Coroner Records


These records reflect transactions in which the DeKalb County paid for burial expenses of indigent people. Please note, the date listed in the left hand column is the date of the transaction, not the date of death. Copies of these papers are available from the Joiner History Room.

Abbott, William E.

Date of Transaction: 04-Aug-30
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Suicide; cutting throat

Abel, Morris

Date of Transaction: 12-Apr-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck by train

Abrahamsen, Nels

Date of Transaction: 10/24/00
Township From: Victor
Jury Verdict:

Abramson, Salver

Date of Transaction: 1/12/77
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict:

Adams, Charles

Date of Transaction: 21-Dec-24
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Adams, Mary Eliza

Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Coronary thrombosis

Addashum, Bernie

Date of Transaction: 08-Sep-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Run over by freight train; died from traumatic amputation of one leg

Aldis, Ray

Date of Transaction: 17-Jan-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Carbolic acid poisoning at own hands

Aldis, Violet

Date of Transaction: 17-Jan-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Carbolic acid poisoning at own hands

Alexander, Aileen J.

Date of Transaction: 24-May-29
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned while lighting a fire in the kitchen stove using kerosene in so doing

Algers, D.G.

Date of Transaction: 03-Jun-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Allen, Floyd

Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull struck by wreckage from RR wreck

Ames, Avery M.

Date of Transaction: 10-Jan-27
Township From: Afton Twn
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Anderson, Albertina

Date of Transaction: 02-Aug-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hypostatic pneumonia together with advanced age

Anderson, Augusta

Date of Transaction: 02-Aug-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis. Acute cardiac dilatation

Anderson, Augusta L.

Date of Transaction: 21-Oct-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Anderson, Bert

Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-19
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Anderson, Caroline

Date of Transaction: 15-Nov-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Anderson, Charles

Date of Transaction: 05-Mar-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute alcoholic

Anderson, Edith

Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-13
Township From: Victor Twn
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned

Anderson, Elinor R.

Date of Transaction: 29-Apr-20
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train C.B.&Q., Sandwich IL

Anderson, Infant of Charles

Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation

Anderson, John Andrew

Date of Transaction: 28-Apr-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Anderson, Matilda A.

Date of Transaction: 28-Nov-18
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Anderson, Nannie M.

Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Post partum hemorrhage

Anderson, Oscar B.

Date of Transaction: 05-Nov-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Anderson, Peter

Date of Transaction: 27-Jul-27
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning

Antoine, Joseph

Date of Transaction: 25-Jun-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck and knocked down by an auto

Apgar, Connie M.

Date of Transaction: 28-Jul-13
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot in head at own hands

Ariel, Edwin D.

Date of Transaction: 10-May-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Crushing of chest, overturning of auto

Arndt, Erastuba

Date of Transaction: 13-Nov-22
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiacdilatation

Arneson, Everett

Date of Transaction: 14-May-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally run over by an automobile

Astling, Kenneth Fay

Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Struck by train

Atkinson, Samuel

Date of Transaction: 09-Nov-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot in head by own hands

Aurner, Charles L.

Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-23
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Aurner, Dell

Date of Transaction: 06-Sep-22
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Baars, Anna

Date of Transaction: Kingston 16-Oct-32
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Stroke of paralysis

Baie, Ernest August

Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-25
Township From: Pierce Twn
Jury Verdict: Probably cerebral hemorrhage

Baker, Clarence

Date of Transaction: 25-Jul-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries and infection of same; Auto accident

Baker, Mary E.

Date of Transaction: 25&26-Sep-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by automobile

Barber, Frank

Date of Transaction: 09-Oct-17
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Barkley, Hellen Mable

Date of Transaction: 19-Aug-29
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Stroke of paralysis

Barmish, Sam

Date of Transaction: 21-Nov-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: By being struck by an unknown automobile while DeKalb walking on route 23 about fifteen miles south of DeKalb IL on the 20th of November A.D. 1928. From the evidence presented we the jury presume it to be accidental.

Barrett, Edward A.

Date of Transaction: 30-May-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Inhalation pneumonia following fracture of skull. Struck by auto

Barrows, David A.

Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Streptococcia, septicemia, injury to his hand

Bartusch, Ida

Date of Transaction: 08-Mar-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrage

Bastian, Stanley D.

Date of Transaction: Sandwich 28-Apr-30
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Inhaling talcum powder

Bates, Morintha E.

Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Batty, Henry

Date of Transaction: 14-Jul-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide cut throat with (?) with a (?)

Beaman, Orville S.

Date of Transaction: 11-Sep-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cardiac (can’t read)

Bear, Albert

Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Beard, Henry

Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock following injuries resulting from a fall caused by suction/section of passenger train

Beard, Mary E.

Date of Transaction: 14-Apr-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Beck, Ernest

Date of Transaction: 27-Apr-28
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Beckler, John

Date of Transaction: 01-May-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Beeman, Fredrick W.

Date of Transaction: 06-Oct-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Beitel, Roy

Date of Transaction: 02-Sep-20
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.B.&Q. railroad train in Hinckley IL

Belles, Mary E.

Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Heart disease

Belyan, Grace

Date of Transaction: 27-Feb-14
Township From: Milan Twn
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Bemis, Herbert

Date of Transaction: 28-Sep-17
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Bemis, Nora Ann

Date of Transaction: 26-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary Edema

Bemis, Ray Barr

Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Electrocution

Bender, Erma

Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-14
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by train #11 on west bound track of C.M. & St. Paul RR, halfway between overhead crossing of Illinois Central RR and Kishwaukee RR bridge in Western part of city of Genoa IL

Bennett, Jacob

Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by train

Bennett, John E.O.

Date of Transaction: 29-Jun-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart

Bennett, Libbey

Date of Transaction: 05-Oct-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Endocardius following auto accident

Benson, Andrew

Date of Transaction: 08-Jul-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned

Benson, Madeline

Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally struck by auto

Benson, Roy A.

Date of Transaction: 13-Aug-14
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Struck by lightning

Berve, Louis

Date of Transaction: 20-Mar-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Run into the side of a morning train and burned the car in which he was riding consumed with flames. See Dail, Robert

Bircheneder, Frank

Date of Transaction: 03-Jun-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Shock and (?) following kick of horse

Bixell, Frank J.

Date of Transaction: 21-Aug-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Chronic endocartis

Blackburn, Alan

Date of Transaction: 18-Aug-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Blake, Anna M.

Date of Transaction: 23-Mar-33
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis

Blake, Arnold

Date of Transaction: 17-Oct-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gun shot wound, justifiable homicide

Blake, Harry

Date of Transaction: 20-Sep-16
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Bloom, Augusta J.

Date of Transaction: 24-Apr-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy, cerebral hemorrhage

Blu, Gerald

Date of Transaction: 22-Oct-28
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: By skull fracture at the East Side Hospital, Waterman, IL following an auto accident on Route No. 23 two miles south and one mile east of Waterman IL on the 18th day of October A.D. 1928 at about 9 o’clock P.M.

Blunt, Horatio

Date of Transaction: 12-Jan-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Bodde, James

Date of Transaction: 02-Nov-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, accidental, auto

Boddy, Frances E.

Date of Transaction: 14-Apr-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Convulsions

Boddy, Robert Edward

Date of Transaction: 07-Mar-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Epilepsy

Boden, Martin Paul

Date of Transaction: 12-Feb-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Inhaling a part of a (?) meat

Boger, Charles

Date of Transaction: 28-Mar-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition

Boget, Frank

Date of Transaction: 18-Sep-28
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental death caused by the explosion and burning of a moving picture film.

Bolinger Anna

Date of Transaction: 09-Jun-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary (can’t read)

Bone, Edwin D.

Date of Transaction: 20-Oct-30
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Embolism

Booth, Christian

Date of Transaction: 04-Mar-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Booth, Mary

Date of Transaction: 26-Jun-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Exhaustion due to long period of illness due to accident

Borchert, Minnie

Date of Transaction: 16-Oct-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by taking strychnine

Boro, Helema

Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Severing arteries and veins of throat by own hands

Bowker, Mary Anna

Date of Transaction: 18-Apr-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Shock due to severe burns

Boyle, William Clyde

Date of Transaction: 14-Feb-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Heart attack due to epilepsy

Boynton, Elmer E.

Date of Transaction: 17-Dec-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation by monoxide gas

Brace/Braee, Herbert H.

Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute alcoholism

Bradley, Wesley E.

Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of the third or fourth vertical vertebra

Brandenberger, Paul F.

Date of Transaction: 23-Mar-32
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gunshot wound, self-inflicted

Brettcher, Loretta

Date of Transaction: 24-Oct-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Foreign body in bronchial tube

Brickman, Fred

Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-17
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Briggs, Geo W.

Date of Transaction: 18-Dec-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis

Broughton, Maud Howard

Date of Transaction: 27-Feb-29
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gunshot wound

Brown, Roger

Date of Transaction: 11-Jan-22
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning

Brown, William

Date of Transaction: 09-Nov-23
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull

Brownfield, Isaac R.

