Platte Co., NE - Potter's Field
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POTTER'S FIELD, COLUMBUS
PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA
PLEASE NOTE: The information is entered as taken from the original records, which often contained spelling
errors. Burials, for the most part, are in order of date.
- Column 1: Lot number;
- Column 2: Name of the deceased;
- Column 3: Age (year, month, day) at death;
- Column 4: Date of death;
- Column 5: Remarks; and
- Column 6: Place of birth, if known.
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me.
AGE DATE
NO. NAME YR MO DA MO DA YR REMARKS BORN
1 Reuben Grier Inflammation of Lungs Iowa
2 Patrick Gleason 0 0 1 3 1866 Stillborn Nebr.
3 Margarette Hays 2 8 0 8 11 1866 Cholera Infatum Illinois
4 Unknown 9 1866 Sent by D. B. Clayton on Railroad - Died at end of track
5 John Parker 10 25 1866 Killed on excursion train at Silver Creek statiPenn.
6 James Campbell 45 6 0 1 30 1867 Liver complaint Ireland
7 James Chapman 34 0 0 1867 Killed by locomotive at Woodriver England
8 C. C. Chapman (infant) 6 1867 Summer Complaint Father, R.R. Roadmaster U. Str.
9 Frank Adamson 20 0 0 5 19 1868 Alcerated stomach Missouri
10 John Ogden Scott 4 4 0 7 5 1869 Lung fever New York
11 John Lennett 0 10 0 7 8 1869 Dysentery Nebraska
12 Thomas McKane 29 0 0 8 29 1869 Inflamation of Bowels Spartenburg, Ind.
13 Michael Dooly Unknown 6 20 1870 Found on Prairie New York
14 Elizabeth Hardy 30 0 0 9 8 1870 Died at home of G. C. Barnum
15 Edward Kelly Unknown 10 26 1870 Died in Jail supposed from Intemperance
16 Unknown (Blackman) Negro found on R.R. 12 16 1870 Horribly mutilated and cut to pieces,
supposed to have fallen off the cars on previous night.
