GRANT CO., WISCONSIN 1850 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: 1850 Census, Schedule 3 Series 1675, Roll P97-3243 Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State St, Madison, WI 53706 The 1850 Mortality Schedule contained eleven columns of data. Column 1: Name of every person who died during the Year ending 1st June, 1850. Column 2: Age at time of death Column 3: Sex Column 4: Colour (White, Black, or Mulatto) Column 5: Free or Slave Column 6: Married or Widowed Column 7: Place of Birth Column 8: Month Died (June 1849 - May 1850) Column 9: Profession, Occupation, or Trade Column 10: Disease, or Cause of death Column 11: Number of days ill The Color and Free/Slave columns are 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 transcription. =========================================================================================================================================================================== Last Name First Name Age Sex Mar/Wid Place of Birth Month Died Occupation Cause # Days Ill Town/Township Page =========================================================================================================================================================================== Adams Elizabeth A. 1/12 F Wisconsin August Diarhea 7 days District No. 24 51 Altizer James H.? 1/12 M Wisconsin October Unknown 6 Smelser 42 Anderson D. A. 1/12 F Grant Co. August Whooping Cough 3 weeks Hazel Green 44 Andrews Grenee? 1 F England March Whooping Cough 2 weeks Hazel Green 44 Andrews Rebecca 32 F M England September Cholera 1 day Hazel Green 44 Andrews Elizabeth J. 6 F England September Cholera 1 day Hazel Green 44 Andrews Mary 4 F England September Cholera 1 day Hazel Green 44 Armstrong John 45? M M Ireland June Farmer Dropsy 6 months Platteville 42 Armstrong Eliza Jane 2 F Wisconsin March Scarlet Fever 7 days Platteville 42 Armstrong John 6 M Wisconsin March Scarlet Fever 7 Platteville 42 Artman Casper 26 M M Germany March Farmer Winter Fever 14 days Jamestown 42 Atkinson James W. 9/12 M Wisconsin February Unknown 2 days District No. 24 46 Baner Ami/Amy 1/12 F New York May Flux? 4 Platteville 42 Barnes Jane 27 F M Ohio November Consumption 9 months Lima 47 Barnes Temperance A. 38 F M Ohio May Consumption 2 weeks Lima 47 Bateman Child 11/12 M Wisconsin October Fever 21 District No. 24 40 Bebee Peter 38? M M New York November Farmer Fell from Wagon Platteville 42 Bebee J. A. 6/12 M Wisconsin April Whooping Cough 28 Platteville 42 Bell Child 1 day M Wisconsin June Unknown 1 District No. 24 51 Bell Elizabeth E. 4 F Wisconsin August Fever 3 weeks District No. 24 51 Beston? Margaret 1/12 M Wisconsin March Unknown 3 days District No. 24 51 Bevan/Bevans John James 16 M Ohio October Saddler Typhoid Fever 35 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Bilderback Andrew J. 2/12 M Wisconsin April Lung Complaint 8 weeks District No. 24 51 Bixler John 5/12 M Wisconsin July Cholor Mortus? 3 Jamestown 42 Blaylock Thomas P. 1 M Wisconsin May Whooping Cough 42 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Bonson Mary C. 9 F Wisconsin October Bilious Fever 35 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Bratton Rachel 13 F M England April Dropsy C Platteville 42 Brownfield Charles 25 M M Pennsylvania May Farming Lung Fever 10 District No. 24 40 Brumer Philip 3 M Wisconsin March Consumption 4 months District No. 24 51 Brumer? Lewis P. 3 M Wisconsin May Whooping Cough 3 weeks District No. 24 51 Burns Catherine 43 F Virginia January Affliction of Liver C District No. 24 40 Burns Eliza 9/12 F Wisconsin April Unknown 2 weeks District No. 24 