Cooper County Record of Deaths Surnames K Through M

The Cooper County Record of Deaths

Surnames K through M

1883-1888

The records were transcribed from a printed copy of a microfilm copy of the original records. The
printed copy did not have page number visible, so the page numbers on this report may not
correspond to the page number on the original copy. For the most part, the records were legible.
- James F. Thoma
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NAME INFORMATION
Kauffman,
Johanna E. Page Number: 43; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 06 Jan 1885; Sex:
Female; Race: White; Age: 67 Years, 2 Months, 3 Days; Occupation:
Keisling,William Housewife; Date of Death: 30 Dec 1884 PM; Martial Status: Widower;
Nationality: Prussian; Where Born: Prussia; Residency: 30 Years; Place of
Kelly, Jacob Death: Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Congestion of
Newton Brain; Complication: None; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease:
6 Days; Place of Burial: Boonville, Missouri; Note: This is most likely Walnut
Kelly, Mary Ann Grove Cemetery in Boonville, Missouri; Date of Burial: 01 Jan 1885;
Undertaker: Monroe, John; Business: Boonville, Missouri; Physician: Gibson,
Kelly, William H. C.; Boonville, Missouri

Page Number: 43; Item Number: 4; Date of Report: 20 Apr 1885; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 53 Years, 3 Months, 10 Days; Occupation: Farmer; Date
of Death: 20 Mar 1885; Martial Status: n/a; Nationality: American; Where
Born: Virginia; Residency: 3 Years; Place of Death: Blackwater Township,
Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Complication: n/a;
Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 6 Days; Place of Burial:
Blackwater Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Date of Burial: n/a;
Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: St. Clare, G.; Lamine,
Missouri

Page Number: 43; Item Number: 5; Date of Report: 01 May 1885; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 13 Months, 11 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of Death: 07
Apr 1885 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born:
Missouri; Residency: 1 Year; Place of Death: Lamine Township, Cooper
County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Catarrhal Fever; Complication: n/a;
Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 18 Days; Place of Burial:
n/a; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a; Physician: Herald, G.
W.; Arrow Rock, Saline County, Missouri

Page Number: 43; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 10 Jan 1885; Sex:
Female; Race: White; Age: 8 Months, 14 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of
Death: 24 Dec 1884 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where
Born: Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Lamine Township, Cooper
County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Diptheria; Complication: Congestion of
Brain; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 14 Days; Place of
Burial: Lawless Grave Yard; This is the Lawless Family Cemetery near Arrow
Rock, Missouri; Date of Burial: 25 Dec 1884; Undertaker: Friends; Business:
n/a; Physician: Herald, G. W.; Arrow Rock, Saline County, Missouri

Page Number: 43; Item Number: 4; Date of Report: 26 Aug 1884; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 1 Month, 28 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of Death: 04
Jul 1884 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born:
Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of
Death: Dysentery; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of
Disease: 5 Days; Place of Burial: Clifton City, Missouri; Date of Burial: 06 Jul
1884; Undertaker: Hedges; Business: Clifton City, Missouri; Physician:
Yancey, E. F.; Clifton City, Missouri

Kesterson ?, Mrs. Page Number: 43; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 18 Dec 1883; Sex:

? Female; Race: White; Age: 49 Years; Occupation: Seamstress; Date of

Death: 10 Nov 1883 PM; Martial Status: Widower; Nationality: American;

Where Born: Callaway County, Missouri; Residency: 49 Years; Place of

Death: Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Erysipelas;

Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 8 Days;

Place of Burial: Boonville City Cemetery; Note: This is also known as Sunset
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Hills Cemetery or Boonville Memorial Gardens in Boonville, Missouri; Date of

Burial: 11 Nov 1883; Undertaker: Taliaferro, W. W.; Business: Boonville,

Missouri; Physician: McClanahan, J. T.; Boonville, Missouri

Kirkpatrick, Not Page Number: 43; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 29 Mar 1884; Sex: Male;

Named Race: White; Age: 11 Months, 2 Days; Occupation: n/a; Date of Death: 17

Mar 1884 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born:

Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Moniteau Township, Cooper Co.,

Missouri; Cause of Death: Cerebro Spinal Meningitis; Complication: n/a;

Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 7 Days; Place of Burial:

Pisgah, Missouri; Note: Two church cemeteries are located in Pisgah; Baptist

and Christian and this could be either one.; Date of Burial: 18 Mar 1884;

Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Priest, E. L.; Pisgah, Missouri

Kirschman, Mary Page Number: 43; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 13 Nov 1883; Sex:

L. Female; Race: White; Age: 26 Years, 2 Months, 15 Days; Occupation:

Housewife; Date of Death: 15 Oct 1883 AM; Martial Status: Married;

Nationality: American; Where Born: Cooper County, Missouri; Residency: 26

Years; Place of Death: Prairie Home Township, Cooper County, Missouri;

Cause of Death: Congestive Fever; Complication: n/a; Length of

Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 24 Hours; Place of Burial: Prairie

Home Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Note this burial is in Pleasant

