Ionia County, MI 1860 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/ionia/1860/ 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) 2024 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 1860 MICROFILM-#: T1164-15 STATE MICHIGAN COUNTY IONIA 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 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 reported in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Campbell Twp ENUMERATOR: Charles Mathews FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Macormic Ann 52 F . . W N.Y. Feb . Consumption 42 . 2 Bushig Emma 1 F . . . Michigan Sept . Congestion of the brain 9 . 3 Graves William C. 28 M . . . Michigan Dec . Dropsy on the heart Sudden . 4 Bushnell George W. 20 M . . . Mich Dec . Disease of the heart Unknown . 5 Bushnell Alexander 8 M . . . Mich Sept . Remittan fever 10 . 6 Whitny James 10 M . . . Mich March . Fever 10 . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Lemond Alpheus D. 35 M . . . N.Y. Jan Farmer Liver complaint 1 begin Odessa Twp 12 Brets Phebe Jane 7/12 F . . . Ohio Oct . Consumption 26 BRETZ 13 Curtis Louis 35 M . . . Penn Dec Farmer Dropsy 6 . 14 Curtis Ida 2/12 F . . . Mich Nov . Consumption 26 . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Line ? Jasep 3/12 M . . . Michigan Dec . Inflamation of lungs 4 Sebewa Twp 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Estus John 30 M . . . Penn Jan Farmer Consumption 30 begin Danby Twp. 26 Northrop Lewis 89 M . . . Penn June Farmer Consumption 300 . 27 Sears Fred K. 2/12 M . . . Michigan Nov . Congestion of the brain 8 bur. Danby Cem 28 Smack Rhoda 11/12 F . . . Michigan . . Chill fever 5 . 29 Maconnill Nancy 59 F . . M Ireland Aug . Congestive fever 10 McCONNELL bur. Danby Cem. 30 Wood Betsey 62 F . . M Mass Aug . Fever 10 . 31 Wooden Ann M. 19 F . . M N.Y. Jan . Consumption 30 . 32 Osbin Elizabeth 80 F . . M N.Y. Aug . Old age Unknown . ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: North Plains Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Smith Lydia A. 25 F . . . Michigan Oct . Scrofula 2 Mos . 2 Huff Eddie L. 3 M . . . Michigan Dec . Scarlatina 37 . 3 Collester Warren 2/12 M . . . Michigan May . Hooping cough 20 . 4 Roche Mary 1 F . . . Michigan July . Pneumonia 14 . 5 Stoughton Edwin R. 7 M . . . Michigan Dec . Dropsy Brain 30 . 6 Baker Elijah 67 M . . M Vermont Oct Farmer Unknown 1 . 7 Renahan Ellen 2/12 F . . . Mich May . Hooping cough 7 . 8 Slocum Ellinor 35 F . . M Ohio Aug . Billious Diarhrea 14 . 9 Belden Emily 60 M . . . Vermont April . Consumption 60 . 10 Cotes Chester 68 M . . M Connecticut Dec Farmer Pneumonia 5 . 11 Perry Barbara 89 F . . W Mass Sept . Old age 45 . 12 Munson Alvin F. 21 M . . . New York Jan Farmer Epilepsy 8 yrs . 13 Mead Mary 46 F . . M New York Dec . Ulceration 1 blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Ronald Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Thayer Rosalie 3 F . . . Mass April . Congestion brain 2 . 2 Ackles John 60 M . . . New York March Idiot Unknown 35 . 3 Hull Hamilton 41 M . . M New York Feb Farmer Blk jaundice 31 . 4 Younger George 67 M . . M Scotland Aug Farmer Apoplexy 4 . 5 Slanker Charles A. 11/12 M . . . Mich March . Pneumonia 9 . 6 Jennings Wm. M. 9/12 M . . . Mich Feb . Pneumonia 13 . 7 Radebues Mary 12 F . . . Ohio Nov . Consumption 30 . 