SUMNER COUNTY, KANSAS
DEATH RECORDS
Submitted by Della M. Shafer
~ R ~
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NAME
|
AGE
|
SEX
|
MARRIED
|
CAUSE OF DEATH
|
OCCUPATION
|
NATIV.
|
DEATH PLACE
|
DEATH DATE
|
FATHER
|
FBP
|
MOTHER
|
MBP
|
| RACE, Olive |
3 mo
|
F
|
S
|
Want of nutrition |
|
Amer.
|
Caldwell
|
Oct 18,1909
|
|
|
|
|
| RAFFENBERGER, Isaac N. |
55
|
M
|
W
|
Heart failure |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
South Haven
|
Apor 29,1909
|
|
|
|
|
| RAFFENSBERGER |
40
|
F
|
M
|
Puerperal septicemia |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
South Haven
|
Dec 19,1899
|
|
|
|
|
| RAGSDALE |
4
|
F
|
S
|
Whooping cough |
|
Amer.
|
Mulvane
|
Apr 22,1909
|
Fred Ragsdale |
|
|
|
| RAHE, Christopher W. |
81
|
M
|
M
|
Cerebral Concussion |
Farmer
|
German
|
Rome
|
Aug 21, 1898
|
|
GER
|
|
GER
|
| RAINE, |
13 MO
|
F
|
S
|
Convulsions |
|
Amer.
|
Argonia
|
Jan 22,1907
|
Harvey Raine |
|
Mable Haskell |
|
| RAINS, Gladis |
18 mo
|
F
|
|
Cholera Infantum |
|
Amer.
|
Doster
|
July 28,1901
|
J.W. Rains |
|
Kerns |
|
| RAMSEY |
29
|
F
|
M
|
Heart failure |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Oxford
|
April 28,1904
|
Jas. Ramsey |
MO
|
Fannie Fisher |
KS
|
| RAMSEY, Addie |
18
|
F
|
M
|
Whooping cough |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
April 30,1901
|
Newt Woods |
|
Della Stinnet |
|
| RAMSEY, Wilin A. |
22
|
M
|
S
|
Tuburculosis |
|
|
South Haven
|
May 21,1908
|
|
|
|
|
| RANDALL |
2 wk
|
M
|
S
|
Meningitis |
|
Amer.
|
Dalton
|
Aug 10,1898
|
Chas Randall |
|
|
|
| RANDALL, Jefferson |
66
|
M
|
M
|
La Grippe |
Farmer
|
USA
|
Su. Co.
|
May 09,1893
|
|
|
|
|
| RANSOM, Dessie M. |
1½
|
F
|
|
Measles |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
April 06,1903
|
|
|
|
|
| RAYMOND, Geo |
83
|
M
|
M
|
|
Merchant
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
May 20,1896
|
|
|
|
|
| RAYPHOLTZ, Barbara |
10 da
|
F
|
|
Anaemia |
|
Amer.
|
Corbin
|
April 14,1901
|
G.W. Raypholtz |
|
Houston |
|
| READY, Josephine |
2
|
F
|
|
Poisoning |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Jan 31,1911
|
|
|
|
|
| REECE, Arthur |
30
|
M
|
M
|
Heart failure |
Laborer
|
Amer.
|
South Haven
|
Oct 31,1903
|
D. Reece |
|
|
|
| REED, Calvin |
71
|
|
M
|
Apoplexy |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Argonia
|
June 12,1905
|
|
|
|
|
| REED, Clifford |
40
|
M
|
M
|
Toxaemia |
Merchant
|
Amer.
|
Belle Plaine
|
Aug 24,1908
|
|
|
|
|
| REED, Jesse E. |
23
|
M
|
S
|
Heart disease |
Printer
|
Amer.
