LaGrange County, IN 1850 Mortality Census http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/lagrange/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by Robert E. Lane for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2010 Linda Talbott ========================================================================== 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, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== Census-Year 1850 State INDIANA County LAGRANGE SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1850 The 1850 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1849 and ends May 31, 1850 ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: East Lima Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 Harding Betsey 84 F . . W New York Nov . Disentery 20 . 1 2 Owen Leonard D. 40 M . . M New York Jan Printer Consumption Chronic . 1 3 Matthewson Lorton S. 37 M . . M Ohio March Distiller Inflam. Liver 20 Died Mar 17, 1850. Buried Riverside Cem., Lima Twp 1 4 Jinks Navissa 1 F . . . Indiana Oct . Croup 1 . 1 5 Foster John 5 M . . . Ohio Oct . Putrid sore throat 14 . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: West Lima Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== * 1 (None) . . . . . . . . . . . . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: Clay Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 2 1 Hawkins Mary J. 6 F . . . Ohio Sept . Brain Fever 8 . 2 2 Prime Eliza W. 11 M . . . Ohio Aug . Eresyphelus 15 Recorded as a Male 2 3 Bean David 16 M . . . Ohio March . Brain Fever 15 Son of J. & M. bured Miller Cem., Newbury Twp 2 4 Whitney Wm. W. 25 M . . . New York July Farmer Cholera 1 . 2 5 Sanders Samuel 79 M . . M Connecticut June Farmer Old Age . Died June 10, 1850. Buried Miller Cem., Newbury Twp 2 6 Tharp Elisha 64 M . . M Penn'a Oct Farmer Inflammation of Lungs 3 Died Oct 17, 1849. Buried Sidener Cem., Van Buren Twp. 2 7 Killpatrick Rebecca 8 F . . . Ohio Dec . Congestion 1 . 2 8 Edson Allender 48 M . . M New York Feb Plasterer Inflammation of Liver 22 Died Feb 16, 1850. Buried Miller Cem., Newbury Twp 2 9 Landis Michael 40 M . . M Ohio Aug Shoemaker Disentery 8 . 2 10 Lovell Caroline 30 F . . M New York May . Dropsy 45 Wife of Solon Lovell. Buried Osborn Cem., Clearspring Twp 2 11 Fox Julia A. 45 F . . M Maryland Aug . Congestive Fever 5 . 2 12 Stevens Jonah L. 2/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Chill Fever 20 . 2 13 Roy Roxana 32 F . . M New York Jan . Consumption Chronic Wife of James Roy. Died Dec 15, 1849. Buried Osborn Cem., Clearspring Twp ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: Newbery Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 3 1 Schemerhorn Elizabeth 49 F . . M Ireland Sept . Consumption Chronic . 3 2 Merriman Alvah 1/12 M . . . Indiana July . Debility . . 3 3 Dixon Charles 43 M . . M Penn'a Aug Farmer Cholera* 13 * Enumerator's note at page end 3 4 Dixon Minerva E. 6 F . . . Indiana Aug . Cholera* 3 * Enumerator's note at page end 3 5 Cotton Thomas 63 M . . M Vermont May Carpenter Inflammation of Lungs 8 . 3 6 Keightley Mary A. 35 F . . M England March . Eresyphelus 6 Wife of John Keightley. Died March 7, 1850, buried Keightley Cem. 3 7 Hallett Elizabeth 1/12 F . . . Indiana June . Convulsions Sudden . 3 8 Cleveland Joseph 8/12 M . . . Indiana Nov . Chill Fever 60 . 3 9 Cockett John 50 M . . M England Sept Farmer Suicide . . 3 10 Clark James 15 M . . . Ohio Feb Farmer Lung Fever 11 . 3 11 Berry Alex'r 65 M . . M Virginia Feb Farmer Lung Fever 17 . 