Macoupin County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/macoupin/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 545-555 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 MORTALITY MICROFILM #T1133-58 STATE ILLINOIS COUNTY MACOUPIN 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 enumerated in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Macoupin DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jos. C. Howell FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 545 ========================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================= 1 Hunter Janet 40 F . . M Scotland July . Cholera 1 D . 2 Hunter James 14 M . . . Scotland July . Cholera 1 D . 3 Hunter Janet 3 F . . . Ill July . Cholera 7 D . 4 Hunter Mary 3 F . . . Mo July . Cholera 4 D . 5 Bingham Sarah 77 F . . W Mass Oct . Cong chill 7 D . 6 Welsh Wm 57 M . . M Ireland Dec Farmer Cong chill 14 D . 7 Huggins Charles 1 M . . . Ill Mar . Inf bowels 8 D . 8 Colby Charlotte S. 46 F . . M Mass June . Irysepelas 14 D . 9 Evans John 68 M . . M NY Ap Carpenter Lung fever 9 D . 10 Herbert Isaac 5 M . . . Eng Nov . Scarlet fever 3 D . 11 Herbert Mary 9/12 F . . . Eng Nov . Scarlet fever 3 D . 12 Fooks Miss 2 W F . . . Ills Sept . Unk 7 D . 13 Powers George 20 M . . . Mich Aug Farmer Cong fever 14 D . 14 Booz Sarah E. 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Sum compt 12 H . 15 Booz Sarah J. 26 F . . . NY Oct . Congestion 10 H . 16 Mahar John 26 M . . . Ireland May Labourer Inf bowels 15 D . 17 Turpin Sarah E. 1 F . . . Ills June . Teething 14 D . 18 Shore Miss 1 W F . . . Ills Sept . Croup 3 D . 19 Shore Elizabeth 4/12 F . . . Ills Feb . Mumps 7 D . 20 Coleman John 1/12 M . . . Ills Sept . Bowel compt 4 D . 21 Pentzer Valentine 39 M . . M Pa Nov Farmer Dyspepsia 5 D bur. Gillespie City Cem. 22 Taylor Elizabeth A. 2/12 F . . . Ills Feb . Unk 8 W . 23 Adams Daniel 22 M . . M Ten Mar Farmer Thrown from wagon Sudden . 24 Parks John 20 M . . . Ky June Farmer Typhoid fever 21 D . 25 Mitchell Wilson Y. 28 M . . M Ten July Farmer Bowel compt 3 D . 26 Moore John 1 M . . . Ills Nov . Unk 3 D . 27 Brown Elizabeth 3 F . . . Ills Nov . Worms 3 D . 28 Keplinger Lucian C. 1 M . . . Ills June . Sum compt 21 D . 29 Whitworth Nancy J. 1 F . . . Ills May . Croup 1 D . 30 Weatherford Wm. B. 27 M . . M Ala Jan'y Constable Consump 8 W bur. Carlinville City Cem. 31 Gimblin Lavina 37 F . . . Ky Feb . Dropsey Sudden . 32 Taggart Caroline M. 15 F . . . Ills Feb . Consump 4 W Blank below ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Macoupin DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jos. C. Howell FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 547 ========================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================= 1 Youngblood Albert 4/12 M . . . Ills Ap . Croup 7 D . 2 Sparks John B. 7 M . . . Mo Aug . Cong chill 3 . 3 Thacker John L. 1 M . . . Ills Mar . Inf head 10 . 4 Johnson Mr 3/12 M . . . Ills Feb . Cold 6 . 5 Hunt Elizabeth 77 F . . M Va Feb . Old age Cronic . 6 Bivin Rebecca E. 13 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Unk 7 D . 7 Birkley John, Snr 53 M . . . Eng Sept Farmer Cong. . . 8 Wright Carter E. 1 M . . . Ky Oct . Whooping cough 4 D . 9 Ross Reuben 24 M . . M Ten May Sawyer Lung fever 11 D . 