1908 Deaths - Brown County, Kansas


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The following abbreviations have been used:
wm, wf, bm, bf = white male, white female, black male, black female
md, s, wid = married, single, widow/widower
kh, hk, hw = keeping house, house keeping, housewife

Adams, S.M. 01/27/1908
Powhattan, Ks
67, wm, md, pneumonia, farmer
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Allen, A.W. 09/06/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
63, wm, md, heart trouble, no occupation
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Anderson, Johanna 10/06/1908
Robinson, Ks
79, wf, wid, paralysis, of foreign nativity
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Andrews, Annette 03/23/1908
Horton, Ks
70, wf, md, pneumonia, hw
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Baker, Hattie 07/24/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
40, bf, md, childbirth
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Banks, Gabriel 04/24/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
66, bm, md, complication, retired
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Bartley, John 05/30/1908
Powhattan, Ks
47, wm, md, paralysis, farmer
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Bowen, Willie 07/19/1908
Horton, Ks
1-1/2, wm, pneumonia
J.G. Henderson, undertaker.
Boyce, Elijah 07/23/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
70, wm, md, complications, farmer
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Bredohl, Samuel 04/30/1908
Powhattan, Ks
36, wm, md, complicataions, banker
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Brinkman, Edna M. 09/21/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
3, wf, s, bowel trouble
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Brinkman, Mary 06/05/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
27, wf, s, tuberculosis, dressmaker
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Bronson, Thomas 01/16/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
85, wm, md, senility, soldier
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Brownfield, Libbie 04/07/1908
Huron, Ks
68, wf, md, cancer of stomach
S.S. Herrick, undertaker.
Carey, Robert B. 08/07/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
91, wm, md, drowning, retired
M.C. Yost, undertaker.
Carter, Anna 09/01/1908
Everest, Ks
12, wf, meningitis
Mr. Brown, undertaker.
Cavert, D.A. 12/05/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
58, wm, md, acilits, farmer
O. Houndertakerz, MD.
Chadwell, Pearl 11/23/1908
Brown Co., Ks
10 months, wf, diptheria
Dr. McGuahey, White Cloud, Ks
Cossum, C.H. 01/08/1908
Hamlin, Ks
45, wm, s, paralysis, laborer
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Davenport, Emily 10/20/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
3, wf, s, paralysis
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Davis, Alfred C. 01/20/1908
Hamlin, Ks
31, wm, md, pneumonia, doctor
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Davis, Lucy 06/16/1908
Horton, Ks
71, wf, md, grip - heart failure, hw
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Davis, Nancy 01/12/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
73, wf, md, heart trouble, hw
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Dawson, Elsie 05/29/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
18, wf, s, convulsions
B.J. Alexander, M.D.
Dawson, M.D. 02/20/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
54, wm, md, accident, laborer
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Dempsey, Mrs. 09/01/1908
Robinson, Ks
56, wf, md, blood poison
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Denderent, Joseph 03/05/1908
died on Poor Farm, Brown Co., Ks
83, wm, widower, heart failure
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Dimmock, Ida A. 12/31/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
44, wf, md, dementia, hw
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Downing, Unnamed 04/17/1908
Robinson, Ks
2, m, s, pneumonia
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Dyer, Christine 05/03/1908
Horton, Ks
84, wf, md, senility, hw
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Ellington, Mollie 06/15/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
59, bf, md, Tumor, hw
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Fenley, Mrs. M. 10/20/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
80, wf, wid, paralysis
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Foster, Bess 02/24/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
no age given, f, still born
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Franklin, J.M. 11/07/1908
Brown Co., Ks
72, wm, md, pneumonia, farmer, nativity in England
Dr. S.J. Herrick, Everest, Ks
Gerber, Fred 04/27/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
55, wm, widower, paralysis, German nativity
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Gillespie, Edward W. 01/21/1908
Reserve, Ks
41, wm, s, consumption, druggist
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Goodwin, Lowell 11/23/1908
Brown Co., Ks
4, wm, diptheria
Dr. McGuahey, White Cloud, Ks
Graham, Sarah E. 02/09/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
74, wf, wid, paralysis, hw
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Grant, Rachel Louise 07/29/1908
Horton, Ks
45, wf, married neufrites, hw
J.G. Henderson, undertaker.
