Knox County, 1860 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/knox/1860/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2024 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== 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 1860 MICROFILM-#: - STATE INDIANA COUNTY KNOX SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1860 The 1860 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1859 and ends May 31, 1860 ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Knox DISTRICT: Busseron Twp ENUMERATOR: Israel A. Beck FILE PG: 1 HANDWRITTEN PG: 325 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LN# Last Name First Name AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 McCutcheon Samuel M. 42 M . . M Ind Aug Carpenter Thrown from a Horse Sudden . 2 Wagonmiller Elijah T. 1 M . . . Ills Mar . Disease of the Brain 5 weeks . 3 Moore Eliza 29 F . . M Ohio Feb . Fever 13 . 4 Broadie John 54 M . . M Ky Jan'y Farmer Inflamation of the Lungs 8 weeks . 5 Holland Sisily 34 F . . M Tenn April . Fever 7 weeks . 6 Latshaw Sarah 21 F . . . Ind April . Consumption 1 year . 7 Ellis Alice 5 F . . . Ind Feb'y . Croup 3 days . 8 Tapp Festus W. 16 M . . . Ky Jan'y Farmer Congestion 2 days . 9 McClure James F. 1 M . . . Ind Jan'y . Fever 3 days . 10 Bluson Samuel A. 5 M . . . Ind June . Encipetus 2 mos . 11 Bartley Nancy J. 3 F . . . Ind Jan'y . Congestion 4 days . 12 Justice Julia A. 1/12 F . . . Ind Sept . Congestion 1 day . 13 VanMeter Joseph 17 M . . . Ind Jan'y Farmer Consumption 6 months d. Jan 5, 1860 buried Ockiltree Cem. 14 Ready Wm. C. 6/12 M . . . Ind January . Inflamation of the Brain 2 days . 15 Hughes Artful 8/12 M B . . Ind May . Scarvantin 5 weeks . 16 Farmer Missouri W. 5 F . . . Ind Sept . Croup 2 days . 17 Farmer . 6/12 F . . . Ind May . Neuralgia 1 week Remainder of page is blank ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Knox DISTRICT: Decker Twp ENUMERATOR: Harrison Worth FILE PG: 2 HANDWRITTEN PG: 326 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LN# Last Name First Name AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Rollis Henry 74 M M F . Virginia Oct Farmer Unknown 2 months . 2 Fetters Elizabeth 50 F . . . Ohio August . Consumption 1 year . 3 Geer Elizabeth 1 F . . . Ind December . Unknown 3 days . 4 Pellenge Rebecca 1 F . . . Ind December . Unknown 4 days . 5 Field Isabel 5/12 F . . . Ind Nov . Unknown 2 days . 6 Miner Matilda 55 F . . . Ind Jan . Dropsey 4 months . 7 Church N. A. 21 F . . . Ind May . Unknown 14 days Nancy A. died 24 May 1860 b. Scott Chapel Cem. 8 Davis Catharine 11 F . . . Ind March . Scarlet Fever 3 days . 9 Shults Elizabeth 1/12 F . . . Ind, Johnson Twp March . Unknown 2 weeks . 10 Nesethova Catharine 4/12 F . . . Ind Sept . Unknown 8 days . 11 Frederick M. 1 F . . . Ind Sept . Unknown 2 weeks . 12 Plew Isaac 28 M . . . Ind Dec Blacksmith Consumption 1 year . 13 Bigs Ann M. 1/12 F . . . Ind May . Unknown 1 week . 14 Coops Joseph 10 M . . . Ind Feb . Dropsey 5 weeks . 15 Desbury John 10/12 M . . . Ind Aug . Unknown 10 hours . 16 Benson Allen 1 M . . . Ind Sept . Hoopen Cough 2 months . 17 Starmer Henry 21 M . . . Ky Feb . Winter Fever 9 days . 