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1880 Mortality Schedule
De Witt County, IL
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Transcribed by K. Torp
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LAST NAME |
AGE |
SEX |
MAR. STATUS |
POB |
FATHER POB |
MOTHER POB |
OCCUPATION |
MONTH OF DEATH |
CAUSE OF DEATH |
# OF DAYS ILL |
TOWNSHIP |
| Armstrong, Mary | 0 | F | IL | -- | -- | Feb | Prem. Birth | Barnett | |||
| Armstrong, Moses E | 1 | M | IL | ENG | OH | Sep | Inflammation of stomach | 1 | Barnett | ||
| Deneen, John | 26 | M | MA | IRE | IRE | Farmer | Jan | Lockjaw | 15 | Barnett | |
| Lane, David K | 2 | M | IL | IL | IL | Feb | Pneumonia | 2 | Barnett | ||
| Lane, Sidney C | 56 | F | W | KY | KY | KY | Nov | Cancer | 45 | Barnett | |
| Miller, Laura Bell | 33? | F | M | IL | Jan | Result from confinement | Barnett | ||||
| Morse, Nancy | 46 | F | M | OH | OH | OH | Housekeeper | Oct | Inflammation of brain | 25 | Barnett |
| Piatt, Laura R | 14 | F | IL | OH | OH | Oct | Diphtheria | 14 | Barnett | ||
| Pollock, Joseph | 68 | M | M | KY | MD | DEL | Farmer | Dec | Lung fever | 40 | Barnett |
| Atterbury, Peter | 40 | M | M | IL | IN | IN | Laborer | Apr | Pneumonia | Clintonia | |
| Beal, William | 19 | M | M | IL | Holstein | Holstein | Laborer | Jan | Abscess of liver | 19 | Clintonia |
| Bostler, Thompson | 60 | M | W | PA | PA | PA | Blacksmith | Dec | Heart disease | 13 | Clintonia |
| Burns, Emma J | 31 | F | D | IL | NY | VA | Seamstress | Nov | Consumption | 31 | Clintonia |
| Converse, John | 67 | M | M | MA | MA | MA | Shoemaker | May | Senile Gangrene | 16 | Clintonia |
| Eaton, Wm | 92 | M | W | NC | -- | -- | Retired Merchant | Mar | Old age-general debility | Clintonia | |
| Fisher, Jane | 37 | F | M | IL | IL | IL | Housekeeper | Apr | Consumption | 14 | Clintonia |
| Freemont, Ora | 5m | F | IL | SWE | SWE | May | Hydrocephalus | 5m | Clintonia | ||
| Gahgan, Julia | 59 | F | W | IRE | IRE | IRE | Housekeeper | Jul | Paralysis | 15 | Clintonia |
| Gideon, George | 92 | M | W | MD | GER | MD | Retired farmer | May | Bronchitis-Catarrhal | 35 | Clintonia |
| Green, Jacob W R | 30 | M | OH | OH | OH | Invalid | Jul | Epilepsy | Clintonia | ||
| Hall, Darius | 80 | M | M | KY | KY | VA | Miller | Oct | Kidnery disease | 30 | Clintonia |
| Irving, Israel | 86 | M | M | NJ | NJ | NJ | Retired farmer | May | Old age-general debility | 15 | Clintonia |
| Johnson, F | 76 | F | W | VT | VT | VT | Housekeeper | Aug | Poison-opium eating (while in Vermont) | 15 | Clintonia |
| Kinary, John | 21 | M | IRE | IRE | IRE | Laborer | May | Phthius Pulmonary | 3m | Clintonia | |
| McHenry, Melsenia | 37 | F | M | IL | VA | IN | Housekeeper | Mar | Pneumonia | 15 | Clintonia |
| Molson, Lydia F | 29 | F | IL | OH | OH | Dressmaker | Apr | Consumption | 29 | Clintonia | |
| Moore, Joseph | 75 | M | KY | KY | KY | Retired farmer | Nov | Apoplexy | 15 | Clintonia | |
| Percy, Sylvanus | 55 | M | M | OH | PA | PA | Retired farmer | Sep | Consumption | 20 | Clintonia |
