Curry County Deaths 1909 to 1920
Re-typed from record by Karen Eddy
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In 1919 New Mexico began recording deaths on a state-wide basis. Some counties had death records prior to that time.
Following are the early death records for Curry County re-typed by Karen Eddy, based on an article in the New Mexico Genealogist
June 1996, Vol. XXXV, No. 2, pg 49, by Ann L. Mossman. This record has been modified from the original to fit this format.

Last Name     First Middle      DOD                  Place             Age           Buried
Alberts       W. S.             May 2, 1916          Santa Fe Hospital 46            (born Italy)
Allen         Ethel             March 23, 1917       Prec #9           26            (born TX)
Arndale       Effie             April 12, 1916       Prec #9           23            (born LA)
Austin        C. G.             August 19, 1915      Santa Fe Hospital 45            (born TX)
Austin        Leon              October 18, 1919     Santa Fe Hospital 18y 4m 14d
Banner        Irene Lucinda     February 5, 1920     Clovis            11y 8m 13d    Clovis
Basquez       Alphono           October 22, 1918     Prec #1 Clovis    42            Clovis
Batchuler     C. A. (Mrs.)      December 23, 1919    Texico            37y 4m 23d    Farwell TX
Bawden        Lynn              April 24, 1918       Clovis            21            Martin TN
Bell          Wm                June 2, 1918         Clovis                          Arkansas City KS
Blumlein      Hazel             July 24, 1914        Clovis            5 hrs         Clovis
Bober         Harvey E.         March 24, 1918       Clovis            32            Chandler AZ
Bobier        Cecil R.          October 16, 1918     Clovis            17
Boukhead      Alice             November 1, 1917     Clovis            25            Cuero TX
Boukhead      O. W. (Mrs.)      November 1, 1917     Clovis            26            Clovis
Bowman        George I.         August 17, 1910      Grady             25
Bradey        Mildred Young     September 23, 1918   Clovis            5
Bruner        Edith             January 10, 1918     Texico            30            Farwell Texas
Burke         Honora Calbert    October 13, 1919     Clovis            75
Burke         James             November 3, 1920     Clovis            85            Clovis
Burkhart      Leonard           April 24, 1912       Hollene           15
Burus         Mary              August 8, 1910       Clovis            49
Caevas        Luey              April 8, 1917        Prec #1           22            (born Mex)
Campbell      Lovena            March 23, 1916       Prec #8           14
Carlson       C. L.             October 8, 1918      Clovis            35            Clovis
Casares       Juan              January 18, 1917     Prec #1           33            (born Mex)
Caseros       Juan              January 18, 1917     Prec #1           33            (born Mex)
Castracto     Phelis            November 2, 1916     Prec #1           39
Chandler      Minnie L.         November 2, 1918     Prec #4           28            Clovis
Chapman       E. P. (Mrs.)      August 3, 1919       Clovis            83
Clark         F. B.             February 15, 1918    Clovis            31            Clovis
Colton        Mary (Mrs.)       February 13, 1911    Hollene           36
Combs         A. S.             June 25, 1915        Santa Fe Hospital 51            (born Clovis NM)
Conner        Fannie (Mrs.)     6 ??? 1917           Clovis            26            __kins TX
Conner        Fannie            October 6, 1917      Clovis            27
Cook          Lethe             April 28, 1913       Clovis            27            (born MO)
Copeland      B. W.             May 19, 1919         Clovis            40
Cortey        Fedora            February 17, 1915    Santa Fe Hospital 40
Cortez        Francisco         July 31, 1919        Clovis            58
Cramer        Fred W.           October 12, 1918     Prec #1 Clovis    27            Clovis
Crider        Alvie             December 17, 1912    Grady             7             (born TX)
Criswell      O. T.             November 18, 1916    Prec #9           48            (born USA)
Crockett      Sarah C.          May 10, 1917         Bellview NM       68
Davenport     (male)            August 9, 1917       Clovis            75
Davis         W. R.             June 27, 1915        Santa Fe Hospital 38            (born TX)
Dean          Lizzie Pall       October 20, 1919     Clovis            49y 4m 2d     Grady
Delion        Epidonio          September 28, 1916   Prec #1           36            (born Mex)
Dennison      Paul (Mrs.)       December 27, 1916    Prec #1           24
Domingo       Pablo             June 7, 1917         Prec #1           45            (born Mex) Mongolian
Dunlap        John Jr.          July 29, 1916        Clovis            3 mos
Eaker         Chas. L.          April 4, 1917        Prec #1           38            (born TN)
