HANCOCK COUNTY ILLINOIS MORTALITY SCHEDULE 1850

 

1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE
HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

(Persons who died between June 1, 1849, and May 31, 1850)
Transcribed directly from original census pages.  Each ? denotes a questionable handwriting interpretation.

For background information, follow this link to Mortality Schedules
presented by Larry D. Smith on the Mother Bedford, Pennsylvania website.

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Page 311

Column 4 - MARRIED or WIDOWED
NAME

Benjamin B Gates

Susannah Noland

Eliza Ann Faught

Angeline Dumont

Daniel Garrett

Polly McLaughlin

Nancy McLaughlin

David McLaughlin

Walker McLaughlin

Banks

Banks

Mary Jane Lambeth

William Bolt

Hampton Loftus

James C Clark

Lucetta Nelson

James A Ross

Hardin Ross

William McCall*

Edward Waller

Daniel Thompson**

Maria Thompson**

Catharine Thompson**

George W Berry

Abner King

John King

Elizabeth Simpson

Elizabeth York

Joshua W York

Mary Lively

Samuel Overton

Rollin A Hughes

Jane Case

William Walters

AGE


49

8

1/12

1

6/12

47

13

10

7

2/12

1/12

15

24

38

1/12

1

35

11/12

1/12

28

1

2/12

8

1

10

16 or 76

14 or 74

47 ?

21

1/12

1

1

3/12

43
SEX


M

F

F

F

M

F

F

M

M

M

M

F

M

M

M

F

F

M

M

M

M

F

F

M

M

M

F

F

M

F

M

M

F

M
M or W


M

 

 

 

 

M

S

S

 

 

 

S

S

M

 

 

M

 

 

M

 

 

 

 

 

S

M

M

S

 

 

 

 

M
PLACE of
BIRTH

VT

IN

IA

IL

IL

VA

KY

KY

KY

IL

IL

IL

PA

SC

IL

IL

KY

IL

IL

PA

IL

IL

IL

KY

TN

IL

MD

KY

IN

IL

IL

IL

IL

MD
MONTH of
DEATH

July

June

Feb

Nov

May

June

June

June

June

Feb

Feb

Apr

Sep

Sep

Apr

Nov

Feb

Feb

Nov

Jul

Sep

Aug

Sep

Jan

Mar

Aug

Mar

July

June

May

July

Mar

Aug

June
OCCUPATION


millwright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

carpenter

laborer

 

 

 

 

 

miller

 

 

 

 

 

farmer

 

 

farmer

 

 

 

 

farmer
CAUSE of DEATH


Chronic diarrhea

Consumption

Encepulus

Brain fever

Infflamation in throat 

Cholrea

Cholrea

Cholrea

Cholrea

Fits

Fits

Hectic fever

Typhus fever

Billious fever

Croup

Worms

Billious fever

Croup

Smallpox

Cholrea

B fever

H cough

H cough

Winter fever

Croup

Consumption

Cong chill

Diarrhea

Pleursy

Unknown

Hooping cough

Croup

Diarrhea

Cong chills

# of dys.
ILL

72 dys.

C ?

20 dys.

3 dys.

14 dys.

7 dys.

1 dy.

1 dy.

7 dys.

3 dys.

1 dy.

14 dys.

7 dys.

10 dys.

sudden

21 ? dys.

21 dys.

6 dys.

8 dys.

6 hrs.

6 dys.

13 dys.

7 dys.

25 dys.

sudden

chronic

3 dys.

5 dys.

4 dys.

sudden

3 dys.

16 dys.

31 dys.

6 dys.

