Jersey County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/jersey/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 353-362 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) 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 JERSEY 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: Jersey DISTRICT: Not written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jon'n Plowman FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 353 ======================================================================================================================================================== 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 Ellison John 50 M . . M Ky Jan'y Wheelwright Lung fever 5 . 2 Mathins Jacob 70 M . . W Penn Aug Farmer Cholera 1 . 3 Brown Eunice 2/12 F . . . Ill Dec . Unknown 5 . 4 Slaten Jesse H. 22 M . . . Ill Nov Farmer Cong. Brain 5 bur. Salem Cemetery 5 Spangle Lavisa M. 35 F . . M N.Y. Feb'y . Scurvy 2 years . 6 Truckey Frank 53 M B . M Ill May Farmer Lung fever 14 days . 7 Truckey Joseph 21 M B . . Ill March Farmer Lung fever 10 . 8 Baugh Philemon 78 M . . M N.C. Dec Farmer Lung fever 6 . 9 Dabbs Nathan 25 M . . . Ill April Farmer Consumption 8 months . 10 Curtis Hiram 37 M . . M Ohio July Farmer Cholera 8 . 11 Brown Charles L. 2/12 M . . . Ill Sept Farmer Diarhea 14 Occupation id a ditto mark 12 Sandridge Jackson 14 M . . . Va May . Unknown 7 . 13 Noble Virgil 36 M . . M Miss July Farmer Cholera 5 . 14 Crain Silas 43 M . . M Tenn Aug Meth Minister Consumption 12 years . 15 Crull Elizabeth 65 F . . W Va Nov . Lung fever 8 Blank below ======================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Jersey DISTRICT: Not written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jon'n Plowman FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 356 ======================================================================================================================================================== 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 Plowman David 68 M . . M Md June Farmer Cholera 3 . 2 Plowman Sarah 58 F . . W Penn June . Cholera 5 . 3 Plowman Lewis 37 M . . . Penn June Farmer Cholera 1 . 4 Plowman Chauncey 13 M . . . Penn July . Cholera 5 . 5 Plowman Amelia F. 1 F . . . Illinois June . Cholera Suddenly . 6 Darneille Isaac 54 M . . M Kentucky July Farmer Cholera 3 . 7 Darneille Susan 42 F . . W Tenn July . Cholera 2 . 8 Darneille Susan 5 F . . . Ill July . Cholera 3 . 9 Wilson William L. 36 M . . M N.J. July Plasterer Cholera 1 . 10 Wilson Sarah A. 26 F . . W N.J. July . Cholera 1 . 11 Wilson Sarah A. 1 F . . . Ill Aug . Cholera 3 . 12 Anderson John L. 51 M . . M Ky July Farmer Cholera 1 . 13 Anderson Susanah 50 F . . W Ky July . Cholera 7 . 14 Anderson Mary 21 F . . . Ky July . Cholera 2 . 15 Caves Thomas 46 M . . W Ky July School teacher Cholera 1 . 16 Halles James B. 33 M . . M Va July Physician Cholera 1 . 17 Osborn William 3 M . . . Ill . . Accident Sudden No death month or ditto mark 18 Myers William 20 M . . . Germany July Farmer Cholera 4 . 19 Smith Susanah 69 F . . W N.Y. Oct . Fever 24 . 20 Utt William A. 7/12 M . . . Ill Sept . Inflm glands 3 . 21 Buckles Nancy 51 F . . M Va Nov . Bronchitis 5 years . 22 Whitcomb Elizabeth 29 F . . M Tenn Jan'y . Puerpual fever 5 . 23 Tucker James 3/12 M . . . Ill March . Inflm bowels 3 . 24 Snider Mary Jane 3 F . . . Tenn Oct . Croup 5 . 25 Snider Elizabeth 2 F . . . Tenn Nov . Croup 6 . 26 Noble Amelia R. 1 F . . . Ill July . Cholera infantum 5 . 27 Piggott William W. 13 M . . . Ill June . Consumption 1 year . 28 Piggott James E. 2 M . . . Ill June . Scar fever 25 . 29 Caffee Louiza 20 F . . M Tenn Aug . Puerp fever 4 . 30 Ellis Sam'l 60 M . . W Penn Aug Shoemaker Cholera 4 . 31 Baugh Robert C. 66 M . . W Ky April Farmer Lung fever 5 . 32 Baugh Elvira 32 F . . M Tenn April . Lung fever 6 . 