Jay County, IN 1850 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/jay/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 JAY 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---------------------------- ====================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Jay TOWNSHIP: Jefferson ENUMERATOR: J. M. Haynes FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 545 ====================================================================================================================================================== 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 Mills Washington J. 9/12 M . . . Ohio Jan . Lung Fever 35 . 2 Brewster Nancy 12 F . . . Ohio Feb . Congestive Fever 2 . 3 VanSchyhock Isaac 13 M . . . Indiana Feb . Congestive Fever 1 . 4 Jackson Sarah J. 16 F . . . Ohio May . Consumption C . 5 Coulson Ardon 17 M . . . Ohio Feb Farmer Congestive Fever C . 6 Coulson June 18 F . . . Ohio Mar . Congestive Fever 25 . 7 Coulson Allen 20 M . . . Ohio Apr Farmer Congestive Fever 4 . 8 Hearford Rachel 78 F . . . Maryland Mar . Old Age 6 . 9 Mouile Valentine 13 M . . . Indiana Feb . Congestive Fever 13 hr . 10 Cummins Sarah E. 2/12 F . . . Indiana May . Croup 5 hr . 11 Miller Jacob 90 M . . . Unknown Nov Farmer Old Age 40 . 12 McFarland Elizabeth 4 F . . . Indiana Jul . Scarlet Fever 8 . 13 Watson Caroline 6 F . . . Indiana Mar . Congestive Fever 56 . 14 . Infant 0 M . . . Indiana Mar . Unknown 0 Last name not listed ENUMERATOR REMARKS: The congestive or winter fever has prevailed to some extent in this township, otherwise it has been healthy. The water in a portion of the township is strongly impregnated with an unwholesome mineral. Most of the sickness prevalent in it was confined to the district where the mineral water is found. The rock in this township is coleareous, soil orgelaceous, timber Oak, Hickory, Ash, Beech, Sugar, Maple & some Black Walnut. ====================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Jay TOWNSHIP: Knox ENUMERATOR: J. M. Haynes FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 547 ====================================================================================================================================================== 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 McFarland Mary E. 23 F . . . Pennsylvania Jul . Measles 10 . 2 Sills Joseph 21 M . . . Indiana Mar Carpenter Measles 2 . 3 Babb Eliza J. 4 F . . . Indiana Sep . Unknown Sudden . 4 Whitcomb William 4/365 M . . . Indiana May . Convulsions 0 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: No malignant diseases prevail in this township, chills & fever or intermittent fever prevails to a limited extent during the summer & autumn. The water is generally good, ore or less impregnated with lime. For a small portion of the towbnship near the south border the water is impregnated with minerals which give it a disagreeable smell & bitter taste and is unwholesome, operating as a cathartic. The only rock is limestone; the soil clay for the most part, generally fertile. Timber - Beech, Hickory, Sugar Maple, Black Walnut. ====================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Jay TOWNSHIP: Richland ENUMERATOR: J. M. Haynes FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 549 ====================================================================================================================================================== 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 Anderson Nancy 40 F . . M Ohio Feb . Child Bed 3 . 2 Manor Elizabeth 1 F . . . Indiana Apr . Scarlet Fever 14 . 3 Bell David 58 M . . M Maryland Feb . Disease of Liver C . 4 . Infant 0 M . . . Indiana Feb . Unknown 0 Last name not listed 5 Wade Mary J. 3 F . . . Indiana Oct . Croup 2 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: No malignant diseases have prevailed in the above named township, some intermittent fever & a few cases of congestive or winter fever as it is somethimes termed. The water is generally impregnated with lime & sometimes with sulphur, is generally wholesome. The rock is colearious. The soil argilareous for the most part, with an intermixture of silex. Some alluvial bottom along the water courses. The timber is Beech, Sugar Maple, Black Walnut, Oak, Hickory & Ash. ====================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Jay TOWNSHIP: Green ENUMERATOR: J. M. Haynes FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 551 ====================================================================================================================================================== 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 Reyburn Elizabeth 37 F . . W Virginia May Tailoress Consumption C . 