18 Cardinal Jarome 4 M . . . Ind March . Scarlet Fever 3 weeks . 19 Cardinal Julia M. 11/12 F . . . Ind Aug . Scarlet Fever 4 weeks . 20 Reel Susan 31 F . . . Ind, Harrison Township Dec . Dropsey 6 months d. 8 Dec 1859 b. McCoy Cem 21 Dunning Emeline 15 F . . . Ind June . Unknown 3 days . 22 Cooper G. W. 1 M . . . N. Carolina Sept . Winter Fever 2 weeks . 23 Helderman R. 61 F . . . N. Carolina Sept . Unknown 5 hours . 24 Myres Elizabeth 5/12 F . . . Ind May . Winter Fever 7 days . 25 Myres Elizabeth 23 F . . . Ind March . Winter Fever 8 days . 26 Summerville Abner 25 M . . . Virginia March School Teacher Winter Fever 4 weeks . 27 Jordan Anjaline 31 F . . . Ind July . Winter Fever 2 weeks . 28 Lunkins Harriet 26 F . . . Ind Jan . Winter Fever 1 month . 29 Rodimer Syntha 30 F . . . Ind April . Winter Fever 7 weeks . 30 Adams Lemuel 2 M . . . Ind March . Flux 1 week . 31 White William 32 M . . . Ky Dec Farmer Winter Fever 9 days . 32 Reel Jacob 57 M . . . N. Carolina March Farmer Winter Fever 2 weeks d. 8 March 1860 b. Reels Chapel Cem. 33 Davis D. J. 3/12 M . . . Ind . . Winter Fever 9 days . 34 Burnes A. J. 27 M . . . Ind Sept Farmer Unknown 2 days . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Knox DISTRICT: Palmyra Twp ENUMERATOR: Israel A. Beck FILE PG: 3 HANDWRITTEN PG: 327 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LN# Last Name First Name AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 White Jacob 29 M . . . Va Jan'y Farmer Pneumonia 2 weeks d. 29 Jan 1859 b. Upper Indiana Cem. 2 Purcell John 2 M . . . Ind April . Inflamation Brain 2 days . 3 Allen Ellenor 66 F . . M Penn Nov . Asthma 3 months d. 23 Nov 1859 b. Lower Indiana Presbyterien Church Cem 4 Bowman Carrie 1 F . . . Ind Sept . Peritonitis 6 days . 5 Myers Jacob 64 M . . W N.C. April Farmer Pneumonia 9 days . 6 Smith Marcus 2/12 M . . . Ind Aug . Unknown 1 day . 7 Secchrest Martha E. 1 F . . . Ind Aug . Teething 3 weeks . 8 Wyant Eliza 6 F . . . Ind April . Congestion Brain 3 days . 9 Gilbert Eliza 4/12 F . . . Ind Aug . Unknown 6 weeks Remainder of page is blank ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Knox DISTRICT: Vigo Twp ENUMERATOR: Israel A. Beck FILE PG: 4 HANDWRITTEN PG: 328 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LN# Last Name First Name AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Harrington Sarah 15 F . . . Ind Feb . Pneumonia 2 weeks . 2 Keith Alexander C. 27 M . . . Ind May Farmer Consumption 18 mo . 3 Rector John W. 1 M . . . Ind Jan'y . Unknown 4 weeks . 4 Haper Elizabeth 4/12 F . . . Ind Sept . Billious Fever 4 weeks . 5 Brown Elizabeth 24 F . . . Ind May . Consumption 2 years . 6 Hill Florrence 6/12 F . . . Ind Oct . Cancer 2 weeks . 7 Stafford Chas. M. 8/12 M . . . Ind May . Congestion of Brain 3 weeks . 8 Busse Frederick 3/12 M . . . Ind Jan'y . Unknown 3 days . 9 Fairhurst Lydia J. 3/12 F . . . Ind July . Whooping Cough 3 weeks . 10 Kemp Samuel S. 50 M . . M Ky April . Scrofula 3 months . 