3 12 Berry Mary 70 F . . M Virginia Feb . Lung Fever 6 Bracket between these last two names, possibly husand & wife *** "These woes occurred while the subjects were absent from this county though their families resided here." ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: Clear Spring Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 4 1 Roy David 26 M . . . New York Sept Farmer Inflammation of Lungs 8 Son of James & Delilah. Died Sept 20, 1849. Buried Sloan Cem., Clearspring Twp. 4 2 Ditman Frederick 60 M . . W Germany Oct Farmer Consumption 17 . 4 3 Fox Charles W. 36 M . . M New York April Farmer Lung Fever 7 Possibly Rev. Charles J. Fox buried Osborn Cem., Clearspring Twp 4 4 Taylor Edwin 1 M . . . Indiana Jan . Dropsy Chronic Son of H & M. Died Feb 24, 1850. Buried Osborn Cem., Clearspring Twp 4 5 Halsted Lydia M. 27 F . . M New York Jan . Child bed 5 . 4 6 Flint Hannah 67 F . . W Penn'a Oct . Flux 13 . 4 7 Lewis Anson 46 M . . M Penn'a Oct Farmer Flux 14 . 4 8 Lewis Jeremiah 20 M . . . Penn'a Oct Farmer Flux 14 . 4 9 Lewis Henry M. 4 M . . . Indiana Oct . Flux 14 . 4 10 Davis Ludovica 4/12 F . . . Indiana Feb . Congestion of Liver 15 . 4 11 Kline Mercy 76 F . . M Connecticut Jan . Old Age . Kline/Cline - Osborn Cem., Clearspring Twp ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: Eden Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 5 1 Austin Justin 39 M . . . Penn'a Aug Carpenter Inflammation of Liver 60 . 5 2 Rowe Alzina E. 1 F . . . Indiana Oct . Consumption 60 . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: Bloomfield Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 6 1 Stevens John D. 30 M . . M Ohio Jan Farmer Cirrose of Heart 7 Buried Greenwood Cem., Bloomfield Twp 6 2 Ently Samuel 40 M . . M Penn'a Jan Laborer Eresyphelus 8 . 6 3 Ently James A. 1/12 M . . . Ohio Oct . Convulsions Sudden . 6 4 Hackley Rewben 1 M . . . Indiana Sept . Chill Fever 20 . 6 5 Buck Margaret A. 7 F . . . Ohio Nov . Inflammation of Spine 6 . 6 6 Harding John 21 M . . . New York April Farmer Congest. Fever 15 . 6 7 Scodding James 33 M . . M Penn'a Jan Farmer Apoplexy Sudden . 6 8 Mattoon Orrin 1 M . . . Indiana Jan . Eresyphelus 7 . 6 9 Spidell George 42 M . . M Penn'a May Farmer Inflammation of Liver 5 . 6 10 Conley Catherine 33 F . . M New York Aug . Debility 43 . 6 11 Forker Mary Ann 2 F . . . Indiana Sept . Inflammation of Brain 3 . 6 12 Hills Mary A. 3/12 F . . . Indiana Nov . Eresyphelus 14 . 6 13 Richards Joseph 49 M . . M Virginia Oct Farmer White Swelling 90 . 6 14 Glover Susan A. 17 F . . . Connecticut Jan . Congest. Of Lungs 2 Dau. Of J.E & M -Buried in Ontario Cemetery, Lima Twp ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: Springfield Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 7 1 Faulkner Nancy 45 F . . M Maryland July . Cong. Fever 14 . 7 2 Dyer Diantha 62 F . . W Connecticut July . Cong. Of Brain 8 . 7 3 Sales Mary E. 36 F . . M New York May . Palsy Sudden . 7 4 Rodgers Henry W. 2 M . . . Indiana May . Cong. On Liver 13 . 7 5 Jones Lydia M. 9 F . . . Indiana Sept . Cong. Fever 3 . 7 6 Hall Sarah E. 1/12 F . . . Indiana July . Convulsions Sudden . 7 7 Hilton Mary 92 F . . W New York April . Old Age . . 7 8 Brine Almon 40 M . . M Ohio Aug Farmer Cong. Fever 10 . 7 9 Pool Margaret 39 F . . M Ohio July . Cong. Of Liver 1 . 7 10 Greenfield infant 1/12 M . . . Indiana Dec . Convulsions Sudden "Infant of Daniel Greenfield" - Alfred, Buried East Springfield Cem. 7 11 Lackie Frances 41 F . . M Ohio Nov . Cong. Fever 7 . 7 12 Greens Jacob 41 M . . M Ohio Feb Farmer Lung Fever 14 . 7 13 Stocker John 66 M . . W Massachusetts Sept Farmer Disentery 15 . 