Barry County, MI 1870 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/barry/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by I. D. Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 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 1870 MICROFILM# T1164-26 STATE MICHIGAN COUNTY BARRY SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1870 The 1870 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1869 and ends May 31, 1870 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: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Assyria MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 1 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 77 Burgess Margaret 1/12 F W . Michigan . . Apl . Not known . 2 80 Ford Peter 44 M W M Hesse Castle X X Feb Farmer Fell from loaded wagon . 3 88 Manzer Not named 5/365 F W . Michigan . . May . Not known . 4 102 Bourn Eugene W. 10 M W . Michigan . . Oct . Typhoid fever . 5 106 Thompkins Jane 76 F W W New York . . May . Paralysis . 6 109 Cole Ruanna 40 F W M New York . . Dec Keeping house Consumption . 7 116 Taylor William 35 M W M England X X Aug Farmer Inflammation . 8 134 Harttom Henry 3/12 M W . Michigan . . Oct . Not known . 9 162 Pitt Elizabeth 43 F W M England X X Nov Keeping house Tumor in the bowels . 10 220 Ford Marion 1/12 M W . Michigan . . Mch . Not known . 11 231 Lashel Geo. W. 2 M W . Michigan . . Nov . Scalded "Scalded by falling into tub of hot water" 12 232 Rolf Lurana 32 F W . New York . . Mch Keeping house Consumption Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Baltimore MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 2 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 5 Warren Charles 7 M W . Michigan . . Dec . Dropsy on the heart . 2 34 Sebring Lewis W. 1/12 M W . Michigan . . Mch . Not known . 3 34 Sebring Rufus W. 1/12 M W . Michigan . . Mch . Not known . 4 75 Phillips Rosella M. 1/24 F W . Michigan . . June . Croup . 5 85 Henry William 48 M W M Ireland X X Mch Farmer Accident "killed by limb of tree in woods" 6 88 Latham William 1 M W . Michigan . . May . Consumption . 7 97 Mudge Hulda M. 4 F W . Michigan . . Feb . Dyptheria . 8 119 Phillips Lucetta 1/12 F W . Michigan . . Apl . Ereysipelas . 9 122 Spencer Lucy 42 F W M England X X Apl Keeping house Consumption . 10 208 Osgood Catherine 35 F W M New York . . Nov Keeping house Child bed fever . 11 213 Day Volney D. 1/24 M W . Michigan . . Sept . Congestion in brain . 12 215 Berghmann Calvin H. 2 M W . Michigan X . Dec . Typhoid fever . 13 218 Lenheart Effie 4/12 F W . Michigan . . Mch . Not known Page blank below ENUMERATOR'S REMARKS: In the cases of many infants and sometimes fewer people no physician is called and it is impossible in all cases to definitly ascertain the disease which produced death. ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Barry MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 3 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 37 Collister Henry 47 M W M Isle of Man X X Jan'y Farmer Consumption of kidneys . 2 59 Smith Clarrissa 37 F W M New York . . Sept Keeping house Consumption . 3 81 Williams Harlon 63 M W M New York . . April Farmer Lung fever . 4 201 Cook William 53 M W M New York . . April Farmer Typhoid pneumonia Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Carlton MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Geo. C. Worth FILE PAGE NO: 4 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 18 Coe Mary 2 F W . Ohio . . January . Croup . 2 59 Olmsted Cornelius 42 M W M New York . . February Farmer Disease of hip joint . 3 59 Olmsted Perry 5 M W . New York . . June . Typhoid fever . 4 81 Hood Harriet 9 F W . Ohio . . March Attended school Typhoid fever . 5 97 Wilkes Not named 1/12 M W . Michigan . . November . Debility . 6 109 Carpenter Amy 42 F W M New York . . August . Consumption . 7 111 Center Germain 20 M W . New York . . August Farm laborer Typhess fever . 