Marion County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/marion/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 599-604 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 MARION 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: Marion DISTRICT: District 11 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: B. F. Marshall FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 599 ================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Eblin William 20 M . . . Illinois May Farmer Lung fever 7 days . 2 King Clara L. 5 F . . . Illinois Aug . Inflam of brain 9 days . 3 Middleton Beacher S. 14/365 M . . . Illinois Dec . Croup 4 days . 4 McGuire Nancy J. 6 F . . . Illinois Dec . Lung fever 17 days . 5 Foster Andrew 5 M . . . Illinois Oct . Unknown 1 day . 6 Lewis Henry 3/12 M . . . Illinois Dec . Hives 1 day . 7 Stonecypher Susan A. 33 F . . M Va July . Congestive fever 1 day . 8 Foster Bodken 20 M . . . Ohio Aug Farmer Cholera 1 day . 9 Foster Benjamin 15 M . . . Ills Sep Farmer Congestive fever 2 days . 10 Blackburn Jesse L. 9 M . . . Mo Aug . Cholera 1 day . 11 Blackburn William 6 M . . . Ills Aug . Cholera 1 day . 12 Boles John R. 14 M . . . Ills March . Congestive f 1 day . 13 Beaver Matilda 2 F . . . Ills July . Cholera infantum 7 hours . 14 Beaver Elizabeth 11/12 F . . . Ills March . Bileous fever 30 days . 15 Middleton Elizabeth M. 45 F . . M Tenn Sep . Bileous fever 12 weeks . 16 Middleton Priscilla 42 F . . M Tenn May . Typhoid fever 13 days . 17 Luttrell Caroline 17 F . . . Ills May . Consumption 2 years . 18 Hays Sarah B. 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Cholera infantum 4 days . 19 Sollis? John 1/12 M . . . Ills Feb . Hives 1 day . 20 Purdue Richard 10/12 M . . . Ills June . Cholera infantum 4 days . 21 Strham? Mary E. 10/12 F . . . Ills April . Palp of brain 4 days . 22 Ray Porter B. 1 M . . . Ills Sep . Congestive fever 4 days . 23 Storment John 46 M . . M Ky June Merchant Lung fever 17 days bur. Old Covenanter Cem. 24 Cutchin Lemuel R. 43 M . . M NC Aug Landlord Congestive fever 4 days . 25 Clark Sarah A. 13 F . . . Ills March . Infam of brain 8 days . 26 Goodrich Granville 1 M . . . Ills July . Cholera infantum 2 days . 27 Hulen Zachariah 10/12 M . . . Ills Sep . Cholera infantum 8 days . 28 Bundy Elizabeth 35 F . . M NC Aug . Congestive fever 4 days . 29 Breese Theodosia 4/12 F . . . Ills Sep . Cholera infantum 2 days . 30 Warren Benjamin 70 M . . W Va Nov None Inter*** fever 12 days . 31 Saunders Anne 53 F . . W NC Dec . Palsy 2 weeks . 32 Fowler Emily 2 F . . . Ills July . Intermiting fever 2 weeks . 33 Adams Pleasant 6 M . . . Ills July . Worms 7 days . 34 Greenlee Frances 9/12 M . . . Ills Aug . Bileous fever 18 days . 35 Carder Catharine 9 F . . . Va Oct . Croup 14 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Marion DISTRICT: District 11 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: B. F. Marshall FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 602 ================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Carder James W. 6 M . . . Ohio Oct . Croup 8 . 2 Carder George 2 M . . . Ohio Oct . Croup 2 . 3 Barr John H. 62 M . . M NC Oct Farmer Bileous fever 9 . 4 Hendrick Isaac 53 M . . M Va April Farmer Typhoid fever 10 . 5 Loomis Rebecca 11 F . . . Ohio Aug . Congestive fever 3 . 6 Hicks Alexander M. 1 M . . . Ills May . Croup 3 bur. Carrigan Cem. 7 Hammers Nancy 39 F . . M Tenn Jan . Erysipeles 8 . 