| Phares, Loy | 1m | F | IL | IL | IL | Mar | Smothered | 1m | Clintonia | ||
| Philips, William | 63 | M | W | OH | OH | OH | Invalid | Aug | Dropsy | Clintonia | |
| Rackham, Stella M | 1 | F | IL | -- | -- | Mar | Entristis | 1 | Clintonia | ||
| Ricks, Wm B | 62 | M | W | NC | -- | -- | Jun | Bilious fever | Clintonia | ||
| Sackett, Ida F | 8 | F | IL | OH | OH | Dec | Gastritis | 8 | Clintonia | ||
| Shepherd, Willie A | 7m | M | IL | -- | -- | Oct | Hydrocephalus | 7m | Clintonia | ||
| Stone | 1/2h | M | IL | NY | ENG | Nov | Premature birth | 1/2h | Clintonia | ||
| Day, John | 63 | M | M | KY | KY | KY | Farmer | Aug | Consumption | 40 | Creek |
| Deeter, Mary | 55 | F | M | MD | MD | MD | Housekeeper | Sep | Consumption | 6 | Creek |
| Dement | 1d | M | IL | IL | OH | May | Stillborn | Creek | |||
| Donavan, Timothy | 45 | M | W | IRE | IRE | IRE | Farmer | May | Congestion of Lungs | 12 | Creek |
| Franklin | 2d | M | IL | IL | IL | Aug | Cyanosis | Creek | |||
| Goodpasture, Mina | 1d | F | IL | IL | IN | Mar | Premature birth | Creek | |||
| Graham | 1d | M | IL | OH | OH | Aug | Not known | Creek | |||
| Hall | 1d | F | IL | OH | OH | Oct | Stillborn | Creek | |||
| Hall | 1d | M | IL | OH | OH | Nov | Stillborn | Creek | |||
| Hall, Milton | 10d | M | IL | OH | OH | Dec | Spasms | Creek | |||
| Hall, Sarah | 18 | F | M | OH | OH | OH | Housekeeper | Oct | Puerperal convulsions | 1 | Creek |
| McLaughlin, Margaret | 84 | F | W | KY | SCOTLD | SCOTLD | Housekeeper | Jun | Lung disease | 4 | Creek |
| Miller, Edna | 19 | F | OH | VA | OH | At home | Jun | Scarlet fever | 15 | Creek | |
| Thompson | 5d | M | IL | IL | OH | Jul | Not known | Creek | |||
| Blasingame, Sarah | 29 | F | M | PA | NH | PA | Housekeeper | May | Consumpted | 1m | DeWitt |
| Cokely, Eliz | 63 | F | M | IL | -- | -- | Mar | Pneumonia | DeWitt | ||
| Ellis, J.B. | 15 | M | IL | OH | IL | Farmer | Dec | Tub. Meningitus | 10 | DeWitt | |
| Gore, Amanda | 35 | F | M | IL | MD | NJ | Housekeeper | May | Dropsy | 8 | DeWitt |
| Infant | 1m | F | IL | OH | IL | Feb | Inflamation of brain | DeWitt | |||
| King, Daniel (crossed out) | 80 | M | W | IL | -- | -- | Mar | Senile Debility | -- | DeWitt | |
| Merrifield, Alpha | 39 | F | M | IL | -- | -- | Feb | Pneumonia | DeWitt | ||
| Myers, Inez | 6 | F | IL | OH | OH | Apr | Measles | 6 | DeWitt | ||
| Nixon, George | 52 | M | M | OH | -- | -- | Farmer | Jul | Diabetis | 30 | DeWitt |
| Parker, Andrew | 65 | M | M | VA | VA | VA | Farmer | Jul | Nervous exhaustion | DeWitt | |
| Polin, Wm | 2 | M | IL | OH | IN | Sep | Chol infantum | 2 | DeWitt | ||
| Tuggle, Rolley | 1 | M | IL | -- | -- | Sep | Convulsions | DeWitt | |||
| Vannote, S | 44 | M | M | NJ | NJ | NJ | Farmer | Feb | Pneumonia | 3 | DeWitt |
| Wilson, Charles | 1m | M | IL | OH | IL | Oct | Consumpted | 1m | DeWitt | ||
| Wilson, Martha | 33 | F | M | IL | KY | KY | Housekeeping | Oct | Consumpted | 33 | DeWitt |
| Bell, Samuel M | 11m | M | IL | OH | KAN | Aug | Congestive fever | 11m | Harp | ||
