Wabash County, IN 1850 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/wabash/1850/ 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 1850 STATE INDIANA COUNTY WABASH 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: Indiana COUNTY: Wabash ENUMERATOR: Levi Eastridge ========================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 304 1 Cates Julia Ann 25 F . . M Ohio Nov . Fever 2 wk Waltz . 1 304 2 Moore Margaret 70 F . . W Kentucky May . Cancer 4 m0 Waltz . 1 304 3 Miller John Q. 8 M . . . Pennsylvania Aug . Col. Moris 1 Waltz . 1 304 4 Flinn Jeramiah 6/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Infl. Brain 2 Waltz . 1 304 10 Ray Sarah C. 3 F . . . Indiana Feb . Scar. Fever 1 Liberty . 1 304 11 Stuart Madison N. 3/12 M . . . Indiana Feb . Dropsy of Brain 8 Liberty . 1 304 12 Critchlow Hansford 19 M . . . Kentucky Oct . Typh. Fever 3 wk Liberty . 1 304 13 Critchlow Elias D. 15 M . . . Kentucky Oct . Typh. Fever 3 wk Liberty . 1 304 14 Critchlow Manerva 8 F . . . Kentucky Oct . Typh. Fever 5 Liberty . 1 304 15 Jackson Elizabeth 11/12 F . . . Indiana Sep . Diarrhea 1 wk Liberty . 1 304 16 Norris Harriet A. 4 F . . . Indiana Jul . Infl. Bowels 2 wk Liberty . 1 304 17 Grant Viola M. 2 F . . . Indiana May . Scar. Fever 2 Liberty . 1 304 18 Emery Charity 5 F . . . Indiana Mar . Scar. Fever 6 Liberty . 1 304 19 Hale Jerome E. 3/12 M . . . Indiana Oct . Scar. Fever 9 Liberty . 1 304 20 Bowles Robert I. 10 M . . . Indiana Mar . Diabetes 3 wk Liberty . 1 304 21 Walter Levi 4 M . . . Indiana Jul . Vomiting 2 wk Liberty . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: The wheat and oat crops of 1849 were unusually short. It is cosidered the the best farmers to be but little over half an aveage crop. In relation to school libraries and some other statistical matters, especially churhes, it has been almost impossible to obtain any correct account that seems to be worth noting down. In consequence of the newness of our county, we have a number of school houses and some churches now in progress of construction. ========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Wabash ENUMERATOR: Levi Eastridge ========================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================================== 2 305 1 Kinark Thomas 4 M . . . Indiana Sep . Been Sick 7 Lagro . 2 305 2 Kinark Timothy 9/12 M . . . Indiana Apr . Abeess 3 wk Lagro . 2 305 3 Vandine Margaret 7 F . . . Indiana May . Spasms 3 Lagro . 2 305 4 Dunfee Michael 51 M . . M Ohio Nov Farmer Consumpt. 7 wk Lagro . 2 305 5 Nelson Nancy A. 1 F . . . Indiana Jul . Chol. Infant 2 wk Lagro . 2 305 6 Bulinger Barzilla 23 M . . M Indiana Jul . Dropsy 9 wk Lagro . 2 305 7 Lowry Chalmers P. 1 M . . . Indiana Aug . Diarrhea 1 wk Lagro . 2 305 8 Spencer Martha M. 5/12 F . . . Indiana Jul . Diarrhea 10 Lagro . 2 305 9 Johnson Harry E. 13 M . . . Indiana Aug . Consumpt. 9 wk Lagro . 2 305 10 Osborn Elizabeth A. 9 F . . . Indiana Jan . Unknown 2 wk Lagro . 2 305 11 Richardson Lavina 55 F . . M Pennsylvania Nov . Apoplexy 2 wk Lagro . 2 305 12 Cothran Andrew 11/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Diarrhea 5 Lagro . 2 305 13 Kellogg Charlotte M. 5 F . . . Indiana Aug . Bile Fever 5 Lagro . 2 305 14 McVickers Samuel 59 M . . M New Jersey May Farmer Consumpt. 9 wk Lagro . 2 305 15 Cole Amelia 60 F . . W Maryland Jul . Fever 9 Lagro . 