Wells County, IN 1850 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/wells/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) 2015 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 WELLS 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 Mortality STATE: IN County: Wells ENUMERATOR: Isaac Covert FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 339 =============================================================================================================================================================== 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) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) =============================================================================================================================================================== 1 Wolf Enoch 5/12 M . . . Indiana Jun . Laryngitis 2 Union . 2 Dewitt John 4/12 M . . . Indiana May . Fever 4 wk Union . 3 Powell Nathaniel 5/12 M . . . Indiana Jul . Dysenterie 2 ek Union . 4 Unknown . 1/12 M . . . Indiana Mar . Unknown 2 Union . 5 Bates Jane 25 F . . M Ohio Dec . Liver Complaint 8 wk Union . 6 Willion Margaret 2 F . . . Ohio Oct . Consumption C Union . 7 Wasson Isabella 8 F . . . Ohio May . Scarletina 9 Union . 8 Wasson James 7 M . . . Ohio May . Scarletina 7 Union . 9 Gorham Nancy A. 3/12 F . . . Ohio Nov . Erysepelous 7 Union . 11 Henderson John 50 M . . M Virginia Apr Farmer Puteritess 6 Lancaster . 12 Hase Mary I. 5 F . . . Pennsylvania Sep . Laryngitis 5 Lancaster . 13 Brown M. K. 4 F . . . Ohio Jun . Puteritess 3 Lancaster . 14 Cummins Daniel 2/12 M . . . Indiana Apr . Puteritess 10 Lancaster . 15 Richey Sophia 4 F . . . Indiana Jan . Scarletina 3 wk Lancaster . 16 Richey Mary I. 3 F . . . Indiana Feb . Scarletina 3 wk Lancaster . 17 Waggoner John 24 M . . . Virginia Nov Laborer Rubeola 4 Lancaster . 18 Daily Lydia 29 F . . M New Jersey Feb . Dropsey 2 mo Lancaster . 19 Daily Mathias 1/12 M . . . Indiana Dec . Unknown 1 Lancaster . 20 Paynter John 10/12 M . . . Indiana Jan . Scarletina 6 Lancaster . 21 Wade William B. 21 M . . . Ohio Jan Farmer Typhoid Fever 4 Lancaster . 22 Bennet Louisa 8 F . . . Indiana Jan . Rubeola 7 Lancaster . 23 Bennet L. 5 M . . . Indiana Jan . Rubeola 7 Lancaster . 24 Funcannon Oliver 26 M . . M Ohio Jan Farmer Rubeola 4 wk Lancaster . 25 Funcannon Henry 6/12 M . . . Indiana Jan . Rubeola 6 Lancaster . 26 Graham Henry 3 M . . . Indiana Feb . Dropsey 8 wk Lancaster . 27 Clarke Nancy J. 3 F . . . Indiana Oct . Scarletina 8 Lancaster . 28 Golden W. H. 2 M . . . Ohio Jan . Scarletina 2 Lancaster . 29 Orin John 1/12 M . . . Indiana Mar . Rubeola 5 Lancaster . 30 Richey Marand E. 11 F . . . Indiana Aug . Scarletina 7 Lancaster . 31 Richey Miles H. 3 M . . . Indiana Aug . Scarletina 7 Lancaster . 32 Richey Mary S. 9/12 F . . . Indiana Aug . Scarletina 7 Lancaster . =============================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Wells ENUMERATOR: Isaac Covert FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 340 =============================================================================================================================================================== 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) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) =============================================================================================================================================================== 1 Leeper Jacob 8/12 M . . . Indiana Mar . Pneumonia 27 Rock Creek . 