1870 FEDERAL MORTALITY SCHEDULE

Massac County, Illinois
Transcribed and Submitted by Ann Laird



In many instances the cause of death appears to have been added later, or crossed out and a different cause of death written above. In these instances the second cause is in ( ). When possible, I have put in ( ) the head of house from the 1870 Census where the deceased resided.

SCHEDULE 2--Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870 in the City of Metropolis and, in the County of Massac, State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal.

Page 1

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 11870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

37 

J.B. HOFFMAN 

62 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

Keeping Boarding House 

Pneumonia 

 

41 

Annette D. DIERS 

-- 

IL 

Oct 

-- 

Diptheria 

 

45 

William BUNSH 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

-- 

Canker ? (?) 

 

46 

D.C.R. HUCKELBERY 

39 

IN 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Keeping tippling house 

Chronic Diarrhea 

 

54 

James LUTTRELL 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

 

54 

Laura LUTTRELL 

8 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

-- 

Erysipelas 

 

80 

John B. HICKS 

66 

VA 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Retired Clerk 

Ashma 

 

97 

General W. JONES 

20 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Farm Laborer 

Congestive Chill (Fever Intermittent) 

 

105 

Mary PETERSON 

3 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

July 

-- 

Croop 

 

120 

William POLLARD 

29 

IRELAND 

Nov 

house Carpenter 

Ph? (Consumption) 

 

129 

Thomas E. WARD 

26 

IRELAND 

Aug 

Druggist 

Ph? (Consumption) 

 

154 

John NORDEMAN 

-- 

IL 

Feb 

-- 

Croop 

 

181 

Louis Myer 

-- 

IL 

June 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

 

182 

not named Curtis 

36 hr 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

July 

-- 

not known 

 

189 

Wilhelm Schmidt 

-- 

TN 

Sept 

-- 

Diptheria 

 

189 

George F. Schmidt 

10 mo 

-- 

TN 

Oct 

-- 

Diptheria 

 

204 

Leonard Stone 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

-- 

Diptheria 

 

224 

Charlotte Wilson 

30 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Keeping house 

Pneumonia 

 

224 

John M. Wilson 

32 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Farm Laborer 

Pneumonia 

 

236 

Ella Howard 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

 

239 

Mary A. Hicks 

16 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

-- 

Consumption 

 

239 

Theodore B. Hicks 

17 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

-- 

Gun shot wound (Homicide) 

 

240 

Jesse A. Davis 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

(Chronic Diarrhea) 

 

248 

Louise C. Leek 

26 

OH 

-- 

-- 

Dec 

Keeping house 

Hemorrhagie (Uterus Dis of) 

 

251 

Mollie B. Stone 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

-- 

Measles 

 

254 

James M. Beshear 

19 

-- 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

Saw Mill hand 

Congestion (Disease) of the Brain 

 

259 

Allice G. Shirk 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

Congestion (Disease) of the Brain 

 

265 

Susan Hoaglan 

30 

AL 

-- 

-- 

June 

Keeping house 

Congestive Chill (Fever Intermittent) 

 

291 

John Kibler 

55 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Nov 

Blind 18 yrs 

Cata? Head (Unknown) 

 

294 

Jane Williams 

39 

M* 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Keeping house 

(Pneumonia) 

 

298 

Clara Engels 

5 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

-- 

(Pneumonia) 

 

315 

Clarence H. Groves 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Dec 

-- 

(Diphtheria) 

 

321 

James West 

16 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

May 

-- 

(Erysipelus) 

 

322 

Mary A. Murphy 

63 

AL 

-- 

-- 

Nov 

-- 

(Pneumonia) 

 

342 

John B. Harris 

3 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

May 

-- 

Croop 

 

*Appears to be “M” for mulatto, but appears in totals as white
Total number of deaths—35
No. of white males—21
No. of white females—14
No. of married—10
No. of widowed—2
Total foreign born—2

SCHEDULE 2—Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in the City of Metropolis, in the County of Massac and, State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. DIERS, Ass't Marshal.

