DeKalb County, IL 1850 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/dekalb/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by Karen D. Foster 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 1850 MICROFILM-#: T1133-58 STATE ILLINOIS COUNTY DEKALB 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: IL COUNTY: DeKalb DISTRICT: Not written ENUMERATOR: Jos. Crawford FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Hart James 50 M . . . NY Sept Farmer Cholera 1 . 2 Hart Mary 43 F . . . NY Sept . Cholera 6 hours . 3 Morse John 33 M . . M Ireland Oct Farmer Run over by wagon 3 . 4 Ray Tho's 4/12 M . . . Ills March . Cold 7 . 5 Walrad Elen 2 F . . . Ills April . Fever fits 4 . 6 Ward John 1 M . . . Ills Sept . Not known 4 . 7 Collin Isaac 55 M . . M Con March Farmer Inflamation on lungs * . 8 Smith Abagail 69 F . . M Mass Aug . Irisiplus 5 . 9 Deford Asa 49 M . . M Delaware July . . . No COD or visible ditto 10 Holcomb infant 1/12 F . . . Ills Feb . Inflamation lungs 7 . 11 Patrick Septer J. 13 M . . . Ohio Nov . Fever Typ 23 . 12 Mayo Wm 1 M . . . Ills Sept . Deareah 9 . 13 Wert Cyrus A. 3 M . . . Ills Sept . Deareah 10 . 14 Reading Allen 12/365 M . . . Ills Aug . Not known 3 . 15 Williams Harriet S. 32 F . . M Mass Jan'y . Not known C . 16 Mills Alice 5/12 F . . . Ills Feb . Not known . . 17 Wilson Elvira 39 M . . M Pa Jan . Consump C Gender as written 18 Willard Lucy 53 F . . M Vt Dec . Typ fever 59 . 19 Willard George 16 M . . . Vt Jan'y None Lung fever 28 . 20 Willard Albert 6 M . . . Vt Feb . Lung fever 17 . 21 Williams Amelia 1 F . . . Ills May . Canker 7 . 22 McGlazon Mary 2/12 F . . . Ills Dec . Canker Always . 23 Collin Mary J. 1/12 F . . . Ills Sept . Cholera 4 . 24 Dayton George 7 M . . . Ohio Feb . Infl lungs 8 . 25 Vanamburgh Charity 56 M . . M NY April . Consump C Gender as written 26 Carter Jared 48 M . . M Con July Shoemaker Bills colic 3 bur. Oakwood Cem. 27 Barber Damian 2/12 M . . . Ill July . Hooping cough 49 . 28 Lyon Achsah 33 F . . M NY May . Consump C . 29 Whitmore Silas 46 M . . M Vt Sept Farmer Consump C . 30 Barber Arthur 3/12 M . . . Ill April . Cough 2 Side note says "Cold" 31 Hannegin Allen 54 M . . M NY April Farmer Janders C . 32 Cotton Rufus 47 M . . M Vt April Merchant Consump C . 33 Piper Margaret 1 F . . . Ills May . Not known 14 . 34 Taylor Cynthia 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Fever 18 Last line left blank ======================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IL COUNTY: DeKalb DISTRICT: Not written ENUMERATOR: Jos. Crawford FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 189 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 McAlister infant 1/365 F . . . Ills Sept . Not known . . 2 Sutton Sophia 1 F . . . Ills Sept . Fits 3 . 3 Stanchfield Cha's 1 M . . . Ills Feb . Lung fever 18 . 4 Cronkhite Samuel 76 M . . M NY April Farmer . 10 COD not written 5 Cantraman infant 7/12 M . . . Ills Aug . Consump C . 6 Norton Mary M. 1 F . . . Ills Feb . Croup 1 . 