St Joseph County, MI 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/stjoseph/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by Russell Anderson for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2005 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, Connie Burkett All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== Census-Year 1850 State MICHIGAN County ST JOSEPH 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: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Burr Oak ENUMERATOR: Wm H Cross File Page: 1 Handwritten Page: 949 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Lombard Lydia Maria 24 F . . . New York Aug . Dysentery 16 . 2 Lancaster Rosaline 4/12 F . . . Michigan Aug . Unknown 21 . 3 Farley James D. 12 M . . . New York Sept . Inflamation 11 . 4 Slocum Israel 56 M . . . New York June Farmer Consump c . 5 Stowell Chauncey 4 M . . . New York July . Acadent 12 . 6 Stowell Deborah 65 F . . . New Hampshire Dec . Dropsy c . 7 Marks Cortland 3/12 M . . . Michigan Aug . Inflamation 12 . 8 Brown Spencer F 8/12 M . . . Michigan Sept . Fits 11 . 9 Weld Infant 9/12 F . . . Michigan Sept . Accedent 10 . 10 Boyles Wm L 13 M . . . Ohio April . Inf Brain 21 . 11 Boyles Martha A 10 F . . . Ohio June . Inf Brain 16 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Colon ENUMERATOR: William H Cross File Page: 2 Handwritten Page: 945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Case William M. 22 M . . . New York Augt Farmer Accident 16 . 2 Atchinson Asa B 45 M . . M Conn March Farmer Inflamation 12 . 3 Debotion Clarissa 66 F . . W Conn April . App 30 . 4 Whiting Phebe D. 5 F . . . New York June . Scufula 14 . 5 Riley Henry 1/12 M . . . Mich March . Inf. 6 . 6 Barber Electa J. 26 F . . M Ohio April . Consumption 84 . 7 Bowen William 7 M . . . Mich April . Scarlet fever 7 . 8 Bowen Amelia 1 F . . . Mich March . Inf. 40 . 9 Williams Ann 3 F . . . Mich May . Inf. 19 . 10 Mitchell Albert 1/12 M . . . Mich May . ****** 6 . 11 Mitchell Albertus 1/12 M . . . Mich May . ****** 6 . 12 M**derse Elizabeth 65 F . . W New York May . **** 7 . 13 Tyler Martha J. 4 F . . . Mich May . Unknown 21 . 14 Boyd Esther Ann 28 F . . . New York July . Consumption c . 15 Teller William F 26 M . . . New York Feby Farmer Congestion 4 . 16 Eberhard Napoleon A 5 M . . . Mich May . **** 8 . 17 Hamilton Abigail 66 F . . W New York Augt . Billius fever 8 . 18 Wilkie Jane 34 F . . M Canada Jany . Inf. 4 . 19 White Rachel 73 F . . W Penna Oct . Consumption c . 20 Powers Jacob T. 53 M . . M New York Nov Farmer Inf. 12 . 21 Powers Anna O 1 F . . . Mich Nov . Scarlet fever 5 . 22 Marvin Lucinda 37 F . . M New York Augt . Consumption c . 23 Bowman Mary Ann 37 F . . M Vermont July . Typhus fever 14 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Constantine ENUMERATOR: David Knox File Page: 3 Handwritten Page: 973 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Bostock John 65 M . . M England August Farmer C. Fever 7 . 2 Doty Mary E 2 F . . . Indiana July . Cholera Infantum 7 . 3 Glenn James 69 M . . M Penn. October Farmer C. Fever 3 . 4 Cathcart James 29 M . . . Penn. October Physician Dysentery 7 . 5 Ganes Alfred C. 6/12 M . . . Michigan Septr . Inflamation 2 . 6 Putnam John 1 M . . . Michigan March . **thisic 14 . 7 Teesdale Ellen 1/12 F . . . Michigan April . Unknown 1 . 8 Carpenter Frederick A 39 M . . M New York March Farmer Lung Fever 9 . 9 Scott Margaret J. 2 F B F . Michigan Dec'r . Inflamation 6 . 10 Glass Sarah 6 F . . . Ohio July . Brain Fever 1 . 11 Shaw Ellen M 2/12 F . . . Michigan April . Lung Fever 3 . 