Macoupin County IL Deaths

Macoupin County IL Death Index 1878-1910 on this site

IL Death Index for Macoupin - Aug. 1877–Jan. 1901 Online - IL State Archives Site - this is an ongoing typing project at the IL State Archives

IL Death Index 1916 - 1951 Online - IL State Archives Site

Obituaries - submissions by researchers - On the obituary index page, especially check the Old Settlers' Memorial Lists from turn of the century newspapers.

Funeral Homes

Some individual death records found by researchers.
ADAMS, Margaret death listing
LAXTON, James - death certificate information
TUCKER, Clyde Smith - death certificate information
TUCKER, Ella Catherine SHADE
Gloria Frazier found these searching her own lines.
Mary Ann Kaylor found these searching her own lines.

Other Links:
Social Security Death Index 1937 to current
Missouri Deaths at Secretary of State site (Searchable)
California Death Records - 1940-1997 (Searchable)
Genealogical Death Indexing System, Michigan About 1867 to 1884 (each listing has much data)

Epidemics
HIS AND THAT GENEALOGY TIPS ON DISEASES, MEDICAL TERMS, EPIDEMICS by Shirley Hornbeck



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ADAMS, Margaret, date of death 15 Jul 1883, age 76yrs 6mos 20days, female white, place of death Spanish Needle, widow, Farmer's wife, cause Malarial Fever with complication of flux for 6 days and duration of disease 9 days, born in TN, buried 16 Jul 1883 in Huddleston Cemetery, Undertaker Peter Heinz of Carlinville IL, page 128.

LAXTON, James death record, Macoupin Co IL Aug 15, 1886, 10 AM, #2143, Book 1, page 165 Death reported Sept 29, 1886 32 years old Ditch and tile Laborer Married Nationality English Born Huntington Shore England Resident in state - about 2 years Place of Death South Otter Twp IL Cause: ?spelling Arotics Stenosis Complication Phthisis Pulmonalis Duration of complication: Don't know Duration of Disease About 9 months Place of burial Denby Cemetery, South Palmyra, Aug 16, 1886 Name of undertaker: none Place of undertaker business: Carlinville Name and residence of Physician: S. D. Carlisle, Palmyra, IL

TUCKER, Clyde Smith - IL State Death Cert 13045 Place of death Dorchester Twp Macoupin Co IL Residence - Gillespie IL. Lived in city 9 yrs Male White married Date of death 31 Mar 1929 Wife Mildred Tucker Date of Birth 17 Oct 1899 29 yrs 5 mos 14 das Coal Miner Birthplace IL Father Henry Tucker birthplace IL Mother Susan Clevinger birthplace IL Informant Mildred Tucker Inquest Gun shot (can't read word) inflicted by persons unknown to the (can't read word) In Dorchester TP C M Shane coroner, Girard, IL 2 Apr 1929 Burial Gillespie Cemetery 3 Apr 1929 Undertaker John ? Mitchell, ?can't read funeral home, Gillespie IL. Information donated by Rhonda Miller

TUCKER, Ella Catherine SHADE - IL State Death Certificate #24508 1126 South Plum, 3rd Ward Place of death Carlinville IL In the city 4 years. Female white Date of death 3 Jul 1923 Widowed Husband Jacob Tucker Date of birth 30 Mar 1863 60 yrs 3 mos 13 days Housewife Inquiry found Neuralgia of the heart Duration of illness was 0 days Signed W W Jacoby, coroner, Carlinville IL Birthplace West Virginia Name of father John Shade Father's birthplace West Virginia Mother no data Informant A.I. Loveless, Carlinville IL Place of burial Oak Hill Cemetery, 6 Jul 1923 Undertaker. O. H. Rufurting?, Carlinville IL Information donated by Rhonda Miller.
(Note from Rhonda Miller- "Ella's father was Elijah Shade not John Shade. John Shade was her grandfather.Ella Catherine Shade was the daughter of Elijah Shade and Elizabeth Ann Asbury Dawson. Elijah's sister Mary Shade married Elisha Dawson (who was Elizabeth Ann Asbury Dawson's brother). Both the Shade's and the Dawson's came from Virginia and West Virginia area into Macoupin County. Elijah Shade was the son of John Shade and Elizabeth (Garries) or Gaines have not verified maiden name yet. John was the son of Jacob Shade (born in Germany) and Gertrant Gertrude Huff (born in Germany). Jacob Shade was the son of Jacob Shade and Sophia ??? and this Jacob Shade was the son of Phillip Henry Shade and Mary ???? Phillip was the son of John Shade and Emma Crouse.I have more information on the Tucker's, Shade's, and Dawson's.")




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