jun |
10 |
1899 |
Jno. Ridgway |
IA |
Nancy Rippey |
|
E. Pauley MD |
Oberlin |
Jun |
24 |
1899 |
Grace M. Ridgway |
4 |
F |
W |
|
Diphtheria |
|
|
Center, KS |
|
|
Jun |
13/18 |
1899 |
Jno. Ridgway |
IA |
Nancy Rippey |
|
E. Pauley MD |
Oberlin |
Jun |
24 |
1899 |
Minnie Ridgway |
1 |
F |
W |
|
Diphtheria |
|
|
Center, KS |
|
|
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Jno. Ridgway |
IA |
Nancy Rippey |
|
E. P. Gilpin MD |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Marie Graham |
10 mons |
F |
W |
|
Died 4 hrs after operation for tumor - (?) cystic of left side of chest |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jun |
21 |
1899 |
Graham |
IA |
Graham |
|
E. P.Gilpin MD L. C. Tilden MD |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Alice Schueler |
31 |
F |
W |
|
Inflammation of bowels |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jun |
18 |
1899 |
Conrad Schueler |
IA |
Alice Schueler |
|
L. C. Tilden MD |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Florence Huddle |
6 |
F |
W |
|
Diphtheria |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jun |
8 |
1899 |
Ralph Huddle |
IA |
Emma Miller |
|
E. P. Tilden MD |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Lillian Dupree |
30 |
F |
W |
Married |
Heart disease |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jun |
6 |
1899 |
Jolly |
|
Lillian Jolly |
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
W. H. Brown |
70 |
F |
W |
Married |
Heart disease |
|
|
Near Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jun |
14 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Harry G. Nelson |
11 |
M |
W |
Single |
Encephalis |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
May |
24 |
1899 |
S. S. Nelson |
|
|
|
S. Miner MD |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Mamie Huber |
10 |
F |
W |
Single |
Diphtheria |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
May |
21 |
1899 |
I. G. Huber |
|
|
|
W. B. Mead MD |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Nora Hayett |
16 |
F |
W |
Single |
Sore throat |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jun |
1 |
1899 |
Hayett |
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Boyle |
2 |
M |
W |
|
Malarial fever followed by Diphtheria |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
May |
12 |
1899 |
M. H. Boyle |
|
|
|
W. B. Mead MD |
Oberlin |
Jun |
30 |
1899 |
Cooper |
3 wks |
|
W |
|
Cholera Infantium |
|
|
Logan, KS |
|
|
Sep |
19 |
1899 |
H. M. Cooper |
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Ernest Still |
5 |
|
W |
|
Diphtheria |
|
|
Logan, KS |
|
|
Sep |
1 |
1899 |
Henry Still |
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Mrs. Krack |
65 |
F |
W |
|
Heart failure |
|
|
Bassettville, KS |
|
|
Jul |
19 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Lena Broderick |
13 |
F |
W |
|
Diphtheria |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jul |
18 |
1899 |
F. M. Broderick |
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Sadie Still |
11 |
F |
W |
|
Diphtheria |
|
|
Logan, KS |
|
|
Jul |
20 |
1899 |
Henry Still |
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Johnson |
6 mons |
|
W |
|
Cholera Infantium |
|
|
Logan, KS |
|
|
Aug |
4 |
1899 |
Louis Johnson |
|
Fox |
|
Wm. B. Mead MD |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Sylvester Still |
5 |
M |
W |
|
Diphtheria |
|
|
Logan, KS |
|
|
Aug |
14 |
1899 |
Henry Still |
|
Griffin |
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Mary Adams |
86 |
M |
W |
|
Old age |
|
|
Traer |
|
|
Aug |
30 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Bonnell |
5 days |
|
W |
|
Unknown |
|
|
Near Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Aug |
15 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Mrs. Spreckelson |
93 |
F |
W |
|
Old age |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Aug |
17 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Claude Scheuber |
4 mons |
M |
W |
|
Heart trouble |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jul |
4 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Thelma McCartney |
1 |
F |
W |
|
Cholera Infantium |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Sep |
9 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Elizabeth Simpson |
82 |
F |
W |
|
Old age |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
Note: AKA Anna (?) Simpson per Neta (?) Becker - Ventura, CA |
|
Sep |
8 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Sarah J. Worley |
73 |
F |
W |
|
Inflammation of bowels |
|
|
Olive, KS |
|
|
Sep |
27 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Mary A. Powell |
65 |
F |
W |
|
Intermittent fever |
|
|
Sherman, KS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Oct |
3 |
1899 |
Jacob Yolten |
33 |
M |
W |
|
Typhoid fever |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Oct |
13 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
Gilpin MD |
Oberlin |
Oct |
14 |
1899 |
Elen Brown |
1 |
F |
W |
|
Diphtheria |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Oct |
17 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
Miner MD |
Oberlin |
Oct |
17 |
1899 |
Alex Southard |
23 |
M |
W |
|
Consumption |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Oct |
16 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
Tilden MD |
Oberlin |
Oct |
17 |
1899 |
J. A. Eatef(?) |
35 |
M |
W |
|
Typhoid fever |
|
|
Cedar Bluffs, KS |
|
|
Dec |
9 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Dec |
10 |
1899 |
Woody Brokard |
18 |
M |
W |
|
Consumption |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Dec |
10 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
Gilpin MD |
Oberlin |
Dec |
11 |
1899 |
Child of Charles Mures |
2 days |
M |
W |
|
Consumption |
|
|
Cedar Bluffs, KS |
|
|
Jan |
9 |
1899 |
|
|
|
|
McNichols MD |
Oberlin |
Dec |
11 |
1899 |
Child of Geo. B. Vanter(?) |
5 mons |
M |
W |
|
Spinal meningitis |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
10 |
1900 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jan |
10 |
1900 |
J. H. Brown |
70 |
M |
W |
|
Kidney disease |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
19 |
1900 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jan |
19 |
1900 |
Myrtle Fry |
33 |
F |
W |
|
Puerperal fever |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Jan |
18(?) |
1900 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Jan |
22 |
1900 |
Child of M. W. Bicknell |
19 days |
M |
W |
|
Convulsions |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
Jan |
21 |
1900 |
|
|
|
|
Gilpin MD |
Oberlin |
Jan |
22 |
1900 |
|
Child of Gilbert Wisener |
5 mons |
M |
W |
|
Unknown |
|
|
Achilles, KS |
|
|
Feb |
7 |
1900 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Feb |
7 |
1900 |
Frank Bragaw |
63 |
M |
W |
|
Pneumonia |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Feb |
8 |
1900 |
|
|
|
|
J. C. Emahizer |
Oberlin |
Feb |
8 |
1900 |
Julia Langmade(?) |
68 |
F |
W |
|
Paralysis |
|
|
Oberlin, KS |
|
|
Feb |
20 |
1900 |
|
|
|
|
W. B. Mead MD |
Oberlin |
Feb |
22 |
1900 |
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