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Monroe County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Monroe County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Date

1860

Census Taker's Remarks

The prevailing diseases or those of most frequent occurence may be classed as follows: bilious, remittent, intermittent, and dysenteric affections, which diseases are characterized by no particular malignancy or extremity of type. High bilious remittent or yellow fever has invaded this community [Key West] at particular period, confining itself principally to those who rank as unacclimated, viz: strangers and children. The accession and prognosis of the disease has presented a favorable modification to that of other and neighboring communities in which it has prevailed. Catarrhal affections during the winter season or following the sudden changes of summer are also of frequent occurence. The face of the country presents few irregularities of surface, the highest elevation being 13 feet above the level of the sea. The soil is composed of decayed vegetable matter, averaging in depth from 2 to 2 1/2 feet, combined in many parts where most superficial with pulverized lime derived from the coral or secondary lime-rock forming the natural basis of the island. The water at present used is rain or cistern water, for the reception of which there are numerous reservoirs, every building nearly being supplied with cisterns. The quality of the "well water" previously employed [...] adapted to culinary purposes, being objectionable from the saline properties derived by its vicinity to the ocean. This has with few exceptions been long abandoned. Vegetation is of comparatively small growth, the pine and oak being absent. The natural growth of trees as they are here named are gum-elmic, gum-mastic, yellow-wood, iron-wood, dog-wood, white-wood, banyan or wild fig, buttonwood, boe-wood, mangrove, &c. Many others of recent introduction now flourish here. Of fruit trees, the cocoa-nut, tamarind, banana, lemon, lime, guava, and various others of a tropical character have been successfully introduced. The grape termed Isabella is also at present extensively cultivated and forms a prominent article of local traffic among the natives. In many of the gardens or small farms established, sufficient vegetables are raised during farmable seasons to supply the wants of the citizens, and suffice [to] remunerate such as [to] direct their attention to this source of trade.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Moreno, Fernando S.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Filor, William	0 months	Male	White		Premature birth
1	2	Ward, Carrie B.	6 months	Female	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	3	Smith, James W.	2 months	Male	White		Unknown
1	4	Kemp, Samuel	87 years	Male	White		Old age
1	5	Roberts, Mary	36 years	Female	White		Yellow fever
1	6	Kemp, Josephus	10 years	Male	White		Yellow fever
1	7	Kemp, William	5 years	Male	White		Yellow fever
1	8	Waits, Mary	1 year	Female	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	9	Sawyer, William	54 years	Male	White		Liver complaint
1	10	Singleton, Sedon	1 year	Female	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	11	Richardson, Pinder	9 months	Male	White		Bowel complaint
1	12	Sawyer, Charlotte	0 months	Female	White		Malformation
1	13	Carey, Mary Louisa	1 year	Female	White		Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	14	Demeritt, Charity M.	46 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	15	Smith, Mary	10 months	Female	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	16	Williams, Cornelia	5 years	Female	White		Yellow fever
1	17	Adams, Illyria J.	21 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	18	Thompson, Mary	46 years	Female	White		Childbirth
1	19	Lowe, George	1 year	Male	White		Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	20	Thompson, William	2 years	Male	White		Thrush
1	21	Cash, Francis S.	1 year	Male	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	22	Filer, Charlotte	50 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	23	Patterson, Caroline	40 years	Female	Black	Slave	Wound disease
1	24	Mead, Owen	61 years	Male	White		Intemperance
1	25	Ezan, Henry	25 years	Male	Mulatto		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	26	Matley, Catherine	0 months	Female	White		Lockjaw
1	27	Clifton, Harriet	25 years	Female	White		Childbirth
1	28	Brightman, Ann Eliza	8 months	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	29	Russell, Mary Ellen	29 years	Female	White		Childbirth
1	30	Dennis, Paul	55 years	Male	Black	Slave	Paralysis
1	31	Dennis, Peter	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Paralysis
1	32	[Unnamed male]	0 months	Male	Black	Slave	Lockjaw
1	33	Carpenter, William P.	31 years	Male	White		Suicide by cutting throat
1	34	Wallis, George	34 years	Male	White		Cholera
1	35	Keaney, John		Male	White		Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	1	Thomson, Charles		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	2	Burns, Captin		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	3	Wilson, Peter		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	4	Foley, Cornelius		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	5	McNeil, W.		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	6	Vincent, Thomas		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	7	Spain, Roberts		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	8	Williams, Augustus		Male	White		Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	9	Brown, William		Male	White		Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	10	McGwynn, Stephen		Male	White		Delirium tremens
3	11	Peterson, Thomas		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	12	Walters, Edward		Male	White		African fever
3	13	Francisco, Inlinn		Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.

