
Deaths - 1860 Mortality Census
Transcribed by K. Torp
Iowa took a state census in 1860 in addition to the Federal Census.
At the back of Worth County's state enumeration, the following deaths were noted:
Debra Phelps, aged 44, F, married, b. New York, died in March of consumption, length of illness was 10 yrs
Hartland Twp:
Ann Ellingson, age 1/12, F, b. IA, d. Sept. of Cholera Infantum, 4 days
Ann Severson, aged 1/12, F, b. IA, d. Feb. of Cholera Infantum, 14 days
Wilber D. Place, aged 1, M, b. IA, d. Feb of Brain Fever, 42 days
Bristol Twp
Frank Reuben, age 1, M, b. IL, d. Sept of Typhoid fever, 2 days
Joseph Knadler, aged 34, M, married, b. Wustenburg, Gery, died Sept. of Typhoid fever, 30 days, Occupation Farmer
Ole Touson (or Toreson?), aged 1, M, b. IA, d. Sept of Hooping Cough, 42 days
John W. Jackson, aged 37, M, married, b. Maine, d. April of Lung Fever of 14 days. Occupation Shoe Maker