Found by section men going to their work in the morning
17 Chas. E. Haskins 35 0 0 4 4 1871 Brain disease-Died in Jail Quincy, Michigan
18 Elizabeth Hauser 6 6 0 4 13 1871 Killed by fall off a Sod wall Baden Europa
19 Mahlon Butcher 35 0 0 4 16 1871 Accidentally Shot-died in jail
20 Maria Knobel 0 8 10 6 18 1871 Dysentery Switz.
21 McCall (Infant) Stillborn 10 1 1871 Born in Butler County
22 McNew (Infant) Stillborn 11 27 1871 Born in Columbus, Nebr.
23 John Harris 31 0 0 5 12 1872 Dropsy-Died in Jail as a pauper
24 Marie Knobel 0 9 0 6 28 1872 Dysentery Switz.
25 Andrew Egli 35 0 0 7 10 1872 Found on R.R. Track
26 John Marti 29 0 0 8 16 1872 Killed by lightening Ohio
27 William Decker 57 0 0 8 30 1872 Congestive Chill Canada
28 Mary Jane Blizzard 70 1 3 8 31 1872 Old Age N. Carolina
29 August Adam 24 0 0 9 22 1872 Accidentally shot Germany
30 Christian L. Schmidt 27 0 0 1 25 1873 Suicide by shooting self Denmark
31 Herman Arndt 1 3 0 5 22 1873 Child of Wm. & Caroline Arndt
32 Catharine Hahlecker 1 1 0 5 26 1873 Friedensthal, Russia
33 Fredrick Sohms 26 0 0 7 13 1873 Switz.
34 Jakoleine Gildner 2 5 0 8 5 1873 Odessa, Russia
35 Tom McDonald 40 0 0 8 13 1873 Killed by R.R. train at Loup Bridge
36 William Schroeder 0 3 13 8 13 1873 Child of Chas. Schroeder
37 Milton Miner 8 hours 10 4 1873 Born in Platte County, Nebr.
38 Olui A. Clarika 30 9 1 10 17 1873 Born in Erie Penn.
39 Mary Peterson 5 hours 4 10 1874 Weakness of Child
40 Mathilda Mielenz 0 10 20 8 16 1874 Pierce County, Nebraska
41 Catherine Albrecht 0 10 0 9 11 1874 Platte County, Nebraska
42 Bernie Brown 0 0 4 10 22 1874 Platte County, Nebraska
43 John Schmidt Stillborn 11 13 1874 Platte County, Nebraska
44 William Thomas McCray 0 7 0 3 28 1875 Platte County, Nebraska
45 Christina Guldner 18 3 0 5 17 1875 Friedensthal, Russia
46 Ida L. Sanderson 18 0 0 12 4 1875 Body removed to Lot 56 - Block G Trumball, Ohio
47 Aug. Schnedier's (Daughter) 10 7 1875 Father, a Blacksmith
48 Hans Halbeck 1 26 1876
49 Regula Tschudy 0 5 24 7 24 1876
50 William Tscharner 1 8 0 10 5 1876 Columbus, Nebraska
51 Anna Mehrberger 42 0 0 10 25 1876 Removed to Catholic Cemetery-June 28, 1906 Moravia, Austria
52 Rosomder Unknown 12 18 1876 Sweden
53 Arndt (Infant Son) Stillborn 4 11 1877 Child of Wm & Caroline Arndt
54 Jacob Hessler 30 0 0 10 18 1877 Consumption Prussia
55 Henry Fuhrer 56 0 0 4 29 1878 Liver disease Prussia
56 William Grear 33 0 0 5 12 1878 Erysipelas Ireland
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58
59 Clarkson Hayes 0 1 28 8 17 1878 Child of G.G. & A. Hempstead, Columbus, Nebraska
60 John H. William 0 0 7 8 28 1878 Child of F.W. & Katie Schuelzky, Columbus, Nebraska
61 Cora Norton 1 2 0 10 12 1878 Gennell, Iowa
62 Wilhemina Gons 3 0 22 10 16 1878 Brought from Polk County
63 R. T. Bullard (Child) 11 7 1878
64 Child of Hy. & Catrina Cramer 0 3 17 12 1 1878 Born in Columbus
65 Oliver C. Loshbaugh 0 1 14 1 30 1879 Whooping Cough Columbus, Nebraska
66 James Ashbaugh Killed on R.R. north of graveyard
67 William Schroeder
68 James Ashbaugh 1 25 1879 Killed by Indians on the Niobrara
69 Annie May Thayer 0 1 21 4 22 1879 Born in Platte County, Nebraska
70 Wesley W. Smitte 0 5 26 5 26 1879 Congestion of Bowels Boone Co. Nebr.
71 Edward Oswald 0 0 11 2 11 1880
72 Louis Schlecht 3 30 1880
73 Exener 2 11 1880
74 Isabella Henry 2 0 16 3 30 1880
75 William Dunlop 56 0 0 4 1 1880
76 Eliza Alice Henry 0 2 4 4 4 1880
77 Francis Wm. Parker (Child) 8 1 1880
78 Jersey Dickinson 0 11 16 8 7 1880 Hemorrhage of bowels Cedar Co. Nebr.
79 Emry Celley 4 0 0 8 7 1880 Summer Complaint New York, May 22, 75
80 Lefever Child 8 10 1880
81 Julia Bulluheimer 0 1 0 8 23 1880 Convulsions
82 Mrs. Norton (Wife of Z) 9 1 1880
83 James P. Furgerson 72 9 6 9 12 1880 Rupture Waterloo N.Y.
84 Bertha Ellen Davidson 0 9 23 9 18 1880 Cholera Infantum
85 William O. Norton 0 10 25 9 20 1880 Consumption - Child of Z. Norton
86 James Wood 9 25 1880 Asthma
87 Verena Hoesli (Wife of Esias) 30 0 0 10 1 1880 Bleeding of the Womb
88 Carl Bader 11 18 1880 Thrown from his wagon and killed. Found the next morning
89 Michael Meyers 11 24 1880
90 Klaus (Daughter of Emil) 11 6 15 12 26 1880 Diptheria
91 Mattias King 12 30 1880 Died during the night, at home of Eugelke Buss
92 Charles Sylvan 1 12 1881 Asthma & Bronchitis-died in Jail
93 Lundy 2 25 1881
94 Child of Wm. R. Knapp 3 11 1881 REMOVED (31-H)
95 Child of Wm. R. Knapp 3 26 1881 REMOVED (31-H)
96 Minnie A. Angel 3 9 4 5 4 1881 Croup (Daughter of A.P. Angel)
97 James Jones 5 18 1881
98 Wm. Freidrich (Child) 5 26 1881
99 James Jones (Son of Edw.J.) 0 0 9 7 7 1881 Whooping Cough
100 Michael Bruckner 7 15 1881 Sun struck
101 Mrs. Price 8 1 1881 REMOVED (to NE1/4 26-L)
Polish Woman, Name Unknown 4 19 1882 Found in slough, south of Loup River
102 Child of A. Kretchner 8 18 1881
103 Child of Chas. Peterson 10 18 1881 REMOVED
Henry Wheeler 13 0 0 12 18 1881 Typhoid pneumonia
104 Infant daughter J.C.Engleman Stillborn 1 19 1882
105 Kretchner Child 2 10 1882
106 Larson Child 0 11 15 5 24 1882 P.A. Larson, father
107 Lamkin 8 12 1882
108 Barlow 8 22 1882
109 Emil Oswald 0 0 12 9 22 1882 Infant son of C. Oswald
110 Frank Hensley 23 5 12 11 15 1882 Typhoid fever
111 Kummers 12 4 1882
112 J. C. Leace 12 31 1882
113 Emma Tschudy 0 11 0 2 11 1883 Daughter of J.B. & R. Tschudy
114 Nettie Maude Hendrix 0 1 1 2 15 1883 Daughter of Wm. R. & Etta M. Hendrix
Willie G. Hendrix 0 0 2 10 17 1881 Son of Wm. R. & Etta M. Hendrix
Removed from Lost Creek, Nebr.