40 Butson Mary 60 F W England August Bilious Fever 11 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Byena Ellen 25 F Ireland August B. Diar. 18 days Hazel Green 44 Carr Harriet J. 23 F Indiana March Unknown 14 days District No. 24 46 Carrington Mary E. 3 F Wisconsin April Measles 6 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Carrington Charles 2 M Wisconsin April Measles 3 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Carson Dorcus 22 F M Ohio May Consumption 3 weeks Lima 47 Chambers Madora A. 1 F Grant Co. February Scarlet Fever 3 days Jamestown 44 Champion Infant 4/12 F Wisconsin September Diarhea 2 weeks Hazel Green 47 Chapman Robert 39 M M England August Farmer Thrown from a Wagon Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Clarke Mary E. 4 F Wisconsin June Whooping Cough 7 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Clifton Sarah E. 2 F Wisconsin January Croup 3 days Wingville 47 Coleby Zachary T. 1 M Wisconsin January Dropsy of Brain 4 weeks District No. 24 51 Collins Lycurgus D. M. 10 M Wisconsin September Conges? Of Brain 1 Smelser 42 Collins Fish/Fisk? C. 24 M New York September Miner Inflamation of Liver 2 weeks Hazel Green 44 Conat Mary E. 5 F Iowa October Lung Fever 1 week District No. 24 46 Conway Patrick 1 M Grant Co. September Diarhea 8 days Hazel Green 44 Cooper L. 32 F M Germany July Cholera 1 day Hazel Green 44 Cott Henry 8/12 M Grant Co. December Croup 3 days Hazel Green 47 Cowell Loraine 4 M Ohio February Fever 20 days Lima 47 Craig William 73 M England September Farmings Inflamation of Bowels 5 days District No. 24 51 Cruson Albert 6/12 M Wisconsin May Lung Fever 14 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Darcy Michael 11/12 M Illinois September H. Cough 4 months District No. 24 40 Davidson Georganna 3/12 F Grant Co. April Suddenly Died Jamestown 44 Davis Sarah 16 F Illinois November Unknown C District No. 24 46 Davis Mary 3 F Wisconsin February Scald 18 District No. 24 46 Day Mary J. 1 F November November Lung Fever C District No. 24 40 Dickey Robert S. 3 M Illinois October Flux 3 months Paris 42 Dinsdale William R. 5/12 M Wisconsin March Whooping Cough 56 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Dobson Emma 63 F W England September Flux 10 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Dopf Caroline 8 F Wisconsin May Spinal Disease 5 months District No. 24 40 Dowling William 1 M Wisconsin September Unknown C District No. 24 40 Down Orlando C. 1 M Wisconsin July Whooping Cough 2 weeks District No. 24 51 Doyle Jane 6/12 F Illinois September Unknown 6 weeks Hazel Green 44 Drake Alonzo 4/12 M Wisconsin November Disease of Brain 1 District No. 24 40 Drake Stephen 1/12 M Wisconsin April Unknown 2 weeks Wingville 47 Einneman David 60 M Germany May Laborer Suicide Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Elos? John 60 M England September Cholera 1 day Hazel Green 47 Fane/Tane Laura H. 1 F Wisconsin April Small Pox 7 Jamestown 42 Finley Umma L. 21 F MW? April Consumption C District No. 24 40 Flemming Mogu/Mogee 1 ? Ohio April Lung Fever 6 days Jamestown 44 Frazier Levi 18 M Ohio March Farmer Fever 1 week Wingville 47 Fulks Emily 35 F M Pennsylvania January Consumption 5 weeks Wingville 47 Fulks Joseph 19 M Ohio December Farmer Congestive Fever 5 days Wingville 47 Fulks Sanford 5/12 M Wisconsin February Unknown 3 weeks Wingville 47 Gabriel Ann 18 F Germany February Inflamation of Rheumatism? 