Ingham County, MI 1850 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/ingham/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Karen D. Foster and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2024 by Karen D. Foster ========================================================================== 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 MICROFILM-#: T1163-1 STATE MICHIGAN COUNTY INGHAM 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 reported in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Ingham Twp ENUMERATOR: James W. Holmes FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 617 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Enum by James W. Holmes (pages 1 - 7) 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Information on lines 1-5 was crossed 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . out and enumeration was restarted 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . on line 7. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Torrey Eliza A 47 F . . . NY Sep . Dysentery 10 Lines were re-numbered starting with 8 Torrey Charles 7 M . . . Mich Sep . Dysentery 10 1 at this point on the page. 9 Atherton Mary M 8/12 F . . . Mich June . Consumption . . 10 Garrison Jame W 4/12 M . . . Mich Nov . Dysentery 5 . 11 Gus Smith 1/12 M . . . Mich April . Erepipelas 25 . 12 Sherman Angeline 28 F . . . NY March . Consumption 21 . 13 Hicks Emily A 9/12 F . . . Mich March . Inf of Lungs 7 . 14 Granger Hale W 39 M . . . NY Nov Farmer Cong Brain 7 blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Delhi Twp ENUMERATOR: James W. Holmes FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: (not written) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Havins George 17 M . . . NY July Farmer Dropsy 60 . 2 Groombugh Florilla 10 F . . . Mich Jany . Inf. Of Lungs 7 . 3 Mosier Clark 4 M . . . Mich Jany . Burnt Sudden . 4 Dunn George 1 M . . . Mich Jany . Inf of Brain 5 . 5 Minor Daniel 42 M . . . NY April Farmer Inf of Lungs 4 blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Lansing ENUMERATOR: James W. Holmes FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: (not written) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Holmes Annette 2 F . . . Mich Feby . Cong of Brain 1 . 2 Upton Emelin 1/12 F . . . Mich April . Spasms 1 . 3 Faxon Theodore B 28 M . . . NY Jany Grocer Consumption . . 4 Jones Florance 6 F . . . Mich Aug . Measles 22 . 5 Jones Earnest W 4 M . . . Mich Aug . Measles 15 . 6 Bowers Samuel W 52 M . . . NY April Farmer Consumption 14 . 7 Gibson Francis C 1 F . . . Mich Dec . Cong of Brain 14 . 8 Bennett Baby 7/12 F . . . Mich July . Unknown Sudden . 9 Cole Olive M 26 F . . . NY Jany . Cong of Brain 3 . 10 Morehouse Bloomfield 5/12 M . . . Mich Jany . Inf of Lungs 14 . 11 Wagonhood Catharine 4 F . . . Mich Feby . Inf of Bowels 14 . 12 Weller Peter J. 48 M . . . NY Dec Grocer Inf of Bowels 14 . 13 Yester Elizabeth 32 F . . . Germany Jany . Consumption 3 Mos . 14 Smith Marcy 64 F . . . NY April . Consumption 10 W . 15 Quakenbush Elly L 1 F . . . Mich Oct . Cong of Brain 8 . 16 Palmer John W 32 M . . . Mich Aug Shoemaker Measles 13 . 17 Palmer Selden R 4 M . . . Mich Aug . Measles 13 . 18 Palmer John W Jr 5/12 M . . . Mich Aug . Measles 13 . 19 Welch Smith 1 M . . . Mich July . Inf of Bowels 8 . 20 Turner Lucius D C 1 M . . . Mich Aug . Measles 4 W . 21 Kecler Synthia H 4/12 F . . . Mich July . Cong Fever 20 . 22 Slocum George 5 M . . . Ohio Aug . Cong. of Brain 1 . 23 Slocum Myron 7/12 M . . . Mich Aug . Inf of Bowels 7 . 24 Norris Sarah E 3 F . . . Mich Sept . Measles 5 . 25 Lowell Edward 1 M . . . Mich May . Not Known Sudden . 26 Singer Julius 4 M . . . Mich Aug . Measles 7 . 27 Rozen William 36 M . . . NY Aug Merchant Dysentery 7 . 28 Lathrop Porter 40 M . . . NY July Farmer Cong Fever 14 . 29 Joscelyn Loretta 1 F . . . Mich June . Inf of Lungs 7 . 30 Bascom Elias R 53 M . . . NY Aug Merchant Cong Fever 14 . 31 Bascom Lemuel H 12 M . . . NY Aug . Cong Fever 24 . 32 Muner Sarah 21 F . . . NY May . Inf of Lungs 28 . 33 North Thomas 29 M . . . NY Jany Farmer Cong of Brain 2 . 34 Chase Phalina 24 F . . . NY Feby . Dropsey 5 W . 35 Wolcott Mary M 9 F . . . Ohio Sept . Cholera Morbus 2 . ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Bunker Hill Twp ENUMERATOR: James W. Holmes FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: (not written) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Wilcox Abraham 44 M . . . NY May Farmer Inf of Lungs 9 blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Stockbridge Twp ENUMERATOR: James W. Holmes FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 621 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Henry George 2/12 M . . . Mich July . Hooping Cough 28 . 2 Brown Isabella 1 F . . . Mich Sept . Dysentery 7 . 3 Beebe Myrta 6/12 M . . . Mich Sept . Inf of Brain 7 . 4 Van Sickle Lewis Cass 7/12 M . . . Ohio Sept . Inf of Brain 14 . 5 Branch Olive R 2 F . . . Mich Nov . Dysentery 10 . 6 Soule William H 1 M . . . Mich Jany . Inf of Lungs 8 . 7 Ives Orrin 57 M . . . Penn April Farmer Inf of Lungs 9 . 8 Whitney Eliza M 23 F . . . NY March . Dysentery 12 . 9 Judson Eli 1 M . . . Mich Feby . Not Known 1 . 10 Force Obadiah 82 M . . . NJ Jany Farmer Old Age 10 . 11 Foster Henry 27 M . . . Eng Nov Farmer Fever 4 . 12 Smith John 65 M . . . NY Aug Farmer Old Age 8 . 13 Hicks Lucy 72 F . . . Conn July . Consumption 2 . 14 Densmore Franklin J 1 M . . . Mich Nov . Dysentery 4 blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Aurelius Twp ENUMERATOR: James W. Holmes FILE PAGE: 6 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 623 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Bunker Mary Ann 10 F . . . NY Oct Farmer Cong of Brain 5 . 2 Hunt Phidemia 4 F . . . Mich Nov . Cong of Brain 21 . 3 Goesbeck Henry J. 3 M . . . NY Aug . Diaraha 5 W . 4 Barnes Electa 15 F . . . NY May . Cong Fever 21 . 5 Freeman Reuben B 6 M . . . Mich May . Inf of Brain 4 blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Vevay Twp ENUMERATOR: James W. Holmes FILE PAGE: 7 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 625 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Rolfe Elliott C 3 M . . . Mich Aug . Dysentery 14 . 2 Worden Catharine 6 F . . . Mich July . Dysentery 7 . 3 Case Homer L 4 M . . . Mich May . Inf of Lungs 18 . 4 Halsey Josephine 1 F . . . Mich Aug . Dysentery 7 . 5 Kadden Emeline L 23 F . . . NY March . Consumption 4 Mo . 6 Belcher Babe 7/12 M . . . Pa May . Bronchitis 60 . 7 Rolfe Benjamin 61 M . . . Mass May . Dropsey 18 Mo . 8 Raynale Martha 8/12 F . . . Mich Jany . Do of Brain 8 W . 9 Burt George 16 M . . . NY June . Cong of Brain 50 . 10 Berry Isaiah 28 M . . . Maine Nov Joiner Inf of Brain 10 blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: White Oak Twp ENUMERATOR: John B. Child FILE PAGE: 8 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 627 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Drew Maria L 3 F . . . Mich Jan'y . Dysentery 7 Days Enum by John H. Child (Pages 8 - 16) 2 Drew Minerva Ann 1 F . . . Mich Jan'y . Dysentery 2 Days . 3 Acker Anna C 1 F . . . Mich Feny . Typhus Fever 7 Days . 4 Collins Lena J 8/12 F . . . Mich March . Inflamation on the Brain 4 Days . 5 Stevens Joseph 8 M . . . Mich May . Inflamatory Brain stem 11 Days . 6 Gilman Maria R 7 F . . . Mich Sept . Dysentery 8 Days . 7 Stevenson William H 5 M . . . Mich Dec'r . Convulsions 5 Years . 8 Sissons Ann 79 F . . W England July . Chill fever 7 Days . 9 Post Mabel 1 F . . . Michigan Sept . Dysentery 7 Days . 10 Perment Mercy 32 F . . M England April . Consumption 2 Yrs . 11 Baldwin Allen 25 M . . M Ohio Augst Farmer Typhus fever 14 Days . 12 Collier James A 2 M . . . N.Y. May . Inflamation 7 Days . 13 Abbott Susan 23 F . . M N.Y. Jany . Dropsy 1 Month blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Leslie Twp ENUMERATOR: John B. Child FILE PAGE: 9 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Spear Edwin 2/12 M . . . Michigan Jan'ry . Inflamation 4 days . 2 Sprague Velorus H 3 M . . . Michigan July . Congestion of the Liver 4 days . 3 Woodhouse Joseph 76 M . . M N.Y. Augst Machinist Affection of the Heart 1 Month . 4 Kirby Silas 58 M . . M Mass Feb'ry Farmer Consumption 4 Months . 5 Downs Rowland 76 M . . W Conn July Farmer Heat 4 hours . 6 Shaw Allen E 1 M . . . Mich Jany . Ulceration of Lungs 6 weeks . 