|
Oxford
|
April 16,1901
|
J.D. Reed |
|
|
|
| REED, Thos E. |
81
|
M
|
M
|
Cancer of rectum |
Laborer
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Dec 04,1909
|
|
|
|
|
| REID, Mary J. |
55
|
F
|
M
|
Heart disease |
Housekeeper
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
June 23,1900
|
W.E. Anderson |
|
E.C. Fisher |
|
| REITZ, Capt. |
77
|
M
|
M
|
Continal fever |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Belle Plaine
|
Oct 08.1907
|
|
|
|
|
| RENEAU |
60
|
F
|
M
|
Pneumonia |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Rome
|
Oct 18,1902
|
Jas. Carr |
|
Sarah Light |
|
| RENFROW, J.W. |
75
|
M
|
M
|
Gastric ulcer |
None
|
MO
|
Wellington
|
Jan 14,1894
|
Renfrow |
|
|
|
| RENN, Mary C. |
52
|
F
|
M
|
Stricture of bowels |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Aug 06,1903
|
Jacob Bitz |
|
|
|
| REPP, Isadore |
39
|
F
|
M
|
Tuberculosis |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Portland
|
Mar 25,1902
|
John Wade |
|
Margaret Tomson |
|
| RETHORST, Mollie |
13
|
F
|
S
|
Heart disease |
Housekeeper
|
MO
|
Rome
|
May 26,1898
|
H.H. Rethorst |
MO
|
Amelia Wild |
MO
|
| REYNOLDS, Dell |
8
|
M
|
S
|
Typhoid Fever |
Farmer's son
|
USA
|
Geuda Spgs.
|
Mar 31,1893
|
Jas Reynolds |
OH
|
Hutchins |
OH
|
| REYNOLDS, Geo. H. |
64
|
M
|
M
|
Heart trouble |
Peddler
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Apr 22,1910
|
|
|
|
|
| REYNOLDS, Mrs. J. |
64
|
F
|
M
|
Cancer of stomach |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Perth
|
Nov 18,1906
|
|
|
|
|
| RHODES, Amos |
48
|
M
|
S
|
Murdered |
Car insp.
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Dec 21,1910
|
|
|
|
|
| RHODES, Clara |
20
|
F
|
W
|
Tetanus |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
9 mi W of Perth
|
May 05,1897
|
S.C. Roach |
|
Couch |
|
| RHODES, Henry |
28
|
M
|
M
|
Crushed in train wreck |
brakeman
|
Amer.
|
Belle Plaine
|
May 24,1910
|
|
|
|
|
| RICHARDS, Arthur |
20
|
M
|
S
|
Consumption |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Nov 05,1901
|
J.F. Richards |
|
Emma Hartson |
|
| RICHARDS, Ethel G. |
19
|
|
S
|
Heart failure |
Housekeeper
|
Amer.
|
Near Zyba
|
Aug 22,1896
|
|
|
May Cummings |
|
| RICHARDS, Geo. |
48
|
M
|
M
|
Pulmonary congestion |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Near Riverdale
|
July 29,1896
|
|
|
Phebe Slyh |
|
| RICHARDS, Robt. |
2 mo
|
M
|
|
Not known |
|
|
|
Mar 20,1903
|
J.F. Richards |
OH
|
Mary Gray |
MN
|
| RICHARDSON |
5
|
F
|
|
Diptheria |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Nov 23,1898
|
F.M. Richardson |
|
|
|
| RICHARDSON, A.C. |
81
|
F
|
W
|
Old age |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
July 09,1905
|
W.C. Muldrow |
|
McElvoy |
|
| RICHARDSON, Bertha |
15
|
F
|
S
|
Phthisis Pulm. |
|
Amer.
|
Caldwell
|
Nov 25,1897
|
|
|
|
|
| RICHARDSON, Infant |
1 da
|
|
|
Want of nutrition |
|
Amer.
|
Caldwell
|
June 04,1910
|
|
|
|
|
| RICHARDSON, J.S. |
72
|
m
|
|
apoplexy |
Retired
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
July 09,1910
|
|
|
|
|
| RIGDAN, Chas. |
9
|
M
|
S
|
Tuberculosis |
Child
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Feb 07,1910
|
C.E. Rigden |
|
|
|
| RIGGS |
5 mo
|
|
|
|
|
Amer.