Date of Transaction: 13-Jun-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Tetanus resulting from a wound in back

Bruce, Augusta

Date of Transaction: 08-Feb-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Bruehl, Katie

Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cerebral thrombosis

Bryant, Anna

Date of Transaction: 06-Apr-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary tubercular

Bryant, Mortimer S.

Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed falling off car while working

Buckley, William

Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-20
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Burchfield, Hayes

Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull

Burk, Mary K.

Date of Transaction: 10-Apr-17
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Drowning at own hands while temporarily insane

Burmeister, Elsa

Date of Transaction: 30-Dec-31
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Automobile accident, skull fracture, injury of spine and complicating causes

Burns, John

Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train

Burrows, Caroline

Date of Transaction: 25-Jun-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture

Butler, Anna/Mildred

Date of Transaction: 17-Jul-26
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidental suffocation

Butto, Loyd W.

Date of Transaction: 09-Jul-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull due to skilling of motorcycle upon which he was riding

Butzow, Henry C.

Date of Transaction: 14&28-Jan-24
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, skidding of auto

Camp, Roy L.

Date of Transaction: 26-Jul-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute Dilatation of the heart

Campbell, Phoebe C.

Date of Transaction: 06-May-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Carlin, Frank L.

Date of Transaction: 22-Aug-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fractured skull. Struck by C.N.W. engine

Carlson, Carl

Date of Transaction: 30-Sep-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Struck by RR engine

Carlson, Charles

Date of Transaction: 04-May-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart failure

Carlson, Charles

Date of Transaction: 07-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Carlson, Charlotta

Date of Transaction: 25-Jan-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Carlson, David

Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by RR engine

Carlson, Frank

Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart paralysis

Carlson, H.

Date of Transaction: 13-Nov-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia

Carlson, Ingrid Sophia

Date of Transaction: 08-Jun-30
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Epilepsy

Carlson, Peterson

Date of Transaction: 05-Dec-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of spine

Carlson, Theodore

Date of Transaction: 04-Dec-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck and knocked down by auto; killed instantly

Carr, John

Date of Transaction: 20-Apr-17
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary hemorrhage

Cash, Joseph

Date of Transaction: 24-Dec-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes classified by physician as bowel obstruction

Casidy, Mary L.

Date of Transaction: 16-Sep-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Castenson, Frank

Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally hit by railway train

Caughey, Robert

Date of Transaction: 02-Jul-13
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Injuries received in automobile accident

Champlin, Nellie M.

Date of Transaction: 22-Feb-26
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Champlin, William F.

Date of Transaction: 24-Sep-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Chatfield, Leslie J.

Date of Transaction: 26-Aug-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Cheney, Frank

Date of Transaction: 01-Jul-31
Township From: Cortland Twn
Jury Verdict: Heat prostration

Christo, Terry

Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Auto collision, driver of skidding car

Clark, Alfred

Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Clark, Barbarra

Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia following influenza & nervous breakdown

Clark, Betty Louise

Date of Transaction: 04-Nov-26
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidental burns

Clausen, Fred Sr.

Date of Transaction: 13-Feb-20
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Clyed, Harry

Date of Transaction: 17-Nov-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: From injuries from being struck by a passenger train No. 25 at Rochelle, IL on the 26 day of Sept. A.D. 1928 at about 4:35 PM resulting in his death at City Hospital DeKalb, IL on Nov. 15, 1928

Cody, Peter F.

Date of Transaction: 01-Apr-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral Hemorrhage

Cofey, Alfred

Date of Transaction: 13-Jan-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Crushed under a farm tractor

Coffey, Patrick

Date of Transaction: 05-Jul-19
Township From: South Grove
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Cofield, Mary C.

Date of Transaction: 23-Apr-31
Township From: Shabbona Twn
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Collier, Frank

Date of Transaction: 29-Apr-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute alcoholism

Collin, F. V.

Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Colton, Julia L.

Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-23
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Broncho pneumonia

Colton, William L.

Date of Transaction: 04-Mar-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Colvin, George G.

Date of Transaction: 29-Nov-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture in auto accident

Conley, Oliver W.

Date of Transaction: 20-Jun-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted

Conlin, John H.

Date of Transaction: 05-Sep-24
Township From: Milan Twn
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Conovan, Pat

Date of Transaction: 23-Dec-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Unknown

Cook, John P.

Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-25
Township From: Franklin Twn.
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Cook, William Richard

Date of Transaction: 29-May-30
Township From: Pierce Twn.
Jury Verdict: Heart block

Coombs, Alexander V.

Date of Transaction: 16-Feb-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Coon, William S.

Date of Transaction: 11-Jan-13
Township From: Genoa Twn.
Jury Verdict: Cerebral Hemorrhage

Cooper, Frank E.

Date of Transaction: 11-Dec-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic poisoning; secondary, fractured hip

Cooper, H. G.

Date of Transaction: xx-Jan-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: No information

Cornwall, David Alonzo

Date of Transaction: 24-Feb-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Pericarditis

Cornwell, Thomas

Date of Transaction: 22-Oct-22
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suicide by inhaling chloroform

Corso, Aboin

Date of Transaction: 22-Sep-16
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Costello, Henry P.

Date of Transaction: 31-Jul-15
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Cottrell, Samuel R.

Date of Transaction: 14-Jul-24
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Natural causes-hemorrhage due to duodenal ulcer

Courtney, Marshe

Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-33
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Asthema due to fall in which one leg was broken

Cox, Thomas B.

Date of Transaction: 27-Jan-21
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Suicide. Throat cut with razor

Crisler, Edward O.

Date of Transaction: 10-Dec-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Crushed by falling tree

Ctenus, Stefonns

Date of Transaction: 05-Mar-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot in head at own hands

Culson, Clarence Luther

Date of Transaction: 08-Jan-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental gunshot would

Cunningham, Martin

Date of Transaction: 08-Jan-18
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Dail/Doil, Robert

Date of Transaction: 20-Mar-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Run into the side of a morning train and burned the car in which he was riding consumed with flames. See Berve, Louis.

Daily, Ettner

Date of Transaction: 03-Mar-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Danielson, Benjamin

Date of Transaction: 09-Aug-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Broken neck as a result of falling from a train

Danielson, Tessie C.

Date of Transaction: 29-Oct-21
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by RR engine while riding in auto.

Danielson, Willis C.

Date of Transaction: 29-Oct-21
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by RR engine while riding in auto.

Dasy, Ellen

Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Toxemia due to absorption from bed sore following confinement due to fractured femur from accidental fall.

Dauksza, Adam

Date of Transaction: 29-Nov-13
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Dean, Burt

Date of Transaction: 22-Apr-31
Township From: Kingston Twn
Jury Verdict: Suicide, gunshot wound

Dean, Myron

Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-19
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by RR train on C. M. and St. Paul at Genoa, IL.

Dean, Rebecca

Date of Transaction: 07-Jul-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Drowned in a sistern (suicide)

Decker, Denzel

Date of Transaction: 18-Aug-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, struck by automobile

Defenbaugh, Fred C.

Date of Transaction: 20-Jun-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted

DeGraffs, Charles Hoyt

Date of Transaction: 27-Feb-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of base of skull while felling tree

Delmas, Asa

Date of Transaction: 20-Jan-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental injury

Derkey, Emma

Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock, struck by RR engine

Dibble, Grant

Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-30
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Dietsman, John G.

Date of Transaction: 21-May-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture and shock

Dluah, Hollia

Date of Transaction: 25-May-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Myocarditia with heart block

Doak, William E.

Date of Transaction: 09-Apr-27
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, struck by upper arm of mail crane

Dodd, Albert W.

Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental gas poisoning

Dolan, Isabelle Francis

Date of Transaction: 14-Dec-26
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Exhaustion, fracture of hip

Donnelly, E. O.

Date of Transaction: 06-Sep-17
Township From: Afton
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Donovan, A. J.

Date of Transaction: 10-Mar-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock and external violence, RR accident

Dowdall, John Andrew

Date of Transaction: 22-Jun-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Senile myocarditis

Drake, Frank J.

Date of Transaction: 01-Dec-26
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes, probably apoplexy

Drake, Lyman

Date of Transaction: 23-Oct-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Dresser, Roy

Date of Transaction: 02-Jun-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Driver, Rufus

Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-27
Township From: Cortland Twn
Jury Verdict: Suicide by cutting throat

Duffy, Hugh

Date of Transaction: 10-Apr-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Drowned

Dugan, Mary

Date of Transaction: 10-Sep-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental fall with fracture of hip

Dunaway, James H.

Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gunshot wound due to ill health

Dunton, George W.

Date of Transaction: 27-Feb-21
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute (can’t read) heart

Dwar, Marie B.

Date of Transaction: 01-Feb-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Edema of larynx and shock following ingestion of lye while temporarily insane.

Dyer, John D.

Date of Transaction: 24-Jul-13
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Early, Jno

Date of Transaction: 19-Jul-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Shock due to crushing injuries when he jumped from moving train and accidentally fell

Eastabrooks, Jas.

