1870 Mortality Index
June 1, 1869-May 30, 1870
Clay Co., Kansas
| Name | Next of kin | Age | Sex | Born | Date of Death | Cause of Death | Place of Death |
| Anderson, Andrew | Hans Anderson, father | 2 | M | IA | Apr. 1870 | Cholera infantum | Sherman Twp. |
| Collett, Isaac | Sarah Collett, widow | 25 | M | TN | May 1870 | Consumption | Clay Center Twp. |
| Cook, John | Richard Cook, father | 9 | M | CAN | Apr. 1870 | Inflammation lungs | Republican Twp. |
| Gates, Josephine | Wm. P. Gates, widower | 21 | F | VT | May 1870 | Consumption | Republican Twp. |
| Geer, Delphus | John Geer, father | 6 | M | IA | Mar. 1870 | Scarlet fever | Republican Twp. |
| Gertner, Jane | August Gertner, father | 6 mo. | F | KS | Jan. 1870 | Croup | Clay Center Twp. |
| Huntress, Hattie | Harriett Huntress, mother | 2 | F | KS | Sep. 1869 | Inflammation lungs | Clay Center Twp. |
| Ingersoll, Anna | Theodore Ingersoll, widower | 28 | F | ENG | Jan. 1870 | Consumption | Clay Center Twp. |
| Jackson, Charles H. | Marion Jackson, father | 2 | M | OH | Dec. 1869 | Typhoid fever | Republican Twp. |
| Kennedy, (boy) | John Kennedy, father | 3 | M | IN | May 1869 | Inflammation bowels | Clay Center Twp. |
| Laflin, Nettie E. | Lewis Laflin, father | 1 | F | KS | May 1870 | Inflammation lungs | Republican Twp. |
| Law, Fannie N. | James Law, father | 5 mo. | F | KS | Sep. 1869 | Congestion of lungs | Sherman Twp. |
| McCurdy, Ann E. | James McCurdy, father | 10 | F | IN | May 1870 | Scarlet fever | Sherman Twp. |
| Morgan, Elmer | Hiram Morgan, father | 1 | M | OH | Apr. 1870 | Scarlet fever | Republican Twp. |
| Mygatt, James | Eliza Mygatt, widow | 47 | M | NY | Mar. 1870 | Consumption | Sherman Twp. |
| Niles, Anson | William Niles, son | 60 | M | CT | Mar. 1870 | Fall from building | Clay Center Twp. |
| Sheppeard, Geo. Grant | James W. Sheppeard, father | 2 | M | KS | May 1870 | Inflammation brain | Clay Center Twp. |
| Stromwell , A. F. | Christiana Stromwell, widow | 26 | M | SWE | Mar. 1870 | Consumption | Sherman Twp. |
| Taylor, Jane | Henry Taylor, widow | 22 | F | NJ | Dec. 1869 | Consumption | Clay Center Twp. |