Kalamazoo County, MI 1850 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/kalamazoo/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Mary Lou Barrett and proofread by J. Barrett for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2009 Mary Lou Barrett ========================================================================== 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 State MICHIGAN County KALAMAZOO 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 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Brady Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 707 1 Potter Walcott 13 M . . . NY Oct . Rheumatism 3 Brady Twp . 1 707 2 O'Brien Stephen 42 M . . M Ireland May Farmer Consup 12 Brady Twp . 1 707 3 Mullen Ann 56 F . . W Ireland Sept . Fever 50 Brady Twp . 1 707 4 Barclay John W 59 M . . . N Jersey May Blacksmith Pleurisy 3 Brady Twp . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Charleston Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 2 705 1 Trowbridge Richard J 50 M . . M Mass July Farmer Consumption 400 Charleston Twp . 2 705 2 Cheeny John A 2 M . . . Mich Aug . Bill Fesser 15 Charleston Twp . 2 705 3 Cheeny Charity L 6/12 F . . . Mich May . Bill Fesser 8 Charleston Twp . 2 705 4 Long Mary E 1 F . . . Mich Aug . Fever 6 Charleston Twp . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Comstalk Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 3 703 1 Powers Israel 50 M . . . N.Y. April Farmer Lung Fever 12 Comstalk Twp . 3 703 2 Wells Emily 1 F . . . Mich Jun . Hooping Cough 10 Comstalk Twp . 3 703 3 Yregs Elisabeth 43 F . . M N.Y. Feb . Consump 90 Comstalk Twp . 3 703 4 Flint Nancy 3 F . . . Mich Dec . Croup 2 Comstalk Twp . 3 703 5 Nichols Brackman B 28 M . . M N.Y. Nov Physician Cons 12 Comstalk Twp . 3 703 6 Galligan Sarah J 1 F . . . Mich April . Dropsey 50 Comstalk Twp . 3 703 7 Brakeslee Asahel W 50 M . . M V.T. July Farm Fran 21 Comstalk Twp . 3 703 8 Joy Mary 60 F . . M Mass Aug . Chil fever 12 Comstalk Twp . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Cooper Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 4 717 1 Brakeman Josiah 43 M . . M N.Y. July M.E.Clergyman Accident 2 Cooper Twp . 4 717 2 Lyman Rebecca 37 F . . M N.Y. Aug . Consumption 150 Cooper Twp . 4 717 3 Armstrong Sarah L 38 F . . M N.Y. July Farmer Child birth 1 Cooper Twp . 4 717 4 Scoval Elisha 75 M . . M N.Y. Oct . Old Age . Cooper Twp . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Kalamazoo Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 5 721 1 Burdick Justus 56 M . . M New Hampshire July . Apoplexy 4 Kalamazoo . 5 721 2 Stuart George 10 M . . . Michigan July . Fever 21 Kalamazoo . 5 721 3 Vickey Franklin 4 M . . . Mich Aug . Fever 3 Kalamazoo . 5 721 4 Harding Elisabeth 20 F . . . N.Y. Sept . Fever 20 Kalamazoo . 5 721 5 Danens Mrs 50 F . . M VT June . Fever 14 Kalamazoo . 5 721 6 Huston Hasen B 49 M . . M VT Aug Merchant Con fever 10 Kalamazoo . 5 721 7 Stuart Martha 8 F . . . Mich July . Con fever 12 Kalamazoo . 5 721 8 Bugby Mary 32 F . . M N.Y. Nov . Dropsey 40 Kalamazoo . 5 721 9 Chipman Jeffry 60 M . . M VT Oct Farmer Suan Apoplexy 15 Kalamazoo . 5 721 10 Allen Charles 38 M . . W Mass Nov Miller Consumption 120 Kalamazoo . 5 721 11 Barnard Lydia 34 F . . M VT Dec . Consumption 160 Kalamazoo . 5 721 12 McNair Frank 1 F . . . Mich Aug . Fever 10 Kalamazoo Sex is a marked 5 721 13 Hinsdell Mitchell 65 M . . M VT April Farmer Harmatism 14 Kalamazoo . 5 721 14 Burdick Adeline M 47 F . . W VT Sept . disease of heart sudden Kalamazoo . 5 721 15 Vickey James 4/12 M . . . Mich Aug . Fever 10 Kalamazoo . 