Grove or St Peters Evangelical and Reformed Cemetery; Date of Burial: 16

Oct 1883; Undertaker: Leval, James; Business: Prairie Home, Missouri;

Physician: Teal, S. M.; Prairie Home, Missouri

Kite, Not Named Page Number: 45; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 20 Feb 1888; Sex:

Female; Race: White; Age: 1 Month, 9 Days; Occupation: Infant; Date of

Death: 28 jan 1888 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where

Born: Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Prairie Home Township,

Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Congestion of Lungs;

Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 48

Hours; Place of Burial: Catholic Cemetery; Note: This is most like St. Peter

and Paul Catholic Church and Cemetery in Boonville, Missouri; Date of

Burial: n/a; Undertaker: Nichols Company; Business: Jamestown, Missouri;

Physician: Meisel, S.; Prairie Home, Missouri

KleeKamp, Willie Page Number: 45; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 26 Mar 1887; Sex: Male;

F. Race: White; Age: 1 Year, 1 Month, 6 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of

Death: 10 Jan 1887 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where

Born: Missouri; Residency: 1 Year; Place of Death: Clarks Fork Township,

Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Capillary Bronchitis; Complication:

n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 3 1/2 Days; Place of

Burial: German Church, Clarks Fork, Missouri; Note: This is Clarks Fork

Trinity Lutheran Church, Clarks Fork, Cooper County, Missouri; Date of

Burial: 12 Jan 1887; Undertaker: Monroe, John; Business: Boonville,

Missouri; Physician: Thatcher, J. P.; Pisgah, Missouri

Kramel, George Page Number: 43; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 05 Mar 1885; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 70 Years, 1 Months, 10 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of

Death: 10 Feb 1885 AM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: German; Where

Born: Germany; Residency: 15 Years; Place of Death: Blackwater Township,

Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Cancer of the Stomach;

www.mogenweb.org/cooperKratz, Bertha Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: About 1
Year; Place of Burial: Martinsville Catholic Church; Note: This is St. Martins
Kraus, Frank Catholic Church and Cemetery near Pilot Grove, Missouri; Date of Burial: 11
James Feb 1885; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Ross, J. W. H.;
Pilot Grove, Missouri
Labbo, Rosina
Page Number: 43; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 04 Aug 1884; Sex:
Lacy, Agnes Female; Race: White; Age: 18 Years, 6 Months, 18 Days; Occupation: n/a;
Johnson Date of Death: 03 Jun 1884 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality:
American; Where Born: Missouri; Residency: 18 Years; Place of Death:
Lacy, William A. Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Chlorocis;
Complication: Tuberculosis; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of
Lamm, Margaret Disease: 1 Year; Place of Burial: Boonville, Missouri; Note: This is most likely
Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville, Missouri; Date of Burial: 05 Jun 1884;
Undertaker: Thompson, R. R.; Business: Boonville, Missouri; Physician:
Burger, C. J.; Boonville, Missouri

Page Number: 43; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 08 Feb 1884; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 3 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of
Death: 17 Jan 1884; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where
Born: Missouri; Residency: 2 Years; Place of Death: Clear Creek Township,
Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Paralysis; Complication: n/a;
Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 7 Months; Place of Burial:
Catholic Church in Clear Creek; Note: This is St. John's Catholic Church and
Cemetery in Clear Creek, Missouri; Date of Burial: 18 Jan 1884; Undertaker:
Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Barnes, H. T.; Ridge Prairie, Saline
County, Missouri

Page Number: 47; Item Number: 5; Date of Report: 17 Nov 1884; Sex:
Female; Race: White; Age: 75 Years, 8 Months, 16 Days; Occupation:
Housewife; Date of Death: 26 Oct 1884; Martial Status: Married; Nationality:
German; Where Born: Wurtemberg; Residency: 53 Years; Place of Death:
Boonville Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Disease of
Heart; Complication: General Dropsy; Length of Complication: 2 Months;
Duration of Disease: 3 Months; Place of Burial: Boonville, Missouri; Note:
This is most likely Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville, Missouri; Date of
Burial: 27 Oct 1884; Undertaker: Taliaferro, W. W.; Business: Boonville,
Missouri; Physician: Evans, W. E.; Boonville, Missouri

Page Number: 49; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 11 Jun 1887; Sex:
Female; Race: White; Age: 84 Years, 6 Months, 24 Days; Occupation:
Housewife; Date of Death: 26 May 1887 PM; Martial Status: Married;
Nationality: American; Where Born: North Carolina; Residency: 51 Years;
Place of Death: Prairie Home Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of
Death: Rheumatic Fever and General Debility from old age; Complication:
n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: About 10 Days; Place
of Burial: Family Cemetery in Moniteau County, Missouri; Date of Burial: 27
May 1887; Undertaker: Monroe, John; Business: Boonville, Missouri;
Physician: Lacy, A. J.; Prairie Home, Missouri