7 14 Bown Joseph O. 25 M . . M New York Jan Farmer Apoplexy Sudden . 7 15 Watkins Abner 34 M . . M New York March Farmer Cong. Fever 5 . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: East Van Buren Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 8 1 Cutsforth Joseph 65 M . . M England Aug Farmer Chill Fever 20 . 8 2 Cutsforth Anna 4/12 F . . . Indiana Sept . Chill Fever 27 . 8 3 Preston John 10 M . . . Ohio Aug . Inflammation of Brain 3 . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: West Van Buren Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 9 1 Remington Betsey 38 F . . M New York Nov . Palsy 4 . 9 2 Berry Doomy D. 30 M . . M Ohio May Farmer Cong. Fever 11 . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: Millford Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 10 1 Johnson John M. 48 M . . M Ohio May Farmer Inflammation of Liver 16 Oct 16, 1802 - May 28, 1850. Buried Brushy Chapel Cem., Newbury Twp 10 2 Rouse Marc Anthony 4 M . . . Indiana Sept . Cholera Infantum 7 . 10 3 Rodgers Ethan 93 M . . W Connecticut Sept Miller Epilepsy 5 Marked as Revolutionary Pensioner 10 4 Hatch Sylvanus 82 M . . W Connecticut March Farmer Lung Fever 8 . 10 5 Goodsell Stiles 81 M . . M Connecticut Feb Tailor Brain Fever 6 Died Feb 22, 1850. Buried Brushy Chapel Cem., Newbury Twp 10 6 Hatch Phoebe 59 F . . W New York April . Lung Fever 5 . 10 7 Randall Hariet 1 F . . . Ohio Sept . Chill Fever 3 . 10 8 Adams Sally B. 38 F . . M New York Jan . Cancer Chronic . 10 9 Helmer James H. 5 M . . . Indiana June . Whooping Cough 11 . 10 10 Merkling Elizabeth 29 F . . M Germany Dec . Brain Fever 5 . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: Johnson Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 11 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank Line 11 2 Hill Anna E. 4 F . . . Indiana Sept . Fever 12 . 11 3 Hill Emily J. 2 F . . . Indiana Aug . Fever 4 . 11 4 Dragoo Frederick 7 M . . . Ohio Aug . Chill Fever 4 Buried Jordan Cem., Clearspring Twp 11 5 Noble Anna 79 F . . M Connecticut Nov . Old Age . . 11 6 Rose Martha C. 3 F . . . Ohio Sept . Chill Fever 16 . 11 7 Chappell James H. 1/12 M . . . Indiana Dec . Lung Fever 4 . 11 8 King Elizabeth F. 36 F . . M Connecticut June . Dropsy 40 . 11 9 King John E. 12 M . . . New York Jan . Dropsy Chronic . 11 10 Winton Willie 1/12 M . . . Indiana Sept . Inflammation 2 . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: East Greenfield Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 12 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank Line 12 2 Shinneman Jacob 53 M . . M Penn'a Oct Farmer Inflammation of Liver Chronic . 12 3 Scripture infant 9/12 F . . . Indiana Sept . Convulsions Sudden "Infant of John Scripture" 12 4 Guthrie Barbara 4/12 F . . . Indiana May . Lung Fever 8 . 12 5 Chapman Moses 58 M . . M Connecticut Nov Farmer Dropsy 90 . ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: IN COUNTY: LaGrange DISTRICT: West Greenfield Township ENUMERATOR: E. A. Webster ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 13 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank Line 13 2 Wilson Mary W. 10/12 F . . . Indiana Sept . Disentery 10 Mary Viola Wilson, dau. Of S.E. & M. Bur. Ontario Cem., Lima Twp 13 3 Young Christina 44 F . . M Penn'a Oct . Cancer 28 . 13 4 Voit Betsey 52 F . . M Massachusetts Aug . Consumption Chronic . 13 5 Norton Lois 43 F . . M Vermont May . Chill Fever 8 Wife of Trumbull Norton. Died May 11, 1850. Buried Pretty Prairie Cem. 13 6 Croy Jacob 69 M . . W Maryland April Farmer Inflammatory Rheumatism 3 .