Kansas History and Heritage Project--Douglas County Deaths

Douglas County Cemeteries
July, Aug., Sep. 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--July

Freddie Kuhn, white, 8m, July 2, inflammation of brain
Adams, Susie, white, 20m, July 5, cholera infantum
McClain, ----, white,21m, July 8, cholera infantum
Coleman, Minne, white, 9m, July 9, cholera infantum
Peterson, Peter E., white, 55, July 11, not given
Foote, Rebecca, white, 75, July 15, lung fever
Hutt, Julian, white, 82, July 15, old age
Tabor, C. D., white, 88, July 15, old age
Seewir, Dr. J. G., white, 60, July 18, consumption
Strode, Samuel, colored, 27, July 20, consumption
Bangs, Clifton H., white, 7m, July 21, cholera infantum
Moman, Harriet, colored, 75, July 21, old age
Gregorie, infant, colored, 7w, July 24, cholera infantum
Moore, infant of Mary, colored, 2m, July 27, cholera infantum
Eggart / Eggert, Henry, white, 77, July 29, old age
Trueblood, Enoch T., white, 27, July 29, typhoid



Maple Grove--July

Miller, Mary E. R., white, 21, July 2, inflammatory rheumatism
Miller, Harvey, white, 11m, July 7, brain fever
Letcher, Thomas, colored, 66, July 15, not given
Tingle, Gertrude, colored, 16, July 19, consumption
Miller, R. A., white, 24, July 27, blood scrofula



Oak Hill--August

Sands, Arthur Merton, white, 13, Aug. 2, drowning
Horner, Lydia, white, 64, Aug. 2, chronic bronchitis
Speed, Fred, white, 3m, Aug. 3, cholera infantum
Woods, John R., white, 9m, Aug. 3, teething
Cracklin, Joseph, white, 72, Aug. 5, heart trouble
Corey, Alice R., white, --, Aug. 4, scrofula and dropsy
Watts, Walter G., white, 4, Aug. 10, chronic diarrhea
Barteaux, Benjamin, S., white, 73, Aug. 10, heart trouble
Hamilton, Albert C., white, 28, Aug. 17, consumption
Wood, Rose W., white, 32, Aug. 18, consumption
Hornby, Robert Hilton, white, 1, Aug. 20, brain fever
Kilworth, John, white, 85, Aug. 24, old age
Shattuck, infant of S. S., 1w, Aug. 29, not given
Wells, Eva, white, 2, Aug. 31, diarrhea



Maple Grove--August

Campbell, infant, white, 10d, Aug. 3, liver trouble
Johnson, Leonard, colored, 1, Aug. 3, scarlet rash
Fitcham, W. W., colored, 25, Aug. 8, bronchitis
Mitchell, Langston, colored, 22, Aug. 23, consumption
Chapley, John C., white, 3, Aug. 23, scarlet fever
George W. Ward, white, 1, Aug. 25, summer complaint



Oak Hill--September

Powell, infant, colored, 3d, Sep. 10, typhoid fever
McLain, Mrs., white, 30, Sep. 14, consumption
Churchill, Delia Kate, white, 28, Sep. 17, not given
Loos / Leas, Catherine, white, 46, Sep. 17, general debility
Adams, Tobia, colored, 36, Sep. 5, stab wound
Green, Adam, white, 27d, Sep. 28, fever



Maple Grove--September

Strode, ---, colored, ---, Sep. 6, malaria fever
Carter, Nellie, white, 1, Sep. 23, membraneous croup
Sechrest, Burnes, 8m, Sep. 27, cholera infantum
Wood, L. O., white, 43, Sep. 28, dropsy


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