Denton County, TX 1860 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tx/denton/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 DENTON 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 STATE: TX COUNTY: Denton DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: A. Y. Hutchison 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 Chowning Nancy 36 F . . M Indiana October . Pneumonia 11 . 2 Stover . 1/12 F . . . Texas August . Unknown 11 No first name written 3 Stover . 1/12 F . . . Texas August . Unknown 11 No first name written 4 Ritter Columbus 30 M . . . Illinois March Farmer Typhoid fever 80 . 5 Ritter Elizabeth 5 F . . . Texas April . Unknown 15 . 6 Fowler Fannie 1 F . . . Texas December . Chronic diarrhera 180 . 7 McQuister Albert 1 M . . . Texas November . Diarrhoea 30 . 8 West Benjamin L. 49 M . . M N. Carolina December M.E.S. Clergyman Consumption 110 . 9 Loundon Martha 3/12 F . . . Texas December . Erysepelas 11 . 10 Payne . 1/12 M . . . Texas May . Unknown 4 No first name written 11 Evett Melinda R. 22 F . . . Tennessee November . Consumption 14 . 12 Brown Sidney 50 F . . W Tennessee December . Pneumonia 14 . 13 Hicks Mary Jane 18 F . . . Tennessee August . Unknown 9 . 14 Tague William P. 2 M . . . Texas March . Unknown 3 . 15 Lents Letica 20 F . . M Kentucky February . Puerperal fever 5 . 16 Bull William 59 M . . M Virginia September Farmer Intermitting fever 10 . 17 Nemo Thomas 9 M . . . Missouri January . Typhoid fever 21 . 18 Campbell Martha J. 3/12 F . . . Texas December . Unknown Sudden . 19 Cook John G. 22 M . . . Tennessee August Farmer Typhoid fever 21 . 20 Pritchett Edley 21 M . . . N. Carolina August Stock raiser Hydrophobia 8 . 21 Fannie (McKitrick's) 30 F B S . Missouri March House servant Unknown 17 . 22 Smith Mary 57 F . . W Virginia May . Typhoid fever 21 . 23 George Nancy Jane 4 F . . . Texas May . Inflamation of brain 10 . 24 Dunham Louisa 21 F . . M Missouri October . Puerperal fever 24 . 25 Vowell Mary H. 20 F . . M Tennessee May . Puerperal fever 40 . 26 White *lerdi** 27 M . . M Arkansas August Farmer Typhoid fever 20 Water stain on first name 27 Howton Indiana C. 15 F . . M Missouri February . Unknown 40 . 28 Dunn Lewis 55 M . . M Virginia February Farmer Unknown 21 . 29 Reed Matilda 2/12 F . . . Texas February . Croup 8 . 30 Robertson Michael 1/12 M . . . Arkansas September . Hives 4 . 31 Hamilton Lucian B. 5 M . . . Missouri April . Congestive chill 1 . 32 Wood Mary Jane 38 F . . M Tennessee December . Consumption 40 . 33 Smith John B. 30 M . . . Tennessee February Farmer Pneumonia 9 . 34 Braly Virginia 11/12 F . . . Texas December . Croup 2 . 35 Hayhurst John 34 M . . M Virginia April Farmer Typhoid fever 40 . ===================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Denton DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: A. Y. Hutchison 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 Turner Virginia 1/12 F . . . Texas May . Unknown 2 . 2 Peel Margaret J. 22 F . . M Georgia May . Consumption 90 . 3 Bone . 1/12 M . . . Texas May . Unknown Sudden No first name written 4 Mayfield Nicholas 38 M . . M Tennessee October Tailor Consumption 30 . 5 Crain C. T. 32 M . . M Tennessee October Merchant Delerium tremens 20 . 6 Wilson . 6/12 F . . . Texas October . Unknown 60 No first name written 7 Ellison Amanda 25 F . . . Tennessee August Seamstress Unknown 30 . 8 Taylor J. K. 1 M . . . Texas November . Unknown 80 . 9 Warren Mary C. 3 F . . . Texas November . Unknown 3 . 