Page Number: 49; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 23 Oct 1888; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 90 Years, 6 Months, 20 Days; Occupation: Physician;
Date of Death: 23 Sep 1888; Martial Status: Widower; Nationality: American;
Where Born: n/a; Residency: 40 Years; Place of Death: Prairie Home,
Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: General Debility; Complication:
n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: n/a; Place of Burial:
Family Grave Yard; Note: This Lacy Family Grave Yard has not been
recorded.; Date of Burial: Sep 1888; Undertaker: Spahr, W. L.; Business:
Boonville, Missouri; Physician: Teal, S. M.; Prairie Home, Missouri

Page Number: 47; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 11 May 1887; Sex:

Female; Race: White; Age: 48 Years, 10 Months; Occupation: n/a; Date of

Death: n/a; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: American; Where Born:

Missouri; Residency: 48 Years; Place of Death: Overton, Cooper County,

Missouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Complication: n/a; Length of

Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 7 Days; Place of Burial: Copps Grave

Yard; Note: Same as Kopp Chapel Cemetery; Date of Burial: n/a;

Undertaker: Simms, H. Clay; Business: Gooch's Mill, Missouri; Physician:
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Hagan, J. W.; Gooch's Mill, Missouri

Lewis, John Page Number: 47; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 01 Jun 1885; Sex: Male;

Race: Black; Age: 5 Months; Occupation: Infant; Date of Death: 14 May 1885

AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born: Missouri;

Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Pilot Grove Township, Cooper County,

Missouri; Cause of Death: Congestion of Lungs; Complication: Convulsions;

Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 48 Hours; Place of Burial:

n/a; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a; Physician: Ross, J.

W. H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri

Lillies, Ara Page Number: 47; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 11 Dec 1883; Sex:

Female; Race: Black; Age: 19 Years, 4 Months, 12 Days; Occupation:

Servant; Date of Death: 12 Nov 1883 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality:

African; Where Born: Missouri; Residency: 19 Years; Place of Death:

Otterville Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death:

Consumption; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of

Disease: 19 Days; Place of Burial: Providence Baptist Church Cemetery;

Note: Located in Pettis County, Missouri; Date of Burial: 13 Nov 1883;

Undertaker: Crawford, Monroe; Business: Otterville, Missouri; Physician:

Yancey, E. F.; Clifton City, Missouri

Lionberger, Mrs. Page Number: 47; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 19 Apr 1884; Sex:

Mary Female; Race: White; Age: 75 Years, 9 Months, 2 Days; Occupation:

Retirement; Date of Death: 19 Dec 1883 AM; Martial Status: Widower;

Nationality: American; Where Born: Virginia; Residency: 46 Years; Place of

Death: Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Bronchial

Asthma; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease:

2 1/2 Years; Place of Burial: Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville, Missouri;

Date of Burial: 21 Dec 1883; Undertaker: Thompson, R. R.; Business:

Boonville, Missouri; Physician: Howard, Waid; Boonville, Missouri

Lippy, Grover Page Number: 49; Item Number: 4; Date of Report: 01 Aug 1887; Sex: Male;

Stephen Race: White; Age: 8 Months; Occupation: n/a; Date of Death: 24 Jul 1887

PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born: Missouri;

Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Clarksburg, Moniteau County, Missouri;

Cause of Death: Cholera Infantitis; Complication: n/a; Length of

Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 2 Weeks; Place of Burial: New Union

Church, Cooper County, Missouri; Note: This is the Mt. Zion Cumberland

Presbyterian Church and Cemetery; Date of Burial: 25 Jul 1887; Undertaker:

J. H. T.; Business: California, Missouri; Physician: Atkinson, W. J.;

Clarksburg, Moniteau County, Missouri

Lippy, Not Named Page Number: 47; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 29 Mar 1884; Sex: Male;

Race: Black; Age: 72 Years; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Death: 14 Mar

1884 AM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: American; Where Born: Ohio;

Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Moniteau Township, Cooper Co., Missouri;

Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemmorhage; Complication: n/a; Length of

Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 8 Days; Place of Burial: Moniteau

Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Date of Burial: 15 Mar 1884;

Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a; Physician: Priest, E. L.; Pisgah, Missouri

Lochs, Sarah; Page Number: 47; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 11 May 1887; Sex:

Note: Probably Female; Race: White; Age: 63 Years, 2 Months; Occupation: Farmer; Date of

Lackner, Sarah Death: 05 Apr 1887 PM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: Swedish; Where

Born: Sweden; Residency: 40 Years; Place of Death: Moniteau Township,

Cooper Co., Missouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Complication: n/a;

Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 8 Days; Place of Burial:

Copps Grave Yard; Note: Same as Kopp Chapel Cemetery; Date of Burial:

07 Apr 1887; Undertaker: Simms, H. Clay; Business: Gooch's Mill, Missouri;

Physician: Hagan, J. W.; Gooch's Mill, Missouri
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Long, Ella Page Number: 47; Item Number: 4; Date of Report: 01 Sep 1884; Sex:

Female; Race: White; Age: 5 Months, 6 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of

Death: 23 Aug 1884 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where

Born: Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Pilot Grove, Cooper County,