* or McHall; ** or Hampson

 

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Page 313

Column 4 - MARRIED or WIDOWED
NAME

John Henry Ervin

Richard M McMinimay

Squire R Davis

Martha B Kimbrough

Benj F Turner

John M Bancer

John Proctor

John Dunivon

Clarissa Dunivon

Rebecca Thompson

Frances Ann Cason

Lewis Rhea

William A Dunham

Sarah Rhea

Hugh Belknap

Elias Darnell

Mary Ann Botts

Moses Towles

Eliza E Feilers

Jesse Roberts

Verrnetta ? Bixler

Nathan Rousick

Fernando B Hasten

John Pennock

Benjamin Howell

Eugene S King

Amanda Gavin

John Gavin

Mary Cecil

Elizabeth Atherton

George W Peyton

John Wine Koop

Elizabeth Wilson

Jesse Speer

Mary Ann Rhea

AGE


4/12

4

1/12

36

1

4/12

1 dy.

8/12

41

29

34

53 or 55

21

26

9/12

8/12

24

43

18

55

1

3

2/12

1/12

9/12

9/12

32

2/12

6/12

43

29

1

14

16

1
SEX


M

M

M

F

M

M

M

M

F

F

F

M

M

F

M

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

M

M

M

M

F

M

F

F

M

M

F

M

F
M or W


 

 

M

 

 

 

 

M

M

M

M

S

M

 

 

M

M

M

M

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

 

 

M

S

 

 

S

 

PLACE of
BIRTH

IL

KY

IL

AL

IL

IL

IL

IL

VA

VA

IN

VA

IL

TN

IL

IL

OH

VA

VA

VA

IL

IL

IL

IL

IL

IL

OH

IL

IL

PA

KY

IL

IL

KY

IL
MONTH of
DEATH

Feb

Sep

Jan

Mar

June

Feb

Feb

Aug

Feb

Oct

Apr

Nov

Feb

May

Sep

Aug

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Oct

July

Dec

Sep

Jan

May

July

Aug

Dec

Mar

Aug

Apr

Oct

July

Feb
OCCUPATION


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

farmer

farmer

 

 

 

 

farmer

 

farmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

farmer

 

 

laborer

 

CAUSE of DEATH


Lung fever

Lung fever

Croup

Diarrhea

Consumption

Croup

Weakness

Diarrhea

Lung fever

 

Billious fever

Consumption

Consumption

Consumption

Diarrhea

Flux

Consumption

Consumption

Lung fever

Lung fever

Diarrhea

Rupture of blood vessel

Croup

Weakness

Lung fever

Lung fever

Childbirth

Thrash

Hooping cough

Consumption

Cholrea

Diarrhea

Spasms

Cholrea

Lung fever

# of dys.
ILL

30 dys.

7 dys.

2 dys.

35 dys.

2 mos.

1 dy.

1 dy.

10 dys.

5 dys.

6 dys.

8 dys.

150 C

3 dys.

C 160

7 dys.

35 dys.

? mos.

6 mos.

6 wks.

14 dys.

11 dys.

3 dys.

2 wks.

1 dy.

4 wks.

2 wks.

3 wks.

3 wks.

2 wks.

C.

4 wks.

1 dy.

2 dys.

6 dys.

2 mos.

 

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Page 315

Column 4 - MARRIED or WIDOWED
NAME

Ute Lutey ?

Emeline Hysell

Sarah Willington

Edward B Harkness

John Kemp

Sarah J Riggens

Elizabeth Ann Gulson

Janett Duffy

Mary E Duffy

Mary Abernethy

John Slemmins

Sarah Slemmins

Robert Prather

Lucinda Prather

Matilda J Sears

Merrussa Fox

Elizabeth Atherton

Henry Williams

Sarah Craig

Ann Alexander

Richard M Hildebrand

Emily Wilcox

Lina     [Black]*

Thomas Jones

Dallas Jones

Louisa McGuire

Almyra Davis

AGE


20

2/12

57

11/12

5/12

1

2

30

2

19

6/12

29

11

5/12

1

30

41

43

35

72

2

5/12

90

70

3/12

38

8/12
SEX


M

F

F

M

M

F

F

F

F

F

M

F

M

F

F

M

F

M

F

F

M

F

F

M

F

F

F
M or W


S

 

M

 

 

 

 

M

 

S

 

M

 

 

 

