1885 Mortality Schedule, Leon County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gail Vickrey, sgvick@ksinc.net USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** 1885 MORTALITY SCHEDULE FOR LEON COUNTY Key: [X = blank] 1 Number of the family on 1885 census schedule 2 Name of the person deceased 3 Age at last birthday 4 Sex: Male (m), Female (f) 5 Color: White (w), Black (b), Mulatto (m), Chinese (ch), Indian (I) 6* Single (s), Married (m), Widowed (w), Divorced (d) 7 Place of birth of this person - Father's place of birth - Mother's place of birth 8* Profession, occupation or trade (not to be asked if under 10 years of age) 9* Month in which the person died 10 Disease or cause of death 11* Length of time that this person lived in this county (* Columns #6, #8, #9, #11 were omitted to fit on this page. See Leon Co GenWeb page for full table.) Enumeration District 12 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 12 Fanny Stewart 24 f b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 53 John Wesley Dorsey 4mo m b FL-FL-FL brain disease 53 Starling Dorsey 2 m b FL-FL-FL brain disease 67 Baby Hendon 2 m b FL-FL-FL X 80 Robert Evans 37 m m FL-GA-GA typhoid malarial fever 96 Ephraim Cooper 47 m b FL-NC-NC pneumonia 102 George Turner 3 m b FL-FL-FL debility * 106 Edmond Robertson 44 m b FL-VA-VA lung disease 121 James D. Pepper 37 m w GA-GA-GA pneumonia 116 Child 1day m b FL -X-FL debility 148 Lydia G. Smith 63 f m FL-X-SC abscess of stomach 148 Noah H. Smith 41 m b FL-MD-VA pneumonia 149 George H. Jones 24 m b FL-NC-NC crushed to death 150 Selim Jackson 6mo m b FL-FL-GA brain fever 173 A.P. Demilt 53 m w NY-NY-NY bowel disease 178 Dalceida Bull 83 f w Fr-Fr-Fr Decay 179 R. A. Whitfield Jr. 25 m w NC-NC-AL pneumonia 182 Hannah Campbell 70 f b GA-GA-GA paralytic stroke 185 Alice Christmas 17 f m NC-NC-NC hemmorrhage 205 John H. Shine 27 m w FL-FL-FL dysentery 225 Rachel Williams 24 f b NC-NC-NC childbirth 229 J. Pratorius 69 m w Ge-Ge-Ge chronic asthma Enumeration District 13 23 Laura Williams 24 f w GA-GA-GA typhoid pneumonia 26 Delphi Nix 2 f b FL-FL-FL poisoned 26 Barney Nix 8mo m b FL-FL-FL poisoned 28 L. E. Barrs 26 f w FL-NY-FL congestive pneumonia 28 John A. Barrs 15 m w FL-GA-FL complication of diseases 28 Arthur Barrs 1 m w FL-GA-FL complication of diseases 44 Mary Jones 73 f b GA-GA-GA decay 50 Wm. Henry Hawkins 29 m b FL-NC-KY drowned 64 Isaac Stafford 35 m b AL-AL-AL dropsy 72 Richard Hill 35 m b FL-VA-VA pneumonia 76 A. L. Randolph 36 m w FL-NC-NC consumption 77 M. Kwilecki 32 m w Ge-Ge-Ge brain fever 113 Andrew Fairbanks 35 m w FL-ME-FL meningitis & paralysis 120 Alex Gallic 1 m w GA-TN-FL membranous croup 153 W.P. Byrd 26 m w FL-FL-NC malarial hemog. fever 153 Baby 1day m w FL-FL-FL X 163 Alex Moore 33 m b FL-VA-VA X 165 Homer Bryant 70 m b NC-NC-NC pneumonia 184 Henry Cook 11mo m w FL-FL-FL inflammation of bowels 188 Clifford Wilson 7mo m w FL-FL-FL X 204 Amanda Cricklow 47 f w FL-TN-SC consumption 213 Hattie Oliver 43 f b FL-NC-NC ulceration of stomach 244 Josephine Giles 7mo f b FL-FL-FL chronic diarrhea 252 Billie Willis 25 f m FL-FL-FL X 254 Priscilla Williams 45 f b GA-GA-GA decay 269 Robert Williams 3day m m FL-FL-FL X 285 Henry Jackson 23 m b AL-NC-NC crushed to death 289 Abbie Randall 68 f b NC-NC-NC decay 307 Julia Dent 25 f m FL-SC-FL typhoid malarial fever 313 Adeline Knight 55 f b FL-SC-NC dropsy of the heart 323 Clarissa Harrison 3 f b FL-FL-FL kidney disease 336 Mack Woodward 2 m b FL-FL-FL congestion of brain 338 Elizabeth Bryant 1 f b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 341 Jesse Hopkins 3mo m b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 6 Mathew Adams 14 m b FL-FL-FL don't know 16 Elizabeth Stubbs 49 f b FL don't know 19 Elizabeth Sheffer 63 f m FL pneumonia 51 John Verson 29 m b FL don't know 52 J.L. Boatwright 50 m w FL pneumonia 52 Mary Boatwright 45 f w FL pneumonia 54 Charity Wilson 2 f b FL-FL-FL worms 107 Martha Adams 19 f w