Grant County, WI 1850 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wi/grant/1850/ 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) 2026 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 MICROFILM-#: n/a STATE WISCONSIN COUNTY GRANT 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: WI COUNTY: Grant INHABITANTS IN: District # 24 FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 40 ENUMERATOR: George Cole ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Merritt Mary E. 1/12 F . . . Wis Feb . H. cough 4 . 2 Manchester David G. 19 M . . . Mo Feb Farming Scrofula C . 3 Manchester Zala N. 7 F . . . Mo April . H. cough C . 4 Daake Alonzo 4/12 M . . . Wis Nov . Disease of brain 1 . 5 Weaver John 22 M . . . Pa Oct Laborer Dysentery 14 . 6 Bateman's Child 11/12 M . . . Wis Oct . Fever 21 . 7 Lord Austin 57 M . . . N.Y. Oct Farming Billious fever 15 . 8 Gardner Samuel H. 1 M . . . New Brunswick March . Fever 7 . 9 Shuart Charles 2/12 M . . . Wis Jan'y . Inflm brain 2 . 10 Dowling William 1 M . . . Wis Sept . Unknown C . 11 Meeker Oliver 35 M . . M N.J. April Farming Lung fever C . 12 Smith Mary 17 F . . . Pa Sept . Unknown 7 . 13 Kayton Robert 8/12 M . . . Va April . H. cough 10 . 14 Day Mary J. 1 F . . . Wis Nov . Lung fever C . 15 Brownfield Charles 25 M . . M Pa May Farming Lung fever 10 . 16 Darcy Michael 11/12 M . . . Ill Sept . H. cough 4 months . 17 Spangler Elizabeth 67 F . . . Va April . Affection of brain C . 18 Pafford George H. 15 M . . . Ind April . Affection of brain C . 19 Johnson Granville T. 2/12 M . . . KY March . Unknown 2 months . 20 Dopss Caroline 8 F . . . Wis May . Spinal disease 5 months . 21 Finley Umma L. 21 F . . . *** April . Consumption C . 22 Shruster's Child 1 day F . . . Wis March . Unknown . . 23 Sprague William 49 M . . M England July Miner Cholera 12 hours . 24 Sprague Thomas 40 M . . M England June Miner Cholera 7 days . 25 Sprague Rebecca 11 F . . . England June . Cholera 2 days . 26 Sprague Julia 7 F . . . England June . Cholera 2 days . 27 Sprague John 5/12 M . . . England June . Cholera 8 hours . 28 Sprague William 2 M . . . England Oct . Diarrhora 5 weeks . 29 Burns Catherine 43 F . . . Va Jan'y . Affection of liver C . 30 Gammon Louisa 4 F . . . Wis Feb . Lung fever 7 . 31 Stephen's Child 2 weeks M . . . Wis Sept . Unknown 7 . 32 Works Asa 37 M . . M Vt Feb Miner Small pox 3 . 33 Mills Thomas 32 M . . M Ill Jan'y Miner Pneumonia 9 . 34 McConell Mary E. 22 F . . M Ill Dec . Hectic fever 3 months . 35 Burns Eliza 9/12 F . . . Wis April . Unknown 2 months . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: WI COUNTY: Grant INHABITANTS IN: Plattville FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 42 ENUMERATOR: George R. Stuntz ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Beatton Rachel 63 F W . M Eng Apr . Dropsy C . 2 Nichols James 63 M . . M Eng May Miner Consumption C . 3 Armstrong John 45 M . . M Ireland June Farmer Dropsy 6 mo's . 4 Armstrong Eliza Jane 2 F . . . Wis March . Scarlet fever 7 days . 5 Armstrong John 6 M . . . Wis March . Scarlet fever 7 days . 