4 months Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Gabriel John 62 M Germany July Consumption C Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Gammon Louisa 4 F Wisconsin February Lung Fever 7 District No. 24 40 Gardner Samuel H. 1 M New Brunswick March Fever 7 District No. 24 40 Garner Franklin 1 M Wisconsin September Whooping Cough 14 days District No. 24 46 Gillis Lucinda 31 F M Pennsylvania March Typhoid Fever 8 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Gillman Philip 8/12 M Illinois March Croup 3 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Gregory Martha J. 5 F Wisconsin March Inflamation of Lungs 14 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Gribble Mary E. 1 F Grant Co. September Diarhea 4 days Hazel Green 44 Gribble Elizabeth Ann 19 F England September Cholera 1 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Griffith Mary 53 F W Kentucky March Fever 7 days Lima 47 Hancock James 20 M Illinois December Farmer Conges? Fever 21 Platteville 42 Haney Jane 60 F M Pennsylvania January Lung Fever 7 Harrison 42 Haney Elizabeth 31 F M Illinois July Consumption 18 months Jamestown 44 Hargrave Isaac 6 M Illinois April Scarlet Fever 3 Smelser 42 Hawkins James 35 M M England October Miner Cholera 2 days Hazel Green 47 Hawkins Elizabeth A. 5/12 F Grant Co. May Whooping Cough 2 weeks Hazel Green 47 Hill Sarah A. 2 F Grant Co. December Fever 3 days Wingville 47 Hodges Melissa O. 6 F Wisconsin October White Swelling 6 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Hodgson Jane 58 F W England July Consumption 6 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Holladay/Holliday John E. 2 M Wisconsin December Measles 14 Jamestown 42 Holladay/Holliday Infant 2/12 M Wisconsin December Brain Fever 7 Jamestown 42 Holloway Lewis L. 2 M Wisconsin April Effects of Scald 2 weeks District No. 24 46 Hollub? Sarah 1 F Wisconsin May Unknown 2 months District No. 24 51 Hopwood Charlotte 6 F Missouri March Scarlet Fever 8 Jamestown 42 Hopwood Louisa 4 F Wisconsin March Scarlet Fever 3 Jamestown 42 Huston Charles F. 3 M Grant Co. March Scarlet Fever 5 days Jamestown 44 Janney Mary E. 19 F Illinois July General Dibility C Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Jenkins William H. 1 M Wisconsin October Diarhea 2 months District No. 24 51 Johns John H. 1 M Grant Co. April Croup 1 day Hazel Green 44 Johnson Grandville T. 2/12 M Kentucky March Unknown 2 months District No. 24 40 Johnson Adelbert L. 2 M Wisconsin April Scarlet Fever 6 Jamestown 42 Kanall Joseph 23 M Germany July Cholera 1 day Hazel Green 44 Kayton Robert 8/12 M Virginia April H. Cough 10 District No. 24 40 Kelley George W. 2 M Grant Co. March Cholera 5 days Highland 47 Kendrick Benjamin 49 M M Virginia May Miner Small Pox 11 days District No. 24 51 Kirchgaifsner Mary 46 F M Germany December Consumption 2 years Harrison 42 Kirkpatrick Jerome S. 6 M Wisconsin September Diarhea 9 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 LaGrave Alice C. 1 F Wisconsin September Inflamation of Brain 2 weeks District No. 24 46 Lane Joseph 1/12 M Wisconsin October Diarhea 10 Jamestown 42 Leib Margaret A. 11/12 F Pennsylvania February Unknown 1 day District No. 24 51 Lewis John 26 M England May Laborer Bilious Fever 20 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Locey? George 38? M M Canada East July Boatman Fell from Wagon 15 Paris 42 Lord Austin 57 M New York October Farming Bilious Fever 15 District No. 24 40 Luke John 26 M England October Miner Brain Fever 1 week Hazel Green 47 Lumkin James 11 M Virginia June Abscess 6 weeks District No. 24 46 Manchester David G. 19 M Missouri February Farming Scrofida C District No. 24 40 Manchester Zala? N. 7 F Missouri April H. Cough C District No. 24 40 Mann William 30 M M England March Showmaker Lung Fever 9 