8 124 Friend Norman W. 6/12 M W . Michigan X . January . Dropsy of brain Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Castleton MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Geo. C. Worth FILE PAGE NO: 5 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 12 Warren Betsey 72 F W M Vermont . . August Kept house Hydrothorax . 2 21 Strow Mary 68 F W M Penn . . Sept Kept house Consumption . 3 25 Mead Minnie 1/12 F W . Michigan . . Sept . Intermitent fever . 4 73 Southwick Mahala 29 F W W Michigan . . August Kept house Consumption Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Nashville Village MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Geo. C. Worth FILE PAGE NO: 6 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 39 Shopbell Mary 63 F W M Ohio . . March Kept house Lung fever . 2 76 Crocker Lucy 2 F W . Iowa . . December . Diptheria FM# should be 77 3 89 Roger Carrie 1/12 F W . Michigan . . April . Congestion of lungs FN# should be 90 4 95 Silman Minerva 1/12 F W . Michigan . . September . Thrush FM# shuold be 96 5 133 Bunker Edson J. 1 M W . Michigan . . April . Spinal disease FM# should be 134 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Hastings Village MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Geo. C. Worth FILE PAGE NO: 7 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 8 Gregory Edwin H. 1/12 M W . Michigan . . October . Consumption . 2 21 Brown Frederick 19 M W . Michigan . . July . Typhoid fever FM# should be 22 3 22 Bradley John R. 27 M W M Canada West X X August Miller Typhoid fever FM# should be 23 4 49 Horton Daniel B. 47 M W M Ohio . . December R.R. laborer Killed by accident FM# should be 50 5 72 Vivian Charles H. 29 M W . Maine . . June Farm laborer Consumption FM# should be 73 6 85 Young Frank 9 M W . Indiana . . March . Consumption FM# should be 86 7 119 Mann Sally 69 F W W New York . . January . Lung fever FM# should be 120 8 128 Bennett Nathan 83 M W W New York . . March Blacksmith Fever FM# should be 129 9 146 Haney ******** 9/12 F W . Michigan . . August . Dysentery First name too faded to read 10 186 ****** Harriet? 79 F W W New Jersey . . April . Dysentery Name too faded to read 11 233 Barnes Albert 52 M W M New York . . May Woolen manufacturer Heart disease FM# should be 236 12 238 Downing Ira G. 4 M W . Pennsylvania . . September . Smothered by caving of a sand bank . 13 270 Vrooman Isaac 6/12 M W . Michigan . . August . Dysentery FM# should be 272 14 272 Palmeter Thomas 16 M W . New York . . April . Typhoid fever FM# should be 274 15 307 Slade Sarah A. 29 F W M Vermont . . September . Intermitent fever bur. Irving Cem. 16 349 Allen Eugene 17 M W . Michigan . . August . Typhoid fever FM# should be 340 17 367 Cantine Henry 68 M W M New York* . . May Ship Builder* Remitting fever BP and OCCUP reversed on record ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Hastings Township MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Geo. C. Worth FILE PAGE NO: 8 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 23 Andrus Charles H. 4 M W . Michigan . . September . Typhoid fever . 2 71 Marble Liberty 50 M W M New York . . May Farmer Consumption . 3 82 Kennedy Mary 2 F W . Michigan X X September . Dysentery . 4 95 Cronk Jacob 77 M W M New York . . July Farmer Hydrothorax . 5 104 Crook Willis 1 M W . Michigan . . October . Hydrothorax . 6 109 Cronk James 67 M W M New York . . March Farmer Diabetis . 7 119 Babcock Ira 20 M W . Ohio . . June Farm laborer Killed in sawmill . 8 159 Chafee Amanda 2 F W . Michigan . . October . Disease of throat Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Hope MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 9 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 47 McDermott Nancy 1/12 F W . Michigan . . Oct . Canker in throat . 2 48 Bulchey James 20 M W . New York . . Dec Brakeman Run over by cars . 3 51 Crowell Obadiah 69 M W M Vermont . . July Farmer Disease of the heart . 4 104 Kline Harriet 4 F W . Indiana . . July . Brain fever . 5 127 Marvin Herbert 1/24 M W . Michigan . . Mch . Not known . 6 211 Collins Jeremiah 25 M W . Michigan X X April Farmer Typhoid fever . 