Date of Transaction: 20-Oct-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, struck by auto, pedestrian

Ebinger, Paul F.

Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-25
Township From: Milan Twn
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging while despondent

Eckman, Cloia

Date of Transaction: 24-May-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Suicide by taking carbolic acid

Edholm, Emanuel

Date of Transaction: 31-Dec-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Eikens, Harry

Date of Transaction: 19-Jul-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Eikeor, William

Date of Transaction: 25-Mar-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Eklund, Arthur E.

Date of Transaction: 07-Jul-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning

Eklund, Axel

Date of Transaction: 23-Apr-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Eklund, Joseph

Date of Transaction: 21-May-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by train, accident

Elliott, Clarence

Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-26
Township From: Cortland Twn
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Elliott, John C.

Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally thrown from automobile

Elliott, Morris Warren

Date of Transaction: 07-Nov-18
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Engberg, Erica Christina

Date of Transaction: 14-Jun-29
Township From: Franklin Twn
Jury Verdict: Valvular heart disease

Erickson, Marjorie

Date of Transaction: 10-Apr-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Unknown Disease

Evans, Ira

Date of Transaction: 01-Dec-18
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Evans, Nellie

Date of Transaction: 20-Feb-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Paris Green poisoning

Eyer, Fred

Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gunshot

Faircloe, Sarah Elizabeth

Date of Transaction: 12-Nov-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: A stroke of paralysis

Falk, Obadiah Simon

Date of Transaction: 22-Aug-28
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Infection caused by a fall from a hay derrick breaking both limbs and crushing the left one.

Falz, Omelia

Date of Transaction: 07-Dec-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Shock, burns, clothing from candle

Fanning, Gerald

Date of Transaction: 20-Nov-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull

Fanning, Phillip

Date of Transaction: 20-Nov-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull

Farmer, Uri Frank

Date of Transaction: 11-Oct-18
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure

Fay, Edwin Horace

Date of Transaction: 16-Sep-18
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Heart failure

Fay, William

Date of Transaction: 15-Apr-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Felix, Arvid Jr.

Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Broncho pneumonia

Figge, Jessie Grael

Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries due to steering gear binding and car skidding into ditch and turning over on side

Finnestad, Olie

Date of Transaction: 07-Jul-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac insufficiency

Fisk, Daniel

Date of Transaction: 09-Dec-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Fitzgerald, P. D.

Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by freight train of C.N.W. near Rollo, IL

Flynn, Carrie

Date of Transaction: 18-Feb-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: No information

Flynn, Dudley E.

Date of Transaction: 01-Oct-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Flynn, Thomas

Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Fohrland, Margaret

Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-18
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation

Follet, William

Date of Transaction: 12-Aug-15
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: No information

Foreman, Helena

Date of Transaction: 14-Jan-13
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Struck by Great Western RR engine

Fosberg, Fred

Date of Transaction: 18-Jun-13
Township From: Geneva
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Foster, Alexander

Date of Transaction: 22-Oct-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Shock from the auto in which he was riding being struck by a train

Foster, Alice

Date of Transaction: 19-Aug-22
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart

Fothergill, Gertrude

Date of Transaction: 12-Jan-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Fowler, William

Date of Transaction: 03-Nov-28
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Came to his death on the 2nd day of November 1928 at his place of residence located at the corner of 1st & Green Sts, Sandwich, IL from asphyxiation due to inhaling illuminating gas. Said gas escaping from an open burner on the kitchen stove in the kitchen of said residence. And from the evidence presented we the jury believe his death to be accidental.

Foxon, Walter

Date of Transaction: 31-Mar-33
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Inhaling carbon monoxide gas

Francis, Alvah

Date of Transaction: 22/27Aug 24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck by railroad engine

Francis, Robert Joseph

Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Frank, Louise May

Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-20
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Rupture

Franke, George

Date of Transaction: 14-Aug-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Hanging at own hands while temporarily insane

Franklin, Mary Elizabeth

Date of Transaction: 01-Oct-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation due to accidental overlying by parents while asleep.

Frazer, William

Date of Transaction: 02-May-16
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: No information

French, Rose May

Date of Transaction: 24-Oct-29
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture from being struck by train

Freuke, Eva Matilda

Date of Transaction: 02-Jan-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fractured skull

Friestad, Earnest M.

Date of Transaction: 10-Sep-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by RR engine while riding in auto

Frineo, Tony

Date of Transaction: 07-Dec-24
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Gunshot wound accidental, while gun in own hands

Fry, Amos

Date of Transaction: 14-Aug-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Gable, John

Date of Transaction: 04-May-15
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Death by bullet wound in head caused by own hand

Gabriel, Elias

Date of Transaction: 25-May-13
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Unknown cause

Gabrielson, John

Date of Transaction: 22-Mar-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally hit by C.N.W. train at DeKalb, IL

Gallagher, Laura A.

Date of Transaction: 23-Feb-28
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suffocation during epileptic seizure

Gardner, Elise Etta

Date of Transaction: 10-Aug-25
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Toxemia

Gavin, Ellen

Date of Transaction: 18-Jan-31
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Gavin, Martin

Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: No information

Geacori, William

Date of Transaction: 31-Jan-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.N.W. train at 4th crossing in DeKalb.

George, Mary

Date of Transaction: 14-Jul-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Burned with kerosene

Gerhaty, Martin

Date of Transaction: 08-Jan-18
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Gibson, John

Date of Transaction: 30-Jul-14
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Killed by being thrown out of wagon fracturing several ribs and ruptured his heart

Giddings, Henry C.

Date of Transaction: 23-Feb-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Givens, Sarah Beryl

Date of Transaction: 21-Dec-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot by own hands

Givins, Floyd

Date of Transaction: 03-Feb-14
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot in head fired by own hands

Gladwin, William

Date of Transaction: 28-Dec-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Broken neck in auto accident

Glassburn, Allen Leroy

Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Killed in airplane crash. See Keyser, John

Goahut, Anthony

Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of neck

Goldweitzer, Katherine

Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Aschemia

Goodel, Frances Ella

Date of Transaction: 14-Feb-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cardiac Disease

Goody, Gertrude

Date of Transaction: 02-Sep-18
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Murdered

Goody, Margaret

Date of Transaction: 02-Sep-18
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Grady, Wm. Thomas Jr.

Date of Transaction: 20-Sep-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Drowning

Gramley, Emma Jane

Date of Transaction: 28-Oct-18
Township From: Maple Park
Jury Verdict: Suicide by drowning

Greely, Henry P.

Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Greely, Ida

Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Greenacre, Frank

Date of Transaction: 17-Nov-13
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Railway accident

Gregnolo, Alexandria

Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Gross, Mary

Date of Transaction: 16-Feb-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Edema of larynx, drinking lye

Grosser, Cornelius

Date of Transaction: 06-Apr-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Guertin, James J.

Date of Transaction: 15-May-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture

Gunderson, Hilda

Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, accidental fall

Gunther, William

Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart block

Gustavison, Walter A.

Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-30
Township From: Franklin Twn.
Jury Verdict: Convulsions following encephalitis

Gustavson, Delbert

Date of Transaction: 05-Oct-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Edema of larynx, kerosene explosion

Guynn, Eliza Jane

Date of Transaction: 16-Jan-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis. Acute cardiac dilatation

Habto, Ellolla R.

Date of Transaction: 18-May-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental burning

Hailer, Elmer

Date of Transaction: 07-Sep-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Haine, Henry B.

Date of Transaction: 17-Aug-19
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Suicide by shooting

Hakola, John J.

Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Hale, Martha E.

Date of Transaction: 22-Jun-22
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Electrocution, accidental

Hall, Annetta

Date of Transaction: 09-Aug-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Confusion and shock due to an auto accident

Hall, Thorsten

Date of Transaction: 09-Nov-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Came to his death on the 8th of Nov. A.D. 1928 at the Inland & Wire Cable Co, Sycamore, Ill while operating a cable machine and while in the employ of the above mentioned company. Said machine being controlled by electricity and from the evidence presented we the jury are unable to determine whether said occurrence was accidental or otherwise.

Haller, Thomas

Date of Transaction: 05-Jul-27
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging while despondent from ill health

Halter, Brice Franklin

Date of Transaction: 24-Nov-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Falling from a glider

Hamill, George

Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally asphyxiated by gas

Hammerschmidt, Mary

Date of Transaction: 28-May-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Inhaling gas (commercial)

Hammond, Gerhard H.

Date of Transaction: 26-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocardial

Hamoutz, Martin

Date of Transaction: 06-Oct-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull

Hanson, Andrew M.

Date of Transaction: 12-Mar-29
Township From: Esmond
Jury Verdict: Senile heart

Hanson, Carl

Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic coma

Hanson, Eddie

Date of Transaction: 19-Apr-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries due to falling off a tractor and under the plow.

Harliv, John

Date of Transaction: 26-May-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental fracture of skull

Harlow, Earnest Harlan

Date of Transaction: 05-Mar-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Edema of lungs

Harms, William

Date of Transaction: 05-Nov-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Harris, Homer J.