M

M

M

M

M

 

 

 

M

 

M

 

PLACE of
BIRTH

England

IL

MA

IL

IL

IL

IL

IN

IL

IL

PA

PA

IN

IL

IA

NC

PA

NY

OH

NY

IL

IL

MO

SC

IL

PA

IL
MONTH of
DEATH

Oct

Sep

Feb

Aug

Oct

Sep

Oct

June

Nov

Nov

Aug

Sep

July

Aug

Apr

Feb

Apr

May

Oct

Sep

Feb

Oct

Sep

June

June

Apr

Oct
OCCUPATION


laborer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAUSE of DEATH


Dropsey

Cholrea

Fever

Cholrea morbus

Brain inflamation

Brain fever

Billious fever

Inflamation of stomach

Sum Cosupt

Billious fever

Dysentary

Typhus fever

Fever

Dysentary

Fever

Intoxication

Consumption

Cholic

Cramp

Lung fever

Diarrhea

Chills & fever

Old age

Cholic

Quinsey

Brain fever

Burnt

# of dys.
ILL

2 mos.

2 dys.

14 dys.

3 dys.

8 dys.

30 dys.

14 dys.

6 dys.

30 dys.

20 dys.

14 dys.

15 dys.

4 dys.

30 dys.

12 dys.

3 dys.

6 yrs.

2 dys.

2 dys.

8 dys.

14 dys.

14 dys.

4 dys.

chronic

15 dys.

21 dys.

 

 

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Page 318

Column 4 - MARRIED or WIDOWED
NAME

Perry Walters

Francis W Chandler

Sarah E Hendrix

Elizabeth Gudgel

Isabell Thompson

Lucy Sailors

David R Fales Jr

Boulut ? Valmor Edouard

Fagns ? Adele Victone ?

Bross Antoine

Colandre Francois Marten

Nombalai ? (Emile)

Mie ? Brancia Anne

Busque (Marie Adreenne ?)

Sarah Exon

James M Hutchison

Amy B S Horne

Rhoda A C Weston

James Lambston

Oliver L Peyton

Margaret Lamberson

John Fry

Samuel Trough

Fredericka A Hilker

Mahala Carnes

Elizabeth Hause

William Hause

Sarah Crane

Catharine Grimes

William Cross

Elizabeth Hurley

Cornelius Hurley ?

William Temple

Roselien Patton

John Dickson

AGE


9

6/12

2

36

5/12

2

2/12

8/12

1 1/4

36

41

20

75

33

70

1

10

3

14

1

1/12

18

1/12

10

2

15 ?

3

47

22 ?

9

1

60

2/12

3/12

23
SEX


M

M

F

F

F

F

M

M

F

M

M

M

F

F

F

M

F

F

M

M

F

M

M

F

F

F

M

F

F

M

F

M

M

F

M
M or W


 

 

 

M

 

 

 

 

 

S

S

S

W

M

M

 

 

 

S

 

 

S

 

 

 

S

 

M

M

 

 

M

 

 

M
PLACE of
BIRTH

IL

IL

MO

IND

IL

IL

IL

France

France

France

France

France

France

France

England

IL

IL

IL

PA

IL

IL

TN

IL

Germany

OH

IL

IL

OH

OH

IL

IL

PA

IL

IL

PA
MONTH of
DEATH

June

Sep

July

June

Aug

Dec

Oct

Aug

Aug

Oct

Oct

Nov

Mar

Apr

Oct

Oct

Aug

Dec

Mar

Sep

Mar

May

Sep

June

Oct

Sep

Sep

July

Oct

Apr

Aug

Feb

Sep

Oct

Feb
OCCUPATION


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mechanician

wood cleaver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

laborer

 

 

farmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

farmer

 

 

 

CAUSE of DEATH


Cong chill

Disentary

Disentary

Child birth

Dysentary

Dysentary

Unknown

Dentition

Flux

Fever

Fever

Dysentary

Old age

Apoplexy

Fever

Flux

Fever

Pneumonia

Brain fever

Brain fever

Fever

Brain fever

Apoplexy

Cholrea

Apoplexy

Fever

Fever

Palsey

Apoplexy

Croup

Fever

Fever

Apoplexy

Fever

Fever

# of dys.
ILL

3 dys.

