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Escambia County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1870

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1202

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1870 for Escambia County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1870.

Date

1870

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Campbell, Harry O.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	West, John L.	38 years	Male	White	Acute rheumatism
1	2	Beedir, Elizabeth	23 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	3	Pfeiffer, Margaret	34 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	4	Kimbiough, Nancy	72 years	Female	White	Hemorrhage
1	5	Walker, Amelia	6 months	Female	White	Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	6	Monroe, Henrietta M.	57 years	Female	Black	Typhoid fever
1	7	Reynolds, Georgianna	30 years	Female	White	Epilepsy
1	8	Bonifay, Rosa	80 years	Female	Black	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	9	Ridley, Charles	4 years	Male	Mulatto	Burned to death
1	10	Miguel, Ramirez	33 years	Male	Mulatto	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	11	O'Neal John	3 months	Male	White	Cholera infantum
1	12	Callaghan, Emmett	2 years	Male	White	Drowned
1	13	Cansee, Ab.	36 years	Male	White	Wound (murdered shot)
1	14	Hutchinson, William F.	26 years	Male	White	Wound (murdered stabbed)
1	15	Ahrens, Henry	86 years	Male	White	Old age
1	16	Thornton, Paul	1 month	Male	White	Hemorrhage
1	17	Long, Londan	65 years	Male	Black	R.r. accident
1	18	McQuinn, Peter	42 years	Male	White	Drowned
1	19	Hutton, Susan	52 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	20	Pfefferle, George	6 months	Male	White	Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	21	Babe, Phillippa	55 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	22	Johnson, Mary Ann	50 years	Female	Black	Chronic diarrhea
1	23	Gonzales, Mercidila	80 years	Female	Mulatto	Old age
1	24	Jordan, William M. K.	33 years	Male	White	Suicide shooting
1	25	Edwards, Luciulla	42 years	Female	Black	Intermittent fever
1	26	Chase, William H.	72 years	Male	White	Disease of lungs
1	27	Hoffman, John G.	32 years	Male	White	R.r. accident
1	28	Philips, A.	34 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	29	Ford, Edward	68 years	Male	White	Suicide shooting
1	30	Barnes, Jane	38 years	Female	White	Remittent fever
1	31	Saddler, Mary A.	47 years	Female	White	Intermittent fever
1	32	Fisher, James	32 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
2	1	Simmons, Daphne	14 years	Female	Black	Typhoid fever
2	2	Pierce, Eliza W.	64 years	Female	White	Heart (valvular disease)
2	3	Oliver, George	1 month	Male	Black	Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	4	Lewis, Uriah H.	54 years	Male	White	Disease of liver
2	5	Joiner, Lula J.	3 years	Female	White	Hives Although hives are now generally defined as a rash of itchy red welts on the skin, in the 1800s the term was synonymous with cynanche trachealis, or the croup. The use of the term “hives” in this case is a corruption of the word “heaves,” which describes the patient’s spasmodic convulsions as they attempted to breathe (Mortality Statistics of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1855).
2	6	Jefferson, Richard	6 years	Male	Black	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	7	Jefferson, Mattie	1 year	Female	Black	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	8	White, Howard	37 years	Male	Black	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	9	Williams, Amelia	18 years	Female	White	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	10	Bronson, Jane	21 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).
2	11	Henderson, Margaret M.	8 months	Female	White	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	12	Bryars, Henry	4 months	Male	White	Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	13	Luke, Thomas	70 years	Male	White	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	14	Williams, Burgess B.	2 years	Male	White	Accidental wound (knife)
2	15	Runberg, Henrietta L.	12 years	Female	White	Accidental poisoning
2	16	Alchin, Henry P.	58 years	Male	White	Suicide (cut throat with razor)
2	17	Alchin, Sarah	52 years	Female	White	Murder with axe
3	1	Wheat, Emma J.	8 years	Female	White	Tetanus (lock jaw)
3	2	Lovely, Martha	100 years	Female	Black	Old age
3	3	Green, Robert J.	53 years	Male	Black	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).
3	4	Stephens, Jennie	35 years	Female	Black	Cancer of uterus
3	5	Celestine, Joseph	46 years	Male	Black	Influenza
3	6	Hague, William	80 years	Male	Black	Old age
3	7	Harney, Jane	20 years	Female	Black	Typhoid fever
3	8	Philabert B.	79 years	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
3	9	Pollock, William	40 years	Male	White	Bright's disease