Eblin         Frank             September 18, 1912   Grady             37            (born TN)
Enzinger                        November 5, 1916     Prec #1           49            (born IL)
Estis         Ray               November 27, 1910    Grady             2 yrs
Estrada       Adrian            January 29, 1917     Prec #1           18            (born Mex)
Ethridge      J. A.             November 10, 1918    Clovis            40            Clovis
Ewing         A. G.             October 3, 1918      Clovis            30            Amarillo TX
Ewing         E. G.             October 3, 1918      Clovis            42            Clovis
Fair          Robert James      November 6, 1919     Clovis            27y 11m 21d   Clovis
Falesburg     J. A.             November 13, 1918    Prec #1 Clovis    28            Clovis
Farro         C. L.             December 1, 1918     ns                38            Clovis
Fitzgibbon    Louis H.          May 3, 1919          Clovis            5y 3m 19d     Fort Sumner
Floyd         Olliver A.        January 29, 1919     Clovis            14 days
Foas          (female)          September 1, 1919    Clovis
Ford          Robert            March 7, 1917        Prec #1           22            (born MO)
Foster        J. L.             October 9, 1918      Clovis            27            Clovis
Francis       P. C. (male)      January 12, 1918     Clovis            28            Clovis
Fross         Jennie A.         not shown            Clovis            42
Fry           D. M.             October 9, 1918      Prec #1 Clovis    36            Clovis
Garcia        Marie             April 21, 1916       Prec #9           29
Gare          Charles Marion    August 30, 1918      Clovis            5             Clovis
Gates         Caroline          October 18, 1917     Clovis            76            Clebourne TX
Gibbs         Frank             October 23, 1916     Prec #1           65            (born TN)
Giles         John H.           December 8, 1909     Hollene           42
Gomez         Phillipi          February 20, 1917    Prec #1           22            (born Mex)
Gomez         Phillipi          January 20, 1917     Prec #1           22            (born Mex)
Goodwin       J. M.             December 12, 1918    Clovis            69
Green         Ive               January 9, 1920      Clovis            62y 10m 22d   Clovis
Griffin       R. F. (Mrs.)      October 12, 1917     Clovis            28            Aikins AR
Grismore      Rachael           March 9, 1910        Clovis            62
Gurley        Myrtle            October 6, 1918      Clovis            30            Purdy MO
Halb          A. C.             July 30, 1918        Clovis            25            Clovis
Harris        Isaac F.          January 1, 1918      Clovis            52            Clovis
Hart          Goldie            February 6, 1917     Prec #1           19            (born TX)
Harvey        Seth              October 11, 1913     Curry Co.         6 yrs
Hayhurst      Maggie E.         June 16, 1918        Clovis            62
Helm          Frank P.          January 3, 1919      Clovis            73
Hendley       G. W.             January 8, 1918      Clovis            14            Clovis
Heurlaix      Charles Walter L. June 15, 1916                          42
Hill          Elmer             September 24, 1918   Clovis            21            Clovis
Hill          Elmer             September 24, 1918   Prec #1 Clovis    21            Clovis
Hill          Stephen H.        September 3, 1917    Clovis            70
Hill          Stephen H.        September 3, 1917    Prec #9           70            Clovis
Hinds         Mary (Mrs.)       August 13, 1909      Grady             39
Hitchings     Clifford M.       March 24, 1917       Prec #1           21            (born KS)
Hobbs         J. H. (Mrs.)      May 17, 1917         Prec #1           26            (born OK)
Holden        J. L.             November 24, 1916    Prec #1           26            (born TX)
Holdinghauser Marjorie          December 1, 1916     Prec #1           9 wks         (born MO)
Hood          Milton            November 21, 1917    Clovis                          Plainview TX
Hood          R. M. (male)      November 21, 1917    Clovis            21            Clovis
Houghteling   Aurbey C.         January 10, 1918     Clovis            9 days        Clovis
Humphrey      J. E.             May 25, 1916         Santa Fe Hospital 60            (born TX)
Hyakumoto     Tatsukichi        October 18, 1918     Clovis                          Clovis “Japanese”
Jenkins       J____ Bryan       May 28, 1914         Texico            11
Johnson       William J.        March 26, 1918       Clovis            75            Clovis
Jordan        Daisy Crawford    July 22, 1909        Hollene           2 yrs
Julyon        Thomas N.         March 15, 1918       Clovis            33            NE
