Dates

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☛ 1847 ☚

• Nathaniel Carnagy

☛ 1848 ☚

• Mr. Knisley

☛ 1852 ☚

• Andrew Brown

☛ 1856 ☚

• Andrew J. Casteel
• J.N. Covey
• Nancy Casteel

☛ 1857 ☚

• Mr. Thomas

☛ 1858 ☚

• John Doe 1858 (Sac County)

☛ 1859 ☚

• Unknown Child

☛ 1860 ☚

• Silas McCart

☛ 1864 ☚

• Aaron Smith
• John Allen

☛ 1866 ☚

• “Apple Grove John Doe”
• James Alfrey

☛ 1867 ☚

• Samuel Cronk
• William Clugston

☛ 1869 ☚

• Edwin F. Hodges
• Jesse Skinner Wilkerson
• John Smith Ross

☛ 1871 ☚

• Juliette Thomas

☛ 1872 ☚

• Esther Alger

☛ 1873 ☚

• Eli T. Coffin
• Mary R. Coffin
• Robert McQuestian

☛ 1874 ☚

• Andrew J. Brownlie
• Elizabeth “Lizzie” Brownlie
• Henry J. Millard

☛ 1875 ☚

• Washington Irving Crow

☛ 1876 ☚

• Henry Stephens

☛ 1877 ☚

• Augusta Kading
• Reuben Proctor
• Thomas Tolbert

☛ 1878 ☚

• Matej Straka

☛ 1879 ☚

• Deborah Ann Fulkerson Simmons

☛ 1880 ☚

• John Ford
• Nancy Duncan

☛ 1881 ☚

• Elmer Penderson
• Gustav Rechfus
• Newborn Girl

☛ 1882 ☚

• Robert W. Stubbs

☛ 1883 ☚

• Robert Lee Clingan

☛ 1884 ☚

• Gideon Hall

☛ 1885 ☚

• William Martin

☛ 1888 ☚

• Alice Kelley
• George Diggle
• Joseph Hair

☛ 1890 ☚

• Henry Nurre

☛ 1891 ☚

• Carster Henry “C.H.” Wessell

☛ 1892 ☚

• Thomas McGary

☛ 1893 ☚

• Anna Wiese
• David P. Sutton, Jr.
• James Lewis Chamberlain
• John Hill Beal
• John William Rohrer
• Lena and Martin Schultz
• Louisa Fritzsche
• William A. Hunt

☛ 1894 ☚

• Bill “Billy” Dayton
• Wesley Wilson

☛ 1895 ☚

• David Conners
• James Edgar “Ed” Knotts
• Jeremiah R. Zollinger
• Leopold Glatzer
• Max Noack
• Ora Minter
• Peter Hendrickson
• Price V. Evans

☛ 1896 ☚

• Alta Fisher Paul
• Andrew Hart
• Jacob O. Neibert
• Lelia I. Long
• Mamie Peterson
• Maria Dulin
• Mary Gilfillan
• Maud Straw
• Oliver E. Pearson
• W. Elmer Dudrey

☛ 1897 ☚

• Adelbert Rowland
• Clara Belle “Belle” Sutliff
• Elmer Anderson
• Fred Quade
• Henry V. Duffy
• John Legall
• Pitt McClellan Doxsie
• Sarah Ann Kirker
• Se-Ton-a-Qua
• Will Sargent

☛ 1898 ☚

• Baby John Doe 1898 (Des Moines)
• Clara Gray
• Edward D. Hughes
• Edward Moore
• George Carter
• George Sulzberger
• Dr. William F. Swisher

☛ 1899 ☚

• Alexander McArthur
• Cornelius “Con” Matthews
• John E. “Jack” Wilson

☛ 1900 ☚

• John “Joplin Red” West

☛ 1901 ☚

• Charles “Charlie” Johnson
• Rolland P. Smith
• Sam Anderson

☛ 1902 ☚

• Lena and Tommy Peterson
• Maude Stubbs Lambert
• Walter D. Schenck
• William Mullikin

☛ 1903 ☚

• Arthur C. Mead
• Justus Herwig
• Kate Slifer
• William F. Lewis

☛ 1904 ☚

• Daniel Kelleher
• Frank Sandquist
• Harry H. Salisbury
• James Banda
• John Doe 1904 (Perry)
• John Murphy
• John Pierson
• Leonard L. DeLong
• Winfield S. Carpenter

☛ 1905 ☚

• Addis E. Lyman
• Alma Harrison
• Ma-Sha-Che (“Nelly Davenport”)
• Frank Callahan
• George Ruggles Griswold
• Josiah M. Pratt

☛ 1907 ☚

• George W. Wilson

☛ 1908 ☚

• Officer Fred P. Widmann

☛ 1909 ☚

• Peter Ross

☛ 1910 ☚

• Infant Girl (Iowa City)
• James, Earl, and Mary Hardy
• John Doe 1910 (Delaware County)
• Welio Tsnoff

☛ 1911 ☚

• Jared Ham
• Joseph Kashmetter (Kaeshmetter, Kashmitter)

☛ 1912 ☚

• Josiah B. “Joe” Moore
• Mary Montgomery Moore
• Herman Montgomery Moore
• Mary Katherine Moore
• Arthur Boyd Moore
• Paul Vernon Moore
• Lena Gertrude Stillinger
• Ina Mae Stillinger

☛ 1913 ☚

• John Schnellbacker (Schnellbächer)

