Parke County, IN 1860 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/parke/1860/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 1-4 This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by I. D. Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 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 1860 MICROFILM# NONE STATE INDIANA COUNTY PARKE SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1860 The 1860 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1859 and ends May 31, 1860 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 reported in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ================================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: IN County: Parke TOWNSHIP; Adams MICROFILM#: None ENUMERATOR: Wm. P. Bryant, Jr. FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 1 ================================================================================================================================================================================ LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Harding Belle 6 F . . . Indiana August . Diarrhea 14 . 2 Dinwiddie Sarah B. 80 F . . . Pennsylvania May . Billious pneumonia 2 . 3 Moore George E. 1/12 M . . . Indiana Sept . Fits 5 . 4 Carroll Thomas M. 2 M . . . Indiana Oct . Summer complaint 35 . 5 Jones Nancy 46 F . . . Ohio May . Disease of the heart 8 hours . 6 Brown James M. 24 M . . . Indiana July . Disease of the heart 1 hour . 7 Brown . 6/12 F . . . Indiana Sept . Flux 4 No first name written 8 Foote Andrew 72 M . . . Pennsylvania Aug Merchant Flux 21 . 9 Stafford Sarah A. 8 F . . . Indiana Oct . Congestive chill 2 . 10 Reed David 62 M . . . Virginia Feb'y Farmer Pneumonia 10 . 11 Kelley Moses 84 M . . . South Carolina April Farmer Old age 3 . 12 Woodard Rebecca 25 F . . . Indiana Aug . Consumption 270 . 13 Ingraham Albert 5 M . . . Indiana May Child Scarlet fever 12 . 14 Ingraham Adeline 3 F . . . Indiana May Child Scarlet fever 10 . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . Penn Twp written & struck out 16 Woodard Albert 3 M . . . Indiana March Child Inflamation of stomach 5 . 17 Bryant Florence 1 F . . . Indiana Sept . Summer complaint 30 . 18 Dixon Catharine 21 F . . . Indiana June . Consumption 210 . 19 Lamb Burgess 45 M . . . North Carolina Sept Farmer Congestive chill 5 . 20 Parry B*** 17 M . . . Indiana Feb'y I**** Lung fever 60 Occup Idiot? 21 Shirk William M. 15 M . . . Indiana Sept Farmer Typhoid fever 10 . 22 Baker Mary 23 F . . . North Carolina Feb'y . Typhoid fever 49 . 23 Marshall Emily J. 4/12 F . . . Indiana Sept Child Flux 7 . 24 Wann Clara 7 F . . . Indiana Aug Child Scarlet fever 21 . 25 Carman Elizabeth M. 2 F . . . Indiana Sept Child Diarrhea 2 . 26 Dowdell Cynthia E. 8 F . . . Indiana June Child Scarlet fever 9 . 27 McDowell Lucretia 1 F . . . Indiana Sept Child Consumption 120 . 28 Marshall Mary 55 F . . . North Carolina Oct . Consumption 90 . 29 Cumming Mildred 1/12 F . . . Indiana Aug Child Unknown . . 30 Ensley Lavina . F . . . Indiana Dec'r . Unknown . No age written 31 Hobson Sarah A. 20 F . . . Indiana April . Typhoid fever 35 . 32 Hobson Isaac N. 18 M . . . Indiana May . Consumption 4 . 33 Lindley Nathan 28 M . . . North Carolina Oct Farmer Typhoid fever 16 . 34 Powell Lydia A. 1 F . . . Indiana Dec'r Child Burnt to death 1 . 35 Thompson George M. 2 M . . . Indiana Oct Child Scarlet fever 11 . ================================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: IN County: Parke TOWNSHIP; Adams MICROFILM#: None ENUMERATOR: Wm. P. Bryant, Jr. FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 2 ================================================================================================================================================================================ LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Cheezem James K. 4 M . . . Indiana Sept Child Scarlet fever 14 . 2 Swain Joshua M. 22 M . . . Indiana Oct Farmer Cholic 3 . 3 McMasters Andrew 63 M . . . North Carolina June Wagon maker Dropsey & liver complt 360 . 4 Jackson Mary J. 8 F . . . Illinois Aug Child Scarlet fever 5 . 5 Carson William M. 1 M . . . Indiana July Child Summer complaint 5 . 6 Shurpe Francis P. 2 F . . . Indiana Feb'y Child Croup 4 . 7 McMasters Peter 1 M . . . Indiana April Child Whooping cough 5 . 8 Artis Amanda 32 F B . . Kentucky April . Pleurisy 3 . 9 Burford Lily A. 2/12 F . . . Indiana Jan'y Child Unknown 4 . 10 Wiley Ruth A. 1 F . . . Indiana Oct Child Scarlet fever 21 . 11 Stuckler Henry 35 M . . . Virginia Novem Farmer Typhoid fever 21 . 12 Patton Henry 1 M . . . Indiana Aug Child Summer complaint 30 . 13 Arbery Caleb 74 M . . . Virginia Dec'r Distiller Old age 10 yrs sick . 14 Hughes Margaret 13 F . . . Pennsylvania Oct . Typhoid fever 21 . 15 Shupe Sarah J. 20 F . . . Pennsylvania April . Consumption 28 . 16 Overman Alexander 50 M . . . North Carolina June Farmer Dyspepsia 120 . 