Henry County, IA 1850 Mortality Census http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ia/henry/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Cathy Labath and proofread by Polly Eckles for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2005 by Cathy Labath ========================================================================== 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 Microfilm#: T1156-54 State IOWA County HENRY SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1850 The 1850 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1849 and ends May 31, 1850 ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ==================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IA COUNTY: Henry TOWNSHIP/PRECINCT: Division 2 ENUMERATOR: A.B. Porter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE PAGE PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL ==================================================================================================================================================== 1 333 1 Patterson Sarah 33 f . . m Pennsylvania March . Liver Comp 9 1 333 2 Crane Amanda 1/12 f . . . Iowa August . . 8 1 333 3 Tryer Cynthia E 3 f . . . Iowa July . Fever 7 1 333 4 Johnson Elizabeth 39 f . . m Kentucky December . Inflammation 18 1 333 5 Sampson Eliza J 30 f . . m Kentucky Sept . Fever 21 1 333 6 Hare Mary A 24 f . . m Ohio May . Measles 20 1 333 7 Corkhill William 70 m . . m Isle of Man March Tailor Fever 8 1 333 8 Robinson Mary E 1 f . . . Iowa August . Inflammation 3 1 333 9 Despain Eliza J 12 f . . . Kentucky February . Fever 30 1 333 10 McMillan Clinton 28 m . . . Ohio November Carpenter Scurvy 90 1 333 11 McMillan James 22 m . . . Ohio October Blacksmith Scurvy 60 1 333 12 Harper Amanda 19 f . . m Illinois April . Fever 14 1 333 13 Knieman Jemima 1/12 f . . . Iowa Oct . Influenza 5 1 333 14 Jenks Hannah N 2 f . . . Iowa Decr . Croup 7 1 333 15 Jenks Julian 3/12 f . . . Iowa Feb . Croup 4 1 333 16 Tally John 3 m . . . Iowa Jan . Disease of the heart 30 1 333 17 Lewis Andrew J 1 m . . . Iowa Nov . Whooping Cough 28 1 333 18 Doran Mary A 24 f . . m Tennessee August . Cholera 8 hours 1 333 19 Lee William S 1/12 m . . . Iowa Augst . Not Known 1 1 333 20 Shockley Benjamin 68 m . . w Maryland Nov Farmer Diarrhea 6 1 333 21 Pickel John W 1 m . . . Iowa Jan . Disease of the brain 28 1 333 22 Moore John F 28 m . . w Tennessee May Farmer Consumption 365 1 333 23 Moore Melissa 21 f . . m Illinois Feby . Consumption 210 1 333 24 Crawford Ursula 30 f . . m Ohio Decr . Inflammation of the brain 8 1 333 25 Mahany Nancy E 6/12 f . . . Iowa October . Fever 2 1 333 26 Wilson Robert 41 m . . m Tennessee Jan Farmer Lung fever 7 1 333 27 Smith John W 1/12 m . . . Iowa July . Whooping Cough 10 1 333 28 Faulkner Hester Ann 1/12 f . . . Iowa Sept . Whooping Cough 6 1 333 29 Dougherty Rachel 18 f . . . Pennsylvania July . Fever 10 1 333 30 Dougherty Catharine 14 f . . . Pennsylvania Feby . Inflammation of the brain 30 1 333 31 Everts Benjamin */12 m . . . Iowa Nov . Whooping Cough 35 1 333 32 Kinkead Charles 20 m . . . New York Augt Farmer Lung fever 15 1 333 33 Crawford Samuel 37 m . . m Ohio Augt Farmer Inflammation of the bowels 30 1 333 34 Simpson Jesse 2/12 m . . . Iowa Sept . Chills 9 1 333 35 Pollock John 4 m . . . Missouri Jan . Smallpox 14 ENUMERATOR'S REMARKS: There has been no particular disease generally prevailing: health good as usual- Water pure and good, impregnated with lime (usually called "Limestone water" or "hard