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Avens, Charlisia, ca.1852-ca.1880
Bailey, Bruny, ca.1875-ca.1880
Brooks, Joseph, ca.1825-ca.1880
Brooks, Joseph, ca.1825-ca.1880
Brown, Lillias E., ca.1872-ca.1880
Burgess, Mary, ca.1841-ca.1880
Calavey, Lewis, ca.1875-ca.1880
Carter, Mary Ann, ca.1826-ca.1880
Cauthen, Exea, ca.1877-ca.1880
Cauthen, George, ca.1867-ca.1880
Clark, Ada, ca.1878-ca.1880
Clark, Albert, ca.1815-ca.1880
Clark, Albert, ca.1815-ca.1880
Clark, Evaline, ca.1845-ca.1880
Clark, Evaline, ca.1845-ca.1880
Connor, George, ca.1818-ca.1880
Cook, Jacob, ca.1820-ca.1880
Cotheran, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880
Curry, Lawton, ca.1830-ca.1880
Davis, Major, ca.1810-ca.1880
Daymon, Gray, ca.1874-ca.1880
Dickens, Willis, ca.1825-ca.1880
Edwards, Elviria, ca.1876-ca.1880
Fant, Jalisia, ca.1880-ca.1880
Felder, James, ca.1862-ca.1880
Felder, James, ca.1862-ca.1880
Fort, Dickerson, ca.1866-ca.1880
Frazier, Samuel, ca.1880-ca.1880
Frink, Eugene, ca.1851-ca.1880
Gallman, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880
Gallman, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880
Gamble, Robert, ca.1862-ca.1880
Gill, Eula, ca.1877-ca.1880
Gill, Eula, ca.1877-ca.1880
Goodwin, Nellie, ca.1830-ca.1880
Goodwin, Nelly, ca.1833-ca.1880
Hamilton Dennis, ca.1857-ca.1880
Harrington, Abby, ca.1809-ca.1880
Hartman, James, ca.1834-ca.1880
Heines, Lutachious, ca.1872-ca.1880
Helenson, Charles, ca.1873-ca.1880
Henderson, Ursa, d. ca.1880
Hicks, Lawton, ca.1880-ca.1880
Holmes, Susan R., ca.1859-ca.1880
Howard, Sylvia, ca.1842-ca.1880
Howell, Mary, ca.1842-ca.1880
Ingraham, Emanuel, ca.1855-ca.1880
Jackson, George, d. ca.1880
Jackson, Moses, ca.1831-ca.1880
Jackson, Nancy, ca.1850-ca.1880
Jacobs, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880
Jacobs, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880
James, P., ca.1864-ca.1880
Johnson, Haston, ca.1871-ca.1880
Johnson, Haston, ca.1871-ca.1880
Jones, Zula, ca.1878-ca.1880
Jumper, Daniel, ca.1810-ca.1880
Kanida, J. W., ca.1855-ca.1880
Knight, Gates, ca.1849-ca.1880
Knight, John C., ca.1835-ca.1880
Langston, Joseph, ca.1876-ca.1880
Latson, Sylvia, ca.1839-ca.1880
Layport, ca.1830-ca.1880
Leeman, Harriet, ca.1830-ca.1880
Leeman, Harriet, ca.1830-ca.1880
Lewis, Christian, ca.1863-ca.1880
Lewis, David, ca.1878-ca.1880
Lewis, Mahala, ca.1835-ca.1880
London, Ellen, ca.1862-ca.1880
Martin, Johney, ca.1850-ca.1880
Mathews, Mary, ca.1824-ca.1880
Mathis, Elsie, ca.1869-ca.1880
Matthews, Ellsey, ca.1873-ca.1880
McGaghin, William, ca.1880-ca.1880
McGahagen, Emma, ca.1851-ca.1880
Melen, Silas, ca.1836-ca.1880
Miller, Agnes, ca.1880-ca.1880
Miller, Silas, ca.1838-ca.1880
Mitchell, Edward, ca.1879-ca.1880
Mitchell, Pink, ca.1878-ca.1880
Morgan, John, ca.1860-ca.1880
Morris, Sarah, ca.1871-ca.1880
Morrison, Hugh, ca.1806-ca.1880
Morrison, Hugh, ca.1806-ca.1880
Munroe, Angeline, ca.1866-ca.1880
Munroe, Angeline, ca.1866-ca.1880
Nufile, Cora, ca.1875-ca.1880
Parish, Joseph, ca.1852-ca.1880
Parish, Joseph, ca.1852-ca.1880
Park, Francis, ca.1870-ca.1880
Pasteur, Anna, ca.1877-ca.1880
Perdew, Neill, ca.1880-ca.1880
Perdew, Sarah, ca.1855-ca.1880
Peters, William, ca.1879-ca.1880
Ransom, Sarrah, ca.1862-ca.1880
Reynolds, James, ca.1828-ca.1880
Riffles, Cora, ca.1875-ca.1880
Rivers, Anna, ca.1840-ca.1880
Rogers, Charles, ca.1875-ca.1880
Roof, Clara, ca.1862-ca.1880
Russ, Mary, ca.1877-ca.1880
Shiffert, Matilda, ca.1868-ca.1880
Shiffert, Willie, ca.1870-ca.1880
Simmons, Judy, ca.1880-ca.1880
Simms, Gus, ca.1878-ca.1880
Sistrunk, Irene, ca.1877-ca.1880
Smith, Edwin, ca.1875-ca.1880
Smith, Elsie, ca.1860-ca.1880
Smith, Ned, ca.1874-ca.1880
Smithe, Allise, ca.1860-ca.1880
Stafford, Frank, ca.1845-ca.1880
Stevens, Selby, ca.1857-ca.1880
Sullivan, Riley, ca.1844-ca.1880
Thomas, Susetta, ca.1879-ca.1880
Thomas, Susine, ca.1879-ca.1880
Thomas, W. F., ca.1878-ca.1880
