Mattoon Death Register
PLEASE READ THIS FIRST
This is transcribed by your host (Kim Torp) from original microfilmed documents. These are the same documents
that the IRAD used to put together the Mattoon Death Register Index on their website. However, there are some
important exceptions. First, the records which I transcribed are only from 1 to 1530. The remainder are on another
roll of microfilm which I have not as yet ordered. Secondly, there are over 500 extra records from 1902-1903 contained
here which are not on the
IRAD's index. The extra records appeared to be strictly from Coles County's recordkeeping and were much less detailed
than the official death certificates the state required. I have notated these extra records with an (a) after the certificate number to avoid
duplicating numbers. If you try and write away for the certificate from the IRAD or Coles County, DO NOT include
the (a) after the number. Truthfully, I'm not sure whether the IRAD has access to the extra 500 records or not.
As always with genealogical transcriptions, you are advised to check with the original document yourself. DO NOT
assume that I have transcribed this with 100% accuracy. I have noted my questions with a (?). Some of the original documents had question
marks in them and I have tried to note this with a (sic) Original spellings were maintained, even when obviously wrong. Also, be aware that there
is more information for "Physician/Informant" on the record which I did not start transcribing until
the 1902's. Since the roll was wound backwards, I started transcribing from the latest down to the earliest and
in the later years, the doctor or the undertaker was the one who signed the certificate. Trying to save myself
some time and finger cramping, I did not think it was necessary to copy the doctor's/undertaker's name. Unfortunately,
I realized a little more than 3/4 of the way through transcribing that they occasionally put an "informant"
in the space rather than a doctor's name, and the informant was usually a family member. Being on a time schedule,
there was no way I could go back through and re-enter the information. Sorry. But that just gives you a reason
to obtain the microfilm and check the information for yourself, which you should do anyway.
This microfilm may be bought or rented from Heritage Quest, product # V141-81 - "Illinois County Records"
or viewed at the IRAD in Charleston, IL under the name "Mattoon Death Register".
HAPPY HUNTING!
-- V -- Surnames
No. of Record
Name
Color
Sex
Conjugal Condition
Date of Death
Date of Birth
Age
Occupation
POB
POB of Father
POB of Mother
Disease or Cause of Death
Duration
Place of Death
Late Residence - Length of Residence (in city or town)
Undertaker
Place of Interment
Date of Certificate
Physician or Informant
25(a)
Hubart F.
Van Deren
Feb 22 1902
drug narcosis
233
Bethany
Van Gundy
W
F
-
Apr 12 1901
66
dropsy
2308 Moultrie
Dodge Grove Cem
-
417(a)
Ely A
Van Gundy
Aug 4 1903
killed by train
1205
John R.
Van Meter
W
M
M
Mar 19 1908
65y, 5m, 25d
farming
Virginia
carcinoma of stomach
1 yr
2101 Marshall
E. P Thomas
Dodge Grove Cem
Mar 19 1908
1179
Mary P.
Van Meter
W
F
W
Feb 18 1908
85
housewife
Washington, D.C.
valvular heart disease w/contrib cause of chronic nephritis
2 yrs
Memorial Hospital
E. P Thomas
Dodge Grove Cem
Feb 20 1908
1346
Henry H.
Van Nest
W
M
M
Nov 21 908
72
Leyst waterworks on J.C. R.R.
New Jersey
carcinoma of stomach w/contrib cause of senility
2609 W. Broadway
W.J. Carter
Dodge Grove Cem
Nov 23 1908
480
Infant of M/M Clarence
Van Note
720 Lincoln
rest of certificate is blank
467
Infant of M/M Clarence
Van Note
-
-
-
Mar 8 1905
-
-
infant
still birth
D.S. Campbell
Dodge Grove Cem
Mar 9 1905
1053
Zack
Vanderventer
W
M
S
Aug 30 1907
19y, 8 mo
farmer
Coles co
Charleston interurban wreck
Charleston interurban wreck
Farley Ross
Camp Ground Paradise
Aug 31 1907
381(a)
James
Vandeventer
May 25 1903
malarial fever
379(a)
Jasper
Vandeventer
Apr 23 1903
small pox
1076
Zack
Vandveventer
W
M
S
Aug 30 1907
19y, 8m
farmer
Coles co
Interurban wreck on Cen. Ill Track w./contrib cause of criminal negligence of Motormen F.B. McClar & Chas.
Botts
instant
wreck on interurban near Charleston
Farley Ross
Old Campb Ground, Paradise Tp
Sep 4 1907
126(a)
Ler
Vanlandingham
Oct 17 1902
asthenia
394
Frank
Vanlaningham
-
-
-
Nov 2 1904
18y, 10m, 22d
laborer
tuberculosis of lungs
1 yr
2221 Marion Ave, 4 ward
C.W. Haskell
-
Nov 2 1904
402(a)
Samuel
Vanmeter
Jul 4 1903
general exhaustion brough on by bowel trouble
1299
Dane
Vasseloff
W
M
M
Aug 28 1908
35y, 2mos
laborer
Masedonia, Turkey
railway accident w/contrib cause of contusion of abdomen
3 days
Memorial Hospital
F.S. Schilling
Dodge Grove Cem
Aug 31 1908
1358
Edward W.
Vause
W
M
W
Dec 14 1908
78
retired
Ross County, Ohio
-
1012 Wabash Ave
F.S. Schilling
Charleston, Ill
Dec 14 1908
51(a)
Infant child of Jno. & Bessie
Vensley
Apr 14 1902
still birth
1093
Wm. E.
Vice
W
M
S
Sep 25 1907
20y, 6m, 8d
Fireman
Kentucky
peritonnitis w/contrib cause of typhoid fever
M.E. Hospital
D.S. Campbell
Springfield, IL
Sept 26 1907
488
Martha Alice
Victory
W
F
S
Mar 5 1905
35y, 2mo
housework
St. Elmo, IL
mitral regurgitation w/contrib cause of La Grippe
30 days
2412 Shelby Ave
J.J. Hoag
St. Elmo
Mar 6 1905
1137
John F.
Voigt
W
M
M
Dec 1 1907
75y, 5m, 14d
retired
Germany
Uremic coma w/contributing cause of chronic prosbatitis & Nephritis
2 yrs
1701 Lafayette
D.S. Campbell
Dodge Grove Cem
Dec 3 1907
14
Jas. H.
Vonnnt ? (sic)
W
M
unknown
Jan 21 1900
laborer
consumption
Mattoon, 4th ward
Mattoon
J.D. McCarty
Bethel Cemetery south of Mattoon
Jan 21 1900