Note: These records were extremely hard to read.  The writing, in most cases, was almost illegible & the spelling very bad. In at least 2 instances, the person was buried before they died.  The records back then were very sloppy,  no guarantees are made as to spelling, etc.

Date of                                                                                         Date of Death              s/m                                                How Long                                      Cause of                      Duration of                              Date of       
Report         Name                       Sex       Color      Age              Occupation      Mth Day Year   AM/PM       w/d        Nationality   Where Born                Resident            Place of Death            Death                         Disease       Place of Burial            Burial      Name of Undertaker          Name & Address of Physician

11/20/1883     David M. Perkins           male      white      3 mths 5 days    ---             10  05  1883   9:00 PM     Single     American      Mo                        3mth 5days          Barry Co                  Isterus Infantine (???)                     Arnhart Graveyard          10/06/1883  "Henry Thornton, "          "I. R. Crane, Purdy"
01/28/1884     Mary D. Parker             female    white      (shows 4 yrs??)  Housewife       01  08  1884   6:00 AM     Married    USA           Ill                       ---                 Barry Co                  Hemorrhage/childbirth         9 hours       Near Salem                 01/10/1884  (??) Roller                 "J. H. McDonald, Washburn"
05/17/1884     Louis Pratt                male      white      35yr 3 mth       Merchant        04  06  1884   2:00 PM     Married    USA           "Benton Co,Ark"           10 yrs              "Washburn, MO"            "Neuralgia,Brain Congestion"  2 1/2 days    "Pearidge, Benton Ark"     ---         ---                         "H. C. Brookshire, Washburn"
10/15/1883     James J. Richman           male      white      1yr 8 mth 4 da   ---             08  15  1883   ---         Single     American      Mo                        1 yr +              "Corsicana, MO"           Colitis                       5 weeks       Barry Co                   08/15/1883  "Unknown, Corsicana"        A. A. Overton
01/26/1884     Darig Robert               male      white      11 mths 20 day   ---             09  05  1883   ---         Single     American      Cassville Mo              11 mth 20da         Cassville                 Cholera Infection             15 days       Capville                   ---         ---                         "W. Speise (?), Cassville, MO"
01/17/1884     Reva Viola Riney           female    white      5 mth 2 days     ---             12  27  1884   ---         ---        USA           "Barry Co, MO"            ---                 Plymouth                  Typho Maliary  Fevar          23 days       Plymouth                   01/28(????) A. Carling                  "Joffrie, Plymouth"
02/21/1884     Sharon Richardson          female    white      21yr 5mth28da    Housewife       12  28  1884   ---         Married    USA           "Madison Cty, Ark"        18 yrs              Corsicana                 Typhoid Fevar                 28 days       "Corsicana,MO"             ---         ---                         "A. A. Overton, Corsicana"
05/17/1884     Charlotte Rowley           female    white      24 Yrs           ---             04  14  1884   ---         Married    USA           Barry Co                  ---                 "Near Washburn, Mo"       Spinal&Brain Congestion       ---           Rowley Graveyard           04/16/1884  "F. Bayless, Washburn"      "J. J. Overton, Exeter, MO"
05/27/1884     Suan (Susan?) Rowley       female    white      65 Yrs           ---             04  29  1884   ---         Married    American      NY                        9 Yrs               "Washburn, Mo"            Pneumonia                     14 days       At Home                    04/30/1884  "W. Bayless, Washburn"      "H. C. Brookshire, Washburn"
05/15/1884     H. C. Riddle               female    white      3 yrs            ---             12  29  1883   1:00 AM     Single     American      Mo                        3 Yrs               "McDonald Twp, Barry"     Typho Neumonia                18 days       ---                        12/29/1883  ---                         "J. H. Lansdown, Cassville"
09/26/1884     Alice Belle Riley          female    white      2 yr 1mth 6da    ---             09  08  1884   4:30 PM     ---        USA           Seligman                  2yr1mth6da          Seligman                  Tuberculosis                  2 yrs         Near Seligman              ---         Thos. White                 "J. S. Foster, Seligman"