Thomas, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880
Thomas, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880
Thrasher, G. W., ca.1810-ca.1880
Thulling, Israel, ca.1872-ca.1880
Tucker, Mazena, ca.1851-ca.1880
Turner, Elizabeth, ca.1850-ca.1880
Walker, Alex, ca.1880-ca.1880
Walker, Annie, ca.1862-ca.1880
Ward, Hollday, ca.1868-ca.1880
Ward, Polley, ca.1877-ca.1880
Waters, Jane, ca.1875-ca.1880
Westevelt, Margaret, ca.1880-ca.1880
White, James H., ca.1879-ca.1880
Williams, Fletcher, ca.1879-ca.1880
Williams, Greek [?], ca.1796-ca.1880
Williams, Walter, ca.1817-ca.1880
Wilson, Jake, ca.1840-ca.1880
Wimbley, Clara, ca.1808-ca.1880
Wise, Barbara A., ca.1817-ca.1880
Wise, Barbara A., ca.1817-ca.1880
Woodruff, Albert, ca.1880-ca.1880
Woodruff, Peyton, ca.1842-ca.1880
Yelveston, Charles, ca.1877-ca.1880
Yonge, C. J., ca.1857-ca.1880
Geographic Term
Page | Line | Name | Age | Sex | Race | Cause of Death | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Smith, Ned | 6 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
1 | 2 | Brown, Lillias E. | 8 years | Female | White | Typhoid fever | |
1 | 3 | Yonge, C. J. | 23 years | Male | White | Inflamation of bowels | |
1 | 4 | Walker, Alex | 5 months | 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 | 5 | Perdew, Sarah | 25 years | Female | White | Childbed fever | |
1 | 6 | Perdew, Neill | 6 months | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
1 | 7 | Simms, Gus | 2 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). | |
1 | 8 | Walker, Annie | 18 years | Female | Black | Childbirth | |
1 | 19 | Harrington, Abby | 71 years | Female | Black | Rising in stomach | |
1 | 20 | Davis, Major | 70 years | Male | Black | Malarial fever | |
1 | 21 | Woodruff, Albert | 5 months | Male | Black | Diphtheria | |
1 | 22 | Woodruff, Peyton | 38 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 | 23 | Thomas, W. F. | 2 years | Male | Black | Brain fever | |
1 | 24 | Holmes, Susan R. | 21 years | Male | Black | Malarial fever | |
1 | 25 | Westevelt, Margaret | 6 months | Female | White | Malarial fever | |
1 | 26 | Jumper, Daniel | 70 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). | |
1 | 27 | Miller, Agnes | 8 months | Female | Black | Spasms | |
1 | 28 | Ingraham, Emanuel | 25 years | Male | Black | Unknown | |
1 | 29 | Anderson, Penny | 52 years | Female | Black | Cancer | |
2 | 1 | Thomas, [Infant] | 4 days | Male | Black | Inanition Exhaustion resulting from a lack of nourishment, primarily seen in infants (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893). | |
2 | 2 | Gallman, [Infant] | 1 day | Male | Black | Stillborn | |
2 | 3 | Leeman, Harriet | 50 years | Female | Black | Lightning | |
2 | 4 | Felder, James | 18 years | Male | Black | Lightning | |
2 | 5 | Jacobs, [Infant] | 1 day | Male | Black | Stillborn | |
2 | 6 | Brooks, Joseph | 55 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). | |
2 | 7 | Morrison, Hugh | 74 years | Male | White | Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs. | |
2 | 8 | Johnson, Haston | 9 years | Male | 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 | 9 | Gill, Eula | 3 years | Female | White | Intermittent fever | |
2 | 10 | Parish, Joseph | 28 years | Male | White | Erysipelas A bacterial infection of the skin that sometimes spread to internal organs and the bloodstream. The disease was sometimes confused with shingles. Some cases were very mild and only caused localized symptoms and discomfort, but the condition could quickly turn more serious in the absence of modern antibiotics (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
2 | 11 | Munroe, Angeline | 14 years | Female | White | Disease of heart | |
2 | 12 | Wise, Barbara A. | 63 years | Female | White | Disease of heart | |
2 | 13 | Clark, Albert | 65 years | Male | White | Paralysis | |