6 Hancock James 20 M . . . Ill Dec Farmer Congest fever 21 . 7 Bebee Peter 58 M . . M NY Nov Farmer Fell from wagon . . 8 Morse Belona D. 1/12 F . . . Wis Sept . Inflm of bowels 10 . 9 Beebe J. A. 6/12 M . . . Wis Apr . Hooping cough 28 . 10 Banes Ami 1/12 F . . . NY May . Flux 4 . 11 Palmer John 49 M . . M Eng March Miner Consumption 9 mos Begins Harrison 12 Moreshead James 48 M . . M Eng March Farmer Dyspepsia 9 mos . 13 White Wm 60 M . . M Eng Aug Miner Cholera 3 days . 14 Stewart Mary Jane 4/12 F . . . Wis Jan'y . Hives 7 . 15 Haney Jane 60 F . . M Penn Jan'y . Lung fever 7 . 16 Kirchgaifiner Mary 46 F . . M Ger Dec . Consumption 2 yrs . 17 Dickey Robert S. 3 M . . . Ill Oct . Flux 3 mos Begins Paris 18 Richardson Cynthia A. 36 F . . M Ohio May . Lung fever 5 mos . 19 Richardson Cynthia A. C. 2 F . . . Wis May . Lung fever 42 days . 20 Locey George 38 M . . M Canada E. July Boatman Fell from a wagon 15 . 21 Hargrave Isaac 6 M . . . Ill Apr . Scarlet fever 3 Begins Smelser 22 Collins Lycergus D. M. 10 M . . . Wis Sept . Congest of brain 1 . 23 Attizer James H. 1/12 M . . . Wis Oct . Unknown 6 . 24 Smelser Peter 86 M . . W Md Dec Farmer Decline 4 . 25 Wooldridge Martha 39 F . . M Unknown May . Consumption 1 yr . 26 Artman Casper 26 M . . M Ger March Farmer Winter fever 14 days Begins Jamestown 27 Lane Joseph 1/12 M . . . Wis Oct . Diarrhea 10 . 28 Fane Laura H. 1 F . . . Wis Apr . Small pox 7 . 29 Bixler John 5/12 M . . . Wis July . Cholera morbus 3 . 30 Paltette John C. 4 M . . . Iowa Feb'y . Scarlet fever 7 . 31 Hopwood Charlotte 6 F . . . Mo March . Scarlet fever 8 . 32 Hopwood Louisa 4 F . . . Wis March . Scarlet fever 2 . 33 Johnson Adelbert L. 2 M . . . Wis Apr . Scarlet fever 6 . 34 Holladay John E. 2 M . . . Wis Dec . Measles 14 . 35 Holladay Infant 2/12 M . . . Wis Dec . Brain fever 7 . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: WI COUNTY: Grant INHABITANTS IN: Jamestown FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 44 ENUMERATOR: George R. Stuntz ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Harney Elizabeth 31 F . . M Ill July . Consump 18 months . 2 Davidson Georgeania 3/12 F . . . Grant Co Apr . Suddenly died . . 3 Flemming Mogee 1 * . . . Ohio Apr . Lung fever 6 days Gender is overwritten 4 Chambers Madora A. 1 F . . . Grant Co Feb . Scarlet fev 3 days . 5 Huston Charles F. 3 M . . . Grant Co March . Scarlet fev 5 days . 6 Sheridan Arthur 38 M . . . Ireland May Miner Damps Suddenly . 7 McGuire Patrick 38 M . . M Ireland May Miner Damps Suddenly . 8 Pierce Viola A. 10/12 F . . . Grant Co July . Dropsy of brain 4 weeks Begin Hazel Green 9 Collins Fisk C. 24 M . . . NY Sept Miner Inflm liver 2 weeks . 10 Williams Elizabeth 40 F . . M Ireland May . Erysipelas 14 days . 11 Reddon Ellen 3 F . . . Grant Co Jan . Scarlet F 4 days . 12 Reddon Mary 11/12 F . . . Grant Co Jan . Scarlet F 4 weeks . 13 Cooper L. 36 F . . . Germany July . Cholera 1 day . 14 Kanall Joseph 23 M . . . Germany July . Cholera 1 day . 15 Andrews Gra*ee 1 F . . . England March . H. cough 2 weeks . 