Hancock County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/hancock/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 311-322 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 MORTALITY MICROFILM #T1133-58 STATE ILLINOIS COUNTY HANCOCK 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 enumerated in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ======================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Hancock DISTRICT: Not Written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Wesley Williams FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 311 ======================================================================================================================================================================= 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 Gates Benjamin B. 49 M . . M Vermont July Millwright Chronic diarrhea 7 days . 2 Noland Susannah 8 F . . . Ind June . Consumption C . 3 Faught Eliza Ann 1/12 F . . . Iowa February . Ericipulas 20 days . 4 Dumont Angeline 1 F . . . Ill November . Brain fever 3 days . 5 Garrett Daniel 6/12 M . . . Ill May . Inflammation of throat 14 days . 6 McLaughlin Polly 47 F . . M Va June . Cholera 7 days . 7 McLaughlin Nancy 13 F . . S Ky June . Cholera 1 day . 8 McLaughlin David 10 M . . S Ky June . Cholera 1 day . 9 McLaughlin Walker 7 M . . . Ky June . Cholera 7 days . 10 . Banks 1/12 M . . . Ill February . Fits 3 days no first name 11 . Banks 1/12 M . . . Ill February . Fits 1 day no first name 12 Lambeth Mary Jane 15 F . . S Ill April . Hectic? Fever 14 days . 13 Bolt William 24 M . . S Penn September Carpenter Typhus fever 7 days . 14 Loftus Hampton 38 M . . M SC September Laborer Billious fever 10 days . 15 Clark James C. 1/12 M . . . Ill April . Croup Sudden . 16 Nelson Lucetta 1 F . . . Ill November . Worms 21 days . 17 Ross James A. 28 F . . M Ky February . Billious fever 21 days Gender as written 18 Ross Hardin 11/12 M . . . Ill February . Croup 6 days . 19 McCall William 1/12 M . . . Ill November . Small pox 8 days . 20 Waller Edward 28 M . . M Penn July Miller Cholera 6 hours . 21 Thompson Daniel 1 M . . . Ill September . B fever 6 days . 22 Thompson Maria 2/12 F . . . Ill August . H cough 13 days . 23 Thompson Catharine 8 F . . . Ill September . H cough 7 days . 24 Berry George W. 1 M . . . Ky January . Winter fever 25 days . 25 King Abner 10 M . . . Tenn March . Croup Sudden . 26 King John 16 M . . S Ill August Farmer Consumption Chronic . 27 Simpson Elizabeth 74 F . . M Maryland March . Cong chill 3 days . 28 York Elizabeth 47 F . . M Ky July . Diarrhea 5 days . 29 York Joshua W. 21 M . . S Indiana June Farmer Pleurisy 4 days . 30 Lively Mary 1/12 F . . . Ill May . Unknown Sudden . 31 Overton Samuel 1 M . . . Ill July . Hooping cough 3 days . 32 Hughes Rollin N. 1 M . . . Ill March . Croup 14 days . 33 Case Jane 3/12 F . . . Ill August . Diarrhea 30 days . 34 Watters William 43 M . . M Md June Farmer Cong chill 4 days WATERS: bur. Oak Grove Cem. ======================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Hancock DISTRICT: Not Written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Wesley Williams FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 313 ======================================================================================================================================================================= 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 Ervin John Henry 4/12 M . . . Illinois February . Lung fever 30 . 2 McMiniway Richard M. 4 M . . . Kentucky September . Lung fever 7 . 3 Davis Squire R. 1/12 M . . . Illinois January . Croup 2 . 4 Kimbrough Martha B. 36 F . . M Alabama March . Diarrhea 35 bur. Old Brick Church Cem. 5 Turner Benj. F. 1 M . . . Illinois June . Consumption 2 months . 6 Bancer John M. 4/12 M . . . Illinois February . Croup 1 day . 7 Proctor John 1 day M . . . Illinois Feb'y . Weakness 1 day . 8 Dunivon John 8/12 M . . . Illinois August . Diarrhea 10 days . 9 Dunivon Clarissa 41 F . . M Virginia February . Lung fever 5 . 