2 | 14 | Clark, Evaline | 35 years | Female | White | Flooding in child bed | |
3 | 3 | Howell, Mary | 38 years | Female | Black | Intermittent fever | |
3 | 4 | Ward, Hollday | 12 years | Male | Black | Fever | |
3 | 5 | Ward, Polley | 3 years | Female | Black | Measles | |
3 | 6 | Connor, George | 62 years | Male | Black | Remittent fever | |
3 | 7 | Park, Francis | 10 years | Male | Black | Remitting fever | |
3 | 8 | Thrasher, G. W. | 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). | |
3 | 9 | Kanida, J. W. | 25 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). | |
4 | 1 | Mitchell, Pink | 2 years | Male | Black | Inflammation | |
4 | 2 | Mitchell, Edward | 1 year | Male | Black | Spinal disease | |
4 | 3 | James, P. | 16 years | Male | White | Congestive chill | |
4 | 4 | Jackson, Nancy | 30 years | Female | Black | Unknown | |
4 | 5 | Jones, Zula | 2 years | Female | Black | Accidental shot | |
4 | 6 | London, Ellen | 18 years | Female | Black | Childbed fever | |
4 | 7 | Howard, Sylvia | 38 years | Female | Black | Childbed fever | |
4 | 8 | Nufile, Cora | 5 years | Female | Black | Inflammation | |
4 | 9 | Thomas, Susine | 1 year | Female | Black | Whooping cough | |
4 | 10 | Thomas, Susetta | 1 year | Female | Black | Whooping cough | |
4 | 11 | Goodwin, Nellie | 50 years | Female | Black | Unknown | |
5 | 1 | Curry, Lawton | 50 years | Male | White | Heart disease | |
5 | 2 | Turner, Elizabeth | 30 years | Female | Black | Typhoid fever | |
5 | 4 | Hamilton Dennis | 23 years | Male | White | Congestion of brain | |
5 | 5 | Frazier, Samuel | 7 months | 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). | |
5 | 6 | Frink, Eugene | 29 years | Male | 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). | |
5 | 7 | Clark, Ada | 2 years | Female | White | Congestion of brain | |
7 | 1 | Thomas, [Infant] | 4 days | Male | Black | Inanition Exhaustion resulting from a lack of nourishment, primarily seen in infants (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893). | |
7 | 2 | Gallman, [Infant] | 1 day | Male | Black | Stillborn | |
7 | 3 | Leeman, Harriet | 50 years | Female | Black | Lightning | |
7 | 4 | Wise, Barbara A. | 63 years | Female | White | Disease of heart | |
7 | 5 | Felder, James | 18 years | Male | Black | Lightning | |
7 | 6 | Jacobs, [Infant] | 1 day | Male | Black | Stillborn | |
7 | 7 | Brooks, Joseph | 55 years | Male | 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). | |
7 | 8 | Johnson, Haston | 9 years | Male | 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). | |
7 | 9 | Gill, Eula | 3 years | Female | White | Intermittent fever | |
7 | 10 | Morrison, Hugh | 74 years | Male | White | Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs. | |
7 | 11 | Parish, Joseph | 28 years | Male | White | Erysipelas A bacterial infection of the skin that sometimes spread to internal organs and the bloodstream. The disease was sometimes confused with shingles. Some cases were very mild and only caused localized symptoms and discomfort, but the condition could quickly turn more serious in the absence of modern antibiotics (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
7 | 12 | Clark, Albert | 65 years | Male | White | Paralysis | |
7 | 13 | Clark, Evaline | 35 years | Female | White | Flooding in child bed | |
7 | 14 | Munroe, Angeline | 14 years | Female | White | Disease of heart | |
8 | 1 | Miller, Silas | 42 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). | |
8 | 2 | Wilson, Jake | 40 years | Male | Black | Malarial fever | |
8 | 3 | Smith, Elsie | 20 years | Female | White | Typhoid fever | |
8 | 4 | McGahagen, Emma | 29 years | Female | White | Bronchitis | |
8 | 5 | Lewis, Mahala | 45 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). | |
8 | 6 | Williams, Greek [?] | 84 years | Male | Black | Paralysis | |
8 | 7 | Mathis, Elsie | 11 years | Female | Black | Typhoid fever | |