17 Linder Samuel 1/12 M . . . Indiana Sept Child Spasms 7 . 18 Alexander Martha E. 5 F . . . Indiana Sept Child Whooping cough 21 . 19 Phillips John W. 2 M . . . Indiana Oct Child Inflam of bowels 16 . 20 Watts Alice 2 F . . . Indiana Feb'y Child Croup 2 . 21 Burch George 66 M . . . Vermont Dec'r Farmer Carbuncle 7 . 22 Burch William H. 2 M . . . Indiana Aug Child Flux 7 . 23 Warner George 1/12 M . . . Indiana Oct Child Erysepelas 11 . 24 Blue Barbara A. 76 F . . . Pennsylvania April . Dropsy 42 . 25 Clark Benjamin 71 M . . . North Carolina June Farmer Dropsy 2 . 26 Baldwin Mary M. . F . . . Indiana June Child Unknown . No age written 27 Driver Sarah 29 F . . . Indiana May Farm girl Consumption 12 . 28 Pinnegar Minerva 24 F . . . Indiana Feb'y Farmers wife Child birth 3 hours . 29 York John D. 2 M . . . Indiana July Child Flux 6 . 30 Outland Percy A. 18 F . . . Indiana Dec'r . Typhoid fever 14 . 31 Vaughn Isaac T. 44 M M . . Virginia Dec'r Farmer Consumption 28 . 32 Shelton Robert 65 M . . . Pennsylvania Nov Butcher Dropsy 90 . 33 Gibson Sarah 1 F . . . Indiana June Child Whooping cough 21 . 34 Dorman Geoffry 2 M . . . Indiana Oct Child Fever 42 . 35 Vanlandingham Robert 1 M . . . Indiana June Child Winter fever 21 . ================================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: IN County: Parke TOWNSHIP; Adams MICROFILM#: None ENUMERATOR: Wm. P. Bryant, Jr. FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 3 ================================================================================================================================================================================ LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Finnell Elijah R. 47 M . . . Kentucky June Cooper Consumption 14 . 2 White Elizabeth 69 F . . . Massachusetts June . Old age 240 . 3 Bruce Wily R. 19 M . . . Indiana Aug Student Lung fever 42 . 4 Allen Robert H. 3 M . . . Indiana Dec'r Child Unknown 35 . 5 Adams Edward 1 M . . . Indiana July Child Flux 17 . 6 Foncannon Scott 5 M . . . Indiana June Child Drowned . . 7 Davis James M. B. 1 M . . . Indiana October Child Unknown . . 8 Beard *ryor W. 21 M . . . Illinois Novem Miller Typhoid fever 14 . 9 Beard Zachariah 19 M . . . Indiana July Farmer Disease of the heart 3 . 10 Weaver Margaret J. 5 F . . . Iowa Feb'y Child Diptheria 14 . 11 Weaver Florella 2 F . . . Kansas Feb'y Child Diptheria 1 . 12 Barker George W. 2 M . . . Indiana Jan'y Child Palsy 4 . 13 Louderback Thomas L. 1 M . . . Indiana Feb'y Child Lung fever 8 . 14 Myers Daniel 68 M . . . North Carolina May Farmer Scrofula 42 . 15 Hayden James 4/12 M . . . Indiana Mch . Inflamation 14 . 16 Ware Mary M. 1/12 F . . . Indiana Mch Child Croup 14 hour . 17 Ewing Alexander B. 23 M . . . Kentucky June M***** Fell from bridge . . 18 Phipps Rebecca S. 4/12 F . . . Indiana June Child Whooping cough 14 . 19 Lay Catharine 52 F . . . Kentucky June . Accident 2 . 20 Wright Samuel N. 13 M . . . Indiana July Child Fever 6 . 21 Newlen Sarah E. 3 F . . . Indiana Feb'y Child Bronchitis 21 . 22 Bloomfield Thomas 58 M . . . Kentucky Mch Farmer Lung disease 150 . 23 Collings James C. 1 M . . . Indiana Nov Child Inflam in head 10 . 24 Harlan Julia 65 F . . . South Carolina Feb'y . Dropsy in the heart 9 . 25 Steele Sarah J. 3/12 F . . . Indiana Aug Child Flux 4 . 26 Levengood John P. 40 M . . M North Carolina Oct Lutheran preacher Disease of bladder 14 . 27 Ball Mary 24 F . . . Kentucky May . Unknown 210 . 28 Funkhouser Joseph H. 3 M . . . Indiana Oct Child Croup 2 . 29 Stickler Henry 38 M . . . Virginia Oct Farmer Typhoid fever 14 . 30 Burford Martha E. 9 F . . . Indiana July Child Consumption 10 . 31 Archer James M. 43 M . . . Kentucky April Black smith Typhoid fever 15 . 32 Conley Stephen 1 M . . . Indiana June Child Inflamatory rheumatism 21 . 33 Armstrong Minerva A. 22 F . . . Indiana Dec'r . Consumption 180 . 34 Armstrong Hamilton 19 M . . . Indiana April . Dropsy 365 . 35 Armstrong Payton 10 W M . . . Indiana Oct Child Croup 30 . ================================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: IN County: Parke TOWNSHIP; Adams MICROFILM#: None ENUMERATOR: Wm. P. Bryant, Jr. FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 4 ================================================================================================================================================================================ LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Conley James S. 11/12 M . . . Indiana Jan'y Child Bronchitis 60 . 2 Patton Henry 6/12 M . . . Indiana Aug Child Cough 10 . 3 Patton Daniel 11 M . . . Indiana April Child Diarrhoea 10 . 4 Mullegan Margaret E. 4/12 F . . . Indiana Nov Child Disease of brain 42 Ends Parke 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/ ================================================================================================================================================================================