Census: 1850: Cholera Deaths: Allegheny Co, PA Copy contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lawrence Sullivan. sullivan@scrtc.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ ALLEGHENY COUNTY CHOLERA DEATHS IN 1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE 218 residents of Allegheny County, PA, were identified in the 1850 Census Mortality Schedule as having died of cholera in the previous 12 months (1 June 1849 - 31 May 1850). The great bulk of the deaths occurred in July and August 1849. NOTE: NOL in the extracted list below means No Occupation Listed.) The exact toll was probably much higher. Many deaths were missed, and some undoubtedly were attributed to other causes. Even physicians disagreed on diagnoses of various forms of cholera, and the disease's stigma often caused family members to attribute the deaths to dysentery, diarrhea, bowel disorder, inflamed bowel, inflammation, fever, or even "unknown causes." The complete list: ABBY, Pierley, 41, NOL, Aug 1849 ADAMS, Robert, 66, laborer, Jul 1849 ADKINSON, Martha, 23, NOL, Aug 1849 AGNEW, David, 24, confectioner, Jul 1849 ALGEO, Eliza, 1, Jul 1849 ALGEO, Westley, 1, Jul 1849 ALLENDER, Joseph, 64, NOL, Jun 1849 ANDERSON, Arch L., 2, Mar 1850 ANDERSON, John, 4, Mar 1850 BANER, William, 6 months, Jul 1849 BARE, Thomas, 39, NOL, Aug 1849 BARRET, Henry, 37, laborer, Aug 1849 BARTON, James M., 3 months, Aug 1849 BAUMGARDNER, Jos., 63, farmer, Apr 1850 BAWLDIN, John, 3, Aug 1849 BEAMER, Henry, 8, Aug 1849 BEARDSLEY, Isaac, 16, coal miner, Aug 1849 BEARDSLY, Ann, 36, NOL, Aug 1849 BEARS, Joseph, 24, laborer, Aug 1849 BEER, Andrew, 19, engraver, Jul 1849 BELL, Augustus F., 4, Aug 1849 BLEEK, Ann, 27, NOL, Aug 1849 BOYER, Nancy, 11, Aug 1849 BREKAMIER, John H., 59, laborer, Jun 1849 BROOKS, John, 40, boatman, Jun 1849 BUCHTER, Nicholas, 3, Aug 1849 BULFORD, Joseph, 24, student, Jul 1849 BURRELL, Catherine, 33, NOL, Aug 1849 BURRELL, Lewis, 34, waiter, Aug 1849 CAIN, Thomas, 48, wagon maker, Aug 1849 CALHOUN, Elizabeth, 69, NOL, Aug 1849 CALL, Nicholas, 15, glass blower, Aug 1849 CAMPBELL, Builly, 48. Laborer, Jul 1849 CAPPLER, Francis, 31, NOL, Aug 1849 CARNAHAN, James, 43, NOL, Aug 1849 CLAREY, Jane, 2, Jul 1849 CONNELLY, Arthur, 5 months, Sep 1849 CONNELLY, Hannah, 36, NOL, Aug 1849 CONNELL, Rachel, 14, Jul 1849 CONNOR, William, 2 months, Aug 1849 COPPER Samuel, 36, blacksmith, May 1850 COULTER, Jonathan, 19, teacher, Aug 1849 COWAN, Samuel, 39, NOL, Nov 1849 COWEL, Ignatius, 2 months, Jun 1849 CRAIG, Mary, 1month, Nov 1849 CROUSE, Catherine, 22, NOL, Apr 1850 DANIELS, Mathew, 10, Sep 1849 DAVIS, Alice, 64, NOL, Aug 1849 DAVIS, Edward, 27, NOL, Aug 1849 DAVIS, Job, 23, NOL, Aug 1849 DAVIS, John, 36, NOL, Aug 1849 DAVIS, Morris, 60, NOL, Aug 1849 DAVIS, Susanna, 24, NOL, Jun 1849 DICKSON, Isaac, 18, laborer, Aug 1849 DOCKINS, Charles, 