1850 CARROLL COUNTY MORTALITY SCHEDULE

 

NOTE:  Reported deaths occurred from June 1, 1849 to May 31, 1850.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

 

 

Name

Age

Sex

Month of Death

State of Birth

Occupation

Cause of Death

E. B. ADAMS

28

M

FEB

SC

Farmer

Accident

ADLEY ALEXANDER

85

M

SEP

NC

Farmer

Old age

AMANDA A. BERRY

7

F

JUN

TN

 

Congestive Fever*

DANIEL M. BIBB

8M

M

JUL

TN

 

Dropsy*

NEELY T. BIBB

8

M

MAR

TN

 

Pneumonia

MARY S. BLOW

11M

F

DEC

TN

 

Inflamed Stomach

G. W. F. BOSWELL

28

M

JUN

NC

Physician, doctor, surgeon

Typhoid Fever

SAMUEL BOWEN

10

M

AUG

NC

 

Typhoid Fever

NANCY M. BOYD

23

F

NOV

TN

 

Child Birth

ROBERT BRADFORD

51

M

DEC

SC

Farmer

Inflamed Lungs

JOHN C. BRADY

10

M

JAN

TN

 

Diarrhea

JAMES BROWN

38

M

OCT

NC

Farmer

Pneumonia

ROSANNAH J. BRYANT

4

F

SEP

TN

 

Scarlet Fever

RYCHARD BYRN

76

M

APR

VA

Farmer

Old age

FRANCES A. CANNON

5M

F

JUL

TN

 

Croup*

MARY E. CARLTON

6M

F

JUN

TN

 

Diarrhea

JAMES A. CARVER

8

M

APR

TN

 

Scarlet Fever

JAMES CARVER

54

M

JAN

SC

Farmer

Milk Sick*

THOMAS CLARK

14

M

FEB

TN

 

Nerve Disease

HANNAH S. COLE

2

F

NOV

TN

 

Scarlet Fever

SUSAN E. COLWELL

10

F

NOV

TN

 

Scarlet Fever

TREACY EASON

 

F

JUL

NC

 

Bilious Fever*

MARTHA FALKNER

14

F

MAR

TN

 

Consumption*

LYDIA FORREST

57

F

OCT

NC

 

Unknown

MARY C. GILES

20

F

SEP

TN

 

Inflamed Brain

ROBERT M. GREZZARD

4

M

MAY

TN

 

Scarlet Fever

ROBERT GRIFFIN

45

M

AUG

SC

 

Cholera

CLORINA GUILLIN

33

F

DEC

VA

 

Consumption*

JOHN R. HALL

78

M

DEC

VA

Farmer

Old Age

WILLIAM P. HAMPTON

10

M

JAN

TN

 

Typhoid Fever

JOHN W. HANNAH

23

M

MAR

AL

Farmer

Diarrhea

BENJAMIN HARRELL

13M

M

MAR

TN

 

Inflamed Stomach

THOMAS HARRELL

26

M

MAR

NC

Farmer

Dropsy*

JOHN HARVEY

66

M

APR

VA

Farmer

Unknown

S. B. HOLLADAY

5

M

JAN

TN

 

Diarrhea

AUGUSTUS P. HOLMES

4

M

JUN

TN

 

Bronchitis

DAVID S. HOLMES

2

M

JUN

TN

 

Bronchitis

ELISABETH G. HOWARD

15

F

OCT

AR

 

Bronchitis

R. A. F. HUFFMAN

18

F

JUL

NC

 

Scarlet Fever

DAVID HURT

10M

M

SEP

TN

 

Gravel*

DAVID W. JACKSON

7M

M

APR

TN

 

Unknown

MARY B. JONES

6M

F

AUG

TN

 

Diarrhea

JANJALINE JORDAN

25

F

SEP

TN

 

Consumption*

JAMES W. KELLEY

52

M

JUL

SC

Farmer

Consumption*

JOSEP D. LEECH

2

M

JUL

TN

 

Croup*

DAVID MARSHALL

42

M

SEP

TN

Farmer

Intemperance

JACOB MARTIN

41

M

AUG

TN

Farmer

Unknown

FRANCES E. MCADOO

6

F

AUG

TN

 

Pneumonia

YOUNG T. MCLEMORE

16M

M

NOV

TN

 

Croup*

JAMES MONROE

24

M

JUN

VA

Farmer

Pleurisy

NANCY MOORE

6M

F

NOV

TN

 

Accident

JOHN W. PARKER

16

M

SEP

TN

Farmer

Colic*

SARAH PARKER

10

F

JUL

TN

 

Typhoid Fever

ELIZABETH PEOPLES

18M

F

JUL

TN

 

Pneumonia

WILLIAM PHILIPS

51

M

AUG

TN

Farmer

Intemperance

AVERSON PINSON

15

M

JAN

TN

 

Typhoid Fever

THOMAS PINSON

50

F

MAR

VA

Farmer

Typhoid Fever

JOHN PUTMAN

29

M

MAY

SC

Farmer

Unknown

EUIN RANDLE

32

M

MAR

TN

Farmer

Consumption*

JULIA A. REDIN

6

F

APR

TN

 

Scarlet Fever

NANCY ROACH

11M

F

JUN

TN

 

Cholera

WILLIAM H. SCOTT

10

M

FEB

TN

 

Accident

JORDAN SHUFFLE

33

M

JUL

KY

Farmer

Measles

JOHN W. SMITH

16M

M

JAN

TN

 

Diarrhea

LEWIS C. SMITH

8M

M

JUN

TN

 

Scarlet Fever

THOMAS SPRINGER

23

M

NOV

TN

Farmer

Cholera

ELIZA W. STALON

40

F

JAN

VA

 

Pneumonia

JOHN STEWART

34

M

APR

TN

Blacksmith

Dropsy*

ARNOLD THOMASON

76

M

JUL

NC

Farmer

Dropsy*

EZEKIEL THOMAS

57

M

JAN

NC

Farmer

Intemperance

BENJAMIN F. TOSH

11M

M

SEP

TN

 

Thrush

MARY A. TRAYWICK

22

F

JAN

TN

 

Pneumonia

MARY TRAYWICK

21

F

JAN

TN

 

Consumption*

MARY J. WEATHERS

27

F

FEB

VA

 

Child Birth

ELIZABETH WHITESIDES

58

F

APR

KY

 

Pneumonia

LAVINA WRAY

3

F

APR

TN

 

Scarlet Fever

 

 

BILIOUS FEVER - Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or high temperature and bile emesis.

COLIC - An abdomindal pain and cramping

CONGESTIVE CHILLS - Malaria or malaria with diarrhea

CONSUMPTION - Tuberculosis

CROUP - Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat.

DROPSY - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease.

GRAVEL - Kidney stones

MILK FEVER - Short lived fever which sometimes accompanies lactation.

MILK SICK(NESS) - Poisoning resulting from the drinking of milk produced by a cow who had eaten a plant known as white snake root (USA)