water" Soil a rich permeable loam with a clay sub soil but little sand; produces. Corn, wheat, oats grass, potatoes, rye & ? Abundantly. Limestone is the principal rock formation some of which is of very fine quality bearing a polish equal to fine Italian marble. Some sand stone is found and also flint pebbles & a few Boulders are scattered over the prairies- fruit trees grow ? & [rest cut off] ==================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IA COUNTY: Henry TOWNSHIP/PRECINCT: Division 2 ENUMERATOR: A.B. Porter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE PAGE PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL ==================================================================================================================================================== 2 337 1 Parker Louisa 43 f m Pennsylvania Augt Diarrhea 14 2 337 2 Ream Elizabeth 6 f Iowa Nov Erysipelas 7 2 337 3 Davis Sarah 1 f Iowa Apl Lung fever 5 2 337 4 Osborn Lucinda 1 f . . . Iowa June . Measles 90 2 337 5 Mendenhall Asenath 36 f . . m North Carolina May . Measles 21 2 337 6 Mason Martha C 1 f . . . Iowa Sept . Flux 10 2 337 7 Crew Edmund 1 m . . . Virginia Sept . Cholera Infantum 10 2 337 8 Dorland Martha E 6/12 f . . . Iowa Sept . Scrufula 100 2 337 9 Lewallen Delila 9/12 f . . . Iowa Sept . Flux 9 2 337 10 Moore John W 6/12 m . . . Iowa Sept . Flux 4 2 337 11 Jones Henrietta 1 f . . . Iowa March . Fever 100 2 337 12 Strahl Philip 23 m . . . Ohio August Farmer Mumps 17 2 337 13 Gray Jesse 15 m . . . Ohio May Farmer Accident . 2 337 14 Frazier Ann 57 f . . m North Carolina February . Liver Complaint 14 2 337 15 Nixon Lutitia A 19 f . . . Indiana April . Erysipelas 14 2 337 16 Frazier Ruth 1 f . . . Iowa Sept . Cholera Inf 1 2 337 17 Thrash Catharine 56 f . . m Virginia July . Liver Complaint 90 2 337 18 Thomas Tabitha 9/12 f . . . Ohio Augt . Inflammation 7 2 337 19 Pickering Benjamin 66 m . . . Virginia March Mill Wright Cancer 1 year 2 337 20 Gillenwaters Robert W 52 m . . m Tennessee Nov Farmer Fever 11 2 337 21 Marshall Hiram 20 m . . . Indiana May Cooper Accident . 2 337 22 Sullivan William A 4/12 m . . . Iowa August . Inflammation 14 2 337 23 Faulkner Jane 22 f . . m Ohio Nov . Fever 100 2 337 24 Jones George 65 m . . m North Carolina March Farmer Pneumonia 2 2 337 25 Mason Edmund 42 m . . m Tennessee October Farmer Fever 14 2 337 26 Lazenbee Joshua 12 m . . . Iowa January . Pleurisy 7 2 337 27 Garrett Rhoda 29 f . . m Indiana July . Fever 100 2 337 28 Garret Margaret 4/12 f . . . Iowa July . Hives 2 2 337 29 Monroe Martha 6 f . . . Iowa Decr . Smallpox 10 2 337 30 Monroe David Y 1 m . . . Iowa March . Fever 20 2 337 31 Stephenson Frances 19 f . . . Indiana Sept . Fever 21 2 337 32 Bon Samuel C 19 m . . . Kentucky April Farmer Congestive Chills 1 2 337 33 Reynolds John 53 m . . m Nova Scotia Feb Farmer Dropsy 100 2 337 34 Denison Mary 55 f . . w Ohio Nov . Fever 9 2 337 35 Berry William 19 m . . . Illinois May Farmer Drowned . ENUMERATOR'S REMARKS: Kinds of lumber Oak, Hickory, Li? Or Bass woods. Sugar maple, Ash, Hackberry Buckeye-Elm-Walnut-Butternut, Wild Cherry &c of native fruit there are grapes, plums Blackberries- Raspberries- strawberries &c. Stone Coal of the Bituminous kind has been discovered on many places, limestone is abundant. The fall seasons of 1848 and 1849 were very wet and the potato not prevailed so both seasons to the almost entire destruction of the crop. It has not prevailed so greatly in 1850 although the season has been unusually wet.