Mason County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/mason/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 611 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 MORTALITY MICROFILM #T1133-58 STATE ILLINOIS COUNTY MASON 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: IL COUNTY: Mason DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: John Denham FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 611 =================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =================================================================================================================================================== 1 Conovers Milton 11/12 M . . . Ills July . Summer comp 3 days . 2 Pepper James H. 47 M . . M Ky April Wheelwright Lung fever 6 days . 3 Pepper William E. 18 M . . . Ohio April Laborer Lung fever 9 days . 4 Ellsworth George 2/12 M . . . Ills March . Inflam brain 6 weeks . 5 Hurd W. D. 53 M . . M Conn Nov None Fever 2 weeks . 6 Webster Joseph B. 29 M . . M N.Y. March Cooper Consumption 12 mos . 7 Wilcox Elizabeth 26 F . . M Ohio Feb . Child bed 2 weeks . 8 Westfield Desirah 36 F . . M Ohio Oct . Bilious fever 18 days . 9 Holdsgrove George F. 6 M . . . Ills May . Scarlet fever 9 days . 10 Demick Harmon N. 13 M . . . Ills Feb . Inflam brain 5 days . 11 Denick Mary 7 F . . . Ills Oct . Croup 2 days . 12 Havinghorst Susanna 34 F . . M Ia May . Lung fever 2 weeks . 13 Minston Mary E. 32 F . . M Ohio April . Congestive chill 9 days . 14 Minston Mary 4/12 F . . . Ills August . Unknown Always . 15 Amerling Mary . F . . . Ills Sept . Stillborn . . 16 Horstman Louisa 2 F . . . Ills Oct . Unknown Chronic . 17 Quick Ann Lecretia 2 F . . . Ills Oct . Flux 9 days . 18 Stewart Maria 8/12 F . . . Ills May . Pleurisy 13 days . 19 Covington . . M . . . Ills May . Unknown Always No first name or 20 Covington . . M . . . Ills May . Unknown Always age written 21 Limniet Tho's J. 11/12 M . . . Ills August . Unknown 4 days . 22 Pollard Elizabeth 20 F . . . Ky Feb . Consumption 2 mos . 23 Pollard William A. 36 M . . . Ky June . Lung fever 14 days . 24 Elliot Isabella 1 F . . . Ills August . Bowel comp 4 mos . 25 Stuffleham Unna 3 week F . . . Ills Jan'y . Unknown Always . 26 Stuffleham unnamed 3 week M . . . Ills Jan'y . Unknown Always . 27 Foster Mena 55 F . . M Germany Dec . Cramp colic Chronic . 28 Fester Charles 12 M . . . Gy July . Fever 5 days . 29 Fester William 22 M . . . Gy August . Bilious fever 9 days . 30 Barnes Rhoda 25 F . . . Ky April . Unknown 1 day Ends Mason 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/ ===================================================================================================================================================