Defiance County, OH 1860 Mortality Census http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/oh/defiance/1860/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Kelly Oliver Submitted to the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2007 by Kelly Oliver ========================================================================== 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 1860 (Mortality) State OHIO County DEFIANCE MICROFILM-#T1159-29 SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1860 The 1860 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1859 and ends May 31, 1860 ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: OH COUNTY: Defiance DISTRICT: Defiance Township ENUMERATOR: John H. Riser ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE #DAYS- ENUMERATION PAGE PAGE LINE NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 1 Lucy Cheney 18 F . . . NH [?] Sept . Typhoid Fever 9 Defiance . 2 Harriet Cheney 22 F . . M Nova Scotia Sept . Billious Fever 10 Defiance . 3 Charlotte Frank 28 F . . M O Aug . Typhoid Fever 13 Defiance . 4 Peter Frank 2 M . . . O Jany . Typhoid Fever 10 Defiance . 5 Margaret Frank 3/12 F . . . O Aug . Typhoid Fever 18 Defiance . 6 Jane Miller 1/12 F . . . O Aug . Unknown 2 Defiance . 7 F. G. Cox 38 M . . M Va Mch Hotel Keeper Consumption 120 Defiance . 8 Mary A. Tuttel 1 F . . . O Dec . Billious Fever 21 Defiance . 9 John E. Tuttel 4 M . . . O Dec . Billious Fever 14 Defiance . 10 John K. Paul 68 M . . M Ireland Jany Crachman Lung Fever 11 Defiance . 11 John G. Huber 1/12 M . . . O Apr . Unknown 2 Defiance . 12 John Bowers 65 M . . M Germany Sept Farmer Inflamation of Head 9 Defiance . 13 Bald[?] Bowers 38 M . . M . Nov Farmer Inflamation of Head 14 Defiance . 14 Jerome Ripley 1 M . . . O Feb . Lung Fever 11 Defiance . 15 Submit[?] Moon 1 F . . . O Jany . Croup 8 Defiance . 16 Electa L. Pryan[?] 1 F . . . O Aug . Congestion of Brain 3 Defiance . 17 Daniel Sponsler 2 M . . . O Mch . Croup 5 Defiance . 18 Robert Sproll 22 M . . . O May Laborer Consumption 314 Defiance . 19 Willis Tharp 70 M . . M O May . Lung Fever 3 Defiance . 20 Mary Hudson 30 F . . . O Feb . Unknown 30 Defiance . 21 Jane Hudson 1/12 F . . . O . . Unknown 2 Defiance . 22 Augustus Balow 2/12 M . . . O Sept . Croup 2 Defiance . 23 Electa Andrews 38 F . . M NY Sept . Brain Fever 9 Defiance . 24 Nancy [no last name] 6 F . . . O Octo . Flux 8 Defiance . 25 Samuel Keefer 2 M . . . O Feby . Lung Fever 28 Defiance . 26 Wm James 9/12 M . . . O Octo . Consumption 120 Defiance . 27 Wm Smith 20 M . . . Germany Dec Laborer Billious Fever 60 Defiance . 28 Albert Handel 8/12 M . . . O Sept . Unknown 8 Defiance . 29 Claudius Handel 12 M . . . O Dec . Billious Fever 9 Defiance . 30 Rebecca Kalo 2 F . . . O Octo . Croup 2 Defiance . 31 John Carder 1/12 M . . . O May . Unknown 9 Defiance . 32 Mary Shook 6 F . . . O Dec . Cankered Sore Throat 27 Defiance . 33 Barbara Vohn 2 F . . . O Nov . Diarrhea 3 Defiance . 34 Wm O Rillen 5 M . . . Mda [?] May . Drowned . Defiance . 35 Frances E. Hammer 2 F . . . O April . Unknown 2 Defiance . ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: OH COUNTY: Defiance DISTRICT: Defiance Township ENUMERATOR: John H. Riser ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE #DAYS- ENUMERATION PAGE PAGE LINE NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 2 2 1 Franklin Edwards 8 M . . . O Oct . Typhoid Fever 14 Defiance . 2 Ellen Sheary 3/12 F . . . O Jan . Jaundice 28 Defiance . 3 Louisa Smith 5/12 F . . . O Octo . Unknown 8 Defiance . 4 John B Ayres 70 M . . M N.J. Octo Merchant Inflamatory Fever 4 Defiance . 