Washington County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/washington/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 872-875 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 WASHINGTON 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: Washington DISTRICT: District 20 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Gabriel Jones FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 872 ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Pate Elizabeth 55 F . . W Tennessee August . Fever & ague 3 . 2 Phillips William R. 8/12 M . . . Illinois Sept . Chronic diareah 3 mo . 3 Cantrell Empson B. 45 M . . M Kentucky Feb'y Farmer Winter fever 21 . 4 Tate Elizabeth J. 16 F . . . Illinois Sept . Billious fever 19 . 5 McCraken Sarah A. 33 F . . M Illinois June . Billious fever 10 . 6 Matthews Isaac N. 13 M . . . Illinois March . Lung fever 11 . 7 Afflack Samuel S. 4 M . . . Tennessee March . Inflation brain 11 . 8 Reed Thomas 1/12 M . . . Illinois August . Unknown 28 . 9 Mitchell George E. 2 M . . . Illinois Apl . Scroffulla 60 . 10 Thompson Margaret C. 4 F . . . Illinois January . Head disease 21 . 11 Williams Reace 49 M . . M Indiana June Farmer Drowned . . 12 Mattingly Stephen 5 M . . . Missouri Feb'y . Croup 1 . 13 Galcon Lit**** 63 M . . M Germany July Farmer Cholera 7 . 14 Galcon Voopka 60 F . . M Germany July . Cholera 1 . 15 Frea Rudolph 20 M . . . Germany Sept Farmer Billious fever 7 . 16 Cetshe Harmon 25 M . . M Germany Feb'y Farmer Consumption 2 years . 17 Churcher Harmon 25 M . . M Germany February Farmer Consumption 6 mo . 18 Murray Mary A. 60 F . . W Ireland Sept . Typhus fever 9 . 19 Smith James 37 M . . . South Carolina May Farmer Influenza 7 . 20 Jetto Isaac 59 M . . M North Carolina Feb'y Farmer Typhus fever 21 surname should be JETTON 21 Friend Eleanor 18 F . . M Kentucky March . Winter fever 1 mo . 22 Roundtree Susan 41 F . . M Kentucky May . Erecipilas 9 . 23 Ragland Samuel M. 13 M . . . Illinois Nov'r . Inflamation of lungs 28 . 24 Payne John W. 1/12 M . . . Illinois Oct'r . Direah 28 . 25 Weaver Reuben T. 1/12 M . . . Illinois Oct'r . Bold hives 3 . 26 Davis Hariet E. 3/12 F . . . Illinois Feb'y . Croup 1 . 27 Smith Baker 6/12 M . . . Illinois Oct'r . Intermittent fever 28 . 28 Bown Mary 1 F . . . Illinois October . Fever 14 . 29 Hoffman Charles 33 M . . M Illinois Feb'y Farmer Breast Comp't 14 . 30 Natter Conrod 4 M . . . Illinois Sept . Croup 2 . 31 McLamar John 40 M . . W Ohio May Farmer Bil fever 6 . 32 Morrow William E. 1/12 M . . . Illinois May . Croup 3 . 33 Holla Elisabeth 33 F . . M Germany Sept . Consumption 1 year . 34 Holla Mariah E. 2/12 F . . . Illinois Nov'r . Fever 1 . 35 Morgan John T. 10 M . . . Illinois July . Head pleurisy 7 . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Washington DISTRICT: District 20 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Gabriel Jones FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 873 ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Hay Charles 9/12 M . . . Illinois Sept . Teething 8 . 2 Anderson Charles W. 1/12 M . . . Illinois Nov'r . Hives 7 . 3 Browder Mary E. 12 F . . . Kentucky April . Inflamation of brain 5 . 4 Cameron Duncan 1/12 M . . . Illinois Apl . Head pleurisy 4 . 5 Miller Mary 33 F . . M South Carolina Apl . Dropsy 28 . 6 Cook Robert 49 M . . M Ireland August Merchant Unk Chronic 6 months . 7 Levallie William 1 M . . . Illinois July . Diareah 1 . 8 Murphy Rob't 43 M . . M Ohio February Brick mason Delerium tremens 3 . 9 Craft Eliza 26 F . . W Illinois May . Congestive chill 4 . 10 Teel John V. 3/12 M . . . Illinois August . Inflation of brain 8 . 11 Henderson Samuel 63 M . . M Virginia Dec'r Carpenter Dropsy 1 year . 12 Clayton Richard 2/12 M . . . Illinois Dec'r . Whooping cough 35 . 13 Tabor John 50 M . . M Massachusetts Dec'r Laborer from effects of opium 3 . 14 Dorsey John C. 20 M . . . Illinois Nov'r Farmer Chronic 1 year . 15 Sawyer Alphonso L. 2 M . . . Illinois Sept . Inflation of brain 8 . 