115 Child of Wilhelm Reder Stillborn 3 23 1883 Minick Co. Nebr.
116 Bennett 4 6 1883
117 Christ Zumba 4 18 1883
118 Lewis Evans 0 8 0 8 17 1883 Cholera Infantum Pawlet Vermont
119 John Egger 8 26 1883
120 A. Shoudler 2 19 1884
121 Anna Legler 4 11 10 3 14 1884 Child of David Legler Colfax Co. Nebr.
122 Ursuia Zentner 39 7 0 4 7 1884 Wife of Johann Zentner
123 Willis Grogen 0 11 18 5 12 1884 Son of M. F. & J. M. Grogen
124 Charles W. Judd 0 0 10 6 18 1884 Convulsions-Son of Even Judd
125 Child of John Watkins Stillborn 8 25 1884
126 James H. Lawrence 25 0 0 11 18 1880 Native of McLean Co. Ill.
127 Emma Margaretha Schack 0 1 21 12 17 1884 Child of Aug. & Adolphina Schack
128 Katharina Oswald 5 weeks 1 19 1885 Child of Christ & Katharina Oswald
129 Emma Schneiderheinze 41 0 0 3 6 1885 Cancer of Stomach
130 Child of Wm. Arndt Stillborn 3 16 1885
131 Carl Erner 6 16 1885 Drowned in Platte river
132 Unknown Middle Age man 6 20 1885 Killed near depot on R.R. track. Northing found on his person but the Omaha Bee.
133 Hlding Sauer 0 0 17 7 7 1885 Child of Adam & Rosalie Sauer
134 Star Fountain About 20-25 7 14 1885 Had a letter with her addressed to Lydia Brierly-Found dead in room
(So registered at Clother house)
135 John Guy Hawkins (Child) 0 11 0 8 26 1885 Cholera Infantum
136 N. J. Thompson About 30 yr.10 28 1885 Died at the Hospital
137 Hanke Zieting 53 0 0 1 6 1886 Inflamations of Bowels Shell Crk
138 John Leuck (Known as French John) 5 14 1886 Suicide by poison
139 Unknown Man (John Hlbgen) About 33 yrs 6 8 1886 Found in Grave Yard Slough
140 Minnie Fiedler 22 0 0 9 24 1886 Wife of John Fiedler
141 Son of John Warnick Stillborn 10 1 1886
142 Andrew Carstenson 41 0 0 10 29 1886 Died at Hospital Denmark
143 Bessie Laughlin 11 9 1886 Conjustion of lungs
144 Child of John Wolf Stillborn 3 21 1887
145 Robbie Grogan (Son of M.F. & J.M. Grogan) 5 7 1887 Measels and Bowel trouble
146 Grogan Child (Son of ") Stillborn 7 30 1887
147 Child of John Hawkins 1 0 0 9 26 1887
148 Mrs. Frances E. Borneman 42 6 0 10 28 1887 Died at Oconee of Consumption
149 Mrs. Smith 11 2 1887 Lived with Mr. Gray
150 Anna Ferguson 80 7 24 2 13 1888 Died at Oconee
151 Mary Saffran 19 2 0 5 16 1888 Malarial fever
152 Albert Dunekee 5 23 1888 Suicide by hanging
153 Winkelman 81 0 0 6 11 1888
154 H. E. Osgood 7 15 1888 Thrown from his wagon. Died at Hospital
155 William Gasser 35 0 0 8 12 1888 Died at Hospital Leigh, Nebr.
156 H. F. Saffran's (Child) 8 24 1888
157 John Buttenschrese 8 29 1888 Died at Hospital
158 William Krause 2 5 1889 Died at Hospital
159 Jacob Stancyk 6 24 1889 Killed on R.R. 1/2 mile west of Union Pacific Loup bridge
160 Alexander Bozeman (Colored) 6 25 1889 Died at Hospital-Got sick at Patrick Murray's home.
161 Lewis Hofacker 24 0 0 10 27 1889 Died at Hospital Switz.
162 Child of W. E. Place Stillborn 1 14 1890
163 Infant Son of Henry O. Rodehorst 1 23 1890
164 Ledea Jose 0 6 0 4 2 1890 Cramps
165 Johan L. Johansen 67 9 15 5 7 1890
166 Fred Landolt 9 10 1890
167 Roy Adamson 4 5 15 11 27 1890 Son of David & Ella Adamson
168 John Knight 3 7 0 5 18 1891 Diptheria Nemaha County
169 Harry St. Clair 0 2 14 9 16 1891 Summer Complaint Central City, Neb.
170 Infant of Christian Hilmer 0 0 1 11 13 1891
171 Herman Windbech 0 0 1 11 15 1891 Died at Oconee
172 Negro Woman - Unknown Killed in R.R. wreck at Gardners
173 Bradley Williams 73 2 14 2 4 1892 Died at St. Mary's Hospital
174 Anna K. Braun 31 0 0 2 26 1892 Consumption
175 Rosso Ernst 55 0 5 5 11 1892 Died at Robert Wollberg home
176 Son of John Teten Stillborn 10 20 1892 Oconee
177 Flossie Franklin 2 0 0 12 10 1892 Child of High Franklin
178 Bertha Lutz 0 02.5 7 24 1893 Child of C. A. Lutz
179 Maggie Umble 1 4 0 8 14 1893 Child of Mrs. Bertha Umble Council Bluffs, Iowa
180 Son of Philip Dietz 0 0 13 9 20 1893
181 Melchore A. and Julius A. Melliger 0 0 14 9 24 1893 Children of Brukhard Melliger
182 Edward Dietz Abt. 13 hrs.10 6 1893 Son P.H. Dietz
183
184 Robert Wollberg 0 4 26 3 4 1894 Son of Robert Wollberg
185
186 Child of H. Durkop Stillborn 6 4 1894
187
188 William McCarry 28 0 0 7 28 1894 Came from Central City, Nebr.
189 Ludwig Uhlendorf 44 0 0 7 28 1894 Killed in R.R. Wreck
190 Theresa Will 1 0 14 7 30 1894 Child of Wm. Will
191 Daughter of S. A. Hooper Stillborn 8 2 1894
192
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194 Mae Dillon 45 0 0 2 8 1895 Liver Complications