Page 2

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 11870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

350 

John T. Davis 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

-- 

Pneumonia 

 

351 

H.M. Wilkins 

5 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

-- 

Congestion (Disease) of Brain 

 

369 

Walter Lafont 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

 

369 

Charly Lafont 

10 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

-- 

(Consumption) 

 

373 

Charly L. Daniels 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

-- 

Ulcer on (Disease of) throat 

 

384 

Emma Hall 

1 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

May 

-- 

not known 

 

386 

not named Keath 

4 da 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

not known 

 

393 

George W. Gurley 

19 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Jan 

Farm hand 

Congestion (Disease) of Liver 

 

399 

Sam'l L. Copland 

28 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

Mail agent 

Killed by explosion of steamer 

 

405 

John W. Daniels 

20 

-- 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Laborer 

Congestion (Disease) of Brain 

 

419 

Aonmia Miller 

39 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Keeping house 

Pneumonia 

 

419 

Louise A. Miller 

-- 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

-- 

Pneumonia 

 

419 

Agness Miller 

-- 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

-- 

Pneumonia 

 

448 

Logan Hickman 

-- 

IL 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

 

Total number of deaths—14
No. of white males—10
No. of white females—1
No. of black females—3
No. of mulatto females—1
No. of married—2


SCHEDULE 2--Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in the Suburbs of the City of Metropolis, in the County of Massac and, State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal.

Page 3

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 11870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

Lucey Rice 

29 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

Keeping house 

Consumption 

 

12 

Henry Cobb 

-- 

KY 

-- 

-- 

June 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

 

14 

Mary A. Sawgmotton 

30 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

Washing 

Dropsy of the abdomen (Ascitis) 

 

34 

Martha A. Harington 

19 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

Keeping house 

Typhoid Fever 

 

39 

Charly Hudson 

-- 

MO 

Sept 

-- 

Typhoid Fever 

 

46 

Henry Rodden 

27 

-- 

AL 

-- 

-- 

June 

Chair Making 

Consumption 

 

53 

Alfred Johnson 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

Chronic Dysentery 

 

53 

Franklin Johnson 

10 

-- 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

-- 

Typhoid Fever 

 

79 

Anna P. Ward 

9 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Congestion (Disease) of Brain 

 


SCHEDULE 2--Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Township 14S Range 5 East, in the County of Massac and State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal.

Page 4

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 11870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

Diana Meyer 

3 mo 

-- 

IL 

Mar 

-- 

Croup 

(#7 Louis Meyer) 

39 

Leonard F. Marby 

39 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Dec 

Farming 

Hemorrage of ? (Homicide) 

(#39 Sarah J. Marby) 

55 

not named Robbins 

36 hr 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

May 

-- 

not known 

(#55 Williamson Robbins) 

65 

Amanda Helmantoler 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

May 

-- 

Congestive Chills (Fever Intermittent) 

(#65 Levi J. Helmantoler) 

101 

George Gowan 

7 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Nov 

-- 

Cholera Infantum 

 

Total number of deaths--5
No. of white males--3
No. of white females--2
No. of married--1

SCHEDULE 2—Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Township 15S Range 5 East, in the County of Massac and State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal.

Page 5

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1 1870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

18 

Heinrich Huetteman 

45 

PRUSSIA 

Nov 

Farmer 

Consumption 

(#18 Henrietta Hutteman) 

30 

Friedrick Niemeyer 

14 

-- 

IN 

Sept 

-- 

Typhoid Fever 

(#30 William Neimeyer) 

31 

America N. Baker 

13 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Pneumonia 

(#31 Madison Baker) 

37 

Sarah A. McCuan 

47 

SC 

-- 

-- 

June 

keeping house 

Consumption 

(#38 Jacob McCuan) 

47 

Ellen Frey 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Jan 

-- 

Consumption 

(#47 Charles M. Fry) 

58 

Mary A. Douglass 

19 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Keeping house 

? Fever 

(?) 