Gray, Wm. 06/10/1908
Whiting, Ks
77, wm, md, paralysis, farmer
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Hallick, W.W. 03/05/1908
Fairview, Ks
no age given, wm, md, pneumonia
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Hamler, D.F. 06/22/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
54, wm, md, heart trouble, farmer
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Hanna, May F. 01/27/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
67, wf, wid, accident
B.J. Alexander, M.D.
Heaton, Infant 06/29/1908
Horton, Ks
no age given, wm, no cause of death listed
J.G. Henderson, undertaker.
Henry, Robert 01/09/1908
Fairview, Ks
65, wm, md, heart disease, farmer
F.M. Purdy, undertaker.
Hildebrand, Baby 03/20/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
no age given, wm, cause of death listed as debility
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Honer, Henrietta 06/29/1908
Robinson, Ks
79, wf, md, senility
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Hull, John M. 09/21/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
50, wm, md, heart trouble
Dr. S.M. Pratt, Hiawatha, Ks
Hunn, S.W. 09/01/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
7, bm, s, stomach trouble
N.C. Yost, undertaker.
Hyeu, Laura Ann 08/27/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
74, wf, md, Bright's disease, hw
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Ileff, William 05/07/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
75, wm, widower, cancer, retired
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Jaques, Roy 10/02/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
age 8 mo.,wm, s, spinal trouble
N.C. Yost, undertaker.
Jones, Herbert 11/24/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
4, wm, spinal trouble
M.E. Yost, undertaker. Dr. Alexander.
Kelley, Geo. W. 01/26/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
45, wm, md, abcess of brain, farmer
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Keys, Unnamed 02/14/1908
Brown Co., Ks
19, bf, s, pneumonia
F.M. Purdy, undertaker.
King, Mrs. W.E 01/14/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
60, wf, md, pneumonia, hw
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Kramer, Howard 01/08/1908
Preston, Ks
8, wm, brain fever
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Lambert, Sterling 01/25/1908
Leona, Ks
81, wm, widower, old age, farmer
G.H. Furse, undertaker.
Larson, Mrs. 03/06/1908
Brown Co., Ks
74, wf, md, no cause of death listed
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Liuton, Geo. W. 01/06/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
65, wm, md, heart disease, retired
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Long, Minnie E. 03/25/1908
Horton, Ks
45, wf, md, spinal trouble, hw
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Loofbaurrow, W.W. 04/29/1908
Willis, Ks
56, wm, md, cancer of stomach, clerk
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Lopnes, Bertha 02/03/1908
Brown Co., Ks
1, wf, pneumonia
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Lorkelson, Mrs. Ella 03/10/1908
Everest, Ks
no age given, wf, md, cancer
C.S. Brown, undertaker.
Margrove, Mary J. 04/29/1908
Margrove Ranch, Brown Co., Ks
31, wf, md, accident, hw
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Mauer, Geo. 04/19/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
59, wm, md, Bright's disease
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
McCoy, Hannah 01/25/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
54, wf, s, pneumonia, invalid (40 yrs)
B.J. Alexander, M.D.
Mellott, Infant 10/23/1908
Robinson, Ks
6 weeks, f, no cause of death listed
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Meredith, Delilah 06/15/1908
Baker, Ks
91, wf, wid, senility, retired
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Mider, Elmer 10/19/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
31, wm, s, cancer
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Miesenheimer, Lona 06/18/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
72, wf, s, heart failure, retired
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Mikuska, Johanna 06/17/1908
Everest, Ks
81, wf, wid, senility
Mr. Brown, undertaker.
Miller, Infant 11/05/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
no age listed, wm, no cause of death listed
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Mitchell, H.W. 09/13/1908
Pierce Juna, Ks
23, wm, s, RR accident, RR fireman
Dr. Brown, undertaker at Everest, Ks
Mooney, Herbert Stanley 02/25/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
9 days, wm, heart failure
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Morehouse, Chas. 09/25/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
54, wm, wid, diabetes, RR engineer
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Nelson, Lillian 01/26/1908
Horton, Ks
48, wf, md, tuberculosis, hw
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Nofziger, Risley 11/21/1908
Morrill, Ks
4, wf, spinal mengitis
J.M. Robinson, Doctor.