| Carey, Elizabeth | 63 | F | M | OH | MD | MD | Housekeeper | Mar | Pneumonia fever | 14 | Harp |
| Ewing, John | 2 | M | IL | OH | OH | Oct | Diphtheria | 1 | Harp | ||
| King | 9d | M | IL | IL | IN | Oct | Convolutions | 9d | Harp | ||
| Seger, Laura J | 10m | F | IL | PENN | OH | Aug | Flux | 10m | Harp | ||
| Teurney, Michael J | 6m | M | IL | IRE | IL | Feb | Catarrh fever | 6m | Harp | ||
| Tuggle | 23d | F | IL | IL | IL | Apr | Congestion of the brain | 23d | Harp | ||
| Tuggle, Elvin | 1 | M | IL | IL | IN | Apr | Inflammation brain | 1 | Harp | ||
| Weslake, Mary J | 34 | F | W | OH | OH | OH | Housekeeper | Sep | Typhoid fever | 1 | Harp |
| Bosserman, Emma | 2 | F | IL | OH | OH | May | Scarlet fever | 2 | Nixon | ||
| Brown, Eva C | 21 | F | IL | IL | IL | At home | Aug | Inflammation of stomach | 12 | Nixon | |
| Hardesty, UNNAMED | 1/2h | F | IL | ENG | IL | Mar | Debility | Nixon | |||
| Kindrich, Thomas | 1m | M | IL | NCAR | ARK | Jan | Erysipelas | 1m | Nixon | ||
| Moore, A W | 52 | M | M | IL | IL | IL | Notary Public | Sep | Lung disease | 15 | Nixon |
| Steel, Charles | 1 | M | IL | PENN | IN | Mar | Bronchitis | 1 | Nixon | ||
| VanTrus, Francis | 4 | M | IL | OH | OH | Aug | Membranous croup | 4 | Nixon | ||
| Winslow, Jeremiah | 55 | M | M | NY | NJ | NY | Farmer | Sep | Lung disease | 30 | Nixon |
| Zorger, Eliz | 22 | F | IL | GER | GER | Jan | Bronchitis | Nixon | |||
| Lappin, William | 52 | M | M | OH | TEN | KY | Farmer | Sep | Thrown from wagon | 23 | Rutledge |
| Buchanan, Edna P | 1 | F | IL | OH | OH | May | Lung fever | 1 | Santa Anna | ||
| Hurley, John | 52 | M | M | OH | NJ | NJ | Farmer | Sep | Chol. Morbus | 48 | Santa Anna |
| Johnson, Aarchie | 7m | M | IL | IN | IL | Dec | Croup | 7m | Santa Anna | ||
| McCord, Wm Y | 63 | M | M | TEN | VA | VA | Farmer | Jan | S. Cord. disease | 44 | Santa Anna |
| Mears, Sarah | 80 | F | W | GA | -- | -- | Feb | Congestion of lungs | 6 | Santa Anna | |
| Neal, Joseph M | 8m | M | IL | KY | TEN | May | Measles | 8m | Santa Anna | ||
| Obrion, Thomas | 38 | M | M | IRE | IRE | IRE | Farmer | May | Stomach Disease | 19 | Santa Anna |
| Pryer, Frances | 32 | F | M | OH | -- | -- | May | Phthisis | 9 | Santa Anna | |
| Rathbun, Ella | 3 | M | IL | OH | IL | Nov | Scarlet fever | 3 | Santa Anna | ||
| Rathbun, Ona | 5 | F | IL | OH | IL | Nov | Scarlet fever | 5 | Santa Anna | ||
| Sayers, Wattie | 4 | F | OH | OH | OH | Mar | Disease of the brain | 1 | Santa Anna | ||
| Smith, Lee | 1m | M | IL | IL | IL | Mar | Erysipelas | 4m | Santa Anna | ||
| Stansberry, Charles | 21 | M | IL | TEN | TEN | Farmer | May | Drowned | 21 | Santa Anna | |
| Vannote, Susan D | 58 | F | M | KY | VA | VA | Housekeeper | Jun | Consumption | 38 | Santa Anna |
| Wharton, Henry | 28 | M | M | ENG | ENG | ENG | Physician | Apr | Apoplexy | 9 | Santa Anna |
| Whitaker, Thada | 1 | F | IL | IL | IL | Jan | Pneumonia | 1 | Santa Anna | ||
| Yates, Amos | 3m | M | IL | TEN | IN | Oct | Croup | Santa Anna | |||