Title

Escambia County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1870

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1870 for Escambia County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1870.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1202

Date

1870

Contributor

Campbell, Harry O.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1202_mortality_escambia_1870

Coverage

Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

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Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	West, John L.	38 years	Male	White	Acute rheumatism
1	2	Beedir, Elizabeth	23 years	Female	White	Consumption
1	3	Pfeiffer, Margaret	34 years	Female	White	Consumption
1	4	Kimbiough, Nancy	72 years	Female	White	Hemorrhage
1	5	Walker, Amelia	6 months	Female	White	Croup
1	6	Monroe, Henrietta M.	57 years	Female	Black	Typhoid fever
1	7	Reynolds, Georgianna	30 years	Female	White	Epilepsy
1	8	Bonifay, Rosa	80 years	Female	Black	Dropsy
1	9	Ridley, Charles	4 years	Male	Mulatto	Burned to death
1	10	Miguel, Ramirez	33 years	Male	Mulatto	Consumption
1	11	O'Neal John	3 months	Male	White	Cholera infantum
1	12	Callaghan, Emmett	2 years	Male	White	Drowned
1	13	Cansee, Ab.	36 years	Male	White	Wound (murdered shot)
1	14	Hutchinson, William F.	26 years	Male	White	Wound (murdered stabbed)
1	15	Ahrens, Henry	86 years	Male	White	Old age
1	16	Thornton, Paul	1 month	Male	White	Hemorrhage
1	17	Long, Londan	65 years	Male	Black	R.r. accident
1	18	McQuinn, Peter	42 years	Male	White	Drowned
1	19	Hutton, Susan	52 years	Female	White	Consumption
1	20	Pfefferle, George	6 months	Male	White	Croup
1	21	Babe, Phillippa	55 years	Female	White	Dropsy
1	22	Johnson, Mary Ann	50 years	Female	Black	Chronic diarrhea
1	23	Gonzales, Mercidila	80 years	Female	Mulatto	Old age
1	24	Jordan, William M. K.	33 years	Male	White	Suicide shooting
1	25	Edwards, Luciulla	42 years	Female	Black	Intermittent fever
1	26	Chase, William H.	72 years	Male	White	Disease of lungs
1	27	Hoffman, John G.	32 years	Male	White	R.r. accident
1	28	Philips, A.	34 years	Male	White	Consumption
1	29	Ford, Edward	68 years	Male	White	Suicide shooting
1	30	Barnes, Jane	38 years	Female	White	Remittent fever
1	31	Saddler, Mary A.	47 years	Female	White	Intermittent fever
1	32	Fisher, James	32 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
2	1	Simmons, Daphne	14 years	Female	Black	Typhoid fever
2	2	Pierce, Eliza W.	64 years	Female	White	Heart (valvular disease)
2	3	Oliver, George	1 month	Male	Black	Croup
2	4	Lewis, Uriah H.	54 years	Male	White	Disease of liver
2	5	Joiner, Lula J.	3 years	Female	White	Hives
2	6	Jefferson, Richard	6 years	Male	Black	Consumption
2	7	Jefferson, Mattie	1 year	Female	Black	Consumption
2	8	White, Howard	37 years	Male	Black	Pneumonia
2	9	Williams, Amelia	18 years	Female	White	Pneumonia
2	10	Bronson, Jane	21 years	Female	White	Dropsy
2	11	Henderson, Margaret M.	8 months	Female	White	Pneumonia
2	12	Bryars, Henry	4 months	Male	White	Croup
2	13	Luke, Thomas	70 years	Male	White	Pneumonia
2	14	Williams, Burgess B.	2 years	Male	White	Accidental wound (knife)
2	15	Runberg, Henrietta L.	12 years	Female	White	Accidental poisoning
2	16	Alchin, Henry P.	58 years	Male	White	Suicide (cut throat with razor)
2	17	Alchin, Sarah	52 years	Female	White	Murder with axe
3	1	Wheat, Emma J.	8 years	Female	White	Tetanus (lock jaw)
3	2	Lovely, Martha	100 years	Female	Black	Old age
3	3	Green, Robert J.	53 years	Male	Black	Dropsy
3	4	Stephens, Jennie	35 years	Female	Black	Cancer of uterus
3	5	Celestine, Joseph	46 years	Male	Black	Influenza
3	6	Hague, William	80 years	Male	Black	Old age
3	7	Harney, Jane	20 years	Female	Black	Typhoid fever
3	8	Philabert B.	79 years	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
3	9	Pollock, William	40 years	Male	White	Bright's disease