7 Schoomaker Julia 50 F . . M Vt Nov . Palpitation C . 8 Hait Lewis S. 2/12 M . . . Ill May . Dropsey brain 35 . 9 Adams Enan 20 F . . M Me April . Not known 3 . 10 Conner Henry 29 M . . M Pa Jan'y Weaver Consump C . 11 Nickerson Cha's 3/12 M . . . Ills June . Consump C . 12 Barker Orin 22 M . . . Pa June Farmer Drowned . . 13 Harding Oscar M. 1/12 M . . . Ills Feb . Not known 2 . 14 Dennis Tho's 30 M . . . Ireland June Farmer Cholera 8/24 . 15 Dennis Peter 25 M . . . Ireland June Farmer Cholera 6/24 . 16 Bebee infant 1/24 F . . . Ills Sept . Diorhea 7 . 17 Perry Reuben 53 M . . M Vt Feb Farmer Suicide . . 18 Halzoyd Mary 27 F . . M Canada Nov . Fits 5 . 19 McCumber Franklin 10/12 M . . . Ills Oct . Scarlet fever 14 Blank below ======================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IL COUNTY: DeKalb DISTRICT: Not written ENUMERATOR: Jos. Crawford FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 192 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Steward Mercy A. 4 F . . . N Jersey Aug . Dropsey brain 90 . 2 Blass Michael 1/12 M . . . Ills July . Fits 3 . 3 Preston Rebecca 89 F . . W N.Y March . Old Age 5 Years . 4 Hedges Maranda 2 F . . . Ills Feb . Lung f 14 . 5 Kidder Coralyn 16 M . . . Ohio Feb . Fever Not Known . 6 Kidder Harvey 1 M . . . Ills March . Liver Comp 90 . 7 Bosett Phebe M. 6 F . . . Ills April . Dropsy 30 . 8 Grover Tho's 79 M . . W Mass Feb Pedlar Gravel 10 . 9 Price Richard 9/12 F . . . Ills Jersey . Hooping cough 21 Birth Month as wrtitten by enumerator. 10 Johnson Rebecca 32 F . . M Conn Aug . Cholera 1 . 11 Olmstead Ann B. 31 F . . M NY July . Consump C . 12 Olmstead Ann 1/12 F . . . Ill Aug . Not known . . 13 Walker James 36 M . . M NY May Farmer Inflamation in bowels 7 . 14 Boynton Nancy 31 F . . . N.Y. Feb . Consump C . 15 Boynton Victor 1 M . . . Ills Aug . Fits 1 . 16 Dennis Major 74 M . . W R. Island Sept Farmer Diorhea 5 . 17 Arnold Elizabeth 1 F . . . Ills Oct . Diorhea 21 . 18 Alexander Erastus 52 M . . M Mass Sept Farmer Diorhea . . 19 Metcalf Sylvenus 77 M . . M N. Hamps April Carpenter Consump 2 . 20 Braddock Oscar 4 M . . . Con April . Drowned . . 21 Harmon Ellanor 2 F . . . Ills Nov . Not known 20 . 22 Dewey Marcus M 1/12 M . . . Ills Nov . Diorhea 21 . 23 Condon Thomas 62 M . . . R Island April Farmer Fever 21 . 24 Allbee Betsey 6 F . . . Me June . Not Known 5 . 25 Ross Joanna 9/12 F . . . Ills April . Croup 14 . 26 Simons Ella A. 7/12 F . . . Ills March . Not Known C . 27 French Elizabeth 60 F . . . NY Feb . Eyseplus 4 . 28 Leamoin Lucina 13 F . . . Ohio July . Consump 6 . 29 Gavin Infant 3 F . . . Ill Jany . . . No COD entered. 30 Merril Thadeus S. 27 M . . . Canada May Farmer Drowned . . 31 Vandoren Catherine 70 F . . . Germany March . Irisiplus 6 . 32 Easterbrooks John 65 M . . . Conn March Farmer Dropsey C . 33 Miller Gilly 39 F . . M Indiana . Nov Fits at Confinment 1 . 34 Miller Infant . M . . . Ills Nov . Unk 1 . 35 Corter Infant 1/365 F . . . Ills Dec . . . 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