09/26/ ?       Torraise Lea Raines(sp)    female    white      5 mths 28 day    ---             09  03  1884   10:00 PM    Single     American      Barry Co                  5mths 11da          Seligman                  Menningitis                   4 days        New Salem                  ---         ---                         "J. S. Foster, Seligman"
05/17/1884     Charley Saggard            male      white      not shown        Farmer          01  05  1884   not shown   married    German        Germany                   not shown           "Barry Co., Mo"           Tuberculosis                  not shown     Exeter                     not shown   not shown                   "J. J. Overton, Exeter"
05/17/1884     Jessie Sames (sp)          female    white      1 mth 4 days     ---             09  24  1883   9:00 PM     ---        USA           Barry Co                  not shown           "Exeter, Mo"              Indigestion                   all its life  Exeter                     not shown   not shown                   "J. J. Overton, Exeter"
11/22/1883     Florence Scheirer          female    white      1 yr 6 mth 4 da  ---             11  08  1883   6:00 AM     single     U.S.A.        Barry Co. Mo              not shown           "McDonald Twp, Barry"     Chronic Diarrhea              2 months      Parks Graveyard            11/9/1883   "H. Thornton, McDonald"     "G R. Crane, Purdy, Mo"
08/17/1884     James Sexton               male      not shown  4 mth 21 days    ---             08  17  1884   4:00 PM     single     American      "Barry Co., Mo"           life                "Capps Creek, Barry"      Psindo Membraney Croup        3 days        not shown                  08/18/1884  not shown                   "J. H. Hughes, Pioneer, Mo."
08/20/1884     (none) Scroggins           male      white      30 minutes       ---             08  19  1884   not shown   single     American      "Barry Co., Mo"           life                not shown                 Premature Birth               ---           not shown                  08/20/1884  "A. Moore, Seligman"        "J. S. Foster, Seligman"
02/05/1884     Polly Shaw                 female    white      64yr 10mth 27d   not shown       01  17  1884   6:00 AM     married    U.S.A.        Ky                        42 years            "Corsicana, Mo."          Pneumonia                     11 days       not shown                  not shown   not shown                   "R. B. (cannot read), Purdy, Mo"
01/22/1884     Cornelius Siddall          male      white      43yr 11mth 11d   Merchant        12  15  1883   not shown   married    American      Ohio                      not shown           Golden                    Typhoid Feavor                24 days       Golden                     12/17/1883  not shown                   "J. R. Martin, Golden, Mo
12/10/1883     Sarah H. Simmons           female    white      66 yrs           Housekeeper     11  17  1883   10:00 PM    married    U.S.A.        N.C.                      not shown           White River Twp           Pneumonia                     10 days       not shown                  not shown   "J. R. Carter, Golden, Mo." ---
04/02/1884     (none) Snellen             male      white      3 days           ---             03  15  1884   not shown   not shown  American      Barry Co.                 3 days              "Seligman, Mo."           Pulmonar Collapse             3 days        Seligman                   03/16/1884  "J. Payne, Seligman"        "J. S. Basier, Seligman"
01/18/1884     Nathan Swift               male      white      58 yrs           Farmer          01  10  1884   12:00 AM    married    American      Penn                      48 years            "Cassville, Mo"           Pneumonia/diarrhea            4 weeks       Capsville graveyard        not shown   John Ivey                   "J. T. Horner, Capsville, Mo"

Date of                                                                                         Date of Death              s/m                                                How Long                                      Cause of                      Duration of                              Date of       
Report         Name                       Sex       Color      Age              Occupation      Mth Day Year   AM/PM       w/d        Nationality   Where Born                Resident            Place of Death            Death                         Disease       Place of Burial            Burial      Name of Undertaker          Name & Address of Physician

05/16/1885     Flora Ethel Terry          female    white      1 yr 10mth 4 da  ---             05  15  1885   8:00 PM     single     American      "Barry Co., MO"           not shown           "McDonald Twp, Barry Co." Laryngitis                    30 hrs.       Arnhart Graveyard          05/16/1885  "J. W. Riddle, Barry Co."   "I. R. Crane, Purdy, Mo."