5 Eugene Ashton 1 M . . . O Feby . Inflamation in Head 10 Defiance . 6 Thomas Wolsiffer 1/12 M . . . O Aug . Billious Fever 2 Defiance . 7 Catharine Bodenshots 31 F . . M Germany Nov . Flux 35 Defiance . 8 Henry Bodenshots 1/12 M . . . O Nov . Unknown 1 Defiance . 9 Percinda Orcott 38 F . . M Mass Aug . Typhoid Fever 15 Defiance . 10 Ellen P Orcott 14 F . . . Conn July . Typhoid Fever 21 Defiance . 11 Charles Doskey 3 M . . . O May . Fitts 1 Defiance . 12 Wm Biede 9/12 M . . . O Aug . Unknown 30 Defiance . 13 F. J. Weisenberger 42 M . . M Germany Feby Merchant Consumption 240 Defiance . 14 Isabell Weisenberger 7/12 F . . . O May . Consumption 90 Defiance . 15 Jacob Markley 39 M . . M Germany . Drayman Broken Leg 10 Defiance . 16 Philip Bellinger 83 M . . M Germany April Laborer Old Age 60 Defiance . 17 Sophia Yockey[?] 24 F . . . Germany Mch Servant Lung Fever 12 Defiance . 18 Henry Miller 3/12 M . . . O . . Croup 1 Defiance . 19 Betty Yutman 4 F . . . O Jan . Fits 1 Defiance . 20 Andrew Iser[?] 62 M . . M Germany Sept Physician Flux 14 Defiance . 21 Wm C Hudson 6/12 M . . . O Nov . Croup 4 Defiance . 22 Edgar M Hudson 5 M . . . O May . Dropsy in the Head 10 Defiance . 23 John Hofman 17 M . . . O Jan Teamster Typhoid Fever 8 Defiance . 24 Syrias N. Carmon 3 M . . . O Apr . Fits 1 Defiance . 25 Jadon[?] Carmon 29 M . . M N.Y. Jan Printer Typhoid Fever 13 Defiance . 26 The rest of this page is blank ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: OH COUNTY: Defiance DISTRICT: Richland and Highland Townships ENUMERATOR: John H. Riser ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE #DAYS- ENUMERATION PAGE PAGE LINE NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 3 3 1 Basil Calwell 75 M . . M Canada May Farmer Typhoid Fever 9 Richland . 2 Samuel McGinnis 9 M . . . O Aug . Billious Diarrhea 9 Richland . 3 Martha Hughes 3/12 F . . . O Sept . Unknown 2 Richland . 4 Henry Haster 4/12 M . . . O Aug . Flux 14 Richland . 5 Samuel Wilson 75 M . . M N.C. Dec Farmer Old Age 8 Richland . 6 Margaret Lee 25 F . . . O July Domestic Typhoid 28 Richland . 7 Sarah J. Lee 7 F . . . O Aug . Typhoid 28 Richland . 8 Mary Lee 16 F . . . O Dec Domestic Typhoid 21 Richland . 9 Nicholas Lare 78 M . . W Holland Jany . Unknown 4 Richland . 10 Sarah Vandusen 3 F . . . O Aug . Flux 4 Richland . 11 Ellen J. Waters 2 F . . . O Jany . Unknown 8 Richland . 12 Alice J. Welty 7 F . . . O July . Unknown 6 Richland . 13 Horace Welty 2 M . . . O July . Croup 8 Richland . 14 Samuel Elliott 59 M . . M Ireland Sept Farmer Billious Diarrhea 35 Richland . 15 James Shackelford 29 M . . M Va May Farmer Typhoid Fever 11 Richland . 16 Catherine Bishop 2 F . . . O Jany . Lung Fever 10 Richland . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . Highland Township . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Cap Sanford 13 M . . . O Mch . Palsy 54 Highland . 23 Wm Mansfield 48 M . . M Md Aug Farmer Disease of Head 5 Highland . 24 Elizabeth Hagen 23 F . . M O Dec . Confinement 2 Highland . 25 Rachel Karns 5 F . . . O Sept . Putrid Sore Throat 14 Highland . 26 Samuel Lee 5 M . . . O Aug . Typhoid Fever 21 Highland . 27 Elva Holtzel 2 F . . . O June . Bean in Wind Pipe 4 Highland . 28 Abraham Burkholden 10 M . . . O Dec . Sore Throat 8 Highland . 29 Mary Burkholden 60 F . . M Pa Aug . Unknown 10 Highland . 30 John Neel 65 M . . . Va Feby . Burns 25 Highland . 31 James W. Wells 9/12 M . . . O Jany . Inflamation of Brain 3 Highland . 32 Silas Webster 22 M . . . Maine Sept Laborer Flux 28 Highland . 33 Eliza Lane 3 F . . . O Jany . Burns 4 Highland . 