33 Darlington Maria 3/12 F . . . Ill Aug . Croup 8 . 34 Reynard Jackson 19 M . . . Ill Aug Laborer Diarhea 19 . 35 Stell John 60 M . . . N.J. April Farmer Unknown 4 . ======================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Jersey DISTRICT: Not written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jon'n Plowman FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 357 ======================================================================================================================================================== 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 Smith Ruthalice E. 1 F . . . Ill April . Inflm lungs 21 . 2 Edwards Catharine 76 F . . W Penn Feb'y . Old age . . 3 Mundle Mary 50 F . . M England Sept . Unknown 70 . 4 Bowels James 45 M . . M N.C. May Farmer Lung fever 9 . 5 Tompkins Joseph 22 M . . . Ky June Clerk Consumption 6 months . 6 Harriet Alfred 75 M . . . N.J. Sept Farmer Gravel C . 7 Winsor William L. 7/12 M . . . Ill Jan'y . Inflm lungs 14 . 8 Veitch Louiza E. 2 F . . . Ill July . Cholera 1/2 day . 9 Whitcomb Elizabeth 27 F . . M Tenn Jan'y . Child bed 7 . 10 Noble Anne 60 F . . M S.C. April . Debility C . 11 Grey Joseph 17 M . . . Ia Feb'y Laborer Cong fever 5 . 12 Carrier Orrel M. 1 F . . . Ill Oct . Inflm bowels 10 . 13 Dehart Mary Jane 3/12 F . . . Ill Feb'y . Croup 7 . 14 Parker . 1/12 F . . . Ill April . Debility . No first name given 15 Carroll Alexis 28 M . . M Ohio April . Congest fever 7 . 16 Kent William H. 7/12 M . . . Ill Aug . Croup 4 . 17 Willliams Serena 6/12 F . . . Ill March . Compression brain 7 . 18 Dickson Thomas 35 M . . . Ireland Feb'y Lumberman Cong fever 6 . 19 Metzeler Caroline 1/12 F . . . Ill Feb'y . Erysepelas 6 . 20 Carey Ezra L. 1/12 M . . . Ill March . Croup 1 . 21 Smith Ellen 3 F . . . Ill May . Meazles 17 . 22 Waddle Jessee 19 N . . . Ill June . Typhus fever 7 . 23 Glover Washington 44 M . . M Alabama Sept Farmer Liver complt 8 . 24 Grammar James 46 M . . W Unknown Jan'y Laborer Congest fever 2 . 25 Delong Luther B. 32 M . . M Ohio May Farmer Consumption 2 years . 26 Waddle James 51 M . . M Ill July Farmer Bill fever 15 . 27 . Eliza Ann 1/12 F . . . Ill July . Croup 1 No surname or visible ditto mark 28 Harralson Elliott 4 M . . . Ill Aug . Scart fever 7 . 29 Wilson Sarah A. 1 F . . . Ill July . Cholera 3 . 30 Snell James C. P. 3/12 M . . . Ill March . Erysepelas 4 . 31 Davis George 1 M . . . Ill March . Lung fever 20 . 32 Bertram Horace R. 3 M . . . Ill Sept . Dysentery 14 . 33 Gerrell Ambrose F. 1 M . . . Ill April . Cong fever 3 Blank below ======================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Jersey DISTRICT: Not written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jon'n Plowman FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 358 ======================================================================================================================================================== 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank page ======================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Jersey DISTRICT: Not written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jon'n Plowman FILE PAGE NO: 5 HW PAGE NO: 359 ======================================================================================================================================================== 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 Scroggins Martha 18 F . . . Ill Oct . Dropsy C . 2 Coberley Rob't 13 M . . . N.J. Sept . Cholera 1 . 3 West Vincent 50 M . . M Va Jan'y Farmer Apoplexy Sudden . 4 Furrey Steegwell 65 M . . M Tenn April Waggon maker Cholera 1 . 5 Smith Jacob 35 M . . W Tenn April Stone mason Cholera 10 . 6 Smith Ruth 34 F . . M Tenn April . Cholera 2 . 7 Smith Fanny 17 F . . . Tenn April . Cholera 3 . 8 Smith William 15 M . . . Tenn April . Cholera 4 . 9 Smith Polly 13 F . . . Tenn April . Cholera 2 . 