10 Hayse Mary 43 F . . M Unk July . Lung fever 10 D HAYS? Bur. Union Chapel Cem. 11 Lackey John A. 8/12 M . . . NC May . Plurisy 11 D . 12 Hayes Hiram W. 39 M . . M SC Jan'y Farmer Lung fever 5 . 13 Bradford Ann R. 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Bowel compt 3 . 14 Bradford Adriana 10 F . . . Mass Mar . Fit Sudden . 15 Stevenson Jane 62 F . . W NC June . Unk 5* . 16 Richards Eliza W. 22 F . . M Ten Feb . Fits 2 D . 17 Tosh Sarah 54 F . . M Ky Dec . Unk Sudden bur. Cherry Cem. 18 Taber Elizabeth J. 1/12 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Hives 7 . 19 Welles Margaret E. 11/12 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Inf head 3 . 20 Bush Mary H. 1/12 F . . . Ills June . Whooping cough 4 . 21 Bush Wm. T. 1/12 M . . . Ills June . Whooping cough 3 . 22 Potts Martha A. 1 F . . . Ills June . Whooping cough 6 W . 23 Sharp Miss 1/12 F . . . Ills Ap . Croup 3 D . 24 Hodges Caroline 32 F . . M NJ July . Dyspepsia Cronic . 25 Saunders James 10/12 M . . . Ills Sept . Flux 15 D . 26 Challacombe W. E. 1 M . . . Ills Ap . Inf brain 12 D . 27 Gwin Viney 18 F . . . Ind May . Consumption Cronic . 28 Marshall Hannah R. 10 F . . . NJ July . Inf brain 5 D . 29 Thomas Elizabeth 13 F . . . Ills Ap . Unk 8 D . 30 Gwin Netta 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Summer compt 3 M . 31 Taggart Ann V. 23 F . . M Va Ap . Typhoid fever 13 D . 32 Hessers Alberta 18 F . . . Va Mar . Typhoid fever 16 D . 33 Hessers Lucena M. 14 M . . . Ills Feb . Typhoid fever 18 D . 34 Taggart Elizabeth 32 F . . M Ten Aug . Peurela fever . . 35 Taggart Mary J. 1/12 F . . . Ills Sept . Unk 4 W . ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Macoupin DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jos. C. Howell FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 550 ========================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================= 1 Briggs Polly 9 F . . . Ind Jan'y . Inf bowels 16 mo . 2 Bishop Sarah E. 10 F . . . Ky Sept . Chills 8 D . 3 Bishop Margaret A. 1 F . . . Ills Dec . Unk 20 D . 4 Bishop Miss 4 h F . . . Ills Jan'y . Unk . . 5 Bishop Miss 4 h F . . . Ills Jan'y . Unk . . 6 Holliday Isabella 4 F . . . Ills Oct . Croup 5 . 7 Dedrick John 6/12 M . . . Ills Aug . Bowel compt 4 Mo . 8 Fox Sarah A. 2 F . . . Ills July . Bowel compt 3 Mo . 9 Fox Isaac D. 2/12 M . . . Ills Oct . Erysipelas 20 D . 10 Solomon Mr 1/12 M . . . Ills Nov . Lung compt 4 . 11 Soper Addy 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Inf brain 6 . 12 Upham Eugene H. 3 M . . . Ills Jan'y . Inf brain 7 . 13 Peebles John 87 M . . W SC Oct Farmer Bowel compt 30 . 14 Loomis Mary E. 1 F . . . Ills July . Summer compt 30 . 15 Holliday Charles 78 M . . M Md March Meth preacher Liver 6 Mo . 16 Bell Martha J. 3 F . . . Ten May . Whooping cough 5 Mo . 17 Anderson Mary 4 F . . . Ills Sept . Cong chill 7 D . 18 Anderson Narsissa* 1 F . . . Ills July . Cholera morbus 21 . 19 Johnson Mary A. 1 D F . . . Ills Aug . Unk . . 20 Arnett Andrew J. 2 M . . . Ills Sept . Worms 2 D . 21 Whitworth Marcilla 8/12 F . . . Ills Mar . Croup 6 . 22 Lustre Abner W. E. 10 M . . . Ills Sept . Unk Sudden . 23 Sproule Matthew 26 M . . . Ky Dec Farmer Fever 7 D . 24 Murphey Sarah 20 F . . M Ohio Oct . Consump 90 . 25 Works Samuel 1 M . . . Ills July . Scarlet fever 4 . 26 Carr Dorlusky 14 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Erysipelas 18 . 27 Glass Marion A. 3 F . . . Ills Mar . Erysipelas 5 . 