2 Latterres John 4 M . . . Ohio Oct . Pleurasy 3 Rock Creek . 3 Farling Abraham 51 M . . M Pennsylvania Jun Farmer Accidental . Rock Creek . 4 Barber Hallet 50 M . . M New York Aug C.C. Clergyman Cholera 6 Rock Creek . 5 Davis Rheuann 48 F . . M Virginia May . Fever 10 Rock Creek . 6 Ellingham Mary 53 F . . M England Aug . Fever 4 wk Rock Creek . 7 Honts Amanda 1 F . . . Ohio Aug . Diarrhea 5 Rock Creek . 9 Clouse Sarah 39 F . . M Pennsylvania Oct . Fever 8 Jackson . 10 Clouse Stogdil 20 M . . . Ohio Feb Farmer Consumption C Jackson . 11 Clouse Nathaniel 5 M . . . Indiana Mar . Ensephalitis 1 wk Jackson . 12 Clouse Susannah 2 F . . . Indiana Jun . Scrofula C Jackson . 13 Attran Charles 75 F . . W Maryland Nov . Old Age 3 Jackson . 14 Cole Sirene 1 F . . . Indiana Aug . Ensephalitis 6 Jackson Cale? 15 Milliken C. 55 F . . M Carolina Jun . Congestive Fever 1 Jackson . 16 Milliken David 30 M . . M Ohio Jan Farmer Consumption C Jackson . 17 Geath John M. 18 M . . . Indiana Feb . Unknown 3 Jackson . 18 Anderson George S. 37 M . . . Ohio Oct Farmer Unknown C Jackson . 20 Vanhern Letty 35 F . . M Ohio Jan . Cancer C Jefferson . 21 Grenury? Mary 3 F . . . Indiana Sep . De Long 3 Jefferson . 22 Engle Elizabeth 1 F . . . Ohio Oct . Convulsions 28 Jefferson . 23 Unknown . 1/12 F . . . Indiana Mar . Unknown 1 Jefferson . 24 Crouse Eberle 5 M . . . Ohio Aug . Cong. Of Brain 8 Jefferson . 25 Smith Oliver 1/12 M . . . Indiana May . Unknown 1 Jefferson . 26 Cooly James 11 M . . . Ohio Sep . Remittive Fever 9 wk Jefferson . 27 Archibald Joseph 1 M . . . Indiana Jul . Laryngitis 3 Jefferson . 28 Clevinger Anna 31 F . . M Pennsylvania Mar . Consumption C Jefferson . 29 Wance Absolom 29 M . . M Ohio Mar Farmer Consumption C Jefferson . 30 Templeton Simon 8 M . . . Ohio Mar . Scarletina 21 Jefferson . =============================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Wells ENUMERATOR: Isaac Covert FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 341 =============================================================================================================================================================== 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) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) =============================================================================================================================================================== 1 Studebaker Adaline 5 F . . . Indiana Dec . Scarletina 3 Bluffton . 2 Furgason Nancy 4 F . . . Indiana Sep . Scarletina 10 Bluffton . 3 Furgason Lydia 3 F . . . Indiana Jan . Rubeola 3 wk Bluffton . 4 Lynn Joseph 7/12 M . . . Indiana Feb . Laryngitis 8 Bluffton . 5 Donaldson James W. 2 M . . . Indiana Feb . Scarletina 2 wk Bluffton . 6 Covert Abraham S. 3 M . . . Indiana Jan . Scarletina 3 wk Bluffton . 7 Turner Edwin 10 M . . . Indiana Jan . Scarletina 4 wk Bluffton . 8 Turner Martha 4 F . . . Indiana Feb . Scarletina 4 wk Bluffton . 9 Wheeler Mariah 13 F . . . Ohio Sep . Unknown 1 Bluffton . 10 Bowden Josephine 2 F . . . Indiana Aug . Enteritis 2 wk Bluffton . 11 Drummond John E. 2 M . . . Indiana Jan . Encephalitis 2 Bluffton . 12 Grove George 77 M . . W Pennsylvania Nov Shoemaker Pleurasy 18 Bluffton . 13 Covert Mary C. 6 F . . . Indiana Dec . Scarletina 2 wk Bluffton . 14 Covert J. O. 1 M . . . Indiana Dec . Encephalitis 1 Bluffton . 