McHenry County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/mchenry/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 521-533 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 McHENRY 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: McHenry DISTRICT: Town of Brooklyn MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. L. Crandall FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 521 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Turner Manly 44 M . . M Canada January Farmer Dysentery 30 . 2 Knox Edward 28 M . . M Ireland July Farmer Cholera 1 . 3 Knox Joseph 50 M . . W Ireland July Farmer Cholera 1 . 4 Knox Bridget 16 F . . S Ireland July . Cholera 5 . 5 Fitz Giles Michael 6 M . . S Ireland April . Fever 12 . 6 Tiffany Edward 74 M . . M Massachusetts March Blacksmith Dropsey 1 1/2 years Blank below ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. L. Crandall FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 522 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank Page ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: Algonquin MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. L. Crandall FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 523 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Dodd Cornelia 39 F . . M NY Oct . Typhoid fever 12 . 2 Van Benthuysen John 24 M . . S NY Dec'r Farmer Fever 80 . 3 Rhodes Charles 7 M . . . Ill Feb'y . Burn 36 . 4 Lockwood Abigail 36 F . . M Conn May . Fever 6 . 5 Lockwood Abigail J. 5/12 F . . . Ills May . Dehorena 12 . 6 Forland Latina 4/12 F . . . Ill Oct . Dehorena 12 . 7 Crandall Cha's 3 M . . . Ill March . Scarlet fever 7 Blank below ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. L. Crandall FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 524 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank page ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: Chemung MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: S. A. Hurlbut FILE PAGE NO: 5 HW PAGE NO: 525 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Millard Mrs 47 F . . M NY March . Unknown 128 d . 2 Brainard Gilbert 44 M . . M NY Sept'r Farmer Cholera 4 d . 3 Barnard Jane 19 F . . M NY Dec'r . Lung fever 10 . 4 Van Buren Stephen 37 M . . M NY Aug't Joiner Cholera 5 Hrs . 5 Van Buren Infant 2 ds M . . . Ills April . Unknown No time . 6 Stevens Jathan H. 11/12 M . . . NY March . Scarlet fever 6 ds . 7 Keezer Julius 9/12 M . . . Ills Nov'r . wh'g cough 7 . 8 Town Edwin F. 3 M . . . Ills Oct . Scarlet fever 4 . 9 Nichols Mary J. 14 F . . . Ireland Jan'y . Scarlet fever 8 . 10 Stott John, infant 1 day M . . . Ills Nov'r . Unknown . . 11 Wooster Mary E. 2 yrs F . . . Ills Jan'y . Scarlet fever 10 . 12 Plummer Oaks 21 M . . . ME Aug't Farmer Cholera 13 hrs . 13 Johnson Milo 1 M . . . Ills Sept'r . Sum'r Compl't 11 ds . 14 Lush Ortha 2 F . . . Ills May . Scarlet fever 2 ds Begin Town of Byron 15 Blakesley Maria 6/12 F . . . Ills April . Scarlet fever 5 . 16 Dodge Agnes 5/12 F . . . Ills Mch . Sore throat 7 . 17 Salls Julius T. 3 M . . . Ills Oct'r . Scarlet fever 15 . 18 Reed Asa 48 M . . . N.Y. April Carpenter Accident 8 . 19 Whipple Augusta 7/12 F . . . Ills Nov'r . Lung fever 5 . 20 Shields Mary A. 1 F . . . N.Y. March . Croup 6 . 21 Jaquish Caroline 1 F . . . N.Y. Sept'r . Measles 5 . 22 Karking Orcelia 5/12 F . . . Ills May . Consumption Contin'd . 23 Reed James 59 M . . . Ireland Dec'r Farmer Apoplexy 21 ds . 