28 Henderson Martha C. 39 F . . M Ohio May . Cronic . . 29 King Jemima 41 F . . M NC May . Liver compt 90 . 30 Roppa Andrew J. 5/12 M . . . Ills Sept . Bowel compt 27 . 31 Buck Charles W. 1 M . . . Ills Mar . Croup 2 . 32 Hettrick Perry 4/12 M . . . Ills May . Unk 3 . 33 Sharp Mr 5 D M . . . Ills Nov . Unk 2 . 34 Edwards Jane 27 F . . M Ky Aug . Cronic . . 35 Russell Elizabeth 16 F . . M Ills Jan'y . Child bed . . ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Macoupin DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jos. C. Howell FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 551 ========================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================= 1 Watson Rhoda A. 1/12 F . . . Ills May . Unk 30 D . 2 Wilson Rebecca 45 F . . W Ky Oct . Fever 12 . 3 Gray Hannah 40 F . . M Ala Feb . Unk 6 . 4 Lee Ethelbert 14 M . . . Ills Sept . Infl bowels 10 . 5 Randlin William 56 M . . M NC Aug Farmer Bowel compt 15 . 6 Bell Henry 38 M . . M Va Feb Farmer Dyspepsia 5 . 7 Justinson John C. 21 M . . . Del Mar Carpenter Consump Cronic . 8 Blackwell Wm 73 M . . W Va Sept Farmer Cong chill 4 . 9 Barton Ninian 17 M . . . Ills Feb Farmer Cong chill 10 . 10 Barton Nathaniel 17 M . . . Ills May None Unk Cronic . 11 Darneille Susan 6 F . . . Ills July . Cholerea 4 . 12 Paddock Martha 62 F . . M Eng Aug . Chills 30 . 13 Paddock Robert 23 M . . . Eng Aug Farmer Chills 50 . 14 Beach Austen W. 34 M . . M Ky July Merchant Cholerea 1 1/2 D . 15 Martin Miss 4 D F . . . Ills Feb . Unk . . 16 Hollbrock Laura A. 8/12 F . . . Ills Sept . Sum compt 5 W . 17 Bush Robert 21 M . . . Louisiana July Farmer Bowel compt 56 D . 18 Drury Elmore 56 M . . M Vret? Feb Farmer Winter fever 27 D . 19 Bentley Jonathan 65 M . . . NY Dec Carpenter Palsey 2 . 20 Keele John H. 7/12 M . . . Ills Aug . Inf head 9 . 21 Wood James 75 M . . M Unk Sept Farmer Chills 9 . 22 Roberts Adelaide 4 F . . . NJ Aug . Inf brain 19 . 23 Green Laura E. 42 F . . . Ills Nov . Fits 3 . 24 Carson John R. 9 M . . . Ills June . Erysipelas 10 . 25 Ryde Sarah T. 2 F . . . Ills July . Dysentery 21 . 26 Sturges Angenet 37 F . . M NY May . Child bed 6 . 27 Sturges Sarah A. 19 D F . . . Ills May . Inf bowels 6 . 28 Hart Catharine 37 F . . M Mass Mar . Consump 35 . 29 Frost Mary E. 4/12 F . . . Ills Dec . Cong chill 1 . 30 Smalley Adeline E. 25 F . . M Ohio Mar . Consump 4 . 31 Finley Chesterfield 1 M . . . Ills Sept . Bowel compt 30 . 32 Finley Howard 51 M . . M Unk Oct Labourer Fever 21 D . 33 Mier Mary C. 1 F . . . Mo Nov . Cold 4 W . 34 Striplin Caswell 3 M . . . Ills Aug . Erysipelas 3 D . 35 . . . . . . . . . . Blank line ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Macoupin DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jos. C. Howell FILE PAGE NO: 5 HW PAGE NO: 554 ========================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================= 1 Moreland Martha H. 20 F . . . Ten Dec . Lung compt Cronic . 2 Coulter Eliza E. 13 F . . . Ills Ap . Cong chill 1 D . 3 Scott Martha 59 F . . M NC Aug . Consump Cronic . 4 Spaulding George F. 7/12 M . . . Ills Sept . Dysentery 75 D . 5 Hawkins Mary 3/12 F . . . Ills Aug . Cholerea inf 18 D . 6 Gimblin Eli W. 3 M . . . Ills Mar . Lung fever 2 W . 7 Cummings Malinda 21 F . . W Ten Sept . Inf lungs Cronic . 8 Dugger Jarrot 58 M . . M Ten Mar Merchant Plurisy 14 D bur. Dugger Cem. 9 Cotter Harry C. 1 M . . . Ills Feb . Lung fever 6 D . 