12 Doty Mary 36 F . . M New York Sept'r . Consumption 12mo . 13 Harrison Ellenor 24 F . . . England Jany . Consumption 12mo . 14 Cole Ezekiel 39 M . . M New York March Farmer Unknown 21 . 15 Chittenden Nancy C 7 F . . . New York August . Brain Fever 4 . 16 Harvy Cephas 1/12 M . . . Michigan April . Unknown 7 . 17 Beardsly Ransom 37 M . . M Connecticut Jany Farmer Unknown Sudden . 18 Bachelder Lucy 46 F . . M New Hampshire Oct'r . C. Fever 7 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Fabius ENUMERATOR: Wm H Cross File Page: 4 Handwritten Page: 961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Fulcher Esther S 3 F . . . Mich May . Aff. Throat 14 . 2 Fulcher Elizabeth A 1 F . . . Mich April . Aff. Throat 3 . 3 Blodget George B 3 M . . . Mich May . Croup 6 . 4 Poe Margaret 40 F . . . Ohio Aug . Unknown 2 . 5 Newall Isabell 45 F . . . Ohio Aug . Cong. Fever 2 . 6 Money John 35 M . . . Penn. April Farmer Unknown 1yr . 7 Burritt Elizabeth 2 F . . . Mich July . Diarhe 14 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Fawn River ENUMERATOR: David Knox File Page: 5 Handwritten Page: 965 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 McKerlis Samuel 34 M . 1 M New York September Farmer Typhoid Fever 10 . 2 McKerlis Phebe 1 F . . . Michigan October . Typhoid Fever 10 . 3 Foster Drury 44 M . . W Virginia February Farmer Lung Fever 10 . 4 Rolfe Esbane 29 M . . . New York December Laborer Lung Fever 6 . 5 Barhite Abraham 44 M . . W Virginia January Laborer Lung Fever 14 . 6 Hatchel Mary Jane 16 F B F . Virginia March . Consumption 1 year . 7 Norton Louise 48 F . . M Vermont May . Unknown Sudden . 8 Goll Anna J 3/12 F . . . Michigan February . Fever 6 . 9 Dutcher Julius 1/12 M . . . Michigan September . Dysentery 4 . 10 Betts Sarah 19 F . . . Canada April . Consumption 2 Years . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Florence ENUMERATOR: David Knox File Page: 6 Handwritten Page: 971 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Thompson Electa 48 F . . M New York Jany Farmer Cong Brain 1 . 2 Pashby Andres 1/12 M . . . Michigan March . Unknown 10 . 3 Robinson Dudley 26 M . . . England Jany Taylor Con. Fever 14 . 4 Dennis Elisha 58 M . . M New York March Farmer Consumption 12mo . 5 Wetherby Percy 78 F . . W Conn Oct'r . Old Age . . 6 Philips Stephen 1 M . . . Michigan February . Lung Fever 4 . 7 Pashby George 9/12 M . . . Michigan Sept'r . C. Fever 14 . ENUMERATOR'S-REMARKS (for page 6): In regard to the diseases of the District I would say they are principally Fever and Ague Chill Fever, Bilious Fevers and Inflamations. Fevers caused by nuis***** from the ******. Inflamations by sudden change in the weather in winter and spring. The water is hard or posesses considerable lime. The soil is rich. Praries are black sand and Loam. The Oapenings are sand and Grass, Timber, White, Burr, and Black Oak with some Hickory. The natural fertelizer of the soil is ******. There is but few stone in the District, country generally level. ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Flowerfield ENUMERATOR: Wm H Cross File Page: 7 Handwritten Page: 963 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Wood Sylvester 1/12 M . . M Mich March . Unknown 6 . 2 Wood Earl 1/12 M . . . Mich March . Fits 2 . 3 Gillmore Charles 4 M . . . Mich May . Scarlet fever 7 . 4 Gillmore George 7 M . . . New York Dec'r . . . . 5 Herrick Tell 1/12 M . . . Mich May . Ma*asmus 4 . 6 Ingram Infant 1/12 M . . . Mich Dec'r . . 1 . 