10 Thompson Rebecca 29 F . . M Virginia October . . 6 No COD or visible ditto mark 11 Cason Francis Ann 34 F . . M Indiana April . Billious fever 8 days . 12 Rhea Lewis 58 M . . M Virginia November Farmer Consumption 150 C . 13 Dunham William A. 21 M . . S Illinois February Farmer Consumption 3 . 14 Rhea Sarah 26 F . . M Tenn May . Consumption C 160 bur. Cameron Cem. 15 Belknap Hugh 7/12 M . . . Illinois Sept'r . Diarrhea 7 . 16 Darnell Elias 8/12 M . . . Illinois August . Flux 35 . 17 Botts Mary Ann 24 F . . M Ohio February . Consumption 4 mos . 18 Dowles Moses 43 M . . M Virginia March Farmer Consumption 6 mos . 19 Fields Eliza E. 18 F . . M Virginia April . Lung fever 6 weeks . 20 Roberts Jesse 55 M . . M Virginia May Farmer Lung fever 14 . 21 Bixler Henrietta 1 F . . . Illinois October . Diarrhea 11 days . 22 Ronnick Nathan 3 M . . . Illinois July . Rupture of blood vessel 3 days . 23 Harter Fernando B. 2/12 M . . . Illinois Decem . Croup 2 weeks . 24 Pennock John 1/12 M . . . Illinois Septem'r . Weakness 1 day . 25 Howell Benjamin 9/12 M . . . Ill Jan'y . Lung fever 4 weeks . 26 King Eugene S. 9/12 M . . . Ill May . Lung fever 2 weeks . 27 Gavin Amanda 32 F . . M Ohio July . Child birth 3 weeks . 28 Gavin John 2/12 M . . . Illinois August . Thrush 3 weeks . 29 Cecil Mary 6/12 F . . . Illinois Decem'r . Hooping cough 2 weeks . 30 Atherton Elizabeth 43 F . . M Penn March . Consumption C . 31 Peyton George W. 29 M . . S Ky August Farmer Cholera 4 weeks . 32 Roop John Wim 1 M . . . Illinois April . Diarrhea 1 day . 33 Wilson Elizabeth 14 F . . . Illinois October . Spasms 2 days . 34 Spees Jesse 16 M . . S Kentucky July Laborer Cholera 6 days . 35 Rhea Mary Ann 1 F . . . Illinois February . Lung fever 2 months . ======================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Hancock DISTRICT: Not Written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Wesley Williams FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 315 ======================================================================================================================================================================= 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 Qutey Ute 20 M . . S England Oct Laborer Dropsey 2 mo . 2 Hysell Emeline 2/12 F . . . Ill Sept . Cholera 2 days . 3 Willington Sarah 57 F . . M Mass Feb . Fever 14 days . 4 Harkness Edward B. 11/12 M . . . Ill August . Cholera morbus 3 days . 5 Kemp John 5/12 M . . . Ill Oct . Brain inflamation 8 days . 6 Riggins Sarah J. 1 F . . . Ill Sept . Brain fever 30 days . 7 Gulson Elizabeth Ann 2 F . . . Ill Oct . Billious fever 14 days . 8 Duffy Janett 30 F . . M Ind June . Inflamation of stomach 6 days . 9 Duffy Mary E. 2 F . . . Ill Nov . Sum'r comp't 30 days . 10 Abernethy Mary 19 F . . S Ill Nov . Billious fever 20 days . 11 Slemmins John 6/12 M . . . Pa August . Dysentary 14 days . 12 Slemmins Sarah 29 F . . M Pa Septem'r . Typhus fever 15 days . 13 Prather Robert 11 M . . . Ind July . Fever 4 days . 14 Prather Lucinda 5/12 F . . . Ill August . Dysentary 30 days . 15 Sears Matilda J. 1 F . . . Iowa April . Fever 12 days . 16 Fox Menassa 30 M . . M Me February . Intoxication 3 days . 17 Atherton Elizabeth 41 F . . M Pa April . Consumption 4 years . 18 Williams Henry 43 M . . M Ky May . Cholic 2 days . 19 Craig Sarah 35 F . . M Ohio October . Cramp 2 days . 20 Alexander Ann 72 F . . M NY Septem'r . Lung fever 8 days . 21 Hilderbrand Richard M. 2 M . . . Ill February . Diarrhea 14 days . 22 Wilcox Emily 5/12 F . . . Ill Oct . Chills & fever 14 days . 23 . Lina 90 F B . . Mo Septem'r . Old age 4 days No surname 24 Jones Thomas 70 M . . M SC June . Cholic Chronic . 25 Jones Dallas 3/12 M . . . Ill June . Quinsey 15 days . 26 McGuire Louisa 38 F . . M Pa April . Brain fever 21 days . 