REGISTERED DEATHS in Decatur County 

Book A  Pages 17 and 18

No. Date of Report Name Age Date of Death Marital Status Nationality How long resident in this state Place of Death Complication Place of Burial Name of Undertaker Name and Residence of Physician returning certificate
Sex Occupation Month Day Year AM or PM Where Born Cause of Death Duration of Complication Date of Burial Place of Business
Color Duration of Disease
  Jan. 22 D. L. Languerthy (?)  70 yrs. 4 mons. 22 days Jan. 22             Near Cedar Bluffs     J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. A. DeMay
Male     La Grippe     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Oct. 8 Ernest Hecker 2 yrs. 6 mons. Oct. 7             Near Kanona     J. C. Emahizer Dr. Ward
Male     Congestion of Bowels     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Sept. 7 1892 Child of J. R. Selby  3 mons.  Sept. 7             Near Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer  Dr.Moore
      Derangement of stomach     Oberlin, Ks
   
  Nov. 3 Nettie Taylor  1 yr, 4 days  Oct. 7         American  1 yr. 4 days Decatur Co.   Kanona J. C. Emahizer  Dr. E. A. Pauley
Female   Center Twp, Decatur Co. Cholera Infantium     Oberlin, Ks
White  7 days
  Nov. 9 Horace Wilbur Prater  3 mons.  Nov. 9             Near Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer Dr. E. A. Pauley
Male     Congestion Bowels     Oberlin, Ks
White  
   Nov. 28 Katy Myers  7 mons.  Nov. 27         American   Near Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer  
Female   Near Oberlin Lung Fever     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Dec. 8 Mattie E. Oswalt  28 yrs. Dec.   7           Traer P.O.     J.C. Emahizer Dr. Pickeral
Female     Child Birth     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Dec. 12 John Griffith  45 yrs.  Dec.   10       M  American         J. C. Emahizer Dr. Tilden
Male     Typhoid Pnuemonia     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Dec. 12 Alice Mathews 5 yrs. 2 mons.  Dec.   11           Bassettville     J. C. Emahizer No Physician
Female     Scarlet Fever     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Dec. 12 Alice Clinkenbeard  34 yrs.  Dec.   3   10 PM   M American  4 yrs.  Decatur Co. Enlargement of Heart Kanona  J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead Oberlin, Ks
Female   Missouri Puerperal Fever  2 yrs.  Dec. 5 Oberlin, Ks
White  11 days
   Nov. 24 Clinkenbeard    Still Born                 Kanona J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead
          Nov. 25 Oberlin, Ks
   
   Jan. 3, 1893 Amelia Broken (?)  7 mons.  Jan.  23(?)           Lund P.O.     J. C. Emahizer Dr. N. I. Ward Oberlin, Ks
Female      Inflammation Bowels     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Jan. 26 Howard  7 mons.  Jan.  25       American   Decatur Co.     J. C. Emahizer Dr. Still
Female      Lung Fever     Oberlin, Ks
White  
   Feb.4, 1893 Paul Shrannel 4 yrs. 11 mons. 19 days  Feb.  2       Hungarian   Near Herndon  Peritonitis Herndon   Dr. J. Pickeral Herndon, Ks
Male   Born American Intussusception(?)   Feb. 3  
White  36 hrs.
   Feb. 7 Jesse Still  1 mon. 14 days  Feb.  7       American   Decatur Co.   Oberlin  J. C. Emahizer  
Female     Cold   Feb. Oberlin
White  
  Feb. 16, 1893 Jessie Walker 1 yr 9 mons.   2  15       American   Near Kanona, Ks     J. C. Emahizer Dr. E. A. Pauley
Male     Pneumonia     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Feb. 16 Coldren  1 yr.  Feb.  16       American   Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer Dr. F. H. Welles
Male           Oberlin, Ks
White  
    Lena Hoon (?)  2 yrs.   2  17       American   Danbury     J.C. Emahizer Dr. D. E. May Danbury
Female     Membranous croup     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Feb. 23 Isham Coffe  6 days   2  23       American   Near Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer No Physician Attending
      Not Given     Oberlin, Ks
   
  Mar. 7 Margaret Milleson  58 yrs.   3   7     Widow American   Oberlin   Salem, Iowa J. C. Emahizer Dr. F. H. Welles
Female     Asthma     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Mar.11 Lewis Brown  45 yrs.    3   11        M German   9 mons. Oberlin   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead
Male Gardener Germany Pulmonary Emboli   Mar. 13 Oberlin, Ks
White  2 days
  Mar. 17 John M. Butters  41 yrs.   3  16   AM  Widower American  15 yrs. Oberlin Inflammation of Liver and Kidneys Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead
Male     Gastric Catarrah    Mar. 19 Oberlin, Ks
White 2 mons.
  Mar. 22 Ezeke Barnes  70 yrs.               Danbury, Neb        
Male     Heart Disease      
White  
  Mar. 23 Nancy Goss  73 yrs.            M American   Oberlin   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. F. H. Welles
Female     Pneumonia     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  Mar. 28 Mrs. Mattie Hand     3  28        M American  6 yrs.  Center Twp.   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead
Female   Illinois Apoplexy   Apr. 1 Oberlin, Ks
White  14 days
   Mar. 30 Nathan Sherrard  80 yrs.  3  30     Widower American  2 yrs. Poor Farm, Decatur Co.   Oberlin  J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead
Male  Pauper  Pennsylvania Inflammation Liver & Kidneys  14 days  Apr. 4 Oberlin, Ks