Collection ID

Subject - Person

West, John L., ca.1832-ca.1870

Beedir, Elizabeth, ca.1847-ca.1870

Pfeiffer, Margaret, ca.1836-ca.1870

Kimbiough, Nancy, ca.1798-ca.1870

Walker, Amelia, ca.1870-ca.1870

Monroe, Henrietta M., ca.1813-ca.1870

Reynolds, Georgianna, ca.1840-ca.1870

Bonifay, Rosa, ca.1790-ca.1870

Ridley, Charles, ca.1866-ca.1870

Miguel, Ramirez, ca.1837-ca.1870

O'Neal John, ca.1870-ca.1870

Callaghan, Emmett, ca.1868-ca.1870

Cansee, Ab., ca.1834-ca.1870

Hutchinson, William F., ca.1844-ca.1870

Ahrens, Henry, ca.1784-ca.1870

Thornton, Paul, ca.1870-ca.1870

Long, Londan, ca.1805-ca.1870

McQuinn, Peter, ca.1828-ca.1870

Hutton, Susan, ca.1818-ca.1870

Pfefferle, George, ca.1870-ca.1870

Babe, Phillippa, ca.1815-ca.1870

Johnson, Mary Ann, ca.1820-ca.1870

Gonzales, Mercidila, ca.1790-ca.1870

Jordan, William M. K., ca.1837-ca.1870

Edwards, Luciulla, ca.1828-ca.1870

Chase, William H., ca.1798-ca.1870

Hoffman, John G., ca.1838-ca.1870

Philips, A., ca.1836-ca.1870

Ford, Edward, ca.1802-ca.1870

Barnes, Jane, ca.1832-ca.1870

Saddler, Mary A., ca.1823-ca.1870

Fisher, James, ca.1838-ca.1870

Simmons, Daphne, ca.1856-ca.1870

Pierce, Eliza W., ca.1806-ca.1870

Oliver, George, ca.1870-ca.1870

Lewis, Uriah H., ca.1816-ca.1870

Joiner, Lula J., ca.1867-ca.1870

Jefferson, Richard, ca.1864-ca.1870

Jefferson, Mattie, ca.1869-ca.1870

White, Howard, ca.1833-ca.1870

Williams, Amelia, ca.1852-ca.1870

Bronson, Jane, ca.1849-ca.1870

Henderson, Margaret M., ca.1870-ca.1870

Bryars, Henry, ca.1870-ca.1870

Luke, Thomas, ca.1800-ca.1870

Williams, Burgess B., ca.1868-ca.1870

Runberg, Henrietta L., ca.1858-ca.1870

Alchin, Henry P., ca.1812-ca.1870

Alchin, Sarah, ca.1818-ca.1870

Wheat, Emma J., ca.1862-ca.1870

Lovely, Martha, ca.1770-ca.1870

Green, Robert J., ca.1817-ca.1870

Stephens, Jennie, ca.1835-ca.1870

Celestine, Joseph, ca.1824-ca.1870

Hague, William, ca.1790-ca.1870

Harney, Jane, ca.1850-ca.1870

Philabert B., ca.1791-ca.1870

Pollock, William, ca.1830-ca.1870

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