Schuyler County, IL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/schuyler/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 790-799 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 SCHUYLER 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: Schuyler DISTRICT: Rushville Corporation MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 790 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Garrett Infant, son of John 3 days M . . . Ill Feb . Unknown Sudden . 2 Kimball Mary E. 10/12 F . . . N.H. June . Measles C . 3 Evans Susan 25 F . . M Ky Sept . Consumption C . 4 Evans William 5/12 M . . . Ill Sept . Consumption C . 5 Jones Eugene L. 4/12 M . . . Ill August . Disease of heart C . 6 Hards Ruanna 26 F . . M Ohio May . Purp fever 14 . 7 Johnson John 73 M . . M England Dec'r Brick maker Epilepsy C . 8 Taylor Grace 9/12 F . . . Ill July . Sum'r Comp't 5 . 9 Sylvester Sarah 34 F . . M Pa May . Consumption C . 10 Osborn George B. 1 M . . . Mo August . Sum'r Comp't 40 . 11 Rose Erasmus T. 2/12 M . . . Ill Dec'r . Croup Sudden . 12 Little Mary Jane 30 F . . M Pa Oct . Scrofula C . 13 Parrott Sarah F. 24 F . . M N.Y. Nov . Croup Sudden . 14 Worthington James Wells 3 M . . . Ill Nov . Croup 5 . 15 Fleming Minerva E. 15 F B F . Ill June . Infl rhem'm 11 . 16 Patterson Mary Ann 22 F . . M Del March . Dropsy C . 17 Scripps Benj. F. 28 M . . . Mo Dec'r Editor Consumption C . 18 Scripps James C. 20 M . . . Mo Feb'y None Fever C . 19 Hardy Nancy 35 F . . M Tenn March . Lung fever 15 . 20 Henry Ann Elizabeth 19 F . . . Ia April . Bronchitis C . 21 Lane George Morris 2 M . . . Tenn June . Croup 2 . 22 Haswell Thomas J. 41 M . . M Vt June N.S.P. Clergyman Erysipelas 14 Blank below ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Schuyler DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 791 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# 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: Schuyler DISTRICT: Ashland Township 3N 1W MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 792 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Noble Rebecca Ann 17 F . . . Ill June . Diseased from birth C . 2 Miller Warren F. 2 M . . . Ohio Feb . Consumption C . 3 Miller Isaac 59 M . . W N.Y. Jan Farmer Apoplexy Sudden . 4 Miller Bowlora 3 M . . . Ohio Feb . Infl of brain 15 . 5 Swink Henry 3 M . . . Ill June . Spasmodic Sudden . 6 Dennis John 45 M . . M Ohio Jan Farmer Small pox 14 . 7 Houston Charles G. 6 M . . . Ill Sept . Erysipelas 17 . 8 Webster Thomas 28 M . . M England July Farmer Unknown Sudden . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Loder Sarah 1 F . . . Ia June . Infl lung 15 . 13 Wheat Sarah Jousephine 1 F . . . Ill August . Con***tured ma**** C . 14 Wilson William H. 22 M . . M Ky Oct Blacksmith Infl fever 14 . 15 Johnson Mary K. 3/12 F . . . Ill Nov . Whoop cough 14 . 16 Neal Jerusha 52 F . . W Ky Oct . Bil fever 42 . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Fowler Mary 79 F . . M S.C. May . Old age 10 . 22 Fowler Thomas 20 M . . . Ky Nov Farmer Consumption C . 23 Noble Sarah Ann 8/12 F . . . Ill July . Scarlet fever 8 . 24 Dark Samuel 82 M . . W N.C. Oct None Gravel 4 . 25 Blackburn Ezra 2 M . . . Ill April . Cong'n brain 4 . 26 Robinson Sarah A. 5/12 F . . . Ill Oct . Hives Sudden . 27 Burton Rosalia 22 F . . M N.C. July . Bronchitis C . 28 Compton Nathan 1 M . . . Ill August . Sum Compl't C . 29 Fisher Lydia Ann 16 F . . . Pa April . Consumption C Blank below ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Schuyler DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 793 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# 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: Schuyler DISTRICT: Bainbridge Township 1N 1W MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 5 HW PAGE NO: 794 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Lawler Stephen A. D. 4 M . . . Ill Oct . Scrofula C . 