Clark County (Dist. 48) Mortality Index 1850

Pg	#	Name		Age	Sex	Mar. Stat	Place  of Birth	Month  of  Death	Profession Occupation or Trade	Disease or Cause of Death	# Days Ill
	1	Shots	Maclena	62	F	M	GER	June		Liver Complaint	70(?)
1	2	Handy	Mary	18	F	M	IL	Aug		Chronic	not known
1	3	Stephens	Henry	55	M	M	Unk.	Dec	Farmer	Scarlet  Fever	7(?)
1	4	Poorman	Jane	18	F	S	IL	Aug		Fever	10
1	5	Jefferies	Moses	45	M	M	KY	Jan	Farmer	Unknown
1	6	Poorman	Nancy J.	25	F	S	IN	Sept		Disease of Lungs	30
1	7	Fauver	Christopher	38	M	S	VA	Dec	Farmer	Chronic	no data
1	8	Step	Eli	28	M		KY	May	Farmer	Winter Fever	14
1	9	Bessor	John W.	18	M	S	IL	Mar	Farmer	Unknown	14
1	10	Pharis	William	4	M	M	IL	April		Inflammation Brain	5
1	11	Comes	Elizabeth	21	F	M	IL	May		Inflammation Lungs	42
1	12	Phillips	Martha	11/12	F	-	IL	Aug		no data	14
1	13	Stevens	Louis	24	M	M	IN	Jan	Farmer	Winter Fever	15
1	14	Stevens	Sarah	17	F	S	AL	Jan		Erysipelas(?)	9
1	15	Elliot	James	26	M		AL	Mar	Farmer	Fever	10
1	16	Sanford	George	30	M		OH	April	Farmer	Erysipelas (?)	30
1	17	Reeves	George	24	M		OH	Sept		Chronic
1	18	Ranes	Mahala	27	F		KY	Dec.		Poisoned Milk Sick(ness?)	14
1	19	Wols	Joshua	28	M	M	OH	Mar	Farmer	Winter Fever	11
1	20	Wols	Percy	14	M	M	OH	Feb		Winter Fever	9
1	22	Johnson	James	16	M		IL	Nov.	Farmer	Inflammation Lungs	3
1	23	Smith	Martha	13	F		IN	Mar		Inflammation Brain	4
1	24	Haws	Benjamin	30	M		OH
1	25	Puffenberger	Henry	25	M	S	VA	May	Farmer	Fits	1
1	26	Miller	Jane	22	F	M	IL	Jan		Winter Fever	6
1	26	Hillebert	Olive	3	F	-	IL	July		Erysipelas(?)	35
1	27	Miles	Benjamin	1/12	M		IL	Aug		no data	21
1	28	Redman	Andrew P.	13	M	S	IN	May		Winter Fever	29
1	29	Porter	Amanda	8/12	F	-	IL	Oct		Worms	50
1	30	Berry	Richard	1	M	-	IL	Nov		Burns	4
1	31	Shorter	Thomas	1	M		IN	Aug	no data	Chronic	60
1	32	Hamilton	Elizabeth	60	F	M	KY	Mar		Fever	14
1	33	Johnson	Penelope	60	F	M	RI	Sept		Chronic	no data
	34	Beverage	VA	16	F	S	VA	Mar		Congestive(?) Chills	6
1	35	Harrison	Henry	72	M	M	NC	Feb	Farmer	Chronic	no data
2	1	Twilly	George W.	18	M	S	IN	July	Stage Driver	Sudden
2	2	Anderson	Abraham	55	M	M	KY	June		Chronic
2	3	Hagan	Emmy	2	F		IL	Feb		Drowned
2	5	Taylor	Sayrah	7/12	F		IL	Aug		Inflammation	3
2	6	Kindle	William	40	M	M	IN	Apr	Farmer	Inflammation Brain	9
2	7	Tichner	Luis	61	M	M	NJ	Oct	Farmer	Chronic
2	8	Purcell	Sarah	1	F		IN	Dec		Inflammation
2	9	Dickins	Joel	31	M	M	IN	Nov	School Teacher	Inflammation Lungs	7
2	10	Parker	Mary	7/12	F		IL	Feb		Croup	6
2	11	Lowry	Mrs.	48	F	M	KY	Feb		Chronic