Julyon        Y. N.             March 14, 1918       Clovis            35            Plottsmouth NE
Keith         Paul              January 18, 1917     Prec #1           3 yrs
Keith         Robert            February 13, 1917    Prec #1           39            (born USA)
Knight        Erna              March 18, 1917       Prec #1           28            (born KY)
Kohara        G.                June 23, 1915        Santa Fe Hospital 40            Japanese
Kooner        Tappie            March 6, 1910        Clovis            33
Kuenster      Eugene            January 27, 1917     Prec #2           29            (born IL)
Lassock       Rose              September 18, 1917   Clovis            18
Leeper        Calvert W.        June 22, 1919        Clovis            31
Lewis         John              February 11, 1920    Clovis            74y 5m 25d    Clovis
Light         Hazel             April 25, 1916       Prec #9           11            (born KS)
Lovan         Otto (female)     February 16, 1918    Clovis            1 day (unnamedClovis
Low           Bessie            March 18, 1917       Prec #9           28            (born USA)
Maddox        Bertram           not shown            Clovis            44y 2m 2d
Magee         Harold            August 30, 1916      Prec #1           7             (born OK)
Magill        Geo.              June 15, 1918        Texico                          Vaughn
Manning       Virginia (Mrs.)   November 24, 1918    Prec #1 Clovis    26            Clovis
Manse         Helen             December 6, 1919     nr Clovis         2y 6m 19d     Clovis
Martin        Carroll           February 27, 1919    Clovis            1 yr 8 mos
Martin        R. C.             February 19, 1918    Clovis            43
Maxwell       Gary              July 14, 1919        Clovis            24
McAllister    Pauline           March 17, 1910       Clovis            21
McCullough    Jennie            May 12, 1919         ns                43            “Canadian; female”
McKinney      Janus David       December 6, 1919     Clovis
McMahon       Hellen            May 18, 1910         Grady             1 yr
McWilliams    Lizzie (Mrs.)     August 19, 1909      Hollene           60
Meath         Frank I           March 3, 1918        Clovis            32            KS
Meatk         Frank             March 3, 1918        Clovis                          Humboldt Kansas
Mendozo       Jesus             March 30, 1919       Clovis            26
Miller        A. J.             January 29, 1920     Clovis            56y 6m 6d     Clovis
Miller        Margaret Louise   February 20, 1910    Curry Co.         11 mos
Mirales       Jovericio         October 2, 1916      Prec #1           __            Mexican
Mitchell      Irene             January 13, 1917     Hollene           3 yrs         (born TX)
Moberly       John F.           July 16, 1916        Santa Fe Hospital 48            (born KS)
Mockey        Gorvin T.         March 16, 1918       Clovis            1-1/2 mos     Clovis
Montaro       Marie             May 23, 1917         Clovis            1
Montieth      Ida               October 24, 1918     Prec #9 Clovis    33
Moore         Sidney            December 25, 1916    Prec #1           25            (born TX)
Morgan        Katie Ray         April 15, 1917       Prec #1           48            (born MS)
Morris        L. E.             May 13, 1915         Santa Fe Hospital 22            (born Can.)
Morrison      Essie             December 12, 1909    Grady             11
Mosqueodo     D.                July 14, 1917        Prec #1           22            (born Mex) Mongolian
Neffinger     John              May 8, 1918          Clovis                          Monroe WI
Nelson        Ernest William    January 2, 1919      Clovis            19y 8m 14d    Clovis
Newburn       D. L.             June 12, 1917        Farwell Texico     18y 1m 20d   Farwell Texico
Nichols       Arthur A.         April 21, 1919       Clovis            47
Nishitani     Kameno            October 20, 1918     Clovis                          Clovis “Japanese”
Noblett       Andy Blondell     October 15, 1919     Clovis            11y 0m 15d    Chillacothe TX
Norris        Ruth              June 2, 1917         Blacktower        1-1/2 yrs
Novarro       Francisco         December 26, 1915    Santa Fe Hospital 50
Oates         Leonard           August 9, 1919       Clovis            17
OHN           J. F.             February 4, 1917     Prec #1           71            (born USA)
Olmas         Ignacio           January 4, 1919      Clovis            33
Palmer        B. B.             March 3, 1918        Clovis                          Fort Sumner
Pearce        W.                July 31, 1915        Santa Fe Hospital 42            (born TX)
Petree        Perry Eber        July 5, 1919         Clovis
Phillips      Jessie            November 5, 1918     Prec #9           30            Clovis “male; Negro”
Phillips      Maud              May 4, 1918          Clovis            3