16 Andrews Rebeca 32 F . . M England Sept . Cholera 4 days . 17 Andrews Elizabeth J. 6 F . . . England Sept . Cholera 4 days . 18 Andrews Mary 4 F . . . England Sept . Cholera 4 days . 19 Williams John 8/12 M . . . Grant Co Oct . Fever 2 weeks . 20 Johns John H. 1 M . . . Grant Co Apr . Croup 1 day . 21 Byrnes Ellen 25 F . . . Ireland Aug . B. Diar. 18 days . 22 Rogers William 30 M . . M England Oct Miner Fever 4 weeks . 23 Rogers James 1/12 M . . . Grant Co Oct . Unknown . . 24 Conway Paatrick 1 M . . . Grant Co Sept . Diar. 8 days . 25 Murley Emily 11 F . . . England Aug . Diar. 9 weeks . 26 Murley Anna 1 F . . . England Aug . Diar. 8 days . 27 Rowe Mary L. 1/12 F . . . On Lake Erie Sept . Diar. 4 days . 28 Gribble Mary E. 1 F . . . Grant Co Sept . Diar. 4 days . 29 Richards Thomas 5/12 M . . . Grant Co Aug . Diar. 7 weeks . 30 Shelden Geo 9 M . . . Grant Co Aug . Dropsy of B. 2 weeks . 31 Wetherby Calvin 8 M . . . Grant Co March . Affection of spine C . 32 Anderson D. A. 1/12 F . . . Grant Co Aug . H. cough 3 W . 33 Stephens Hesther 3 F . . . England March . Erysipelas 5 weeks . 34 Doyle Jane 6/12 F . . . Ill Sept . Unknown 6 weeks . 35 Nulty Frederick 4 M . . . Germany Jan . Croup 2 weeks . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: WI COUNTY: Grant INHABITANTS IN: District # 24 FILE PAGE: 4 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 46 ENUMERATOR: George Cole ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Davis Sarah 16 F . . . Ill Nov . Unknown C . 2 Davis Mary 3 F . . . Wis Feb . Scald 18 . 3 Lemskin James 11 M . . . Va June . Abscess 6 weeks . 4 Grave Alice C. L. 1 F . . . Wis Sept . Inflm on brain 2 weeks . 5 Conat Mary E. 5 F . . . Iowa Oct . Lung fever 1 week . 6 McCartney Delos 22 M . . . Ill Dec Farming Inflm brain 17 days . 7 Atkinson James W. 9/12 M . . . Wis Feb . Unknown 2 days . 8 Holloway Lewis L. 2 M . . . Wis April . Effects of scald 2 weeks . 9 Prideaux Thomas 9 M . . . England July . Gravel C . 10 Carr Harriet J. 23 F . . . Ind March . Unknown 14 days . 11 Garner Franklin 1 M . . . Wis Sept . H. cough 14 days . 12 Nicholson Alonzo 2/12 M . . . Wis Jan'y . Unknown 2 months . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: WI COUNTY: Grant INHABITANTS IN: Hazel Green Township FILE PAGE: 5 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 47 ENUMERATOR: George R. Stuntz ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Hawkins James 35 M . . M England October Miner Cholera 3 days . 2 Luke John 26 M . . . England October Miner Brain fever 1 week . 3 Stephens William G. 1 M . . . Grant Co October . Dropsy brain 4 days . 4 Cott Henry 8/12 M . . . Grant Co Dec . Croup 3 days . 5 Hawkins Elizabeth A. 5/12 F . . . Grant Co May . H. cough 2 weeks . 6 Rodda Elizabeth 61 F . . . England March . Fever 2 weeks . 7 Elos John 60 M . . . England Sept . Cholera 1 day . 8 Champion Infant 4/12 F . . . Wis Sept . Dar. 2 weeks . 9 Kelly Geo. W. 9 M . . . Grant Co March . Cholera 5 days Begin Highland 10 Pratt Martha A. 8/12 F . . . Grant Co Jan . Dropsy on brain 1 week Begin Fennimore 11 Philip P. C. 8 M . . . Germany July . Cholera 1 day . 