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Suwannee County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1870

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1202

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

Date

1870

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Day, Samuel T.

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Census Records

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Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Atwell, Haney M.	7 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	2	Scott, James	3 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
1	3	Swails, Joseph	1 year	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	4	Cook, Jane	27 years	Female	White	Intermittent fever
1	5	Stephens, James	2 years	Male	Black	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	6	Natahn, Susan	12 years	Female	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).
1	7	Lee, Lizzie	5 years	Female	White	Dropsy general
1	8	Irvine, Mary S.	30 years	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	9	Banks, Edmond, Jr.	7 years	Male	Black	Dropsy general
1	10	Allen, William	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	11	Jacobs, Susan	1 year	Female	Black	Intermittent fever
1	12	Hawkins, John	7 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	13	Williams, Robert	1 year	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	14	Goodbread, John S.	2 years	Male	White	Chronic diarrhea
1	15	Hart, James	4 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
1	16	Hill, Mary	22 years	Female	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).
1	17	Evers, Jane	12 years	Female	White	Bilious fever
1	18	Stockton, Susan	17 years	Female	Black	Dropsy general
1	19	Butter, James H.	16 years	Male	Black	Intermittent fever
1	20	Allen, Willie	1 year	Male		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	21	Harris, Martha	8 years	Female	White	Intermittent fever
1	22	Lillman, Nathaniel	17 years	Male	White	Dropsy general
1	23	McKiver, Emma	4 years	Female	Black	Dropsy general
1	24	Hares, George	1 year	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).
1	25	Jacobs, William	33 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).
1	26	Hastings, John	5 years	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	27	Hall, James	11 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever
1	28	Olive, Thomas	34 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).
1	29	Wiggins, Mary H.	23 years	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	30	Wiggins, Mary	7 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	31	Parnell, [Infant]	1 month	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	32	Carruth, Muriel	2 years	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	33	Williams, John	1 year	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	34	Parkley, Georgia	26 years	Female	White	Inflammatory rheumatism
1	35	Lawrence, James	1 year	Male	Black	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).
2	1	Thomas, John	42 years	Male	Black	Dropsy general
2	2	Sanders, Woodley	13 years	Male	Black	Bronchitis
2	3	Sanders, Charley	1 year	Male	Black	Meningitis
2	4	Goodbread, William A.	8 years	Male	White	Hepatitis chronic
2	5	Oglesby, Sarah	2 years	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).
2	6	McLelland, Mary	4 years	Female	Black	Intermittent fever
2	7	Johnson, William	18 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
2	8	Kenneday, Mary E.	14 years	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).
2	9	Boyd, William	4 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
2	10	Riskee, John	18 years	Male	Black	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).
2	11	McKiver, John	6 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever
2	12	Brown, James	22 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	13	Stephens, John	1 year	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	14	Davis, William	48 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	15	Alexander, Romeo	77 years	Male	Black	Dropsy general
2	16	Fulcher, Lucy	22 years	Female	Black	Rheumatism
2	17	Irvine, Milly	63 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
2	18	Evans, Peter H.	17 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	19	Higam, Mary	10 years	Female	Black	General dropsy
2	20	Williams, Abram	23 years	Male	Black	Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	21	Jones, Annie	1 year	Female	Black	Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	22	Gay, George	52 years	Male	Black	General dropsy
2	23	Miller, James	52 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	24	Battle, Susan	3 years	Female	Black	Intermittent fever
2	25	Baker, Mary	8 years	Female	Black	General dropsy
2	26	Jenkins, William	27 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever

Title

Suwannee 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 Suwannee 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

Day, Samuel T.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1202_mortality_suwannee_1870

