Howard County, IN 1860 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/howard/1860/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2014 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1860 STATE INDIANA COUNTY HOWARD SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1860 The 1860 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1859 and ends May 31, 1860 ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: Page 276 was labelled "My District", presumably the district of the enumerator, R.L. Davis. It is not known which district or township this refers to. ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: IN County: Howard TOWNSHIP: Clay, Ervin, Honey Creek, Harrison, Monroe ENUMERATOR: W. M. Waters FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 274 ================================================================================================================================================================ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Bishop Rob't 6/12 M . . . Indiana Oct . Dysentery 20 . 2 Thompson Lafayette 3 M . . . Indiana Oct . General Debility 1 yr . 3 Thompson Samuel J. 3/12 M . . . Indiana Dec . Acute Bronchitis 20 . 4 Ratcliff Hannah 68 F . . M North Carolina Apr . Old Age 15 . 5 Ratcliff Elizabeth 17 F . . . Ohio May . Consumption 6 mo . 6 Butter Prissilla 48 F . . M Ohio Jun . Consumption 8 mo . 7 Henderson Adolphus 8/12 M . . . Indiana May . Infl. Of Brain 3 . 8 Hollowell Mary E. 3 F . . . Indiana Oct . Croup 4 . 9 Hammilton Sarah 26 F . . . Indiana Oct . Consumption 1 yr . 10 Rich Albert 2 M . . . Indiana May . Croup 9 . 11 Rich Asa 2 M . . . Indiana Sep . Flux 12 . 12 Ries Peter 43 M . . M Tennessee Sep Farmer Consumption 2 yr . 13 Prize Esra 73 M . . W Virginia Feb Mill Wright Old Age 22 . 14 Brown John C. 42 M . . M Ohio Dec Farmer Consumption 5 mo . 15 Jones Eleanor 20 F . . . Indiana Sep . Consumption 4 mo . 16 Jones John F. 1/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Not Known 3 . 17 Watts Samuel J. 69 M . . M Tennessee Apr Farmer Cancer on Nose 2 yr . 18 Ruse Sarah G. 2/12 F . . . Indiana Apr . Croup 7 . 19 Cripe Sarah 5 F . . . Indiana Sep . Scarlet Fever 4 . 20 Cripe Isaac 4 M . . . Indiana Sep . Scarlet Fever 5 . 21 Campbell Wm. 3 M . . . Indiana Oct . Scarlet Fever 6 . 22 Mussulman David 2 M . . . Indiana Dec . Scarlet Fever 3 . 23 Mussulman Daniel 1 M . . . Indiana Jan . Scarlet Fever 4 . 24 McCoy James C. 2 M . . . Indiana Feb . Drowning Sudden . 25 Ratcliff Francis J. 10/12 M . . . Indiana Nov . Infl. Of Brain 1 . 26 Fairchild Sarah A. 8 F . . . Pennsylvania Aug . Flux 12 . 27 Hollingsworth Unnamed 2/365 M . . . Indiana Jan . Not Known 1 . 28 Dimmitt Samuel E. 3 M . . . Indiana Sep . Dropsy 6 mo . 29 Reader Unnamed 2/12 F . . . Indiana Feb . Whooping Cough 15 . 30 Brown Alexander 49 M . . . Kentucky Nov Farmer Consumption 3 yr . 31 Clevenger James M. 6 M . . . Ohio Oct . Eresypalas 5 . 32 Foster Lowery 53 M . . M Pennsylvania Aug Farmer Typhoid Fever 14 . 33 Yette Ann 35 F . . M Ohio Apr . Puerporal Fever 10 . 34 Flora John 62 M . . M Virginia Aug Farmer Intermittent Fever 18 . 35 Butcher Joseph E. 1 M . . . Indiana Apr . Lung Fever . . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: James C. McCoy (line 24) fell into a well. ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: IN County: Howard TOWNSHIP: Clay, Ervin, Honey Creek, Harrison, Monroe ENUMERATOR: W. M. Waters FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 275 ================================================================================================================================================================ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Yette Barbry 2 F . . . Indiana Apr . Croup 6 . 2 Yette Unnamed 5/365 F . . . Indiana Mar . Not Known 2 . 