2 Brown Caroline 3 F . . . Ill April . Spasmodic Sudden . 3 Clark Solena 1/4 of 1/12 F . . . Ill July . Unknown 3 . 4 Clark Rosanna H. 1 F . . . Ill Nov . Typhoid fever 16 . 5 Wells Sylvester 1/12 M . . . Ill Nov . Croup Sudden . 6 Smith Naomi 3 F . . . Ohio April . Cong'n brain 7 . 7 Bridgewater Ruamy 45 F . . M Ky Aug . Affect of spleen C . 8 Nicholson Joseph 2 M . . . Ill Dec . Croup 3 . 9 Tyson Joel 17 M . . . Ill April Farmer Consumption C . 10 Pitman Elizabeth 18 F . . M Ill March . Bil fever 53 . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Nann Robert 22 M . . . Ill Dec Machinist Drowned Sudden . 14 Bryant Lewis S. 1 M . . . Ill March . Infl'n fever 6 . 15 Loren Delilah 24 F . . M Ill Sept . Purp fever 25 LORING, bur. Messerer Cem. 16 Smith Katharine 1 F . . . Ill April . Inf't of brain 20 . 17 Holland William 1 M . . . Ill Oct . Croup 4 . 18 Dennison Joseph 40 M . . M Ky Feb Farmer Bil fever 12 . 19 Mason John 55 M . . M Pa June Blacksmith Cholera 2 . 20 Mason Rebecca 49 F . . W Pa June . Cholera 1 . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Strong Elizabeth 54 F . . M Va Sept . Dysentery 9 . 24 Skiles Lydia A. M. 2 F . . . Ill Oct . Flux 12 . 25 Geer Clarissa 1 F . . . Ill Sept . Spasmodic 14 . 26 Reno Stephen D. 2 M . . . Ill May . Typhus fever 9 . 27 Lane Isaac 54 M . . M Va Aug . Del trems C . 28 Walton Abner 3/4 of 1/12 M . . . Ill July . Inf'l of brain 2 . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Hughes James T. 2 M . . . Ill April . Cramp colic 3 . 31 Hollingsworth Katharine 14 F . . . Ill June . Bil fever 5 . 32 Darling James 9/12 M . . . Ill Oct . Sum comp't C . 33 Shafer Mary E. 1 F . . . Ill Oct . Sum comp't C . 34 Kerns Noah 1 M . . . Ill Sept . Bil fever 14 . 35 Gobble Mary 36 F . . M Va June . Purp fever 14 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: John Mason and Rebecca Mason died within a few hours the disease is supposed to have been communicated by boats or persons landing from boats. ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Schuyler DISTRICT: Buena Vista Township 2N 2W MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 6 HW PAGE NO: 795 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Presson Sarah Ann 4 F . . . Ohio Aug . Scarlet fever 4 . 2 Blackley John L. 1/2 of 1/12 M . . . Ill June . Scarlet fever 7 . 3 Hale Mary A. 1 F . . . Ill Aug . Scarlet fever 14 . 4 Shaffer Louis 46 M . . M Mo Oct Farmer Consumption C . 5 Shaffer Mary Elizabeth 8/12 F . . . Ill April . Consumption C . 6 Stoker William F. 4 M . . . Mo July . Scarlet fever 18 . 7 Spencer Nathaniel 3/4 of 1/12 M . . . Ill June . Scarlet fever 7 . 8 Spencer Elvira E. 8 F . . . Mo Aug . Whoop cough C . 9 Hughes Mary V. 15 F . . . Va Aug . Scarlet fever 6 . 10 Hare Joseph H. 5 M . . . Ill Sept . Scarlet fever 29 . 11 Ross Alexander 84 M . . W Md Jan Farmer Pulmonary 8 . 12 Asbury Joseph, Sen. 62 M . . M Va June Farmer Gravel C . 13 Black William 2 M . . . Ill July . Scarlet fever 8 . 14 Faris James P. 1 M . . . Ill July . Cholera Sudden . 15 Faris Louisa 24 F . . M Ohio Aug . Cholera Sudden . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Robinson Samuel 28 M . . . Ohio July Cooper Lightning Sudden . 21 McMeins Abner 5/12 M . . . Ill Nov . Infl of brain 20 . 22 Roberts Jonathan 1 M . . . Ill Sept . Consumption C . 23 Polin Martha 6 F . . . Ill Jan . Lung fever C bur. Palm Cem. 24 Brown Mary 75 F . . W Pa April . Old age C . 25 Thomas William H. 1 M . . . Tenn May . Infl of brain 18 . 26 Long William T. 18 M . . . Va May Farmer Cholera Sudden . 27 Adams Richmond 8/12 M . . . Ill Aug . Sum comp't 5 . 28 Langford George 22 M . . . Ireland June Teacher Consumption C . 29 Hill Barzilla 8 M . . . Ill June . Fall from tree 13 . 