Polk County, IA 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ia/polk/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) 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) 2026 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 1850 MORTALITY MICROFILM T1156-54 STATE IOWA COUNTY POLK 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 enumerated in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ============================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IA COUNTY: Polk DISTRICT: Not written MICROFILM #: T1156-54 ENUMERATOR: Peter Myers FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: Not written ============================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE 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 Shatta David 30 M . . M Oh March Farmer Unknown 60 No written page number 2 Montgomery James M. 4/30 M . . . Iowa May None Unknown 2 . 3 . not named 7/30 M . . . Iowa Jan None Unknown 3 . 4 Howard William 25 M . . M Ill Dec Farmer Inf kidneys 60 . 5 . not named 2/30 M . . . Iowa June None Unknown 1 . 6 Kellogg Robert 10/12 M . . . Iowa Aug None Infl brain 1 . 7 Dewey Job 33 M . . . Ind April Farmer Infl lungs 7 . 8 Leftwick Elizabeth 1 F . . . Iowa Sept . Scroffula C . 9 Randolph David 85 M . . M NJ Nov Farmer Acident . . 10 Garrett Elenor B. 23 F . . M Oh July . Unknown 15 . 11 Garrett Margaret W. 3 F . . . Oh July . Infl bowels 6 . 12 Howland Francis 20 M . . . Me Nov Farmer Consumption C . 13 Barlow Jemima 2 F . . . Ind Nov . Croup 6 . 14 Cave Andrew 1 M . . . Mo Mar . Croup 16 . 15 Howard Susanna 47 F . . . Oh Aug . Consumption C . 16 Jewett Otho M. 5 M . . . Oh Sept . Billious fever 21 . 17 Jewett Perry J. 3 M . . . Oh Sept . Billious fever 12 . 18 Michael Mary J. 23 F . . M Ind March . Unknown 13 . 19 McMullen Mary J. 8/12 F . . . Iowa Apr . Unknown 1 . 20 Vorse John G. 2 M . . . Oh Apr . Cholera infantum 3 . 21 Kellogg Samuel 43 M . . M Scotland Mar None Consumption C . 22 Shell George 32 M . . W Ky Oct Farmer Winter fever 16 . 23 Shell Ruth J. 21 F . . M Tenn Aug . Child birth 8 . 24 Lawson William H. 14 M . . . Ky Nov . Congestion 2 . 25 Wellman Thaddeus 26 M . . W Tenn Oct Farmer Inf'n brain 6 . 26 Wellman Agnes 21 F . . M Ind Oct . Consumption C . 27 Galespie George 14 M . . . Va May . Fever 10 . 28 Powers William 1/12 M . . . Iowa Sept . Croup 7 . 29 Wallace William 88 M . . M Pa April Farmer Not known 14 . 30 Wallace Nancy 88 F . . W Ireland Nov . Fever 4* Tombstone says "wife of William" 31 Bundy Epraim 1 M . . . Ind Feb . Not known 7 . 32 Whitten Mary E. 13 F . . . Me May . Congestion 3 . 33 Rees Sarah 62 F . . M Tenn Apr . Lung fever 7 . 34 Thompson Thomas 70 M . . M Md July Farmer Dropsy C . 35 Johnson Robert A. 9/12 M . . . Iowa Sept . Infl brain 5 . ============================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IA COUNTY: Polk DISTRICT: Not written MICROFILM #: T1156-54 ENUMERATOR: Peter Myers FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 447 ============================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE 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 King Emiline 8/12 F . . . Iowa Sept . Not known 1 . 2 Philips James 57 M . . M Va Nov Farmer Accident 9 . 3 White . 4/12 M . . . Iowa Dec . Croup 1 . 4 Cook Samuel 8/12 M . . . Iowa Apr . Lung fever 9 . 5 Childers Moseby 22 M . . . Oh Oct Laborer Typhus fever 8 . 6 McClintock Ruth 5/12 F . . . Ill Mar . Not known 49 . 7 Stark Aaron 19 M . . . Ind July Laborer Inf'l brain 3 . 8 Beezley Nicholas 44 M . . M Oh Nov Farmer Consumption 8 . 9 Hargis Richard 32 M . . M Ky May Farmer Small pox 13 . 10 S*yker Andrew 10 M . . . Ind Aug . Scarlet fever 7 . 11 S*yker Amanda C. 1/12 F . . . Iowa May . Not known 5 . 12 Malown Sarah E. 3/12 F . . . Va Apr . Measles 4 . 13 Paine Mathew 3 M . . . Ill May . Dropsy 60 . 14 Paine William 1 M . . . Ill March . Winter fever 9 . 15 Kammer Owen 1/12 M . . . Iowa Dec . Not known 3 . 16 Kenedy William 78 M . . W Va Mar None Consump C . 17 Roher Lovisa 13 F . . . Ky Oct . Inf'l brain 8 . 18 Randolph Melissa 8/12 F . . . Iowa Jan . Not known 14 . 19 Newbrough Mary 3 F . . . Mo June . Drowned . . 20 Messersmith John 46 M . . M Va May Farmer Small pox 14 . 21 Eslick Francis M. 1/12 M . . . Mo May . Congestion 2 . 22 McHenry Sarah 57 F . . W NY Nov . Fever 7 . 23 Newton Elizabeth 10 F . . . Ind Mar . Inf'l brain 2 . 24 Swan Giles 56 M . . M Conn Dec Farmer Consump C . 25 Pursley Hugh 43 M . . M Oh Apr Farmer Small pox 6 . 26 Jorden Mary M. D. 4/12 F . . . Iowa Oct . Congestion 2 . 27 Haworth William 6 M . . . Ill Sept . Infl bowels 8 . 28 Jones Joseph 45 M . . M Pa May Farmer Congestion 6 . 29 Holland Susan 4 F . . . Iowa Aug . Fever 8 . 30 Holland Elijah 1 M . . . Iowa Aug . Fever 14 . 31 Hull Lucy A. 4/12 F . . . Iowa Dec . Lung fever 5 . 32 Coffer Oliver P. 30 M . . M Ky May Farmer Small pox 12 . 33 Corbin Abner 2/12 M . . . Iowa Aug . Not known 2 . 34 Oneil Eliza A. 3 F . . . Iowa Dec . Small pox 5 . 35 Oneil John 4/12 M . . . Iowa Dec . 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