2 . Infant 1/12 M . . . Indiana Oct . Consumption 30 Last name not listed 3 Claycomb Henry 76 M . . W Virginia Sep Farmer Dyspepsia C . 4 Bunch William 4/12 M . . . Indiana Jan . . C . 5 Hosier Thomas 54 M . . M Virginia Feb Farmer Measles 7 . 6 Delong Oliver H. 17 M . . . Ohio Apr Farmer White Swelling C . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: This township is healthy. The only disease that prevails to any extent in intermittent fever. The water is generally good, impregnated with lime and occasionally with sulphur. The water in a small portion of the south part of the township is impregnated with an unsholesome mineral. The soil is mostly argilareous, rock calearious. Timber - Beech, Sugar Maple, Oak, Hickoyr, Black Walnut, Ash. ====================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Jay TOWNSHIP: Eight Twps. ENUMERATOR: N. B. Hawkins FILE PAGE NO: 5 HW PAGE NO: 553 ====================================================================================================================================================== 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 Bone Elizabeth 22 F . . M Ohio Nov Housekeeper Fever 28 . 2 Graham Jesse 2 M . . . Indiana Mar . Congestion Lungs 2 . 3 Gray Mary H. 1/12 F . . . Indiana Feb . Measles 7 . 4 Culberson Andrew J. 2 M . . . Ohio Mar . Measles 8 . 5 Heney Mary 16 F . . . Ohio Feb . Measles 14 . 6 Hurd Eliza 18 F . . M Ohio Nov . Fever 60 . 7 Bair Elias A. 3 M . . . Indiana Apr . Measles 8 . 8 Bair George 1/12 M . . . Indiana Mar . Measles 1 . 9 Moore Margaret L. 3/12 F . . . Indiana Feb . Infl. Bowels 7 . 10 Armintrout Cornelius 16 M . . . Ohio Apr . Fever 8 . 11 Coulson Catharine 42 F . . M New York Jun . Neuralgia 240 . 12 Grisel Nathan 20 M . . . Ohio Dec . Consumption 120 . 13 Pitman Anthony 2/12 M . . . Indiana Jun . Infl. Stomach 8 . 14 Paxson Isaiah 65 M . . M Pennsylvania Mar . Palsey 60 . 15 Lupton Elizabeth 2/12 F . . . Indiana Aug . Infl. Brain 21 Lipton? 16 Bond John 2 M . . . Indiana Mar . Small Pox 9 . 17 Whittaker Joseph 30 M . . M Ohio May . Consumption 180 . 18 Paxon George W. 10 M . . . Indiana May . Fever 30 . 19 Smith George 1/12 M . . . Indiana May . Fever 7 . 20 Hill Harriet 6 F . . . Indiana Jun . Lung Fever 30 . 21 Hill Hannah 3 F . . . Indiana Jun . Lung Fever 7 . 22 Edmunson Thomas 76 M . . M Pennsylvania Oct . Gravell 14 . 23 Slack George 25 M . . M Vermont Nov Laborer Consumption 90 . ====================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Jay TOWNSHIP: Eight Twps. ENUMERATOR: N. B. Hawkins FILE PAGE NO: 6 HW PAGE NO: 556 ====================================================================================================================================================== 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 Hawkins Henrietta Clay 6 F . . . Indiana Feb . Congestion 1/2 . 2 Curters Elizabeth 60 F . . W North Carolina Jun None Lung Fever 9 . 3 Garver Joseph Allen 1 M . . . Indiana May . Croup 1 . 4 Sackman Mary 1/12 F . . . Indiana Sep . Croup 1 . 5 Stranahan John 1 M . . . Indiana Dec . Dropsey 21 . 6 Wibell Matilda 1 F . . . Indiana Dec . Erysipalus 20 . 7 Rhea Robert 77 M . . M Kentucky May Farming Dropsey 120 . 8 Lyon Philip Shahr 11/12 M . . . Indiana Jun . Lungs 1/2 . 9 Huey Noah 1/12 M . . . Indiana Mar . Lungs 1/2 . 10 Hawkins Avaline 1/12 F . . . Indiana Dec . Congestion 9 . 11 Bennett Rachel 11 F . . . Ohio Aug . Flux 11 . 12 Bennett William 4 M . . . Ohio Aug . Flux 3 . 13 Crane Sarah 1/12 F . . . Indiana May . Brain Dropsy 1 . 14 Crane Caroline 17 F . . . Indiana May . Fit 2 . 15 Hendson Rebecca 5/12 F . . . Ohio May . Consumption 365 . 16 Wiley Oliver 35 M . . . Indiana Nov . Fit 1 . 17 Ashley Nancy 1/12 F . . M Ohio Jan Housekeeper Bronchitis 90 . 18 Barrett Rachel . F . . . Indiana Jul . Brain Dropsy 8 . 19 Davis Joseph 1 M . . . Indiana Jul . Bowel Complaint 3 . 20 Langley Philip 4 M . . . Indiana May . Erysipalus 6 . 21 Ehrhart Deborah 1/12 F . . . Ohio Mar . Dropsey 2 . 22 Mays John 1 M . . . Indiana May . Drowned 0 . 23 Millhouse Hetty 14 F . . . Ohio Jul . Fever 5 . 24 Matchell Sarah 1/12 F . . . Indiana Dec . Fever 12 . 25 Matchell Thomas 1 M . . . Indiana Aug . Erysipalus 365 . 26 Harter Henry 33 M . . M Virginia Jan Farming Consumption 540 . 27 Walling John 1 M . . . Indiana Jul . Dropsey 14 . 28 Wilson Mary C. 5 F . . . Indiana Apr . Eff*** of Lungs 1 . 29 Maxwill Jesse 37 M . . M Tennessee Oct . Dropsey in Chest 21 . 30 Reed Arthur 11 M . . . New York Apr . Infl. Of Brain 21 . 31 Hook Jacob 83 M . . W Germany Apr Farming Epiliptic Fit Sudden . 32 Stevens Dan 79 M . . W Connecticut Mar Farming Palsey 3 yr . 33 McKersock Ien 11 M . . . Ohio Mar . Scarlet Fever 4 . 34 Batcher Charles 2 M . . . Indiana Mar . Scarlet Fever 7 . 35 Burris Henry 23 M . . . 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