1850 Mortality Census Records - Polk County, Iowa IAGenWeb

1850 Mortality Schedule

Persons who died during the year ending 1st June, 1850

KEY TO COLUMNS:

1.- Persons name 2.- Age at last birthday 3.- Sex 4.-Color
5.- Free or Slave 6.- Married or Widowed 7.- Place of Birth 8.- Month the person died 9.- Profession
10.- Disease or cause of Death 11.- Number of Days Ill
** Every effort has been made to read the enumerators writing. In doing so, there may be mistakes. Please let the County Coordinator know of any needed spelling corrections.

Line #	1.	2.	3.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.
1	David Shatto	30	M	M	Oh.	March	Farmer	Unknown	60
2	James M. Montgomery	4/30	M		Iowa	May	None	Unknown	2
3	Not Named	7/30	M		Iowa	Jan.	None	Unknown	3
4	William Howard	25	M	M	Ill.	Dec.	Farmer	Inf. Kidneys	60
5	Not Named	3/30	M		Iowa	Jan.	None	Unknown	1
6	Robert Kellogg	10/12	M		Iowa	Aug.	None	Inf. Brain	1
7	Job Dewey	33	M		Ind.	April	Farmer	Inf. Lungs	7
8	Eliza J. Leftwick	1	F		Iowa	Sept		?Soroffuia	6
9	David Randolph	85	M	M	?NC	Nov	Farmer	Acident
10	Elenor B. Garrett	23	F	M	Oh.	July		Unknown	15
11	Margaret W. Garrett	3	F		Oh.	July		Inf. Bowels	6
12	Francis Howland	20	F		Me	Nov		Consumption	6
13	Jemima Barlow	2	F		Ind.	Nov		Croup	6
14	Andrew Cave	1	M		Mo	Mar.		Croup	16
15	Susanna Howard	47	F		Oh.	Aug.		Consumption	6
16	Otto(?) M. Jewett	5	M		Oh.	Sept.		Billious Fever	21
17	Perry J. Jewett	3	M		Oh.	Sept.		Billious Fever	12
18	Mary J. Michael	23	F	M	Ind.	March		Unknown	13
19	Mary J. McMullen	8/12	F		Iowa	Apr.		Unknown	1
20	John G. Vorse	2	M		Oh.	Apr.		Cholera infantuium	3
21	Samuel Kellogg	43	M	M	Scotland	Mar	None	Consumption	6
22	George Shell	32	M	W	Ky.	Oct	Farmer	Winter Fever	16
23	Ruth J. Shell	21	F	M	Tenn.	Aug.		Child Birth	8
24	William K. Lawson	14	M		Ky.	Nov.		Congestion	2
25	Thaddeus Wellman	26	M	W	Tenn.	Oct.	Farmer	Inf. Brain	6
26	Agnes Wellman	21	F	M	Ind.	Oct.		Consumption	6
27	George Galespie	14	M		Va.	May		Fever	10
28	William Powers	1/12	M		Iowa	Sept.		Croup	7
29	William Wallace	88	M	M	Pa.	April	Farmer	Not Known	14
30	Nancy Wallace	88	F	W	Ireland	Nov.		Fever	41
31	Epraim Bundy	1	M		Ind.	Feb.		Not Known	7
32	Mary E. Whitten	13	F		Me.	May	+	Congestion	3
33	Sarah Rees	62	F	M	Tenn.	Apr.		Lung Fever	7
34	Thomas Thompson	71	M	M	Md.	July	Farmer	Dropsy	6
35	Robert A. Johnson	9/12	M		Iowa	Sept.		Inf. brain	5