8 Carpenter Milton D. 2/12 M . . . Mich May . Congestive fever 1 blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Ionia Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 4 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Church Wm. D. 2 M . . . Mich Aug . Billious fever 14 . 2 Powell Celestia A. 22 F . . . New York Dec . Consumption 21 . 3 Lehman John 1/12 M . . . Mich Nov . Croup 4 . 4 Brown Mary Ann 6/12 F . . . Mich March . Pneumonia 15 . 5 Wiser Elizabeth 59 F . . M Penn Oct . Organic D of liver 38 . 6 Reynolds Delos 3 M . . . Mich Oct . Congestion brain 3 . 7 Dodge Edward 3/12 M . . . Mich Dec . Pneumonia 10 . 8 Sumner Francis 3/12 M . . . Mich July . Chill fever 7 . 9 Hall Nelson E. 4/12 M . . . Mich Nov . Dropsy Brain 14 . 10 Sears Henry 1/12 M . . . Mich April . Congestion 1 . 11 Eisler Catharine 3 F . . . Ohio April . Convulsions 35 . 12 Mackenzie Infant 3/12 M . . . Mich Dec . Pneumonia 7 . 13 Kelsey Sarah H. 1/12 F . . . Mich Oct . Inflam'n brain 7 . 14 Tuttle Charles 2/12 M . . . Mich Oct . Inflam'n stomach 6 . 15 Lincoln Horace 17 M . . . Mich April Student Typhoid pneumonia 17 . 16 Kingston Ellen M. 9/12 F . . . Mich May . Consumption 90 . 17 Armstrong Matthew M. 40 M . . M New York Feb Miller Casualty 2 blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Lyons Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 5 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Nelson John 52 M . . M Canada West July Carpenter Jaundice 5 . 2 Wheeler Emma 19 F . . . New York April . Consumption 14 . 3 Henries Infant 1/12 M . . . Mich Jan . Congestive fever 8 . 4 Langless Locetta 4/12 F . . . Mich Jan . Hooping cough 14 . 5 Ferguson Mary 47 F . . M Conn Feb . Glossetis 4 . 6 Cowan Jane 2 F . . . Mich Nov . Jaundice 2 . 7 Chidester Gardner 72 M . . M New York May Farmer Congestion lungs 21 . 8 Rhinehart Esther E. 1 F . . . Mich Oct . Dropsy Brain 20 . 9 Tower Infant 1/12 M . . . Mich March . Jaundice 1 . 10 Lake Mary M. 2 F . . . Mich Nov . Croup 3 . 11 Town Frank S. 1 M . . . Mich April . Congestion brain 3 . 12 Burch Rosella C. 2 F . . . Mich Nov . Croup 2 . 13 Hall Augusta A. 2/12 F . . . Mich April . Congestion brain 4 . 14 Sherman Mary 6 F . . . Mich May . Congestion brain 10 . 15 Martin Janet A. 33 F . . M New York July . Unknown 30 . 16 McQuillan Elizabeth 2 F . . . Mich Feb . Worms 12 . 17 Millard Elvira 68 F . . M Mass April . Consumption 4 years . 18 Harrington Matthew E. 2 M . . . Mich July . Inflam'n brain 1 . 19 Dietz Joseph 6 M . . . New York April . Scarlet fever 3 . 20 Dietz Edson 13 M . . . New York May . Scarlet fever 3 . 21 Dietz Frank 3 M . . . New York May . Scarlet fever 9 . 22 Stoddard Rosmer L. 1 M . . . Mich Dec . Scarlet fever 2 . 23 Hunt Arzilla A. 15 F . . . Mich April . Unknown 1 . 24 Green Mary J. 18 F . . . New York March . Consumption 5 Mos . 25 Robertson Ann 34 F . . M Scotland June . Puerperal fever 35 . 26 Robertson Elizabeth 1/12 F . . . Mich June . Puerperal fever 2 . 27 Canfield Fanny A. 9/12 F . . . Mich Feb . Hooping cough 2 . 28 Willett Allen 20 M . . . Mich May Farmer Consumption 2 years . 29 Bartow Wm 72 M . . M Unknown June Farmer Paralysis 3 years . 30 McDowell Peter 18 M . . . New York Jan Farm laborer Killed by falling timber 1 . 31 Bartow Moses 81 M . . M New York Nov Farmer Old age 3 Mos . 32 Crane Francis M. 12 M . . . Mich April . Pleurisy 10 weeks . 