195 Johann Henrich Christ Alpers 54 6 20 2 8 1895 Died at Hospital
196 Mary Goldsmith 3 2 1895 Wife of Joseph Goldsmith
197 Son of Godfrey Meyer (Louis) 0 0 5 6 19 1895
198 John O'Neill 28 0 0 7 10 1895 Suicide by hanging
199 Andreas Ziebach 1 4 7 7 16 1895 Child of Peter Ziebach
200 Katie Mukeljohn 0 0 3 8 17 1895 Child of A. R. & May Mukeljohn
201 Otto Putsch 1 3 0 9 19 1895 Child of Wm. Putsch
202
203 Fredericka Kammski 68 0 0 3 9 1896 Died at Hospital
204 Child of H. W. Heineman Stillborn 10 3 1896
205 Rurlo Knapp 5 4 21 11 26 1896 Diptheria
206
207 Gottfried Spichiger 20 0 0 1 24 1897 Accidental shooting
208 Heinrich Pahrmann Stillborn 4 27 1897
209 Axel Petersen 23 6 0 7 27 1897 Died at St. Marys Hospital Monroe, Nebr.
210 Child of J.M. Seaton Stillborn 8 16 1897
211 Child of Geo Adamson 0 0 4 12 15 1897
212 Herman Kruse 1 10 0 4 2 1898
213 John Johnson 05.5 0 1 11 1899
214 Child of W. A. Bodenson 10 hrs. 3 7 1899
215 William Kruse 1 6 0 7 23 1899 Buried with Herman Kruse.
216 Fred Tschantry 40 0 0 10 2 1899 Died at Hospital
217 David Eschler 1 2 1900 Scarlet Fever
Willis Cochran Infant Stillborn 11 15 1917
218 August Wollburg 9 4 0 1 31 1900
219 Aragetta Johannsen 76 1 28 5 7 1900
220 W. J. Sweeny Stillborn 5 28 1900
221 Lowell Darling 50 0 0 11 13 1915 Pneumonia
222 O. W. Kessinger 35 0 0 7 16 1900 Found dead in bed, in home of Augl. Kirkman
223 John Eschler 0 11 0 7 29 1900
224 Caroline A. Thompson 1 2 0 10 1 1900 Child of G. W. Thompson
225 Will Honath 0 3 0 10 15 1900
226 John Burgenger Stillborn 10 25 1900
227 Geo. Camp 0 0 4 11 11 1900
228 Aug. Anderson (Daughter) Stillborn 12 8 1900
229 Wm. Peitsch 0 0 0 1 30 1901 Endowed 08/13/21
230 Samuel Snelling 42 0 0 4 4 1901 From Kearney Nebraska-died in Hospital
231 Fred White (Witte) 71 0 0 4 22 1901 Native of Soubke Ger.
232 John Heiltman 74 0 0 4 19 1901 Died at poor farm native of Germany
233 James Holmes Freydig 1 6 0 4 27 1901 Born Switzerland
234
235 Rudolf Gottwald 57 0 0 5 21 1901 Suicide by hanging at poor farm
236 R. R. James Stillborn 6 24 1901
237 Youths name unknown 15 0 0 8 30 1901 Killed on railroad near coal schutt
238 Kruse 2 6 0 9 24 1901 Drowned in Pond
239 Wring Stillborn 10 4 1901 Child of Wm. Wring
240 Albert Ziegler Stillborn 12 2 1901
241 Michael Conners 76 0 0 8 17 1902
242 Herman Garnis Stillborn 10 17 1902
243 Fredrich Berthanus 44 0 0 12 22 1902
244 Wm. Nordburg 100 0 0 1 23 1903 Died at Hospital
245 Peter Carburg 45 0 0 2 2 1903 Died at Hospital
246 Julius Egger 3 4 0 3 11 1903
247 Lucy Holloran 62 0 0 5 3 1903 Died at Hospital Nebraska
248 Sam Ballard 53 0 0 6 7 1903 Died at Hospital
249 John Nauenberg 71 0 0 9 27 1903 Dropsy
250 Hulda Borsiger 0 4 0 10 15 1903
251 Gerhard Bnius (son) 0 0 2 11 30 1903
252 Felix Amiuerquist 26 0 0 3 13 1904 Killed on railroad crossing
253 Arnold Hoetbroler 48 0 0 5 29 1904 Found dead in Julius Schruedts hay loft
254 John Egger 64 8 13 12 5 1904
255
256 Henry Ahlers 75 0 0 12 4 1904
257 Jacob Brock Stillborn 1 31 1905
258 Lenard McCone 33 0 0 7 6 1905 Residence Monroe, Nebr. Removed to Lot 247 Blk A
Henry Swagerh 40 0 0 3 28 1908 Died at Hospital
259 Gerhard Briuis Stillborn 7 26 1905
260 George Cessner 52 0 0 12 1 1905 Died at poor farm
261 Fay Chamberlin 0 3 26 9 11 1907 Summer Complaint
262 Son of Frank Robbins 6 hours 11 16 1907
263 Robert Stanley 23 0 0 5 21 1908 R.R. Accident Minn.
264 Will Madavetz 84 0 0 7 5 1908 Old Age Austria
GRAVE #1 RANGE #19
265 William Kaatz 65 0 0 9 19 1908 Germany
266 Edith Katherine Zimmerman 0 0 20 6 25 1909
267 Edward Frisk 65 0 0 8 10 1909 Died at Hospital
268 Male Child of Claude Ernest Moore Stillborn 11 24 1909 Columbus, Nebraska.
269 Reinhart Harms 0 4 8 3 9 1910 Germany
270 Fredie Carl Bakey 2 7 18 4 7 1910 Scarlet Fever