|
Anson
|
Aug 17,1910
|
|
|
|
|
| RIGGS, Alfred |
31
|
M
|
M
|
Consumption |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
June 18,1899
|
Chas. Riggs |
|
Cath. A Coleman |
|
| RIGGS, Chas. |
43
|
M
|
M
|
Cancer of pancreas/liver |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Conway Springs
|
Nov 07,1896
|
|
|
|
|
| RIGGS, G.M. |
44
|
M
|
M
|
Obstruction of bowel |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Oxford
|
April 01,1900
|
|
|
|
|
| RIGGS, Gilbert M. |
40
|
M
|
M
|
Bowel obstruction |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Oxford
|
April 02,1900
|
|
|
|
|
| RIGGS, James A. |
41
|
M
|
S
|
Abscess of Lung |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Milton
|
Apr 26,1910
|
Frank Riggs |
MO
|
P.H. LaThrop |
KY
|
| RIGGS, Jim |
41
|
M
|
S
|
Hemorrhage |
|
Amer.
|
Milton
|
Apr 26,1910
|
|
|
|
|
| RIGGS, Phoebe B. |
79
|
F
|
W
|
General debility |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Green Twp.
|
July 17,1899
|
|
|
|
|
| RIGGS, T. |
68
|
F
|
W
|
Peritonitis |
Housekeeper
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Dec 30,1899
|
|
|
|
|
| RIGHT, Theodore |
15
|
M
|
S
|
Killed by a horse |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Su. Co.
|
Jul 05,1893
|
Right |
US
|
|
|
| RILEY, Nancy E. |
77
|
F
|
W
|
Cerebral Hemorrhage |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Jan 26,1911
|
Arch Boston, Dec. |
VA
|
Sallie Davis |
VA/Eng
|
| RINDOM, Christian |
52
|
M
|
M
|
Scarlet Fever |
Farmer
|
Denm.
|
Portland
|
July 04,1899
|
|
|
|
|
| RITTER, Neva |
49
|
F
|
M
|
Apoplexy |
Housekeeper
|
Amer.
|
Geuda Springs
|
Dec 23,1898
|
Aug. Kelsey |
|
Nancy Howard |
|
| ROBBINS, Hannah Lee |
40
|
F
|
M
|
Tuberculosis |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Argonia
|
Nov 22,1910
|
J.S. True |
GER
|
Hannah L. True |
KS
|
| ROBBINS, Hattie C. |
54
|
F
|
W
|
Carcinoma of uterus |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Apr 28,1909
|
|
|
|
|
| ROBBISON, Harrold |
4
|
M
|
S
|
Obstruct. Bowel |
|
|
Corbin
|
Nov 19,1907
|
F.E. Robinson |
|
M.F. Booggess |
|
| ROBERTS |
3 wk.
|
F
|
|
Infantile paralysis |
|
Amer.
|
Hunnewell
|
Aug 31,1909
|
Dan Roberts |
|
Grace Hale |
|
| ROBERTS |
4 wk
|
M
|
|
Pertussis |
|
Amer.
|
Hunnewell
|
July 04,1905
|
Dan Roberts |
|
Grace Hale |
|
| ROBERTS |
10 da
|
F
|
|
Premature birth |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Sept 28,1898
|
Alex Roberts |
|
|
|
| ROBERTS, Amelia J. |
40
|
F
|
M
|
Septicemia |
Housewife
|
Swed.
|
Wellington
|
Nov 26,1901
|
Jno. Anderson |
Swed.
|
C. Thompson |
Swed.
|
| ROBERTS, Chas. |
7
|
M
|
|
Spasmodic croup |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Dec 03,1903
|
John Roberts |
|
Anderson |
|
| ROBERTS, Geo |
none
|
M
|
S
|
Broken neck |
|
Amer.
|
Su. Co.
|
no date
|
Dan Roberts |
|
|
|
| Roberts, M.H. |
55
|
F
|
M
|
Cancer |
Housekeeper
|
USA
|
Mayfield
|
July 30,1898
|
|
|
|
|
| ROBERTS, Mrs. |
36
|
F
|
M
|
Cerebral congestion |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Riverdale
|
Oct 20,1905
|
Williams |
|
|
|
| ROBERTSON |
3 da
|
M
|
|
Inanation |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Mar 30,1899
|
S.S. Robertson |
|
|
|
| ROBINSON |
14 mo
|
M
|
|
Peritonitis |
|
Amer.