Date of Transaction: 06-Oct-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Automobile accident

Harris, Kath. Emily

Date of Transaction: 19-Jan-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic poisoning, burns

Harris, Thomas

Date of Transaction: 25-Feb-28
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Harrison, William H.

Date of Transaction: 01-Dec-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull following a collision of a car which he was driving with a CB&Q railroad engine.

Hart, Charles C.

Date of Transaction: 01-Apr-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Septicemia

Hart, George S.

Date of Transaction: 03-Aug-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic Brights Disease

Harwood, Willett

Date of Transaction: 13-Jul-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fractured hip together with advanced age

Hauptman, Charles Pete

Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-22
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gastro-intestinal hemorrhage induced by drinking (can’t read) alcoholic liquor

Hauton, George

Date of Transaction: 06-Jul-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed in train wreck

Hawison, Donald

Date of Transaction: 05-Aug-16
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Hayes, Stella

Date of Transaction: 13-Mar-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental burns

Hazard, Claudice Gordon

Date of Transaction: 14-Jan-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: General peritonitis, criminal abortion

Heeg, Charles F.

Date of Transaction: 10-May-27
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental, fracture base of skull, wind storm

Heinrich, Albert

Date of Transaction: 14-Oct-18
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Heiter, Dorothy Irene

Date of Transaction: 01-Nov-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: By injuries received while riding in an automobile which ran into a freight train no. 385 on the Chicago & North Western Railroad at Pleasant St. crossing, DeKalb, Ill on the morning of October25, 1928 at about 12:15

Helson, Ernest

Date of Transaction: 20-Dec-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning

Henderson, A.

Date of Transaction: 25-Feb-23
Township From: Victor Twn
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Explosion of carbide lighting plant

Henry, Mary A.

Date of Transaction: 23-May-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Hensley, Philip Rhea

Date of Transaction: 19-May-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Acute Iliocolitis with dysentery

Herold, Otto

Date of Transaction: 21-May-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gunshot wound

Herrick, Mary F.

Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Hesek, Michael

Date of Transaction: 22-Nov-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture and internal injuries

Hess, Elmer H.

Date of Transaction: 20-Dec-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries in automobile accident

Hiakla, Helmn

Date of Transaction: 23-Feb-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Hibben, Leonard Frank

Date of Transaction: 16-Apr-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidental carbon monoxide gas poisoning in a closed garage

Hibben, William G.

Date of Transaction: 03-Dec-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gun shot

Hickey, Charles G.

Date of Transaction: 18-Mar-32
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Trapped in a truck and burned

Hill, Elsie F.

Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Hill, Jannie Elvira

Date of Transaction: 08-Oct-26
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Struck by RR engine

Hills, Robert

Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Natural causes. Acute cardiac dilatation

Hobbs, Francis John

Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Monoxide gas

Hodgkins, John

Date of Transaction: 28-Sep-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Unknown

Hodgson, Robert

Date of Transaction: 09-Sep-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Hoffa, Marian

Date of Transaction: 30-Apr-20
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Accidentally shot by LeRoy Hoffa

Hoffman, George

Date of Transaction: 08-Sep-14
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart

Hoffman, William

Date of Transaction: 24-Dec-32
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture

Hogan, J.

Date of Transaction: 06-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental scalding

Hoglund, Jacob Wm.

Date of Transaction: 03-Apr-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock. Rupture of peptic ulcer

Hogsette, Carl

Date of Transaction: 05-Sep-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock, hemorrhage, trauma

Holderness, James R.

Date of Transaction: 17-Mar-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by Chicago & North Western train

Holland, Dennis

Date of Transaction: 22-Dec-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned

Hollin, Phillip

Date of Transaction: 17-Sep-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Holman, Alfred E.

Date of Transaction: 25-May-27
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning

Homet, Stephan

Date of Transaction: 16-Nov-16
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Hoorns, Louie

Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Drowning

Hoskins, Harry Walace

Date of Transaction: 16-Feb-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis with chronic nephritis

Houghtby, Etta A.

Date of Transaction: 19-Oct-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Stroke

Howe, Fred

Date of Transaction: 26-Jul-33
Township From: Lee
Jury Verdict: Hanging due to senile dementia

Howe/Hone, Anna

Date of Transaction: 14-Jan-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Hoy, Frank

Date of Transaction: 20-Apr-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: (?) due to toxemia caused by perihephulic (?) abscess

Hoyt, Howard G.

Date of Transaction: 22-Jun-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Brain lesion; undoubtedly a blood clot on the brain

Hoyt, Mary A.

Date of Transaction: 22-Mar-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart

Hubbard, Albert B.

Date of Transaction: 30-Mar-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Stroke of paralysis

Hubbard, Vivian

Date of Transaction: 21-Nov-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by drinking hydrochloric acid

Hudson, George

Date of Transaction: 11-Jul-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Hudson, Kenneth

Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Tetanus

Hueber, George E.

Date of Transaction: 03-Dec-15
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy and heart failure

Hughes, Russell

Date of Transaction: 09-Jul-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train

Hunter, Louise

Date of Transaction: 09-Mar-22
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy. Senility

Hupp/Huff, Wm. Orland

Date of Transaction: 19-May-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: (can’t read) due to accidental shooting

Husk, John H.

Date of Transaction: 30-Sep-32
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Hyde, Frances

Date of Transaction: 13-Feb-23
Township From: Rollo
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation during unattended epileptic seizure

Hynes, Joseph J.

Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure brought on by extreme heat

Idna, Anna

Date of Transaction: 16-Dec-19
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train on C. B. & Q, Shabbona Ill

Idna, Fred

Date of Transaction: 16-Dec-19
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train on C. B. & Q, Shabbona Ill

Ireland, George Henry

Date of Transaction: 17-Mar-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by Chicago & North Western train

Irwin, Robert

Date of Transaction: 12-May-13
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Electric shock

Jackson, Charles C.

Date of Transaction: 13-Jan-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Suicide by inhaling commercial gas

Jacobson, Judith

Date of Transaction: 07-Dec-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage of lungs due to T.B.

James, Thomas

Date of Transaction: 24-Oct-28
Township From: Cnty Infirmary
Jury Verdict: General septicemia poisoning caused by self-inflicted wounds while temporarily insane and will with paralysis

Jann, Albert

Date of Transaction: 19-Oct-29
Township From: Genoa Twn
Jury Verdict: Hanging at his own hands

Jarboe, J. H.

Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by a train

Jarrod, Anna

Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock due to a fall

Jay, William

Date of Transaction: 22&23 Sep-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by auto

Jazoc, Marcus

Date of Transaction: 24-Sep-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by railroad engine

Jennett, James B.

Date of Transaction: 19-May-20
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Jewitt, Homer J.

Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-26
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia following accidental gasoline explosion

Johnson, Alfred

Date of Transaction: 28-Feb-16
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Johnson, Andrew B.

Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-32
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture; auto and RR accident

Johnson, August T.

Date of Transaction: 02-Jul-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis, fracture of hip

Johnson, Carl

Date of Transaction: 04-Sep-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck by auto

Johnson, Emil

Date of Transaction: 02-Jun-21
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Sunstroke

Johnson, Eva Palien

Date of Transaction: 31-Dec-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Burns while lighting candles on Xmas tree

Johnson, Gustaf Vider

Date of Transaction: 29-Dec-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Gun shot wound; suicide

Johnson, Gustaf Vider

Date of Transaction: 01-Jul-31
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Heart failure as a result of hot weather

Johnson, Herman

Date of Transaction: 05-Nov-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Johnson, John

Date of Transaction: 29-Jun-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Johnson, John P.

Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental fracture of skull by falling down stairs

Johnson, Lena

Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-32
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture; auto and RR accident

Johnson, Luella

Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-15
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition

Johnson, Mamie

Date of Transaction: 08-Oct-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental. Baby run over by wagon

Johnson, Matilda

Date of Transaction: 23-Mar-14
Township From: Milan Twn.
Jury Verdict: No information

Johnson, Stella

Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis (chronic)

Johnson, Swan

Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accident, skidding auto

Jondt, Fred

Date of Transaction: 13-Apr-18
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned to death

Jones, George

Date of Transaction: 30-Sep-29
Township From: Afton Twn
Jury Verdict: Heat and over-exertion due to his advanced age

Jopucini, Tony

Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia

Kalas, Frank

Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-32
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidental gun shot wound

Kastinniser, John

Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fat embolism following a fracture of the lower leg

Katan, David Paul Jr.

Date of Transaction: 21-May-27
Township From: Maple Park
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning while swimming

Keifer, Isabelle

Date of Transaction: 17-Jan-22
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Accidental drowning

Kelly, Norman D.

Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-13
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fractured neck from auto accident

Kelly, Wilfred

Date of Transaction: 08-Jun-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental gunshot wound followed by gas gangrene

Kern,Dawson

Date of Transaction: 21-Dec-26
Township From: Squaw Grv Twn
Jury Verdict: Accidental strangulation, shaft of elevator

Kerwin, Evangeline

Date of Transaction:
Township From:
Jury Verdict: Carbolic acid poisoning taken with suicidal intent while temporarily drunk

Keto, John

Date of Transaction: 05-Dec-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Revolver shot into chest fired by own hands

Keyser, John Joseph

Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Killed in an airplane crash. See Glassburn, Allen

Kiehl, Silvia

Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-19
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C. B. & Q. railroad train

Kilby, Jesse

Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage and shock, injuries received when attempting to board moving freight

Kilgore, John

Date of Transaction: 01-Jul-20
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidentallly killed by C. B. & Q. train at Waterman

Kindhart, Keith Edward (Alias Thomson)

Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture in motorcycle auto collision

Kinnors, Toni

Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Kiplin, Walter Gustaf

Date of Transaction: 10-Nov-31
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted

Kirby, Martin

Date of Transaction: 21-Aug-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Kirkpatrick, Emma Jane

Date of Transaction: 27-Apr-24
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Kirkwood, Ralph

Date of Transaction: 20-May-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned

Kleckner, Kitty M.

Date of Transaction: 25-Feb-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Carcinoma of bladder

Knodle, Harry

Date of Transaction: 21-Feb-21
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging while accidentally unbalanced

Koch, George W.

Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-31
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Kolkay, Frank

Date of Transaction: 22-Nov-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Kollembeck, Emil

Date of Transaction: 10-Aug-13
Township From: Milan Twn
Jury Verdict: Hanging by own hands

Koski, John

Date of Transaction: 17-Jun-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Kovicevich, Mary (baby)

Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition

Kunkle, Elva

Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-26
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Gun shot wounds at hands of George Kunkle

Kunkle, George

Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-26
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Gun shot wound self-inflicted while temporarily deranged

Kupola, Arli Ester

Date of Transaction: 08-Oct-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information

Kylen, Mary

Date of Transaction: 04-Jun-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by automobile

Lane, Mary

Date of Transaction: 21-Nov-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Diabetes

Larens, Harvey N.

Date of Transaction: 12-Sep-18
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Larson, Chris

Date of Transaction: 07-Feb-17
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Larson, John Berger

Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging by neck with rope to tree

Larta, Anna

Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Latimer, Matilda Jane

Date of Transaction: 29-Mar-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock following fracture of hip

Lawberson, Mary Jane

Date of Transaction: 04-Apr-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock and (?), accidental fracture of hip

Lawhorn, Wannela

Date of Transaction: 26-Dec-27
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Unknown natural (?)

Lawler, Francis Paul

Date of Transaction: 27-May-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture

Lawrence, Donald I.

Date of Transaction: 10-May-25
Township From: Mayfield Twn
Jury Verdict: Asthenia

Lawton, Bert

Date of Transaction: 08-Feb-15
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by falling limb while cutting timber

Leifheit, Anna

Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-16
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Lemarble, Louis

Date of Transaction: 21-May-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by carbolic acid

Lennison, Chris

Date of Transaction: 15-Mar-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Levick, Jacob

Date of Transaction: 27-Sep-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: By injuries caused when an auto in which he was struck by an east-bound North Western passenger train no. 28 at fourth street crossing on the morning of Sept 27th at about 7:15

Levignl, Sarah

Date of Transaction: 09-Oct-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Burns from explosion of stove (?) containing gasoline

Lewis, Bessie

Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Severe burns

Lewis, Neal Byron

Date of Transaction: 08-Sep-17
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Lewis, Virgil E.

Date of Transaction: 23-Jun-21
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Drowning – accidental

Licher, Frank

Date of Transaction: 03-Aug-28
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture in a fall caused by the breaking of a ladder used as a staging on which he was standing while painting

Lindquist, Emma Amelia

Date of Transaction: 26-Mar-28
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Chronic gastric disease

Lindsay, Bert

Date of Transaction: 13-Jan-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Lindsay, Florence

Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Convulsions

Lingenfelser, Eugene

Date of Transaction: 06-Aug-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Struck by an automobile

Linnsden, Ernest C.

Date of Transaction: 25-Sep-28
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidentally being struck by a C. B. & Q. train

Livingston, Clarence

Date of Transaction: 06-Jul-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed in train wreck

Lloyd, Walter

Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by train

Lockner, August

Date of Transaction: 17-Sep-13
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Loeser, Philip

Date of Transaction: 14-Jun-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Hanging

Long, Raymond

Date of Transaction: xx-Feb-15
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition

Loptien, Henry

Date of Transaction: 23-Feb-28
Township From: blank
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Lorenzo, Howard

Date of Transaction: 12-Feb-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Crushed by auto

Louma, Herman

Date of Transaction: 08-Aug-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic nephritis after long continued use of alcohol and taking Arsenate of Lead with suicidal intent

Loveless, Clyde

Date of Transaction: 25-Nov-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Gun shot sound; accidentally discharging a thirty two revolver while in the act of cleaning same

Loyd, Sergius

Date of Transaction: 03-Sep-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Heart failure

Lundstrom, Charles G.

Date of Transaction: 30-Sep-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina Pectoris

Lutz, Edith H.

Date of Transaction: 16-Sep-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Unknown

Lyrrell, Charles Lincoln

Date of Transaction: 26-Aug-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Maakestad, Thomas & M

Date of Transaction: 02-Nov-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Being thrown from their car when struck by a train

MacGregor, John

Date of Transaction: 14-Oct-13
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage from lungs

Madden, Mary

Date of Transaction: 15-May-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Mainens, Fogette

Date of Transaction: 03-Sep-14
Township From: Esmond
Jury Verdict: Embolism of brain

Malevich, Louis

Date of Transaction: 24-May-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental electrocution

Malick, Andrew J.

Date of Transaction: 16-May-33
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture; RR accident

Malishick, Mike

Date of Transaction: 16-Apr-14
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Mallonee, John

Date of Transaction: 06-Oct-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Came to his death on the 5th day of October A.D. 1928 from a broken neck. Said injuries caused by falling down a stairway at the Fargo Hotel, Sycamore, Ill about 7:00 o’clock P.M. when the decedent was in the act of performing his usual duties.

Mann, Iax. (?)

Date of Transaction: 04-Nov-25
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, struck by train at grade crossing

Mann, John

Date of Transaction: 15-Apr-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute pancreatitis

Mann, Sherman D.

Date of Transaction: 28-Apr-19
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Mansfield, Anne

Date of Transaction: 19-May-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Unknown

Marcell, Edward Matthew

Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Enterocolitis

Marston, Louis

Date of Transaction: 13-Mar-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis

Marvin, William

Date of Transaction: 04-Dec-14
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus

Matt, Herman

Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-17
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Matteson, L. A.

Date of Transaction: 31-Jul-28
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Matthews, Andrew

Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-13
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Railroad accident

May, G. A.

Date of Transaction: 21-Jun-23
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by train while flagging (can’t read)

Mayes, Joseph

Date of Transaction: 04-Sep-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Murdered

McCabe, Charles J.

Date of Transaction: 19-Dec-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation

McCabe, Thomas

Date of Transaction: 13-Apr-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

McCarty, John Philip

Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental gun shot wound

McCluskey, Christina

Date of Transaction: 12-Aug-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock as the result of an auto accident

McCormick, Barney

Date of Transaction: 11-Mar-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suicide

McGirr, Vincent

Date of Transaction: 03-Feb-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebrospinal meningitis

McGlashan, Raymond

Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-18
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: No information

McGrain, Thomas

Date of Transaction: 22-Mar-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide

McKenzie, Jane

Date of Transaction: 19-Nov-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of hip

McMartin, Malcomb

Date of Transaction: 20-May-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information

McMenamin, Kathrine

Date of Transaction: 02-Nov-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by drowning

McMillan, Virgil Vance

Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute bowel trouble following eating green corn

McMillen, Leroy P.

Date of Transaction: 20-Nov-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of the skull; auto accident

McNeal, Minnie

Date of Transaction: 26-Feb-20
Township From: Franklin Twn.
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Mennis, James

Date of Transaction: 12-Jan-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Merritt, Andrew C.

Date of Transaction: 10-Mar-18
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Fatty degeneration of the heart

Meyer, John B.

Date of Transaction: 19-Sep-28
Township From: Cortland Twn.
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Meyer, Nicholas

Date of Transaction: 03-May-28
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition

Meyerhofer, Louise R.

Date of Transaction: 12-Jun-25
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Unknown disease

Mikey, Katherine

Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information

Miller, Bert

Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-21
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fatty degeneration of heart

Miller, Peter A.

Date of Transaction: 26-Jun-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture and several ribs broken due to collision between a Ford Coupe and a bicycle which he was riding

Minnehan, Jas. R.

