Below are reported deaths, taken from courthouse ledgers, for 1903--also included are a few from 1902 and 1904. These were handwritten records, and I did my best to decipher them, but there may be errors, either on my part or in the original record.
| Deceased | Age | Date of Death | Marital Status | Birthplace | Place of Death | Cause of Death |
| Craig, Matilda | 59y | Oct. 8, 1902 | married | foreign | Exeter Twp. | lung trouble | |
Wicklund, Gust N. | 13y | Nov. 28, 1902 | single | US | Sherman Twp. | sore throat | |
Harris, Abner | 62y | Nov. 26, 1902 | married | US | Blaine Twp. | hemorrhage of bowels | |
Lisle, Abraham W. | 73y | Nov. 23, 1902 | widower | US | Exeter Twp. | catarrh of liver | |
Eslinger, Annie | ng | Nov. 14, 1902 | married | US | Hayes Twp. | ng | |
Seigler, Elsworth C. | 14d | Nov. 11, 1902 | single | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Smith, Joseph | 86y | Nov. 24, 1902 | widower | US | County farm | general debility | |
Peterson, Warren | 10m | Nov. 23, 1902 | single | US | Clay Center Twp. | accident | |
Mullis, Walter | ng | Nov. 20, 1902 | married | US | Exeter Twp. | burn | |
Ash, infant of Wm. | 1d | Nov. 19, 1902 | single | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Tripp, Earl | 21y | Nov. 8, 1902 | single | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Babbitt, Louanna | 82y | Nov. 7, 1902 | widow | ng | Five Creeks Twp. | general decline | |
Barker, Mary | 77y | Dec. 4, 1902 | widow | US | Clay Center | dropsy | |
Johnson, Edna | 5y | Dec. 5, 1902 | single | US | Sherman Twp. | diptheria | |
Swenson, Herbert P. | ng | Dec. 14, 1902 | single | US | Garfield Twp. | spinal meningitis | |
Carlile, Myrtle | ng | Dec. 10, 1902 | single | ng | Blaine Twp. | spinal trouble | |
Martin, Mary | ng | Dec. 19, 1902 | married | foreign | Union Twp. | ng | |
Filkins, Fred | 4m | Dec. 23, 1902 | single | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Hemphill, Hugh | 75y | Dec. 3, 1902* | single | foreign | County farm | Bright's disease | |
Powell, Walter | 25y | Jul. 31, 1902 | married | US | Winkler, KS | typhoid fever | |
Moore, Elsie | 8m | Aug. 5, 1902 | single | US | Clay Center | diarrhea | |
Testerman, Berthy | 15y | Sept. 10, 1902 | single | US | May Day | consumption | |
Hafner, Lena | 8y | Nov. 7, 1902 | single | US | Green | diptheria | |
Lettmer, Walter | 2m | Nov. 8, 1902 | single | US | May Day | unknown | |
Iams, Isaac | 60y | Nov. 27, 1902 | married | US | Green | Bright's disease | |
Noyes, Del V. | 24y | Dec. 19, 1902 | married | US | Green | childbirth | |
McCosh, Edna | 1y8m | Oct. 25, 1902 | single | US | Industry | diptheria | |
Haines, Eddie | 6y | Oct. 27, 1902 | single | US | Longford | membranous croup | |
Dewitt, Richard | 67y | Feb. 26, 1903 | married | US | Oak Hill | Bright's disease | |
Duck, Ira | 1y4m | Mar. 2, 1903 | single | US | Longford | membranous croup | |
Youngren, Martha | ng | Feb. 15, 1903 | widow | US | Poor farm | frozen | |
Nordstrom, Albert | 25y | Feb. 27, 1903 | married | US | Hayes Twp. | consumption | |
Hare, James A. | 68y | Mar. 1, 1903 | married | ng | Union Twp. | heart failure | |
Osborn, Lidie | 58y | Mar. 7, 1903 | married | US | ng | heart failure | |
Davie/Davy, William** | 28y | Mar. 13, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | consumption | |
Bryant, George | 45y | Mar. 20, 1903 | married | US | Exeter Twp. | bronchitis | |
Johnson, Oscar W. | 25y | Mar. 6, 1903 | single | US | Hayes Twp. | hemorrhage of brain | |
Hoffman, Herbert | 2y | Feb. 23, 1903 | single | US | Highland Twp. | lung fever | |
Longback, Lillian D. | 25y | Jan. 9, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | consumption | |
Coates, F. A. | 23y | Feb. 13, 1903 | single | US | Exeter Twp. | suicide | |
Green, Bessie | 99y | Feb. 6, 1903 | widow | US | Bloom Twp. | general decline | |
Newell, Belmer | 3m | Feb. 4, 1903 | single | US | Five Creeks Twp. | inflammation of lungs | |
Hedberg, Mrs. N. C. | 52y7m | Jan. 31, 1903 | married | foreign | Clay Center | unreadable | |
Lind, Carrie | 18y | Jan. 30, 1903 | single | foreign | Sherman Twp. | ng | |
Moon, W. B. | 2m | Jan. 27, 1903 | single | US | Hayes Twp. | pneumonia | |
Smith, Rachel | 84y | Jan. 18, 1903 | married | ng | Clay Center | general decline | |
Tomlinson, Mrs. Eliza | ng | Jan. 15, 1903 | widow | US | Blaine Twp. | cancer | |