271 Tom Williams 23 0 0 4 19 1910 Brights Disease France
272 Walter Teten 0 11 29 7 27 1910 Summer Complaint Nebr.
273 Eliza Thomas 55 0 0 9 8 1910 Dropsey Nebr.
274 Julius Harrison Goulden 59 6 7 10 7 1910 Intestinal Structure Penn.
275 Florence Margueritte Gillett 0 0 16 11 1 1910 Columbus, Nebraska.
276 Herman Ratzloff 56 0 0 2 1 1911 Pneumonia Germany
277 Wenzl Altman 79 6 3 7 1911 Old Age Austria
278 Diamanitiz Angelis 33 0 0 11 4 1911 R.R. Accident Greece
279 James Donaldson 80 0 0 11 12 1911 Ireland
280 William Mason 40 0 0 4 29 1912 R.R. Accident
281 Howard Claude Glaudon 4 2 21 7 15 1912 Accident Tenn.
282 John Schrantz 33 1 2 12 15 1912 Tuberculosis Germany
283 Wm. Theodore Criss 42 4 29 12 17 1912 Cancer Indiana
284 Victor Geier 0 3 20 12 22 1912 Columbus, Nebr.
285 Mrs. Rhoda D. Lane 75 4 29 1 15 1913 Blood Poisoning New York
286 Albert Dirks 0 5 11 2 1 1913 Whooping Cough Polk Co. Nebr.
287 Daughter of Jacob Brock Stillborn 2 4 1913 Stanton County Nebr.
288
289
290 John Ames ? (Mathias Koenig) 30 0 0 6 9 1913 R.R. Accident near Duncan
291 Wm. Neely 86 8 21 7 29 1913 Dropsy N.Y. City
292 Geo. Beck 0 0 0 1 24 1914
293 Unoki Shizue 2 0 0 2 10 1914 Columbus, Nebr.
294 Dirks Diedrich Stillborn 3 24 1914
295 Daughter of Raymond Irwin 0 0 9 8 8 1914 Small Pox Columbus
Karol Wysost 80 10 3 1914 Old Age
296 Theodosia Weibel 53 6 1 11 11 1914 Pneumonia Removed to 171 - M Ky.
297 Samuel Duncan 97 6 28 11 13 1914 Old Age Ky.
298 Daughter of Joseph Lacina 0 0 1 11 21 1914 Columbus, Nebr.
299 James B. Wood 55 0 0 12 23 1914 Paralysis Ill.
300 Infant of Fred Margness 0 0 0 2 1 1915 Columbus, Nebr.
301 Maxine Eliz. Brian 0 0 11 2 19 1915 Columbus, Nebr. Removed to 198, Blk M.
302 Emil Benson 36 0 0 4 6 1915 Tuberculosis
303 Williams Ester 4 2 8 7 8 1915 Croup
304 Riley (James) Emil 0 9 5 10 15 1915 Spasms
305 Roy Wm. Mitchall (Baby) 10 24 1914 Exema Perry, Ia.
306 Daniel Knight 0 1 2 12 22 1915 Spasms
307 Axel Anderson 42 4 19 1 29 1916 Pneumonia Sweden
308 Charles Seaman 49 0 0 6 1 1916 Consumption Germany
309 Daughter of Hy. F. Woerth Stillborn 6 6 1916
310 Daughter of Arthur McCann 7 12 1916
311 Raoul Ellis Kennoyes 0 7 23 9 30 1916 Inflammation of Bowels
310 M. W. Pintersonn 98 0 0 10 15 1916 Old Age Ireland
311 Ernst Harms 31 1 4 1 17 1917 Cancer Germany
312 Andreff Jurdon 50 0 0 Unknown Bulgaria
313 Don Fred Benson 63 8 15 4 22 1917 Heart trouble Iowa
314 Daughter of Fred H. Kaufman Stillborn 4 26 1917 Columbus
315 Irene Haskins 0 0 10 5 2 1917 Strangulation Columbus
316 Mary R. Neeley 63 4 20 5 14 1917 Cancer
317 Herman Schild 1 5 3 5 31 1917 Drowned Accidentally Columbus
318 Son of Louis Lohr Stillborn 6 5 1917 Columbus
319 Albert Grossnicklaus Stillborn 8 25 1917 Columbus
320 Son of Milton Miller Stillborn 9 14 1917 Columbus
321 Son of Walter Lusche Stillborn 11 8 1917 Columbus
322 Richard Martin 47 0 0 11 22 1917 Diabetes Greeley, Nebr.
323 Franz Wilhelm 50 11 19 12 3 1917 Tuberculosis Austria
324 George Maier 59 10 21 2 22 1918 Diabetes Germany
325 Child of Jacob Aerni Stillborn 3 4 1918
326 John Herman Kuhn 0 0 1 5 8 1918
327 Ernst Sunnan 40 0 0 6 22 1918 Accident Switz.
328 John Krieg 58 0 0 7 20 1918 Paralysis Ill.
329 Dean Haskins 0 0 24 9 6 1918
330 Alexander Felbut 25 1 25 10 24 1918 Pneumonia Russia
331 Oscar Aug. Kalloch 87 6 7 11 14 1918 Old Age Maine
332 Ruby D. Beierle 2 8 16 11 19 1918 Pneumonia Columbus
333 Son of James Shanyfelt Stillborn 11 25 1918 Columbus
334 Evelyn Marie Marx 25 11 3 11 29 1918 Pneumonia Columbus
335 Alois Fuester 63 3 5 12 17 1917 Paralysis Germany
336 Mrs. Alois Fuester 80 6 12 9 26 1941 Pneumonia Germany
337 Herbert Herman Harms 0 4 26 1 26 1919 Spasms Columbus
338 Michael Becker 44 0 2 3 27 1919 Heart trouble Austria
339 Geneva Strong 26 0 0 9 8 1920 Peritonitus Miss.