33 Bartow Maria C. 47 F . . M New York March . Cancer 7 Mos . 34 Searing Adelaide 3 F . . . Mich Feb . Scarlet fever 20 last line not used ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Portland Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 6 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Musser Mary A. 40 F . . M New York July . Consumption 6 Mos . 2 Musser Sophina 60 F . . M Vermont Feb . Consumption 1 Mo . 3 White James 56 M . . M New Jersey March Painter Consumption 1 year . 4 Bailey Manassah 24 M . . . England June Music teacher Typhoid fever 5 . 5 Ingham Daniel 65 M . . M Mass March . Pneumonia 14 . 6 Maynard Augustus 4/12 M . . . Mich Sept . Consumption 3 Mos . 7 Churchill Fanny 5 F . . . Mich Aug . Typhoid fever 7 . 8 Baker Phebe 27 F . . M Conn Nov . Miscarriage 40 . 9 Eddy Jeremiah 48 M . . M New York Feb Farmer Dropsy 4 Mos . 10 Jenkins Allie 3 F . . . Mich Sept . Congestion brain 1 . 11 Bugbee Lafayette 40 M . . M Ohio Nov Farmer Thrown from wagon none . 12 Stebbins Florence L. 1 F . . . Mich Aug . Fits 10 . 13 Stebbins Etta O. 4 F . . . Mich June . Consumption 5 Mos . 14 Baldwin Henry 24 M . . . New York April Farmer Pleurisy 7 . 15 Town Frank 1 M . . . Mich April . Pneumonia 4 . 16 Canfield Isaac N. 62 M . . M New York Feb Farmer Pneumonia 14 . 17 Campbell Sarah M. 3/12 F . . . Mich Feb . Inflam'n bowels 12 . 18 Kerwin Catharine 42 F . . M Ireland Aug . Unknown 2 blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Easton Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 7 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Welch Ruth 84 M . . W Vermont Aug . Old age 1 year Gender as written 2 Welch Lydia 3 F . . . Mich July . Croup 5 . 3 VanDuzer Infant 2/12 F . . . Mich Aug . Unknown 2 . 4 Dexter Berilla 57 F . . M New York May . Congestive fever 9 . 5 Carpenter Lucy 59 F . . M New Hampshire March . Consumption 6 Mos . 6 Nummer Infant 1/12 F . . . Mich Jan . Pneumonia 3 . 7 Booker Alice 1/12 F . . . Mich Dec . Croup 1 blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Orleans Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 8 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Blodget Arvilla 9 F . . . Ohio Feb . Putrid sore throat 7 . 2 Hancorn George 28 M . . M England Feb Farmer Falling timber 20 . 3 Stowell Alexander 19 M . . . Canada West Aug Farmer Dysentery 4 . 4 Henry Thomas G. 22 F . . . Mich March Sailor Consumption 1 year . 5 Clark Lydia C. 7 F . . . Mich Feb . Congestion brain 7 . 6 Courser Wm 56 M . . M New York Aug Farmer Typhoid fever 14 . 7 Olmsted Israel 26 M . . M Mich May Farmer Inflam'n bowels 17 . 8 Neep Jerusha E. 7 F . . . Mich April . Malig't sore throat 10 bur. Orleans Twp. Cem. 9 Hubbs Francis 7 M . . . Mich Nov . Malig't sore throat 3 . 10 Howe Adelaide 5 F . . . Mich May . Fits 1 . 11 Wood Alice 11 F . . . Mich June . Burning 4 blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Otisco ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 9 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Murray Mary 59 F . . M Ireland Sept . Ulcer'd sore throat 5 Mos . 2 Boynton Joseph 63 M . . M New Hampshire Jan Farmer Disease heart none . 3 Boynton Hellen 9 F . . . Mich Aug . Rheum'm of heart 3 yrs . 4 Platt Eliza 5/12 F . . . Mich March . Pneumonia 2 . 5 Choate Caroline 37 M . . M Canada East July . Dropsy 21 . 6 Tuttle Rosetta 11/12 F . . . Mich April . Congestion brain 40 . 