60 

Eberhard Tieke 

52 

HANOVER 

Jan 

Farmer 

Dropsy of the Chest (Lungs Dis) 

(#60 Anna Tieke) 

80 

Anna Bennett 

21 

MI 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Keeping house 

(Consumption) 

(#80 William Bennett) 

87 

John Wood 

30 

OH 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

Farmer 

Rheumatism 

(#87 Milly Flowers—Harriett Wood lives in home) 

104 

Louise Reed 

37 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

Keeping house 

? Fever (?) 

(#104 Thomas Reed) 

106 

Felis Owen 

45 

M* 

MO 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Keeping house 

Syphilis 

(#106 Cumberland Owen) 

120 

Maria Rush 

68 

NJ 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Hydrothorax 

(#120 C.S. Rush) 

120 

Maria Rush 

2 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

-- 

not known 

(#120 C.S. Rush) 

122 

Mary Alice Sommers 

10 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

(#122 William Summers) 

127 

Josuah A. Tarkington 

1 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

-- 

Croop 

(#127 Julia Tarkington) 

137 

Mary A. Carroll 

2 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

May 

-- 

Croop 

(#137 William Carroll) 

229 

George W. Boyd 

5 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Chills & Fever (Intermittent) 

(#229 James Boyd) 

249 

Cinthia Kinneman 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

July 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

(#249 William Kineman) 

*Appears to be “M” for mulatto, but appears in totals as white.
Total number of deaths—18
No. of white males—6
No. of white females—12
No. of married—8
No. of widowed—1
No. of foreign born—2


SCHEDULE 2—Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Township 16S, Range 5 East, in the County of Massac State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal

Page 6

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1 1870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

31 

Willmore Lynn 

21 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Keeping house 

? Hepatitus (Liver Inflammation) 

(#31 James Lynn) 

52 

James Hadricks 

7 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Nov 

-- 

Hepatitis (Liver Inflammation) 

(#52 Henry Davison—Margaret Hadricks lives in home) 

55 

Miller Benton 

82 

NC 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

? Dropsy 

 

58 

Lewis Giles 

58 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Farmer 

(Kidney Disease) 

(#57 Washington Giles) 

Phelix Dellingham 

37 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Jan 

Laborer 

Congestive Chills (Fever Intermittent) 

 

11 

Nathaniel Lynn 

52 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

Farmer 

? (Consumption) 

 

13 

P.R. Martin 

44 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Laborer 

Congestive Chills (Fever Intermittent) 

 

16 

Marietta Branum 

3 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

-- 

Croop 

 

Total number of deaths—8
No. of white males—3
No. of white females—2
No. of black males—1
No. of black females—1
No. of mulatto males—1


SCHEDULE 2—Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June 1870 in Township 14S Range 4 East, in the County of Massac and State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal

Page 7

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1 1870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

39 

Martha Jolley 

59 

NC 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Keeping house 

Asthma 

(#39 Hanson B. Jolly) 

41 

George W. Laws 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Diptheria 

(#41 William R. Laws) 

55 

Bryant Cochran 

21 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Dec 

Farm hand 

(Consumption) 

 

56 

John Cochran 

15 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Farm hand 

Diptheria 

(#56 Emily Cochran) 

94 

Sarah McBride 

52 

GA 

-- 

-- 

Jan 

-- 

Erysipelus 

 

97 

Lucynda Martin 

39 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Keeping house 

Pneumonia 

(#97 Catherine Henderson—child Chas. Martin lives in home) 

134 

Mary A. Parker 

34 

MO 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

Keeping house 

Pneumonia 

(#134 James H. Parker) 

145 

Nancy Wilson 

45 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Dec 

Keeping house 

Pneumonia 

(#145 Henry Wilson) 

150 

Orlena Teague 

29 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Keeping house 

(Consumption) 

(#150 Wm. F. Teague) 

150 

Oliver Teague 

33 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Farmer 

Pneumonia 

(#150 Wm. F. Teague) 

167 

Henry T. Stum 

11 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Congestive Chill (Fever Intermittent) 

(#167 Edna Stum) 