| Beckman, John L | 4 | M | IL | SWE | SWE | Oct | Inflamation of the bowels | 4 | Texas | ||
| Bennison, Alfred | 9m | M | IL | CAN | ENG | Mar | Catarrhal fever | 9m | Texas | ||
| Botkin, David J | 28 | M | M | IL | OH | OH | Farmer | Sep | Typhoid fever | 28 | Texas |
| Gash, Anna | 22 | F | M | IL | KY | KY | Housekeeper | Jan | Typhoid pneumonia | 22 | Texas |
| Johnson, Hannah | 58 | F | M | NY | ENG | ENG | Housekeeper | Nov | Typhoid malaria | 7 | Texas |
| Lingle, Jonah | 56 | M | M | OH | PENN | PENN | Farmer | Jan | Congestion of stomach | 26 | Texas |
| Smith, Thomas C | 38 | M | M | IN | SC | SC | Farmer | Sep | Consumption | 24 | Texas |
| Bennett, Burtie | 9m | M | IL | IL | IL | Feb 28 | Inflamationof bowels | 9m | Tunbridge | ||
| Blue, Hannah | 8m | F | IL | VA | VA | Sep 18 | Chronic Diareah | 8m | Tunbridge | ||
| Bowles, Jessie | 2 | F | IL | IL | IN | Feb 19 | Diptheria | 2 | Tunbridge | ||
| Burns, Francis | 9m | M | IL | IRE | MASS | Sep 9 | Cholera | 9m | Tunbridge | ||
| Clifton, Infant | 2m | M | IL | IL | IN | Mar 16 | Meningitis | 2m | Tunbridge | ||
| Clifton, Laura B | 18 | F | IL | IL | IN | Jun 26 | Typhoid fever | Tunbridge | |||
| Cooper, Sarah E | 27 | F | M | OH | OH | OH | Housekeeper | Sep | Typhoid Fever | 26 | Tunbridge |
| Farris, Infant | 4m | M | IL | IL | IL | Jan | Diptheria | 4m | Tunbridge | ||
| Farris, Infant | 4m | F | IL | IL | IL | Jan | Disease of the lungs | 4m | Tunbridge | ||
| Fredrickson, L H | 21 | F | M | IL | ENG | ENG | Housekeeper | Aug 21 | Typhoid fever | 21 | Tunbridge |
| Freemont, Orrie | 6m | F | IL | SWE | OH | Feb | Congestion of lungs | 2m | Tunbridge | ||
| Fruit, Susan A | 47 | F | VA | VA | VA | Housekeeper | Jan 16 | Internal cancer | 7 | Tunbridge | |
| Henderson, Infant | 2d | F | IL | KY | IL | Feb 27 | Disease unknown | Tunbridge | |||
| Neal, Rachael | 51 | F | IL | IRE | IRE | Mar | Pheumonia | Tunbridge | |||
| Robbins, Nella | 2m | F | IL | IL | OH | Feb | Congestion of lungs | 2m | Tunbridge | ||
| Rucker, Geo Fletcher | 11m | M | IL | IL | IL | Jul 3 | Gastritis | 11m | Tunbridge | ||
| Scott, John W | 19 | M | IL | IL | KY | Laborer | Jan 8 | White swelling | Tunbridge | ||
| Stewart, Ellen | 4m | F | IL | IRE | IL | Jul 27 | Cholera | Tunbridge |
| Artherton, James A | 3m | M | IL | IL | TEN | Mar | Pneumonia | 1 | Wapella | ||
| Davis, Mary | 69 | F | W | VA | VA | VA | Feb | Heart Disease | 10 | Wapella | |
| Downing, Infant | 1d | M | IL | IL | IL | May | Premature | 1 | Wapella | ||
| Downing, Laura L | 1 | F | IL | KY | KY | Feb | Whooping cough | 1 | Wapella | ||
| Greene, Timothy | 44 | M | M | IRE | IRE | IRE | Farmer | Apr | Liver complaint | 20 | Wapella |
| Hanley, Infant | 1d | M | IL | IRE | IRE | Jan | Premature | 1 | Wapella | ||
| Harris, Edwin | 5 | M | IL | IN | KY | Sep | Dipthera | 2 | Wapella | ||
| Harris, Warren | 1 | M | IL | IN | KY | Aug | Dipthera | 2 | Wapella | ||
| Hoit, William J | 54 | M | W | OH | unk | unk | Farmer | Sep | Pneumonia | 10 | Wapella |