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Martin Anthony C. 8/12 M Wisconsin May Inflamation of Brain 3 weeks District No. 24 51 McCartney Delos 22 M Illinois December Farming Inflamation of Brain 17 days District No. 24 46 McClurg Alice L. 3/12 F Wisconsin March Fever 2 days Lima 47 McConald? Mary E. 22 F M Illinois December Hectick? Fever 3 months District No. 24 40 McGuire Patrick 38 M M Ireland May Miner Damps? Suddenly Jamestown 44 McLaughry Edward 4/12 M Wisconsin May Whooping Cough 28 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 McMahon Martin 62 M W Ireland December Miner Inflamation of Lungs 10 days District No. 24 51 Menker Oliver 35 M M New York April Farming Lung Fever C District No. 24 40 Merrill Mary E. 1/12 F Wisconsin February H. Cough 4 District No. 24 40 Mills Thomas 32 M M Illinois January Miner Pneumonia 9 District No. 24 40 Mollet/Mallet Frederick 2 M Wisconsin September Flux 5 weeks District No. 24 51 Moore John 1 M Grant Co. March Lung Fever 1 month Wingville 47 Moreshead James 48 M M England March Farmer Dyspepsia 9 months Harrison 42 Morgan William 20 M England January Plasterer & Fever 40 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Morse Belona D. 1/12 F Wisconsin September Inflamation of Bowels 10 Platteville 42 Murley Emily 11 F England August Diarhea 9 weeks Hazel Green 44 Murley Anna 1 F England August Diarhea 8 days Hazel Green 44 Newfang Augustus 9/12 M Wisconsin September Teeth Cutting 4 days District No. 24 51 Nichols James 63 M M England May Miner Consumption C Platteville 42 Nichols John 53 M M England May None Consumption 1 year District No. 24 51 Nicholson Alonzo 2/12 M Wisconsin January Unknown 2 months District No. 24 46 Nulty/Nutty Frederick 4 M Germany January Croup 2 weeks Hazel Green 44 O'Hara John J. 1 M Wisconsin September Cholera Infantum 12 District No. 24 51 Padler Salina A. 22 F England April Unknown C District No. 24 51 Pafford George H. 15 M Indiana April Affection of Brain C District No. 24 40 Pallette John C. 4 M Iowa February Scarlet Fever 7 Jamestown 42 Palmer John 49 M M England March Miner Consumption 9 months Harrison 42 Park William 45 M M Tennessee May Carpenter Cholera 7 hours District No. 24 51 Philip P. C. 8 M Germany July Cholera 1 day Fennimore 47 Pierce Viola A. 10/12 F Grant Co. July Dropsy of Brain 4 weeks Hazel Green 44 Porter Margaret 54 F W England February Effects of Freezing? 6 weeks District No. 24 51 Pratt Martha A. 8/12 F Grant Co. January Dropsy of Brain 1 week Fennimore 47 Prideaux Thomas 9 M England July Gravel C District No. 24 46 Prideaux Stephen 3 M Wisconsin May Unknown 7 District No. 24 51 Reddon Ellen 3 F Grant Co. January Scarlet Fever 4 days Hazel Green 44 Reddon Mary 11/12 F Grant Co. January Scarlet Fever 4 weeks Hazel Green 44 Reynolds Lewis 1 M Wisconsin February Unknown 2 weeks District No. 24 51 Richards Thomas 5/12 M Grant Co. August Diarhea 7 weeks Hazel Green 44 Richards William 54 M M England August Miner Bilious Fever 10 days District No. 24 51 Richardson Cynthia A. 36 F M Ohio May Lung Fever 5 months Paris 42 Richardson Cynthia A. C. 2 F Wisconsin May Lung Fever 42 days Paris 42 Riendo/Reinds Eliza 2/12 F Wisconsin August Fever 3 weeks District No. 24 51 Robinson Anna 31 F M England February Child Birth 6 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Rodda Elizabeth 61 F England March Fever 2 weeks Hazel Green 47 Rogers William 30 M M England October Miner Fever 4 weeks Hazel Green 44 Rogers James 1/12 M Grant Co. October Unknown - Hazel Green 44 Rowe Mary L. 1/12 F On Lake Erie September Diarhea 4 days Hazel Green 44 Rowe George 6/12 M Grant Co. October Cold 3 days Wingville 47 Rowe Ann 6/12 F Grant Co. October Cold 3 days Wingville 47 Schruster Child 1 day F Wisconsin March Unknown District No. 24 40 Shelden George 9 M Grant Co. August Dropsy of Brain 2 weeks Hazel Green 44 Sheridan Arttus/Arthur? 