Missouri; Cause of Death: Entro Colitis; Complication: Whooping Cough;

Length of Complication: 2 Months; Duration of Disease: 5 Days; Place of

Burial: Pilot Grove, Missouri; Note: Believe to be Pilot Grove City Cemetery in

Pilot Grove, Missouri; Date of Burial: 25 Aug 1884; Undertaker: Boles, B. F.;

Business: Pilot Grove, Missouri; Physician: Cox, J. H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri

Loomis, Jay Page Number: 47; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 30 Jun 1885; Sex: Male;

Gould Race: White; Age: 3 Years, 11 Months, 2 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of

Death: 15 Jun 1885 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where

Born: Missouri; Residency: 3 Years; Place of Death: Lamine Township,

Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Dysentery; Complication:

Congestion of Brain; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 14

Days; Place of Burial: n/a; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a;

Physician: Herald, G. W.; Arrow Rock, Saline County, Missouri

Lusk, James B. Page Number: 47; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 01 Mar 1884; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 65 Years, 6 Months, 1 Day; Occupation: n/a; Date of

Death: 19 Feb 1884 AM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: American;

Where Born: Tennessee; Residency: 46 Years; Place of Death: Clear Creek

Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Cancer of the

Stomach. Hereditary - Mother has cancer of Liver and one brother also had

cancer; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease:

7 1/2 Months; Place of Burial: Methodist Episcopal Church South, Pilot

Grove, Missouri; Note: This should be Jones Chapel Cemetery; Date of

Burial: 20 Feb 1884; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Ross, J.

W. H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri

Maddex, Not Page Number: 55; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 31 Jan 1887; Sex: Male;

Named Race: White; Age: 12 Days; Occupation: Infant; Date of Death: 15 Jan 1887

AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born: Missouri;

Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Pilot Grove Township, Cooper County,

Missouri; Cause of Death: Capillary Bronchitis; Complication: n/a; Length of

Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 5 Days; Place of Burial: Pilot Grove,

Missouri; Note: Believe to be Pilot Grove City Cemetery in Pilot Grove,

Missouri; Date of Burial: 16 Jan 1887; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a;

Physician: Ross, J. W. H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri

Maddox, Marshell Page Number: 53; Item Number: 5; Date of Report: 01 Apr 1885; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 2 Years, 6 Months, 22 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of

Death: 11 Mar 1885 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where

Born: Missouri; Residency: 2 Years; Place of Death: Pilot Grove, Cooper

County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Capillary Bronchitis; Complication: Pluero

Brain trouble, nothing decisive; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of

Disease: 8 Days; Place of Burial: Pilot Grove, Missouri; Note: Believe to be

Pilot Grove City Cemetery in Pilot Grove, Missouri; Date of Burial: n/a;

Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Ross, J. W. H.; Pilot Grove,

Missouri

Maddox, William Page Number: 51; Item Number: 9; Date of Report: 01 Sep 1884; Sex: Male;

Oscar Race: White; Age: 9 Months, 12 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of Death: 12

Aug 1884 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born:

Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Pilot Grove, Cooper County,

Missouri; Cause of Death: Colitis; Complication: Whooping Cough; Length of

Complication: 2 Weeks; Duration of Disease: 10 Days; Place of Burial: Pilot

Grove, Missouri; Note: Believed to be Pilot Grove City Cemetery in Pilot

Grove, Missouri; Date of Burial: 13 Aug 1884; Undertaker: Boles, B. F.;
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Business: Pilot Grove, Missouri; Physician: Barnes, H. T.; Pilot Grove,

Missouri

Main, Jessie Page Number: 51; Item Number: 11; Date of Report: 05 Dec 1884; Sex:

Female; Race: White; Age: 75 Years; Occupation: n/a; Date of Death: 16 Nov

1884 PM; Martial Status: Widower; Nationality: Scotish; Where Born:

Scotland; Residency: 44 Years; Place of Death: Boonville, Cooper County,

Missouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Complication: n/a; Length of

Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 3 Days; Place of Burial: Boonville,

Missouri; Note: This is most likely Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville,

Missouri; Date of Burial: 18 Nov 1884; Undertaker: Thompson, R. R.;

Business: Boonville, Missouri; Physician: Gibson, H. C.; Boonville, Missouri

Malott, James Sr. Page Number: 51; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 17 Dec 1883; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 87 Years, 10 Months, 26 Days; Occupation: Cooper; Date

of Death: 07 Dec 1883 AM; Martial Status: Widower; Nationality: American;

Where Born: Mason County, Kentucky; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Pilot

Grove Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Senile Debility;

Complication: Phargytis; Length of Complication: 3 Days; Duration of

Disease: Several Months; Place of Burial: Pennisula Church; Note: This is

Pennisula Baptist Church and Cemetery located near Blackwater, Missouri;

Date of Burial: 08 Dec 1883; Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a; Physician: Ross,

J. W. H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri

Manson, John Page Number: 53; Item Number: 10; Date of Report: 04 May 1885; Sex:

Male; Race: White; Age: 75 Years, 2 Months, 18 Days; Occupation: n/a; Date

of Death: 12 Apr 1885 PM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: American;

Where Born: New Hampshire; Residency: 36 Years; Place of Death: Gooch's

Mill, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Bilateral Pneumonia;

Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 4 Days;

Place of Burial: Gooch's Mill Cemetery; Note: This is Gooch Mill Baptist

Church Cemetery located at Gooch's Mill, Missouri; Date of Burial: 13 Apr

1885; Undertaker: Simms, H. Clay; Business: Gooch's Mill, Missouri;

Physician: Potts, J. D.; Clarks Fork, Missouri

Martin, Clara Page Number: 55; Item Number: 4; Date of Report: 07 Sep 1886; Sex:

Female; Race: White; Age: 1 Year, 4 Months; Occupation: Infant; Date of

Death: 03 Aug 1886 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where

Born: Missouri; Residency: 1 Year; Place of Death: Pilot Grove Township,

Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Whooping Cough; Complication:

Teething and Congestion of Liver; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of

Disease: 3 Weeks; Place of Burial: Martinsville Catholic Church; Note: This is

St. Martins Catholic Church and Cemetery near Pilot Grove, Missouri; Date

of Burial: 04 Aug 1886; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Ross,

J. W. H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri

Martin, Joseph Page Number: 55; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 07 Jul 1886; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 30 Years, 7 Months, 29 Days; Occupation: Farmer; Date

of Death: 13 Jun 1886 AM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: American;

Where Born: Missouri; Residency: 30 Years; Place of Death: Pilot Grove

Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Cancer of Abdoniminal

regions; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease:

5 Months; Place of Burial: Martinsville Catholic Church; Note: This is St.

Martins Catholic Church and Cemetery near Pilot Grove, Missouri; Date of

Burial: n/a; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Ross, J. W. H.;

Pilot Grove, Missouri

Martin, Luther Page Number: 43; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 18 Dec 1883; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 60 Years; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Death: 27 Nov

1883; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: American; Where Born: Virginia;

Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Petersburg, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause
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of Death: Whiskey; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration

of Disease: n/a; Place of Burial: n/a; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: Friends;

Business: n/a; Physician: McClanahan, J. T.; Boonville, Missouri

Martin, Mary Page Number: 51; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 31 Jan 1885; Sex:

Female; Race: Black; Age: 44 Years; Occupation: Housewife; Date of Death:

19 Jan 1885 PM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: American; Where Born:

Kentucky; Residency: 28 Years; Place of Death: Pilot Grove Township,

Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Ascites; Complication: n/a; Length

of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: About 5 Years; Place of Burial:

n/a; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a; Physician: Ross, J.

W. H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri

Martin, Sarah Page Number: 55; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 15 Mar 1886; Sex:

Female; Race: White; Age: 85 Years, 6 Months; Occupation: Widow; Date of

Death: 04 Mar 1886 AM; Martial Status: Widower; Nationality: American;

Where Born: Kentucky; Residency: 60 Years; Place of Death: Moniteau

Township, Cooper Co., Missouri; Cause of Death: Senility (Old Age);

Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 8 Days;

Place of Burial: Martin Grave Yard; Note: This is Martin Cemetery near

California, Missouri; Date of Burial: 05 Mar 1886; Undertaker: Woodrum, B.;

Business: Tipton, Missouri; Physician: Atkinson, W. J.; Clarksburg, Moniteau

County, Missouri

Matthews, William Page Number: 53; Item Number: 14; Date of Report: 28 Dec 1885; Sex:

T. S. Male; Race: White; Age: 18 Years, 3 Months, 15 Days; Occupation: Farmer;

Date of Death: 09 Dec 1885 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality:

American; Where Born: Missouri; Residency: 18 Years; Place of Death:

Pettis County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Marasmus; Complication: n/a;

Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 5 Weeks; Place of Burial:

Providence Baptist Church Cemetery; Note: Located in Pettis County,

Missouri; Date of Burial: 10 Dec 1885; Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a;

Physician: Cox, J. H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri

Maxey, Note Page Number: 53; Item Number: 7; Date of Report: May 1885; Sex: Female;

Named Race: White; Age: 2 Days; Occupation: Infant; Date of Death: 10 Mar 1885

AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born: Missouri;

Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Moniteau Township, Cooper Co., Missouri;

Cause of Death: Convulsions; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a;

Duration of Disease: 8 hours; Place of Burial: New Zion Church; Note: This is

Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery located south of

Pisgah, Missouri; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a;

Physician: Stewart, J. B.; Clarksburg, Missouri

McCarty, Mary B. Page Number: 57; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: Jun 1885; Sex: Female;

Race: White; Age: 10 Months; Occupation: Infant; Date of Death: 02 Feb

1885 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born:

Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Clifton City, Cooper County,

Missouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Complication: Cerebro Spinal

Meningitis; Length of Complication: 24 Hours; Duration of Disease: 6 Days;