7 Beam Alonzo 2 M . . . Mich June . Gangrene 30 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Leonidas ENUMERATOR: Wm H Cross File Page: 8 Handwritten Page: 947 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Keith Alma 37 F . . M New York Feb'y . Dropsy 2 . 2 Adams Daniel W 63 M . . M Mass June Farmer Consumption c . 3 Rynearson Anna 8 F . . . Mich June . Inf. Lungs 6 . 4 Dockslader Infant 4/12 F . . . Mich Jan'y . Unknown Sudden . 5 Hobert Louisa 2 F . . . Mich Feb'y . Lung Fever 21 . 6 Kinnie Elias B 63 M . . M Mass Nov Farmer C. Diarhea c . 7 Kinnie Erasmus D 32 M . . . New York Jan'y Farmer Pneumonia 9 . 8 Crosby Eunice 37 F . . M New York April . P****** 6 . 9 Viles Benjamin 38 M . . M New York Jan'y Farmer Dropsy 90 . 10 Ford James H 2 M . . . Mich May . Broncitus 9 . 11 Durfee Earl 38 M . . M New York May Farmer Inf. Lungs 8 . 12 Carpenter Sophia 34 F . . M New York May . Lung Fever 7 . 13 Keith Phebe M. 42 F . . M New York Aug't . Consumption c . 14 Norton Asel 77 M . . M Connecticut March Farmer Lung fever c . 15 McDermott James 28 M . . M Ireland Sep Pedler Inflamation 60 . 16 Wing Gilbert 34 M . . . New York May Farmer Inflamation 5 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Lockport ENUMERATOR: Wm H Cross File Page: 9 Handwritten Page: 959 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Cady Melvina Ann 10 F . . . Michigan Feb'y . Inf. Bowels 7 . 2 Munday Elizabeth 64 F . . . New York April . Aff. Liver 7 . 3 Alexander Daniel 2 M . . . . April . Scarlet fever 3 . 4 Putnam John 28 F . . . New York Oct Carpenter Comsump C Sex is as written 5 Shaffer Sarah Jane 1 F . . . Michigan Oct . Inf. Chronic 44 . 6 Gessler Jacob 40 M . . . Penn April Farmer Inf. Lungs 4 . 7 Gessler Lydia 10 F . . . Michigan May . Burnt 1 . 8 Rutledge Jane 2/12 F . . . Michigan Sept . Unknown 8 . 9 McKie John 25 M . . . New York July Farmer Consump 30 . 10 Hill Alicia 13 F . . . Ohio Feb'y . Cong. Fever 60 . 11 Riley Martin 65 M . . . New York Nov Farmer Inf. Lungs 10 . 12 Eunie Mary 67 F . . . New Jersey Sept . Appoplexy 1 . 13 Stebbins Infant 1/12 M . . . Michigan July . Unknown 10 . 14 Fulkerson Robert 3/12 M . . . Michigan Oct . Inf. Brain 5 . 15 Baums Henry 2 M . . . Michigan Oct . Inf. Throat 4 . 16 Cushine Rachel 1/12 F . . . Michigan Jan'y . Unknown 4 . 17 Luce Mary Ann 23 F . . . New York Sept . Consump C . 18 Harding Donna F 1 F . . . Michigan June . Dropsy in Brain 21 . 19 Thomas Friend 5 M . . . Michigan Feb'y . Aff. Throat 2 . 20 Young Martha Jane 1 F . . . Michigan April . Inf. Lungs 7 . 21 McMunten John 50 M . . . Pennsylv June Farmer Unknown 6 . 22 Moore Joseph E. 1/12 M . . . Michigan March . Inf. Throat 14 . 23 Fisher Lucas 2 M . . . Michigan Sept . Dysentery 8 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Mendon ENUMERATOR: William H Cross File Page: 10 Handwritten Page: 955 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Doane Ebiel 79 F . . W Mass Jan'y . Old Age . . 2 Deely Lucinda Ann 30 F . . M Ohio Dec'r . Child Birth 1 . 3 Wood William 60 M . . W Vermont Dec'r Carpenter Cong. Fever 2 . 4 Wood Elizabeth 62 F . . W Vermont May . Cong. Lungs 7 . 5 Youngs . 1/12 F . . . Mich April . Unknown 5 . 6 Patterson Maria 11/12 F . . . Mich Sept . Inf. Bowels 4 . 7 Casey Stephen 40 M . . M Penn Jan'y Farmer Cong. Liver 5 . 8 Langton David 28 M . . M New York Feb'y Farmer Inf. Lungs 8 . 9 Rardeen George W 4 M . . . Mich Feb'y . Scarlet fever 7 . 10 Neddo Feasine 37 F . . . Mich May . Child Birth 4 . 11 Voorhees Atche Esther 1 F . . . Mich Jan'y . Croup 2 . 