Powers        Jas. P.           October 18, 1913     Clovis            30
Probasco      Charley           June 25, 1918        Texico            64+
Puttman       Fred              December 27, 1916    Prec #1           8 yrs 9 mos   (born AL)
Quante        Olla M.           September 24, 1916   Prec #1           45            (born  OH)
Ralston       Russel            December 20, 1919    Clovis
Ray           Millie Jane       January 5, 1919      Clovis            62
Reyes         Jose              February 8, 1920     Clovis            40            Clovis
Rice          (female)          January 24, 1920     Clovis                          Clovis
Richardson    Abbie             September 21, 1919   Clovis            44
Robinson      Maymie            December 18, 1919    Clovis            22y 4m 12d
Rogers        Henry B.          August 5, 1909       Clovis            24
Romney        Thomas Gaskell    January 16, 1917     Prec #1           38 yrs 9 mos
Ryan          Wm                December 16, 1917    ns                48            Clovis
Sagely        baby              November 9, 1910     Grady             7 days
Salazar       Nicora            March 26, 1916       Santa Fe Hospital 45
Saldevar      Desidero          August 25, 1916      Santa Fe Hospital 31            (born Mex)
Sanders       (female)          October 1, 1919      Clovis            10 days
Sanders       (female)          September 21, 1919   Clovis            1 day
Savage         (infant)         May 1, 1909          Grady             2 days
Scouttin      Laura M.          March 3, 1918        Clovis            51            Clovis
Segara        Diego             April 27, 1915       Santa Fe Hospital 42
Singleton     Jane              November 6, 1919     Clovis            88y 4m 22d    Walnut KS
Sinnott       Harry E.          December 11, 1918    Clovis            33
Smart         J. H.             November 6, 1913     Clovis            71
Smith          Arvil            August 9, 1910       Hollene           16 mos
Smith         (infant)          December 29, 1917    Clovis            1 yr 2 mos    Clovis
Smotherman    Willie Lucile     March 19, 1918       Clovis            11 mos        Clovis
Snow          Ida               January 25, 1910     Clovis            37
Snowden       R. N.             February 19, 1919    Clovis            36
Spencer       W. N.             December 4, 1918     Clovis            68
Spissil       John P.           May 30, 1909         Grady             45
Stafford      Sallie (Mrs.)     July 27, 1912        Legansville       70
Stewart       Frank             February 11, 1916    Santa Fe Hospital 26            (born IN)
Stipe         Jay               November 19, 1918    Texico            10-Feb-27     Texico
Stout         John Travis       August 29, 1918      Clovis            2             Clovis
Tawara        Tom               June 6, 1917         ns                5 mos         (born NM) Mongolian
Thompson      Claud L.          March 9, 1919        Clovis            27
Thompson      Nora L.           May 5, 1917          Prec #1           78            (born MS)
Torres        M.                October 5, 1915      Santa Fe Hospital 22
Trimble       Rowena            August 21, 1910      Clovis            12
Tuggle        Joseph            August 8, 1919       Clovis            78
Turner        G. A.             May 1, 1915          Santa Fe Hospital 42            (born TX)
Walker        J. W.             November 7, 1910     Clovis            33
Wall          Lena              November 6, 1919     Curry County      45y 6m 13d    Clovis
Ware          Louis             January 26, 1912     Clovis            60            (born TN)
Watson        A. A.             March 17, 1917       ns                59            (born IA)
Weatherford   (male)            February 20, 1920    N. of Clovis                    Clovis
Weatherly     Robt. J.          January 14, 1917     Prec #1           52            (born LA)
Wetmare       C. E.             December 6, 1918     ns                34            Clovis
White         Franklin A.       December 16, 1911    Clovis            36            Clovis
Whitefield    Daniel            May 24, 1916         Santa Fe Hospital 51            (born OK) Colored
Whitson       L.                October 20, 1918     Prec #1 Clovis    32            Clovis
Williams      Isaac             July 19, 1919        Clovis                          on train
Wilson        Clorence          December 24, 1919    Grady             27            Grady
Wilson        Hugh              January 6, 1915      Santa Fe Hospital 19            (born Clovis NM)
Winslow       Clara             March 9, 1918        Clovis                          Cherryvale KS
Wismiller     Irene             March 4, 1910        Clovis            7 yrs
Wright        C. C.             October 13, 1918     Prec #1 Clovis    25            Clovis
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