DeKalb County, IN 1850 Mortality Census http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/dekalb/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 275-278 This Mortality Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Russell Anderson for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2011 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== 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, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 STATE INDIANA COUNTY DEKALB 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 ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: On February 7, 1835, the Indiana State Legislature passed an omnibus bill that authorized the creation of thirteen counties in northeast Indiana on previously unorganized land. The organization of DeKalb County's government commenced in 1837. It was named for General Johann de Kalb, a Continental Army officer from Bavaria, who was killed at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina =========================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: DeKalb ENUMERATOR: Egbert B. Mott FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 275 =========================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) =========================================================================================================================================== 1 Simons Catharine 2/12 F . . . Indiana Mar . Whooping Cough 22 . 2 Trussell Mary 27 F . . M N Jersey Feb . Confined 3 . 3 Fair Henrietta 1 F . . . Ia Jul . Whooping Cough . . 4 Noel William 1 M . . . Ia Aug . Diarhea 35 . 5 Miller Catharine 49 F . . M Va Nov . Falling sickness 90 . 6 Rivers Solomon 11 M . . . Tenn Jun . Rickets 60 . 7 Wyat Nathan 3/52 M . . . Ia Sep . . . . 8 Jaques Caroline 9 F . . . O Jul . Consumption 150 . 9 Philips Polly 1 F . . . Ia Jan . Lung Fever . . 10 Solomon Marcus D. 1 M . . . O Oct . Dropsy 130 . 11 Cool Newton 2 M . . . O Aug . Fever 7 . 12 Osborn Catharine 33 F . . . Md Jun . Lung Fever 60 . 13 . Parmelia 4/12 F . . . Ia Feb . Lung Fever . No last name 14 Bayly Emanuel 1 M . . . Ia Aug . Cholera Morbus 1 . 15 Widney Cyrus A. 4 M . . . Ia Sep . Dysentery 8 . 16 McClellan Mary 25 F . . . O Sep . Consumption 150 . 17 Draggoo William H. 2/12 M . . . Ia May . Croup 3 . 18 Hudnot David 83 M . . W N Jersey Jun Farmer Saraphula 300 . 19 Rickets William 3/12 M . . . Ia Apr . Erysipelas 4 . 20 Alton Benjamin 1 M . . . Ia Apr . Accidental . . 21 Shrader Osker 3/12 M . . . Ia Jun . Inflamation 14 . 22 Coburn Alzada M. 39 F . . M Ct Mar . Cancer . . 23 Loomis Amos 45 M . . M Mass May Farmer Typhoid Fever 70 . 24 Payne Edwin 1 M . . . Ia Feb . Croup 2 . 25 Loomis Amos Jr. 22 M . . . O Apr Farmer Typhoid Fever 21 . 26 Abright Mary Ann 16 F . . . O Aug . Consumption 120 . 27 Webb George 20 M . . . O Dec Farmer Typhoid Fever 21 . 28 Cline Mary Ann 24 F . . M Pa Feb . Consumption 1 Yr . 29 Cline Sarah Jane 4 F . . . O Mar . Congestive Fever 10 . 30 McIntaffer Catharine 14 F . . . O May . Consumption 21 . 31 McIntaffer Elizabeth 4 F . . . Ia Apr . Consumption 21 . 32 Johnson Sylvester C. 11/12 M . . . Ia Mar . Burned . . 33 Satter Alfred P. 6 M . . . Ia Jul . Putrid sore throat 10 . 34 Long Mary Ann 3/12 F . . . Ia Sep . Chill & Fever 90 . 35 Liby William 33 M . . M Pa Nov Farmer Consumption 300 . =========================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: DeKalb ENUMERATOR: Egbert B. Mott FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 278 =========================================================================================================================================== 1 Allen Miles 35 M . . M Conn Nov Farmer Liver Complaint 4 . 2 Freeman John 71 M . . . Massachusetts Feb Farmer Lung Fever 28 . 3 Anthony Nicholas 66 M . . M Penn Jul Farmer Dropsy 100 . 4 Turner Ortanza 5 F . . . Ia Aug . Dysentery 6 . 5 Turner George 3 M . . . Ia Aug . Dysentery 6 . 6 Ballard Loura 3 F . . . Ia Sep . Dysentery 14 . 7 Ballard Euphemia J. 1 F . . . Ia Oct . Dysentery 7 . 8 Newcomes Andrew 14 M . . . Ohio Sep Farmer Fever 21 . 10 Waterman Theodore H. 5/12 M . . . Ia Oct . Diarhea 7 . 11 Thurston Daniel 30 M . . M N York Nov Farmer Accident . . 12 Robinet James 60 M . . W Penn Nov Farmer Consumption 3 yr . 13 Wise Rebecca 4 F . . . Ia Sep . Dysentery 9 . 14 Wise Rosanna 2 F . . . Ia Sep . Dysentery 13 . 15 Thomas Walter 7/12 M . . . Ia May . Lung Fever 7 . 16 Thompson Wesley 1 M . . . N York Jan . Erysipilas 2 . 17 Flickinger Albert 5 M . . . Ia Jan . Typhus Fever 4 . 18 George James 36 M . . M Penn Dec Farmer Typhus Fever 4 . 19 Reynolds William 23 M . . . Ohio Dec Farmer Typhus Fever 3 . 20 Weeks James 19 M . . . Ohio Mar Farmer Fever . . 21 Rose Minerva Ann 14 F . . . Ohio Jan . Congestive Fever 3 . 22 Reed Lorenzo 8/12 M . . . Ia Nov . Small Pox 7 . 23 French Elmore 39 M . . M N York Mar Farmer Consumption 180 . 24 Walsworth Mary Ann 43 F . . M N York Jun . Billious Fever 4 . 25 Dice Andrew 16 M . . . Ohio Feb Farmer Typhoid Fever . . 26 Lutz Michael 52 M . . M Unknown Sep Farmer Congestive Fever 14 . 27 Bowman Jeremiah 4 M . . . Ohio Aug . Consumption 60 . 28 Bowman William 1 M . . . Ia Aug . Croup 4 . 29 Hawk Davis 2 M . . . Ia May . Accident . . 30 Showalter George 11 M . . . Ohio Apr . by falling tree . . 31 Chidsey John 8/12 M . . . Ia Dec . Croup 8 . 32 Lester Marion 1 M . . . Michigan May . Scarlet Fever 4 . 33 Lester Myron 1 M . . . Michigan May . Scarlet Fever 5 . 34 Kane David 26 M . . . Unknown Jan Laborer Typhoid Fever 23 . 35 Sanu George L. 30 M . . M Unknown Mar Farmer Typhoid Fever 21 . =========================================================================================================================================== 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/ ===========================================================================================================================================