Cooke County, TX 1860 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tx/cooke/1860/ 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 by 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-#: T1134-54 STATE TEXAS COUNTY COOKE 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---------------------------- Transcriber's Note: There is a ditto mark, sometimes 2 or 3, following every single name on this first page. I have noted suspicious ones in the Remarks column. ==================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Cooke DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: J. W. Johnson FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ==================================================================================================================================================================== 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 Shelters W. R. 45 M . . . Minesota Oct Gunsmith Consumption 1 year . 2 Shelters Alleck 1/12 M M S . Texas April . Accidental smothering . . 3 Hudson Walter 4/365 M . . . Texas August . Unknown . . 4 Melrose N. B. 33 M . . . Va March Farmer Desiase kidneys 1 year . 5 Doss C. J. 9/12 F . . . Texas May . Teething 2 mo . 6 Doss Betty 50 F B S . Va Oct . Pain in head 1 year Betty only name written. Ditto for surname 7 Monday Lucinda 47 F . . W Tenn Nov . Unknown 3 mo . 8 Stone Sophia 3/12 F . . . Texas Aug . Diarhear 3 mo . 9 Sivels Matilda A. 15 F . . M Mo Aug . Billious fever 5 days . 10 Bunion Wm 62 M . . . N York Jan Farmer Desease of brain 6 weeks . 11 Carpenter Stiles S. 44 M . . . Vermont Dec Lawyer Typhoid pheumonia 11 days . 12 Carpenter Infant 6 hours M . . . Texas Nov . Unknown 6 hours . 13 McAfee M. A. 3 F . . . Texas Nov . Flux 3 weeks . 14 Hill Elizabeth 65 F . . W S.C. Sept . Consumption 10 years . 15 Martin Cha's W. 41 M . . M Illi March Farmer Winter fever 14 days . 16 McPherson John 1 M . . . Texas Nov . Pheumonia 18 days . 17 White Nancy 54 F . . M S.C. Oct . Pheumonia 13 days . 18 Jones Rutha 59 F . . M Mo Oct . Unknown 10 days . 19 Jones Mary Ann 11/365 F . . . Texas Sept . Unknown 2 days Mary Ann written. Ditto for surname 20 Richie Elizabeth 11/12 F . . . Texas Oct . Flux 5 days . 21 Atkison S. C. 56 M . . M Va March Farmer Congestion of the brain 3 hours . 22 Dixson T. K. 27 M . . M N.C. Oct Farmer Flux 1 mo . 23 Boggs Stephen 21 M . . . Mo Jan Farmer Killed shot Instantly . 24 Funk H. M. 9/365 M . . . Texas Feb . Hives 1 day . 25 Dye Sarah J. 34 F . . . Mo Dec . Liver complaint 12 mo . 26 Monett G. W. 3 M . . . Texas July . Inflamation of brain 3 days . 27 Phelps Rebecca 24 F . . . Tenn Jan . Pheumonia 1 mo . 28 Hooper Sophia 28 F . . . Tenn Sept . Pheumonia 13 days . 29 Martin Sophia 1/365 F . . . Texas March . Unknown 8 hours . 30 Smith H. A. 1 F . . . Texas July . Inflamation of brain 3 hours . 31 Smith Julia A. 2 F . . . Texas July . Inflamation of brain 3 hours . 32 Smith Liza 1 F M S . . Feb . Teething 1 mo Liza written. Ditto for surname 33 Smith Edmund 28 M M S . . March . Syphlas 10 days Edmund written. Ditto for surname 34 Dobkins Rachael 58 F . . . Pa June . Typhoid fever 3 weeks . 35 Elliott Elizabeth 25 F . . . Va Jan . Chills 3 weeks . ==================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Cooke DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: J. W. Johnson FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 2 ==================================================================================================================================================================== 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 Ross Jacob 25 M . . . Va Feb Farmer Kidney affection 3 months . 2 Thompson M. J. 9 F . . . Miss Aug . Congestive chills 12 hours . 3 Kinsey Hiram 63 M . . . N.C. April Farmer Diebetes 3 weeks . 4 Jones James 11/12 M . . . Texas Jan . Unknown 12 days . 5 Dickson John S. 1 M . . . Texas Sept . Teething 8 days . 6 Martin James 50 M . . . Ky Nov Farmer Pheumonia 3 weeks . 7 Martin Sarah E. 20 F . . . Ala Feb . Winter fever 8 days . 8 Phillips Jessee R. 21 M . . . Tenn Nov Farmer Pheumonia 3 weeks . 9 Howard Malinda 34 F . . . Va Aug . Chills & fever 11 days . 10 . Margurite M. 2/12 F . . . Texas Oct . Unknown 1 day No surname or ditto mark 11 Redman Emily 1 F . . . Texas Nov . Teething 3 weeks . 12 Jeniton Mary 69 F . . . Texas Jan . Typhoid fever 1 week . 13 Sutton Lydia 74 F . . . Mo Dec . Pheumonia 1 week . 14 Kibee Miles 23 M . . . Ky Oct Farmer Accidentaly shot 5 days . 15 Stump Parthena 50 F . . . Ky Sept . Dropsy 8 mo . 16 Singletary J. 2/12 F . . . Texas Dec . Unknown 2 days . 17 Hobson Elizabeth 1 F . . . Texas Sept . Typhoid fever 2 days . 18 Reed Lydia E. 1 F . . . Texas Oct . Hives 2 days Ends Cooke county ==================================================================================================================================================================== ====================================================================================================================================================================