Douglas County Cemeteries
Jan., Feb., Mar. 1888 Mortality Report, Lawrence
Included below are burials reported in Lawrence's two largest cemeteries, Oak Hill and Maple Grove. These are not necessarily death dates, only burial dates as reported by the sextons:
Oak Hill--January
Curtis, infant, white, Jan. 1, stillborn
Skinner, George, white, 23, Jan. 3, dropsy
Pearce, George W., white, 72, Jan. 8, pneumonia
Hewett / Hewitt, Mrs. C. B., white, 82, Jan. 8, old age
Parkhurst, Julia A., white, 51, Jan. 12, congestion of lungs
Heathman, Solon, white, 76, Jan. 16, bodily injury
Patterson, Stepney, colored, 69, Jan. 19, rheumatism of the heart
Milner, Margret, white, 63 (?), Jan. 22, pneumonia
Warfield, Annie, colored, 8m, Jan. 23, cold
Taylor, James Lincoln, colored, 21, Jan. 26, abcess of liver
Wyler, Gustave M., white, 29 (?), Jan. 26, epilepsy
Keys, William, white, 74, Jan. 27, typhoid pneumonia
Hoyt, W. H., colored, 2m, Jan. 27, pneumonia
Thompson, Eliza P., white, 60, Jan. 30, heart disease
Hidden, Jason, white, 74, Jan. 29, old age
Stalcup, Nancy, colored, age unreadable, Jan. 31, pneumonia
Funk, Valentine, white, 65, Jan. 31, asthma
Henderson, William, colored, 1m, Jan. 31, dropsy.
Maple Grove--January
Thomas, Willie, colored, 19, Jan. 2, consumption
Torseden, infant, white, 14d, Jan. 6, cold
Colburn, J. (female) white, 49, Jan. 9, cancer
Vermilya, E. W., white, 51, Jan. 13, cancer of stomach
Davis, Jane E., colored, 63, Jan. 15, dropsy
Sable, Fred, white, 61, Jan. 19, heart disease
Chaplin, Dell, white, 1, Jan. 29, unknown
Oak Hill--February
King, William, white, 52, Feb. 2, consumption
Lee, May, white, 3, Feb. 3, lung fever
McCullough, Hellen, white, 5m, Feb. 4, brain disease
Black, Lizzie, white, 1, Feb. 4, diarrhea
Frost, Alice, white, 8m, Feb. 5, pneumonia
Gunter / Gunther, Mary Jane, colored, 11, Feb. 7, heart disease
Fishback, Hettie, colored, 15, Feb. 7, pneumonia
Scott, Samuel, white, 14d, Feb. 12, unknown
Olson, infant, white, 4d, Feb 21, heart trouble
Dennis, infant, white, 6d, Feb. 2?, pneumonia
Maple Grove--February
Jackson, Hattie, colored, 25, Feb. 6, consumption
Hicks, Claud, white, 1, Feb. 8, spinal trouble
Thomas, Minnie, colored, age unreadable, Feb. 22, consumption
Simmons, William B., white, age unreadble, Feb. 26, pneumonia
Keer, Walter, white, 23, Feb. 29, accident on railroad
Oak Hill--February
Thomas, Hester, colored, 45, March 1, pneumonia
Doyle, J. M., white, 32, March 10, typhoid fever
Faxon, Asaph, white, 72, March 12, paralysis of heart
Presby, infant, white, 8m, March 23, pneumonia
Conner, ---, white, 8, March 23, diptheria (died at Pensacola, Florida)
Fry, Greenup, colored, 55, March 29, lung fever
Martin, George Henry, colored, 11m, March 30, brain fever
Williamson, Clarissa, white, 79, March 31, congestion of stomach (died at Edwardsville, Kansas)
Miles, John D., white, 13, March 31, not given
Maple Grove--March
Mornfort, Wesley R., colored, 3m, March 5, convulsions
Anderson, Minnie V., colored, 21, March 19, malaria fever
Henderson, Hattie, colored, 19, March 31, consumption
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