27 Davis Almyra 8/12 F . . . Ill Oct . Burnt . . ======================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Hancock DISTRICT: Not Written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Wesley Williams FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 318 ======================================================================================================================================================================= 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 Watters Perry 9 M . . . Ill June . Cong chill 3 days . 2 Chandler Francis W. 6/12 M . . . Ill Sept'r . Disentary 60 days . 3 Hendrix Sarah E. 2 F . . . Mo July . Disentary 18 days . 4 Gudgel Elizabeth 34 F . . M Ind June . Child birth 1 day . 5 Thompson Isabell 5/12 F . . . Ill August . Dysentary 2 days . 6 Sailors Lucy 2 F . . . Ill Decem'r . Dysentary Chronic . 7 Pales David R., Jr. 2/12 M . . . Ill October . Unknown 7 days . 8 Edouard Boulut Valmor 8/12 M . . . France August . Dentition 15 days . 9 Victone Fayris Adele 1 1/4 F . . . France August . Flux 8 days . 10 Antoine Brosse 36 M . . S France Oct Musician Fever 3 mos . 11 Marten Colandre Francois 41 M . . S France Oct Wood cleaver Fever 3 1/2 mos . 12 Nombalai (Emile) 20 M . . S France November . Dysentary 6 days . 13 Brancia Anne, Wid 75 F . . W France March . Old age 1 mo . 14 Busque (Marie Adrienne) 33 F . . M France April . Apoplexy Sudden . 15 Exon Sarah 70 F . . M England October . Fever 70 days . 16 Hutcheson James M. 1 M . . . Ill October . Flux 7 days . 17 Horne Amy B. S. 10 F . . . Ill August . Fever 11 days . 18 Weston Rhoda A. C. 3 F . . . Ill Dec . Pneumonia 14 days . 19 Lambston James 14 M . . S Penn March Laborer Brain fever 21 days . 20 Peyton Oliver L. 1 M . . . Ill September . Brain fever 7 days . 21 Lamberson Margaret 1/12 F . . . Ill March . Fever 7 days . 22 Fry John 18 M . . S Penn May Farmer Brain fever 3 days . 23 Trough Samuel */12 M . . . Ill Sept . Apoplexy Sudden . 24 Hilker Fredericka A. 10 F . . . Germany June . Cholera 1 day . 25 Carnes Mahala 2 F . . . Ohio Oct . Apoplexy Sudden . 26 Hause Elizabeth 15 F . . S Ill Sept . Fever 15 days . 27 Hause William 3 M . . . Ill Sept . Fever 35 days . 28 Crane Sarah 42 F . . M Ohio July . Palsey 21 days . 29 Grimes Catharine 22 F . . M Ohio Oct . Apoplexy 1 mo . 30 Cross William 9 M . . . Ill April . Croup 1 day . 31 Hurley Elizabeth 1 F . . . Ill August . Fever 3 day . 32 Hurley Cornelius 60 M . . M Penn Feb Farmer Fever 8 days . 33 Temple William 2/12 M . . . Ill Sept . Apoplexy Sudden . 34 Patton Roselien 3/12 F . . . Ill Oct . Fever 3 mos . 35 Dickson John 23 M . . M Penn Feb . Fever 5 mos . ======================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Hancock DISTRICT: Not Written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Wesley Williams FILE PAGE NO: 5 HW PAGE NO: 320 ======================================================================================================================================================================= 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 Vandyke Theodore 2/12 M . . . Illinois August . Croup 2 days . 2 Bridgewater Melissa P. 2 F . . . Ill April . Billious fever 2 mos . 3 Smith William 50 M . . M Kentucky January Farmer Lung fever 6 weeks . 4 Smith Gabriella 24 F . . M Kentucky March . Lung fever 4 mos . 5 Smith Austin 24 M . . W Kentucky December . Lung fever 2 mos bur. Mt. Pleasant Cem. 6 Tucker Joseph 53 M . . M Va June Carpenter Palsy 5 mos . 7 Steele Mary 76 F . . W Va April . Lung fever 10 days bur. Mt. Pleasant Cem. 8 Major Robert 45 M . . M Ky February Farmer St. Anth. Dance Chronic . 9 Payne Margaret C. 1/12 F . . . Illinois May . Croup 1 day . 10 Holden Alvia 17 M . . S NY November Laborer Consumption C . 11 Sheperd Malinda J. 1/12 F . . . Illinois September . Croup 1 day . 12 Lewis William J. 7/12 M . . . Illinois February . Croup 1 day . 13 Wallace John 1/12 M . . . Illinois January . Croup 1 day . 14 Doty Vernon 46 M . . M NY April Farmer see pg bottom . . 15 Richards Lott R. 9/12 M . . . Ind January . Dropsy 19 days . 16 Herberts Francis 11/12 M . . . Ill July . Cholera 2 days . 17 Mellon Oscar 1 M . . . Ill August . Convulsions 31 days . 