Book A  Pages 19 and 20

No. Date of Report Name Age Date of Death Marital Status Nationality How long resident in this state Place of Death Complication Place of Burial Name of Undertaker Name and Residence of Physician returning certificate
Sex Occupation Month Day Year AM or PM Where Born Cause of Death Duration of Complication Date of Burial Place of Business
Color Duration of Disease
  Apr. 21 W. E. Kerser (?) 38 yrs. 5 mons. 27 days    4  14   9 PM    M American  7 yrs. Oberlin Neuralgia of Heart Oberlin  J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead Oberlin, Ks
Male Hotel Keeper Illinois Grastralgia  2 days  Apr. 17  Oberlin, Ks
White  2 days
  June 25 Myrtle Mitchell  11 yrs.   6  21          11 yrs. Kanona, Decatur Co.   Kanona J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead Oberlin, Ks
Female   Kansas Typhoid Fever    June 22 Oberlin, Ks
White  14 days
  Aug. 10 Lillie Hain  1 yr.              1 yr. Oberlin, Decatur Co.   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead Oberlin, Ks
Female   Oberlin Cholera Infantium  7 days  Aug. 11 Oberlin, Ks
White  7 days
  July ? Stichen Stillborn Infant                       Dr. W. B. Mead
             
   
  July 27 Leonard Waltsee  73 yrs.   7  29  1893             Oberlin J.C. Emahizer Dr. Prickley

 
Male     Dropsy     Oberlin, Ks
White  
  July 30 McCalla (?)  7 mons.   7                 Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. U. I. Ward Oberlin
Male      Brain Fever      
White  
  July 19 Johnson  4 days                   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer  
             
   
  July 14 McKinzie  Infant Child                   Traer J. C. Emahizer  
             
   
  May 21 Alva Hancock  88 yrs.               Near Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer  
Male            
White  
  May 18 Freda Gustafson  18 yrs.               Near Atwood     J. C. Emahizer Dr. J. Melugin, Atwood, Ks
Female     Pneumonia      
White  
  June 14 Emanuel Odentorff  6 mons.               Thornton, Ks     J. C. Emahizer  
Male            
White  
  June 15 Caroline Guenther  2 yrs.               Near Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer Dr. F. H. Welles
Female     Brain Fever      
White  
    Cyrus Barton  1 yr. 2 mons.               Near Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer Dr. Miner & Welles Oberlin, Ks
Male     Brain Fever      
White  
  June 21 Myrtle Mitchell  11 yrs.  June  21  1893         Near Kanona   Kanona J. C. Emahizer  Dr. W. B. Mead Oberlin, Ks
      Typhoid Fever      
   
  Aug. 14 George Heindle  26 yrs.               Near Shibboleth   Shibboleth J. C. Emahizer Dr. H. Bieker Oberlin, Ks
Male            
White  
350  Aug. 18 Minnie A. Miller  32 yrs.  Aug.  18  1893         Oberlin, Ks   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. Mead Oberlin, Ks
Female     Child Fever    Aug. 19  
White  
36 Sept. 1 L. A. Bariteau  59 yrs.  Sept.  1  1893         Oberlin, Ks   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. Welles Oberlin, Ks
Male      Apoplexy      
White  
37  Sept. 23 Lettie Rug (?)  7 yrs.  Sept.  23  1893         Near Kanona   Kanona J. C. Emahizer Dr. Pauley. Oberlin, Ks
Female     Typhoid Fever      
White  
38 Sept. 28 Roy Wilson  7 yrs.  Sept.  28  1893         Near Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer Dr. W. B. Mead Oberlin, Ks
      Croup      
   
40 Oct. 1 Nancy Hubbard  67 yrs.  Oct.   1  1893         Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer Dr. Welles Oberlin, Ks
Female     Apoplexy      
White  
39  Oct. 2 Berry  2 mons.  Oct.   2  1893         Oberlin   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer  
Female     Summer Complaint      
White  
41  Oct. 7 Child of A. N. Bollard   1 mon.  Oct.   7  1893         Oberlin   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer  
             
   
42  Oct. 11 May Goss  7 yrs..  Oct.    11  1893         Oberlin   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. Welles Oberlin, Ks
Female     Membranes Croup      
White  
43 Oct. 26 Child of Frank Eno  3 mons. 3 days.  Oct.  26  1893         Danbury, Neb.     J. C. Emahizer Dr. May Danbury, Neb.
      Brain Fever      
White  
44  Oct. 29 Magleelong (?) Birkey  40 yrs.  Oct.  29  1893         Lund P.O.     J. C. Emahizer Dr. Mead Oberlin, Ks
Female     Consumption      
White  
45  Nov. 1 Baby Taylor  8 days  Nov.   1  1893         Oberlin     J. C. Emahizer Dr. Welles Oberlin, Ks
Female     Diptheria      
White  

