Delaware County, IN 1850 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/delaware/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2014 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== 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, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 STATE INDIANA COUNTY DELAWARE 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 ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: A small portion of the right side of some pages was cut off when it was scanned. On these pages, only part of the #DAYS-ILL column is visible. I transcribed what I could read. ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Delaware TOWNSHIP: Perry, Liberty, Delaware ENUMERATOR: John Marshall FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 279 ===================================================================================================================================================== 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) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Riley Maddy 18 M . . . Virginia May Laborer Unknown 3 yr . ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Delaware TOWNSHIP: Perry, Liberty, Delaware ENUMERATOR: John Marshall FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 282 ===================================================================================================================================================== 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) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Jane Lucretia 3/12 F . . . Indiana Jun . Diarrhea 7 First name Lucretia Jane? 2 Gilland John 5 M . . . Indiana Aug . Worms 28 . 3 Thessler John T. 5/12 M . . . Indiana Jul . Diarrhea 5 . 4 Cecil John W. 1/12 M . . . Indiana Feb . Unknown . . 5 Prieston Margaret 1 F . . . Indiana Feb . Croup 2 . 6 Jump Cassius M. 1/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Abcess 30 . 7 Hasler Benjamin 1 M . . . Indiana Aug . Dysentery 7 . 8 Cunningham Thos. L. 6/12 M . . . Indiana Feb . Unknown 1 . 9 Luellen Mary C. 1 F . . . Indiana May . Croup 4 . 10 Leggit George 7 M . . . Indiana Sep . Fever 6 . 11 Leggit Cyrus W. 33 M . . M Pennsylvania Mar . Lung Fever 6 . 12 Brodrick Amanda P. 2 F . . . Indiana Jun . . . . 13 Hamer Susan 38 F . . M Ohio Sep . Lung Fever 87 . 14 Nihart James F. 8/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Spasms 4 . 15 Davis Jemima 39 F . . M Ohio Jun . Chollera 1 . 16 Wilcoxen Elizabeth 1 F . . . Indiana Aug . Inflamation 7 . 17 Sutton Harriet S. 1 F . . . Indiana Jun . Consumption 14 . 18 Luellen Margaret 30 F . . M Ohio Aug . Cholera 3 . 19 Luellen Betsy 64 F . . W Virginia Oct . Chollera 4 . 20 Bond Margaret 38 F . . M Virginia Sep . Lung Fever 14 . 21 Osamen Mary A. 21 F . . M Unknown Sep . Child Bed 14 . 22 Osborn Louisa O. 1/12 F . . . Indiana Jul . Unknown 30 . 23 Thorp Bersheba 45 F . . M Virginia Aug . Cholera 2 . 24 Davis Sarah 74 F . . M Virginia Aug . Cholera 3 . 25 Davis John 81 M . . W Virginia Aug . Cholera 5 . 26 Robinson Mahala 8 F . . . Unknown Aug . Cholera 4 . 27 Cochran Marilla J. 2/12 F . . . Indiana Sep . Diarrhea 3 . 28 Boots Elizabeth 31 F . . M Virginia Aug . Cholera 1 . 29 Boots Mahala A. 20 F . . . Ohio Jul . Cholera 1 . 30 Thomas George S. 10/12 M . . . Indiana Jun . Whooping Cough 40 . 31 Markwell Mason 50 M . . M Virginia Dec . Drowned . . 32 Mann Warner 43 M . . M New York Aug . Consumption 30 . 33 Allegra Eberle M. 2 M . . . Indiana Apr . Measles 1 . 34 Gurten Susanna 1 F . . . Indiana Jul . Dropsey 4 . 35 Gurten Margaret E. 1/12 F . . . Indiana Aug . Dropsey 5 . ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Delaware TOWNSHIP: District 24 ENUMERATOR: James H. Swaar FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 283 ===================================================================================================================================================== 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) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Benoy Thomas W. 3/12 M . . . Indiana Dec . Croup 7 . 2 Gandy Minerva 1 F . . . Indiana Sep . Flux 7 . 3 Lee Martha 49 F . . . Indiana Apr . Liver Complaint 21 . 4 Ewing Sarah 2/12 F . . . Indiana Jan . Infl. Of Heart 7 . 5 Brown Hillery L. 7/12 M . . . Indiana Feb . Infl. Of Heart 7 . 6 Hinton James F. 33 M . . . Pennsylvania Nov Farmer Fever 16 . 7 Brock Elizabeth 44 F . . M Ohio May . Fever 30 . 8 Wright William 7 M . . . Indiana Aug . Fever 5 . 9 Clemants John 1 M . . . Indiana Apr . Scalded 1 . 10 Studebaker David 9 M . . . Indiana Nov . Fever 4 . 11 Bable Charles H. 2 M . . . Indiana Jun . Cholera Infantum 5 . 12 Harris Francis 19 M . . . Ohio May . Consumption 60 . 13 Breece William H. 1/12 M . . . Indiana Jul . Whooping Cough 1 . ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Delaware TOWNSHIP: District 24 ENUMERATOR: James H. Swaar FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 286 ===================================================================================================================================================== 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) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Swaar Florance 1 F . . . Indiana Aug . Diarrhea 36 . 2 Russey James L. 40 M . . M North Carolina May Merchant Murdered . . 3 Buckles Charles H. 1 M . . . Indiana Apr . Disease of Lungs 14 . 4 Burk William H. 20 M . . . Indiana Jul Merchant Infl. Of Head 12 . 5 Burk John 4 M . . . Indiana Jan . Infection Head? 9 . 6 Wachtal Jonathan 53 M . . M Maryland Mar Chairmaker Consumption 10 . 7 Luthill Infant 1 F . . . Indiana . . Unknown 1 . 8 Alexander James 2 M . . . Indiana Jul . Fever 14 . 9 Clark William 71 M . . M Pennsylvania Jul Farmer Chills 9 . 10 Shockly James 27 M . . M Virginia Jun Farmer Consumption 12 . 11 Holman John 38 M . . M Ohio Aug Farmer Fever 10 . 12 Branson Johyn R. 9/12 M . . . Indiana Mar . Fever . . 13 Owen Edward S. 10/12 M . . . Indiana Apr . Fever 30 . 14 Lash Robert L. 6 M . . . Indiana Jun . Mortification . . 15 Lash Ann E. 16 F . . . Virginia May . Fever 21 . 16 Brandon David 5 M . . . Indiana Apr . . 4 . 17 Graham William L. 2 M . . . Indiana Feb . Palsey 4 . 18 Hurley Abner 3 M . . . Indiana May . Worms? 5 . 19 Bluser John 21 M . . . Virginia Feb . Fever 7 . 20 Bluser Abraham 18 M . . . Virginia May . Consumption 40 . 21 Price William 36 M . . M North Carolina Dec Farmer Bilious Fever 4 . 22 Abshire Polly 50 F . . . Virginia Nov . . . . 23 Hatfield Edward 11 M . . . Indiana Mar . Arecipolis 10 . 24 Bishop Leonard 5/12 M . . . Indiana Jul . . 9 . 25 Home Mary S. 71 F . . . Scotland Apr . Chronic Diarrhea 240 . 26 Rader Elennora 39 F . . . Virginia Sep . Lung Fever 20 . 27 Blout Lilly Ann 1 F . . . Indiana Mar . Jaundice 30 . 28 Reed Elizabeth 13 F . . . Ohio Nov . Jaundice 180 . 29 McKinly William 44 M . . . . . . . . . 30 Anderson Nancy A. 11 F . . . Indiana Feb . Winter Fever 4 . 31 Gibson Achallis 5 M . . . Indiana Dec . Croup . . 32 Smith John W. 1 M . . . Indiana Aug . Diarrhea 10 . 33 Bryan George 49 M . . M Virginia Jan . Dispepsy 18 . 34 Bryan Mary Ann 1 F . . . Indiana Jul . Diarrhea 21 . 35 Lash Ebun E. 16 F . . . Indiana May . Fever 21 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: James L. Russey whose name stands opposite the figure 2 on this page left his home on the 1st day of December 1849 for California for the purpose of digging gold. Some two months after he got into the mines himself and one David B. Woods went out inspecting for gold on a creek called Bear Creek and expected to return the next day. They did not return as they had promised. Their comrades, their camp mates became uneasy and started after them but after a diligent search they were not found. Some six weeks the bodies of Russy & Woods were found and from all indications they were murdered by Indians. ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Delaware TOWNSHIP: Center, Hamilton, Niles ENUMERATOR: M. H. Marshall FILE PAGE NO: 5 HW PAGE NO: 287 ===================================================================================================================================================== 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) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Curtis Martha A. 1 F . . . Indiana Jan . Fever 10 . 2 Hinkle William 1/12 M . . . Indiana Dec . Unknown 2 . 3 Rassey John 43 M . . M Tennessee Dec Farmer Consumption 1 yr . 4 Blackford Mary 43 F . . M Pennsylvania Mar . Consumption 8 mo . 5 McKenzie James W. 3 M . . . Ohio Apr . Accident . . 6 McKenzie Elmina 1 F . . . Ohio Jul . Infl. Of Brain 3 . 7 Holland William 6/12 M . . . Indiana Dec . Unknown . . 8 Williams Emily 3 F . . . Indiana Aug . Unknown 8 mo . 9 Horner Mary 1/12 F . . . Indiana Sep . Unknown Sudden . 10 Reel Benjamin F. 5 M . . . Indiana Feb . Arecipolis 7 . 11 Coulter Rees 57 M . . M Virginia Aug Farmer Consumption 6 yr . 12 Adams John 1 M . . . Indiana Aug . S. Fever 9 . 13 Shafer Harriet E. 1/12 F . . . Indiana May . Whooping Cough 6 . 14 Wilson Martha E. 3 F . . . Ohio Aug . Unknown 4 . 15 Wilson William 1 M . . . Indiana Aug . Unknown 4 . 16 Shearin Nancy A. 25 F . . M Ohio Oct . Unknown 4 wk . 17 Tomlinson Samuel 9 M . . . Ohio May . Unknown 4 . 18 Kimble Luvina 30 F . . M Ohio Jan . Unknown 6 . 19 Wasson Thursey J. 33 F . . . Ohio May . Consumption 2 yr . 20 Vincent Samuel 1 M . . . Indiana Apr . Unknown 6 . 21 James Rollan 2 M . . . Indiana May . 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