7 Cutler Rue 32 F . . . New York April . Unknown 7 yrs . 8 Green Hiram 37 M . . M New York Nov Farmer Consumption 3 yrs . 9 Green Maria 32 F . . M Canada West April . Consumption 6 Mos . 10 Worcester John E. 1/12 M . . . Mich April . Unknown 1 . 11 Kilbourn Jeremiah 43 M . . M Conn July Farmer Typhoid fever 25 . 12 Ranger Thomas 53 M . . M England Aug Farmer Consumption 14 . 13 Brink Mercy 59 F . . M New York Nov . Abscess 42 . 14 Alger James S. 27 M . . . Canada West Feb Farmer Consumption 3 Mos . 15 Ring George 21 M . . . Ohio Oct Farmer Typhoid fever 21 . 16 Northway Mary A. 26 F . . M New York Aug . Child birth 2 . 17 Wiggins Tabitha 63 F . . M New York May . Unknown 3 Mos blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Keene Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 10 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Carr John 56 M . . M New York June Farmer Typhoid fever 21 . 2 Aikins Alexander 3/12 M . . . Mich May . Croup 3 . 3 Wooley Laura 60 F . . M Unknown Oct . Old age 7 . 4 Lane Obadiah 48 M . . M Canada West Nov Farmer Drowned none . 5 Brown Robert W. 1 M . . . Mich July . Dysentery 21 . 6 Westbrook Sarah 25 F . . . Canada West Jan . Consumption 6 Mos . 7 Day Eunice 67 F . . W New Hampshire April . Unknown 2 Mos blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Boston Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 11 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Stofford Maria 1 F . . . Canada West March . Unknown 9 . 2 Norse Trueworthy 86 M . . W New Hampshire Aug . Old age 6 . 3 Anderson Herbert 1 M . . . Mich June . Consumption 3 Mos . 4 Peaslee Celestia 22 F . . . New York Sept . Disease heart 5 . 5 Dillenbeck Sylvester 34 M . . M New York Dec Farmer Cholera morbus 3 . 6 Young Wesley 27 M . . . New York July Teacher Consumption 4 Mos blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Berlin Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 12 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Aldrich Sarah 21 F . . M Mich Oct . Puerperal fever 7 . 2 Aldrich Lucy 2 F . . . Mich Sept . Unknown . . 3 Holler John 2 M . . . Ohio July . Drowned none . 4 Howarth Geo. T. 5/12 M . . . Mich Sept . Malformation 2 Mos . 5 Youngs Wm 3 M . . . Mich July . Scrofula 4 Mos . 6 Barber Hellen G. 3 F . . . New York Aug . Dysentery 5 . 7 Artelip Asa 26 M . . M New York April Farmer Congestive fever 9 bur. Saranac Cem. 8 Crady Orville 1/12 M . . . Mich July . Fits none . 9 Hartwell Orville C. 47 M . . M New York Sept Farmer Hoemorage none . 10 Adgate Elifle 32 F . . M Mich May . Consumption 70 . 11 Adgate Catherine 30 F . . . Canada West May . Consumption 6 Mos . 12 Disbrow Luman 32 M . . . New York Sept Farmer Poisoned 1 . 13 Coon Samuel 85 M . . W New York May Farmer Old age 6 Mos blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ionia DISTRICT: Orange Twp ENUMERATOR: George W. Wilson FILE PAGE: 13 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Wolcott Persis 74 F . . W . Dec . Old age none . 2 Priest Frances M. 15 F . . . . Jan . Erysipelas 2 . 3 Hunt Frances A. 28 F . . M . May . Consumption 1 year Ends Ionia 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/ ================================================================================================================================================================