60 dys.

15 dys.

1 dy.

2 dys.

chronic

7 dys.

15 dys.

8 dys.

3 mos.

3 1/2 mos.

6 dys.

1 mo.

sudden

10 dys.

7 dys.

11 dys.

14 dys.

21 dys.

7 dys.

7 dys.

3 dys.

sudden

1 dy.

sudden

15 dys.

35 dys.

21 dys.

1 mo.

1 dy.

3 dys.

8 dys.

sudden.

3 mos.

5 mos.

 

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Page 320

Column 4 - MARRIED or WIDOWED
NAME

Theodore Vandyke

Melissa P Bridgewater

William Smith

Gabriella Smith

Austin Smith

Joseph Tucker

Mary Steele

Robert Major

Margaret C Payne

Alvia Holdon

Malinda J Sheperd

William J Lewis

John Wallace

Vernon Doty

Lott R Richards

Francis Herberts

Oscar Mellon

Hebe M Baldwin

John Spitze

Carlos Holmes ?

Philip Morningstar

Sarah Baker

Loretta Elliott

John Rotze

Crist Rotze

Joshua Cole

Samuel N Boring

William Stoebuck

Joseph Mattox

John W Mockbee

John Hill

Lois A Brown

Alanesa Swartz

Joseph Bentley

Richard Bentley

AGE


1/12

2

50

24

24 or 26

53

76

45

1/12

17

1/12

7/12

1/12

46

9/12

11/12

1

55

17

30

30

12

1

1/12

1/12

35

1

25

1

27

1

4

8/12

47

26
SEX


M

F

M

F

M

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

M

M

M

M

M

F

M

M

M

F

F

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

F

F

M

M
M or W


 

 

M

M

W

M

W

M

 

S

 

 

 

M

 

 

 

W

W

S

S

S

 

 

 

M

 

S

 

S

 

S

 

M

S
PLACE of
BIRTH

IL

IL

KY

KY

KY

VA

VA

KY

IL

NY

IL

IL

IL

NY

IN

IL

IL

NY

Germany

VT

OH

KY

OH

IL

IL

ME

KY

KY

IL

MD

MO

IL

PA

KY

KY
MONTH of
DEATH

Aug

Apr

Jan

Mar

Dec

June

Apr

Feb

May

Nov

Sep

Feb

Jan

Apr

Jan

July

Aug

May

Sep

Sep

Oct

Nov

Oct

Apr

Apr

June

Aug

Mar

Aug

June

Aug

Nov

May

Dec

Dec
OCCUPATION


 

 

farmer

 

farmer

carpenter

 

farmer

 

laborer

 

 

 

farmer

 

 

 

 

mason

drover

carpenter

 

 

 

 

blacksmith

 

laborer

 

carpenter

 

 

 

laborer

laborer
CAUSE of DEATH


Croup

Billous fever

Lung fever

Lung fever

Lung fever

Palsy

Lung fever

St Anth Dance

Croup

Consumption

Croup

Croup

Croup

Lost on board the
SB Anthony Wayne

Dropsy

Cholrea

Convulsions

Congestive fever

Billious fever

Smallpox

Smallpox

Cong fever

Croup

Croup

Croup

Cholrea

Flux

Winter fever

Scarlet fever

Cholrea

Cholrea

Quinsey

Lung fever

Lung fever

Lung fever

# of dys.
ILL

2 dys.

2 mos.

6 wks.

4 mos.

2 mos.

5 mos.

10 dys.

chronic

1 dy.

C.

1 dy.

1 dy.

1 dy.

 

12 dys.

5 dys.

11 dys.

10 dys.

6 dys.

11 dys.

6 dys.

3 dys.

2 dys.

