1897 Clay County Deaths


1886-1887 Reported Deaths
Clay Co., Kansas


Death records for 1886-1887 including a couple from 1885 and 1888.



NAME AGE RACE  DATE CAUSE  PLACE BURIAL
Hankenberry, male 10m12d White 12/28/1885 Pneumonia Clay Center CC Cem. 12/29/1885
McGhee, Ollie 13y White 12/30/1885 Diptheria Exeter Twp. Exeter Twp.12/31/1885
Hunt, Catherine 35y1m22d White 1/26/1886 Peleric cellutitis Clay Center CC Cem. 1/27/1886
Smith, male 5 hours White 2/13/1886 Premature birth Grant Twp. Grant Twp. 2/14/1886
Brett, Alice 2y6d White 3/9/1886 Paralysis--chorea Clay Center CC Cem. 3/10/1886
Nasman, Wilhelmine 8d White 1/4/1886 not given Garfield Twp. Garfield Twp. 1/5/1886
Jones, Nancy M. 39y3m White 2/24/1886 Consumption Fancy Creek Fancy Creek Cem. 2/26/1886
Curtis, Caroline 28y White 4/3/1886 Puerperal fever Clay Center CC Cem. 4/5/1886
Westrum, male 34 hours White 4/24/1886 Congestion of lungs Clay Center Lutheran Cem. 4/25/1886
Wade, Julia 34y White 5/10/1886 Congestion of liver Clay Center Twp. Greenwood Cem.
Drake, Myrtie 1y11m23d White 5/31/1886 Dysentery Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 6/1/1886
Comerer, Bessie Ellen 1y4m12d White 8/5/1886 Entero-colitis Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 8/6/1886
Temple, Hattie 32y White 7/4/1886 Remittant fever Morganville Morganville 7/5/1886
Wright, male 2m12d White 8/10/1886 Entero-colitis Clay Center Greenwood Cem.  8/11/1886
Downing, male 11d White 8/19/1886 Inaition Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 8/20/1886
Downing, Eleanor M. E. 38y White 8/14/1886 Puerperal fever Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 8/15/1886
Curtis, Bertie 11m24d White 9/2/1886 Infantile remittant fever Carter Creek
Davy, female 9m4d Black 9/19/1886 Inanition Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 9/20/1886
Davy, Polly Ann 31y Black 9/30/1886 Consumption Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 10/1/1886
Cotton, Otto 11m25d White 8/31/1886 Hydrocephalitis Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 9/1/1886
Hamilton, Llewellyn 4m White 9/1/1886 Marasmus Athelstane Athelstane Cem.
Wisdom, Benjamin 76y Black 10/25/1886 Heart dropsy Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 10/26/1886
McGunnigle, Matthew 56y8m3d White 11/9/1886 Chronic indigestion Five Creeks Idana Cem.11/10/1886
Koon, Edwin E. G. 11m21d White 3/8/1886 Acute meningitis Exeter Twp. Exeter Twp.3/10/1886
Bond, August 2y7m9d White 9/8/1886 Summer diarrhea Garfield Twp.
Hilton, Charles W. 26y White 10/30/1886 Malarial fever Idana Idana Cem.11/1/1886
Gustafson, Tillie 18y White 11/11/1886 Typho-malaial fever Clay Center Greenwood Cem. '11/.12/1886
Squier, Amsey 71y11d White 11/25/1886 Congestion of liver/abcess Hayes Twp. Greenwood Cem. 11/28/1886
Rambush, Peter 31y3m22d White 12/1/1886 Typho-malarial fever Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 12/2/1886
Davy, Peachey 2m20d Black 12/11/1886 Convulsions Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 12/11/1886
Russell, Mount 4y2m12d Black 12/20/1886 Mlarial fever Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 12/21/1886
Russell, Butterfly 2y11m2d Black 1/14/1887 Phthesis Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 1/15/1887
Schrum, Henry 24y9m White 1/5/1887 Typhoid fever Clay Center Twp. German Church  Cem.
Curtis, I. J. 33y8m28d White 1/22/1887 Heart disease/dropsy Fact Fancy Creek Cem. 
Walker, Frank T. 16y11m16d White 4/10/1887 Pneumonia Clay Center Idana Cem. 4/11/1887
Hill, C. C. 55y11m24d White 4/24/1887 Cancer Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 4/25/1887
People/Peoples, Luella jr. 7m3d Black 5/1/1887 Pneumonia Clay Center Greenwood 5/2/1887
Nixon, Thomas Patterson 45y White 5/18/1887 Pneumonia Exeter Twp. Exeter Cem. 5/19/1887
Butter/Butler, male 7d White 6/25/1887 Convulsions Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 6/26/1887
James, George A. 11m1d White 7/9/1887 Entero-colitis Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 7/10/1887
Bishoff, male 7m  White 7/7/1887 Entero-colitis Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 7/7/1887
Scott, Bessie 7m12d White 7/24/1887 Cholera infantum Morganville
Kramer, Ida 2y6m White 7/1/1887 Inflammation of bowels Clay Center
Benir, Luisa 72y4m White 7/24/1887 Old age Gill Twp.