7 218 Adams Minnie B. 1 F W . Michigan . . Feb . Dropsy on the brain Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Irving MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 10 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 1 Sprague ******* ** F W M New York . . May Kept house Tetinus Much of this page is 2 1 Sprague ******* 14 F W . Michigan . . May . Tetinus too faded to read 3 1 Sprague John *. 10 M W . Michigan . . *** . Tetinus . 4 4 Hills Charles H. 12 M W . Michigan . . July . Typhoid fever . 5 63 Hubbel Daniel 15 M W . Ohio . . August Farm laborer Typhoid fever FM# should be 64 6 70 Bills Hannah 20 F W M England X X April Kept house Consumption . 7 85 Beyer Sarah Ann 36 F W M New York . . March Kept house Consumption . 8 144 Ingram Sarah 28 F W M New York . . June Kept house Heart disease FM# should be 146 9 145 Teple Willie 1/12 M W . Michigan . . March . Croup FM# should be 147 10 176 Sisson Caroline 46 F W M New York . . January . Spinal disease FM# should be 178 11 178 Kinyon Rose? 2/12 F W . Michigan . . March . Lung disease . 12 185 Dunlap Isaac 36 M W M Ohio . . April Farmer Pneumonia FM# should be 183 13 221 Maynard Harriet 2 F W . Michigan . . June 7th . Inflamation of brain FM# should be 223 14 230 Hanna Eugene 18 M W . Michigan . . June 28th Farm laborer Lung fever FM# should be 232 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Johnstown MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 11 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 11 Stanton Benjamin 85 M W M New York . . Jan'y Fermer Inflamation of the lungs . 2 11 Stanton Eleanor 83 F W M New York . . Jan'y Keeping house Old age . 3 43 Sponhour John 9/12 M W . Michigan . . Dec . Disease of the heart . 4 54 Iden Francis E. 13 M W . Michigan . . Aug . Typhoid fever . 5 58 Fisher Maud 1/12 F W . Michigan . . Oct . Not known . 6 108 Baily John 45 M W M Pennsylvania . . Dec Farmer Inflamation of the bowels . 7 119 Culan James E. 52 M W M New York . . June Farmer Ereysipelas . 8 151 Berry Emma J. 3 F W . Michigan . . July . Cholera infantum . 9 161 Colton Orilla 71 F W M Massachusetts . . April Keeping house Appoplexy . 10 169 Baugh Henry 58 M W M Bavaria X X June Farmer Kick by a mule . 11 235 Case Mary E. 3/12 F W . Michigan . . Dec . Dyptheria . 12 236 Bullis Sylvester 61 M W M New York . . Apl Farmer Cancer on the face . 13 245 Bowser Cornelia 28 F W M New York . . June Keeping house Child bed fever . 14 245 Bowser Nelson 2/12 M W . Michigan X . Aug . Not known . 15 267 Robinson Carver 71 M W M Vermont . . May Farmer Collection of water around the heart Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Maple Grove MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 12 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 10 Buck Edward 2 M W . Michigan . X Dec . Diptheria . 2 12 Williams Avery 1/12 M W . Michigan . . Apl . Not known . 3 12 Williams Mary 1/12 F W . Michigan . . Apl . Not known . 4 22 Anderson Wm. H. 21 M W . Indiana X X Aug Clerk in store Inflamation of the lungs . 5 38 Miller John 1/12 M W . Michigan . . Dec . Epileptic fits . 6 40 Slade Martha 45 F W M New York . . Mch Keeping house Consumption . 7 87 Debolt Charlotte 2/12 F W . Michigan . . Dec . Lung fever . 8 92 Cook Miles 85 M W M New York . . Feb Farmer Consumption . 9 104 Cassell Rosella M. 11 F W . Ohio . . Feb . Diabetis . 10 113 Frost Anna 18 F W M New York . . Apl Keeping house Inflamation of the bowels . 11 125 Burdick Ella 1 F W . Michigan . . Apl . Cholera infantum . 12 163 Ross William C. 63 M W M New York . . Dec Farmer Diabetis . 13 173 Marshall Lydia A. 5/12 F W . Michigan . . Dec . Scrofula . 14 218 Seeley Olive D. 1 F W . Michigan . . Jan'y . Putrid sore throat . 15 224 Burt John E. 1/12 M W . Michigan . . Dec . Ereysipelas . 16 226 Covell Ebenezer 75 M W M Connecticut . . Jan'y Farmer Consumption . 17 237 Simmons Emma 3 F B . Michigan . . Apl . Typhoid fever . 