11 Langford Sarah E. 2/12 F . . . Ind Sept . Unknown 3 days Remainder of page is blank ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Knox DISTRICT: Vincennes City ENUMERATOR: C. G. Mathesie FILE PG: 5 HANDWRITTEN PG: 329 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LN# Last Name First Name AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Keller Cathrine 1 F . . . Indiana October . Cutting Teeth 14 . 2 Schenette John 8 days M . . . Indiana May . Fitts 8 . 3 Lafoe Barbara 2 F . . . Indiana October . Whoopping Cough & Measels 150 . 4 Dubois John 23 M . . . Indiana March Laborer Consumption 1 year . 5 Bouchie James 1 M . . . Indiana March . Scalded 14 . 6 Brogan James 45 M . . M Ireland October Laborer Consumption 1 year . 7 Gall Henry 38 M . . M Indiana March Cooper Scarlet Fever & Erysiplas 40 . 8 Gall John 7 M . . . Indiana April . Scarlet Fever & Dropsey 90 . 9 Dofan Elizabeth 21 F . . . Indiana March . Scarlet Fever 21 . 10 Dofan Elick 4 weeks M . . . Indiana April . Scarlet Fever 28 . 11 Bey Anna M. 4 weeks F . . . Indiana July . Fitts 3 . 12 Reures John 10/12 M . . . Indiana September . Liver Complaint & Chills 90 . 13 Clinton Lizzie E. 1 F M . . Indiana October . Flux 90 . 14 Kukey Zedore 38 M . . M Indiana March Laborer Limb of a tree fell on him Sudden . 15 Bouchie Elare 34 M . . M Indiana October Farmer Killed by Horses running off Sudden . 16 Schappard Augustus 6 M . . . Indiana August . Billious Fever 14 . 17 Villknab Mary T. 55 M . . . Illinois Febuary . Old Age 14 Gender as written 18 Warmun Edward 46 M . . M England September Tailor Billious Fever & Chills 16 . 19 Plase Mary 42 F . . M Germany January . Dropsey 150 . 20 Spitz George 2 M . . . Indiana August . Chills & Fever 90 . 21 Laplante Frank 17 M . . . Indiana March . Consumption & Winter Fever 15 . 22 Mays Hinst 3/12 M . . . Indiana July . Unknown 14 . 23 Mommonnee Burget 2/12 F . . . Indiana May . Scarlet Rash 9 . 24 Carl Lizzie 1/12 F . . . Indiana Febuary . Cramp Sudden . 25 Thuis Cathrine 23 F . . M Prussia November . Child Birth 3 . 26 Crickmore John P. 45 M . . M Virginia July Carriage Maker Consumption 1 year . 27 Cardner Andrew 67 M . . M Mass January Cabinet Maker Winter Fever, sudden 2 . 28 Wood Walter G. 7 M . . . Illinois September . Consumption 2 years . 29 Bey Charles I. 2 weeks M . . . Indiana Febuary . Scarlet Fever 6 . 30 Barrows James 48 M . . M Penn Febuary Butcheer Dropsey 180 . 31 Sote Mary 42 F . . M Hanover December . Unknown 10 . 32 Sote Frank 5 M . . . Indiana October . Crupe 2 . 33 Hiberd Wm. I. 59 M . . M Conn December Merchant Hart Disease Sudden . 34 Bruvillette Francis 85 F . . W Indiana May . Palsy, Old Age 3 years . 35 Greater Mary 34 F . . M Indiana April . Childbirth, sudden 5 hours . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Knox DISTRICT: Vincennes City ENUMERATOR: C. G. Mathesie FILE PG: 6 HANDWRITTEN PG: 330 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LN# Last Name First Name AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Lathrop Elmyra 20 F . . M Illinois June . Consumption 180 . 2 Ebenvein Phillip 86 M . . M Hanover September Baker Brain fever & old Age 7 . 3 Bishop Elizabeth 38 F . . M Kentucky November . Winter Fever 14 . 4 Miller Paulina 11/12 F . . . Indiana September . Sumer Complaint 60 . 5 Keller Henry 33 M . . M Prussia April Brick Maker Winter Fever 12 . 