340 Infant
341 Milt Clifton 67 0 0 5 30 1919 Complications Hospital
342 Josephine V. Knight 0 2 10 10 2 1919 Whooping Cough Columbus
343 Nathaniel Parson 80 0 0 10 15 1919 Old Age
344 Henrietta Tagewerker 0 0 5 11 28 1919 Pneumonia
345 Fred Abell 53 0 0 12 3 1919 Pneumonia U.S.A.
346 Louisa Hilliard 60 9 12 12 7 1919 Complications Tenn.
347 Daughter of O. H. Erickson Stillborn 12 10 1919 Columbus, Nebr.
348 Infant of Arthur McGann Stillborn 12 16 1919 Columbus, Nebr.
349 Infant of Llyod L. Meyer Stillborn 4 1919 Columbus, Nebr.
350 Omele Richard Janns
351 Daughter of Wm. Methgen Stillborn 8 7 1920
352 Otto Egger Jr. Stillborn
353 Peter Miller 71 0 0 9 27 1920 Paralysis Germany
354 Helen Elizabeth Gerrard 0 10 13 10 29 1920 Indigestion Columbus, Nebr.
355 Geo. Edward Blankenship 1 10 17 11 8 1920 Accidental Scolded Fremont, Nebr.
356 Edward Chas. Hendren 0 1 10 2 4 1921 Complications Columbus, Nebr.
357 Viola Elenn Goedel 10 1 26 2 7 1921 Diptheria Columbus, Nebr.
358 Gertrude M. Harms 0 5 8 2 12 1921 Pneumonia Columbus, Nebr.
359 Son of J.E. Emerson Stillborn 4 10 1921 Columbus, Nebr.
360 Franz Borke 80 9 9 5 7 1921 Heart Failure
361 Daughter of Wm. Teich Stillborn 6 13 1921 Columbus, Nebr.
362 Mrs. Mathilda Woods 79 0 0 6 26 1921 Old Age
363 Chas. W. Bridgeford 55 5 27 6 29 1921 Accident N.Y.
364 Leon Alvin Fay 10 3 8 7 4 1921 Toxenia Mass.
365 Otto Egger, Jr. 8 9 1921
366 George Thompson 82 3 4 11 5 1934 Georgetown, Ohio
367 Marcella Eva Domman 3 4 14 10 14 1921 Scarlet Fever - Moved Columbus, Nebr.
Reinhold Dohn 75 3 10 1960
368 Edward John Held Stillborn 11 4 1921 Columbus, Nebr.
369 Dorothy Lohr 0 4 1 11 18 1921 Diptheria Columbus, Nebr.
370 Eugene Roscoe Frances 3 9 7 12 16 1921 Spinal Trouble Columbus, Nebr.
371 Katherine V. Woods 15 7 29 12 28 1921 Heart Trouble Colorado
372 Abraham Schmoker 82 4 7 1 22 1922 Old Age Switz.
373 Elmer G Miller 33 0 0 2 23 1922 Obstruction of Bowels Iowa.
374 Son of J. E. Emerson 0 0 1 4 15 1922 Premature birth Columbus, Nebr.
375 Louis Frank Sweenie 0 10 19 9 28 1922 Drowned Columbus, Nebr.
376 Irwine Walter Roth 3 5 24 10 1 1922 Diptheria Columbus, Nebr.
377 Violet Opal Earlyvine 0 9 24 10 7 1922 Strangulations Columbus, Nebr.
378 Joseph Hughes 65 0 0 10 19 1922 Accident Iowa
379 Christina Johnson 67 0 0 10 24 1922 Diabetis Sweden
380 Johannes Schreiber 46 11 2 11 17 1922 Circoma Russia
381 Robert Marriott Porter 0 1 19 1 12 1923 Heart Trouble Columbus, Nebr.
382 Son of Wm. Fyfe Stillborn 2 26 1923 Polk County
383 Edward Kruse 12 4 5 3 14 1923 Accidental Shooting Columbus, Nebr.
384 Leona Olive Plugge 0 8 0 3 16 1923 Pneumonia Columbus, Nebr.
385 John Ernest Platzer 3 11 2 3 20 1923 Influenza Columbus, Nebr.
386 George Davis 62 0 0 5 27 1923 Complications N.Y.
387 John Marine Peter 74 5 28 6 16 1923 Complications Iowa
388 Herman Symanzik 19 2 2 10 14 1923 Tuberculosis of Spine Germany
389 Fritz Meyer 72 11 18 10 20 1923 Complications Germany
390 Eugene Treadway 0 0 10 1 5 1924 Richland, Nebr.
391 Angela Mucistti Stillborn 3 4 1924 Columbus, Nebr.
392 Mrs. Elizabeth Justis 18 0 0 3 25 1924 Suicide Kansas
393 Infant of Tim Ryan Stillborn 5 9 1924 Columbus, Nebr.
394 Betty Joe Manzer Stillborn 5 11 1924 Columbus, Nebr.
395 Robert Touzey 62 0 0 8 10 1924 Asthma Penn.
396 George W. Luce Stillborn 8 28 1924 Columbus
397 Chas. Kruse 50 0 0 8 20 1924 Alcoholism Sweden
398 Chas. Ray Pennington 0 4 0 12 21 1924 Pneumonia Columbus
399 Maude Benedict 0 0 1 7 24 1925 Premature birth Columbus
400 Mary Blessen 0 0 3 10 8 1925 Suffocation Columbus
401 George Knudsen 75 8 19 11 29 1925 Pneumonia Denmark
402 Daughter of Richard Devor Stillborn 1 4 1926
403 Robert Kieth Stegeman 0 0 4 2 14 1926 Pneumonia
404 Unknown 60 8 1926 Hanging
(Authorities think maybe Bernard Abler)