|
South Haven
|
June 27,1899
|
C.H. Robinson |
|
|
|
| ROBINSON |
13 da
|
F
|
S
|
Inanition |
|
Amer.
|
|
Feb 15,1910
|
Cecil Robinson |
|
Bessie Madison |
OK
|
| ROBINSON |
22
|
F
|
M
|
Bright's disease |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Aug 18,1893
|
|
|
|
|
| ROBINSON, Amos |
72
|
M
|
M
|
Catarrh of stomach |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Mayfield
|
May 21,1899
|
|
|
|
|
| ROBINSON, Baby |
|
F
|
|
Premature |
|
|
Wellington
|
Nov 29,1903
|
Joe Robinson |
KS
|
Lucy Collins |
KS
|
| ROBINSON, Clarence |
17
|
M
|
S
|
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Rome
|
April 16,1903
|
Ed Robinson |
|
|
|
| ROBINSON, Frank |
28
|
M
|
S
|
Tuberculosis |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Mayfield
|
Oct 16,1896
|
Amos Robinson |
|
Hillon |
|
| ROBINSON, Jno. |
70
|
M
|
M
|
Acute cardiac dilation |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Belle Plaine
|
Jan 29,1906
|
|
|
|
|
| ROBINSON, Ollie |
22
|
F
|
M
|
Uremic poisoning |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Aug 18,1893
|
B.F. Peffley |
OH
|
Ellen Macey |
OH
|
| ROCHETT, Samuel |
63
|
M
|
W
|
Pneumonia |
Retired Merch.
|
Fr. Canad.
|
Milan
|
Mar 08,1909
|
|
|
|
|
| RODNEY, Donald |
4
|
M
|
|
Scarlet Fever & Measles |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Apr 08,1911
|
J.L. Rodney |
KS
|
Olpha Collins |
OH
|
| RODRIGA, Marrigrita |
45
|
M
|
M
|
Hand car accident |
Laborer
|
Amer.
|
Mayfield
|
May 07,1910
|
|
|
|
|
| ROGERS |
|
M
|
S
|
Diptheria |
|
Amer.
|
Riverdale
|
Feb 20,1902
|
D.C. Rogers |
|
Barnes |
|
| ROGERS, Albert Francis |
2
|
M
|
|
Meningitis |
|
Amer.
|
Anson
|
Jan 15,1905
|
M.P. Rogers |
|
Lizzie Allen |
|
| ROHRER, Baby |
2 wk
|
F
|
S
|
Inanition |
|
Amer.
|
Conway Spgs.
|
Sept 16,1909
|
Adam Rohrer |
Ks
|
Liela Wrightsman |
NE
|
| ROHRER, Liela |
22
|
F
|
M
|
Puerpual fever |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Conway Spgs.
|
Sept 04,1909
|
Riley Wrightsman |
|
|
|
| ROLLINS, Harry B. |
2 mo
|
M
|
S
|
Inanation |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Mar 10,1898
|
Frank Collins |
|
Tillie Zimmerman |
|
| ROSE |
|
F
|
|
Stillborn |
|
|
|
Mar 15,1904
|
O. T. Rose |
MO
|
Erma Utz |
KS
|
| ROSE, Alice |
70
|
F
|
W
|
LaGrippe |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Guelph Twnshp
|
Jan 25,1901
|
Peter Tetrick |
|
Alice Anderson |
|
| ROSE, Glenn |
2
|
M
|
S
|
Dysentery |
|
Amer.
|
Mayfield
|
May 25,1896
|
A.W. Rose |
|
|
|
| ROSE, Jno |
5
|
m
|
|
Pneumonia |
|
Amer.
|
Milan
|
Jan 19,1911
|
Wm. Rose |
KS
|
|
|
| ROSE, T.E. |
64
|
M
|
M
|
Septicemia |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Corbin
|
Apr 30,1910
|
|
|
|
|
| ROSHWITH, J.F. |
52
|
M
|
W
|
Tuberculosis |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Whitman
|
Feb 06,1904
|
|
|
|
|
| ROSS, Amy |
32
|
F
|
S
|
Paralysis |
|
Amer.