Date of Transaction: 07-Apr-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally struck by auto – broke neck

Misener, Dave

Date of Transaction: 30-Oct-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Drinking muriatic acid

Mitchell, Frank

Date of Transaction: 06-Apr-19
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental; wall falling

Monroe, John Henry

Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-18
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure

Moon, John Henry

Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-24
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Mooring, Charles

Date of Transaction: 26-May-30
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Morahn, Josephine

Date of Transaction: 26-Mar-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Morie, Amy

Date of Transaction: 31-Mar-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by taking strychnine

Morthenson, Thomas C.

Date of Transaction: 05-Apr-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hanging with suicidal intent

Mosback, Andrew

Date of Transaction: 15-Aug-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries due to an auto accident

Mosher, Carrie

Date of Transaction: 02-Mar-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Mueller, Augusta S.

Date of Transaction: 08-Jun-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental fall – broken hip

Munson, Frank

Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis

Myers, Clarence F.

Date of Transaction: 01-Sep-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Tetanus

Myers, Edward

Date of Transaction: 16-May-32
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Peritonitis as a result of a ruptured bowel

Nailey, Walter

Date of Transaction: 05-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Nasbend, Katherine

Date of Transaction: 30-Oct-20
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Nelson, Albert G.

Date of Transaction: 04-Aug-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Nelson, Alfred

Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Exposure and intoxication

Nelson, Iona Charlote

Date of Transaction: 07-Sep-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture and broken neck

Nelson, John P.

Date of Transaction: 20-Jun-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally drowned

Nelson, Joseph

Date of Transaction: 18-Dec-13
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Hanging by own hands

Nelson, Nels P.

Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental fracture skull

Nelson, William M.

Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Toxemia, fell, fracture of vertebrae

Neott, Stella M.

Date of Transaction: 18-May-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Nepean, Edith May

Date of Transaction: 17-May-24
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Tetanus due to accidental nail puncture of foot

Nepean, Frank

Date of Transaction: 03-Mar-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Unknown disease

Ness, Evelyn

Date of Transaction: 11-Jan-28
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Unknown natural causes

Neustrom, Dorothea

Date of Transaction: 02-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information

Newalt, George W.

Date of Transaction: 30-Jul-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Niss, George

Date of Transaction: 06-Sep-16
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted

Nogouons, Mitta

Date of Transaction: 15-Apr-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Nooney, Bill

Date of Transaction: 10-Jun-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

O’Berine, Jas. R.

Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull

O’Brien, Dan

Date of Transaction: 24-Jul-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Myocarditis

O’Brien, Dan

Date of Transaction: 03-Aug-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Organic heart disease due to injury and shock as result of an auto accident

O’Brien, Frank

Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: A senile heart attack

O’Connor, Daniel

Date of Transaction: 20-Mar-28
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Natural causes. Cerebral hemorrhage

O’Donnell, Mrs. P.

Date of Transaction: 21-Jun-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart failure due to stroke

Oberlin, Betty

Date of Transaction: 04-Jun-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture; auto accident

Ohlinger, Donald H.

Date of Transaction: 21-Jul-24
Township From: Esmond
Jury Verdict: Struck by lightning

Oliphant, Marie

Date of Transaction: 26-Jun-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull due to accidental overturning of automobile

Olmstead, Benson D.

Date of Transaction: 19-Dec-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Sepsis

Olson, Bertha

Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Olson, Charles O.

Date of Transaction: 07-Oct-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Died of injuries received by being thrown from wagon which was hit by a Chicago & North Western Railway

Olson, Floyd P.

Date of Transaction: 31-Aug-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally electrocuted

Olson, Harvey

Date of Transaction: 14-Aug-31
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture struck by train

Olson, John

Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-18
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Olson, Olof

Date of Transaction: 10-Mar-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by shooting

Orton, Milton M.

Date of Transaction: 13-Jul-13
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Orzeborski, Julius

Date of Transaction: 25-Oct-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Convulsions

Ostrander, Hiram

Date of Transaction: 10-Jul-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Aschemia following accidental fracture of hip

Pacini, Authur

Date of Transaction: 29-Nov-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by gunshot wound

Paden, Mary

Date of Transaction: 17-Nov-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Suicide, strychnine poisoning

Papenberg, Everett

Date of Transaction: 08-Nov-21
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Intra-abdominal hemorrhage. Fall from wagon.

Parker, William O.

Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Fracture of the base of the skull

Patterson, Arthur D.

Date of Transaction: 04-Dec-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Angina Pectoris

Patterson, Brody

Date of Transaction: 15-Jul-15
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Drowning

Patterson, F. Blackstone

Date of Transaction: 30-Aug-22
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation due to pulmonary hemorrhage resulting from injury received by falling from his skidding motorcyele.

Pauchina, Wayislow

Date of Transaction: 27-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Pauls, John

Date of Transaction: 17-Jul-13
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Paulson, John

Date of Transaction: 14-May-15
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus

Perezzine, Henry

Date of Transaction: 25-Jun-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Convulsions

Perry, Benjamin

Date of Transaction: 05-Mar-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by RR engine. RR laborer

Peruth, Baby

Date of Transaction: 18-Oct-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic convulsions – scalding

Petersen, Swen

Date of Transaction: 01-Apr-15
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Anural (?) embolus

Peterson, Andrew

Date of Transaction: 19-Sep-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Peterson, Andrew

Date of Transaction: 29-Sep-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Peterson, Eloise

Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition

Peterson, Gust

Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage of the brain

Peterson, John A.

Date of Transaction: 10-Nov-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: No information

Peterson, Nels

Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-14
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: No information

Petrudunus, Teke

Date of Transaction: 09-Jul-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Measles complicated with pneumonia

Pflaum, August H.

Date of Transaction: 05-Oct-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation by monoxide gas

Phillips, Corwin

Date of Transaction: 11-Sep-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Shock, accidental fall-broken back, internal injuries

Phillips, Nicklass

Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-19
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.B. & Q. railroad train

Pickett, Vallie R.

Date of Transaction: 03-Jan-23
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Carbolic poisoning taken with suicidal intent while despondent

Pierson, Lenard

Date of Transaction: 08-Jun-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned by the explosion of gas tank on his automobile

Pierson, Sophia

Date of Transaction: 14-Apr-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Pleska, Frank

Date of Transaction: 18-Aug-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.N.W. train, DeKalb Ill

Pratt, Sylvia A.

Date of Transaction: 05-Nov-18
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure

Prentice, Henry W.

Date of Transaction: 26-May-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pulmonary embolism

Price, Matt

Date of Transaction: 06-Nov-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Static pneumonia as result of injury

Pritchard, Edward S.

Date of Transaction: 03-Sep-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Quilhot, Ella A.

Date of Transaction: 25-Apr-23
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Struck by train while riding in auto.

Quilhot, Hertha

Date of Transaction: 25-Apr-23
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage. Struck by train while riding in auto.

Quilton, Louis M.

Date of Transaction: 28-Feb-14
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of heart

Quince, Martin

Date of Transaction: 16-Dec-14
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Uremic coma

Rainer, Merton

Date of Transaction: 28-Apr-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Ramer, Anna

Date of Transaction: 31-Jul-24
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Chronic endocarditis

Randolph, Louella

Date of Transaction: 15-Jul-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Broken neck in auto collision; car in which she was riding turned over

Rattenburg, Roy

Date of Transaction: 04-Oct-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Raymond, Glen

Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Epileptic fit

Read, Charles

Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Explosion of a boiler while repairing the same

Reams, Jno

Date of Transaction: 02-Oct-22
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Post-operative shock

Reaves/Reames, Henry

Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-28
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Reddeck, Sherman

Date of Transaction: 20-Jul-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage from lungs

Reed, Wilfred

Date of Transaction: 17-Mar-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by Chicago & North Western train

Reeves, Walter

Date of Transaction: 06-Jul-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed in train wreck

Reid, Paul

Date of Transaction: 10-Jul-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Reingardt, Dona Mae

Date of Transaction: 10-Jul-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Sudden aspiration of vomitus with asphysix

Renwick, Edward

Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: (Alias Vandusen). Asphyxiation by commercial gas.

Renwick, George

Date of Transaction: 13-Nov-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Rice, Charles

Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-21
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute indigestion

Richardson, Charles J.

Date of Transaction: 12-Sep-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Electrocution

Richardson, E. W.

Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Richardson, Mrs. E. W.

Date of Transaction: 04-Jul-14
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Riddelberger, John

Date of Transaction: 15-Jul-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accident

Riddesperger, Cora Louise

Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-16
Township From: Pierce Twn
Jury Verdict: Acute endocarditis

Rigdon, Nettie

Date of Transaction: 18-Aug-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries

Riiipi, Knutti

Date of Transaction: 05-Dec-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes. Probably angina pectoris

Riley, Mike

Date of Transaction: 21-May-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart paralysis

Rissman, Florence

Date of Transaction: 12-Mar-23
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation – malnutrition

Robb, Warren H.

Date of Transaction: 02-Feb-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Robbins, Mary

Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-14
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by train #11 on west bound track of C.M. & St. Paul RR, halfway between overhead crossing of Illinois Central RR and Kishwaukee RR bridge in western part of city of Genoa, Ill.