Page, Ethel May 04/23/1908
Horton, Ks
6, f, s, whooping cough
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Paxton, Mary 02/22/1908
Robinson, Ks
80, wf, wid, pneumonia
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Perry, Alvin 10/07/1908
Robinson, Ks
31, wm, s, tuberculosis
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Pinder, John 02/08/1908
Everest, Ks
69, wm, md, cancer, farmer
C.S. Brown, undertaker.
Potts, Erastis 03/19/1908
Huron, Ks
56, wm, no marital information given, Bright's disease, no occupation
C.S. Brown, undertaker.
Powers, J.E. 09/02/1908
Leona, Ks
32, wm, md, dropsy
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Price, Jane 03/08/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
80, wf, wid, cause of death listed as debility
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Price, Jas. H. 04/15/1908
Hamlin, Ks
86, wm, md, dropsy, farmer
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Reese, Infant 01/29/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
no age given, f, no cause of death
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker
Reese, Mrs. Lom 02/10/1908
Brown Co., Ks
no age given, bf, md, consumption
No name of whomever registered the death.
Richmond, John 05/23/1908
Horton, Ks
63, wm, no marital status given, no cause of death given
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Rickless, Anna L. 12/20/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
66, wf, wid, pneumonia, of foreign nativity
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Rosch, Henry E. 05/21/1908
Horton, Ks
2, wm, s, brain fever
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Scoby, G.F. 03/22/1908
Fairview, Ks
no age given, wm, md, abscess of the brain, farmer
F.M. Purdy, undertaker.
Shick, Luidley 04/24/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
18, wm, s, tuberculosis, no occupation
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Shives, Ellen 10/22/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
58, bf, s, murdered, no occupation
N.C. Yost, undertaker.
Shout, Mrs. 03/01/1908
Brown Co., Ks
73, wf, wid, pneumonia
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Smith, Isaac N. 11/19/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
61, wm, md, kidney trouble, retired
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
SnooKs, Wm. W.S. 08/17/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
62, wm, md, heart failure, hay dealer & merchant
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Spellmeyer, Baby 02/26/1908
Brown Co., Ks
1 week, no sex or race listed
F.M. Purdy, undertaker.
Sprank, Dora 04/20/1908
Powhattan, Ks
27, wf, s, consumption
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Stocking, E.D. 02/27/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
75, wm, md, cancer, mechanic
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Stoffer, Elizabeth 02/09/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
64, wf, wid, Bright's disease
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Streeter, J.B. 03/17/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
39, wm, md, typhoid, merchant
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Terrell, Seth C. 03/31/1908
Robinson, Ks
82, wm, md, cause of death listed as debility
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Tulley, Elizabeth 04/19/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
77, wf, wid, pneumonia, Welch nativity
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Wahn, Elizabeth 11/29/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
64, wf, wid, blood poison, of foreign nativity
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Wahn, Mrs. 11/25/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
84, wf, wid, senility
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Ward, E.F. 04/17/1908
Horton, Ks
64, wm, md, heart trouble, painter
J.S. Henderson, undertaker.
Weddle, Truman 01/17/1908
Reserve, Ks
75, wm, md, paralysis, retired
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Weibling, Elizabeth J. 06/30/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
77, wf, wid, heart trouble, hw
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Weibling, Marion 09/28/1908
Robinson, Ks
29, wm, md, consumption
Geo. H. Furse, undertaker.
Weltmer, Infant 10/21/1908
no place of death listed
no age given, wm, no cause of death listed
J.B. Hinthorn, undertaker.
Willey, Mary 03/18/1908
Reserve, Ks
75, wf, md, dropsy
M.E. Yost, undertaker.
Wilson, Mary C. 01/24/1908
Robinson, Ks
81, wf, s, heart trouble
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.
Zahrdnes, Jacob 06/23/1908
Everest, Ks
84, wm, md, senility, lab, of foreign nativity
Mr. Brown, undertaker.
Zimmerman, Baby 03/19/1908
Hiawatha, Ks
/, wf, blood frozen(?) as cause of death
J.B. Hawthorn, undertaker.


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