+ A disease called by some Congestive Fever or Chills Fever and Ague is the prevalent malady. Causes the malaria arising from decayed vegetation. The water is generally limestone in some places impregnated with sulfur in the soil. This is a black sandy loam varying from 11 inches to 4 feet in depth with a hard clay subsoil. Rocks-Limestone and Sandstone. Lumber-Oak of all varieties Black and White, Walnut, Cottonwood, Lynn, Hackberry, Hickory, Elm, Hard and Soft Maple. In the northern (Continues on next page)
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1	Emiline King	8/12	F		Iowa	Sept		Not Known	1
2	James Philips	57	M	M	Va.	Nov	Farmer +	Accident	9
3	------ White	9/12	M		Iowa	Dec		Croup	1
4	Samuel Cook	8/12	M		Iowa	Apr		Lung Fever	9
5	Moseby Childers	22	M		Oh.	Oct	Laborer	Typhoid Fever	8
6	Ruth McClintock	5/12	F		Ill.	Mar		Not Known	49
7	Aaron Stark	19	M		Ind.	July	Laborer	Inf. Brain	2
8	Nicholas Beezley	44	M	M	Oh.	Nov	Farmer	Consumption	8
9	Richard Hargis	32	M	M	Ky.	May	Farmer	Small Pox	13
10	Andrew Sryher (?Snyder)	11	M		Ind.	Aug		Scarlet Fever	7
11	Amanda Sryher (?Snyder)	1/12	F		Iowa	May		Not Known	5
12	Sarah E. Malowen	3/12	F		Va	Apr		Measles	6
13	Mathew Paine	3	M		Ill.	May		Dropsy	60
14	William Paine	1	M		Ill.	March		Winter Fever	9
15	Owen Hammer	1/12	M		Iowa	Dec.		Not Known	3
16	William Kenedy	78	M	W	Va.	Mar	None	Consumption	6
17	Louisa Roher	13	F		Ky.	Oct.		Inf. Brain	8
18	Melissa Randolph	9/12	F		Iowa	Jan.		Not Known	14
19	Mary Newbrough	3	F		Mo.	June		Drowned
20	John Messersmith	46	M	M	Va.	May	Farmer	Small Pox	14
21	Francis M. Eslick	1/12	M		Mo.	May		Congestion	7
22	Sarah McHenry	57	F	W	NY.	Nov.		Fever	7
23	Elizabeth Newton	10	F		Ind.	Mar.		Infl. Brain	2
24	Giles Swan	56	M	M	Conn.	Dec.	Farmer	Consumption	6
25	Hugh Pursley	43	M	M	Oh.	Apr.	Farmer	Small Pox	6
26	Mary M. D. Jordan	4/12	F		Iowa	Oct.		Congestion	2
27	William Haworth	6	M		Ill.	Sept.		Infl. Bowels	8
28	Joseph Jones	45	M	M	Pa.	May	Farmer	Congestion	6
29	Susan Holland	4	F		Iowa	Aug.		Fever	8
30	Elijah Holland	1	M		Iowa	Aug.		Fever	14
31	Lucy A. Hull	4/12	F		Iowa	Dec.		Lung Fever	5
32	Oliver P. Coffer	30	M	M	Ky.	May	Farmer	Small Pox	12
33	Abner Corbin	2/12	M		Iowa	Aug.		Not Known	2
34	Eliza A. Oneil	3	F		Iowa	Dec.		Small Pox	5
35	John Oniel	4/12	M		Iowa	Dec.		Small Pox	1
+ Cut his foot & Mortified part of any district on the Des Moines River there is a large body of pure gypsum covering many areas in extent and furnishing are almost inexhaustible supply. Stone: Coal also abounds along the Des Moines River in view of sufficient thickness to be easily worked.