168 

John W. Baggett 

65 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Jan 

Making Shingles 

Pneumonia 

(#168 Emeline Baggett) 

177 

Malitia Hughey 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

July 

-- 

Hooping Cough 

(#177 William Hughey) 

183 

Susan E. Laird 

5 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

July 

-- 

Hooping Cough 

(#183 James W. Laird) 

187 

Samuell Neill 

16 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

Farm hand 

(Gangrene) 

 

188 

Sarah Ida James 

6 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Nov 

-- 

Croop 

(#188 William James) 

189 

James Gurley 

6 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

Inflammation of the Brain 

(#189 Hiram Gurley) 

Total number of deaths—17
No. of white males—8
No. of white females—9
No. of married—4
No. of widowed—4


SCHEDULE 2—Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June 1870 in Township 15S Range 4 East in the County of Massac and State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal.

Page 8

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1 1870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

John ? Goad 

75 

VA 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

Farmer 

(Consumption) 

(#8 James M. Goad) 

Ulysses G. Goad 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

(#8 James M. Goad) 

51 

James W. Huston 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

July 

-- 

Cholera Infantum 

(#51 David Hutson) 

69 

Samuel Laughlin 

59 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Farmer 

Fracture of Cranuim (Skull) 

(#69 Ann J. Laughlin) 

138 

James Laird 

77 

MA 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

Farmer 

Chronic Dysentery 

(#138 Isaac Laird) 

148 

Rachel B. Kennedy 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

-- 

Diptheria 

(#148 Levi Kennedy) 

179 

John McCrary 

59 

KY 

-- 

-- 

May 

Farmer 

Cancer 

(#179 Margaret McCrary) 

68 

Infant not named Lay 

18 hrs 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

-- 

not known 

(#68 David Lay) 

Total number of deaths—8
No. of white males—7
No. of white females—1
No. of married—3
No. of widowed—1


SCHEDULE 2—Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870 in Township 14S Range 3East, in the County of Massac and State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal.

Page 9

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1 1870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

Laura Smith 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Congestive Chill (Fever Intermittent) 

 

Minnie O. Smith 

1 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

-- 

Erysipelus 

 

26 

Hannah Durall 

45 

NC 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

Keeping house 

Hydrothorax 

(#26 Alex Duvall) 

40 

William N. Carr 

37 

CANADA 

Oct 

Farmer 

Apoplexy 

(#40 John R. McDowell—Hannah D. Karr lived in home) 

58 

Polly Smith 

65 

B* 

VA 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Keeping house 

Scroful? Consumption 

(#58 Theodore Smith) 

61 

Rebecca Cumton 

36 

VA 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

Keeping house 

Pneumonia 

 

*Appears as Black in the Census, but not in the totals
Total number of deaths—6
No. of white males—1
No. of white females—5
No. of married—4
Total foreign born—1


SCHEDULE 2—Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June 1870 in Township 15S Range 3 East in the County of Massac and State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal.

Page 10

Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1 1870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

29 

Charlotte J. Hichcock 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Congestive Chill (Fever Intermittent) 

(#29 James Hitchcock) 

47 

Riley N. Wimberly 

1 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

not known 

(#47 Noah Wimberly) 

47 

Martha P. Wimberly 

36 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Jan 

Keeping house 

Pneumonia 

(#47 Noah Wimberly) 

Total number of deaths—3
No. of white males—1
No. of white females—2
No. of married—1


SCHEDULE 2—Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June 1870 in Township 16S Range 6 East, in the County of Massac and State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal.

