DeWitt County, IL 1850 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/dewitt/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 DeWITT 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: DeWitt DISTRICT: not listed ENUMERATOR: John Wright FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 196 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Hutchin Anna C. 1/12 F . . . Ills Feb . Croup 1 day . 2 Walker Ann 23 F . . M Ky June . Liver complaint 2 m . 3 Thornley Lucinda 26 F . . M Ky July . Unknown Unknown . 4 Miller James A. *4 M . . . Ills Apr . Unknown 1 w ink blotch on age 5 Williams George W. 7 M . . . Ills Dec . Congestive fever 1 day . 6 . Burritt 2 M . . . Iowa Oct . Congestive fever 3 w No surname or visible ditto mark 7 Foster George 4/12 M . . . Ills Sept . Unknown 6 m . 8 Hobbs William F. 1/12 M . . . Iowa Apr . Unknown 2 m . 9 Harvey Mathew 44 M . . M NH Apr Miller Lung fever 10 days . 10 Cartmel John 15 M . . . Ill Jan Farmer Unknown 6 m . 11 Malson Myers 2/12 M . . . Ills Sept . Thrush 2 m . 12 Summers Thomas 1 M . . . Ills March . Winter fever 2 w . 13 Ward Thomas 80 M . . M NY Feb Farmer Unknown C.H. . 14 Ackison Susan 4/12 F . . . Ohio Jan . Inflamation in the head 12 d . 15 Hall James M. C. 17 M . . . Ills Nov Farmer Tifoyd fever 3 w . 16 Sawyer Zachariah T. 1 M . . . Ills Sept . Inflamation in the head 6 w . 17 Murphy Oliver P. 7 M . . . Ills May . Unknown 18 d . 18 Bricky Patten 5/12 M . . . Ills Dec . Croup 2 d . 19 Murphy Louisa 3 F . . . Ills Sept . Unknown 11 d . 20 Bergen George R. 3 M . . . Ills Dec . Tifoyd fever 9 d . 21 Lantis John 6 M . . . Ills Aug . Quinsy 1 w . 22 Farmer Orville 5 M . . . Ills March . Tifoyd fever 3 m . 23 Daugherty Rebecca J. 9/12 F . . . Ills March . Lung fever 7 w . 24 Hurley Mary 53 F . . . Pa July . Dropsy 6 h End DeWitt Co. ===================================================================================================================================================== 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/ =====================================================================================================================================================