1870 Mortality Schedule

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1870 Mortality Schedule

 

DeKalb County, Indiana

 

Page No.

 

Schedule 2. Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Wilmington Township, in the

 

County of DeKalb, State of Indiana, Enumated by me, W. R. Emerson, Ass't Marshal

 

 

 

Description

Parentage

 

 

 

Number of the Family, as given in the 2d Column of Schedule 1

Name of Every person who died during the year ending June1, 1870, whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family

Age last Birthday, if Under one year, give months in fraction.

Sex- Males (M) Females (F)

Color-- White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinesse (Ch), Indian (I)

Marrried (M) or Widowed (W)

Place of Birth, naming the State or Territory of the U. S., or the country, if of foreign birth

Father of foreign birth

Mother of foreign birth

The Month in which the person died

Profession, Occupation, or Trade

Disease or Cause of Death

 

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

1

23

Lanning, Martha

23

F

W

M

Ohio

 

 

Jan

Keeping House

Consumption

 

2

23

Lanning, Willis

1\12

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Feb

 

??? Fever

 

3

33

Henderson, Abner

12

M

W

 

Indiana

1

 

April

 

???

 

4

48

Haines, Moses

76

M

W

M

New York

1

 

Dec

Farmer

Hemorrage of Stomach

 

5

61

Livergood, Edith

11

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

May

at home

Drowning

 

6

58

Williams, Madison

32

M

W

M

Indiana

 

 

April

Farmer

Heart Disease

 

7

97

Gengnagle, Charles

16

F

W

 

Ohio

1

1

May

going to school

Consumption

 

8

196

Frank, Gary

9\12

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

May

 

Hooping cough

 

9

160

Boyles Sarah A.

1

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

May

 

Measles

 

10

241

French, Joseph

16

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Oct

Laborer

Disease of the hip

 

11

303

Edwards, James E.

8\12

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

April

 

Measles

 

12

265

Gunsenhouser, Sadel

4

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

May

 

Measles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State of Indiana DeKalb County SS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Certify that the foregoing one Page constitute a full and true copy of all Census Returns made by me as Assistant Marshal for the District Assigned me According to the Tenor of my oath of Office and instruction Received to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. R. Emerson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1870 Mortality Schedule

 

DeKalb County, Indiana

 

Page No.

 

Schedule 2. Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Union Township, Subdividion No. 49, in the

 

County of DeKalb, State of Indiana, Enumated by me, L. P. Blair, Ass't Marshal

 

 

 

Description

Parentage

 

 

 

Number of the Family, as given in the 2d Column of Schedule 1

Name of Every person who died during the year ending June1, 1870, whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family

Age last Birthday, if Under one year, give months in fraction.

Sex- Males (M) Females (F)

Color-- White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinesse (Ch), Indian (I)

Marrried (M) or Widowed (W)

Place of Birth, naming the State or Territory of the U. S., or the country, if of foreign birth

Father of foreign birth

Mother of foreign birth

The Month in which the person died

Profession, Occupation, or Trade

Disease or Cause of Death

 

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

1

38

Margaret Lower

41

F

W

M

Ohio

 

 

August\69

Keeping House

Consumption

 

2

18

Lower, Orpha

13

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

March\70

 

Convulsions

 

3

67

Hill, Mary J.

37

F

W

M

Michigan

 

 

March\70

Keeping House

Consumption

 

4

193

Stough, Mary E.

25

F

W

M

Ohio

 

 

March\70

Keeping House

Pm Child Birth

 

5

144

Zongker, Susanna

37

F

W

M

Pennsylvania

 

 

Feb\70

Keeping House

Consumption

 

6

165

Mader, John

23

M

W

 

Ohio

 

 

July\69

Farm Labor

Inflamation of Bowels

 

7

166

Raut, Edwin

3

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

March\70

 

Brain Inflamation

 

8

168

Farrington, Austin

1

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Aug\69

 

Diarrhea

 

9

178

Kutchner, Amanda

33

F

W

M

Pennsylvania

 

 

Jan\70

Service work

Typhoid Fever

 

10

-----

Yards, William

55

M

W

 

Pennsylvania

 

 

Feb\70

Carpenter & Joiner

Dropsey

 

11

210

Shanks, John

80

M

W

W

Pennsylvania

 

 

Mar\70

Farmer

Old Age

 

12

229

Moore, Amanda P.