8 | 8 | Roof, Clara | 18 years | Female | Black | Unknown | |
9 | 1 | Martin, Johney | 30 years | Male | White | Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs. | |
9 | 2 | Pasteur, Anna | 3 years | Female | White | Diphtheria | |
9 | 3 | Tucker, Mazena | 29 years | Female | White | Congestion of brain | |
9 | 4 | Hartman, James | 46 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 5 | Williams, Walter | 63 years | Male | White | Cancer | |
9 | 6 | Rivers, Anna | 40 years | Female | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 7 | Sullivan, Riley | 36 years | Male | White | Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs. | |
9 | 8 | Heines, Lutachious | 8 years | Male | 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). | |
9 | 9 | Reynolds, James | 52 years | Male | 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). | |
9 | 10 | Cauthen, George | 13 years | Male | White | Heart disease | |
9 | 11 | Cauthen, Exea | 3 years | Female | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 12 | Knight, John C. | 45 years | Male | White | Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs. | |
9 | 13 | Fort, Dickerson | 14 years | Male | White | Brain fever | |
9 | 14 | Peters, William | 1 year | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 15 | Morgan, John | 20 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 16 | White, James H. | 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). | |
9 | 17 | Lewis, David | 2 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). | |
9 | 18 | Ransom, Sarrah | 18 years | Female | White | Malarial fever | |
10 | 1 | Smithe, Allise | 20 years | Female | White | Typhoid fever | |
10 | 2 | Dickens, Willis | 55 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). | |
10 | 3 | Cook, Jacob | 60 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. | |
10 | 4 | Melen, Silas | 44 years | Male | White | Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs. | |
10 | 5 | Langston, Joseph | 4 years | Male | Black | Typhoid fever | |
10 | 6 | Hicks, Lawton | 2 days | Male | Black | Unknown | |
10 | 7 | Simmons, Judy | 2 months | Male | Black | Bilious fever | |
10 | 8 | Daymon, Gray | 6 years | Female | Black | Typhoid fever | |
10 | 9 | Matthews, Ellsey | 7 years | Female | Black | Typhoid fever | |
10 | 10 | Helenson, Charles | 7 years | Male | White | Fever | |
10 | 11 | Morris, Sarah | 9 years | Female | Black | Accidentally shot | |
11 | 2 | Stafford, Frank | 35 years | Male | White | Liver disease | |
11 | 3 | Mathews, Mary | 56 years | Female | White | Heart disease | |
11 | 4 | Shiffert, Matilda | 12 years | Female | White | Malaria An illness caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. In the 1800s this disease was thought to emerge from miasmas, unhealthy emissions from swamps or dead or rotting plant and animal matter. Malaria was often described as an intermittent fever because patients could experience alternating episodes of chills, fever and sweating followed by normal body temperatures (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
11 | 5 | Shiffert, Willie | 10 years | Male | White | Malaria An illness caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. In the 1800s this disease was thought to emerge from miasmas, unhealthy emissions from swamps or dead or rotting plant and animal matter. Malaria was often described as an intermittent fever because patients could experience alternating episodes of chills, fever and sweating followed by normal body temperatures (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
11 | 6 | Fant, Jalisia | 3 months | 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). | |
11 | 7 | Riffles, Cora | 5 years | Female | Black | Convulsions Another name for seizures or involuntary muscle spasms. Associated with epilepsy and St. Vitus’ dance (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893). | |