| Hume, Stephen B | 46 | M | D | IL | KY | KY | Farmer | Jun | Epilepsy | 20 | Wapella |
| Ives, Ella W | 2 | F | IL | VT | KY | Sep | Diptherea | 2 | Wapella | ||
| Leary, Hannah | 9 | F | IL | IRE | IRE | Jul | Diptherea | 9 | Wapella | ||
| Martin, George F | 5m | M | IL | OH | IRE | Oct | Congestion of lungs | 5m | Wapella | ||
| Martin, Kate | 26 | F | M | IRE | IRE | IRE | Housekeeper | Jan | Disease of lungs | 9 | Wapella |
| Martin, Rebecca | 83 | F | M | VA | UNK | UNK | Feb | Neuralga & Dropsey | 37 | Wapella | |
| Moore, Delly May | 6m | F | IL | KY | IL | Apr | Brain fever | 3m | Wapella | ||
| Nelson, Lizzie H | 7 | F | IL | NORWAY | OH | Aug | Tub. Meningitus | 7 | Wapella | ||
| Potter, Nelley M | 1 | F | IL | PENN | IL | Feb | Typhus malarel fever | 1 | Wapella | ||
| Ryan, Jane B | 54 | F | M | IRE | IRE | IRE | Housekeeper | Jun | Consumption | 23 | Wapella |
| Scott, Franklin W | 3 | M | IL | IL | OH | Oct | Diptherea | 3 | Wapella | ||
| Scott, Infant | 0 | M | IL | IL | IL | Aug | Premature | 4h | Wapella | ||
| Swearingen, Eligah W | 56 | M | M | KY | PENN | PENN | Farmer | Mar | Bladder disease | 52 | Wapella |
| Troxell, Elizabeth | 64 | F | IL | VA | VA | Housekeeper | Oct | Angina | 52 | Wapella | |
| Atchison, Isam | 75 | M | W | VA | -- | -- | Jan | Dropsy | Waynesville | ||
| Atherton, Mary J | 6m | F | IL | -- | -- | May | Remittent fever | Waynesville | |||
| Gambrel, Anna | 32 | F | M | IL | IN | IN | Jun | Sore Mouth | 25 | Waynesville | |
| McClellen, (Babe) | 6m | M | IL | NCAR | IL | Feb | Croup | Waynesville | |||
| Nichols, Babe | 2m | M | IL | IL | IL | Oct | Croup | Waynesville | |||
| Secrist, Absolem R | 32 | M | M | MO | -- | -- | Feb | Consumption | Waynesville | ||
| Sessions, Bessie | 1 | F | IL | IL | KY | May | Inflamation of bowels | 1 | Waynesville | ||
| Sessions, Guy | 3 | M | IL | IL | KY | Apr | Typhoid pneumonia | 3 | Waynesville | ||
| Sheets, Jane | 34 | F | M | IN | NCAR | NCAR | Apr | Typhoid penumonia | 23 | Waynesville | |
| Story, Lucy | 18 | F | IL | OH | OH | Dec | Inf. of brain | 1 | Waynesville | ||
| Waller, Loyd L | 3 | M | IL | IL | KY | Jul | Congestion of brain | 3 | Waynesville | ||
| Conroy, Mary E | 5m | F | IL | IRE | IL | Lung fever | Wilson | ||||
| Duyer, Wm | 18 | M | IL | IRE | OH | worked on farm | May | Inf of the bowels | 1 | Wilson | |
| Kelsey, Julia | 64 | F | IL | -- | -- | Feb | Spine Disease | Wilson | |||
| King, Daniel | 77 | M | W | IL | -- | -- | Mar | Fall on ice & old age | 40 | Wilson | |
| McGrath, James | 35 | M | M | -- | -- | -- | Feb | Congestion of the brain | Wilson | ||
| Meriman, Elizabeth | 19 | F | IRE | IRE | IRE | Housekeeper | Jun | Consumption | 7 | Wilson | |
| Merrifield, Melissa | 30 | F | M | IL | -- | -- | Housekeeper | Mar | Lung fever | 30 | Wilson |
| Ray, Jon | 19 | M | IL | -- | -- | Dec | Lungs Dis of | Wilson | |||
| Turner, George A | 1 | M | IL | IL | IL | Feb | Congestion of the brain | Wilson | |||
| Walsh, Mary A | 20 | F | M | NY | IRE | IRE | Housekeeper | Jan | Childbed fever | 15 | Wilson |