Book A  Pages 21 and 22

No. Date of Report Name Age Date of Death Marital Status Nationality How long resident in this state Place of Death Complication Place of Burial Name of Undertaker Name and Residence of Physician returning certificate
Sex Occupation Month Day Year AM or PM Where Born Cause of Death Duration of Complication Date of Burial Place of Business
Color Duration of Disease
46  Nov. 5 Skyler Wright  18 yrs.   Nov.   5  1893         Oberlin   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. Welles Oberlin, Ks
Male     Gun Shot Wound       
White  
47  Nov. 10 Emma Fellerolf (?)  43 yrs.  Nov.  10  1893         Oberlin   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. Mead Oberlin, Ks
Female     Typhoid Fever      
White  
48  Nov. 12 Charles Gaston  3 yrs.  Nov.  12  1893         Near Bassettville   Bassettville J. C. Emahizer Dr. Moore Oberlin, Ks
Male     Congestion of Lungs      
White  
49  Nov. 20 Johnie Bayne 16 yrs.  Nov.  20  1893         Kanona   Kanona J. C. Emahizer Dr. Pauley Kanona, Ks
Male     Cripple for many years      
White  
50   Lune (?) Berry  4 yrs.  Nov.  21  1893         Oberlin, Kans.   Oberlin J. C Emahizer Dr. Welles Oberlin, Ks
Female     Diptheria      
White  
51 Dec. 1 Gordon Allen  3 yrs.  Dec.   1  1893         Decatur Co.   Bassettville J. C. Emahizer Dr. Welles Oberlin, Ks
Male     Diptheria      
White  
52 Dec. 5 C. S. McCarty  42 yrs.  Dec.   5  1893         Decatur Co.   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. May Danbury, Neb.
Male  Farmer   Pneumonia      
White  
53 Dec. 8 Arthur Bradley  3 yrs.  Dec.   8  1893         Bassettville   Bassettville J. C. Emahizer Dr. Mead Oberlin, Ks
Male     Diptheria      
White  
54 Dec. 10 Frederick Nulk (?)  60 yrs.  Dec.  10  1893         Near Danbury     J. C. Emahizer Dr. May Danbury, Neb.
Male Farmer   Consumption      
White  
55 Dec. 12 N. Eppler  10 yrs.  Dec.  12  1893         Cedar Bluffs     J. C. Emahizer Dr. K??? McCook, Neb.
Male     Croup      
White  
56 Dec.16 Margaret Huddle  68 yrs.  Dec.  16  1893         Hawkeye, Kans.   Hawkeye J. C. Emahizer Dr. Brown Rexford, Ks
Female     Pneumonia      
White  
57 Dec. 28 Eva steiner  14 yrs.  Dec.  28  1893         Oberlin, Kans.   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. Miner Oberlin, Ks
Female     La Grippe      
White  
1 Jan. 23, 1896 Montie Shaw  9 yrs.  Jan.  23  1896         Traer, Kans.     J. C. Emahizer None
Female           Oberlin, Ks
White  
2 Jan. 28, 1896 John Davis  30 yrs.  Jan.  26  1896     M American   Oberlin   Oberlin J.C. Emahizer Dr. E. P. Gilpin Oberlin, Ks
Male Engineer  Ohio Typhoid Fever   Jan. 28 Oberlin, Ks
White 24 days
3 Feb. 10, 1896 Paul J. Wickl  21 yrs.  Feb.  10  1896         Herndon, Ks       None
Male     Heart disease      
White  
4 Feb. 13, 1896 Mary Garwood  21 yrs.  Feb.  13  1896     M American   Lund, Ks   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. E. P. Gilpin Oberlin, Ks
Female     Consumption     Oberlin, Ks
White  
5 Feb.18, 1896 Hannah Finley  33 yrs.  Feb.  18  1896         Danbury, Neb.   Danbury J. C. Emahizer Dr. D. May Danbury, Ks
Female     Blood Poisoning     Oberlin, Ks
White  
6 Feb.27, 1896 Mrs. Lon Baer (?)  39 yrs.  Feb.  20  1896     M     Oberlin, Kans.   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. S. Miner Oberlin, Ks
Female     Consumption     Oberlin, Ks
White  
7 Feb.25, 1896 James M. Huitt (?)  63 yrs.  Feb.  25  1896     M American   Oberlin, Kans.   Oberlin J. C. Emahizer Dr. S. Miner Oberlin, Ks
Male     Apoplexy     Oberlin, Ks
White  
8 Feb. 27, 1896 Child of David Gilbert  5 mons.  Feb.  27  1896         Bassettville   Bassettville J. C. Emahizer Dr. E. P. Gilpin Oberlin, Ks
      Spinal Meningitis     Oberlin, Ks
White  

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