28 M Ireland May Miner Damps? Suddenly Jamestown 44 Shrader John 10 M Germany May Diarhea 8 days District No. 24 51 Smelher Emanda/Amanda Jane 1 F Wisconsin September Flux 8 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Smelser Peter 86 M W Maryland December Farmer Decline 4 Smelser 42 Smith Mary 17 F Pennsylvania September Unknown 7 District No. 24 40 Smith John 39 M M England May Farmer Bellious Feber 4 days Fennimore 47 Smith Richard 1 M Illinois September Diarhea 6 weeks District No. 24 51 Snowden Ellen L. 1/12 F Wisconsin March Whooping Cough 14? Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Snowden Laura A. 2/12 F Wisconsin April Whooping Cough 21 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Spangler Elizabeth 67 F Virginia April Old Age - District No. 24 40 Sprague William 49 M M England July Miner Cholora 12 hours District No. 24 40 Sprague Thomas 40 M M England June Miner Cholora 7 days District No. 24 40 Sprague Rebecca 11 F England June Cholora 2 days District No. 24 40 Sprague Julia 7 F England June Cholora 2 days District No. 24 40 Sprague John 5/12 M England June Cholora 8 hours District No. 24 40 Sprague William 2 M England October Diarhea 5 weeks District No. 24 40 Springston Amy 4 F Wisconsin May Lung Fever 3 months District No. 24 51 St. John Mary A. 4 F Wisconsin April Croup 3 days District No. 24 51 Stephens Child 2 wk M Wisconsin September Unknown 7 District No. 24 40 Stephens Hesther 3 F England March Eresipilas? 5 weeks Hazel Green 44 Stephens William G. 1 M Grant Co. October Dropsy of Brain 4 days Hazel Green 47 Steward Mary Jane 4/12 F Wisconsin January Hives 7 Harrison 42 Stone Cornelia J. 1 F Wisconsin April Dysentery 4 days District No. 24 51 Stuart Charles 2/12 M Wisconsin January Inflamation of Brain 2 District No. 24 40 Swart Anna 54 F M Massachusetts November Consumption C Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Tibbot Richard W. 2 M Wisconsin August Flux 9 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Tutwyler John 40 M M Kentucky March Farmer Lung Fever 5 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 VonDerbie Margaretta 1 F Wisconsin March Croup 1 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Walker John J. 4 M England May Unknown C District No. 24 51 Weaver John 22 M Pennsylvania October Laborer Dysentery 14 District No. 24 40 Wetherby Calvin 8 M Grant Co. March Affection of Spine 6 Hazel Green 44 White William 60 M M England August Miner Cholora 3 days Harrison 42 Williams Elizabeth 40 F M Ireland May Ergsipelas? 14 days Hazel Green 44 Williams John 8/12 M Grant Co. October Fever 2 weeks Hazel Green 44 Wood Elvira 23 F M Ohio August Fever 21 Platteville - E. Dist. 25 49 Wood Martin 20 M Illinois April Farming Small Pox 10 days District No. 24 51 Woodridge Martha 39 F M Unknown May Consumption 1 year Smelser 42 Woods Catherine W. 3 F Wisconsin October Inflamation of Brain 1 month District No. 24 51 Works Asa 37 M M Vermont February Miner Small Pox 3 District No. 24 40 Notes: The mortality schedule was "supposed" to list those who died between June 1, 1849 and May 31 1850, while the population schedule was to list those actually living in the residence on June 1 1850, 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 1849, although it could have been July 1850. 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.