Morgan County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/morgan/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 655-662 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 MORGAN 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: Morgan DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: W. M. Warren FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 655 ================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Graff David 69 M . . M Md Feb Farmer Brain fever 3 weeks . 2 Wright George 1 M . . . Ills Aug . Unknown 1 week . 3 Curts Barton 4 M . . . Ills March . Unknown 1 week bur. Antioch Cem 4 Cassell Sarah 45 F . . M Ky Dec . Cancer 11 months . 5 Matthews Miranda 1/12 F . . . Ills March . Erisepalis 2 weeks . 6 Warner Amanda 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Fever 3 weeks . 7 Craig George 48 M . . M Va Aug Farmer Congestive fever 1 week . 8 Craig Nancy 3/12 F . . . Ills Aug . Unknown 2 weeks . 9 McDonald Daniel 63 M . . M Pa March Farmer Unknown 4 days . 10 Liter James 3/12 M . . . Ills Feb . Liver complaint 2 months . 11 Conn Eunice 22 F . . . Ills Aug . Fever 3 weeks bur. Jacksonville East Cem. 12 Simms Harriet 22 F . . . Ky Aug . Fever 3 weeks . 13 Frizell Joseph 52 M . . . England July None Cholera 1 day . 14 Craig Rebecca 65 F . . M Ky July . Fever 1 month . 15 Scott Mrs. 68 F . . W Pa July . Fever 3 months . 16 O'Bannion John 51 M . . M Va Oct Farmer Unknown 2 months . 17 Hoagland Julia 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Teething 1 week . 18 Swayne Margaret 23 F . . M Ills Dec . Typhoid fever 1 month . 19 Nesbit Martha 19 F . . . Ills Dec . Typhoid fever 6 weeks . 20 Eads Theophilus 1/12 M . . . Ills Dec . Croup 3 days . 21 Ennis Rebecca 25 F . . M Ills Aug . Liver complaint 3 months . 22 Simms William 10/12 M . . . Ills July . Lung fever 10 weeks . 23 Parrott Richard 11 M . . . Ills March . Congestive chill Sudden . 24 Parrott Tyre 10 M . . . Ills April . Lung fever 1 month . 25 Lewis Milton 20 M . . . Pa May Farmer Congestive chill Sudden . 26 Hedspeth James 1 M . . . Ills Sept . Unknown Sudden . 27 Roy Martin 52 M . . M Ky May Shoemaker Pleurisy 1 week . 28 Wiswell Joseph 52 M . . M Mass Nov Painter Erisepalis 11 days . 29 Wilhoit Elijah 1 M . . . Ills Jan'y . Croup 2 weeks . 30 Morely Nancy 80 F . . M Ky Nov . Dropsy 5 months . 31 Tandy Willis 62 M . . M Ky Sept Farmer Liver complaint 4 months . 32 Dockner John 30 M . . M Germany Jan'y Clock maker Consumption 4 months . 33 Neal Anna 3 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Croup 5 days . 34 Mattingly Nancy 1 F . . . Ills March . Whooping cough 4 days . 35 Smith Robert 6/12 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Liver complaint 1 month Gender is as written ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Morgan DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: W. M. Warren FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 658 ================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Park Thomas 4/12 M . . . Ills Dec . Whooping cough 10 days . 2 Pollard Nancy 46 F . . W Vt March . Palsy 28 days . 3 Swett Benjamin 57 M . . M N.H. May Farmer Congestive chill 2 days . 4 McCarty William 5 M . . . Va Oct . Scarlet fever 1 month . 