CRAWFORD CO., WISCONSIN 1870 MORTALITY SCHEDULE ****************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************************** Copyright 2002, David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net Source: 1870 Census, Schedule 3 Series 1677, Roll P97-3259 Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State St, Madison, WI 53706 The 1870 Mortality Schedule contained twelve columns of data. Column 1: Family # given in the 2nd column of the Population Schedule Column 2: Name of every person who died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870. Column 3: Age at time of death Column 4: Sex Column 5: Color (White, Black, or Mulatto) Column 6: Married or Widowed Column 7: Place of Birth Column 8: Father of Foreign Birth Column 9: Mother of Foreign Birth Column 10: Month Died (June 1869 - May 1870) Column 11: Profession, Occupation, or Trade Column 12: Disease, or Cause of Death The Color columns are generally blank throughout, and have been excluded from this transcript. To make review of these records easier for the researcher, I have added town/township and page columns and sorted the individuals by last name. This is a WIDE file so be sure to scroll to the right to view all information. Additional information is found at the end of this transcript. ========================================================================================================================================================================= Fam # Last Name First Name Age Sex Mar/Wid Place of Birth F. Fath F. Moth Month Died Occupation Cause Town/Township Page ========================================================================================================================================================================= 172 Abbot Jambe 70 M England December Solder Old Age Eastman 90 52 Anderson Henry 60 M M Norway January Farmer Gravel Freeman 91 52 Anderson Catherine 50 F M Norway February Keeping House Heart Disease Freeman 91 4 Barr Mary Ann 2 F Wisconsin June Poisoned Prairie du Chien 93 138 Bond Simon 39 M M Pennsylvania January Laborer Lung Fever Wauzeka 96 215 Brackway Cora 3 F Wisconsin January Lung Fever Utica 95 270 Bridges Grace A. 7 F Illinois January Whooping Cough Prairie du Chien 93 5 Brown John H. 28 M M Ohio May Farmer Typhoid Fever Union 92 103 Carlin Margaret 35 F M Ireland x x September House Keeping Child Birth Scott 92 87 Carney Michael 21 M Ireland x x November Blacksmith Chronic Rheumatism Seneca 94 94 Cloke? Mary 18 F Wisconsin October At Home Typhoid Fever Freeman 91 11 Cokely Stephen 3 M Wisconsin x x November Unknown Haney 92 4 Cole Ellen 36 F M Ireland x x September House Keeper Disease of the Heart Prairie du Chien 93 24 Coleman Florence 1/12 F Wisconsin May Whooping Cough Haney 92 672 Conant Ellen E. 31 F M Ohio July House Keeping Consumption Prairie du Chien 93 123 Couey Joseph 1 M Wisconsin February Disease Of Lung Scott 92 NN Curley James 35 M M Ireland August Farmer Congestion of Lungs Utica 95 1 Degnan John 5 M Wisconsin x x March Whooping Cough Eastman 90 103 Dunn John 4 M Wisconsin x x October At School Dysentery Eastman 90 20 Eibert Clara 2/12 F Wisconsin x April Whooping Cough Freeman 91 29 Ferrick Miles 46 M M Ireland x x March Farmer Disease Of Lung Marietta 92 255 Foley Vincent 5 M Wisconsin x x December Measles Prairie du Chien 93 255 Foley Francis 3 M Wisconsin x x December Measles Prairie du Chien 93 11 Frantche Mary 6 F Wisconsin x x June Worms Wauzeka 96 147 Frier Joseph 10/12 M Wisconsin x x April Whooping Cough Wauzeka 96 58 Garrity Martin 50 M M Ireland x x October Farmer Consumption Clayton 92 34 Gibbs Walden 7 M Wisconsin May Typhoid Fever Haney 92 181 Granard Dora 8 M Iowa x x June At School Consumption Eastman 90 113 Gregerson? Anna 4 F Wisconsin May Lung Fever Wauzeka 96 547 Hagene Henry 24 M M Bavaria January Shoemaker Consumption Prairie du Chien 93 153 Halsay Lucy 5/12 F Iowa March Lung Fever Prairie du Chien 93 16 Hamerly Barbara 14 F Wisconsin x x February At School Inflammation