16 Hoffman George H. 1/12 M . . . Illinois January . Whooping cough 28 . 17 Taylor Infant 1/12 M . . . Illinois June . Bold hives 4 . 18 Michen James 14 M . . . Pennsylvania June . Erecipilas 11 . 19 Lawrence Infant 1/12 M . . . Illinois Sept . Diareah 7 . 20 Farmer Charles R. 1 M . . . Illinois January . Whooping cough 60 . 21 Coulter Eliza J. 6 F . . . Illinois Dec'r . Liver complaint 42 . 22 Morrison Joseph 36 M . . M Tennessee Dec'r Farmer Breast Comp't 1 year . 23 Hickman Charles 12 M . . . Illinois Nov'r . Pleurisy 7 . 24 Darter Mary M. 18 F . . M Missouri January . Dropsy 28 . 25 Sacket Martha E. 7 F . . . Illinois Dec'r . Disease of kidney 8 . 26 Slade Mary E. 4 F . . . Illinois July . Cholera 1 . 27 Coffle Peter 12 M . . . Ohio Nov'r . Eresipelas 7 . 28 Jordan William 39 M . . . Virginia Dec'r Farmer Congestive chill 14 . 29 Steward Thomas 21 M . . . Illinois Nov'r Farmer Winter fever 10 . 30 Lynn Anne 29 F . . M Ireland Oct'r . Dropsy 42 . 31 Patterson John M. 2/12 M . . . Illinois March . Winter fever 6 . 32 Foster Eliza 18 F . . . Illinois March . Typhoid fever 35 . 33 Pate Mathew 60 M . . M Tennessee Dec'r Merchant Dead palsy 5 . 34 Carter Richard P. 28 M . . M Illinois August Farmer Congestion of brain 11 . 35 Carter Nancy L. 25 F . . M Illinois August . Fever 5 . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Washington DISTRICT: District 20 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Gabriel Jones FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 874 ========================================================================================================================================================================= 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: Washington DISTRICT: District 20 MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: Gabriel Jones FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 875 ========================================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Harpka Dorothy 1 F . . . Germany May . Cramp colic 14 . 2 Tatman Permelia E. 30 F . . . Arkansas January . Child bed 1 month . 3 Schroder William 1/12 M . . . Illinois March . Collic 4 . 4 Freckensmith Louisa 1/12 F . . . Illinois April . Collic 2 . 5 Miller Frederick 6 M . . . Illinois April . Croup 2 . 6 Johnston Henry C. 33 M . . M Ohio July Farmer Cholera 5 . 7 Shamalgangard Frederick 25 M . . . Germany Apl Farmer Lung complaint 5 . 8 Bedker Henry 35 M . . M Germany April Farmer Cholera 1 . 9 Crain Ezekiel 55 M . . M Tennessee July Farmer Apoplexy . . 10 Crain Nancy 54 F . . W Tennessee April . Pneumonia 14 . 11 Edkindeer Garret 52 M . . M Germany May Farmer Winter fever 21 . 12 Schemide Harmon 3 M . . . Illinois March . Fits 42 . 13 Mossman Mary 41 F . . M Germany March . Nervous fever 6 . 14 Mossman Elizabeth 3/12 F . . . Illinois May . Fever 8 . 15 Foker Ferdinand 40 M . . M Germany Nov'r Doctor Unk 2 years sickness . 16 Shurbull John 40 M . . . Germany Nov'r Tailor Fever 3 . 17 Layne Lewis 2 M . . . Illinois Oct'r . Flux 5 . 18 Layne Mary E. 3/12 F . . . Illinois Oct'r . Intermittent fever 14 . 19 McIntire Margaret J. 1 F . . . Illinois July . Flux 5 . 20 Walker James R. 14 M . . . Illinois July . Small pox 3 . 21 Steele Martha J. 10/12 F . . . Illinois December . Cholera infantum 14 . 22 Donnelly Elizabeth J. 2 F . . . Illinois April . Typhoid fever 21 . 23 Hibbert Nancy 27 F . . M Pennsylvania December . Typhoid fever 30 . 24 Jamison Marinda 12 F . . . Illinois Sept . Con fever 13 . 25 Jamison Nancy S. 7 F . . . Illinois Sept . Congestive chill 3 . 26 Ardry Sarah R. 1 F . . . Illinois Apl . Affection of lungs 14 . 27 Meyers Rudolph 18 M . . . Germany Feb'y . Consumption 2 mo . 28 Wight Mary 33 F . . M Illinois Apl . Intermittent fever 9 . 29 Wight Henry H. 2 M . . . Illinois May . Fever 21 . 30 Wight Mary 1/12 F . . . Illinois Apl . Flux 30 . 31 McDowell Elisabeth 8/12 F . . . Illinois May . Croup 4 . 32 Brown Alexander 2 M . . . Illinois Oct'r . 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