Title

Monroe County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Monroe County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Date

1860

Contributor

Moreno, Fernando S.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1201_mortality_monroe_1860

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Filor, William	0 months	Male	White		Premature birth
1	2	Ward, Carrie B.	6 months	Female	White		Teething
1	3	Smith, James W.	2 months	Male	White		Unknown
1	4	Kemp, Samuel	87 years	Male	White		Old age
1	5	Roberts, Mary	36 years	Female	White		Yellow fever
1	6	Kemp, Josephus	10 years	Male	White		Yellow fever
1	7	Kemp, William	5 years	Male	White		Yellow fever
1	8	Waits, Mary	1 year	Female	White		Teething
1	9	Sawyer, William	54 years	Male	White		Liver complaint
1	10	Singleton, Sedon	1 year	Female	White		Teething
1	11	Richardson, Pinder	9 months	Male	White		Bowel complaint
1	12	Sawyer, Charlotte	0 months	Female	White		Malformation
1	13	Carey, Mary Louisa	1 year	Female	White		Dysentery
1	14	Demeritt, Charity M.	46 years	Female	White		Consumption
1	15	Smith, Mary	10 months	Female	White		Teething
1	16	Williams, Cornelia	5 years	Female	White		Yellow fever
1	17	Adams, Illyria J.	21 years	Female	White		Consumption
1	18	Thompson, Mary	46 years	Female	White		Childbirth
1	19	Lowe, George	1 year	Male	White		Dysentery
1	20	Thompson, William	2 years	Male	White		Thrush
1	21	Cash, Francis S.	1 year	Male	White		Teething
1	22	Filer, Charlotte	50 years	Female	White		Dropsy
1	23	Patterson, Caroline	40 years	Female	Black	Slave	Wound disease
1	24	Mead, Owen	61 years	Male	White		Intemperance
1	25	Ezan, Henry	25 years	Male	Mulatto		Consumption
1	26	Matley, Catherine	0 months	Female	White		Lockjaw
1	27	Clifton, Harriet	25 years	Female	White		Childbirth
1	28	Brightman, Ann Eliza	8 months	Female	White		Consumption
1	29	Russell, Mary Ellen	29 years	Female	White		Childbirth
1	30	Dennis, Paul	55 years	Male	Black	Slave	Paralysis
1	31	Dennis, Peter	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Paralysis
1	32	[Unnamed male]	0 months	Male	Black	Slave	Lockjaw
1	33	Carpenter, William P.	31 years	Male	White		Suicide by cutting throat
1	34	Wallis, George	34 years	Male	White		Cholera
1	35	Keaney, John		Male	White		Dysentery
3	1	Thomson, Charles		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	2	Burns, Captin		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	3	Wilson, Peter		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	4	Foley, Cornelius		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	5	McNeil, W.		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	6	Vincent, Thomas		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	7	Spain, Roberts		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	8	Williams, Augustus		Male	White		Dysentery
3	9	Brown, William		Male	White		Dysentery
3	10	McGwynn, Stephen		Male	White		Delirium tremens
3	11	Peterson, Thomas		Male	White		Yellow fever
3	12	Walters, Edward		Male	White		African fever
3	13	Francisco, Inlinn		Male	White		Consumption

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Filor, William, ca.1860-ca.1860

Ward, Carrie B., ca.1860-ca.1860

Smith, James W., ca.1860-ca.1860

Kemp, Samuel, ca.1773-ca.1860

Roberts, Mary, ca.1824-ca.1860

Kemp, Josephus, ca.1850-ca.1860

Kemp, William, ca.1855-ca.1860

Waits, Mary, ca.1859-ca.1860

Sawyer, William, ca.1806-ca.1860

Singleton, Sedon, ca.1859-ca.1860

Richardson, Pinder, ca.1860-ca.1860

Sawyer, Charlotte, ca.1860-ca.1860

Carey, Mary Louisa, ca.1859-ca.1860

Demeritt, Charity M., ca.1814-ca.1860

Smith, Mary, ca.1860-ca.1860

Williams, Cornelia, ca.1855-ca.1860

Adams, Illyria J., ca.1839-ca.1860

Thompson, Mary, ca.1814-ca.1860

Lowe, George, ca.1859-ca.1860

Thompson, William, ca.1858-ca.1860

Cash, Francis S., ca.1859-ca.1860

Filer, Charlotte, ca.1810-ca.1860

Patterson, Caroline, ca.1820-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Mead, Owen, ca.1799-ca.1860

Ezan, Henry, ca.1835-ca.1860

Matley, Catherine, ca.1860-ca.1860

Clifton, Harriet, ca.1835-ca.1860

Brightman, Ann Eliza, ca.1860-ca.1860

Russell, Mary Ellen, ca.1831-ca.1860

Dennis, Paul, ca.1805-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Dennis, Peter, ca.1800-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Carpenter, William P., ca.1829-ca.1860

Wallis, George, ca.1826-ca.1860

Keaney, John, d. ca.1860

Thomson, Charles, d. ca.1860

Burns, Captin, d. ca.1860

Wilson, Peter, d. ca.1860

Foley, Cornelius, d. ca.1860

McNeil, W., d. ca.1860

Vincent, Thomas, d. ca.1860

Spain, Roberts, d. ca.1860

Williams, Augustus, d. ca.1860

Brown, William, d. ca.1860

McGwynn, Stephen, d. ca.1860

Peterson, Thomas, d. ca.1860

Walters, Edward, d. ca.1860

Francisco, Inlinn, d. ca.1860

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