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: OH COUNTY: Defiance DISTRICT: Highland and Noble Townships ENUMERATOR: John H. Riser ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE #DAYS- ENUMERATION PAGE PAGE LINE NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 4 4 1 Philemon Dodd 60 M . . M NJ Dec Farmer Consumption 60 Highland . 2 John Biggs 11 M . . . O May . Typhoid Fever 14 Highland . 3 Ashbury 1 M . . . O May . Brain Fever 90 Highland . 4 James Williams 15 M . . . O Apr . Consumption 92 Highland . 5 Louisa Cutier 74 F . . . Mass Feby . Consumption 5 Highland . 6 Mary Conkel 48 F . . M O Sept . Consumption 370 Highland . 7 Martha E. Scherlart 25 F . . M O June . Consumption 360 Highland . 8 Jacob Hively 65 M . . M Va Nov Farmer Scrafula 90 Highland . 9 James Frederick 65 M . . M Germany Dec Farmer Palipitation of Heart 36 Highland . 10 John Shoemaker 2/12 M . . . O July . Unknown 30 Highland . 11 Jennetta Tittle 6/12 F . . . O July . Inflamation Bowels 2 Highland . 12 Ellen Retter 6 F . . . O Mch . Cankered Sore Throat 30 Highland . 13 Barbara Wise 1 F . . . O Mch . Cankered Sore Throat 8 Highland . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . Noble Township . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Peter Hummel 15 M . . . O Apr Laborer Suicide by Shooting . Noble . 20 Maria Moninger 28 F . . M Germany June . Consumption 360 Noble . 21 Wm D. Haymaker 46 M . . M Pa Sept Farmer Typhoid Fever 9 Noble . 22 Mary Longsmith 1 F . . . O Apr . Scarlet Fever 3 Noble . 23 Semantha Carpenter 5 F . . . O Sept . Cankered Sore Throat 14 Noble . 24 Ellen M. Carpenter 8/12 F . . . O Jany . Lung Fever 30 Noble . 25 26 27 I hereby certify the foregoing returns are made according to my oath and 28 instructions and are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. 29 30 John H. Kiser, Assistant Marshal ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: OH COUNTY: Defiance DISTRICT: Delaware, Mark, Farmer, and Hicksville Townships ENUMERATOR: Virgil H. Moats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE #DAYS- ENUMERATION PAGE PAGE LINE NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 5 1 1 C. Hilbert 15 F . . . Germany April . Scarlet Fever 4 Delaware . 2 Unnamed Keesbury 1/12 F . . . Ohio Dec . Unknown 1 Delaware . 3 C. Swaab 10 M . . . Ohio Feb . Inflam. Brain 3 Delaware . 4 S. Buck 16 M . . . Baden Apr . Scarlet Fever 2 Delaware . 5 Augustine Buck 13 M . . . Baden Apr . Scarlet Fever 1 Delaware . 6 S. Hersh 28 F . . M Pa July Housewife Puerperal Fever 90 Delaware Susann Hursh, d. July 26, 1859. Buried Clinker Cemetery. 7 H. Richart 25 M . . M Ohio Mar Farmer Measles 30 Delaware . 8 M. Richart 2 F . . . Ohio July . Lung Fever 14 Delaware . 9 Jo. Scott 16 M . . . Ohio Feb Laborer Measles 20 Delaware Joseph K. Scott, d. Feb. 25, 1860, age 16yr. 8mo. 24da. Son of Thomas W. & Susana Scott. Buried Sherwood Cemetery. 10 Js. Black 15 M . . . Ohio Jan Laborer Brain Fever 5 Delaware . 11 J. Traxler 3 F . . . Ohio Mar . Measles & Scarlet F. 14 Delaware . 12 A. Traxler 11/12 F . . . Ohio Mar . Measles & Scarlet F. 2 Delaware . 13 D. Traxler 11/12 M . . . Ohio Mar . Measles & Scarlet F. 2 Delaware . 14 M. Collins 5/12 F . . . Ohio Mar . Measles & Scarlet F. 6 Delaware . 15 M. Wagoner 11/12 F . . . Ohio Dec . Inflam. Brain 9 Delaware . 16 S. Traxler 5 M . . . Pa Dec . Sore Throat 6 Delaware . 17 M. Riger 65 F . . W Pa Aug . Intermittent Fever 7 Delaware . 18 . Mark Township . . . . . . . . . 19 Geo W. Roan 10 M . . . Ohio May . Jaundice 6 Mark . 20 E. Roan 1/12 F . . . Ohio Aug . Crippled by fall 1 Mark . 21 P. Servell 33 F . . M Ohio May . Puerperal Fever 15 Mark Prissilla Sewell, d. May 22, 1860. Age 33yr. 2mo. 16da. Wife of Andrew Sewell. Buried Clinker Cemetery. 