3

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Mar\70

 

Disease of Brain

 

13

237

Dils, Dellie

1\12

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Feb\70

 

Lung Disease

 

14

261

McConkey, Sarah

30

F

W

M

Ohio

 

 

May\70

Housewife

In Child Birth

 

15

266

Goodwin, Rosa

1

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Sep\69

 

Lung Disease

 

16

188

Till, Samuel

69

M

W

M

Pennsylvania

 

 

Jan\70

Farmer

Lung Disease

 

17

211

Husselman, William

6

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Aug\69

 

Disease of Heart

 

18

18

Moore, Andrew

3

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

April\70

 

Mengitis

 

19

100

Ralston??, Amanda

25

F

W

M

Indiana

 

 

May\70

 

Disease of Heart

 

20

220

Bassett, Levi J

14

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

May\69

 

Typhoid Fever

 

21

227

Clutter, Alice

11

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

June\70

 

Spinal Disease

 

22

285

Stamate, John S.

9

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

April\70

 

Measles

 

23

251

Vail, Hattie

3

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Oct\69

 

Disease of Heart

 

24

236

Patterson, Herbert

1

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Jan\70

 

Throat Disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hereby certify the foregoing schedule to be a true and complete statement of the Calls occuring in Subdivision No. 49 between the firs day of June\69 and the first day of June\70 and that the same was made according to tenor and instructions 1 page L. P. Blair, Assistant Marshal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1870 Mortality Schedule

 

DeKalb County, Indiana

 

Page No.

 

Schedule 2. Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Troy Township, in the

 

County of DeKalb, State of Indiana, Enumated by me, W. R. Emerson, Ass't Marshal

 

 

 

Description

 

Parentage

 

 

 

Number of the Family, as given in the 2d Column of Schedule 1

Name of Every person who died during the year ending June1, 1870, whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family

Age last Birthday, if Under one year, give months in fraction.

Sex- Males (M) Females (F)

Color-- White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinesse (Ch), Indian (I)

Marrried (M) or Widowed (W)

Place of Birth, naming the State or Territory of the U. S., or the country, if of foreign birth

Father of foreign birth

Mother of foreign birth

The Month in which the person died

Profession, Occupation, or Trade

Disease or Cause of Death

 

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

1

49

Casebeer, Nancy

66

F

W

M

Pennsylvania

 

 

May

Keeping House

Disease of Liver

 

2

91

Bontrager, Sineca E.

1

m

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Feb

 

Accident Choked

 

3

95

John, Alma A.

3

F

W

 

Ohio

 

 

Dec

 

Diptheria

 

4

104

Swinehart, George

71

M

W

W

Ohio

 

 

April

Farmer

Apoplexy???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State of Indiana DeKalb County SS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Certify that the foregoing one Page constitute a full and true copy of the Census Returns made by me as Assistant Marshal for the District Assigned me according to the tenor of my oath of office and instruction Received to the best of my Knowledge and belief W. R. Emerson, Assistant U. S. Marshal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1870 Mortality Schedule

 

DeKalb County, Indiana

 

Page No.

 

Schedule 2. Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Stafford Township, in the

 

County of DeKalb, State of Indiana, Enumated by me, W. R. Emerson, Ass't Marshal

 

 

 

Description

 

Parentage

 

 

 

Number of the Family, as given in the 2d Column of Schedule 1

Name of Every person who died during the year ending June1, 1870, whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family

Age last Birthday, if Under one year, give months in fraction.

Sex- Males (M) Females (F)

Color-- White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinesse (Ch), Indian (I)

Marrried (M) or Widowed (W)

Place of Birth, naming the State or Territory of the U. S., or the country, if of foreign birth

Father of foreign birth

Mother of foreign birth

The Month in which the person died

Profession, Occupation, or Trade

Disease or Cause of Death

 

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

1

3

Imhoff, Jemima

13

F

W

 

Indiana

1

 

Nov

at Home

Innflamatory Rheumatism

 

2

50

Hart, Elvira

26

F

W

M

Ohio

 

 

Aug

Keeping House

consumption

 

3

40

Joslin, Clark Sen

80

M

W

M

New York

 

 

Oct

Farmer

Old Age

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State of Indiana DeKalb County SS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Certify that the foregoing one Page constitute a full and true copy of the Census Returns made by me as Assistant Marshal within and for the District Assigned me according to the tenor of my oath of office and insturctions Received to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. R. Emerson, Assistan U. S. Marshal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1870 Mortality Schedule

 

DeKalb County, Indiana

 

Page No.