Place of Burial: Providence Baptist Church Cemetery; Note: Located in Pettis

County, Missouri; Date of Burial: 03 Feb 1885; Undertaker: Richey & Ross;

Business: Sedalia, Missouri; Physician: Culp, J. C.; Clifton City, Missouri

www.mogenweb.org/cooperMcKissock, O. E.Page Number: 57; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 08 Dec 1883; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 28 Years, 5 Months; Occupation: Oil Speculator; Date of
McNulty, Mabel Death: 20 Nov 1883 PM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: American;
Where Born: Pennsylvania; Residency: Weeks; Place of Death: Pilot Grove
Mellor, Edward Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Phthisis Pulmonalis;
Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 6
Menlehuston, Months; Place of Burial: Pilot Grove, Missouri; Note: Believe to be Pilot
Anton Grove City Cemetery in Pilot Grove, Missouri; Date of Burial: 23 Nov 1883;
Undertaker: Boles, B. F.; Business: Pilot Grove, Missouri; Physician: Cox, J.
Mercer, Not H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri
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Meredith, Susan Page Number: 57; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 26 Oct 1885; Sex:
Female; Race: White; Age: 4 Months, 2 Days; Occupation: Infant; Date of
Death: 12 Oct 1885 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where
Born: Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Moniteau Township, Cooper
Co., Missouri; Cause of Death: Remittant Fever; Complication: Stomatitis;
Length of Complication: 21 Days; Duration of Disease: 9 Days; Place of
Burial: Pisgah, Missouri; Note: Two church cemeteries are located in Pisgah;
Baptist and Christian and this could be either one.; Date of Burial: 13 Oct
1885; Undertaker: Thompson, R. R.; Business: Boonville, Missouri;
Physician: Thatcher, J. P.; Pisgah, Missouri

Page Number: 51; Item Number: 6; Date of Report: 10 May 1884; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 56 Years; Occupation: Merchant; Date of Death: 25 Apr
1884; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: English; Where Born: England;
Residency: 27 Years; Place of Death: Lamine Township, Cooper County,
Missouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Complication: n/a; Length of
Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 3 Weeks; Place of Burial: Lamine,
Missouri; Note: This should be the Old Lamine Cemetery near Lamine,
Missouri; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician:
Davison, E.; Lamine, Missouri

Page Number: 51; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 04 Oct 1883; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 35 Years, 6 Months, 10 Days; Occupation: Brewer and
Bricklayer; Date of Death: 06 Sep 1883; Martial Status: Married; Nationality:
German; Where Born: Germany; Residency: 20 Years; Place of Death:
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever;
Complication: Excessive Dissapation; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration
of Disease: 10 Days; Place of Burial: Boonville City Cemetery; Note: This is
also known as Sunset Hills Cemetery or Boonville Memorial Gardens in
Boonville, Missouri; Date of Burial: 07 Sep 1883; Undertaker: Taliaferro, W.
W.; Business: Boonville, Missouri; Physician: Holman, R. S.; Boonville,
Missouri

Page Number: 51; Item Number: 4; Date of Report: 21 Feb 1884; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 8 Days; Occupation: Infant; Date of Death: 14 Nov 1883;
Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born: Missouri;
Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Palestine Township, Cooper County,
Missouri; Cause of Death: Spina Bifida; Complication: n/a; Length of
Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 8 Days; Place of Burial: n/a; Date of
Burial: n/a; Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a; Physician: Edwards, G. H.; New
Palestine, Missouri

Page Number: 51; Item Number: 5; Date of Report: 17 Mar 1884; Sex:
Female; Race: White; Age: 36 Years, 6 Months, 10 Days; Occupation:
Farmer's Wife; Date of Death: 11 Mar 1884 AM; Martial Status: Married;
Nationality: American; Where Born: Cooper County, Missouri; Residency: 36
Years; Place of Death: Pilot Grove Township, Cooper County, Missouri;
Cause of Death: Phthisis Pulmonalis; Complication: n/a; Length of
Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 5 or 6 Years; Place of Burial: Pilot

Grove, Missouri; Note: Believe to be Pilot Grove City Cemetery in Pilot

Grove, Missouri; Date of Burial: 12 Mar 1884; Undertaker: Boles, B. F.;

Business: Pilot Grove, Missouri; Physician: Cox, J. H.; Pilot Grove, Missouri

Meyer, Anna Page Number: 53; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 19 Jan 1885; Sex:

Female; Race: White; Age: 23 Years, 11 Months, 22 Days; Occupation:

Housewife; Date of Death: 04 Jan 1885 AM; Martial Status: Married;

Nationality: American; Where Born: Missouri; Residency: 23 Years; Place of
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Death: Blackwater Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death:

Child Birth; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of

Disease: 5 Hours; Place of Burial: Pennisula Church; Note: This is Pennisula

Baptist Church and Cemetery located near Blackwater, Missouri; Date of

Burial: 05 Jan 1885; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Mrs.