8 Hammers Jessee 8/12 M . . . Ills Jan . Erysipeles 7 . 9 McHazell Martha 3 F . . . Ills March . Croup 1 . 10 Green Abner 1 M . . . Ills June . Cholera infantum 14 . 11 Weaver Elizabeth 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Cholera infantum 3 . 12 Mackmakin Elizabeth A. 23 F . . M Tenn Oct . Consumption 5 years . 13 Mackmakin Catharine 1 F . . . Ills Oct . Consumption 6 months . 14 Marshall Josaphine 1 F . . . Ills March . Inflam brain 5 days . 15 Garner Florence 11/12 F . . . Ills March . Congestive fever 9 days . 16 Nicholds Luthbrough 14 M . . . Ills Nov . Winter fever 4 days . 17 Block Felix G. 25 M . . . Ills Aug Farmer Congestive fever 5 days . 18 McQuester Samuel 4 M . . . Tenn July . Cholera infantum 4 days . 19 Simms Martha 24 F . . M Ia June . Cong fever 4 days . 20 Jones Andrew 2 M . . . Ills Sep . Croup 2 days . 21 Leaper? George 62 M . . M Ky Oct . Congestive fever 9 days . 22 Howell William H. 20 M . . . Ills Feb Farmer Dyspepsia 6 weeks . 23 Duncan Frances 4 F . . . Ills May . Croup 7 days . 24 Blerton Susanah 4 F . . . Ills Sep . Bileous fever 8 days . 25 Blerton John 1 M . . . Ills Sep . Typhoid fever 20 days . 26 Eagan Margaret 22 F . . . Tenn Dec . Consumption 5 years . 27 See Elizabeth 18 F . . . Ills Nov . Congestive fever 5 days bur. Allmon Cem. 28 Jones Catharine 1/12 F . . . Ills Aug . Croup 5 days . 29 Hanna Rebecca 20 F . . . Ills Sept . Consumption 3 years . 30 Boczkiewicz Felix 36 M . . M Poland March Saddler Consumption 2 years . 31 Eagan Hiram 24 M . . M Tenn Sep Farmer Lung fever 3 weeks . 32 Eagan Susan 1 F . . . Ills Sep . Lung fever 5 days . 33 Atkins Bartlett 23 M . . . Ala June Farmer Killed by lightning Sudden . 34 White Wesley 7/12 M . . . Ills Feb . Winter fever 21 days . 35 Jones Clorinda 2/12 F . . . Ills Oct . Hives 14 days . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Marion DISTRICT: District 11 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: B. F. Marshall FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 603 ================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . Blank page ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Marion DISTRICT: District 11 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: B. F. Marshall FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 604 ================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Doolen Mahala 9/12 F . . . Mo June . Bileous fever 4 weeks . 2 Finch Augusten 32 M . . M Tenn Jan Farmer Erysipeles 4 weeks . 3 Telley Lavina 8 F . . . Ills Sep . Worms 3 days . 4 Saunders James 9 M . . . Va March . Congestive fever 2 days . 5 Mitchell William 60 M . . M NC March Farmer Lung fever 3 weeks . 6 Philips Permelia 7/12 F . . . Ills Aug . Cholera infantum 3 weeks . 7 Gibson Robert 70 M . . W Va Sep Farmer Old age . . 8 Gibson Robert 6/12 M . . . Ills Aug . Croup 6 hours . 9 White Allen 2 M . . . Ills July . Cholera infantum 2 weeks . 10 Duncan James 47 M . . W Tenn Jan Farmer Lung fever 10 days . 11 Charlton William 3 M . . . Ills March . Phtisic 4 days . 12 Mulvaney Jacob 10 M . . . Tenn Sep . Congestive fever 3 . 13 Jones Cynthia 21 F . . M Tenn May . Consumption 18 Mo . 14 Luttrell William 30 M . . M Tenn Feb Farmer Consumption 3 years . 15 Bradley Susan E. 33 F . . M Tenn Aug . Bileous fever 10 days . 16 Hanblen John 8/12 M . . . Ills Feb . Croup 1 day . 17 Vanfleet Mary 1 F . . . Ills Dec . 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