12 Smith John 39 M . . M England May Farmer Brain fever 6 days . 13 Rowe George 6/12 M . . . Grant Co Oct . Cold 3 days Begin Wingville 14 Rowe Ann 6/12 F . . . Grant Co Oct . Cold 3 days . 15 Moore John 1 M . . . Grant Co March . Lung fever 1 month . 16 Fulks Emily 35 F . . M Penn Jan . Consumption 5 weeks . 17 Fulks Joseph 19 M . . . Ohio Dec Farmer Cong fever 5 days . 18 Fulks Sanford 5/12 M . . . Wis Feb . Unknown 3 weeks . 19 Hill Sarah A. 2 F . . . Grant Co Dec . Fever 3 days . 20 Dea*** Stephen 1/12 M . . . Wis April . Unknown 2 weeks . 21 Frazier Levi 28 M . . . Ohio March Farmer Fever 1 week . 22 Clifton Sarah E. 2 F . . . Wis Jan . Croup 3 days . 23 Burns Jane 27 F . . M Ohio Nov . Consump 2 months Begin Lima Township 24 Cowell Loraine 4 M . . . Ohio Feb . Fever 20 days . 25 Carson Dorcus 22 F . . M Ohio May . Consump 3 weeks . 26 McLurg Alice L. 5/12 F . . . Wis March . Fever 2 days . 27 Burnes Temperance A. 38 F . . M Ohio May . Consump 2 months . 28 Griffith Mary 53 F . . W KY March . Fever 7 days . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: WI COUNTY: Grant INHABITANTS IN: Platteville Township FILE PAGE: 6 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 49 ENUMERATOR: George R. Stuntz ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Kirkpatrick Jerome S. 6 M W . . Wis Sept . Diarrhea 6 . 2 Hodges Melissa O. 6 F . . . Wis Oct . White swelling C . 3 Tutwyler John 40 M . . M KY March Farmer Lung fever 5 . 4 Clarke Mary E. 4 F . . . Wis June . Hooping cough 7 . 5 Hodgson Jane 58 F . . W Eng July . Consumption C . 6 Lewis John 26 M . . . Eng May Laborer Bilious fever 20 . 7 Von Dubie Margaretta 1 F . . . Wis March . Croup 1 . 8 Carrington Mary E. 3 F . . . Wis Apr . Measles 6 . 9 Carrington Charles 2 M . . . Wis Apr . Measles 3 . 10 Morgan William 23 M . . . Eng Jan'y Plasterer & Moulder Fever 40 . 11 Gabriel Ann 18 F . . . Ger Feb'y . Inflm'y Rheumatism 4 mos . 12 Gabriel John 62 M . . . Ger July . Consumption C . 13 Swart Anna 54 F . . M Mass Nov . Consumption C . 14 Tibbot Richard W. 2 M . . . Wis Aug . Flux 9 . 15 Bevans John James 16 M . . . Ohio Oct Saddler Typhoid fever 35 . 16 Einneman David 60 M . . . Ger May Laborer Suicide . . 17 Smelker Emanda Jane 1 F . . . Wis Sept . Flux 8 . 18 Mann* William 30 M . . M Eng March Shoemaker Lung fever 9 . 19 Wood Elvira 23 F . . M Ohio Aug . Fever 21 . 20 Snowden Ellen L. 1/12 F . . . Wis March . Hooping cough 14 . 21 Snowden Laura A. 2/12 F . . . Wis Apr . Hooping cough 21 . 22 Gillman Philip 8/12 M . . . Ill March . Croup 3 . 23 Blaylock Thomas P. 1 M . . . Wis May . Hooping cough 42 . 24 Gribble Elizabeth Ann 19 F . . . Eng Sept . Cholera 1 . 25 Butson Mary 60 F . . W Eng Aug . Bilious fever 11 . 26 Dobson Emma 63 F . . W Eng Sept . Flux 10 . 27 Gregory Martha J. 5 F . . . Wis March . Inflamation of lungs 14 . 28 Gillis Lucinda 31 F . . M Penn March . Typhoid fever 1 . 29 Dinsdale Wm R. 5/12 M . . . Wis March . Hooping cough 56 . 30 Bonson Mary C. 9 F . . . Wis Oct . Billious fever 35 . 