1860 FEDERAL MORTALITY SCHEDULE

Massac County

Submitted by Ann Laird

This schedule consists of eleven columns:
Col. # 1=Name of every person who died during the Year ending 1st June 1860, whose usual place of abode at the Time of Death was in this family
Col. # 2=Age
Col. # 3=Sex
Col. # 4=Color-White, Black or Mulatto
Col. # 5=Free or Slave
Col. # 6=Married or Widowed
Col. # 7=Place of Birth-Naming the State, Territory or Country
Col. # 8=The month in which the person died
Col. # 9=Profession, Occupation or Trade
Col. #10=Disease or Cause of Death
Col. #11=Number of Days Ill


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SCHEDULE 3--Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June 1860, in Township 15 S. R.6 East in the County of Massac State of Illinois, enumerated by me, John B. Hicks Asst Marshall
 
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Arsula Davidson 46 F W F M LA Dec Seamstress Lung Fever 10
Leander Scurlock 2 mo M W F -- IL March -- Croup 1
Margaret Tindall 8 F W F -- IN Apr -- Inflammation of the Brain 1
Mary E. Jones 38 F W F -- IN Oct Seamstress Intermitting fever 16
Mary Mittendof 9 mo F W F -- IL June 1st -- Cholera morbus 4

Concluded as to above Township and Range


Township 16 S. of Range East in the County of Massac and State of Illinois
 
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Harriet Dugger 1 F W F -- IL March -- Teething 18
Ferdinand Nelius 43 M W F M Europe Prussia Aug farmer Congestive Chill 11
Elenor F. Foster 2 mo F W F -- IL Jan -- Bold? Hives 4
Hughes Forbus 23 M W F -- TN Sept farmer intermitting fever 5
Wesley Lynn 2 M W F -- IL Dec -- Scarlet fever 2
Isaac Rutledge 34 M W F M KY Mar farmer Congestive chill 2
John Portwood 7 M W F -- IL Dec -- Lung disease 15
George Evans 50 M W F M SC Jan farmer Dead Palsey 90
Nancy M. Parkins 21 F W F M KY Dec Seamstress Pneumonia 9
Jackson McMahon 44 M W F M TN Aug Mechanic Congestive chill 1
Gilbert H. Karr 6 M W F -- IL Aug -- Disease unknown 8
Rosella Hall 2 F W F -- IL Oct -- Croup 7
William C. Smith 3 M W F -- IL Sept -- Congestive chill 5
Jonathan Evans 51 M W F -- TN Nov -- Pneumonia 7
Sarah P. Evans 13 F W F -- TN Nov -- Scarlett Fever 6
James H. Allen 5 M W F -- MO Dec -- Typhoid fever 7

Concluded as to Township 15 S. R 6 East--(Schedule of Mortality)
Total number of deaths--21
No. of white males--12
No. of white females--9
No. of married--6
Remarks: The prevailing cause of Disease in my Divission is that of malaria from undrained Landw which contaminate the Atmosphere as it is believed. In reference to live stock (Hogs) that of Hog cholera.
Jno. B. Hicks, Asst. Marshall


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SCHEDULE 3--Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1860, in Township 15 S. R. 4 E., in the County of Massac State of Illinois, enumerated by me, John B. Hicks Asst Marshal.
 
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Matilda Steel 15 F W F -- IN Mar Seamstress Consumption 12 mo
Jasper Smith 8 M W F -- IL Apr -- Measles 9
Viola B. Benton 3 F W F -- IL July 59 -- Scarlet fever 42
Sarah Smith 1 F W F -- IL Aug -- Croup 12
William Conyers 34 M W F -- TN June farmhand Cholera morbus 2
William Grace 27 M W F -- IL June 59 farmer Cholera morbus 3
William Homer 1 M W F -- IL Aug -- Whooping cough 90
William McCauley 6 M W F -- IL Aug -- Billious fever 9

Concluded as to Town 15 SR 4 East, County of Massac, State of Illinois--(Schedule of Mortality)
Total number of deaths--8
No. of white males--5
No. of white females--3
Remarks: (Same as page 1)


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SCHEDULE 3--Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1860, in Township 16 S R 4 E in the County of Massac including the City of Metropolis State of Illinois, enumerated by me, John B. Hicks Asst Marshal.
 
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Chester Mofford 5 mo M W F -- IL May -- Erysipelus 15
Mary A. Pfrimmer 5 F W F -- IL Jany -- Scarlet fever 10
William R. Boon 1 M W F -- IL Apr -- Measles 6
William Kettenback 6 M W F -- IL Apr -- Measles 2
David Gibson 3 M W F -- IL Mar -- Measles 15
John Gibson 2 M W F -- IL Mar -- Measles 15
R. Nella E. Stofer 1 & 5mo F W F -- IL Mar -- Measles 10
Rosetta Overton 1 da F W F -- IL -- -- Croup 1
William Sayler 7 mo M W F -- IL Sept -- Whooping cough 30
Angeline Carmichael 33 F W F M MO Jun -- Congestion of the Stomach? 9
Edwin Luke 8 mo M W F -- IL June -- Pneumonia 12
Jane Wester 12 F W F -- IL -- -- Measles 42
Alonzo Cully 25 M W F -- KY May Miller Typhoid pneumonia 10
Deso B. Stewart 1 & 5mo M W F -- IL Feby -- Measles 8
Sarah L. Osborn 2 F W F -- IL June -- Diareah 18
Ellen W. McBane 49 F W F -- NY Apr -- Disease of the stomach & Bowel --
A.M.L. McBane 52 M W F -- PA July Physician Chronic Bronchitis 8

Concluded as to Township 16 SR 4 East and indeed all the Townships in the County--(Schedule of Mortality).
Total number of deaths--17
No. of white males--10
No. of white females--7
No. of married--1
Remarks: Same as page 1

State of Illinois
Massac County Sct.
I hereby certify that the within Schedule was enumerated by me according to my oath of office as assistant marshall and the instructions received by me to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Subscribed and Sworn to before
me this 23rd day of July 1860

Thomas Moore, J.P.


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