6 Lentz Phillip 28 M . . M Germany December Laborer Consumption 300 . 7 Jolley Wm. A. 5 M . . . Ohio April . Inflamation of the Lungs 42 . 8 Snow Mary E. 15 F . . . England July . Malignant Fever 14 . 9 Gipson James 69 M . . M South Carolina March Farmer Dropsey 1 year . 10 Brouseltone Emeley 6 F . . . Indiana June . Measles 7 . 11 Jenny Wm. H. 18 M . . . Indiana March Carpenter Consumption 20 . 12 Nabb Geo. W. 18 M . . . Illinois October Telegraph Operator Typhoid Pneumonia 10 . 13 Nabb John 10 M . . . Illinois November . Typhoid Pneumonia 7 . 14 Bobe Eliza 1 F . . . Indiana January . Crupe 1 . 15 Schwartz Soloma 26 F . . M Elsar August . Congestive Chills 2 . 16 Bruch Christian 62 M . . W Bavaria August . Old Age 8 . 17 Morgan Francis 1 F . . . Indiana October . Chills & Fever 42 . 18 Barbesat Mary J. 3/12 F . . . Indiana July . Unknown 90 . 19 Hasselback Dortha 41 F . . M Prussia July . Consumption 90 . 20 McMannen Elizabeth 3 F . . . Indiana January . Burnt 21 . 21 Charlton Maria A. 1 F . . . Indiana September . Liver Complaint 7 . 22 Kamp Wm. I. Ritters 1 M . . . Indiana November . Sumer Complaint 90 . 23 Gardner James 1/12 M . . . Indiana March . Unknown 30 . 24 Miller Charles 32 M . . . Bavaria March Cival Engineer Consumption 1 year Remainder of page is blank ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Knox DISTRICT: Vincennes Twp ENUMERATOR: C. G. Mathesie FILE PG: 7 HANDWRITTEN PG: 331 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LN# Last Name First Name AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 McCard Samuel H. 65 M . . W Kentucky July Farmer Rheumatism 6 . 2 Springs Cathrine 89 F B . W Kentucky December . Old Age 60 . 3 Roe A. H. 10/12 M . . . Indiana October . Sumer Complaint 60 . 4 Burnett Bentley 1 M . . . Indiana September . Flux 14 . 5 Browne Mary 4/12 F . . . Indiana October . Whooping Cough & Chills 7 . 6 Branden Eliza 75 F . . W North Carolina Febuary . Old Age 90 . 7 Bishop John M. 27 M . . M Indiana January Farmer Consumption 4 . 8 Alexander Emeley A. 16 F . . . Indiana April . Measles 60 . 9 Mullholland Eliza J. 1 F . . . Indiana September . Summer Complaint 35 . 10 Andrew Anna 9/12 F . . . Indiana November . Teething 14 . 11 Beckus Benjamin V. 73 M . . M Indiana December Farmer Dropsey 90 . 12 Helscher Cathrine 80 F . . W Prussia January . Liver Complaint 7 . 13 Ravellette Susan 3 F . . . Indiana April . Scarlet Fever 14 . 14 Ravellette Angeline 8 F . . . Indiana April . Scarlet Fever 50 . 15 Commonner Joseph 52 M . . M Indiana January Farmer Winter Fever 6 . 16 Deloyer Peter 84 M . . W Indiana March Farmer Old Age 60 . 17 Schatz Joseph 16 M . . . Indiana May . Killed by Wagon running over him Sudden . 18 Bonhomme Adelia 5 F . . . Indiana May . Liver Complaint 60 . 19 Buchie John B. 2 days M . . . Indiana January . Unknown 2 . 20 Lonyon John L. 11 M . . . Illinois May . Inflamation of the bowels 40 . 21 Cantwell John W. 20 M . . . Tennessee Febuary Farmer Winter Fever 4 . 22 Dunphem Eliza 2 F . . . Indiana March . Scarlet Fever 30 . 23 Payen Salina 2/12 F . . . Indiana November . Unknown 4 . 24 Newcome Steward 2 M . . . Ohio November . Fitts 30 . 