47, NOL, May DRIVER, Barbery, 65, NOL, Aug 1849 DURKIN, Ellen, 5, Jul 1849 EMMET, Peter, 44, teacher, Aug 1849 ESSANS, Bennett, 43, laborer, Aug 1849 ESSING, Catherine, 13, laborer, Aug 1849 ESSING, Horod, 16, laborer, Aug 1849 EVENS, David, 32, shoemaker, Sep 1849 EWING Olivar P., 5, Jun 1849 FADER, Nicholas, 49, laborer, Aug 1849 FANAN, Ann, 6, Jul 1849 FARRELL, Michael, 50, NOL, Aug 1849 FEGGER, William, 1, Aug 1849 FELTMAN, Henry, 44, Sep 1849 FINNICLO, John, 32, NOL, Jun 1849 FISHER, Philip, 4, Aug 1849 FISHER, Sophia, 64, laborer, Aug 1849 FITZGIBBON, Philip, 48, laborer, Jul 1849 FLEMING, Ephraim, 21, porter, Jul 1849 FOLEY, Martha, 38, NOL, Sep 1849 FOUST, Harvey, 3[?], merchant, Jun 1849 FREAS, Catherine, 28, NOL, Sep 1849 GAPE, Sophronia, 58, NOL, Sep 1849 GELSINGER, Remiga, 22, farmer, May GEROUPH, Peter, 6, Dec 1849 GILLESPIE, James, 30, Oct 1849 GLASS, Mary, 26, NOL, Jun 1849 GLASS, Mary, 7, Jul 1849 GREENER, Christena, 4, Aug 1849 GREENER, Mary, 1, Aug 1849 GRIBBEN, Sabina, 28, NOL, Jul 1849 GRIEST, Job, 23, manufacturer, Aug 1849 HALSTEAD, Eliza, 38, NOL, Aug 1849 HANCOCK, Benjamin, 11 months, Jul 1849 HANSON, Hannah, 43, NOL, Jul 1849 HARKER, John, 34, laborer, Jul 1849 HARRISON, Margaret, 30, NOL, Oct 1849 HART, Bernan, 50, laborer, Jul 1849 HENDERSON, Jas., 53, bank clerk, Jul 1849 HENRY, John, 12, Aug 1849 HERD, Isabella, 3, Aug 1849 HINES, Barney, 25, laborer, Aug 1849 HITRING, Henry, 5, Aug 1849 HOFFMAN, Frederick, 40, NOL, Jul 1849 HONEYWELL, Benjamin, 45, farmer, Jun 1849 HUGHS, Robert, 47, coal miner, Aug 1849 IRWIN, Adam, 42, shoemaker, Aug 1849 IRWIN, Ferdanan, 3, Aug 1849 JAVINS, Sarah, 18, NOL, Sep 1849 JOHNSTON, Harriet, 39, NOL, Oct 1849 JOLLY, John, 26, boatman, Jun 1849 JONES, Mary A., 15, Sep 1849 KEATH, Bearnard, 35, cart man, Aug 1849 KEENAN, Lawrence, 45, laborer, Aug 1849 KENNEDY, Nicholas, 24, farmer, Jun 1849 KIMBLE, Eliza, 58, NOL, Dec 1849 KINDERBOARD, Mikael, 60, NOL, Aug 1849 KIRK, Sarah, 70, NOL, Jul 1849 KLINEFELTER, Jesse, 36, ship capt, Jun 1849 KNOX, David, 9, Jun 1849 KOSS, Elizabeth, 24, NOL, Jun 1849 KROUSE, George, 3, Aug 1849 LANG, Augustus, 23, smith, Aug 1849 LANG, Nicholas, 60, dyer/fuller, Aug 1849 LATIMER, James, 36, laborer, Jun 1849 LAUGHLIN, Andrew, 24, laborer, Aug 1849 LAYTON, Mary Ann, 9 months, Aug 1849 LEECH, Malcolm, 4 months, Jul 1849 LINK, Mikael, 19, laborer, Aug 1849 LOWERY, Charles T., 11, Aug 1849 LOWERY, John, 47, sailor/navy, Aug 1849 LOWERY, Lewis, 9, Aug 1849 LOWRY, John, 30, farmer, Aug 1849 LUTHER, Sarah, 3, Aug 1849 LYNCH, Barney, 30, NOL, Aug 1849 LYNCH, James, 3, Aug 1849 LYSE, Elisabeth, 21, glass blower, Jun 1849 LYSLE, George, 1, Jun 1849 MADOCKS, William, 10, Aug 1849 MANGOE, Margarett, 30, NOL, Sep 1849 McBRIDE, John, 17, NOL, Jul 1849 McGEE, Lewis, 38, NOL, Aug 1849 McKEE, Sarah, 66, NOL, Jul 1849 McKENNA, Patrick, 