30 Hall Hannah 67 F . . M Pa May . Cholera Sudden . 31 Hall Elizabeth 31 F . . . Ohio May . Cholera Sudden . 32 Hall Samuel 15 M . . . Ohio May None Hem of lungs C Blank below ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Schuyler DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 7 HW PAGE NO: 796 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# 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: Schuyler DISTRICT: Eden Township 3N 4W MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 8 HW PAGE NO: 797 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 McCreery John 30 M . . . Ireland April Physician Lung fever 5 . 2 McCreery Louis 23 M . . . Ireland May Marness maker Lung fever 12 . 3 Wier James M. 1 M . . . Ill Jan . Quinsy 5 . 4 Shelton Adaline 23 F . . M N.C. March . Purp* fever 14 . 5 Shelton Sarah 1/2 of 1/12 F . . . Ill March . Unknown 12 . 6 Wier Charity 41 F . . M N.C. May . Dyspeptic C bur. Round Prairie Cem. 7 Popham Emily 27 F . . . Ky April . Consumption C . 8 East Martha 32 F . . M Ky Aug . Dropsy C . 9 Lock John W. 2 M . . . Ill Sept . Scarlet fever C . 10 Bilderback Lydia 3 F . . . Ill March . Scarlet fever 8 . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Mead Alice Jane 5 F . . . Ill May . Spasmodic Sudden . 15 Sprague William C. 5 M . . . Ill Aug . Croup 8 . 16 Fuller Hiram W. 10/12 M . . . Ill Sept . Chol Inf't 3 . 17 Green Samuel 11/12 M . . . Ill July . Scarlet fever 3 . 18 Chapman Nancy 21 F . . M Ky April . Prem labor 2 . 19 Clark Abner 72 M . . W N.C. Aug Farmer Paralysis C . 20 Poe Jane B. 37 F . . M Tenn Feb . Not named C . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . Next 4 lines 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . have been 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . Struck out 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Wells Solomon 73 M . . M Ky Oct None Consumption C . 29 Lynn Hannah 2 F . . . Ill Sept . Summer comp C . 30 Owen Sampson P. 9/12 M . . . Ill Sept . Summer comp C . 31 Morgan Thomas J. 5 M . . . Ia June . Scarlet fever 5 Blank below ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IL COUNTY: Schuyler DISTRICT: - MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 9 HW PAGE NO: 798 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# 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: Schuyler DISTRICT: Rushville Township 2N 1W MICROFILM #: T1133-58 ENUMERATOR: L. Lusk FILE PAGE NO: 10 HW PAGE NO: 799 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Berry Jane 22 F . . . Ohio May . Consumption C . 2 Smith Samuel 3/12 M . . . Ill Jan . Croup Sudden . 3 Dorsey Elizabeth K. 31 F . . M Vt July . Pulmonary C . 4 Boyles Sarah 6/12 F . . . Ill August . Cong brain 13 . 5 McHatton Perina 31 F . . M Ky June . Consumption C . 6 Bertholf Ellen M. 23 F . . M Tenn July . Cholera Sudden . 7 Bartlett Maria Louisa 21 F . . M Ill July . Cholera Sudden . 8 Bartlett Edwin M. 1 M . . . Ill July . Cholera 7 . 9 Skiles Peter C. 14 M . . . Ill July . Cholera 4 . 10 Skiles Lydia Ann 15 F . . . Ill July . Cholera Sudden . 11 Skiles Sarah 39 F . . M Tenn July . Cholera Sudden . 12 Lusk Mary Elizabeth 22 F . . M Ky Jan'y . Congestive 15 . 13 Berry George G. 4/12 M . . . Ill Dec'r . Croup 4 . 14 Easley Elizabeth 19 F . . . Ky Aug . Lung fever C . 15 Phillips Mary H. 1 F . . . Ill Aug . Unknown C . 16 Phillips Hannah 68 F . . M Va Sept . Breast Comp't C . 17 Wilkins Emma 5/12 F . . . Ill Oct . Affection brain C . 18 Toomey William F. 82 M . . M Del May Shoemaker Casualty C . 19 Lane Eleanor 45 F . . M Ala March . Lung fever 9 Ends Schuyler 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/ ==============================================================================================================================================================================