18 270 Jaquay Phila 35 F W M Ohio . . Apl Keeping house Consumption Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Orangeville MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 13 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 32 Back Abram 14 M W . New York X X Sept Farming Typhoid fever . 2 32 Back Oscar 1/24 M W . Michigan X X Oct . Not known . 3 47 Britton Nathaniel H. 44 M W M New York . . Feb Carpenter Consumption . 4 108 Wicks Maggie 6/365 F W . Michigan . . Jan'y . Not known . 5 124 Jessup Frank E. 11 M W . New York . . Jan'y . Congestion of the brain . 6 164 Van Valkenberg Milie 2/12 F W . Michigan . . Jan'y . Not known . 7 195 Murdock John S. 2 M W . Michigan . . Nov . Scalded to death . 8 202 Brigham Mary E. 42 F W M New York . . Nov Keeping house Consumption . 9 208 Porter Albert 13 M W . Michigan X X Dec . Lung fever . 10 213 Kelley John P. 64 M W M Ireland X X Feb Farmer Thrown from C**** way Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Prairieville MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 14 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 20 Stanley Elsie May 3 F W . Michigan . . March . Scarlet fever . 2 22 Huntley Ella 7 F W . Ohio . . March . Scarlet fever . 3 43 Spaulding Charles W. 77 M W M New Hampshire . . April Farmer Softening of the brain . 4 57 Brandstetter Willis 1/12 M W . Michigan . . Dec . Premature birth . 5 57 Brandstetter Wil*** 1/12 M W . Michigan . . Dec . Premature birth . 6 58 Lanan Mary 5/365 F W . Michigan . . Nov . Stoppage of the bowels . 7 78 Sowl Jedida 19 F W M Ohio . . April Keeping house Consumption . 8 135 Carpenter Albert 3/12 M W . Michigan . . May . Epileptic fits . 9 148 Murphy Frank S. 5 M W . New York . . Feb . Interception of the bowels . 10 183 Chase Edith M. 1 F W . Michigan . . Oct . Scrofula . 11 221 Encien William 21 M W . New York . . March Farmer Typhoid fever Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Rutland MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 15 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 133 Diamond Isaac 79 M W M Vermont . . April Farmer Debility . 2 148 Shively Elmira 6 F W . Indiana . . May . Drowned . 3 155 Blanchard ***** 67 F W M New York . . ****** Kept house Lung fever Name faded. Possibly Effie 4 164 Smith Nancey? 30 F W M New York . . January Kept house Consumption . 5 179 Cridler Mary 20 F W M New York . . May Kept house Consumption . 6 201 Stowe Michael 45 M W W New Jersey . . November Farmer Heart disease Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Thornapple MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 16 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 3 Sheppard Nicholas 63 M W M New York . . Dec Farmer Suicide by shooting . 2 10 Dowling Sarah 31 F W M New York . . Dec Kept house Consumption . 3 34 Talbot James 23 M W M New York X X June Farmer Heart disease . 4 58 Kryngun Christian 70 M W W Ireland X X March Farm laborer Typhus fever . 5 136 Jones Adelia 28 F W M New York . . Sept Kept house Dysentery . 6 136 Jones Etta 2 F W . Michigan . . Sept . Dysentery . 7 157 Burch Fanny A. 37 F W M New York . . March Kept house Consumption . 8 179 Matthews Emily L. 27 F W M New York . . May Kept house Lung fever . 9 195 Lowden Lura 33 F W M Michigan . . August Kept house Consumption . 10 229 McDaniels Jane 51 F W W New York . . April Kept house Consumption Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Middleville MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 17 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 12 DeGolia Clarissa 42 F W W New York . . March Kept house Consumption . 2 14 Wright Julia 6 F W . New York . . January . Cerebral spinal fever . 3 107 Cobb Leon 1/12 M W . Michigan . . September . Dysentery . 4 110 Secord Willie 2 M W . Michigan . . August . Cholera infantum . 5 120 Emerson Oscar 1 M W . Michigan . . January . Congestion of lungs Page blank below ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Woodland MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 18 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 1 Otto Alonzo E. 19 M W . Michigan . . May Farm laborer Drowned See page bottom note 2 1 Otto Estella M. 17 F W . Michigan . . May School teacher Drowned . 