7 Torry Frederic R. 24 M . . . N.Y. Nov'r Student Consumption 2 weeks blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Onondaga Twp ENUMERATOR: John B. Child FILE PAGE: 10 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 631 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Longyear Henry W 32 M . . . N.Y. Feb'y Farmer Accident 15 Days . 2 Thorp Morris 1 M . . . Michigan May . Brain Fever 21 Days . 3 Frye Triphenia 1/12 F . . . Michigan Sept . Brain Fever 7 Days . 4 Hunt Theodore 2/12 M . . . Michigan Sept . Dropsy on the Brain 15 Days . 5 Frye Harriet 28 F . . M N.Y. July . Consumption 30 Days . 6 Frye Adaline 2 F . . . Mich August . Dysentery 14 Days . 7 Howland Charles B 24 M . . . N.Y. July Clerk Consumption 5 Months . 8 Mann Levi B 44 M . . . N.Y. July Farmer Eysipelas 7 Days . 9 Mann Ruhamah 88 F . . W Conn Dec'r . Old Age 10 Days . 10 King Abram 1/12 M . . . Michigan July . Convulsions 1 Day . 11 Sprague Minerva 20 F . . M N.Y. Dec'r . Cancer 6 weeks . 12 Potter Lydia E 2 F . . . Mich Feby . Croup 1 Day . 13 Phelps Henry 6 M . . . Mich Nov . Brain fever 2 Day blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Locke Twp ENUMERATOR: John B. Child FILE PAGE: 11 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: (not written) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Warren Orange E 2 M . . . Michigan July . Inflamation on the Brain 7 days . 2 Carlton Irena 1/12 F . . . Michigan Sept . Convulsions 10 days . 3 Pickney Thomas 43 M . . M N.Y. Dec'r Farmer Consumption 13 months . 4 Pitts Aristene 2 F . . . Mich July . Scalded 1 Day . 5 Barber Lorenzo H 2 M . . . Mich Jany . Brain Fever 7 Days . 6 Boardman Elizabeth 52 F . . M Conn May . Black Janudice 6 weeks . 7 Chamberlin Mary 35 F . . M Mass Jany . Brain fever 5 Days . 8 Chamberlin Orson 2 M . . . Mich Jany . Brain fever 5 Days . 9 White Phebe Ann 3 F . . . N.Y. Jany . Brain fever 4 Days blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: LeRoy Twp ENUMERATOR: John B. Child FILE PAGE: 12 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 635 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Wilkinson Dorothy 81 F . . W N.Y. Oct . Inflamation 2 weeks . 2 Dietz Mercy A 32 F . . M N.Y. April . Consumption 6 months blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Wheatfield Twp ENUMERATOR: John B. Child FILE PAGE: 12 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: (not written) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Hiddy Elizabeth 1 F . . . Michigan May . Whooping Cough 28 Days . 2 Camp Elizabeth A 2 F . . . Michigan June . Erysipelas 28 Days blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Phelpstown Twp ENUMERATOR: John B. Child FILE PAGE: 14 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 637 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Finegan Julia 27 F . . M Ireland April . Consumption 10 Months . 2 Williams Oswald B 35 M . . . N.Y. Feby Farmer Brain Fever 8 Days . 3 Eply Connerd 62 M . . M Penn Sept Blacksmith Cholera Morbus 3 Days . 4 Owen Sarah 8/12 F . . . Mich Oct . Convulsions 2 Days . 5 Riggs Esther 36 F . . M N.Y. Augst . Liver Complaint 4 weeks blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Meridian Twp ENUMERATOR: John B. Child FILE PAGE: 15 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: (not written) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Wetnzel Horace 1 M . . . Michigan Sept . Dropsy on the Brain 14 Days . 2 Potter George W 11/12 M . . . Michigan Augst . Dysentery 7 Days blank below ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ingham DISTRICT: Alaiedon Twp ENUMERATOR: John B. Child FILE PAGE: 16 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 647 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Shafer Emily M 10 F . . . Ohio Sept . Dysentery 21 Days . 2 Shafer Martha J 2 F . . . Ohio Sept . Dysentery 21 Days . 3 Lewis George 8 M . . . Michigan Jan'y . Mortification 5 weeks . 4 Page James 68 M . . W Maine May . Consumption 1 year . 5 Underwood Charles H 6/12 M . . . Mich Nov . Dropsy on the Brain 7 Days . 6 Disbrow Isaac N. 5 M . . . Ohio Sept . Dysentery 7 Days . ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 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/ ====================================================================================================================================================================================