405 Leslie Alfred Tompkins 0 0 4 8 11 1926 Columbus, Nebraska
406 Infant of Louis Sweenie Stillborn 11 10 1926 Columbus, Nebraska
407 John Carlson 68 8 16 12 18 1926 Pneumonia Sweden
408 Wm. Howard Tredway 0 1 12 1 31 1927 Acute Endocarditis Richland, Nebr.
409 Sam Hodge 86 0 0 3 23 1927 Cancer of Liver
410 Darlene Jeanette Huelle 0 2 18 3 23 1927 Columbus, Nebr.
411 Elmira C. Miller 55 0 22 7 10 1927 Apoplexy Winterset Iowa
412 Omar Theo. Swift 74 0 0 11 8 1927 Paralysis Indiana
413 Mark Lowery 88 3 26 1928 Accidental Drowning Ky.
414 Mrs. Mark Lowery
415 Martha Young 80 0 0 4 14 1928 Old Age
416 Infant of Uhlman Stillborn 8 19 1928 Premature Columbus, Nebr.
417 Infant of Coulter Stillborn 12 11 1928 Premature Columbus, Nebr.
407 Infant of Powell Stillborn 2 19 1929 Premature Columbus, Nebr.
408 Edw. Snyder 55 0 0 7 15 1929 Accidental Drowning Germany
409 Robert Farley 75 5 28 10 14 1929 Apoplexy Iowa City
410 Williams Baby Stillborn 1 1 1930 Columbus, Nebraska
411 Dick Bohlje 46 10 13 2 14 1930 Halskrup, Germany
412 Albert Roseler 52 6 4 10 6 1930 Suicide Ills.
413 Infant of John Price Stillborn 12 25 1930 Columbus, Nebr.
414 Lillian Schefsick 21 1 20 2 13 1931 Leakage of Heart Canada
415 Anna Nauenberg 25 4 6 5 20 1931 Columbus, Nebr.
416 Zeta May Long Stillborn 7 5 1931 Columbus, Nebr.
417 Mabel Beierle (Wife of Verne) 29 7 16 10 28 1931 Tuberculosis Leigh, Nebr.
418 Leon Clair Livingston 2 0 5 1 5 1932 Columbus, Nebr.
419 David Behrens 74 0 0 3 3 1932 Heart trouble Germany
420 Martha Clara Egger 18 0 1 4 21 1932 Dialation of Heart Butler Co.
421 Edward Davis 79 0 0 7 25 1932 Died at County Poor Farm Wis.
422 Herbert Lowery 42 2 3 12 10 1932 Tuberculosis Norfolk, Nebr.
423 Leona Eilers 2 1 28 7 7 1933 Colfax County, Nebr.
424 Louis Jones 70 0 0 9 13 1933 Stroke South Wales, Eng.
425 Helen Pueschel 40 10 24 11 3 1933 Marshill, Ill.
426 John Mueller 74 0 0 4 30 1934 Iowa
427 Wm. Gonter 5 12 1934
428 Richard Robert Jansen 0 5 21 6 1 1934 Columbus, Nebr.
429 Rex Reginald Wright 0 0 3 6 23 1934 Columbus, Nebr.
430 John Kneff 64 0 0 8 3 1934
431 William Kilian 75 0 0 12 18 1934 Stroke
432 Meritt Fuller 74 0 2 1 18 1935 Pneumonia Detroit, Mich.
433 Bertha Eilers 35 9 24 2 12 1935 Appendicitis Leigh, Nebr.
434 Lena Gerber 70 2 9 4 4 1936 Heart
435 Tillie Scheihing 4 24 1936 Switzerland
436 Joe Vogel 61 7 19 1936 Germany
437 Wm. Bordner 76 12 26 1936 Apoplexy - Pneumonia Illinois
438 Charles Thompson 85 1 15 1937 Stroke
439 Delfield Steiner Unknown 4 13 1937 Heart Failure Unknown
440 Elmer L. Kiuntke 0 0 9 6 12 1937 Not Given Columbus
441 George Hall 70 1 12 7 13 1937 Tubercolosis Iowa
442 Mrs. Chas. Stevens 7 22 1937
443 Ronald Edwin Ahrens 1 0 8 9 4 1937 Intestinal Flu Columbus
444 Hellik Oss 70 0 0 12 1 1937 Unknown Lindsay
445 Nellie Bohuer 52 10 18 3 16 1938 Stroke Ohio
451 Swan P. Atkinson 72 8 12 3 18 1939 Kidney Trouble Sweden
446 William E. Chaney 55 7 21 5 29 1938 Missouri
449 Steve Potnusal 58 10 12 12 11 1938 Suicide Nebr.
450 John Gafner 78 1 20 1 12 1939 Pneumonia Switz.
447 Dick Henry Kruse 98 5 27 6 23 1938 Complications Germany
453 William Leonard Lincoln 17 1 7 11 3 1938 Accidental Drowning Iowa
452 Earl Murray 17 8 7 11 3 1938 Accidental Drowning Brady Island
448 Ferdinand Voigt 79 9 16 1938 Pneumonia Germany
These Single Lot Graves are Either Un-numbered or have conflicting numbers:
Edward Borke 0 0 0 3 7 1943 Stillborn Columbus
Boyles (Infant Boy) 0 0 0 11 8 1945 Stillborn Columbus
Baker (Infant Boy) 0 0 0 2 10 1946 Stillborn Columbus
Mike Bierle 74 8 19 3 29 1949 Senility David City
Lloyd Milton Arnett 38 11 10 6 5 1943 Cerebral Hemmorhage Alma, Nebr.
Davis (Infant) 0 0 0 8 22 1944 Stillborn Columbus
Phyllis Lee Evans 1 7 18 4 8 1950 Brain Hemmorhage Hearlong, Calif.
Jelden (Infant Girl) 0 0 0 5 20 1942 Stillborn Columbus
Charlie Korger 54 10 10 11 20 1941 Cardiac Decomposition Germany
Carl Krumland 93 5 18 8 10 1946 Apoplexy Oldenburg, Germany
Mary L. Lowery 76 9 3 1 6 1939 (Colored) Missouri
Langan (Infant Boy) 0 0 0 10 20 1947 Stillborn Columbus
Charles W. Leete 91 5 20 9 20 1948 Gulford, Conn.
Herbert L. Matzke 57 0 0 12 10 1941 Natural Causes
Oliver McNulty 76 0 3 10 30 1942 Carcinoma of Bladder Sheridan, Indiana
Michaels (Infant) 0 0 0 11 25 1947 Columbus
John Niederest 74 11 0 6 4 1945 Chronic Nephritis
Daniel Naunberg 75 10 0 5 26 1951 Bron Carcinoma Platte Co.