Conrow, Howard M. | 84y | Mar. 28, 1903 | married | US | Union Twp. | old age | |
Miller, Florence J. | 7y1m | Jan. 25, 1903 | single | US | Morganville | pneumonia | |
Stephenson, Edna | 2m | Jan. 22, 1903 | single | US | Five Creeks Twp. | pneumonia | |
Reed, Anna M. | 79y | Apr. 5, 1903 | widow | foreign | Union Twp. | pneumonia | |
Heinen, Freda Fidella | 3m9d | Apr. 6, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center Twp. | pneumonia | |
Martin, Thomas | 88y | Apr. 12, 1903 | widower | foreign | Blaine Twp. | ng | |
Fullington, George H. | 57y | May. 1, 1903 | married | US | Idana | ng | |
Russell, Pompey** | 97y | May. 2, 1903 | widower | US | Clay Center | general debility | |
Pease, N. | 76y | May. 2, 1903 | widower | foreign | Clay Center | general debility | |
Rook, John | 65y | May. 13, 1903 | married | foreign | Clay Center | unknown | |
Stevenson, J. G. | 74y 8m | May. 12, 1903 | widower | ng | Exeter Twp. | paralysis | |
Trumpp, Beta | 6y | May. 14, 1903 | single | US | Highland Twp. | inflammation of brains | |
Tinker, Charles M. | 36y | Jun. 5, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | drowned | |
Brown, Ralph | 4m | Apr. 26, 1903 | single | US | Mulberry Twp. | double pneumonia | |
Bouley, infant girl | 1m21d | Jun. 30, 1903 | single | KS | Mulberry Twp. | ng | |
Walquist, Myrtle L. | 2m | Jun. 12, 1903 | single | US | Garfield Twp. | brain fever | |
Miller, Sarah | 61y | Jun. 16, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Macy, Bessie | 11y | Jun. 17, 1903 | single | US | Athelstane Twp. | scarlet fever | |
Selvage, infant of B.T. | 0d | Jun. 25, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | stillborn | |
Fife, James | 73y | Jun. 25, 1903 | ng | ng | Blaine Twp. | apoplexy | |
Linquist, infant of E. | 10m | Jul. 8, 1903 | single | US | Garfield Twp. | bronchitis | |
Brown, Laura | 22y | Jul. 22, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Worley, Lawrence | 5y9m | Jul. 30, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | malarial fever | |
Younkin, Mary | 93y5m | Aug. 7, 1903 | widow | US | Clay Center | general decline | |
Mullen, George | 8y | Aug. 7, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | scarlet fever | |
Miller, Roy | 10y | Aug. | single | US | Clay Center | scarlet fever | |
Young, Sophia | 49y | Aug. 24, 1903 | married | Germany | Clay Center | malarial fever | |
Gilman, Elizabeth | 75y | Aug. 25, 1903 | widow | ng | ng | ng | |
Salter, Malachi | 95y | Aug. 26, 1903 | widow | ng | Clay Center | old age | |
Brenner, Emma | 10y | Aug. 30, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | diptheria | |
Cunningham, John | ng | Sept. 3, 1903 | married | US | Riley County | dropsy | |
Berg, Edith | 1y10m | Sept. 17, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Littler, Emily | 79y | Sept. 19, 1903 | widow | ng | Clay Center | general decline | |
Dennis, James | 5m | Sept. 24, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Broden, Andrew | 73y3m | Sept. 26, 1903 | married | foreign | Clay Center | R. R. accident | |
Wiberg, Erick | 57y6m | Jul. 3, 1903 | married | foreign | Clay Center | ng | |
Johnson, P. | 79y | Jul. 13, 1903 | single | foreign | Clay Center | Bright's disease | |
Frank, Tessie | 25y | Jul. 24, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Humbert, Adie | 20y | Aug. 6, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Williams, John | 32y | Aug. 6, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | Bright's disease | |
Coon, Delta | 1y1m | Aug. 12, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | cholera infantum | |
Boughten, Nola | 42y | Aug. 27, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | childbirth | |
Romesberg, infant | 2m | Sept. 2, 1903 | single | US | Union Twp. | ng | |
Braun, Albert | 65y | Sept. 7, 1903 | married | foreign | Grant Twp. | lung trouble | |
Mall, Alfred | 38y | Sept. 20, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | appendicitis | |
Youngkins, Donald | 2y | Sept. 21, 1903 | single | US | Grant Twp. | pneumonia | |
Van Nostin, Alexander | 73y6m | Sept. 21, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | Bright's disease | |
Barker, Roy | 15y | Sept. 22, 1903 | single | US | Morganville | appendicitis | |
Haas, Emma | 20y | Oct. 10, 1903 | single | Germany | Vining | malarial poisoning | |