24 Tyler Haville 24 M . . . N.Y. Mch Blk smith Inflamation 12 hrs . 25 McQuillan Wesley 7/12 M . . . Ills Oct'r . Lung fever 3 ds . 26 Sweeny Peter 4 M . . . Ills Mch . Unknown 7 . 27 Waggoner Ellen 55 F . . . Ireland May . Phthysick Contin'd Begin Town of Heartland 28 Shahan John 3 M . . . N.Y. July . Scarlet fever 10 ds . 29 McGuire Barney 43 M . . . Ireland March Laborer Dropsy head 7 yrs . 30 Church Amanda M. 1 F . . . Mich Aug't . Dysentery 4 ds . 31 Donnelly John 31 M . . . Ireland May Laborer Fever sore 7 mos . 32 McCarty Callahan 10 M . . . Ireland July . Abscess 9 ds . 33 Hughes Ellen 4/12 F . . . Ills Mch . Convulsions 2 . 34 Miller Sam'l C. 54 M . . . N.Y. May Cooper Consumption 12 mo Begin town of Alden 35 McLaren Ja's H. 3 M . . . Ills Feb'y . Brain fever 6 ds . 36 Brands Romain 2/12 M . . . Ills Feb'y . Brain fever 10 . 37 McRoy Mary 7 F . . . Ireland Aug't . wh'g cough 30 . 38 Baldwin Newell 5/12 M . . . Ills Oct'r . Chol. Inf'm 5 . 39 Jones Charles 4 M . . . Ills Jan'y . Erysipelas 5 . ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: S. A. Hurlbut FILE PAGE NO: 6 HW PAGE NO: 526 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank page ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: Towns of Byron, Hartland, Benton, Richmond, Hebron, Chemung, Greenwood, McHenry. MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: S. A. Hurlbut FILE PAGE NO: 7 HW PAGE NO: 527 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Burr Lyman E. 46 M Wh . M Conn't July Farmer Abscess 10 . 2 Ellsworth Philander 19 M . . . N.Y. July Farmer Consumption 182 . 3 Freeman Sally 44 F . . . N.Y. August . Dropsy 35 . 4 Van Valkenburgh Wm 2 M . . . Ills May . Consumption 100 . 5 Ellsworth Philander 38 M . . M N.Y. Sept'r Farmer Cholera 2 . 6 Schie Orler 3 M . . . Ills Aug't . Cholera 1 . 7 Howard Catharine 33 F . . M Ireland Oct'r . Diarrhea 8 . 8 Orman Emiline 37 F . . M N.Y. Feb'y . Consumption 6 . 9 Hoag Margaret 31 F . . M Ohio Dec'r . Lung fever 12 . 10 Whitlock Hester 39 F . . M N.Y. May . Consumption 350 . 11 Nettleton Lewis 48 M . . M N.Y. Feb'y Farmer Consumption 1 yr . 12 Vacy Aaron 1 M . . . Ills Sept'r . Dysentery 21 ds . 13 Taylor Elizabeth 78 F . . W Conn Oct . Consumption 42 . 14 Hazzard Hiram 42 M . . M N.Y. May Farmer Cholera 3 . 15 Gardner Jemima 55 F . . M Penn'a May . Palsy 3 . 16 Harrison Tho's W. 3 M . . . Ills Sept'r . wh'g cough 21 . 17 Glover Cha's M. 1 M . . . Wis May . Lung fever 16 . 18 Richardson Rob't J. 1 M . . . Ills Feb'y . Scarlet fever 6 . 19 White Elizabeth J. 18 F . . . N.Y. Feb'y . Scarlet fever 14 . 20 Pitman Franklin 1 M . . . Ills May . Scarlet fever 17 . 21 Bull Henry E. 2 M . . . Ills April . Scarlet fever 6 . 22 Haily Margaret 16 F . . . N.Y. March . Derangement Contin'd . 23 Kimball Tho's J. 47 M . . M N.H. Oct'r Farmer Suffocation . in a well 24 Thornton Chandler H. 30 M . . . N.Y. Oct'r Cooper Suffocation . in a well 25 Everett Emily 7 F . . . Ill Aug't . Brain fever 18 . 26 Rathborn Laura 1 F . . . Iowa March . Consumption 40 . 27 Wilson Florence A. 1 F . . . Ills Feb'y . Lung fever 8 . 28 Winn John R. 2 M . . . Ills July . wh'g cough 10 . 29 Kennedy Wm. A. 1 M . . . Ills Mch . Lung fever 10 . 30 Arkle Joshua 83 M . . M N.Y. June Farmer Old age 5 . 31 Goghin Lydia J. 6/12 F . . . Ills Mch . Lung fever 5 . 32 King Jane 12 F . . . N.Y. Mch . Dropsy brain 84 . 33 Hitchcock Maryann 6/12 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Dropsy brain 10 . 