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Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1 1870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

22 

John A.L. Watson 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Congestion (Disease) of the Brain 

(#22 Jane Karr—Hulda J. Watson lived in home) 

22 

William H. Watson 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

-- 

Typhoid Fever 

(#22 Jane Karr—Hulda J. Watson lived in home) 

22 

George W. Watson 

35 

TN 

-- 

-- 

May 

Farmer 

Typhoid Fever 

(#22 Jane Karr—Hulda J. Watson lived in home) 

24 

Dudley Breedlove 

50 

NC 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Farmer 

Pneumonia 

(#24 Emily Breedlow) 

94 

Martha J. Hill 

16 

-- 

TN 

-- 

-- 

May 

-- 

Hydrothorax 

(#94 Berry H. Hill) 

95 

May J. Townsley 

41 

TN 

-- 

-- 

May 

Keeping house 

Phthses Pulmonls? (Consumption) 

(#95 Henry Townsley) 

109 

Jefferson Anderson 

29 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Nov 

Farmer 

Pneumonia 

(#109 Joel Anderson) 

122 

James Sidener 

67 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Farmer 

Palsy (Paralysis) 

(#122 Margaret Sidner) 

134 

Wm. H. Rider 

20 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Farmer 

Erysipelas 

(#134 George Rider) 

144 

George Henson 

24 

-- 

KY 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Farmer 

Typhoid Fever 

 

155 

Robe Anderson 

36 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Apr 

Farmer 

Killed by falling tree (Falling Bodies) 

(#155 Missouri Andeson) 

158 

Berry L. Chastain 

25 

-- 

AL 

-- 

-- 

Feb 

Farmer 

Syphilis 

(#158 William Chastain) 

158 

Gerutia E. Chastain 

30 

-- 

AL 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

at home 

Dyspepsia 

(#158 William Chastain) 

159 

Wm. C. Golden 

8 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

Nov 

-- 

Croop 

(#159 Hickman M. Golden) 

170 

William H. Henley 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

May 

-- 

Chronic Diarrhea 

(#170 Benjamin F. Henley) 

177 

James Edwards 

-- 

IL 

-- 

-- 

July 

-- 

Brain ? (Inflam. of) 

(#177 Amanda Edwards) 

178 

Henry Edwards 

43 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Oct 

Practicing Physician 

Hydrothorax 

(#178 Martha Edwards) 

Total number of deaths—17
No. of white males—14
No. of white females—3
No. of married—6
No. of widowed—1


SCHEDULE 2--Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June 1870 in Township 15S Range 6East, in the County of Massac and State of Illinois, enumerated by me, D.H. Diers, Ass't Marshal.

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Number of Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1 

Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1 1870 whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family 

Age last birthday 

Sex 

Color-White Black Mulatto Chinese 

Married or Widowed 

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 (these are marked with a #1) 

The Month in which the person died 

Profession Occupation or Trade 

Disease or cause of death 

Remarks 

29 

Friedrick Rathbaum 

46 

BADEN 

Aug 

Farmer 

Phthises Pulmonals (Consumption) 

(#29 Elizabeth Reidbaum) 

29 

James D. Rathbaum 

6 mo 

-- 

IL 

-- 

Aug 

-- 

Remitten Fever 

(#29 Elizabeth Reidbaum) 

56 

Elizabeth Brinton 

25 

TN 

-- 

-- 

Mar 

Keeping house 

Pneumonia 

(#56 George Brinten) 

-- 

Laxton Cartright 

58 

TN 

-- 

-- 

May 

Farmer 

Billious (Remittent) Fever 

 

109 

Martha Walter 

1 wk 

-- 

IL 

-- 

Mar 

-- 

Croop 

(#109 William Walter) 

114 

James Espy 

-- 

OH 

-- 

-- 

Sept 

-- 

Congestion (Disease) of the Brain 

(#114 David Hughes—Ashby children lived in home) 

Total number of deaths—6
No. of white males—4
No. of white females—2
No. of married—3
Total foreign born—1

I, D.H. Diers assistant U.S. Marshal do hereby certify that the foregoing twelve (12) pages of Schedule No. 2 enumerated by me, are well and truly made according to law and instructions and to the tenor of my oath of Office.

(Signed) D.H. Diers, asst. U.S. Marshal for
Massac County, State of Illinois
Southern District

NOTE: Photocopies of the original Mortality Schedule can be obtained by writing to the ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES, Norton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62756. Purchase a $5.00 voucher. Mail voucher and material requested back. The schedules are $1.00 per 11 x 17 inch page. Voucher will be mailed back with material.


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