5 Willson Rozana 36 F . . M Va Feb . Cancer 3 months bur. Mount Vernon Cem. 6 Homer John 1 M . . . Ills Feb . Whooping cough 1 week . 7 Lomer May 1 F . . . Ills Nov . Lung fever 4 days . 8 Davis Dorinda 3 F . . . Ia May . Unknown 10 days . 9 Killiam William 40 M . . M England March Farmer Typhoid fever 1 month . 10 Masters May 5/12 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Winter fever 3 weeks . 11 Roe George 59 M . . M Va May Farmer Lung fever 8 days . 12 Funk Newton 20 M . . . Ills Apl Farmer Lung fever 2 weeks . 13 Fay Catharine 26 F . . M Tenn Feb'y . Unknown 3 months . 14 Denby William 2 M . . . Ills Apl . Affection brain 4 weeks . 15 Turner Fernando 22 M . . . Mo Oct Student Accident Sudden . 16 Hall John 11 M . . . Ills Apl . Fever 8 days . 17 Harvey Mary 8 F . . . Ills Apl . Lung fever 3 days . 18 Flagg William 2/12 M . . . Ills Apl . Unknown 3 days . 19 Strickland Selden 1 M . . . Ills Dec . Lung fever 2 weeks . 20 Massy Harriet 1 F . . . Ills Dec . Inflamation brain 10 days . 21 Childs Henry 1 M . . . Ills June . Flux 10 days . 22 Meisenheimer Nancy 29 F . . M Ky Aug . Unknown 2 months bur. Bethel Cem. 23 Wright George 5/12 M . . . Ills Dec . Croup 2 days . 24 McLaughlin Jesse 1/12 M . . . Ills Dec . Lung fever 4 days . 25 Combs John 52 M . . M Va Sept Farmer Cholera 2 days . 26 Sheppard Lewis 48 M . . M N.C. Jan'y Farmer Liver complaint 2 months . 27 Birdrell Mary 1/12 F . . . Ills Oct . Unknown 3 weeks . 28 Johns Edith 12 F . . . Md Sept . Congestive chill 1 day . 29 Roberts Delila 8/12 F . . . Ills July . Unknown 2 weeks . 30 Davenport May 10/12 F . . . Ills July . Summer complaint 2 months . 31 Staley John 65 M . . M Md Nov Farmer Liver complaint 4 weeks bur. Pigsah Cem. 32 Tucker John 23 M . . . Va Jan'y Laborer Small pox 12 days . 33 Replinger Lucretia 5/12 F . . . Ills Aug . Summer complaint 2 months . 34 Clayton Minerva 2 F . . . Ills Sept . Summer complaint 5 days . 35 Runnels Margaret 8/12 F . . . Ills Feb'y . Hives 1 week . ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Morgan DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: W. M. Warren FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 659 ================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Welch Hamlin 40 M . . M O Apl Physician Consumption 3 years . 2 Welch Hamlin 3/12 M . . . Ills Apl . Brain disease 5 weeks . 3 Dickinson Emily 2 F . . . Ills May . Lung fever 2 weeks bur. Franklin City Cem. 4 Harvey Emma 2 F . . . Ills Aug . Brain disease 16 days . 5 Lewis Elizabeth 30 F . . M Ills Nov . Unknown 3 weeks . 6 Caruthers James 38 M . . M Ky Nov Farmer Palsy 3 weeks . 7 Holdridge Thomas 77 M . . M N.Y. Dec Farmer Lung disease 4 months . 8 Wetherbee Gideon 50 M . . M N.Y. June Farmer Cholera 3 days . 9 Butler Sarah 16 F . . . Ills Aug . Consumption 6 months . 10 Hart Mary 5 F . . . Ills Aug . Whooping cough 2 weeks bur. Harts Prairie Cem. 11 Hart Martha 1 F . . . Ills Aug . Whooping cough 5 weeks . 12 Holmes Edgar 1 M . . . Ills Jan'y . Lung fever 2 weeks . 13 Ward Norman 32 M . . . N.Y. Jan'y Farmer Fits 7 weeks . 14 Filey Elisha 56 M . . M Ct March Cooper Unknown 3 weeks . 15 Farmer John 3/12 M . . . Ills March . Brain disease 4 weeks . 16 Harvey Lucy 20 F . . . Ills Sept . Consumption 5 months . 17 Challen Thomas 27 M . . . Ky March Farmer Accident Sudden . 