Carter and Returned by Luke Meyer

Meyer, Josephine Page Number: 53; Item Number: 11; Date of Report: 15 Jul 1885; Sex:

M. Female; Race: White; Age: 35 Years, 3 Months, 2 Days; Occupation:

Housewife; Date of Death: 22 Jun 1885 AM; Martial Status: Married;

Nationality: American; Where Born: Tennessee; Residency: 5 Years; Place of

Death: Moniteau Township, Cooper Co., Missouri; Cause of Death:

Obstruction of the Bowels from a artilaious growth in Pelvis and Pectum;

Complication: Phthisis Pulmonalis; Length of Complication: 2 Years; Duration

of Disease: 5 Months; Place of Burial: Clarksburg Cemetery; Date of Burial:

n/a; Undertaker: Taverhouse & Seyfforth; Business: California, Missouri;

Physician: Byler, L. J.; California, Moniteau County, Missouri

Meyers, John Page Number: 53; Item Number: 13; Date of Report: 11 Sep 1885; Sex:

Male; Race: White; Age: 72 Years; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Death: 03

Sep 1885 AM; Martial Status: Widower; Nationality: German; Where Born:

Germany; Residency: 45 Years; Place of Death: Moniteau Township, Cooper

Co., Missouri; Cause of Death: Chronic Pneumonia; Complication: n/a;

Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 5 Weeks; Place of Burial:

Clarksburg Cemetery; Date of Burial: 04 Sep 1885; Undertaker: n/a;

Business: California, Missouri; Physician: Atkinson, W. J.; Clarksburg,

Moniteau County, Missouri

Meyrs, Matilda K. Page Number: 51; Item Number: 8; Date of Report: 10 Aug 1884; Sex:

Female; Race: White; Age: 20 Years, 6 Months, 25 Days; Occupation:

Housewife; Date of Death: 13 Jun 1884 PM; Martial Status: Married;

Nationality: American; Where Born: Missouri; Residency: 20 Years; Place of

Death: Moniteau Township, Cooper Co., Missouri; Cause of Death: Suerperal

Convulsions susposed to be of Appoplectic variety; Complication: n/a; Length

of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 48 Hours; Place of Burial:

Clarksburg Cemetery; Date of Burial: 14 Jun 1884; Undertaker: Woodrum,

B.; Business: Tipton, Missouri; Physician: Stewart, J. B.; Clarksburg, Missouri

Miller, Adam Page Number: 53; Item Number: 8; Date of Report: 20 Apr 1885; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 80 Years, 4 Days; Occupation: Wagon Maker; Date of

Death: 21 Mar 1885 AM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: German; Where

Born: Germany; Residency: 65 Years; Place of Death: Boonville, Cooper

County, Missouri; Cause of Death: General Debility; Complication: n/a;

Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 3 Months; Place of Burial:

Boonville, Missouri; Note: This is most likely Walnut Grove Cemetery in

Boonville, Missouri; Date of Burial: 21 Mar 1885; Undertaker: Monroe, John;

Business: Boonville, Missouri; Physician: Gibson, H. C.; Boonville, Missouri

Miller, James B. Page Number: 51; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 26 Oct 1883; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 5 Months, 16 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of Death: 23

Oct 1883; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born: Cooper

County, Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Palestine Township,

Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Overdose of morphine given by

mother; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease:

Several Hours; Place of Burial: Palestine Township; Date of Burial: 23 Oct

1883; Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a; Physician: Mitchell, S. C.; New

Palestine, Missouri

Miller, Mary Alice Page Number: 55; Item Number: 2; Date of Report: 15 Jun 1887; Sex:

Female; Race: White; Age: 12 Years, 7 Months, 1 Day; Occupation: Child;

Date of Death: 15 Feb 1887 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality:
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American; Where Born: Missouri; Residency: 12 Years; Place of Death:

Moniteau Township, Cooper Co., Missouri; Cause of Death: Anemia;

Complication: Tumor in the Abdomen; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration

of Disease: 6 Years; Place of Burial: New Zion Church; Note: This is Mt. Zion

Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery located south of Pisgah,

Missouri; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: Cullens, C. K.; Business: Tipton,

Missouri; Physician: Stewart, J. B.; Clarksburg, Missouri

Miller, Not Named Page Number: 55; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 20 Jan 1886; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 8 Days; Occupation: n/a; Date of Death: 28 Dec 1885 PM;

Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born: Missouri;

Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause

of Death: Unknown; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration

of Disease: 8 Days; Place of Burial: n/a; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: n/a;

Business: n/a; Physician: Potts, J. D.; Clarks Fork, Missouri

Milligan A. C. Page Number: 53; Item Number: 6; Date of Report: 13 Apr 1885; Sex: Male;

Race: White; Age: 3 Years, 2 Months, 16 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of

Death: 16 Feb 1885 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where

Born: Missouri; Residency: 3 Years; Place of Death: Moniteau Township,

Cooper Co., Missouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Complication: n/a;

Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 10 Days; Place of Burial:

New Zion Church; Note: This is Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church

and Cemetery located south of Pisgah, Missouri; Date of Burial: 18 Feb

1885; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Stewart, J. B.;