Roberts, Humphrey

Date of Transaction: 04-May-33
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Broken back; auto accident (see William Roberts)

Roberts, William

Date of Transaction: 04-May-33
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries; auto accident (see Humphrey Roberts)

Robinson, Ezra A.

Date of Transaction: 15-Feb-13
Township From: Genoa Twn.
Jury Verdict: Paralysis Heart

Robinson, Paul

Date of Transaction: 30-Jan-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Pneumonia

Robinson, William

Date of Transaction: 19-Oct-19
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Rodge, Ira A.

Date of Transaction: 13-Dec-25
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental electrocution

Rogers, Duane

Date of Transaction: 18-Jun-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation. Accidental strangulation by strings of bonnet.

Rogne, Knute O.

Date of Transaction: 26-Mar-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Pleurisy with effusion resulting from a fall on Nov. 22 1928 in which his left hip was broken bringing on a continued weakening of his general physical condition until the attack of pleurisy followed by death.

Role, Roy

Date of Transaction: 14-Mar-28
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Accidental scalding

Ronin, Catherine

Date of Transaction: 09-Jan-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Ronin, Nellie E.

Date of Transaction: 18-Jul-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Gen’l asthemia

Rossi, Herman

Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Auto collision

Rossi, Nicholas

Date of Transaction: 15-Jun-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Auto collision, driver of skidding car

Rousch, Charles W.

Date of Transaction: 22-Jan-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Airplane crash which afterward burned

Rowan, Perry

Date of Transaction: 01-May-25
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Aschemia (?) of brain

Rowe, Glenn (infant)

Date of Transaction: 15-May-23
Township From: Victor Twn.
Jury Verdict: Broncho pneumonia

Rowley, Edward

Date of Transaction: 29-May-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: A stroke of paralysis

Rowley, Frank S.

Date of Transaction: 14-Sep-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Ruback, Olive

Date of Transaction: 28-Jun-21
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Rubenstein, Meyer

Date of Transaction: 06-May-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Status Lymphorims

Rubin, Louis J.

Date of Transaction: 20-Oct-30
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Run into the side of a RR train

Ruby, Mary D.

Date of Transaction: 30-May-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Uremic coma

Rudinger, George

Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Russell, George E.

Date of Transaction: 27-Apr-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Russell, J. S.

Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus

Ryan, George L.

Date of Transaction: 02-Nov-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock, run over by RR train

Sabin, Fred L.

Date of Transaction: 10-Oct-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Hit and killed by being struck by an auto

Sacora, John

Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cause of death unknown

Sarah, Coffey

Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Sarich, Joseph John

Date of Transaction: 20-Nov-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture by being struck by an automobile

Saunders, Roy Earl

Date of Transaction: 09-Jan-30
Township From: Cortland
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition

Savage, Julia Ann

Date of Transaction: 26-Aug-27
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental fall

Sawyer, George & Mrs.

Date of Transaction: 26-Jul-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Struck by a train while riding in an auto

Scamp, Elmer G.

Date of Transaction: 20-Dec-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental explosion (?) tank

Schrader, Edwin J.

Date of Transaction: 19-Jul-30
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Schultz, John Joseph

Date of Transaction: 07-Aug-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac insufficiency

Schwartz, William F.

Date of Transaction: 30-Mar-23
Township From: Genoa Twn.
Jury Verdict: Gored by bull

Schwinghava, Geo. Wm.

Date of Transaction: 29-Jan-27
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cardiac lesion

Scott, Alice

Date of Transaction: 29-Mar-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental fracture of skull

Scott, Ella

Date of Transaction: 30-Apr-28
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: (?) coronary artery

Seamp, Francis

Date of Transaction: 03-Jul-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Seastros, John

Date of Transaction: 19-Aug-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Seigel, Reuben

Date of Transaction: 07-Oct-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Seitzinger, George B.

Date of Transaction: 28-May-26
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Sepsis following gangrenous injury of feet when caught in elevator

Selden, Daniel R.

Date of Transaction: 06-Apr-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull; broken neck; passenger in skidding auto

Sevenson, Ida

Date of Transaction: 12-Nov-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information

Severance, Frank W.

Date of Transaction: 06-Nov-29
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Paralysis of heart

Shaffer, Adeline M.

Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Shaftner, Mrs.

Date of Transaction: 05-Jan-18
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidentally asphyxiated

Shalluck, Margarette F.

Date of Transaction: 16-Jan-26
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Heat stroke. Sleeping near hot stove.

Shaw, Edward

Date of Transaction: 13-Oct-21
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute bronchitis

Shaw, James William

Date of Transaction: 01-Feb-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina Pectoris

Shaw, Jos. B.

Date of Transaction: 05-Apr-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina Pectoris

Sheperd, Martha

Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-21
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Senility

Sheriden, Elizabeth M.

Date of Transaction: 23-Jul-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries

Shetter, Edgar A.

Date of Transaction: 14-Dec-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture in an automobile accident

Shoemaker, Laura

Date of Transaction: 26-Oct-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Shonoban, John

Date of Transaction: 07-Jun-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Shoop, George

Date of Transaction: 05-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information

Shope, Elmer R.

Date of Transaction: 29-Nov-22
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed between car bumpers

Shrader, William

Date of Transaction: 24-Feb-24
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Sills, S.

Date of Transaction: 12-Mar-15
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus

Silverman, Mary

Date of Transaction: 11-Aug-17
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Simpson, Nathaniel W.

Date of Transaction: 27-Dec-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by train, grade crossing, pedestrian

Simpson, William

Date of Transaction: 10-Jul-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental, falling from a ladder

Sims, William Walton

Date of Transaction: 05-Jun-30
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Sivwright, Lucinda

Date of Transaction: 20-Dec-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Slater, Philo Fernando

Date of Transaction: 28-Feb-24
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Slusar, John

Date of Transaction: 24-Mar-30
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart attack

Smith, Clifton B.

Date of Transaction: 24-Jun-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Strychnine poisoning

Smith, Curtis Harrison

Date of Transaction: 22-Dec-22
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Strangulation at the hands of Thomas Cromwell, deceased

Smith, James C.

Date of Transaction: 07-Nov-15
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Smith, Jessie Burton

Date of Transaction: 18-Dec-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart attack

Smith, John E.

Date of Transaction: 08-Nov-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Embolism due to valvulant heart lesion

Smith, Otto

Date of Transaction: 30-Nov-17
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Smith, Thad

Date of Transaction: 27-Sep-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Snelgrove, Myrtle A.

Date of Transaction: 29-Dec-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by inhaling commercial gas

Snelling, J. N.

Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-22
Township From: Paw Paw
Jury Verdict: Tubercular peritonitis

Snyder, Floyd

Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-16
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Explosion of a boiler while repairing same

Soderberg, Franz

Date of Transaction: 21-May-16
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Soderberg, J. S.

Date of Transaction: 01-Jun-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock, fracture of skull, struck by RR engine at grade crossing, pedestrian

Sollinen, Henry

Date of Transaction: 05-May-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Sorenson, Christ

Date of Transaction: 17-Sep-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina

Sovoog, Joon

Date of Transaction: 16-Aug-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Spring, Julia

Date of Transaction: 14-Dec-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral embolus

St. John, Joseph

Date of Transaction: 11-Sep-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Stahl, Adolph

Date of Transaction: 02-Jul-13
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Fractured skull

Stahler, William

Date of Transaction: 04-Jun-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull, accidental fall

Stalf, Ira

Date of Transaction: 08-Feb-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Hemorrhage into respiratory center of the brain

Stark, Ludia

Date of Transaction: 18-Jun-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Staub, Margaret

Date of Transaction: 08-Dec-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Stenstrom, William S.

Date of Transaction: 03-Aug-14
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Drowned

Stevenson, Albert Ferdinand

Date of Transaction: 21-Jun-29
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Heart failure caused by a weakened condition brought about by bowel trouble

Stiles, Elizabeth A.

Date of Transaction: 24-Jan-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation – myocarditis

Stimpson, George

Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-17
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Stockhalm, Alfred

Date of Transaction: 10-Feb-15
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Hanging by own hands with suicidal intent

Stomalovich, Stona

Date of Transaction: 15-Sep-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition

Stone, Elizabeth

Date of Transaction: 23-Nov-20
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned to death

Stout, Milo Robert

Date of Transaction: 06-Dec-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Tetanus

Stratton, Joseph E.

Date of Transaction: 28-May-22
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Electrocution, accidental

Streavel, James

Date of Transaction: 02-Dec-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Gunshot wound

Strever, Ensign

Date of Transaction: 07-Apr-31
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Struck by train

Stroberg, Oscar W.

Date of Transaction: 09-Jul-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Stromberg, Lawrence

Date of Transaction: 11-Mar-26
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidentally struck by train

Strong, Annie

Date of Transaction: 30-Jan-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Swanson, Maria C.

Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Embolism

Swanson, Marie Ingrid

Date of Transaction: 26-Sep-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Strangulation by her own hand while temporarily deranged mentally

Swarthout, Lena

Date of Transaction: 07-Jun-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Burns, explosion of kerosene can

Sweet, Ann Olivia

Date of Transaction: 25-Jan-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock and advanced age due to severe burns

Syme, Margaret

Date of Transaction: 01-Oct-28
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: By accidentally falling from her chair at her home fracturing her right hip which together with her age caused her death

Taylor, Baby

Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Broncho Pneumonia

Taylor, George L.

Date of Transaction: 13-Jul-31
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Fall, fracturing neck of femur resulting in connection with uremic poisoning in death

Temma, Cora

Date of Transaction: 23-Apr-14
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Temma, Henry

Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-27
Township From: Pierce Twn
Jury Verdict: Kick of horse

Thomas, R. B.

Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Shock from a fall at his home injuring the back of his head

Thompson, John

Date of Transaction: 12-Jul-33
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Basal skull fracture

Thompson, John B.

Date of Transaction: 18-Mar-27
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Gangrene

Thomson, Horace Alden

Date of Transaction: 06-Dec-15
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Accidentally shot

Thomson, Keith Edw.

Date of Transaction: 14-Nov-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: See Kindhart. Alias name provided by coroner

Thorsen, Andrew

Date of Transaction: 11-Jul-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Fracture of skull. Skidding auto passenger

Titman, Frank B.

Date of Transaction: 23-Mar-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide. Pistol shot in head.

Townsend, Elvin P.

Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-17
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Tudgay, Dorothy

Date of Transaction: 20-Jun-32
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Drowning

Tweit, Lois

Date of Transaction: 19-May-30
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Acute streptococcus infection

Tyler, August

Date of Transaction: 16-Jul-14
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Struck by train #11 on west bound track of C. M. & St. Genoa Paul RR, halfway between overhead crossing of Illinois Central RR and Kishwaukee RR bridge in western part of city of Genoa, Ill.

Unknown

Date of Transaction: 20-Aug-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fractured skull. Struck by C. N. W. engine

Unknown colored man

Date of Transaction: 25-Jul-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Unknown Male

Date of Transaction: 13-May-15
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Hanging at own hands

Unknown male

Date of Transaction: 08-Mar-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Struck by C&NW engine

Unknown male

Date of Transaction: 13-Nov-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Symptomatic epileptic seizure, cause unknown

Unknown Negro

Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-22
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Run over by Illinois Central train

Unknown Negro

Date of Transaction: 06-Jul-23
Township From: Kirkland
Jury Verdict: Crushed in train wreck

Upstone, George

Date of Transaction: 01-Aug-13
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Railroad accident

Vagil/Vagel, Betty B.

Date of Transaction: 03-Dec-27
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidental gunshot wound

Valvick, Thomas

Date of Transaction: 03-Sep-24
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Van Dusen, Abraham

Date of Transaction: 29-Dec-21
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

VanArnburg, Charles

Date of Transaction: 17-Mar-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Carbolic acid poisoning at own hands

VanBatten, Fred

Date of Transaction: 24-Aug-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Internal injuries, RR accident

Vandusen, Edward

Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-29
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: See Renwick, Alias name provided by coroner

VanGalder, Clara E.

Date of Transaction: 28-May-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Unknown medical disease

Vanheyden, Ira

Date of Transaction: 04-Dec-25
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation

Vocic, Mike

Date of Transaction: 12-Jul-19
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed while at work for American Steel Wire Co., DeKalb, IL

Vogel, Adell

Date of Transaction: 27-Aug-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis

Vokeja, Baby

Date of Transaction: 06-Jun-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Malnutrition

Vokljin, Mary

Date of Transaction: 11-Apr-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information

VonOhlen, William

Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-26
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Vose, Robert Emory

Date of Transaction: 04-Feb-26
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Walker, Wilbur

Date of Transaction: 19-Aug-13
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Electrocuted while at work

Walker, William Jr.

Date of Transaction: 21-Sep-15
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Walkin, Helen

Date of Transaction: 20-Mar-14
Township From: Mayfield
Jury Verdict: Convulsions

Wall, Patrick

Date of Transaction: 15-May-28
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information

Wallin, Edna T.

Date of Transaction: 01-Mar-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Heart paralysis caused by strangulation of the vagus nerve while aspirating fluid from the plural cavity

Walton, Charles L.

Date of Transaction: 31-Dec-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Apoplexy

Ward, George A.

Date of Transaction: 13-Jun-20
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Ward, Ira J.

Date of Transaction: DeKalb
Township From: 15-Sep-20
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.N.W. railroad train, DeKalb, ILL

Waters, Ada

Date of Transaction: 11-Sep-19
Township From: Shabbona
Jury Verdict: Accidentally burned in hotel fire at Shabbona

Way, James Townsend

Date of Transaction: 25-Nov-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck down and killed by auto

Weaver, Abraham

Date of Transaction: 23-Aug-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by an automobile

Weber, Ferdinand Jr.

Date of Transaction: 11-Feb-27
Township From: Sugar Grove
Jury Verdict: Broken neck, fractured skull, fall from load of straw

Wedberg, Carl J.

Date of Transaction: 25-Aug-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Skull fracture

Weiser, Adam

Date of Transaction: 25-Oct-20
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Natural causes

Welch, Columbus O.

Date of Transaction: 06-Jan-23
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Weltberger, Harriett A.

Date of Transaction: 30-Oct-30
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Shock and exhaustion as a result of injuries received in a fall

Westfield, Lucy

Date of Transaction: 12-Dec-27
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Angina pectoris

Wheeler, James B.

Date of Transaction: 26-Jul-30
Township From: Hinckley
Jury Verdict: Acute dilatation of the heart

Wheeler, L. B.

Date of Transaction: 05-Jun-32
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Chronic myocarditis

Whili, Oliver E.

Date of Transaction: 05-Jun-21
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Struck by engine of the C.N.W. railroad

Whipple, Benjamin

Date of Transaction: 07-Dec-30
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Embolism

Whitehouse, Don Wad

Date of Transaction: 18-Nov-31
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Scalding

Whittemore, Amelia

Date of Transaction: 29-Aug-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Asthemia – accidentally struck by auto 3 years before

Wickler, Henry

Date of Transaction: 21-Dec-26
Township From: Fairdale
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Wiley, Lawrence

Date of Transaction: 06-May-31
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Willey, Beatrice

Date of Transaction: 11-Jun-33
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Burns caused by gasoline

Willrett, F. B.

Date of Transaction: 16-Oct-17
Township From: Malta
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Wilson, Jno Clayton

Date of Transaction: 09-Apr-22
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Fracture of base of skull. Struck by auto.

Wilson, Lucy

Date of Transaction: 10-May-25
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Crushing of chest, overturning of auto

Wilson, Walter A.

Date of Transaction: 17-Aug-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Wiltberg, Warren T.

Date of Transaction: 31-Jul-17
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Wiltberger, Joe

Date of Transaction: 08-Jul-18
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by hanging

Wilton, James L.

Date of Transaction: 06-Aug-17
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: No information

Wiltsie, Elijah

Date of Transaction: 11-Mar-17
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Exposure

Winchell, George

Date of Transaction: 29-Jun-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Suicide

Winchell, Mrs. George

Date of Transaction: 29-Jun-16
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Overdose of medicine by deceased husband

Winchester, Edgar

Date of Transaction: 13-Aug-13
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Shot by own hands accidentally

Winchester, George

Date of Transaction: 30-Mar-16
Township From: Kingston
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by train

Winters, Charles

Date of Transaction: 12-Sep-24
Township From: Genoa
Jury Verdict: Diabetic coma

Wish, William

Date of Transaction: 20-Sep-18
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Accidental

Withey, Neil Vern

Date of Transaction: 29-Jul-29
Township From: Waterman
Jury Verdict: Run over by an auto truck

Wold, Mrs. Richard

Date of Transaction: 28-Jan-15
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Asphyxiation

Worrell, Hulta

Date of Transaction: 15-Aug-23
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage

Wright, Doss

Date of Transaction: 05-May-24
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Thrown from auto when auto was driven into moving train at grade crossing

Wrightman, Hugh Everett

Date of Transaction: 23-Oct-29
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Brain lesion due to some unknown cause

Wyman, Annette Lowell

Date of Transaction: 19-Mar-25
Township From: Sycamore
Jury Verdict: Acute cardiac dilatation

Ycoklich, Hazel

Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-19
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.B. & Q. railroad train

Yeager, Elsie May

Date of Transaction: 28-Dec-32
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Suicide by drowning

Yocklich, Mabel

Date of Transaction: 05-Feb-19
Township From: Somonauk
Jury Verdict: Accidentally killed by C.B. & Q. railroad train

Young, John

Date of Transaction: 12-Mar-33
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Cerebral Hemorrhage

Yukon, William

Date of Transaction: 09-Apr-14
Township From: DeKalb
Jury Verdict: Railway accident

Zimmerman, F. O.

Date of Transaction: 07-Sep-17
Township From: Sandwich
Jury Verdict: Accidental