of Brain Utica 95 ??3 Hansen Elizabeth 3 F Wisconsin August Phthisis Pulmonalis? Freeman 91 182 Hanson Christena 7 F Wisconsin x x October Disease Of Lung Clayton 92 33 Harrison Edda 4/12 M Wisconsin August Permanent Fever Union 92 33 Harrison Effa 1 F Wisconsin May Unknown Union 92 22 Haskings Esther 16 F New York October House Work Typhoid Fever Haney 92 48 Hazen Mary 50 F M New Jersey March House Keeping Turn of life Eastman 90 50 Helgerson Elizabeth 21 F M Illinois September Keeping House Typhoid Fever Freeman 91 63 Higgins Wallace 18 M New York x x March Laborer Killed by Sand? Bank Seneca 94 22 Higgins Michael 22 M M Ireland June Farmer Suicide by Hanging Wauzeka 96 200 Holmouth? Henry 3/12 M Wisconsin x x February Lung Fever Utica 95 181 Hooverson Christen 56 M M Norway x x September Farmer Disease of Liver Clayton 92 181 Hooverson Christen E. 4/12 M Wisconsin x x December Disease Of Lung Clayton 92 22 Horgen? Dominick J. 6/12 M Wisconsin x x February Unknown Clayton 92 49 Hudson Sarah 3 F Wisconsin October Consumption Freeman 91 280 Jackish Emma 10 F Wisconsin x May Diphtheria Prairie du Chien 93 177 Johnson Ann 25 F Norway x x October House Servant Consumption Clayton 92 146 Kacy/Racy Reuben 70 M M New York September Carpenter Dysentery Wauzeka 96 132 Kast Isaac W. 8 M Wisconsin February Disease Of Lung Scott 92 4 Klima Martin 80 M M Bohemia March Farmer Consumption Eastman 90 4 Klima Anna 1/12 F Wisconsin December Whooping Cough Eastman 90 673 Lawler Vincent 1 M Wisconsin September Cholera Infantum Prairie du Chien 93 107 Leary John 50 M Ireland August Farmer Enlargement of Liver Seneca 94 56 Leme? Mimie 6 F Wisconsin March Inflammation of Lungs Freeman 91 140 Lester Amanda 2 F Wisconsin July Scarlet Fever Wauzeka 96 140 Lester Henrietta 11 F Massachusetts December At School Dropsy on the Brain Wauzeka 96 176 Levinson? Wilkins 53 M M Norway x x March Farmer Consumption Clayton 92 45 Lewis William 22 M Ohio March Laborer Consumption Freeman 91 320 Luby Edward 27 M New York x x December R. R. Check Master Murdered Prairie du Chien 93 (See Remarks below) 221 Mallum Christopher 22 M Norway October Farmer Ship Fever Freeman 91 20? Mars? Mary 74/76 F W Pennsylvania x x August House Keeping Old Age Scott 92 147 Mayher Patrick 7/12 M Wisconsin x September Teething Seneca 94 147 Mayher James 1/12 M Wisconsin x May Unknown Seneca 94 68 McAuley Alice 19 F Wisconsin December At Home Lung Fever Utica 95 ?21 McBurney William L. 63 M M Pennsylvania October Stone Mason Inflammation of Bowels Scott 92 61 McGraw Margaret 4 F Wisconsin x x July Croup Prairie du Chien 93 NN McKee Mr. 62 M Louisiana March Barber Syphilis Prairie du Chien 93 497 McLafferty Minne 14 F Wisconsin x May At School Scrofula Prairie du Chien 93 21 McTigue Bridget 40 F M Ireland January Inflammation of Lungs Prairie du Chien 93 674 Merrill Mary 1/12 F Wisconsin June Diarrhea Prairie du Chien 93 82 Mitchell Auro M. 8/12 F Wisconsin June Whooping Cough Utica 95 ??7 Munsen Muns 2/12 M Wisconsin September Drowned Freeman 91 6 Munson? Mims 40 M M Norway January Farmer Consumption Freeman 91 73 Nelson Frederica 73 F W Prussia x x April House Keeping Cancer Scott 92 28 Norton Charlotte 25 F M New York March House Keeping Child Birth Eastman 90 82 Onstine Daniel 41 M M Ohio September Farmer Typhoid Pneumonia Wauzeka 96 254 Pearson R. H. 50 M Not Stated May Retired Merchant Consumption Prairie du Chien 93 638 Peterman Christana 60 F Prussia February House Keeping Brain Fever Prairie du Chien 93 12 Philip Julius 17 M Prussia x x May Farmer Disease Of Spine Wauzeka 96 (See Remarks below) 111 Pitsenbarger William 7 M Wisconsin July Killed by Accident Wauzeka 96 393 Remhold Fred 5 M Prussia x x January Measles Prairie du Chien 93 393 Remhold Theodore 1 M Prussia x x February Croup Prairie du Chien 93 129 Rogers Clayton 67 M Pennsylvania September Farmer Gravel Utica 95 79 Rosencrans Edith 18 F Wisconsin January At School Lung Fever Wauzeka 96 87 Rutter Ebenezer 20 M Ohio September Farmer Typhoid Fever Freeman 