|
Conway Spgs.
|
May 03,1909
|
|
|
|
|
| ROSS, Amy Almira |
31
|
F
|
S
|
Myelitis |
school teach.
|
Amer.
|
Viola, Ks
|
May 03,1909
|
Jno S. Ross |
OH
|
Margaret Bender |
OH
|
| ROSS, Josephine |
30
|
F
|
M
|
Sep. |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Mar 08,1902
|
I.J. Stewart |
IND
|
Susan Brown |
IN
|
| ROSS, Marcus |
6
|
M
|
S
|
Ulcer of stomach |
|
Amer.
|
Conway Springs
|
Nov 07,1904
|
James Ross |
|
Ada Dawson |
|
| ROSS, Mrs. Nora D. |
32
|
F
|
M
|
Small pox |
Housewife
|
Amer.
|
Rome
|
July 18,1902
|
Wm. H. Carringer |
|
Stevens |
|
| ROTH, Bessie |
3
|
F
|
S
|
Cerbro-Spin. Meningitis |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Apr 05,1899
|
John Roth |
|
|
|
| ROUSE, Thos. H. |
66
|
M
|
W
|
Heart disease |
Plaster
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Mar 06,1898
|
|
|
|
|
| ROW, Nancy |
90
|
F
|
W
|
Old age |
retired
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Dec 26,1909
|
|
|
|
|
| ROWAN, Dorsha |
11 mo
|
F
|
|
|
|
Amer.
|
Milton
|
Sept 01,1909
|
|
|
|
|
| ROWAN, Louis M. |
4
|
M
|
S
|
Pneumonia |
|
Amer.
|
Renfrow,OK
|
Jan 21,1910
|
Morris T. Rowen |
ILL
|
E.J. Rowen |
MO
|
| ROYAL, Thos. |
75
|
M
|
M
|
Paralysis |
Liveryman
|
Amer.
|
Geuda Springs
|
Jan 06,1899
|
Thos. Royal |
|
Cath. Weidner |
|
| RULE |
4 wks
|
M
|
|
Pneumonia |
|
Amer.
|
Su. Co.
|
Jan 28,1899
|
Jno. Rule |
|
Del Foster |
|
| RUNION |
1 hr
|
M
|
|
Premature |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Oct 02,1904
|
H.B. Runion |
W.VA
|
Oma Shofner |
KY
|
| RUNION |
3 da
|
M
|
|
Premature |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Oct 04,1904
|
H.B. Runion |
W.VA
|
Oma Shofner |
KY
|
| RUSSELL, Harry |
23
|
M
|
S
|
Diptheria |
School teacher
|
USA
|
Su. Co.
|
May 19,1893
|
A.D. Russell |
OH
|
Rachel Paulson |
OH
|
| RUSSELL, Joseph E. |
56
|
M.
|
W
|
Apoplexy |
Farmer
|
Amer.
|
Ashton
|
Mar 17,1902
|
|
|
|
|
| RUTH, Vicar |
3 wk
|
M
|
|
Cerebro Spin. Mening. |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Feb 22,1904
|
J. H. Ruth |
MO
|
Maston |
KY
|
| RUTHERFORD, Nellie |
8
|
F
|
S
|
Inflam. brain |
|
USA
|
Mayfield
|
Apr 13,1893
|
Alex C. Rutherford |
KY
|
Williams |
KY
|
| RUTKOWSKI, Opal Ruth |
11 mo
|
F
|
|
Meningitis tubercular |
|
Amer.
|
Wellington
|
Jan 15,1902
|
A.B. Rutkowski |
|
Lavina Barnhart |
|
| RYLAND, M.L. |
47
|
M
|
M
|
|
Merchant
|
Amer.
|
South Haven
|
April 17,1901
|
|
|
|
|
| RYLAND, May |
1
|
F
|
|
Cholera Infantum |
|
Amer.
|
South Haven
|
July 05,1900
|
|
|
|
|
| RYNE, Daniel |
75
|
M.
|
S
|
Consumption |
Farmer
|
Ireland
|
Perth
|
Mar 18,1898
|
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