FL-GA-GA childbirth 92 Nancy C. Gibbons 5 f w FL-GA-FL brain fever 119 John Chandler 1 m b FL-GA-FL diphtheria 142 Angus H. Kelly 3 m w FL-FL-FL billious fever 142 Lillian Kelley 1 f w FL-FL-FL cholera infection 151 Misouri Brainleft 17 f w FL-FL-FL dropsy 215 Douglass Chairs 2 m w FL-FL-GA congestion 227 Mariah Lindsey 35 f b FL-VA-FL dropsy 235 David Williams 7 m b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 242 Louisa Johnson 1 f b FL-FL-FL congestion of bowels 2766 Mini Decorcie 68 f w Fr-Fr-Fr pneumonia 2746 H.C. Levy 44 m w FL-NC-FL pneumonia 108 Green Chairs 69 m w GA-GA-GA urinary infection 1822 Goodie E. Mitchell 21 f w GA-FL-GA malerial blood poison 2726 R. L. Hale 48 m w FL-NC-NC dropsy 2728 Celeste Fleming 23 f w FL-SC-SC pneumonia 2656 Green D. Hopkins 50 m w FL-GA-GA pneumonia 1476 W. F. Robertson 72 m w VA-VA-VA pneumonia 1640 John A. Craig 48 m w MD-MD-MD pneumonia 449 Abram Holloway 65 m b NC-NC-NC general debility 470 Allice Holloway 19 f m FL-NC-FL pneumonia 474 Robert Leon 45 m b NC-NC-NC pneumonia 470 Rebecca Crawley 11 f b FL-FL-FL convulsions 497 Daniel Thompson 7mo m b FL-FL-FL convulsions 505 Nazareth Burgess 1 m b FL-FL-FL convulsions 521 Frank Williams 60 m b SC-SC-SC dropsy of the heart 514 Ann Hammond 3mo f b FL-FL-FL whooping cough 546 Malinda Stewart 3mo f b FL-FL-FL don't know 555 Hessee Fulsum 30 f b FL childbirth 564 Infant Burny 2mo f b FL-FL-FL whooping cough 565 Daniel Humphers 2 m b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 569 Victoria Cofield 3 f b FL-FL-FL drowned in a well 570 James Dantzler 2mo m b FL-FL-FL whooping cough 653 W. T. Stringer 46 m w GA-GA-GA pneumonia 654 Susanna Yeoman 50 f b FL-FL-FL asthma X W. T. Horger 40 m w FL-FL-FL congestion of the brain 692 Patrick Smith 82 m w GA-GA-GA internal injury by fall 724 Lewis Jackson 18 m b FL-FL-FL congestion 723 Austin Thompson 63 m b AL-AL-AL congestion of the brain 723 Irena Thompson 60 f b AL-AL-AL heart disease 816 John Ruffin 50 m b NC-NC-NC syphelus 810 Any Rhodes 38 f b SC-SC-SC syphelitic fever 808 Wilson Frierson 44 m b AL-AL-AL effects of broken leg 859 Allice Beatie 25 f b FL-FL-FL hemmorrhage 884 Ola Bell Hutto 4 f w FL-FL-FL congestion of the brain 920 Jesse O'Neal 1 m b FL-FL-FL congestive fever 956 Christine Not Named 1mo f w FL-FL-FL cholera infantuus 986 Eve Jones 105 f b NC-NC-NC affection of the heart 1032 Amanda Norman 24 f b FL-FL-FL childbirth 1159 Charity Switzer 65 f b NC-NC-NC throat disease 1170 James Gipson 27 m b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 1173 Mary Aldrich 17 f b FL-FL-FL hemmorrhage 1184 Margaret Banks 4 f b FL-FL-FL dropsy 1231 Clara Barney 43 f b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 1241 Lucien Turner 4mo m b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 1251 Edward Spencer 4 m b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 1256 Eliza Williams 68 f b VA-VA-VA congestion of the brain 1402 Martha Hurst 16 f b FL-FL-FL pneumonia 1423 Pearl Hogan 1 f b FL-FL-FL dropsy 1430 James Duhart 87 m b VA-VA-VA disentery X Celia Holms 39 f b FL-FL-FL dropped dead 2189 Julia A. Footman 26 f w SC-SC-SC malerial fever 2189 Nettie B. Footman 1day f w FL-FL-FL cholera infantuus 1822 Richard H. Mitchell 2 m w FL-FL-FL congestion X Ann Hunter 43 f b FL-FL-FL congestive fever [Notes at end of schedule] Of the deaths reported above, the following occurred in this enumeration district, but the families to which the deceased belonged, resided June 1, 1885, out of enumeration district as follows: #1 Sanford, Orange Co, FL #8 Gadsden #20 Orlando, Orange Co #12 Bainbridge, Decatur Co, GA #8 Jacksonville, Deval Co, FL #9 Bull Pl, Leon, FL #13 Birmingham, AL #14 Thomasville, Thomas Co, GA #27 Lake City, Columbia, FL #34 Madison, Madison Co * #102 spasms #106 suffocation #148 Primary - ovarian dropsy, Immediate - prostration #178 Primary - pneumonia, Immediate - suffocation #179 prostration #185 prostration #229 chronic bronchitis disability