91 87 Rutter Louisa 17 F Ohio December At Home Typhoid Fever Freeman 91 543 Sebastin? William 38 M M Bavaria July Farmer Consumption Prairie du Chien 93 143 Sime Mary 2/12 F Wisconsin x May Unknown Clayton 92 371 Smith Samuel 5/12 M Wisconsin x October Whooping Cough Prairie du Chien 93 181 Stewart Alice 41 F Scotland x x July House Keeping Congestion of Lungs Seneca 94 195 Stoddle/Studdle John 12 M Bohemia x x December Measles Prairie du Chien 93 201 Striker Lewis 53 M M Germany August Farmer Tumor in Neck Utica 95 142 Stunkard Katie A. 1 F Wisconsin June Measles Utica 95 15 Thomas Francis 17 M New York May Farm Work Drowned Haney 92 118 Thomas John 61 M M Vermont August Gravel Prairie du Chien 93 118 Thomas Caroline 60 F M New York February Congestion Pneumonia Prairie du Chien 93 3 Turk Ephriam 76 M M Pennsylvania May Farmer Consumption Clayton 92 6 Turner John 21 M M Pennsylvania May Lumberman Drowned Eastman 90 NN Unknown Unknown 30 M Ireland February Burglar Shot - Homicide Prairie du Chien 93 650 Vahiska/Washita? Anna 6/12 F Wisconsin x x September Whooping Cough Prairie du Chien 93 8 Vanderburg Jacob 10/12 M Iowa December Diarrhea Prairie du Chien 93 565 VanGorder Cora 10 F Wisconsin May At School Dropsy Of the Brain Prairie du Chien 93 23 Wade George 2/12 M Wisconsin December Croup Eastman 90 139 Wiley Ellen 6 F Ireland x x June Scarlet Fever Wauzeka 96 291 Wright Emery 40 M Massachusetts February Druggist Murdered Prairie du Chien 93 Enumerator Remarks on the Schedule: Clayton: Very Healthy during the year ending 1st June 1870. Quite a number of deaths since, especially among children. Cholera Infantum to considerable extent. Country rough and broken, good water and generally very healthy. Prairie du Chien: Edward Luby, Murdered in the Street, in Chicago, on Madison Street Bridge. Wauzeka: Julius Philip's cause of death was the result of an accident 5 years before. Notes: The mortality schedule was "supposed" to list those who died between June 1, 1869 and May 31 1870, while the population schedule was to list those actually living in the residence on June 1 1870, no matter what day the enumerator actually took the information. I understand that in some cases the enumerator may have been careless asking the question, or the informant didn't understand it, and there may be occasions when an individual may be found on both the mortality schedule and the population schedule. If the mortality schedule says someone died in July, it should mean July 1869, although it could have been July 1870. The cause of death includes diseases that are now known by other names. An example is "Gravel" which is now referred to as "Kidney Stones." For help in deciphering these disease names, there are numerous genealogy web sites that can be accessed at Cyndi's List - Medical and Medicine page: http://www.cyndislist.com/medical.htm While most of the microfilm was legible, some pages were extremely faded. As with any old handwritten records, handwriting can be very problematic. When questionable names were encountered, I utilized other sources, such as the census Population Schedule indexes for clues. If nothing could be located, I included a question mark (?) next to the data. When looking for a particular name, the researcher should try several spelling options. Potential problems exist with certain letters in the script such as S-L, H-K, M-N-W, p-f, n-m-r-u, o-a, etc. As with census records, the first and last names were spelled as the recorder thought they should be or how they sounded to him or her. An example would be Stevens and Stephens. In the majority of cases, I have recorded the names as spelled in the original records. I shall leave the interpretation of the proper spelling to reader rather than taking potentially incorrect liberties myself. These transcripts should never be used to substitute for the original records. No matter how carefully done, errors are always possible. If the record looks questionable, you should request a copy of the original schedule.