2 305 16 Bradbury Samuel H. 17 M . . . Indiana Nov Farmer Typh. Fever 13 Lagro . 2 305 17 Lughrue Timothy 40 M . . M Ireland Oct . Fall or Drown . Lagro . 2 305 18 Enyeart Hannah 4/12 F . . . Indiana Jan . Unknown 1 wk Lagro . 2 305 19 Batty Marmaduke 29 M . . M New York Nov Daguerrean Unknown 5 Lagro . 2 305 20 Copeland Willis 7 M . . . Indiana Feb . Bleed of Lung 2 Lagro . 2 305 21 Vanness James E. 28 M . . . Ohio Jan Farmer Infl. Of Diaphram 2 yr Lagro . 2 305 22 Logan James A. 21 M . . . Pennsylvania Jul Butcher Cholera 12 hr Lagro . 2 305 23 Logan Allen V. 1/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Infl. Bowels 8 Lagro . 2 305 24 Alexander Wesley 3 M . . . Indiana Mar . Ac. By Fall . Lagro . 2 305 25 Smith Thursey E. 25 F . . M Virginia May . Lung Fever 11 Lagro . 2 305 28 Roberts Joseph T. 1 M . . . Indiana Aug . Diarrhea 6 wk Waltz . 2 305 29 Lefborrow Marchal L. 3 M . . . Ohio Sep . Unknown 6 Waltz . 2 305 30 Murphy Hugh 67 M . . M New York Aug Farmer Diarrhea 4 Waltz . 2 305 31 Downing Mary 36 F . . M Kentucky Oct . Ep. Fever 9 Waltz . 2 305 32 Hardin Nancy 1 F . . . Indiana Sep . Scar. Fever 8 Waltz . 2 305 33 Cravens John 31 M . . . Ohio May Laborer Lung Fever 3 wk Waltz . 2 305 34 Shannon Sarah M. 3 F . . . Ohio Jun . Infl. Brain 3 wk Waltz . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: In regard to any prevailing disease in my district in 1849 I have no remarks to make as there was general good health. I will remake in relation to the county & that is generally gently rolling, with a rich ***** soil, with generally a clay subsoil and timbered with all t he various kinds of t imer peculiar to Indiana. It is watered by the Wabash, Salimony and Mississinewa rivers, which are well supploed with limestone of an excellent quality. ========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Wabash ENUMERATOR: R. E. Davis ========================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================================== 3 306 1 Hartsoll Mary A. 11 F . . . Indiana Aug . Fever 12 Noble . 3 306 2 Roblet Aaron 25 M . . M Ohio Jul Farmer Consumpt. 11 wk Noble . 3 306 3 Williams Gilbert 40 M . . . Kentucky Apr Blacksmith Unknown 1 wk Noble . 3 306 4 Denning Mary E. 5 dy F . . . Indiana Jul . Croup 1 Noble . 3 306 5 Graves Joseph 4/12 M . . . Indiana Jan . Unknown 2 wk Noble . 3 306 6 Fogle John 13 M . . . Ohio Aug . Fever 4 wk Noble . 3 306 7 Fogle Mercy 13 F . . . Ohio Aug . Fever 4 wk Noble . 3 306 8 Hogle John 22 M . . . Unknown Feb . Infl. Lung o wk Noble . 3 306 9 Luke Francis 42 M . . . Unknown May . Fever 1 wk Noble . 3 306 10 Henry Elizabeth 7 F . . . Indiana Jan . Scarlet Fever 2 wk Noble . ========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Wabash ENUMERATOR: R. E. Davis ========================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================================== 4 307 1 Groshon Nancy J. 3 F . . . Indiana Apr . Worms 30 Noble . 4 307 2 Holman Charles W. 8/12 M . . . Indiana Jan . Cong. Brain 2 Noble . 4 307 3 Kent William Jr. 3 M . . . Indiana Sep . Consumpt. 1 yr Noble . 4 307 4 Ross William O. 33 M . . M Connecticut Oct Attorney Fever 16 Noble . 4 307 5 Wheeler Jasper M. 9/12 M . . . Indiana Nov . Unknown 4 Noble . 4 307 6 Smith Mary R. 4/12 F . . . Indiana Sep . Consumpt. 4 Noble . 4 307 7 McRea Abigal 27 F . . M Pennsylvania Apr . Unknown 14 Noble . 4 307 8 Becktol Joseph P. 10 M . . . Virginia Mar . Winter Fever 28 Noble . 