2	12	Parker	William	54	M		KY	June	Farmer	Chronic
2	12	Gilbert	James	53	M	M	TN	Mar	Farmer	Palsy
2	14	Hall	Arthur H.	8/12	M		IL	Feb		Sudden
2	15	Hall	Jane	11	F		KY	Aug		Congestion Brain	17
2	16	Hall	Albert	11/12	M		IL	Jan.		Croup
2	17	Breckenridge	James	1	M	?	PA	Oct	Farmer	no data
2	18	Welch	Mary	1	F		IL	Jan	Unknown	4
2	19	Gibson	Anna	1	F		IL	Apr		Worms	1
2	20	Crothers	Mrs.	46	F	M	Unk.	Feb		Unknown
3	1	Buckner	Susannah	10	F		IL	Feb		Whooping Cough	28
3	2	Toten	Colister	4	F		IL	Nov		Whooping Cough	no data
3	3	Hill	Mary	5	F		IL	July		Infla. Brain	6
3	4	Chambers	Jasper	1/12	M		IL	Apr.		Erysipelas (?)	6
3	5	Ellington	Samuel	1/12	M		IL	Jan		no data	12
3	6	Smith	John	57	M	M	KY	Dec		Chronic
3	7	Smith	Martha	7	F		IL	Oct		Fever	7
3	8	Craig	Sarah	1/12	F		IL	Mar		Sudden
3	9	Knight	John	55	M	S	TN	Jan		Shot
3	10	Graham	Burrel	76	M	M	NC	Aug	Farmer	Sudden
3	11	Graham	Eliza	1	F		IL	Feb		Inflammation Lungs	35
3	12	Bostwick	Henry W.	24	M	M	PA	Nov	Carpenter	Unknown	5
3	13	Bostwick	John	65	M	M	CT	Nov	Farmer	Unknown	5
3	14	Bennett	Lidia	2/12	F		IL	Nov		W. Cough
3	15	Row	Anna	30	F	M	Unk.
3	16	Geddes	John	18	M	S	IN	Sept	Farmer	Snake Bite
3	17	Call	Caroline	15	F	S	OH	Sept		Chronic
3	18	Clore	Joseph	46	M	M	VA	Jan	Farmer	Winter Fever	15
3	19	Scofield	Ruth	38	F	M	NC	Aug	Chronic
3	20	Suten	Lucinda	39	F	M	Unk.	Feb		Chronic
3	21	Kimlin	Wm P.	3/12	M		IL	May		Lung Fever	3
3	22	Stoneburner	Rebecca	6	F		IL	April		Lung Fever	7
3	23	Morgan	William	1	M		OH	Nov		Flu(?)	28
3	24	Tamor	Philip	8	M		OH
3	25	Kester	Charles	9/12	M		IL	Jan		Inflammation Bowels	3
3	26	Comstock	Nathan	42	M	M	KY	Oct	Farmer	Inflammation Lungs	14
3	27	Welsh	Mary E	1	F		IL	Dec		no data
3	28	Tygert	Sarah	5	F		IL	Sept		Diarrhea	3
3	29	Brinner	George	65	M	M	PA	April	Farmer	Chronic
3	30	Prater	Leticia	1	F		IL	Sept		Bowel Complaint	60
3	31	Burton	Joseph	49	M	M	KY	Dec	Farmer	Winter fever	10
3	32	Kesler	Huldy J.	1	F		IL	Aug		Bowel Complaint	55
3	33	Archer	James	23	M	S	IL	Feb		Chronic
3	34	Miller	Joseph	11/12	M		IL	Nov		no data	35
3	35	Hays	Augus	3/12	M		IL	July		no data

Remarks:	Clark county in general is very healthy Except that Part bordering on the Wabash River where the People are considerably afflicted with Chills and Fever.  The Water mostly Limestone. The Land rich and productive.  Timber white and red Oak, Poplar, Cottonwood and Buckeye.  Excellent Limestone quarries in neighborhood of Marshall.

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