Mary Plugge 0 0 0 8 19 1938 Stillborn Columbus
Mary Helen Pueschel 0 11 20 10 22 1940 Internal Hemmorhage Columbus
Donald Walter Rieken 0 0 0 9 4 1944 Premature Birth Columbus
Fanny Sell 59 11 8 4 15 1940 Cancer Germany
Sehield (Infant Boy) 0 0 0 7 17 1943 Stillborn Columbus
August William Synoground 60 0 9 12 9 1944 Circinoma of Signar Graton S.D.
Edna May Tschauner 0 0 1 4 15 1940 No Cause Given Columbus
Ulrich (Infant) 0 0 0 3 11 1940 Stillborn Columbus
Robert Way (Infant) 0 0 0 6 18 1942 Stillborn Platte Co.
Howard Wilsey 82 2 24 10 10 1942 County Section Albany N.Y.
Winn (Infant Boy) 0 0 0 3 11 1946 Stillborn Columbus
Zoucha (Infant Girl) 0 0 0 6 4 1942 Stillborn Columbus
George C. Cooper 0 0 0 6 2 1957
Mrs. Mary Johnson 81 3 18 1958
Sarah Willey 90 4 24 1960
290? Mathias Koenig 1900 Civil War Veteran
NAMES NOT RECORDED IN THE REGISTER
LOT NAME AGE DATE OF DEATHCOMMENTS
40/C Mary M. Albert 6 7 1899 Born 6/12/1861
41/C Lena B. Arnold 4 21 1901 Born 4/10/1873
212/A Geneivieve Baker
212/A Alice Baker
212/A Edith Baker
65/E Blanche Becher
45/D Joseph Benda 68 years old
14/F Christiana Boettcher
14/F Infant of H. Boettcher
27/H Ruth Brunhober 8 19 1899 2 days old
61/H Mary Bunker 5 21 1879 Born 8/6/1851
7/D Augusta S. Coloney 11 24 1906 Born 6/27/1827
12/F Betsey Compton 2 7 1887 Born 1882
61/C Willie Connor 6 14 1899
166/A Jos. Dodds 12 22 1910 Born 12/19/1871
69/H B. Elston 6 22 1893 Born 12/20/1882
19/H Sally Erb
227/M Ewert, Infant Girl 6 7 1920
46/C Albert Fugard 3 11 1894
46/C Biddie Fugard 3 22 1894
23/C Edward Gass 11 1 1918 Born 1/12/1903
25/C L. B. Gates 5 15 1892 Born 9/17/1890
X/G Emma L. Gerrard 3 13 1880 Born 9/15/1833
31/L Peteet Martyn Givens 1929 Born 1884
138/A Lucy Haight 1909
159/A Elsie Michener Harbert 1917 Born 1895
64/J Washington Hardy 6 9 1919 Born 12/22/1835
35/C Gerhard Harenkamp 6 30 1908 Born 2/22/1884
49/D Alvin Hecker Stillborn
N1/2 1Chas. Hegeman 1911 Born 1894
40/E Ralph Hilliard 2 24 1893 Born 2/6/1893
59/A James Jones 6 6 1912 Born 5/17/1881
W/E John Higgins
W/E Andrea Higgins
W/E Kathleen Higgins
29/C Walter Kippel 12 20 1899 Born 5/14/1899
124/A Augusta Helb Koch
123/A Fredericka Kruehofer
C/H Alfred Latham 2 2 1898 Born 9/29/1897
139/M Vernon M. Laudenklos 15
50/F John Lewis 9 1 1867 Born 1/15/1866
60/I Jas. McCorkle 6 15 1909
50/B Alice T. McKinnie 1894 Born 1846
67/H Wm. McCray 3 28 1875 Born 10/18/1874
58/J Herman Matthes 72 10 15 11 14 1935
V/F Alvina Mathews 10 6 1879 Born 1/9/1853
35/A A. Mueller 1 22 1989 Born 2/4/1895
159/A Geo. Michener (Infant)
60/F Julia Newman 12 6 1898 Born 6/29/1892
R/F Amanda Rickly 1 5 1922 Born 1894
R/F Infant Daughter Rickly
R/F Frank Rickly 1880 Born 1878
51/G John G. Reutson
25/B Caroline Potschke 11 29 1886
46/H Frankie Saunders 8 2 1879
30/C Alma Schaffer 2 9 1899 Born 9/11/1898
154/A Dr. Herman K. Schemel 1 30 1912 Born 8/2/1855
W1/2 XJulia Schroeder 9 19 1885 Born 1/15/1885
51/E Ione Pearle Scott 10 10 1919 Born 9/13/1906
64/C Sarah D. Snodgrass 9 30 1897
98/A Virginia Ellen Smith 4 1 1928 Born 6/27/1858
52/F Martin Stenger 1876 Born 1855
53/H Della Stevens 2 5 14 1872
53/H Della Stevens 6 9 21 1872
7/F Laura Spillman
35/D Fidilia Sparhawk 8 24 1872
26/E Chas. Taylor 12 1926
151/A Fredericke Wollberg 4 14 1907 Born 9/4/1868
86/A James A. Wood 1897 Born 1820
46/W/1L. J. Bates 2 7 1950
24/J/2Theo. M. Christensen 2 22 1951
41/O/4Carl Gruning 11 19 1950
V/G/4 Lena Hoth 5 14 1948
50e/M/Winnie W. Hoffman 9 3 1950
31w/M/Gene H. Brucker 2 4 1945
62e/M/John C. Giersdorf 7 20 1950
Marie Person 4 23 1943
49/B/2Louis Schreiber, Jr. 6 24 1943
8c/E/4Anna Belle Scofield 3 31 1949
190/A/John H. Tylle 1 4 1939
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