Cumberland County, IL 1850 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/cumberland/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by Karen D. Foster for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Linda Talbott ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 MICROFILM-#: T1133-58 STATE ILLINOIS COUNTY CUMBERLAND SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1850 The 1850 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1849 and ends May 31, 1850 Because death certificates were mostly unknown prior to 1902, enumerators were instructed to collect the name and information for every person who died during the twelve months preceding the official census date. These censuses were taken from 1850 to 1900, although not all have survived. By 1902, most states had implemented vital records laws and the mortality schedules were phased out. It is important to remember that the information is available only for the year immediately preceding the census. Those who died outside of this range were never enumerated. Even then, the information was under- reported. According to U.S. Public Health Service estimates, only about 60% of deaths were reported in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ==================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IL COUNTY: Cumberland ENUMERATOR: M. D. Watson FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 185 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================== 1 Coonrad Jacob M. 4/12 M . . . Ill May . Unknown Sudden Hurricane Precinct 2 Haddock Ransom 1 M . . . Ill May . Inf lungs 20 . 3 Kirklin Sarah 2 F . . . Ind April . Chold** 9 . 4 Kirklin Jeremiah 50 M . . . NC May Shoemaker information of the Di**** 8 . 5 Lyles Sally Ann 4 F . . . Ill Nov . Inflamation 4 . 6 Quinn Senoretta M. 1 F . . . Ill Aug . Consumption 4 . 7 Rogers Nicholas 56 M . . . Va July Farmer Disp 8 mo . 8 Anderson William 40 M . . . Unknown Sep Farmer Cholery M 4 d . 9 Hazelwood Josephus 28 M . . . Ill Feb Farmer Cholery 1 . 10 . Lucinda 3 F . . . Ill Feb'y . Cholery 1 No surname or visible ditto mark 11 Dickenson James 35 M . . . Ky March Saddler Winter fever 4 . 12 Roby John H. 49 M . . . Va June Farmer E Plus 13 side note says "unk" 13 Green Matilda 18 F . . . Ind July . Child bed fever 13 . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Phipps Polly 2 F . . . Ill July None Flux 8 Begin Cottonwood Precinct 22 Croy Mahala 6 F . . . Ill Sept . Bleeding of nose 1 . 23 Barham Daniel T. 20 M . . . Ill Feb'y Farmer Lung fever 21 days . 24 Goodwin Russel W. 34 M . . M Ky June . Consump . . 25 Bryant Mary 5 F . . . Ill Mar . Accident . . 26 Founce Lydia 49 F . . M Mass June . Lung fever 9 FAUNCE, bur. Faunce Cem. 27 Laurce Eliza 38 F . . M . Feb'y . Child birth confined 4 End Cumberland Co. ==================================================================================================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ ====================================================================================================================================================