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