Menard County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/menard/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 619-622 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 MENARD 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: Menard DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: M. Shepherd FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 619 ===================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Conant Helen H. 9/12 F . . . Ill March . Bronchites 7 . 2 Rolsten Frances 1 F . . . Ill Oct . Diarrhea 60 . 3 Elam Robert 19 M . . . Ill Nov Laborer Consumption C bur. Old City Cem. 4 Carn B. L. 2 M . . . Ill Apl . Lung fever 10 . 5 Ley J. C. 66 M . . W Ala Jan'y Druggist Lung fever 8 . 6 Boggs John 28 M . . . Ky June Chair maker Fever 11 . 7 Colby Timothy 40 M . . . N.H. July Wheel wright Consumption C . 8 Pounds Isaac 19 M . . . Va June Stage driver Fever 14 . 9 Jones Phebe 21 F . . M Ill Nov . Consumption C . 10 Jones Wm. 6/12 M . . . Ill Aug . Diarrhea 21 . 11 Nance Elizabeth 79 F . . W Va Jan'y . Old age C . 12 Shepherd H. 38 M . . M Va Feb Cabinett maker Diarrhea 20 . 13 Baker Sylvester 50 M . . M Ky Oct Farmer Accident Sudden . 14 Purvines T. F. 27 M . . M Ill July Trader Fever 14 . 15 Miller Martha 4/12 F . . . Ill Feb . Bronchites C . 16 Miller Ann M. 3 F . . . Ill Jan'y . Croup 7 . 17 Whitney J. F. 5/12 M . . . Ill Mch . Fever 14 . 18 Wilson J. F. 1 M . . . Ill July . Croup 4 . 19 Cleveland C. N. 9/12 M . . . Ill Mch . Fever 10 . 20 Jordan H. A. 4 F . . . Ill Oct . Croup 1 . 21 Anderson Rob't 33 M . . . Ky Apl S. Teacher Consumption C . 22 . . 1/12 F . . . Ill Dec . Unknown 5 "No Name" 23 Debord M. E. 4 F . . . Ill July . Croup 8 . 24 Burbridge Rob't 60 M . . M S.C. Dec Farmer Inf fever 7 . 25 Stone M. A. 5 F . . . Ill Apl . Croup 3 . 26 Rankin E. R. 1 M . . . Ill Sept . Fever 10 . 27 Driskel Elizabeth 50 F . . M Unknown May . Fever 10 . 28 Blue Betsey 70 F . . W Ky Apl . Dropsy C . 29 Rankin Lucy 1 F . . . Ill Aug . Cong chills 4 . 30 Hall Polly 30 F . . M Ky Apl . Cong chills 6 . 31 Atchison Wm. A. 14 M . . . Ky Jan'y . Consumption C . 32 Scott John 66 M . . M Va June Farmer Dyspepsia C . 33 Donolson Wm 35 M . . M Ky May Farmer Fever 60 . 34 Kincaid D. M. 9/12 M . . . Ill Feb . Whoop cough C . 35 Gibbs L. J. 1/12 F . . . Ill April . Croup 2 . ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Menard DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: M. Shepherd FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 622 ===================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Stone Martha 1 F . . . Ill Oct . Whoop cough C . 2 Engle Alonzo 7 M . . . Ill Aug . Accident 7 bur. Alkire Cem. 3 Crawford J. W. 1/12 M . . . Ill Jan'y . Unknown 4 . 4 Knoles M. J. 21 F . . M Ia Oct . Fever 20 Martha J. bur. Smoot Cem. 5 Spear C. D. 1 M . . . Ill July . Diarrhea 14 . 6 Hughes *ela 2 F . . . Ia Oct . Fever 21 . 7 Hayes J. L. 5/12 M . . . Ill July . Diarrhea 9 . 8 Hayes *. B. 5/12 M . . . Ill July . Diarrhea 3 . 9 Berry Maria 55 F . . M N.Y. Mch . Cong chills 3 . 10 King A. J. 6/12 F . . . Ill Feb . Fever 3 . 11 Young Mathews 46 M . . M Ky June Farmer *****ia C bur. Old Concord Cem. 12 Snape John 2 M . . . England Aug . Cong chills 7 . 13 McArthur Agnes 23 F . . M Ill Mch . Consumpt C . 14 Ogden Mary J. 17 F . . M Ill Apl . Consumpt C . 15 Cavin Nancy 49 F . . M Ky Aug . Consumpt C . 16 Atterberry Henry 6 M . . . Ill Apl . Inf brain 1 bur. Atterberry Cem. 17 Atterberry Mary 4 F . . . Ill Apl . Inf brain 9 bur. Atterberry Cem. 18 McHenry Martin 7/12 M . . . Ill Nov . Inf brain 4 . 19 Williams E. E. 11/12 F . . . Ill Dec . Scrofula C . 20 Magee M. J. 20 F . . . Pen? Feb . Consumption C . 21 Smedley Christopher 110 M . . M England Apl ***lor *** & farmer Old age C bur. Smedley Cem. 22 Conover Mary 62 F . . M Ky Oct . Pleurisy 2 . 23 Watkins Martha 15 F . . . Ill Oct . Consumpt C . 24 Purkipile Mariette 1/12 F . . . Ill Jan'y . Unknown 9 . 25 Goldsby A. N. 1 M . . . Ill May . Croup 1 bur. Farmers Point Cem. 26 Goldsby Rich'd W. 21 M . . . Ten May Farmer Consumpt C bur. Farmers Point Cem. 27 Foster Jacob 1 M . . . Ill May . Infl brain 20 . 28 Holimer S. J. 4 F . . . Ill May . Bronchites 7 . 29 Boyer John *0 M . . M Penn Jan'y Farmer Apoplexy Sudden . 30 Omert Isabel 37 F . . M O June . Cholera morbus 2 . 31 Furguson A**** 52 M . . M Va June Farmer Consumpt C . 32 Omert Sam'l 5 M . . . Ill July . 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