3 1 Otto ***res 1/12 M W . Michigan . . August . Dysentery . 4 8 Davis Melissa 16 F W . Ohio . . May Domestic help Drowned . 5 40 Lipscomb Elmer 1/12 M W . Michigan X . February . Croup . 6 41 Haskins Lucinda 2 F W . Michigan . X May . Croup . 7 44 Demarary Elizabeth 3/12 F W . Michigan X . December . Lung fever . 8 46 Lipscomb Allan 66 M W M Canada West X X July Farmer Consumption . 9 79 Schmidt Andrew 1/12 M W . Michigan X X August . Premature birth . 10 84 Miller Margaret 24 F W . Michigan X X March Domestic help Liver disease . 11 86 Hill Henry 5/12 M W . Michigan X X October . Epileptic fits . 12 109 Glenn Nancy 37 F W M Ohio . . April Kept house Consumption . 13 115 Cooper Oscar 34 M W . New York . . May Dentist Consumption . 14 135 Parmely Arvin 19 M W . Michigan . X August Farm laborer Consumption . 15 135 Parmely . 41 F W W England X X September Keeping house Consumption See page bottom note 16 167 Hauer Anna Maria 68 F W M Mecklenberg X X August Keeping house Typhoid fever . 17 187 Kibby Infant not named 1/12 M W . Michigan . . April . Fits . 18 204 Kilpatrick Anna 1/12 F W . Michigan X . March . Measles . 19 213 Hager Mariette 18 F W . Michigan . . November Domestic help Consumption . 20 222 Nichols Lura 1/12 F W . Michigan X X June . Fits . 21 225 Hickas Esther 19 F W M Ohio . . Feb Keeping house Dropsy of the chest . 22 263 Root William 39 M W M New York . . March Carpenter Consumption . 23 276 Hynes Mary Ellen 20 F W M Michigan X X Feb School teacher Typhoid fever See page bottom note Transcriber's Remarks: - Lines 1 & 2 (Alonzo & Estella M. Otto) should not have been included on this mortality schedule. They drowned by the capsizing of a boat on Jordan Lake on 20 May, 1869. On this Mortality Schedule deaths occurring in May would be for 1870. Line 4 (Melissa Davis) possibly included with this but not mentioned in the newspaper article. - Line 15 (Parmely, no first name) quite possibly Phillis Parmelee, tombstone says she died Oct. 26, 1869. Death record dated Sept. 15, 1869 - Line 23, Mary Ellen Hynes; COD also says "Thrown from a wagon and head badly." ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI County: Barry TOWNSHIP; Yankee Springs MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: Wesley P. Andrus FILE PAGE NO: 19 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 10 Ralph Mary F. 24 F W M New York . . August Kept house Asatis . 2 25 Williams Mary 60 F W M Virginia . . March Kept house Consumption . 3 34 Gregory Margaret 79 F W M Pennsylvania . . June Kept house Typhoid fever . 4 38 Putnam Charles L. 1 M W . Michigan . . December . Croup . 5 67 Chapman Fanny 39 F W M New York . . September Kept house Typhoid fever . 6 87 Lensiby Lydia 6/12 F W . Michigan . . January . Inflamation of brain . 7 102 Perkins Emily A. 8/12 F W . Michigan . . July . Dysentery . 8 112 Olmstead David 50 M W M Pennsylvania . . March Farmer Lung fever . 9 125 Lamb Phebe 25 F W M Indiana . . February Kept house Child birth . 10 133 Miles Charles W. 15 M W . Michigan . . October Farm laborer Typhoid fever . 11 139 Derthick Electa 83 F W M Massachusetts . . July . Hydrothorax . 12 143 Slade Sarah A. 28 F W M Vermont . . October . Consumption . 13 147 Hill Abigail 87 F W M Vermont . . May . Old age . 14 169 Lewis Charles 3/12 M W . Michigan X . November . Croup Father foreign possibly erased 15 181 Dean Ada 1 F W . Michigan X . August . Convulsions . 16 183 Potter Clarence 11/12 M W . Michigan . . May . Bronchitis . 17 185 Ellsworth Esther 1 F W . . . . January . Lung fever No birth place or visble ditto mark Ends Barry County ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 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/ =======================================================================================================================================================================================================