Heath, Emil | 8m | Oct. 5, 1903 | single | US | Idana | ng | |
Impey, Esther | 7y1m | Oct. 11, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | membranous croup | |
Holmes, Dollie | 55y | Oct. 12, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | disease of heart | |
Ash, infant | 0d | Oct. 16, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | stillborn | |
Smith, William H. | 78y | Oct. 18, 1903 | married | IL | Blaine Twp. | cancer of bowels | |
Selts, Ben D. | 66y | Oct. 19, 1903 | widower | IL | Clay Center | cancer of stomach | |
Bodine, Annie | 60y | Oct. 20, 1903 | married | foreign | Hayes Twp. | Bright's disease | |
Schafer, Ernest | 6m | Oct. 21, 1903 | single | US | Grant Twp. | whooping cough | |
Halverson, Esther | 4m | Oct. 21, 1903 | single | US | Sherman Twp. | whooping cough | |
Vincent, Virgil | 6y | Oct. 23, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | diptheria | |
Brooks, George A. | 62y | Oct. 25, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | Bright's disease | |
Wood, Emma C. | 33y | Oct. 30, 1903 | married | US | Clay Center | consumption | |
Farrell, George | 76y | Nov. 13, 1903 | widower | foreign | Exeter Twp. | apoplexy | |
Sterling, Imogene | 24y | Nov. 24, 1903 | married | US | Mulberry Twp. | chronic nephritis | |
Kelley, Noah | 80y | Mar. 11, 1903 | married | US | Clifton | pneumonia | |
Kelley, Hannah | 79y | Mar. 9, 1903 | married | US | Clifton | uremia | |
Stors, Jacobina | 65y | Dec. 5, 1903 | married | foreign | Clay Center | dropsy | |
Ross, Eliza | 74y | Dec. 9, 1903 | married | foreign | Blaine Twp. | old age | |
Geisemann, Henry | 80y | Dec. 13, 1903 | widower | foreign | Five Creeks Twp. | ng | |
Eisile, Jacob | 67y | Dec. 21, 1903 | widower | foreign | Clay Center | catarrh of stomach | |
Baldwin, Chauncy | 2y | Nov. 14, 1903 | single | US | Clifton | chronic malaria | |
Ruegg, Elizabeth | 71y | Nov. 26, 1903 | married | Swiss | Mulberry Twp. | bronchitis | |
Weir, W. W. | ng | Oct. 4, 1904 | single | US | Grant Twp. | rheumatic fever | |
Galloway, James E. | 9y8m | Oct. 5, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | diptheria | |
Steele, infant of Wm. | ng | Oct. 30, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Conkright, M. | 2y6m | Oct. 31, 1903 | single | US | Morganville | membranous croup | |
Thomas, R. | 71y9m | Nov. 3, 1903 | widower | foreign | Clay Center | consumption | |
Huckstep, Maggie | 74y5m | Nov. 5, 1903 | widower | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Smith, John F. | 88y | Nov. 7, 1903 | widower | foreign | Clay Center | general decline | |
Bentry/Rentry, Mrs. | 71y | Nov. 9, 1903 | widower | US | Blaine Twp. | tumor | |
Linter, Mrs. E. | 62y3m | Nov. 14, 1903 | widower | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Gillespie, William | 71y | Nov. 25, 1903 | widower | foreign | Poor farm | consumption | |
Stepp, Martha | 52y7m | Nov. 26, 1903 | married | US | Five Creeks Twp. | cancer of stomach | |
White, Nellie | 31y | Nov. 26, 1903 | single | US | Clay Center | ng | |
Lindberg, Anna R. | 5m | Nov. 30, 1903 | single | US | Broughton | ng | |
Miller, Pearl M. | 9y | Dec. 4, 1903 | single | US | Clifton | congestion of liver | |
McKenzie, Daniel | ng | Dec. 11, 1903 | single | foreign | Industry | appendicitis | |
Tubbs, R. A. | 75y | Dec. 19, 1903 | married | US | Industry | appendicitis | |
Moon, Elizabeth B. | 69y11m | Dec. 26, 1903 | married | US | Industry | pneumonia | |
Peterson, Henel Sophia | 86y10m | Jan. 6, 1904 | widow | foreign | Clay Center | heart trouble | |
Young, Cyrus | 60y | Jan. 24, 1904 | married | US | Clay Center | consumption | |
Lind, Peter A. | 58y9m | Jan. 25, 1904 | ng | US | ng | general decline | |
Perkins, Carrie | 20y10m | Jan. 27, 1904 | single | US | Hayes Twp. | cancer | |
Myers, H. D. | 5y7m | Jan. 28, 1904 | single | US | Clay Center | appendicitis | |
Jones, Myra R. | 61y | Feb. 3, 1904 | married | US | Clay Center | pneumonia | |
Shaffer, William | 63y | Feb. 5, 1904 | married | US | Clay Center Twp. | heart failure | |
Jones, Paul | 65y | Feb. 6, 1904 | married | US | Clay Center | Bright's disease | |
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*date of report | | | | | | | |
**race given as "black" | | | | | | | |
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