Starke County, IN 1850 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/starke/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 STARKE 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'S REMARKS: The county was named for Revolutionary War general John Stark. The county was originally called Stark County, and early censuses such as this one list it this way. However, the name was changed from Stark to Starke. The reason for the change is not known, but it is thought to have occurred around 1860 as the result of a clerical error by an official in Indianapolis. ============================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Starke TOWNSHIP: Washington ENUMERATOR: Horace Stow FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 224 ============================================================================================================================================= 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 Melott Abraham 5 M . . . Indiana Apr . Unknown 1 wk . ============================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Starke TOWNSHIP: Center ENUMERATOR: Horace Stow FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 225 ============================================================================================================================================= 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 McCumber Sarah M. 1 F . . . Indiana Aug . Flux 5 . 2 Lee Melinda 1 F . . . Indiana Sep . Unknown 3 mo . 3 Stow Abigail 17 F . . . Indiana Aug . Flux 1 wk . ============================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Starke TOWNSHIP: California ENUMERATOR: Horace Stow FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 226 ============================================================================================================================================= 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 Ryerson Abram 1 M . . . Indiana Oct . Unknown 5 . 2 Bogarth Olive 28 F . . M Virginia Mar . Ch Fever 11 . 3 McLane Martin 60 M . . M New York Sep Farmer Unknown C . 4 Lindsey Mark 1/12 M . . . Indiana Jan . Unknown 2 wk . ENUMERATOR'S REMARKS: Maple, Linn, Sycamore & Birch. The soil deep and rich. The prairies are generally level, some of them quite wet but produces grass in abundance, are well adapted to grazing and produce good crops of grain where ditches and cultivated. The soil is rich and alluvial, beds of iron ore are frequent. ============================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Starke TOWNSHIP: Oregon ENUMERATOR: Horace Stow FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 227 ============================================================================================================================================= 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 Koons Sarah A. 11 F . . . Ohio Jun . Unknown 2 wk . 2 Paul Samuel B. 5 M . . . Ohio Sep . Flux 3 wk . 3 Paul Clementine E. 1 F . . . Ohio Aug . Flux 1 wk . 4 Bender Harriet M. 20 F . . . Pennsylvania Jul . Cong. Fever 7 . 5 Shaffer Catharine 1/12 F . . . Indiana Dec . Bold Hives 3 . ENUMERATOR'S REMARKS: This county is new, having been organized the present year, has been so far healthy, the water pure and soft. The county is divided into nearly equal proportions of prairie and timber land, the upland is timbered with yellow and white oak, with little or no undergrowth, and is what is usually called openings, the soil sandy, no stone or rock. The bottom lands are timbered with burn oak, black walnut, hickory, ash, elm. ============================================================================================================================================= 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/ =============================================================================================================================================