5 721 16 Birchard N 3 F . . . Mich Sept . Fever 14 Kalamazoo . 5 721 17 Clark John 23 M . . M N.Y. June Laborer Chill fever 20 Kalamazoo . 5 721 18 Harding Mary 53 F . . M N.Y. Aug . Chill fever 15 Kalamazoo . 5 721 19 Owens James 3 F m . . Mich Oct . Chill fever 25 Kalamazoo sex is as marked 5 721 20 Cole Mrs 65 F . . W Conn Dec . dropsey 110 Kalamazoo . 5 721 21 Seymour Sylvie 8/12 F . . . Mich Sept . Fever 10 Kalamazoo . 5 721 22 Cobb Doc Moses 67 M . . M VT January Physician disease of hip 40 chain Kalamazoo . 5 721 23 Dennis Joseph 75 M . . M VT Aug Laborer Fever 10 Kalamazoo . 5 721 24 Parmeter George 14 M . . . VT Aug Laborer Fever 8 Kalamazoo . 5 721 25 Rice Lancie M 29 F . . M VT Dec . Consumption 190 Kalamazoo . 5 721 26 Rice Infant of G D. 1 M . . . Mich Dec . Fever 8 Kalamazoo . 5 721 27 Marsh James C 30 M . . M VT May Farmer Intestinal obscinction 12 Kalamazoo . 5 721 28 Eastland Anne W 27 F . . . N.Y. March . Prichard fever 21 Kalamazoo married appears blotted out 5 721 29 White Ranson R 4 M . . . Mich Nov . Con fever 7 Kalamazoo . 5 721 30 Nichols An 3 F . . . Mich Sept . Dysentery 8 Kalamazoo . 5 721 31 Dorr Sarah 30 F . . M Mass March . Fever 20 Kalamazoo . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Pavilion Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 6 707 1 Crippen Sybil 50 F . . M VT Feb . Lung fever 14 Pavilion Twp . 6 707 2 White Almer 4 M . . . Mich Aug . Dysentery 4 Pavilion Twp . 6 707 3 White Emma 1 F . . . Mich Sept . Dysentery 18 Pavilion Twp . 6 707 4 Chipman Sally 49 F . . Wd VT March . Lung fever 6 Pavilion Twp . 6 707 5 Walcott Erastus 85 M . . M Conn Sept . Graves 9 Pavilion Twp . 6 707 6 Vorce Carlos 48 M . . M NY March . Palsy 2 Pavilion Twp . 6 707 7 Vorce Sarah A 11 F . . . Mich Feb . fever 1 Pavilion Twp . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Portage Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 7 7151 Oliver George C 65 M . . . Scotland Feb Farmer Scrofulon 100 Portage Twp . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Prairie Ronde Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 8 7131 Struble Eve 43 F . . M Penn Aug . Fever 40 Praire Ronde . 8 7132 Child Ann 32 F . . M N.Y. May . Congestion 10 Praire Ronde . 8 7133 Westlake John E 28 M . . M England Aug Cabinet mk Fever 6 Praire Ronde . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Richland Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 9 7011 Briggs Silas 40 M . . . NY May Farmer Bilious fever 20 Richland Twp . 9 7012 Gibson Hiram 55 M . . M NY April Farmer Cons 24 Richland Twp . 9 7013 Witherell Richard 42 M . . M Conn May Farmer Fever 10 Richland Twp . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Schoolcraft Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 10 7111 Fisher Wm W 6 M . . . Mich March . Fever 12 Schoolcraft Twp . 10 7112 Green Martin 44 M . . M NY Oct Farmer Fever 12 Schoolcraft Twp . 10 7113 Eldred A J 35 M . . M NY March Farmer Lung fever 7 Schoolcraft Twp . 10 7114 Oram Lydia J 1 F . . . Mich Oct . Lung fever 4 Schoolcraft Twp . 10 7115 Hemingway Nathan S 19 M . . . Mass Dec farmer Insanity 120 Schoolcraft Twp smudge on age ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: MI COUNTY: Kalamazoo DISTRICT: Texas Township ENUMERATOR: N. Gibbs MICROFILM-ROLL #T1163-1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 11 7171 Severance Alfred 30 M . . M NY Feb Blacksmith Fever 5 Texas Twp . 11 7172 Ward Rhoda 33 F . . M NY May . Consump 300 Texas Twp . 11 7173 Wells Samuel O 45 M . . M Ohio Dec Farm Lung fever 15 Texas Twp .