22 S. Ames 33 F . . M Ohio May . Consumption 90 Mark . 23 . Farmer Township . . . . . . . . . 24 E. Welden 1 F . . . Ohio Aug . Brain Fever 8 Farmer . 25 S. Zimmerman 2/12 M . . . Ohio Aug . Lung Fever 7 Farmer . 26 Rt. Jones 17 M . . . Va July Laborer Measles 17 Farmer . 27 R. Hull 41 F . . M Ohio Nov . Neuralgia 4 Farmer . 28 C. Johnson 4 F . . . Ohio May . Throat disease 6 Farmer . 29 . Hicksville Township . . . . . . . . 30 Wm. Gexley 3/12 M . . . Ohio Aug . Flux 5 Hicksville . 31 L. Gallagher 1 F . . . Ohio Aug . Cholera Inflamation 1 Hicksville . 32 H. Hanville 3 F . . . Mich. Oct . Dysentery 12 Hicksville . 33 F. Hanville 11/12 M . . . Mich. Oct . Inflam. Brain 4 Hicksville . 34 N. Kinmont 26 F . . M Ohio Feb Housewife Consumption 6 mos. Hicksville . 35 N. Kinmont 3/12 F . . . Ohio Feb . Consumption 3 mos. Hicksville . ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: OH COUNTY: Defiance DISTRICT: Hicksville, Milford, Washington, and Tiffin Townships ENUMERATOR: Virgil H. Moats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE #DAYS- ENUMERATION PAGE PAGE LINE NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 6 2 1 J. Wartenbee 60 M . . M Va Mar Farmer Lung Fever 7 Hicksville . 2 Unnamed Silsman 1 da M . . . Ohio Oct . . 1 Hicksville . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . Milford Township . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 D. Boyles 34 M . . M Pa Dec Shoemaker Bronchitis 6 mos. Milford . 7 Jo. Bann 1 M . . . Ohio Aug . Consumption 2 mos. Milford . 8 S. Burboun 40 F . . M Ohio Feb Housewife Erysipelas 14 Milford . 9 Wm. Hopkins 14 M . . . Ohio May . Consumption 4 mos. Milford . 10 Jn. Hopkins 1/12 M . . . Ohio June . Liver disease 1 Milford . 11 Wm. Hopkins 1/12 M . . . Ohio Feb . Lung Fever 7 Milford . 12 F. Henry 20 M . . . Ohio Apr Farmer Typhoid Fever 19 Milford . 13 L. Olds 9 M . . . Ohio May . Measles 7 Milford . 14 Js. Ladd 61 M . . . N. H. Sep . Congestion Lungs 3 mos. Milford . 15 Chs. Mann 2 M . . . Ohio June . Measles 1 mo. Milford . 16 S. Mann 1/12 F . . . Ohio Nov . Lung disease 8 Milford . 17 A. Cramer 76 F . . . Hessen Cassel Sep . Intermittent Fever 8 Milford . 18 C. Hisler 5 F . . . Ohio Feb . Measles 10 Milford . 19 G. Lufell 1/12 M . . . Ohio Mar . Whooping cough 6 Milford . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . Washington Township . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 C. Welker 74 F . . W Pa Sep . Chill-fever 10 Washington . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . Tiffin T. . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 C. Sugar 45 F . . M Germany Oct . Unknown 6 Tiffin . 28 S. Hall 8 F . . . Ohio July . Scrofula 6 mos. Tiffin . 29 M. Replogle 24 F . . M Ohio Jan . Puerperal Fever 21 Tiffin . 30 M. Jordan 1 F . . . Ohio Dec . Lung Fever 40 Tiffin . 31 L. Deatrick 38 F . . M Pa Aug . Consumption 5 yrs. Tiffin Lucy Ann Dietrick, d. Aug. 7, 1859, age 38yr. 7mo. 3da. Buried Evansport Cemetery. 32 O. Miller 3 M . . . Ohio Feb . Scalded 35 Tiffin . 33 Jn. Hochman 6/12 M . . . Ohio Apl. . Unknown 1 Tiffin . 34 E. Rath 2 F . . . Ohio June . Drowned . Tiffin . 35 REMARKS: The same remarks will apply to the townships on this page, as to those on the first. No disease of any consequence affecting the inhabitants during the last year. Fountain wells are somewhat numerous in the northern part of Washington also in Tiffin. I certify that the foregoing return was made according to my oath and intentions and are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Virgil H. Moats, Assistant Marshall