Line #

10.

11.

David Shatto

Oh.

March

Farmer

Unknown

James M. Montgomery

4/30

Iowa

May

None

Unknown

Not Named

7/30

Iowa

Jan.

None

Unknown

William Howard

Ill.

Dec.

Farmer

Inf. Kidneys

Not Named

3/30

Iowa

Jan.

None

Unknown

Robert Kellogg

10/12

Iowa

Aug.

None

Inf. Brain

Job Dewey

Ind.

April

Farmer

Inf. Lungs

Eliza J. Leftwick

Iowa

Sept

?Soroffuia

David Randolph

?NC

Nov

Farmer

Acident

Elenor B. Garrett

Oh.

July

Unknown

Margaret W. Garrett

Oh.

July

Inf. Bowels

Francis Howland

Nov

Consumption

Jemima Barlow

Ind.

Nov

Croup

Andrew Cave

Mar.

Croup

Susanna Howard

Oh.

Aug.

Consumption

Otto(?) M. Jewett

Oh.

Sept.

Billious Fever

Perry J. Jewett

Oh.

Sept.

Billious Fever

Mary J. Michael

Ind.

March

Unknown

Mary J. McMullen

8/12

Iowa

Apr.

Unknown

John G. Vorse

Oh.

Apr.

Cholera infantuium

Samuel Kellogg

Scotland

Mar

None

Consumption

George Shell

Ky.

Oct

Farmer

Winter Fever

Ruth J. Shell

Tenn.

Aug.

Child Birth

William K. Lawson

Ky.

Nov.

Congestion

Thaddeus Wellman

Tenn.

Oct.

Farmer

Inf. Brain

Agnes Wellman

Ind.

Oct.

Consumption

George Galespie

Va.

May

Fever

William Powers

1/12

Iowa

Sept.

Croup

William Wallace

Pa.

April

Farmer

Not Known

Nancy Wallace

Ireland

Nov.

Fever

Epraim Bundy

Ind.

Feb.

Not Known

Mary E. Whitten

Me.

May

Congestion

Sarah Rees

Tenn.

Apr.

Lung Fever

Thomas Thompson

Md.

July

Farmer

Dropsy

Robert A. Johnson

9/12

Iowa

Sept.

Inf. brain

+ A disease called by some Congestive Fever or Chills
Fever and Ague is the prevalent malady. Causes the malaria arising from decayed vegetation. The water is generally limestone in some places impregnated with sulfur in the soil. This is a black sandy loam varying from 11 inches to 4 feet in depth with a hard clay subsoil. Rocks-Limestone and Sandstone. Lumber-Oak of all varieties Black and White, Walnut, Cottonwood, Lynn, Hackberry, Hickory, Elm, Hard and Soft Maple. In the northern (Continues on next page)

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Emiline King

8/12

Iowa

Sept

Not Known

James Philips

Va.

Nov

Farmer +

Accident

------ White

9/12

Iowa

Dec

Croup

Samuel Cook

8/12

Iowa

Apr

Lung Fever

Moseby Childers

Oh.

Oct

Laborer

Typhoid Fever

Ruth McClintock

5/12

Ill.

Mar

Not Known

Aaron Stark

Ind.

July

Laborer

Inf. Brain

Nicholas Beezley

Oh.

Nov

Farmer

Consumption

Richard Hargis

Ky.

May

Farmer

Small Pox

Andrew Sryher (?Snyder)

Ind.

Aug

Scarlet Fever

Amanda Sryher (?Snyder)

1/12

Iowa

May

Not Known

Sarah E. Malowen

3/12

Apr

Measles

Mathew Paine

Ill.

May

Dropsy

William Paine

Ill.

March

Winter Fever

Owen Hammer

1/12

Iowa

Dec.

Not Known

William Kenedy

Va.

Mar

None

Consumption

Louisa Roher

Ky.

Oct.

Inf. Brain

Melissa Randolph

9/12

Iowa

Jan.

Not Known

Mary Newbrough

Mo.

June

Drowned

John Messersmith

Va.

May

Farmer

Small Pox

Francis M. Eslick

1/12

Mo.

May

Congestion

Sarah McHenry

NY.

Nov.

Fever

Elizabeth Newton

Ind.

Mar.

Infl. Brain

Giles Swan

Conn.

Dec.

Farmer

Consumption

Hugh Pursley

Oh.

Apr.

Farmer

Small Pox

Mary M. D. Jordan

4/12

Iowa

Oct.

Congestion

William Haworth

Ill.

Sept.

Infl. Bowels

Joseph Jones

Pa.

May

Farmer

Congestion

Susan Holland

Iowa

Aug.

Fever

Elijah Holland

Iowa

Aug.

Fever

Lucy A. Hull

4/12

Iowa

Dec.

Lung Fever

Oliver P. Coffer

Ky.

May

Farmer

Small Pox

Abner Corbin

2/12

Iowa

Aug.

Not Known

Eliza A. Oneil

Iowa

Dec.

Small Pox

John Oniel

4/12

Iowa

Dec.

Small Pox

+ Cut his foot & Mortified
part of any district on the Des Moines River there is a large body of pure gypsum covering many areas in extent and furnishing are almost inexhaustible supply. Stone: Coal also abounds along the Des Moines River in view of sufficient thickness to be easily worked.

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