21, laborer, Aug 1849 McLANE, Patrick, 22, NOL, Aug 1849 McLOURY, William, 24, iron maker, Oct 1849 McMULLEN, James, 25, laborer, Aug 1849 McQUESTON, James, 6, Aug 1849 MILLER, Francis, 30, cabinetmaker, Aug 1849 MOODY, George, 48, iron maker, Aug 1849 MOSSICK, Melisa, 17, NOL, Aug 1849 MOSSICK, Wm., 43, windmill mkr, Aug 1849 MULLEN, Thomas, 35, laborer, Oct 1849 NEELONS, George, 53, carpenter, Aug 1849 NEWELL, Hugh, 2, Jul 1849 NICOLOUSE, Catherine, 40, NOL, Oct 1849 O'BRIEN, Thomas, 3, Jul 1849 O'LEARY, Mary, 50, NOL, Jul 1849 ONSBURGH, Conrad, 20, NOL, Aug 1849 ONSBURGH, Henry, 38, NOL, Aug 1849 PARKER, Nancy, 28, NOL, Sep 1849 PARKER, Prudence, 33, NOL, Sep 1849 PARKHURST, Robert, 29, machinist, Aug PATTERSON, Jas., 60, laborer, Nov 1849 PEALE, George, 44, porter, Jun 1849 PERINS, Mary, 3, Sep 1849 PETERS, Cortney, 45, NOL, Jul 1849 PIERCE, Eliza, 5, Jul 1849 POLLOCK, William, 46, NOL, Jul 1849 PROCTOR, Walter, 30, barber, Jul 1849 PROSSIER, Margaret, 25, NOL, Aug 1849 PUKSLER, John, 11, Aug 1849 RANK, Frederick, 40, glass blower, Aug 1849 REEMER, Sarah, 22, NOL, Jul 1849 REYDONAS, Catherine, 29, NOL, Aug 1849 RIBETY, Macks, 36, farmer, Jul 1849 RILEY, John, 27, NOL, Aug 1849 RODGERS, Charles, 35, laborer, Jun 1849 ROGERS, Charles, 35, pilot, Jul 1849 ROLLOUOR, Mary E., 2, Aug 1849 SARCLIFF, John, 51, NOL, Jan 1850 SCOFIELD, Ann, 70, NOL, Aug 1849 SEAMAN, Augustus, 10, Aug 1849 SEAMAN, Henry, 31, wagoner, Aug 1849 SHANEHAN, Mary, 53, NOL, Aug 1849 SHOEMAN, David, 51, shoemaker, Aug 1849 SHOEMAN, William, 13, Sep 1849 SHOPENE, Jacob, 55, farmer, Aug 1849 SHREDDS, Wm., 40, factory worker, Aug 1849 SILLICK, George, 6, Jul 1849 SMITH, Anthony, 38, glass blower, Jul 1849 SMITH, Henry, 35, NOL, Aug 1849 SNYDER, Henry, 2, Aug 1849 SNYDER, Henry, 42, laborer, Aug 1849 STEPHENS A. M., 94, NOL, Aug 1849 STIMPLE, Zach, 1, Jan 1850 SUTTON, Eliza J., 4, Jul 1849 SWOOP, John, 46, laborer, Aug 1849 TAYLOR, Joseph, 6 months, Aug 1849 TOWNS, Ruben, 34, NOL, Jul 1849 TURNER, Jesse, 45, waiter, Jan 1850 TYLER, Susan, 36, NOL, Sep 1849 VERNER, James, 75, brewer, Jul 1849 WALKER, Augustus, 39, laborer, Oct 1849 WALLACE, David, 27, saloon keep, Jun 1849 WALLACE, William, 52, NOL, Sep 1849 WASEGMIRA, Louisa, 6 months, Jul 1849 WEAVER, Adam, 52, laborer, Aug 1849 WENTZELL, Ann E., 11, Aug 1849 WHERR, Charles, 30, shoemaker, Aug 1849 WHITE, Fredrick, 31, laborer, Aug 1849 WHITE, John, 30, pilot on river, Apr 1850 WHITTEN, Sarah, 9 days, Apr 1850 WIER, Samuel, 63, clergyman, Jan 1850 WILKINSON, Ann, 65, NOL, Jul 1849 WILLS, Eliza, 34, NOL, Jun 1849 WILSON, John, 40, NOL, Jul 1849 WILLS, William, 53, teamster, Mar 1850 WINDERGER, John, 42, NOL, Aug 1849 WISE, William, 28, merchant, Jun 1849 WOODS, Catherine, 45, NOL, Aug 1849 WRIGHT, William, 29, laborer, Aug 1849 YOUNG, John, 11, Aug 1849 YOUNG, Margaret, 30, NOL, Aug 1849