18 Baldwin Hebe M. 55 F . . W NY May . Congestive fever 10 days bur. Moss Ridge Cem. 19 Spitze John 77 M . . W Germany September Mason Billious fever 6 days . 20 Holmes Carlos 30 M . . S Vermont September Drover Small pox 11 days . 21 Morningstar Philip 30 M . . S Ohio October Carpenter Small pox 6 days . 22 Baher Sarah 12 F . . S Ky November . Cong fever 5 days . 23 Elliott Loretta 1 F . . . Ohio October . Croup 2 days . 24 Rotze John 1/12 M . . . Ill April . Croup 1 day . 25 Rotze Grist 1/12 M . . . Ill April . Croup 1 day . 26 Cole Joshua 35 M . . M Maine June Blacksmith Cholera 1 day . 27 Boring Samuel N. 1 M . . . Kentucky August . Flux 2 mos . 28 Sloebuck William 25 M . . S Kentucky March Laborer Winter fever 12 days . 29 Mattox Joseph 1 M . . . Illinois August . Scarlet fever 21 days . 30 Mockbee John W. 27 M . . S Maryland June Carpenter Cholera 1 day . 31 Hill John 1 M . . . Mo August . Cholera 1 day . 32 Brown Lois A. 4 F . . S Illinois November . Quinsey 2 days . 33 Swartz Almira 8/12 F . . . Penn May . Lung fever 14 days . 34 Bentley Joseph 47 M . . M Ky December Laborer Lung fever 5 days . 35 Bentley Richard 24 M . . S Ky December Laborer Lung fever 5 days . Enumerator Comment: Line 14 - Vernon Doty - Lost on board the SB Anthony Wayne ======================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Hancock DISTRICT: Not Written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Wesley Williams FILE PAGE NO: 6 HW PAGE NO: 322 ======================================================================================================================================================================= 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 Hamilton James W. 32 M . . M Illinois March Farmer Lung fever 21 days . 2 Bentley Zilpha 16 F . . S Ky December . Lung fever 2 days . 3 Gray Margaret E. 7/12 F . . . Ill August . Congestive fever 28 days . 4 Moudy William 26 M . . M Ohio May Laborer Cholera 1 day . 5 Moudy Levi 2 M . . . Iowa May . Cholera 1 day . 6 Gorrell John 17 M . . S Ireland August Farmer Drowned . . 7 Gorrell Margaret 1 F . . . Ill June . Fits 3 days . 8 Davison Mathias E. 3 M . . . Ill May . Congestive fever 20 days . 9 Payne Harriet 19 F . . M Ohio June . Child birth 1 mo . 10 Payne Sarah J. 2/12 F . . . Ill July . Weakness 1 mo . 11 Payne Thomas 2/12 M . . . Ill August . Weakness 1 mo . 12 Payne Alexander 2/12 M . . . Ill Dec . Croup 1 day . 13 Done? Christiana 9/12 F . . . Ill July . Summer complaint 1 day . 14 Arnn? John 3 M . . . Mo April . Croup 3 days . 15 Doyle Patrick 27 M . . S Ohio November Farmer Ericipulas 6 days . 16 Fult Caroline 5 F . . . Germany September . Cholera 2 days . 17 Carter Charles J. 31 M . . M Va September Farmer Billious fever 10 days . 18 Carter Emeline 30 F . . M NC September . Billious fever 10 days . 19 Dudman William H. 9/12 M . . . Ind August . Flux 4 days . 20 Sackman Levelett 1/12 M . . . Ill April . Lung fever 4 days . 21 Scott Hiram A. 19 M . . . Canada April Laborer Consumption 3 mos . 22 Lines William 5 M . . . Ill January . Head dropsy 20 days . 23 Morgan Jane 69 F . . W Penn Decem'r . Cancer 60 days . 24 Weston Charles D 1 M . . . Ill Feb'y . Lung fever 91 days . 25 Jackson James 18 M . . S Indiana Feb'y Laborer Congestive chill 5 days . 26 Howard Margaret 1 F . . . Mo October . Congestive chill 25 days . 27 Brennaman Aurelia 1/12 F . . . Ill Feb'y . Fever 15 days . 28 Beasants George 69 M . . W Germany March Blksmith Apoplexy Sudden . 29 Slater Ruth E. 50 F . . M Mass September . Dropsey 3 days . 30 Lewis Daniel D. 11 M . . . Mo October . Fever 5 days . 31 Lewis Frances E. 2/12 F . . . Ill May . Summer complaint 2 days . 32 Knott Rosetta 1 F . . . Ill December . Canker 10 days . 33 Culberson Cordelia 1 F . . . Ill March . Croup 4 days . 34 Bride Julia A. 6 F . . . Ill March . Croup 4 days . 35 Blake Charles 1 M . . . Ill April . Brain fever 2 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/ =======================================================================================================================================================================