05/17/1884     David Thomas               male      not shown  not shown        not shown       not shown      not shown   not shown  not shown     not shown                 not shown           not shown                 not shown                     not shown     not shown                  not shown   not shown                   not shown
04/06/1884     John S. Thompson           male      white      48 yrs           Farmer          03  13  1884   11:00 AM    married    American      Mo                        life time           Shoal Creek Twsp          Pneumonia/liver abcess        6 days        New Hope Church            3/15/1884   ---                         "D. C. Overton, Grangeville, MO"
05/28/1884     Mary Thornton              female    not shown  42 yrs           not shown       05  17  1884   10:00 AM    widow      American      Ky.                       14 Yrs              Barry Co.  MO             Phthrsis Pulmonolis           5 mths        "Corsican, MO"             5/18/1884   "Arch Hansell, Exeter"      J. H. McDonald
05/15/1885     Lawrence Tomlin            male      not shown  17 yr 1 mth      ---             04  14  1885   not shown   not shown  American      Illinois                  5 years             "Barry Co., MO."          Heart disease/dropsy          1 year        Mt. Pisgoh                 04/15/1885  ---                         "E. P. Bean, Purdy, Mo."
06/18/1884     Lula Turner                female    not shown  5 mth 27 days    ---             06  19  1884   5:00 PM     ---        American      "Barry Co., Mo"           5 mth 27 da         "Seligman, MO"            Meningitis                    16 days       Roller Graveyard           6/18/1884   " B. McCann, Seligman"      "J. S. Forster, Seligman"
10/27/1883     John Vermillion            male      white      1 yr 11mths      ---             09  22  1883   5:00 AM     ---        American      Mo.                       1yr 11mth           "Plymouth,Barry Co"       Dysentery                     ---           Newsite Church             9/23/1883   "Pierce City, Mo."          "T. U. Jeffries, Plymouth, MO."
5/17/1884      Washington Yancy Weatherly male      white      64yr 6mth        ---             10  19  1883   6:30 PM     married    U.S.A.        North Cd Gilfers Co       22 yrs              "Liberty Twp, Barry Co"   Prostitie obstivecting sp??   10 days       Concord                    ---         ---                         "J. J. Overton, Exeter, Mo."
5/17/1884      Gertru Weathers            female    white      8 days           ---             04  09  1884   not shown   ---        U.S.A.        "Washburn, MO"            not shown           not known                 not known                     ---           Washburn                   ---         ---                         Reported by H. C. Brook
3/21/1883      Martha M. Weston           female    white      48 yrs           Housekeeper     03  21  1883   not shown   married    American      Tenn                      37 yrs              "Sugarcreek Twp,Barry"    Typhoid Fever                 30 days       "Roller Ridge, Ark"        ---         "David Arnheart,Seligman"   "H. K. Legg, Seligman, MO"
8/7/1884       Frank A. White             male      ---        6 mths           ---             07  24  1884   8:00 AM     ---        U.S.A.        "Barry Co., Mo"           6 Mths              "Seligman, Mo."           Intermitting Feavor           3 weeks       "Washburn, Mo"             ---         ---                         "J. S. Forster, Seligman, Mo."
5/17/1884      William Wilkerson          male      white      1yr 10mth        ---             09  29  1883   6:00 AM     ---        U.S.A.        "Barry Co., Mo"           1yr 10 mth          "Barry Co., MO"           indigestion w/pneumonia       8 days        ---                        11/11/1883  James Montgomery            "J. J. Overton, Exeter, Mo. (sp)"
8/7/1884       Ralph Wilkinson            male      white      4 mths           ---             07  22  1884   11:00 PM    ---        U.S.A.        "Barry Co., MO"           4 Mths              ---                       Entivitis (?)                 3 weeks       "New Salem, Mo."           ---         ---                         "J. S. Forster, Seligman, MO."
1/28/1884      Thurman Williams           male      white      19 yrs           Farmer          12  25  1883   not shown   single     American      Barry Co. Mo              17 yrs              White River Twsp          congestive Fevari             9 days        "Golden, Mo."              12/25/1883  ---                         "J. R. Martin, Golden, Mo." 
6/18/1883      Elender Withers (sp)       female    white      13yr/1mth/22da   ---             05  13  1883   9:00 PM     single     American      Mo                        not shown           Mo                        Brain Fever                   11 days       "Plymouth, MO"             ---         ---                         "T. H. Jeffries, Plymouth, MO"