10 Smith Frank 11 M . . . Tenn April . Cholera 5 . 11 Smith Rebecca 9 F . . . Tenn April . Cholera 4 . 12 Smith Raphael 7 M . . . Tenn April . Cholera 7 . 13 Smith Sally 5 F . . . Tenn April . Cholera 2 . 14 Finton Elijah 27 M . . . Ky April Laborer Fever 21 . 15 McPhearson Sam'l 28 M . . . Md July Laborer Cholera 1 . 16 Nott James A. 1 M . . . Ill Sept . Whoop cough 21 . 17 Reddish Caroline 8/12 F . . . Ill Oct . Fever & ague 3 months . 18 Hendershot Jacob 26 M . . M N.Y. March Laborer Erysepelas 9 . 19 Weeks Henry 38 M . . W Ky April Laborer Consumption 2 years . 20 Fergerson Martha 25 F . . M Tenn Jan'y . Consumption 18 months . 21 Myers Nancy 40 F . . M Tenn March . Unknown 9 . 22 Grey Joseph 19 M . . . Ia Feb'y Laborer Cong fever 10 . 23 Jameson John 50 M . . M Va Jan'y Farmer Consumption 3 years . 24 Dunham David 34 M . . M Va Dec Farmer Accident 14 . 25 Bethel Chester H. 17 M . . . Ill Feb'y Farmer Congest fever 8 . 26 Halles James 7/12 M . . . Ill Aug . Sum complt 10 . 27 Myers John 20 M . . . Ill July Cabinet maker Cholera 1 . 28 Hayes Joseph L. 22 M . . M Tenn July Cooper Cholera 2 . 29 Hayes Ashael 50 M . . W S.C. July Cooper Cholera 1 . 30 Hayes Sarah L. 2 F . . . Ill Dec . Croup 1 . 31 Sackett Reuben 40 M . . M N.Y. Oct Farmer Consumption 2 years . 32 Roberts Patzey 48 F . . M S.C. April . Unknown 15 days . 33 Armstrong Sarah 87 F . . W Va Jan'y . Old age . . 34 Rusk Pracilla 75 F . . W Ireland Oct . Unknown 1 year . 35 Hughes Nathan 56 M . . M Va May Farmer Cholera 2 . ======================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Jersey DISTRICT: Not written MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jon'n Plowman FILE PAGE NO: 6 HW PAGE NO: 362 ======================================================================================================================================================== 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 Jarboe Catharine 56 F . . W Ky Jan'y . Erysepelas 9 . 2 Freeman Ellen E. 1 F . . . Ill July . Inflm bowels 3 . 3 Eddings Scollon 5/12 M . . . Ill July . Fitz 10 . 4 Tack M. A. 1/12 M . . . Ill Sept . Unknown . . 5 Shillam E. W. 2 M . . . England June . Meazles 7 . 6 Short Elizabeth 19 F . . . Ill July . Hemorhage Lungs Chronic . 7 Burke Anne 3/12 F . . . Ill Aug . Cholera 5 . 8 Queen Dennis 25 M . . . Ireland July Tailor Cholera 1 . 9 Darby John B. 24 M . . . Vt July Cooper Cholera 1 . 10 Eastwood Christopher C. 4 M . . . Ill Oct . Congest fever 9 . 11 Tapscott Rachel 10 F . . . Ohio May . Scarlet fever 5 . 12 Tapscott Maria L. 8 F . . . Ohio Feb'y . Lung fever 18 . 13 Cross John L. 82 M . . W N.J. Sept Farmer Old age 8 . 14 Tullis Ann E. 23 F . . W Ky May . Lung fever 9 . 15 Tullis B. F. 26 M . . M Ohio Aug Physician Consumption 9 mos . 16 Osborn Sarah Jane 3 F . . . Ill June . Dropsy heart 3 years . 17 Bamb Sarah 62 F . . W North Carolina Feb'y . Cong fever 11 days . 18 Chandler Lavina 16 F . . . Ohio Sept . Typhus fever 40 . 19 Osborn Narcissa 3/12 F . . . Ill April . Croup 5 . 20 Osborn Mary 7 F . . . Ill Jan'y . Scarlet fever 6 . 21 Miles Wm. P. 26 M . . M Ky April Farmer Mumps 14 . 22 Paine Charlotte 4/12 F . . . Ill June . Flux 5 . 23 Wemple Sarah Jane 8 F . . . Ill Sept . Dropsy . . 24 Kollbourn Charlotte 26 F . . M Vt Oct . Appoplexy Sudden . 25 Longwell James 62 M . . M Scotland March Farmer Cholera 3 . 26 Longwell Elizabeth 60 F . . M Scotland March . Cholera 2 . 27 Longwell Elizabeth 30 F . . . Scotland March . Cholera 2 . 28 Patrick Jeannette 22 F . . . Scotland March . Cholera 3 . 29 Longwell Jane E. 2 F . . . Scotland March . Cholera 2 . 30 Patrick Elizabeth 1 F . . . Ill March . Cholera 1 . 31 Shore Elizabeth 47 F . . M Tenn Dec . Puerpual fever 14 . 32 Shore . 2/12 F . . . Ill Feb'y . Mumps 4 No first name given 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . 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