Coles County, IL 1850 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/coles/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by Karen D. Foster for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 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-#: T1133-58 STATE ILLINOIS COUNTY COLES 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: IL COUNTY: Coles DISTRICT: Upper Okaw Precinct ENUMERATOR: P. Watson FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 133 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================== 1 McClelland Sarah 1 F . . . Ill Oct . Cold 42 . 2 Byram Sarah 34 F . . . Va April . Quinsy 4 . 3 Axton Susan 11/12 F . . . Ill Sept . Unknown 1 . 4 Russel Herman 49 M . . . Me Sept Milright Inflamation of the stomach 7 . 5 Jones Alfred 38 M . . . Ky Jan'y Farmer Bite of a hog 5 Blank below ========================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IL COUNTY: Coles DISTRICT: Muddy Precinct ENUMERATOR: W. D. Watson FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 135 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================== 1 Driden Jonathan T. 19 M . . . Wis Aug Farmer Colery 10/12 . 2 Johnston Mary 34 F . . . Ky Sept . Mass 2 Side note says tumor 3 Johnston Daniel W. 2 M . . . Ill July . Flux 8 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Owen Mary M. 1 F . . . Ind May . Whoop cough 24 Begin Wabash Precinct 15 Strickland **rion 1 M . . . Ill April . Unknown 11 d . 16 Cunningham Elizabeth C. 48 F . . M Ky Sep . Inf of womb 7 d Blank below ========================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IL COUNTY: Coles DISTRICT: Charleston Precinct ENUMERATOR: W. D. Watson FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 137 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================== 1 Tallee Oliver 45 M . . M Ohio July Farmer Small pox 13 . 2 Moore Benjamin F. 42 M . . M Ky April Taylor Cons lingering . 3 Allison Robert H. 32 M . . M Pa Feb'y Phy Bronkitus 3 weeks . 4 Dunbar Mary L. 1 F . . . Ill Jan'y . Scrofula 3 weeks . 5 Reat Jerusha E. 9 m F . . . Ill July . Diariaha 7 days bur. Mound Cem. 6 Marshall Ellen 2 F . . . Ill Sep . Brain fever 3 days bur. Old City Cem. 7 Monfort Martha H. 40 F . . M Ohio Nov . Typhoid fever 3 weeks . 8 Monfort Mary J. 12 F . . . Ind Nov . Typhoid fever 5 weeks . 9 Fudge ***an 40 F . . M Va Mar . Confined 11 days side note says "ch bir" 10 Munson Mary 40 F . . M Ky June . Confined 14 days MONSON, bur. Bethel Cem. 11 Clarke Catharine 27 F . . Sing Ky July . Unknown lingering . 12 White ****h A. 9/12 F . . . Ill May . Inf brain 3 weeks first name in crease ========================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IL COUNTY: Coles DISTRICT: Salisbury Precinct ENUMERATOR: W. D. Watson FILE PAGE: 4 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 139 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================== 1 Owings Thomas 1 M . . . Illinois Mar . Unknown 21 . 2 Swisher Samuel 54 M . . M NJ Feb'y Farmer Lung fever 28 . 3 Rouse Wm. J. 11/12 M . . . Ill Feb'y . Croup 2 . 4 Barkley Eliza J. 30 F . . M Ky Nov . Child bed 21 bur. Parker Cem. 2 5 Parker Elizabeth 1 F . . . Ill Aug . Chol morbus 4 . 6 Blakeney Hugh A. 36 M . . M Ohio Jan'y Farmer Lung fever 14 Blank below ========================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IL COUNTY: Coles DISTRICT: New Albany Precinct ENUMERATOR: W. D. Watson FILE PAGE: 5 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 141 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================== 1 Meadows Noah 1/12 M . . . Ill Dec . Erispa 3 . 2 Wibly Mary 19 F . . . Ohio Sep . Cons 2 years . 3 Richmon Elizabeth 18 F . . . Ohio May . Cong fever 4 days . 4 Bragg Amanda 9/12 F . . . Ill Mar . Woop cough 1 mo . 5 Richmonde Mary E. 9/12 F . . . Ill Mar . Inf on Brain 10 weeks . 6 Eaton Sarah J. 10 F . . . Ind Sep . Cong chill fever 5 days . 7 Crusan John 3/12 M . . . Ill Jan'y . Whop cough 2 mo . 8 Watson Thomas F. 1/12 M . . . Ill Mar . Unknown 3 days . 9 Hancock John R. 9/12 M . . . Ill April . Lung fever 8 days . 10 Jones Mary M. 1/12 F . . . Ill Jan'y . Unknown Sudden . 11 Long Jonathan 1 M . . . Ill Mar . Unknown 8 days . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . Begin Independence Precinct 18 Reed Mary J. 22 M . . M Ill April . * Lung fever 3 Weeks . 19 Reed Armstead 73 M . . M V't May Farmer Cancer 18 Months . 20 Cesso Ray 43 M . . M Ky Aug . Consumption Lingering . 21 Andrew I Ray 5 M . . . Ill July . In'fl on Brain 2 Months . 22 Lougneeker Lucy I 28 F . . M Ky May . Unknown 6 M . 23 Pemberten Sarah 69 F . . M Tenn May . 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