4 307 9 Becktol Columbus 2 M . . . Indiana Feb . Winter Fever 14 Noble . 4 307 10 Stephens William 75 M . . W North Carolina Jan Farmer Unknown 6 Noble . 4 307 11 McArthy Rebecca 21 F . . M Ohio Jun . Puerperue Fever 15 Noble . 4 307 12 Woods Serepta 35 F . . M Ohio Mar . Cong. Fever 12 Noble . 4 307 13 Neff Jasper 1/12 M . . . Indiana Jul . Unknown 7 Noble . 4 307 14 Kisler Thomas 4 M . . . Ohio Aug . Scarlet Fever 5 Noble . 4 307 15 Kisler Stephen E. 2 M . . . Indiana Aug . Scarlet Fever 4 Noble . 4 307 16 Long Infant 1/12 M . . . Indiana Mar . Fits 1 Noble . 4 307 17 Church Mariah 10/12 F . . . Indiana Jul . Infl. Brain 14 Noble . 4 307 18 Collins Sarah A. 1 F . . . Indiana Aug . Diarrhea 14 Noble . 4 307 19 Neubaum Lydia A. 30 F . . M Virginia Jun . Lung Fever 9 wk Noble . 4 307 20 Harmon Milton 2/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Unknown 7 Noble . 4 307 21 Weese Elias 6 M . . . Indiana Jul . Infl. Bowels 7 Noble . 4 307 22 Thomas Angeline 7/12 F . . . Indiana Jul . Cholera 7 Noble . 4 307 23 Miller Frances 36 F . . M Virginia Dec . Puerperue Fever 9 Noble . 4 307 24 Keller Jerusha 88 F . . W North Carolina Dec . Plasey 4 Noble . 4 307 25 Chiles Benjamin F. 3 M . . . Indiana Apr . Scarlet Fever 2 Noble . 4 307 26 Lackey Samuel 1 M . . . Indiana Aug . Summer Comp. 12 Noble . 4 307 27 Cox Hannah 70 F . . W New Jersey Sep . Fever 4 wk Noble . 4 307 28 Brown Henry 6 M . . . Indiana Feb . Pleuracy 2 Noble . 4 307 29 Camp Rebecca 13 F . . . Ohio Feb . Pleuracy 1 Noble . 4 307 30 Beckner Oliver 6/12 M . . . Indiana Mar . Pleuracy 2 Noble . 4 307 31 Brown Samuel 44 M . . M Pennsylvania Feb Carpenter Dropsey 5 mo Noble . 4 307 32 Donaldson George W. 24 M . . . Indiana Sep . Typhus Fever 3 mo Noble . 4 307 33 Miller Infant 1/12 M . . . Indiana May . Unknown 1 mo Noble . 4 307 34 Capatt Emma I. 19 F . . M Kentucky Jan . Puerperue Fever 2 wk Noble . 4 307 35 Squirey James 8 M . . . Kentucky Jan . Winter Fever 7 wk Noble Cassett? ENUMERATOR REMARKS: In this township the soil is what is generally termed an allunce soil. The water is limestone, as to timber there is almost every variety - poplar, walnut, beech, sugar, ash, oak, hickory hackberry, etc. ========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Wabash ENUMERATOR: R. E. Davis ========================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================================== 5 308 1 Penrod mary E. 9/12 F . . . Indiana Aug . Infl. Brain 9 Pleasant . 5 308 2 Davis Elvira 15 F . . . Ohio Jun . Lung Fever 10 Pleasant . 5 308 3 Levihart Jonathan 43 M . . M Pennsylvania Apr Farmer Consumpt. 4 Pleasant . 5 308 4 Gearhart Susan 33 F . . M Pennsylvania Aug . Unknown 8 wk Pleasant . 5 308 5 Wohlford Catharine 23 F . . M Ohio Apr . Dropsey 3 mo Pleasant . 5 308 6 Purdye Derias 2 M . . . Indiana May . Burn 2 Pleasant . 5 308 7 Karn Isaac 81 M . . M Virginia Oct Farmer Ward 3 wk Pleasant . 5 308 8 Clay Titus 9/12 M . . . Indiana Jun . Unknown 4 Pleasant . 5 308 9 Howe Emily A. 6 F . . . Indiana Aug . Unknown 10 Pleasant . 5 308 10 Ramey Caleb Sr. 67 M . . W Virginia Jul Farmer Unknown 5 yr Pleasant . 5 308 11 Ramey Caleb Jr. 1 M . . . Indiana Jul . Infl. Bowels 2 wk Pleasant . 5 308 12 Baker Sarah 10/12 F . . . Indiana Aug . Unknown 3 wk Pleasant . 5 308 13 Brown Malinda 4 F . . . Indiana Nov . Burn Sudden Pleasant . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: In this township a portion of it varies somewhat from the former townships. A portion of it is what is called Oak *arreses and a more sandy soil than the former townships. There is some wet prairies and small lakes, the character of the water is limestone. ========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: Indiana COUNTY: Wabash ENUMERATOR: R. E. Davis ========================================================================================================================================================================== FILE-PG PAGE LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ========================================================================================================================================================================== 6 309 1 West Elizabeth M. 17 F . . . Ohio Feb . Fits 1 Chester . 6 309 2 Cappis Mary E. 1/12 F . . . Indiana Mar . Croup 3 mo Chester . 6 309 3 Meurer Samuel 6/12 M . . . Indiana Dec . Lung Fever 4 Chester . 6 309 4 Meurer Sarah 17 F . . . Ohio Nov . Consumption 6 mo Chester . 6 309 5 Meurer Jesse 1 M . . . Indiana Sep . Fever 3 mo Chester . 6 309 6 Harris John A. 4 M . . . Indiana Jul . Fever 3 mo Chester . 6 309 7 Susan Walters 4 F . . . Pennsylvania Jul . Fits 3 Chester . 6 309 8 Gray George T. 7 M . . . Indiana Sep . Fever 4 mo Chester . 6 309 9 Stephens Elmira 40 F . . M New York Jul . Cong. Chills 3 Chester . 6 309 10 Lang William 27 M . . M Ohio Aug . Cholera 1 Chester . 6 309 11 Brumley Polly 19 F . . M Ohio Aug . Cholera 1 Chester . 6 309 12 Preston Eliza A. 4/12 F . . . Indiana Jul . Infl. Lungs 8 Chester . 6 309 13 West William S. 5 M . . . Indiana Feb . Scarlet Fever 3 wk Chester . 6 309 14 Baugher John R. 10/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Eryciplus 3 wk Chester . 6 309 15 Jinks Stephen W. 7/12 M . . . Indiana Sep . Scarlet Fever 1 wk Chester . 6 309 16 McCutcheon Amanda 1 F . . . Indiana Sep . Scarlet Fever 4 wk Chester . 6 309 17 Jinks Lyndon D. 1 M . . . Indiana Oct . Scarlet Fever 9 Chester . 6 309 18 Jinks Susanna 58 F . . M Pennsylvania Sep . Scrofula 4yr Chester . 6 309 19 Reed Margaret A. 31 F . . M Pennsylvania Aug . Puerperue Fever 1 Chester . 6 309 20 Wall Elizabeth A. 4 F . . . Indiana Nov . Scarlet Fever 3 ** Chester . 6 309 21 Reed Matthew 53 M . . M Pennsylvania Sep Farmer Sinking Chills 2 Chester . 6 309 22 Frank Elizabeth 49 F . . M Pennsylvania May . Dyspepsia 4 yr Chester . 6 309 23 Cowgill James 1 M . . . Indiana Jul . Fever 4 Chester . 6 309 24 Hartes Delila 40 F . . M Ohio Mar . Fever 8 Chester . 6 309 25 Conners Elizabeth 2 F . . . Indiana Aug . Croup 4 Chester . 6 309 26 Wood Newton 2/12 M . . . Indiana Jul . Unknown 2 wk Chester . 6 309 27 Atwell Edward 1 M . . . Indiana Feb . Bronchisis 5 wk Chester . 6 309 28 West William H. 4 M . . . Ohio Jul . Scarlet Fever 5 wk Chester . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: The character of the soil, water, t imber, etc., in this township about the same as in Noble Township. ========================================================================================================================================================================== 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/ ==========================================================================================================================================================================