1870 Mortality Schedule Montgomery County, Iowa (West Twp: File 1 of 1) ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************** Abstracted by Alice Warner from public records. Submitted by Alice Warner. ************************************************************************** All above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ************************************************************************** NOTE: For more information on Montgomery County, Iowa, Please visit the IAGenWeb page at http://www.usgenweb.org/ia ========================================================= ALSO visit the IAGenWeb archives at http://www.usgwarchives.org/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************************************** --- Year: 1870 State: Iowa County: Montgomery Division: West Township Page No: 1 Enumerated on: June 1870 by: W. W. Merritt Transcribed by Alice Warner for the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright: 9 Jan 2009 Household Name of every person Number who died during the year as given on ending June 1, 1870, whose Father Mother Schedule 1 place of abode at time of death of foreign of foreign Month of Cause Of was in this family. Age Sex Race Birthplace birth birth Death Occupation Death 1 4 Harding, Hezekiah 2 M W Iowa Jan Hemorage of Stomach 2 9 McAlexander M 1/12 F W Iowa Jun Fits 3 9 McAlexander M P 1/12 F W Iowa Jun Fits 4 83 Cook, Mary F. 2 F W Iowa May Scarlet Fever 5 83 Cook, Jesse M. 4 M W Iowa May Scarlet Fever Total number of deaths: 5 No. of White Males _2_ No. of Black Males _0_ No. of Mulatto Males _0_ No. of Married _0_ Total Foreign born _0_ No. of White Females_3_ No. of Black Females_0_ No. of Mulatto Females _0_ No. of Widowed _0_ Note: line 4 clearly says household 83, but there were not that many households in West Township in 1870. The other families match up. The best guess is Family 74, which is a Cook household of 2 young couples.