Lee County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/lee/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 501-503 This Mortality Census was transcribed by Karen D. Foster and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Karen D. Foster ========================================================================== 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 LEE 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: Lee DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jos. Crawford FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 501 ============================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================== 1 Perkins Samuel 28 M . . M N. Hampshire Aug. . . . No COD entered. 2 Camps Joseph 42 M . . M P'a July Millwright Cholera 1 . 3 Camps Frederick 18 M . . . P'a July None Cholera 7 . 4 Camps Caroline 15 F . . . P'a July . Cholera 1 . 5 Camps Henry 1 M . . . P'a July . Cholera 1 . 6 Hook Marilla C 6 F . . . Ill's Dec . Erysiplus 21 . 7 Hook Wm H 4 M . . . Ill's Sept . Cholera 3 . 8 Hook Aaron 10/12 M . . . Ill's Feby . Cholera 12 . 9 Kirk Micheal 22 M . . . Ireland Dec Farmer Fever Typ 36 . 10 McCoy Tho's 4/12 M . . . Ill's Jan . Iresiplis 15 . 11 Parker John A. 1 M . . . Ill's Nov. . Not known 8 . 12 Gaylord Erismel 10/365 M . . . Ill's Jany . Fits 4 . 13 Long Anna 60 F . . M P'a Sept . Dropsey 6 months . 14 Lower Joseph 22 M . . . Germany Nov. Farmer Shot accidental . . 15 McBurny George W. 6 M . . . P'a July . Cholera 1 . 16 McBurny Margaret A. 2 F . . . Ill's July . Cholera 3 . 17 Marsh Andrew 10/12 M . . . Ill's Aug . Chi1? Morbus 7 . 18 Hufman George 52 M . . M Germany July Farmer Cholera 1 . 19 Porter Solomon 70 M . . M Conn Feby Farmer Congestion of the Lungs 8 . 20 Pratt Daniel W. 6/12 M . . . Ill's March . Dropsey Brain 7 . 21 Drinkwater Isaac P. 27 M . . M P'a Aug Farmer Cholera 1 . 22 Little Elen 70 F . . W Scotland July . Old Age . . 23 Smith Infant 1/365 M . . . Ill's April . Not known . . 24 Reins Anna 5/12 F . . . Ill's May . Inflamation of the Lungs 15 . 25 Kingston Henry 15 M . . . Ohio May Farmer Snake bite 15 . 26 Elsworth Abagail 2/12 F . . . Ill's Sept . Flux 3 . 27 Sutton Sarah A. 1 F . . . Missouri April . Dropsey Brain 9 . 28 Kent Russel 60 M . . W V't June Farmer Accidental 7 . 29 Morgan Charles 8 M . . . Ill's Sept . Snake bite 4 . 30 Henry Wm C. 33 M . . M Pa Jan'y Miller Consump C . 31 Patrick Herbert L 1 M . . . Ill's Aug . Not known C . 32 Hastings Lorenda 44 F . . . V't April . Consump C . 33 Thomas Jeoldick 76 M . . . Mass March Farmer Consump C . 34 Wight Selestine A 10 F . . . Ohio Sept . Typ Fever 14 . 35 Stubbs Wm 31 M . . M Me Dec Farmer Consump. C . ============================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Lee DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Jos. Crawford FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 503 ============================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================== 1 March Caroline 31 F . . M Canada Sept'r . Peurpual convulsions 1 . 2 Koons Ellen 28 F . . M NJ April . Inflamation of the bowels 10 . 3 Brown David 42 M . . . Conn Sept'r Stone mason Drowned . . 4 Cogswell Alfred 60 M . . . NH Nov'r . Disipation C . 5 Crofts Charles 45 M . . M NY Nov'r . Suicide in prison . . 6 Shaw Eli 38 M . . M NY Aug't . Not known Sudden . 7 Gaig Mary Aver 22 F . . . Germany Nov'r . Peurpual convulsions 1 . 8 Montgomery Salina 14 F . . . Not known July . Not known Sudden Ends Lee County ============================================================================================================================================================== 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/ ==============================================================================================================================================================