25 Nicholous Milton 25 M . . . Germany March . Consumption 1 1/2 years . 26 Knight John 10 M . . . Indiana April . Dropsey of the Brain 14 . 27 Mack Daniel 4 M . . . Indiana January . Consumption 60 Remainder of page is blank ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Knox DISTRICT: Washington Twp ENUMERATOR: Israel A. Beck FILE PG: 8 HANDWRITTEN PG: 332 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LN# Last Name First Name AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Avry Lucinda 58 F . . W Va May . Typhoid Fever 3 weeks . 2 Hensley David 55 M . . . Va Nov Farmer Peritonitis 1 week . 3 Campbell Alice 1 F . . . Ind June . Croup 2 days . 4 Wallace Martha B. 8 F . . . Ind April . Whooping Cough 2 weeks . 5 Benefiel Earnest W. 11 M . . . Ind Oct . Typhoid Fever 10 days . 6 Benefiel Clarence L. 9 M . . . Ind Nov . Typhoid Fever 30 days . 7 Steffy Ann 50 F . . . Va May . Fever 1 week . 8 Donaldson Robert 24 M . . W Ind Aug Farmer Consumption 2 years . 9 Huntington Emma 45 F . . M Ky July . Measles 11 days . 10 Hom John J. 6 M . . . Ind June . Measles 8 days . 11 Benedict Samuel J. 1 M . . . Ind Oct . Bronchitis 7 days . 12 Smith John F. 4/12 M . . . Ind July . Croup 3 days . 13 Clark Marion 1 M . . . Ind Nov . Disease of the Brain 4 days . 14 Chesley Elizabeth R. 1 F . . . N.Y. July . Pneumonia 1 month Remainder of page is blank ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Knox DISTRICT: Widener Twp ENUMERATOR: Israel A. Beck FILE PG: 9 HANDWRITTEN PG: 333 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LN# Last Name First Name AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Elliott James E. 66 M . . M N.Y. Sept Farmer Pneumonia 2 weeks . 2 Polk Mary J. 36 F . . M Ind July . Dropsey 4 months . 3 Risley David 54 M . . M Ind Sept Farmer Typhoid Fever 12 days . 4 Hagar David 25 M . . . Ky May Farmer Dysentery 1 mo . 5 Widener John S. 21 M . . . Ind Feb Farmer Congestion 2 days . 6 Bruce Bluford L. 3/12 M . . . Ind Feb . Dropsey 2 weeks . 7 Bruce Spencer S. 2 M . . . Ind May . Diseased Liver 6 months . 8 Turner Jno T. 40 M . . M Ind Oct Farmer Consumption 1 year . 9 Hollingsworth Wm. 21 M . . . Ind Aug Farmer Billious Fever 6 days . 10 Polk Mary A. 2/12 F . . . Ind April . Unknown 7 weeks . 11 Wetton John 40 M . . M Ind March Farmer Pneumonia 2 weeks . 12 Hooper Clara A. 10/12 F . . . Ind March . Influenza 1 month . 13 Wagoner Henry 4 M . . . Ind Sept . Pneumonia 6 weeks . 14 Philips Alvin S. 2 M . . . Ind July . Congestion 2 weeks . 15 Piety Nancy 58 F . . M Ky Sept . Typhoid Fever 20 days . 16 Chambers Lucy H. 2 F . . . Ind March . Unknown 13 days . 17 Brocksmith Maria A. 2/12 F . . . Ind May . Influenza 2 days . 18 Shrader Louis 3 M . . . Ind Oct . Accidental Drowning . . 19 Light Russel 20 M . . . Ind July Farmer Jaundice 6 days Remainder of page is blank ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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/ =====================================================================================================================================================================================================================