3 McDole Mackleroy 27 M . . M Indiana Oct Farmer Consumption 1 yr . 4 Butcher Elias S. 2 M . . . Indiana Mar . Scalera Sudden . 5 Basset Zachariah 50 M M . M North Carolina Feb Farmer Lung Fever 9 . 6 Jones Nancy J. 28 F . . M Kentucky Mar . Puerporal Fever 2 . 7 Tucker Mary S. 32 F . . M Pennsylvania Feb . Consumption 4 yr . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: There has been no diseases prefailing in my district the past year (1859), but on the contrary it has been extremely healthy both for man and stock. We have a fine article of limestone water taken from wells & springs with a rich loam and limestone soil. Our principal timber is Poplar, Walnut, Oak, Ash, Hickory, Elm, Beach, Maple, etc. ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: IN County: Howard TOWNSHIP: My District ENUMERATOR: R. L. Davis FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 276 ================================================================================================================================================================ LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 Kennedy Eve E. 29 F W . M Indiana Mar . Infl. Of Stomach 10 . 2 Mason Jackson 40 M W . M Ohio Apr Farmer Typhoid Fever 14 . 3 Bailey Phebia L. 27 F W . M Indiana Mar . Consumption 90 . 4 McClure Ada 5 F W . . Indiana Oct . Congestive Chills 3 . 5 Morton Jacob 45 M W . M Ohio Oct Blacksmith Mortification of Bowels 3 . 6 O'Connor John 34 M W . M Ireland Mar Laborer Consumption 2 yr . 7 Morris Sarah M. 1 F W . . Indiana Apr . Cholera Infantum 2 . 8 Nanny James D. 4/12 M W . . Indiana Jan . Spasms 1 . 9 Haze Clara 1 F W . . Indiana Sep . Not Known 1 mo . 10 Crosore Jacob 23 M W . . Delaware Mar Farmer Accidental Drowning 0 . 11 Hiatt Sarah 2 F W . . Indiana Apr . Dropsy in Heart 2 wk . 12 Stanley James 50 M W . M Virginia Sep Farmer Congestive Chills 7 . 13 Macy Angenetta 1 F W . . Indiana Mar . Flux 10 . 14 Rich William 61 M W . M North Carolina Apr Farmer Dropsy & Cancer 1 yr . 15 Ruth Jese 87 M W . M North Carolina Jan Farmer Old Age 0 . 16 Ruth Sarah 18 F W . M Indiana Oct . Child Birth 10 . 17 Litle Albert 22 M W . . Indiana Nov Medical Student Disease of Throat 4 wk . 18 Hensley Sarah 18 F W . M Indiana Jun . Consumption 6 mo . 19 Weaver Emma 1 F W . . Missouri Feb . Lung Fever 1 mo . 20 Hamilton Sarah 56 F W . M Virginia Dec . Eresypalas 4 mo . 21 Crody Mary 9/12 F W . . Indiana Jun . Lung Fever 2 wk . 22 Jackson Henry 31 M W . M Ohio May Farmer Consumption 8 mo . 23 Cline Catherine 59 F W . M Bavaria Aug . Consumption 1 yr . 24 Spohn Andrew 38 M W . M Germany Mar Farmer Piles 1 yr . 25 Reel Charles 2/12 M W . . Indiana Feb . Hives & Croup 1 . 26 Hodson Elvina 45 F W . M Tennessee Apr . Eresypalas 10 . 27 Carpenter Mary 33 F W . M Indiana Dec . Consumption . . 28 Morris Ellen 2/12 F W . . Indiana May . Whooping Cough 7 . 29 Moore John 2/12 M W . . Indiana Apr . Lung Fever 2 . 30 Sizelove Mary M. 3 F W . . Indiana Mar . Crushed by Tree 0 . 31 Zeubymyre Elinora 8 F W . . Indiana Jun . Dropsy 5 wk . 32 Snooks Peter L. 1 M W . . Indiana Oct . Chills & Fever 9 . 33 McNuff Alva E. 3/12 M W . . Indiana Nov . Consumption 3 mo . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: It has been remarkably healthy in "My District" within the last year. No epidemic has prevailed and with the exception of a slight **** now and then of fever and ague, the people are *** healthy and well. ================================================================================================================================================================ If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ ================================================================================================================================================================