18 Boyce Cassandra 22 F . . W Miss July . Cholera 2 days BOICE, wd of Peter, bur. Waverly East Cem. 19 Boyce Peter 29 M . . M N.Y. July Physician Cholera 10 hours BOICE, bur. Waverly East Cem. 20 Boyce William 19 M . . . N.Y. July Physician Cholera 5 days . 21 Huey Betsy 17 F . . . Miss July . Cholera 10 hours . 22 Huey Livingston 16 M . . . Miss July Farmer Cholera 4 days . 23 Rice William 2 M . . . Ills March . Unknown 6 days . 24 Boyer Willam 47 M . . M Ky Sept Farmer Congestive chill 58 days Blank below ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Morgan DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: W. M. Warren FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 662 ================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Clampit Sarah 1 F . . . Ills Sept . Water on brain 2 weeks bur. Ebenezer Cem. 2 Reed George 33 M . . M Ky May Farmer Eresepalis 2 weeks REID, bur. Jacksonville East Cem. 3 Art Annelda 30 F . . M Ky Aug Consumption Consumption 3 months COD written in OCCUP. 4 Ratliffe Joseph 27 M . . M Unknown Dec Farmer Consumption 14 weeks . 5 Gillman Martha 4 F . . . Ills July . Cholera Sudden . 6 Ogle Margaret 18 F . . M Ills Oct . Typhoid fever 2 weeks . 7 Angel James 4/12 M . . . Ills Dec . Unknown 5 days . 8 Angel Matilda 8/12 F . . . Ills Sept . Teething 2 days . 9 Blanford Leo 40 M . . M Ky Feb'y Blacksmith Liver complaint 6 weeks . 10 Beatty John 1 M . . . Iowa Oct . Unknown 3 weeks . 11 Graham William 1/12 M . . . Ills Sept . Erisepalis 10 days . 12 Hampton Jackson 35 M . . M O Jan'y Farmer Winter fever 4 days . 13 Thompson Alfred 7 M . . . Ills Jan'y . Congestive chill 2 days . 14 Thompson Amenia 5 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Congestive chill 4 days . 15 Ruland Silence 44 F . . M N.J. Nov . Breast complaint 3 weeks RULON, bur. Oakland Cem. 16 Thompson May 1/12 F . . . Ills March . Unknown 1 week . 17 Jones Rachel 70 F . . . Ky Jan'y . Old age . . 18 Folke Catharine 30 F . . M Germany March . Fever 2 months . 19 Folke Catharine 7 F . . . Ills March . Fever 4 months . 20 Remer Louisa 1 F . . . Ills Sept . Unknown 2 months . 21 Waldo Hannah 1 F . . . Ills Feb'y . Lung fever 10 days . 22 York Louis 6 M . . . Ills Sept . Small pox 8 days . 23 York Christina 3/12 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Lung fever 10 days . 24 Adkin Valentine 21 M . . . O Jan'y Farmer Small pox 4 months . 25 Graff Louis 35 M . . . Germany Jan'y Laborer Delerium Tremens 3 days . 26 Crissman Martha 14 F . . . Ills March . Fits 3 days . 27 Hinckly Lorinda 18 F . . . Ills Jan'y . Fever 4 days . 28 Wethers Gilbert 5 M . . . Ills Feb'y . Whooping cough 1 month . 29 Hatfield Elizabeth 23 F . . . O May . Whooping cough 1 month . 30 Bremer Margaret 48 F . . M Germany Dec . Dropsy 4 months . 31 Gardenhire Adaline 6 F . . . Ills Feb . Accident Sudden . 32 Gardenhire Jane 8 F . . . Ills Feb . Accident Sudden . 33 Bridgeman James 1 M . . . Ills Aug . Summer complaint 15 days . 34 Walker Emily 3 F . . . Ills March . Whooping cough 2 months . 35 Cowden Martha 2 F . . . Ills Oct . Croup 2 days Ends Morgan 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/ ==================================================================================================================================================