34 Begun John 69 M . . M N.Y. April Farmer Appoplexy 2 Hrs bur. Linn-Hebron Cem. 35 Glass Mary 32 F . . M N.Y. June . Consumption 90 ds . 36 Wright Mary L. 1 F . . . Ills April . Scarlet fever 5 . 37 Stewart James M. 5/12 M . . . Ills June . Consumption 28 . 38 Gage Cha's E. 11/12 M . . . Ills Mch . Scarlet fever 14 . ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: S. A. Hurlbut FILE PAGE NO: 8 HW PAGE NO: 528 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank page ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: Town of Center MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: S. A. Hurlbut FILE PAGE NO: 9 HW PAGE NO: 529 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 McClure Cyrus 17 M . . S Virginia March Farmer Lung fever 14 . 2 Belcher Louisa 27 F . . S N.Y. March . Consumption 30 . 3 Windgr** Richard 53 M . . M England Feb'y Farmer Lung fever 7 . 4 Torbert Robert 21 M . . S Pa March Farmer Consumption 60 . 5 St. Clair William 60 M . . M Delaware Aug Farmer Palsey 3 . 6 Brown Henry 27 M . . M N.Y. Nov'r Farmer Typhoid fever 20 . 7 Terwelleger Angela 17 F . . M N.Y. Jan'y . Typhoid fever 20 . 8 Hulbert Ann 32 F . . M Ireland March . Child bed 3 Blank below ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: S. A. Hurlbut FILE PAGE NO: 10 HW PAGE NO: 530 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank page ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: Town of Coral MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: S. A. Hurlbut FILE PAGE NO: 11 HW PAGE NO: 531 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Anderson Joseph L. 19 M . . S N.Y. May Phician Inflamation of the brain 10 . 2 Elliott Elizabeth A. 5 F . . . Ill Dec'r . Typhoid fever 9 . 3 Smalley Marthey 80 F . . S Connecticutt May . Old age . . 4 Lockwood Joseph 52 M . . M N.Y. September Farmer Billious fever 7 . 5 Johnson Alonzo 7 M . . . Ill June . Lung fever 14 Blank below ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: S. A. Hurlbut FILE PAGE NO: 12 HW PAGE NO: 532 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank page ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: McHenry DISTRICT: Marengo MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: S. A. Hurlbut FILE PAGE NO: 13 HW PAGE NO: 533 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Mills Wm. H. 7 M . . . Pa July . Scarlet fever 42 . 2 Combs Wm. F. 36 M . . M N.Y. April Carriage maker Billious cholic 14 . 3 Coon Cory A. 1 F . . . Ills March . Scarlet fever 4 . 4 Bulard Albert 7 M . . . Ill May . Scarlet fever 4 . 5 Hibbard James M. 3 M . . . Ill Dec'r . Scarlet fever 7 . 6 Hibbard Cha's E. 1 M . . . Ill January . Scarlet fever 7 . 7 Blakesley Hannah 39 F . . M N.Y. January . Consumption 3 years . 8 Campbell Rob't 3 M . . . Ill January . Croup 7 days . 9 Campbell Amanda 1 F . . . Wis Feb'y . Croup 35 . 10 Perry Mary 2 F . . . Canada June . Scarlet fever 30 . 11 Wilson James 6 M . . . Ill February . Scarlet fever 35 . 12 Hill Walter 1 M . . . Ill January . Scarlet fever 12 . 13 Huckingson Alex'r 55 M . . S Scotland Feb'y Farmer Consumption 60 Hutchinson? D. March 15? Bur. Stewarts Scottish Cem? 14 Richards Wallace 2 M . . . Ill Dec'r . Scarlet fever 3 . 15 Farnum Eliza 21 F . . M N.Y. March . Child bed 14 . 16 Tounge Sam'l H. 28 M . . M Connecticutt Feb'y Farmer Consumption 12 . 17 Jackson Ellen 1 F . . . Ill June . 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