10 Warren Henry D. 9/12 M . . . Texas October . Hives 6 . 11 Aldridge . 1/12 F . . . Texas January . Unknown Sudden No first name written 12 Jones . 1/12 M . . . Texas September . Measles 2 No first name written 13 Rue Hiram 21 M . . . Missouri October Farmer Measles 14 . 14 Hicks Benjamin F. 16 M . . . Kentucky October Farmer Typhoid fever 9 . 15 Utley Albert 28 M . . M Tennessee March Farmer Pneumonia 6 . 16 Utley Rebecca A. 22 F . . M Tennessee April . Pneumonia 5 . 17 Smith Martha E. 4/12 F . . . Texas February . Unknown 15 . 18 Myers Julia E. 3 F . . . Texas July . Chronic diarrhera 35 . 19 Daugherty Eleanor 45 F . . W Kentucky May . Unknown 60 . 20 Lively Permelia 25 F . . M Missouri February . Unknown 10 . 21 Blount Martha 9 F . . . Mississippi March . Unknown 2 . 22 Blount . 1/12 M . . . Texas February . Unknown Sudden No first name written 23 McIlheny James M. 23 M . . M Pensylvania August Merchant Typhoid fever 40 . 24 White Cyrus 19 M . . . Illinois April Farmer Typhoid pneumonia 8 . 25 Wilson Sarah A. 19 F . . . Missouri May . Typhoid fever 35 . 26 Wells Felix E. 7/12 M . . . Texas March . Unknown 22 . 27 Hodges Wm. C. 55 M . . M Tennessee May Farmer Palpitation of the heart 8 . 28 Riggs Sarah J. 16 F . . . Illinois August . Typhoid fever 42 . 29 Pearson Elizabeth 35 F . . M England September . Misscarriage 21 . 30 Stephens George W. 1 M . . . Texas January . Run over by a wagon 5 . 31 Stephens Lilly 2/12 F . . . Texas April . Unknown 10 . 32 Forester Frederick 9/12 M . . . Arkansas April . Inflamation of brain 8 . 33 Cooper James 38 M . . M Virginia October Farmer Typhoid fever 30 . 34 Welch Louis 43 M . . . Kentucky August Farmer Disease of the heart 10 . 35 Burns Nancy E. 22 F . . M Tennessee March . Puerperal fever 14 . ===================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Denton DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: A. Y. Hutchison FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 3 ===================================================================================================================================================================== 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 Loving Sarah 32 F . . M Arkansas May . Puerperal 4 . 2 Strickland Mary A. 19 F . . M Alabama March . Cancerum Oris 20 . 3 Hargress Nancy 23 F . . . Tennessee May . General dropsy 4 years . 4 Cowling Susannah 59 F . . M Kentucky November . Inflamation of brain 5 days . 5 Cowling Adeline 24 F . . M Tennessee April . Consumption 200 . 6 Mayfield William T. 23 M . . M Tennessee February Farmer Typhoid pneumonia 18 . 7 Lytle Leonidas 1 M . . . Texas December . Flux 8 . 8 Ralls Joseph M. 17 M . . . Texas May Farm laborer Rheumatism 8 . 9 Norris Susan J. 8 F . . . Texas March . Inflamation of brain 3 . 10 Boone Amanda 1 F . . . Texas January . Unknown 14 . 11 Lane Francis M. 1 M . . . Texas October . Flux 5 . 12 Berry Joseph 27 M . . . Alabama March Farmer Unknown 8 . 13 Berry John H. 8 M . . . Arkansas December . Unknown 2 . 14 Blake Charity T. 41 F . . M Alabama October . Paralysis 21 . 15 Blake . 4/12 F . . . Missouri January . Unknown Sudden No first name written 16 Myers Martha 25 F . . M Indiana October . Unknown 6 . 17 Young Thomas J. 16 M . . . Missouri May Farmer Congestive chill 3 End Denton 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/ =====================================================================================================================================================================