Coverage

Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Atwell, Haney M.	7 years	Female	White	Consumption
1	2	Scott, James	3 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
1	3	Swails, Joseph	1 year	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	4	Cook, Jane	27 years	Female	White	Intermittent fever
1	5	Stephens, James	2 years	Male	Black	Teething
1	6	Natahn, Susan	12 years	Female	Black	Pneumonia
1	7	Lee, Lizzie	5 years	Female	White	Dropsy general
1	8	Irvine, Mary S.	30 years	Female	White	Dysentery
1	9	Banks, Edmond, Jr.	7 years	Male	Black	Dropsy general
1	10	Allen, William	1 year	Male	White	Teething
1	11	Jacobs, Susan	1 year	Female	Black	Intermittent fever
1	12	Hawkins, John	7 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	13	Williams, Robert	1 year	Male	White	Croup
1	14	Goodbread, John S.	2 years	Male	White	Chronic diarrhea
1	15	Hart, James	4 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
1	16	Hill, Mary	22 years	Female	Black	Pneumonia
1	17	Evers, Jane	12 years	Female	White	Bilious fever
1	18	Stockton, Susan	17 years	Female	Black	Dropsy general
1	19	Butter, James H.	16 years	Male	Black	Intermittent fever
1	20	Allen, Willie	1 year	Male		Teething
1	21	Harris, Martha	8 years	Female	White	Intermittent fever
1	22	Lillman, Nathaniel	17 years	Male	White	Dropsy general
1	23	McKiver, Emma	4 years	Female	Black	Dropsy general
1	24	Hares, George	1 year	Male	Black	Croup
1	25	Jacobs, William	33 years	Male	Black	Pneumonia
1	26	Hastings, John	5 years	Male	White	Croup
1	27	Hall, James	11 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever
1	28	Olive, Thomas	34 years	Male	White	Pneumonia
1	29	Wiggins, Mary H.	23 years	Female	White	Dysentery
1	30	Wiggins, Mary	7 months	Female	White	Croup
1	31	Parnell, [Infant]	1 month	Male	White	Croup
1	32	Carruth, Muriel	2 years	Female	White	Dysentery
1	33	Williams, John	1 year	Male	White	Croup
1	34	Parkley, Georgia	26 years	Female	White	Inflammatory rheumatism
1	35	Lawrence, James	1 year	Male	Black	Teething
2	1	Thomas, John	42 years	Male	Black	Dropsy general
2	2	Sanders, Woodley	13 years	Male	Black	Bronchitis
2	3	Sanders, Charley	1 year	Male	Black	Meningitis
2	4	Goodbread, William A.	8 years	Male	White	Hepatitis chronic
2	5	Oglesby, Sarah	2 years	Female	White	Croup
2	6	McLelland, Mary	4 years	Female	Black	Intermittent fever
2	7	Johnson, William	18 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
2	8	Kenneday, Mary E.	14 years	Female	White	Dysentery
2	9	Boyd, William	4 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
2	10	Riskee, John	18 years	Male	Black	Dysentery
2	11	McKiver, John	6 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever
2	12	Brown, James	22 years	Male	Black	Pneumonia
2	13	Stephens, John	1 year	Male	Black	Croup
2	14	Davis, William	48 years	Male	White	Pneumonia
2	15	Alexander, Romeo	77 years	Male	Black	Dropsy general
2	16	Fulcher, Lucy	22 years	Female	Black	Rheumatism
2	17	Irvine, Milly	63 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
2	18	Evans, Peter H.	17 years	Male	White	Pneumonia
2	19	Higam, Mary	10 years	Female	Black	General dropsy
2	20	Williams, Abram	23 years	Male	Black	Diarrhea
2	21	Jones, Annie	1 year	Female	Black	Diarrhea
2	22	Gay, George	52 years	Male	Black	General dropsy
2	23	Miller, James	52 years	Male	White	Pneumonia
2	24	Battle, Susan	3 years	Female	Black	Intermittent fever
2	25	Baker, Mary	8 years	Female	Black	General dropsy
2	26	Jenkins, William	27 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Atwell, Haney M., ca.1863-ca.1870

Scott, James, ca.1867-ca.1870

Swails, Joseph, ca.1869-ca.1870

Cook, Jane, ca.1843-ca.1870

Stephens, James, ca.1868-ca.1870

Natahn, Susan, ca.1858-ca.1870

Lee, Lizzie, ca.1865-ca.1870

Irvine, Mary S., ca.1840-ca.1870

Banks, Edmond, Jr., ca.1863-ca.1870

Allen, William, ca.1869-ca.1870

Jacobs, Susan, ca.1869-ca.1870

Hawkins, John, ca.1863-ca.1870

Williams, Robert, ca.1869-ca.1870

Goodbread, John S., ca.1868-ca.1870

Hart, James, ca.1866-ca.1870

Hill, Mary, ca.1848-ca.1870

Evers, Jane, ca.1858-ca.1870

Stockton, Susan, ca.1853-ca.1870

Butter, James H., ca.1854-ca.1870

Allen, Willie, ca.1869-ca.1870

Harris, Martha, ca.1862-ca.1870

Lillman, Nathaniel, ca.1853-ca.1870

McKiver, Emma, ca.1866-ca.1870

Hares, George, ca.1869-ca.1870

Jacobs, William, ca.1837-ca.1870

Hastings, John, ca.1865-ca.1870

Hall, James, ca.1859-ca.1870

Olive, Thomas, ca.1836-ca.1870

Wiggins, Mary H., ca.1847-ca.1870

Wiggins, Mary, ca.1870-ca.1870

Parnell, [Infant], ca.1870-ca.1870

Carruth, Muriel, ca.1868-ca.1870

Williams, John, ca.1869-ca.1870

Parkley, Georgia, ca.1844-ca.1870

Lawrence, James, ca.1869-ca.1870

Thomas, John, ca.1828-ca.1870

Sanders, Woodley, ca.1857-ca.1870

Sanders, Charley, ca.1869-ca.1870

Goodbread, William A., ca.1862-ca.1870

Oglesby, Sarah, ca.1868-ca.1870

McLelland, Mary, ca.1866-ca.1870

Johnson, William, ca.1852-ca.1870

Kenneday, Mary E., ca.1856-ca.1870

Boyd, William, ca.1866-ca.1870

Riskee, John, ca.1852-ca.1870

McKiver, John, ca.1864-ca.1870

Brown, James, ca.1848-ca.1870

Stephens, John, ca.1869-ca.1870

Davis, William, ca.1822-ca.1870

Alexander, Romeo, ca.1793-ca.1870

Fulcher, Lucy, ca.1848-ca.1870

Irvine, Milly, ca.1807-ca.1870

Evans, Peter H., ca.1853-ca.1870

Higam, Mary, ca.1860-ca.1870

Williams, Abram, ca.1847-ca.1870

Jones, Annie, ca.1869-ca.1870

Gay, George, ca.1818-ca.1870

Miller, James, ca.1818-ca.1870

Battle, Susan, ca.1867-ca.1870

Baker, Mary, ca.1862-ca.1870

Jenkins, William, ca.1843-ca.1870

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