1 dy.

1 dy.

1 dy.

2 mos.

12 dys.

21 dys.

1 dy.

1 dy.

2 dys.

14 dys.

5 dys.

5 dys.

 

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Page 322

Column 4 - MARRIED or WIDOWED
NAME

James M Hamilton

Zilpha Bentley

Margaret E Gray

William Mondy or Moudy

Levi Mondy or Moudy

John Gorsell

Margaret Gorsell

Mathias E Davison

Harriet Payne

Sarah J Payne

Thomas Payne

Alexander Payne

Christiana Done

John Arun or Arnn

Patrick Doyle

Caroline Fult

Charles J Carter

Emeline Carter

William H Dudman

Levelett Sachman

Hiram A Scott

William Lines

Jane Morgan

Charles O Weston

James Jackson

Margaret Howard

Aurelia Brennaman

George Beasants

Ruth E Slater

Daniel D Lewis

Frances E Lewis

Rosetta Knott

Cordelia Culberson

Julia A Boide

Charles Blake

AGE


21 ?

16

7/12

26

2

17

1

3

19

2/12

2/12

2/12

9/12

3

27

5

31

30

9/12

1/12

19

5

69

1

18

1

1/12

69

60

11

2/12

1

1

6

1
SEX


M

F

F

M

M

M

F

M

F

F

M

M

F

M

M

F

M

F

M

M

M

M

F

M

M

F

F

M

F

M

F

F

F

F

M
M or W


M

S

 

M

 

S

 

 

M

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

M

M

 

 

 

 

W

 

S

 

 

W

 

M

 

 

 

 

 

PLACE of
BIRTH

IL

KY

IL

OH

IA

Ireland

IL

IL

OH

IL

IL

IL

IL

MO

OH

Germany

VA

NC

IN

IL

Canada

IL

PA

IL

IN

MO

IL

Germany

MA

MO

IL

IL

IL

IL

IL
MONTH of
DEATH

Mar

Dec

Aug

May

May

Aug

June

May

June

July

Aug

Dec

July

Apr

Nov

Sep

Sep

Sep

Aug

Apr

Apr

Jan

Dec

Feb

Feb

Oct

Feb

Mar

Sep

Oct

May

Dec

Mar

Mar

Apr

OCCUPATION


farmer

 

 

laborer

 

farmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

farmer

 

farmer

 

 

 

laborer

 

 

 

laborer

 

 

blacksmith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAUSE of DEATH


Lung fever

Lung fever

Congestive fever

Cholrea

Cholrea

Drowned

Fits

Congestive fever

Childbirth

Weakness

Weakness

Croup

Summer complaint

Croup

Encepalus

Cholrea

Billious fever

Billious fever

Flux

Lung fever

Consumption

Head dropsy

Cancer

Lung fever

Congestive chills

Congestive chills

Fever

Apoplexy

Dropsey

Fever

Summer complaint

Canker

Croup

Croup

Brain fever

# of dys.
ILL

21 dys.

2 dys.

28 dys.

1 dy.

1 dy.

 

3 dys.

20 dys.

1 mo.

1 mo.

1 mo.

1 dy.

1 dy.

3 dys.

6 dys.

2 dys.

10 dys.

10 dys.

4 dys.

4 dys.

3 mos.

20 dys.

61 dys.

31 dys.

5 dys.

25 dys.

15 dys.

sudden

3 dys.

5 dys.

2 dys.

10 dys.

4 dys.

4 dys.

2 dys.

*There were also columns for Colour and Free or Slave.  There was one Black person, designated above by [Black] following her name, on page 315.  There were no slaves reported on this schedule, so that column has also been omitted.

There are a number of spelling errors in the Cause of Death descriptions (reproduced above as best we can determine), a negligible fault.  Wesley Williams faithfully wrote with a strong hand making his several hundred pages much easier to read than many other enumerators.

For the sake of brevity, state names or abbreviations have been replaced with the present-day, two-character postal code abbreviations.

 

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