10 Pruitt Malinda 3 F . . . Ills Aug . Unk 14 D . 11 Maxwell John 7/12 M . . . Ills Oct . Measells 20 . 12 Greenwood John 60 M . . M Pa May Farmer Cold 5 . 13 Greenwood Matthew 23 M . . . Ky Sept Farmer Cold 6 . 14 Rhodes Barnabas 2 M . . . Ills July . Bowel compt 30 . 15 Picket Lorinda 54 F . . W Ireland Feb . Consump 5 W . 16 Foster Miss 1/24 F . . . Ills Mar . Unk 10 D . 17 Thomas Louisa 11/12 F . . . Ills Sept . Worms 1 . 18 Hoover Norton C. 21 M . . . Ohio July Farmer Cramp cholic 1 . 19 Lyerly Lucius 10 M . . . Ills Aug . Typhus fever 21 . 20 Arbuckle Elizabeth 23 F M . M Ky Mar . Cold 14 . 21 Arnold Harriet E. 3 F . . . Ills Apr . Typhoid fever 14 . 22 Miller James M. 9/12 M . . . Ills July . Sum compt 5 . 23 Brown John J. 39 M . . M Ten Aug Farmer Cholerea 1 . 24 Blair Thomas S. 51 M . . M SC Aug Farmer Cholerea 7 . 25 Howard Samuel 63 M . . M Ky Dec Farmer Unk Sudden . 26 Bell Christopher 1 M . . . Ills May . Worms 1 . 27 Bussell James 11/12 M . . . Ills Mar . Croup Sudden . 28 McVey Malinda 54 F . . M Va Mar . Typhoid fever 14 D . 29 Sharp Berry 22 M . . M Ten Jan'y Farmer Con fever 5 W . 30 Barnet W. T. R. 22 M . . M Ky Sept Farmer Cong chill 2 D . 31 Rhoads Jordan J. 19 M . . . Ills Jan'y Stone mason Rheumatis Cronic . 32 Kettner Henry T. 19 M . . . Ills Aug Farmer Cong chill 2 . 33 Ramey Margaret 4/12 F . . . Ills July . Sum compt 6 . 34 Looring Catharine 8 F . . . Ills May . Cong chill 3 D . 35 Miller Martha A. 20 F . . M Ills Jan'y . Lung fever 23 D . ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Macoupin DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jesse Moreland FILE PAGE NO: 6 HW PAGE NO: 555 ========================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================= 1 Boid Daniel 6 M . . child Ill Ap . Fever 5 . 2 Sawyer Nancy 8/12 F . . child Ill Oct . Fever 42 . 3 Randle Albert 1/12 M . . child Ill Aug . Cold 4 . 4 Woodroff William D. 21 M . . S Vir July Carriage smith Chron 60 . 5 Woodroff Elizabeth 23 F . . M NC July . Cholera 1 . 6 Bell Elizabeth 25 F . . M Eng Aug . Fever 21 . 7 Camp Lemicus 69 M . . M Geo Oct Farmer Consump 60 Telemachus? 8 Dingerson Fedrick 17 M . . S Ger Nov Labourer Fever 10 . 9 Szhazster Fredrick 20 M . . S Ger Mar Labourer Fever 8 . 10 Scogans Nancy E. 9 F . . . Ill Aug . Fever 5 . 11 Hovey Martha A. 22 F . . S Mash? July . Cholera 1 . 12 Sexton Jourdan 1 M . . . Ill Aug . Diera 28 . 13 Crowder William C. 64 M . . M Ky Mar Farmer Dropsy 84 . 14 Bond Mary C. 6 F . . . Ill Sep . Feaver 8 . 15 Walker Mary J. 19 F . . M Ill June . Feaver 33 . 16 Keller Frances E. 1 F . . . Ill Mar . Chron 14 . 17 Allen Samuel 3 M . . . Ill Oct . Iresipeles 4 . 18 Adams William B. 13 M . . . Ind Mar . Infl in brain 1 . 19 Masey Benjamin 77 M . . M Vir Ap Farmer Inflam in lung 7 . 20 Clark Samuel E. 6/12 M . . . Ill Aug . Dierer 14 . 21 Blevens Wm. T. 1/12 M . . . Ill Nov . Fever 1 . 22 Boosinger Jacob 40 . . . M Oh Mar Farmer Chron 200 No gender written ========================================================================================================================================================= 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/ =========================================================================================================================================================