31 Janney Mary E. 19 F . . . Ill July . General debility C born May 10, 1829 32 Chapman Robert 39 M . . M Eng Aug Farmer Thrown from a wagon . . 33 Cruson Albert 6/12 M . . . Wis May . Lung fever 14 . 34 McLaughey Edward 4/12 M . . . Wis May . Hooping cough 28 . 35 Robinson Anna 31 F . . M Eng Feb'y . Child birth 6 . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: WI COUNTY: Grant INHABITANTS IN: District # 24 FILE PAGE: 7 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 51 ENUMERATOR: George R. Stuntz ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Prideaux Stephen J. 3 M . . . Wis May . Unknown 7 . 2 Nichols John 53 M . . M England May None Consumption 1 yr . 3 Padler Salina A. 22 F . . . England April . Unknown C . 4 Richards William 54 M . . M England August Miner Bilious fever 10 days . 5 Bill's Child 1 day M . . . Wis June . Unknown 1 . 6 Bilderback Andrew J. 2/12 M . . . Wis April . Lung Complt 8 weeks . 7 Down Orlando C. 1 M . . . Wis July . H. cough 2 weeks . 8 Walker John J. 4 M . . . England May . Unknown C . 9 Riende Eliza 2/12 F . . . Wis August . Fever & ague 3 weeks . 10 Smith Richard 1 M . . . Ill Sept . Diarrhea 6 weeks . 11 Mortins Anthony C. 8/12 M . . . Wis May . Inflam of brain 3 weeks . 12 Wood Martin 20 M . . . Ill April Farming Small pox 10 days . 13 Beston Margaret 1/12 F . . . Wis March . Unknown 3 days . 14 Hollub* Sarah 1 F . . . Wis May . Unknown 2 months . 15 St John Mary A. 4 F . . . Wis April . Croup 3 days . 16 Jenkins William H. 1 M . . . Wis Oct . Diarrhea 2 months . 17 Newfang Augustus 9/12 M . . . Wis Sept . Teeth cutting 4 days . 18 Bremer Lewis P. 3 M . . . Wis May . H. cough 3 months . 19 Springston Amy 4 F . . . Wis May . Lung fever 3 months . 20 Mallet Frederick 2 M . . . Wis Sept . Flux 5 weeks . 21 Bell Elizabeth E. 4 F . . . Wis August . Fever 3 weeks . 22 Park William 45 M . . M Tenn Mary Carpenter Cholera 7 hours . 23 Woods Catherine E. 3 F . . . Wis Oct . Inflm brain 1 month . 24 Kendicott Benjamin 49 M . . M Va May Miner Small pox 11 days . 25 Porter Margaret 54 F . . W England Feb . Effects of freezing 6 weeks . 26 Stone Cornelia J. 1 F . . . Wis April . Dysentery 4 days . 27 McMahan Martin 62 M . . W Ireland Dec Miner Inflam lungs 10 days . 28 Adams Elizabeth A. 1/12 F . . . Wis August . Diarrhea 7 days . 29 Shrader John 10 M . . . Germany May . Diarrhea 8 days . 30 O'Hara John J. 1 M . . . Wis Sept . Cholera infantum 12 . 31 Coleby Zachary T. 1 M . . . Wis Jan'y . Dropsy on brain 4 weeks . 32 Brenner Philip 3 M . . . Wis March . Consumption 4 months . 33 Leib Margaret A. 11/12 F . . . Pa Feb . Unknown 1 day . 34 Reynolds Lewis 1 M . . . Wis Feb . Unknown 2 weeks . 35 Craig William 73 M . . . England Sept Farming Inflam bowels 5 days . ========================================================================================================================================================================= 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/ =========================================================================================================================================================================