15 Greer Lambert 2/12 M . . . Indiana Jul . Diarrhea 2 wk Bluffton . 16 Marquies John R. 2 M . . . Indiana Jan . Scarletina 2 Bluffton . 17 Marquies James R. 9 M . . . Indiana Jan . Scarletina 12 Bluffton . 18 Kellogg Celia 10 F . . . Ohio Aug . Scarletina 2 Bluffton . 19 Gary Catharine 65 F . . W Pennsylvania Jan . Pneumonia 1 wk Bluffton . 20 Ely Eli 21 M . . . Ohio Dec Shoemaker ? 2 wk Bluffton . 21 Lewis Simeon 3 M . . . Indiana Mar . ? 1 wk Bluffton . 22 Coughhouer Susannah 4 F . . . Indiana Nov . Encephalitis 1 Bluffton . 23 Brown Mathias 3 M . . . Indiana Feb . Scarletina 1 wk Bluffton . 24 Brown Mary 1 F . . . Indiana Feb . Scarletina 10 Bluffton . 27 Tenig Sarah 3 F . . . Indiana Nov . Scarletina 17 Nottingham Fenig? 28 Braner Daniel 10 M . . . Indiana Nov . Epistaxis 4 wk Nottingham . 29 Fuller Hannah 2/12 F . . . Indiana Dec . Laryngitis 1 Nottingham . 30 Shoemaker Samuel 1 M . . . Ohio Dec . Scarletina 7 Nottingham . =============================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN County: Wells ENUMERATOR: Isaac Covert FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 342 =============================================================================================================================================================== 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) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) =============================================================================================================================================================== 1 Prillman Mariah 21 F . . M Ohio Aug . Puerperal Fever 4 wk Harrison . 2 Funcannon Reuben 20 M . . . Ohio Jun Farmer Cholera 1 Harrison . 3 Bennet William B. 9 M . . . Indiana Feb . Scarletina 5 wk Harrison . 4 Bennet Mary 4 F . . . Indiana Jan . Scarletina 3 Harrison . 5 Bennet Martha J. 2 F . . . Indiana Feb . Scarletina 5 Harrison . 6 Miller William 3 M . . . Indiana Feb . Scarletina 1 wk Harrison . 7 Hoover B. F. 6 M . . . Ohio Jan . Laryngitis 3 Harrison . 8 Hoover Christiana 4 F . . . Indiana Mar . Encephalitis 2 Harrison . 9 Bennet Rolley 5 M . . . Indiana Mar . Scarletina 6 Harrison . 10 Sowers Elizabeth 13 F . . . Ohio Jul . Drowned 0 Harrison . 11 Arnold Malinda 27 F . . M Maryland Dec . Puerperal Fever 8 Harrison . 12 Stafford John 51 M . . M Pennsylvania Feb Farmer Erysepelous 4 Harrison . 13 Fellows Samuel 82 M . . M Connecticut May Farmer D*** Heart 4 wk Harrison . 14 Riddile Matilda 51 F . . M Pennsylvania Feb . Hydro**** 1 wk Harrison . 15 Masterson William C. 2 M . . . Indiana Jan . Scarletina 3 Harrison . 16 Thompson David 1 M . . . Indiana Apr . Enteritis 2 wk Harrison . 19 Ketterman July Ann 2 F . . . Indiana May . Pneumonia 2 wk Liberty . 20 Goings Justice 3 M . . . Indiana May . Pneumonia 2 wk Liberty . 21 Peek Alma 28 F . . W Connecticut Nov . Child Bed ? Liberty . 22 Popejoy Cyrus 3 M . . . Ohio Aug . Fever 2 wk Liberty . 23 Sharble Charles B. 2 M . . . Ohio Sep . Laryngitis 2 Liberty . 24 Beck Alma 9/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Fever 12 Liberty . 25 Rice Sophia 55 F . . W New Hampshire Oct . Typhoid Fever 2 ek Liberty . 26 Rice Sophia 18 F . . . Vermont Nov . Typhoid Fever 3 wk Liberty . 27 Clarke William 57 M . . M Pennsylvania Dec . Carelitis 6 wk Liberty . 28 West William 76 M . . W Virginia Jun . Unknown 8 Liberty . 29 Foreman Elizabeth 1 F . . . Indiana Jul . 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