☛ 1914 ☚

• Ben Mikovitch
• Chester N. Van Horn
• Richard Huggins

☛ 1915 ☚

• Joseph Busemi

☛ 1917 ☚

• Alta Marie Braun
• Francis “Frank” Oliverio
• John Doe 1917 (Sheldon)
• Thecla Gerken
• William E. Kniffin

☛ 1918 ☚

• George W. Mattern

☛ 1919 ☚

• Carlisle Hunter
• Dominic Sposeto

☛ 1920 ☚

• Alfred P. Mellor, Jr.
• Clara Mellor
• David Faulkner
• Jane Doe 1920 (Des Moines)
• John McGill
• Nicollo Vinceri
• William E. “Will” VandeBrake

☛ 1921 ☚

• Domenico Barretto
• Jane Otis
• Sister Mary Rosalita (née Agnes McLaughlin)
• Sister Mary Virginis (née Mary Agnes Austin)
• Walter Baldwin

☛ 1922 ☚

• Angelo Ferrari
• Homer Brownfield
• Rose Brownfield
• Thaddeus Mitchell

☛ 1924 ☚

• Erma (Irma) Caldwell
• John “Jack” Fong
• Michael Featherstone
• “Smitty” Smith

☛ 1925 ☚

• Allan F. Shoemaker
• Benjamin “Barney” Kaplan
• Carl Alex Deer
• Elizabeth Anthony
• Harry H. Jones
• Harry Overturf
• Jane Doe 1925 (Strawstack Murder Carlisle)
• Josephine Goodwin
• Martin Cummins
• Myrtle Cook
• Sioux City Babies 1925
• W.A. Davies
• William Laugesen

☛ 1926 ☚

• Phoebe Jane Vigoletti

☛ 1928 ☚

• Earl Paris

☛ 1929 ☚

• George G. Shackell
• George Hardy
• Louis H. Dayton, a.k.a. “Clarence L. Plummer”
• Winfield Scott Rouse

☛ 1930 ☚

• Evelyn Marie Lee
• Louis Friedman

☛ 1931 ☚

• J.H. Peck
• Virgil Untied

☛ 1933 ☚

• Ashley Downing
• Fred Hollingsworth
• Nels Louvring

☛ 1935 ☚

• Charles Englehart
• Sarah Tracy
• Sherman Casper

☛ 1936 ☚

• Charles Shamblen
• Robert Lee Ruby

☛ 1937 ☚

• “Lucille Marvin”

☛ 1941 ☚

• Henry Christensen

☛ 1947 ☚

• Margaret Treese (“The Tattooed Lady”)
• Robert McCullough

☛ 1948 ☚

• Anne M. McGrevey
• Henry Chavis
• Lucy Kemp Rhode

☛ 1949 ☚

• Alonzo Lyman Rhode
• Anna H. Puttkamer Miller
• Claud Francis Miller
• Winifred Rhode Elefson

☛ 1950 ☚

• George Massouris
• Lillian Chapman
• Neva Andrews

☛ 1951 ☚

• Leon E. Groves

☛ 1953 ☚

• Beverly Brenneman
• Ruby Ciler

☛ 1954 ☚

• Charles Edward “Charlie” Sanders

☛ 1955 ☚

• Lucille Bacher

☛ 1958 ☚

• Rose Danato Grandanette

☛ 1959 ☚

• Fred Coste
• Marlene Padfield

☛ 1960 ☚

• Richard B. Buchanan
• Willard Charles Woodring

☛ 1961 ☚

• Clarence Raymond Case
• William Meadows

☛ 1962 ☚

• Anna Marie Medici
• Edward J. Kriz
• Lucille DeVries
• Ramona Jean Cox

☛ 1963 ☚

• George H. Geary
• Henry J. Hults
• Roscoe D. Harris

☛ 1964 ☚

• Francis John Rafferty

☛ 1965 ☚

• Catherine Decora (Katherine DeKora)
• Donald Amos Nervig
• Janice Marie Snow
• Lillian Hedman Randolph
• Myrtle Zelda Cumpston

☛ 1967 ☚

• Arlene Adler
• Judy Ann Corbin
• Gloria Faye Slump

☛ 1968 ☚

• Andrew T. Hatges
• Dale Redman
• Geraldine Maggert
• Sheila Jean Collins

☛ 1969 ☚

• Dorothy Miller

☛ 1970 ☚

• Mary B. Lange
• Paula Jean Oberbroeckling

☛ 1972 ☚

• Edward A. Schmidt
• Edwin Harry Jacobs

☛ 1973 ☚

• David R. Morris
• Sarah Ann Ottens

☛ 1974 ☚

• Danny Peters
• Ewald “Ed” Bandixen
• Judith I. Reed
• Luis Trujillo, Jr.

☛ 1975 ☚

• Connie Craft
• Hulda Emma Fischer
• James M. Bailey, Jr.
• Terry Lee Vanden Hull

☛ 1976 ☚

• Emma Sophia Lewis

☛ 1977 ☚

• Ronald Craig Butler

☛ 1980 ☚

• Roger E. Atkison
• Rose Z. Burkert
• Sandra Jo Pittman

☛ 1981 ☚

• Angela Marie Altman

☛ 1982 ☚

• Robert M. Clary

☛ 1983 ☚

• Melvin Royale Adams

☛ 1984 ☚

• Arnold Sansgaard

☛ 1987 ☚

• Mary Ann Amber Green

☛ 1997 ☚

• Traci Ann Evenson