 

Schedule 2. Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Smithfield Township, in the

 

County of DeKalb, State of Indiana, Enumated by me, John Buchanan, Ass't Marshal

 

 

 

Description

 

Parentage

 

 

 

Number of the Family, as given in the 2d Column of Schedule 1

Name of Every person who died during the year ending June1, 1870, whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family

Age last Birthday, if Under one year, give months in fraction.

Sex- Males (M) Females (F)

Color-- White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinesse (Ch), Indian (I)

Marrried (M) or Widowed (W)

Place of Birth, naming the State or Territory of the U. S., or the country, if of foreign birth

Father of foreign birth

Mother of foreign birth

The Month in which the person died

Profession, Occupation, or Trade

Disease or Cause of Death

 

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

1

4

Lower, Barbara E.

2

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

January

 

Hooping Cough

 

2

4

Lower, Elizabeth

1\12

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

April

 

Convulsions

 

3

5

Baughman, Mertie

14 days

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

March

 

Inflamation of Bowels

 

4

21

Fike, George

23

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Sept

Labor

Consumption

 

5

30

Ellenwood, Orin

----

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

January

 

Still Born

 

6

30

Ellenwood, Orin

----

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

January

 

Still Born

 

7

42

Heckathorn, George

44

M

W

W

Ohio

 

 

Sept

Laborer

??? Fever

 

8

50

Casselman, Ora D

7\12

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

March

 

Hooping Cough

 

9

52

Lint, Edith I.

7\12

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

April

 

Hooping Cough

 

10

54

Clark, William

49

M

W

M

New York

 

 

April

Farmer

Cancer

 

11

75

Kettering, Orrilla

28

F

W

M

Ohio

 

 

November

Keeping House

Disease of Heart

 

12

106

Mordorff, Andrew J.

22

M

W

 

Ohio

 

 

July

Laborer

Disease of Heart

 

13

109

Gramling, ??

1\12

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

Oct

 

Hooping Cough

 

14

111

Conly, David

52

M

W

M

Ohio

 

 

March

Farmer

Heart Disease

 

15

123

Duncan, George J.

66

M

W

M

Pennsylvania

 

 

January

Farmer

Acute Inflamation Rheumatism

 

16

230

Jones, Susan

27

F

W

 

New York

 

 

Feb

Domestic Servt

Consumption

 

17

257

Bachtel, Hannah C.

33

F

W

M

Ohio

 

 

Oct

Keeping House

Consumption

 

18

174

Hemstreet, Alonzo

30

M

W

M

Ohio

 

 

Feb

Farmer

Congestion of Lungs

 

19

184

Miller, Michael

3\12

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

August

 

Euysipelas??

 

20

194

Shull, Lydia A.

23

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

February

School Teacher

Consumption

 

21

201

Martin, ?????

1\12

F

W

 

Indiana

 

 

July

 

Lung Disease

 

 

1870 Mortality Schedule

 

DeKalb County, Indiana

 

Page No.

 

Schedule 2. Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Richland Township, in the

 

County of DeKalb, State of Indiana, Enumated by me, John Buchanan, Ass't Marshal

 

 

 

Description

 

Parentage

 

 

 

Number of the Family, as given in the 2d Column of Schedule 1

Name of Every person who died during the year ending June1, 1870, whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family

Age last Birthday, if Under one year, give months in fraction.

Sex- Males (M) Females (F)

Color-- White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinesse (Ch), Indian (I)

Marrried (M) or Widowed (W)

Place of Birth, naming the State or Territory of the U. S., or the country, if of foreign birth

Father of foreign birth

Mother of foreign birth

The Month in which the person died

Profession, Occupation, or Trade

Disease or Cause of Death

 

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

1

13

Buss, S_son ?

72

F

W

W

Switzerland??

1

1

September

Keeping House

Asphzeia??

 

2

33

Mr. Knott

73

M

W

W

Pennsylvania

 

 

March

Farmer

Lung Disease

 

3

36

Infant boy of Mary & Floyd Hood

1\12

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

June

 

Hooping cough

 

4

36

Bowman, Levi

5\12

M

W

 

Indiana

 

 

March