12 Johnson Mary Ann 35 F . . M New York May . Typhoid Fever 14 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Nottawa ENUMERATOR: Wm H Cross File Page: 11 Handwritten Page: 953 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Bucknell Caroline M 1 F . . . Michigan Oct . Inf. Bowels 7 . 2 Powers William W 14 M . . . Michigan Oct . Inf. Lungs 19 . 3 Goodrich H. M. K. 4 M . . . Michigan Dec'r . Accident 2 . 4 Jacox Mary E 8 F . . . Michigan Oct . Cong. Bowels 19 . 5 Guerney John C. 2 M . . . Michigan July . Accident 30 . 6 Lombard Hiram H 3/12 M . . . Michigan Nov . Inf. Bowels 14 . 7 Monroe Burdett 3/12 M . . . Michigan Feb'y . Inf. Lungs 3 . 8 Mettler Edmund S. 26 M . . . New Jersey May Farmer Consump c . 9 VanBrunt Glorana 40 F . . M New York Oct . Dropsy of Heart 18 . 10 Bowers Edward 11/12 M . . . Michigan Sept . Fever 5 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Park ENUMERATOR: William H Cross File Page: 12 Handwritten Page: 957 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Higby Mary Jane 25 F . . M Penn Dec'r . Confinement 11 . 2 Deutler Sarah 30 F . . M Penn March . Aff. Liver 8 . 3 Leland Silas K. 2/12 M . . . Mich June . Spasms 20 . 4 Carpenter Wm 47 M . . M New York May Farmer Lung Fever 8 . 5 Carpenter Anna 86 F . . M New York Augt . Old Age C . 6 Howard Theron B 6 M . . . Mich April . Lung Fever 21 . 7 Hutchinson Ransom 6/12 M . . . Mich March . Inf. Lungs 7 . 8 Silliman Lovina 18 F . . M New York April . Inf. Lungs 5 . 9 Luce Mary Ann 23 F . . M New York Oct . Consumption C . 10 Ercanbrae Joseph W 1 M . . . Mich Feb . Inf. Brain 1 . 11 Osborn Naomi 62 F . . . Conn Dec . Old Age C . 12 Holborn Polly 2 F . . . Mich Feb . Inf. Fever 4 . 13 Teckler Levi 1/12 M . . . Mich Feb'y . Unknown 4 . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Sherman ENUMERATOR: Wm H Cross File Page: 13 Handwritten Page: 951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Green Mary 8/12 F . . . Mich May . Inf. Lungs 17 . 2 Gage Abram 67 M . . . Vermont Dec'r Farmer Inf. Lungs 59 . 3 Banker William 74 M . . . New York May Farmer Asthma 30 . 4 Gillchrist Philena 52 F . . . Vermont May . Cancer C . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: Sturgis ENUMERATOR: David Knox File Page: 14 Handwritten Page: 967 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Fairchild Julius 16 M . . . New York March Laborer Palpatation 12mo . 2 Johnson Rosana L 10 F . . . New York October . Unknown 5 Days . 3 Treuse George 5 M . . . Michigan April . Absess 12mo . 4 Buck Mary C 23 F . . . Canada July . Consumption 12mo . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: St Joseph DISTRICT: White Pigeon ENUMERATOR: David Knox File Page: 15 Handwritten Page: 969 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #DAYS TRANSCRIBER'S LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Blanchard George T 1/12 M . . . Michigan February . Rattles 7 . 2 Rawlings Ann 43 F . . M New Hampshire September . Consumption 6 Years . 3 Linn Alice J 1 F . . . Michigan December . Dropsy 14 . 4 Robins Nancy A 85 F . . W New Jersey December . Old Age . . 5 Miller Ann 26 F . . M England May . Canker 7 . 6 Kellogg Melinda 45 F . . M New York March . Consumption 2 Years . 7 Watt Alice E 1 F . . . Michigan January . R. Fever 7 . 8 Cook Francis B. 1 F . . . Michigan August . Unknown 21 . ================================================================================================================================================== ==================================================================================================================================================