Miller, Eliza 1y1m21d White 7/21/1887 Cholera infantum Clay County
Fairchild, Dottie 9m  White 7/24/1887 Inflammation of brain Clay Center
Vanvollenburg, Ernest 8y8m White 7/17/1887 Dysentery and thrush Clay Center
Mullis, male 1y2m  White 7/16/1887 Dysentery Union Twp.
Wood, female 9m  White 7/15/1887 Inflammation of bowels Gill Twp.
Forest, Catherine 36y White 7/14/1887 Consumption Chapman Twp.
Blackwood, Lizzie Fay 1y5m White 7/13/1887 Entero-colitis Clay Center
Grubbs, Sarah 71y8d White 7/9/1887 Old age Clay Center
Childres, Ida May 4m6d White 7/9/1887 Inflammation of bowels Clay Center
Mullis, George 45y4m White 7/9/1887 unknown Idana
Iams, Alma Irene 1y10m White 7/4/1887 constipation of bowels Clay Center
Frybarger, Frank 18y or 78y White 7/24/1887 Typhoid malaria Clay Center
Underwood, Nelson 28y11m27d White 8/2/1887 Typhoid malaria Clay Center
Halpenny, Adie 2m White 8/11/1887 Remittant fever Blaine Twp.
Rapp, Pauline 14y White 8/12/1887 unknown Clay Center
Weir, R. W. 3m10d White 8/16/1887 unknown Clay Center
Sigler, Asa Tyler 2y2m White 9/7/1887 Malarial fever Clay Center Greenwood Cem/ 9/8/1887
Hewitt, male 2y10d White 7/14/1887 Entero-colitis Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 7/15/1887
Conner, James S. 78y4m15d White 6/6/1887 unknown Clay Center Bethel Cem/
Smith, Ann 24y9m Black 9/5/1887 Consumption Clay Center Greenwood Cem. 9/6/1887
Duffman, George 9m6d White 9/25/1887 Entero-colitis Exeter Twp. Exeter Twp. 9/26/1887
Hubbard, Eddie 3m  White 9/?/1887 unknown Clay Center
Harriman, Fred 23y1m White 10/1/1887 Consumption Clay Center
Buckner, Charity 22y Black 9/20/1887 Heart disease/malaria Clay Center
Davis, Edith 5y6m8d White 9/12/1887 Pneumonia Wakefield
Small, Phoebe E. N/G White 9/30/1887 Cancer Clay Center
Mall, Henry 29y White 10/5/1887 Fever Union Twp.
Jones, infant 6m15d White 8/30/1887 Inanition Industry
Benton, Ira 1y5m4d White 9/12/1887 Inflammation of bowels Clay Center
Mouttell, Charles 25y White 9/8/1887 Malarial fever Union Twp.
Bishoff, Edwin 9m3d White 10/10/1887 Inflammation of bowels Clay County
Sayers, James 45y White 10/15/1887 Fever Clay Center
Dugan, May N/G White 10/?/1887 unknown Green
Enoch, Belle 27y White 10/19/1887 Consumption Green
Cain, A. G. 75y White 10/20/1887 Old age Clay County
Taylor, George W. 35y1m22d White 10/22/1887 Malarial fever Grant Twp.
Underhill, Martha 9m White 10/28/1887 Summer complaint Madison Twp. Riley Co.
Call, Dell P./Bell P. 32y White 10/29/1887 Malarial fever Springfield
Benfer, Bessie E. 13y White 10/26/1887 Fever Industry
Hill, Villie 23y  White 10/30/1887 Lung fever Exeter Twp.
Danielson, Olivia 5y2m10d White 11/2/1887 Croup Goshen Twp.
Smith, Robert 53y9m19d White 11/7/1887 Heart disease Garfield Twp.
Holte, Bessdik B. 36y White 11/8/1887 Typhoid fever Sherman Twp.
Hoffman, Erl M. 1y White 11/20/1887 Whooping cough Sherman Twp.
Cook, John 42y8m8d White 11/21/1887 not given Clay Center
Hibbler, Joseph 2m White 11/23/1887 not given Exeter Twp.
Nelson, Will 20y White 11/24/1887 Typhoid vever Morganville
French, Libbie 29y White 11/24/1887 Acute rheumatism N/G
Garrety, Fannie 68y White 11/28/1887 Dropsy of heart Clifton
Donaldson, Annie 10y White 11/1/1887 Membraneous croup Goshen Twp.
Forgue, Hector 3y9m White 1/14/1888 Catarrh croup Clifton
Hill, female 2m White 11/24/1887 Bowel complaint Exeter Twp.
Gugenhan, J. W. 34y White 12/2/1887 Suicide Idana
Bruback, Willie 2y2m White 12/2/1887 not given Clay Center
Crosby, Isaac D. 61y3m8d White 12/5/1887 Bright's disease Gill Twp.
Hugunin, Dan 56y8m3d White 12/5/1887 Typhoid pneumonia Goshen Twp.
Lockhart, male 25d White 12/11/1887 Immature Oakland Twp.
Kelly, not given 18y White 12/16/1887 Blood poisoning Clay Center
Aesch, Katie N/G White 12/17/1887 Typhoid pneumonia Clay Center
Purvis, infant N/G White 12/19/1887 not given Oakland Twp.
Dawson, John 28y White 12/28/1887 Typhoid fever Idana
Huddleston, infant N/G White 12/23/1887 not given Goshen Twp.
Worley, Aurbopia 1y6d Whte 12/25/1887 Typhoid pneumonia Grant Twp.
Fedder, Fannie 24y6m Whte 12/26/1887 Consumption Clifton
Weckworth, infant 7d White 12/23/1887 Spasm Strawberry
Williams, Daniel 65y White 12/30/1887 Heart disease Clay Center
Carlson, John 45y1m18d White 1/3/`1888 Broken leg Clay Center


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