Union County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/union/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 838-843 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 UNION 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: Union DISTRICT: West Part of District 2 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: John Cochran FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 838 ===================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Brown Malvina 1/12 F . . . Ills June . Hooping cough 2 weeks . 2 Brown Elias 3 M . . . Ills Jan . Fever 4 days . 3 Summers Susannah 11 F . . . Mo Aug . Unknown 6 days . 4 Misenhimer Mary 16 F . . . Ills Aug . Fever 7 days . 5 Hoffner Barbary 2 F . . . Ills June . Croup 1 week . 6 Harrison Barbary 6/12 F . . . Ills August . Fits 3 weeks . 7 Hale Druzilla 14 F . . . Ills Nov . Ulcer 4 months . 8 Henderson Lycurgus 5/12 M . . . Ills Oct . Unknown 3 months . 9 Brown Henderson 2 M . . . Ten July . Inflamation of the brain 2 days . 10 Sames Tolbert 38 M . . M Ills Nov Farmer Dropsy 3 months . 11 Goodman Eda 35 F . . M N.C. May . Cancer 4 months . 12 Brown Adison 38 M . . M N.C. April Farmer Fever 8 weeks . 13 Bevel Wiley 29 M . . M Ten Aug Farmer Flux 2 weeks . 14 Sanders Harriet 39 F . . M Ten Nov . Dropsy 3 days . 15 Smith Moses 10/12 M . . . Ills June . Cholera infantum 2 weeks . 16 Norton Aaron 16 M . . . Ia June Farmer Typhoid fever 44 days . 17 Durall David 6/12 M . . . Ky May . Unknown 3 weeks . 18 McNeel Washington 1 M . . . Ills Aug . Wound 8 weeks . 19 Snider Catharine 3 F . . . Ills Sept . Pleurisy 4 days . 20 Powell William 1 M . . . Ills July . Flux 4 weeks . 21 Grammer John 67 M . . M Va Oct Farmer Winter fever 8 days . 22 Anderson Francis 29 M . . M Va July Farmer Cholera 2 days . 23 Penrod Peter 18 M . . . Ills April Farmer Fall from a hourse S . 24 Hallet Moses 62 M . . Wd Vt April Farmer Cholera 2 days . 25 Parmlay George 8 M . . . Mo Jan . Fever 1 day . 26 Parmlay John 8/12 M . . . Ills Oct . Unknown 2 weeks . 27 Hahn Abram 10 M . . . Ills Feb . Pleurisy 2 days . 28 Daniel William 50 M . . M Va April Farmer Consumption C . 29 Martin Nancy 6 F . . . Ills Jan . Nervous fever 4 weeks . 30 Parsley Mary 9 F . . . Ills Nov . Croup 2 days . 31 Cotner John 16 M . . . Ills July Farmer Cholera S . 32 Clem Andrew 28 M . . M Ten March Farmer Consumption 5 months . 33 Lilly Hannah 34 F . . M Ills Nov . Unknown 2 weeks . 34 Lingle Margaret 6/12 F . . . Ills Sept . Ague 2 weeks . 35 Evans Martha 21 F . . . Ky July . Fever 2 weeks . ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Union DISTRICT: West Part of District 2 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: John Cochran FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 839 ===================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank page ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Union DISTRICT: West Part of District 2 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: John Cochran FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 840 ===================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Evans Preston 21 M . . M Ky July Farmer Fever 2 weeks . 2 Bradley James 19 M . . . Ten May Farmer Cholera 3 days . 3 Barnet Eleanor 5/12 F . . . Ills Sept . Flux 5 weeks . 4 Barringer Lorenza 3 M . . . Ills Aug . Chills 3 days . 5 Black Mary 5 F . . . Ills July . Dropsy 1 year . 6 Canada Thomas 16 M . . . Ills Jan Farmer Unknown 5 days . 7 Griffin Jane 33 F . . . Ills June . Inflamation 5 days . 8 Mathis Lovin 84 M . . M Md Nov Farmer Old age 6 days . 9 Helton Mary 2 F . . . Ills Sept . Dyarae 4 weeks . 10 Skelton William 45 M . . M Ten Nov Farmer Fever 7 days . 11 Penrod Mary 68 F . . Wd Pa Sept . Fever 2 weeks . 12 Penrod Andrew 5 M . . . Ills Nov . Dropsy 1 week . 13 Davis Mary 24 F . . M Ills Dec . 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Blank page ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Union DISTRICT: West Part of District 2 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: John Cochran FILE PAGE NO: 6 HW PAGE NO: 843 ===================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Lesley Caroline 2 F . . . Ills Oct . Croup 5 days . 2 Roberts Roda 28 F . . M Ten Dec . Erycipelas 4 days . 3 Lilly Jeremiah 13 M . . . Ills June . Unknown 15 days . 4 Brooks Mary 4 F . . . Ten Feb . Unknown 3 days . 5 Osbourn Polly Ann 23 F . . M Va January . Scrofula C . 6 Cole Sarah 5 F . . . Ills June . Unknown S . 7 Clark Julian 29 F . . M Ills Dec . Consumption 10 months . 8 Murphy Martin 10 M . . . Ills July . Nervous fever 10 days . 9 Oaks William 54 M . . M N.C. Feb Farmer Winter fever 1 week . 10 Wiggs Manda 36 F . . M Ten Sept . Dropsy 4 months . 11 Wiggs Ferba? 2 F . . . Ills May . Liver complaint 2 months . 12 Mills Nancy 3 F . . . Louisianna Jan . Croup 2 days . 13 Cox John N. 3/12 M . . . Ills April . Unknown 5 days . 14 Mills Joseph 9 M . . . Ky July . Typhus fever 8 days . 15 Clifton Umphry P. 34 M . . M Ten July Farmer Consumption 3 years . 16 Crouce Zacoriah 44 M . . M N.C. April Farmer Cholera morbus 2 days . 17 Beggs Jacob 1/12 M . . . Ills May . Croup 4 days . 18 Beggs Malvina 1 M . . . Ills July . Dyarae 2 weeks Gender as written 19 Hughs James 21 M . . M Ills June Farmer Fever 2 weeks . 20 Hinkel Elizabeth 65 F . . . N.C. Feb . Consumption 11 years . 21 Corzire David 2 M . . . Ills Feb . Croup 3 days . 22 Granthen William 4 M . . . Ten April . Unknown 2 days . 23 Trunler Elizabeth 1 F . . . Ills Jan . Jaundice 3 months . 24 Grammer William 10 M . . . Ills March . W. fever 2 days . 25 Harder Frances 6 F . . . Ky June . Croup 1 day . 26 Farrill Thomas 54 M . . M N.C. August Farmer Dropsy 2 years . 27 Thompson James 3 M . . . Ten Dec . Unknown 4 days . 28 Dillon Mariah 1 F . . . Ills Sept . Thrush 8 days . 29 White Washington 18 M . . . Ills June Farmer Absess 2 months . 30 Buckles Abiah 40 M . . . Ky August Farmer Typhus fever 9 days . 31 Buckles Mary 9 F . . . Ills Feb . Winter fever 9 days . 32 Walace Hugh 55 M . . M Ga Oct Farmer Winter fever 10 days . 33 Walace Etheraldica 10 M . . . Ills August . Unknown 5 days Ends Union 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/ =====================================================================================================================================================