Clarksburg, Missouri

Mills, G. Ellis Page Number: 51; Item Number: 10; Date of Report: 11 Nov 1884; Sex:

Male; Race: White; Age: 1 Year, 2 Month, 17 Days; Occupation: Child; Date

of Death: 05 Nov 1884 PM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American;

Where Born: Missouri; Residency: 1 Year; Place of Death: Saline Township,

Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Croupous Meningitis;

Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: 48 Hours; Duration of Disease: 5

Days; Place of Burial: Walnut Grove Church; Note: This is the Walnut Grove

Christian Church and Cemetery located near Prairie Home, Missouri; Date of

Burial: 06 Nov 1884; Undertaker: Taliaferro, W. W.; Business: Boonville,

Missouri; Physician: Potts, J. D.; Clarks Fork, Missouri

Minor, Maria Page Number: 55; Item Number: 5; Date of Report: 21 Dec 1886; Sex:

Female; Race: Black; Age: 11 Years, 9 Months; Occupation: Child; Date of

Death: 29 Nov 1886 Am; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where

Born: Missouri; Residency: 11 Years; Place of Death: Buzzard Roost, Saline

Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Congestion of the

Brain; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 2

Days; Place of Burial: Buzzard Roost; Note: This is New Salem Missionary

Baptist Church and Cemetery located near Gooch's Mill, Missouri; Date of

Burial: 29 Nov 1886; Undertaker: Simms, H. Clay; Business: Gooch's Mill,

Missouri; Physician: Hagan, J. W.; Gooch's Mill, Missouri

Molan, Not Page Number: 53; Item Number: 9; Date of Report: 03 May 1885; Sex:

Named Female; Race: White; Age: 7 Months, 4 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of

Death: 05 Apr 1885 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where

Born: Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Gooch's Mill, Cooper County,

Morgan, Robertwww.mogenweb.org/cooperMissouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Complication: n/a; Length of
Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 8 Days; Place of Burial: Lutheran
Muntzel, Not Church at Gooch's Mill; Note: There are three Pleasant Grove cemeteries,
Named This is Pleasant Grove Immanuel Luther Cemetery near Wooldridge,
Missouri; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: n/a; Business: n/a; Physician:
Murdock, Willis Hagan, J. W.; Gooch's Mill, Missouri

Murphy, Letitia Page Number: 55; Item Number: 3; Date of Report: 31 Dec 1887; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 75 Years; Occupation: Farmer; Date of Death: 03 Dec
1887 PM; Martial Status: Married; Nationality: American; Where Born: West
Virginia; Residency: 26 Years; Place of Death: Moniteau Township, Cooper
Co., Missouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Complication: n/a; Length of
Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 14 Days; Place of Burial: Pisgah,
Missouri; Note: Two church cemeteries are located in Pisgah; Baptist and
Christian and this could be either one.; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker:
Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Stewart, J. B.; Clarksburg, Missouri

Page Number: 53; Item Number: 12; Date of Report: 07 Sep 1885; Sex:
Male; Race: White; Age: 5 Months, 15 Days; Occupation: Infant; Date of
Death: 21 Mar 1885 AM; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where
Born: Missouri; Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Palestine Township, Cooper
County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Scarlet Feber; Complication: n/a; Length
of Complication: n/a; Duration of Disease: 5 Days; Place of Burial: Hoflander
Grave Yard; Note: This is the Oak Grove Cemetery located near Billignsville,
Missouri; Date of Burial: n/a; Undertaker: Byler, J. J.; Business: New
Palestine, Missouri; Physician: Mitchell, S. C.; New Palestine, Missouri

Page Number: 51; Item Number: 7; Date of Report: 07 Jun 1884; Sex: Male;
Race: White; Age: 1 Year, 18 Days; Occupation: Child; Date of Death: 01 Jun
1884; Martial Status: Single; Nationality: American; Where Born: Missouri;
Residency: n/a; Place of Death: Lamine Township, Cooper County, Missouri;
Cause of Death: Unknown; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a;
Duration of Disease: 12 Hours; Place of Burial: Lamine, Missouri; Note: This
should be the Old Lamine Cemetery near Lamine, Missouri; Date of Burial:
02 Jun 1884; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Staples, T. E.;
Lamine, Missouri

Page Number: 51; Item Number: 1; Date of Report: 10 Jan 1885; Sex:
Female; Race: White; Age: 72 Years, 7 Months, 29 Days; Occupation:
Housewife; Date of Death: 29 Dec 1884 PM; Martial Status: Widower;
Nationality: American; Where Born: Kentucky; Residency: 40 Years; Place of
Death: Kelly Township, Cooper County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Acute
Bronchitis; Complication: n/a; Length of Complication: n/a; Duration of
Disease: 3 Weeks; Place of Burial: Family Cemetery; Note: This is the
Murphy Family Cemetery near Otterville, Missouri; Date of Burial: 31 Dec
1884; Undertaker: Friends; Business: n/a; Physician: Hubbard, J. D.;
Syracuse, Morgan County, Missouri