11 | 8 | Gamble, Robert | 18 years | Male | White | Malaria An illness caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. In the 1800s this disease was thought to emerge from miasmas, unhealthy emissions from swamps or dead or rotting plant and animal matter. Malaria was often described as an intermittent fever because patients could experience alternating episodes of chills, fever and sweating followed by normal body temperatures (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
11 | 9 | Burgess, Mary | 39 years | Female | White | Malaria An illness caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. In the 1800s this disease was thought to emerge from miasmas, unhealthy emissions from swamps or dead or rotting plant and animal matter. Malaria was often described as an intermittent fever because patients could experience alternating episodes of chills, fever and sweating followed by normal body temperatures (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
11 | 10 | Sistrunk, Irene | 3 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). | |
11 | 11 | Latson, Sylvia | 41 years | Female | White | Malaria An illness caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. In the 1800s this disease was thought to emerge from miasmas, unhealthy emissions from swamps or dead or rotting plant and animal matter. Malaria was often described as an intermittent fever because patients could experience alternating episodes of chills, fever and sweating followed by normal body temperatures (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
11 | 12 | Jackson, George | Male | Black | Epilepsy | ||
11 | 13 | Jackson, Moses | 49 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). | |
11 | 14 | Henderson, Ursa | Female | Black | Diphtheria | ||
11 | 15 | Knight, Gates | 31 years | Male | Black | Heart disease | |
11 | 16 | Wimbley, Clara | 72 years | Female | White | Debility | |
11 | 17 | Lewis, Christian | 17 years | Male | Black | Malaria An illness caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. In the 1800s this disease was thought to emerge from miasmas, unhealthy emissions from swamps or dead or rotting plant and animal matter. Malaria was often described as an intermittent fever because patients could experience alternating episodes of chills, fever and sweating followed by normal body temperatures (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
11 | 18 | Bailey, Bruny | 5 years | Female | White | Malaria An illness caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. In the 1800s this disease was thought to emerge from miasmas, unhealthy emissions from swamps or dead or rotting plant and animal matter. Malaria was often described as an intermittent fever because patients could experience alternating episodes of chills, fever and sweating followed by normal body temperatures (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
11 | 19 | Smith, Edwin | 5 years | Male | White | Malaria An illness caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. In the 1800s this disease was thought to emerge from miasmas, unhealthy emissions from swamps or dead or rotting plant and animal matter. Malaria was often described as an intermittent fever because patients could experience alternating episodes of chills, fever and sweating followed by normal body temperatures (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860). | |
11 | 20 | Russ, Mary | 3 years | Female | Black | Hydrocephalus | |
11 | 21 | McGaghin, William | 7 months | Male | White | Dentition This refers to an infection caused by the eruption of new teeth in an infant. 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). | |
11 | 22 | Carter, Mary Ann | 54 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). | |
11 | 23 | Stevens, Selby | 23 years | Female | White | Heart disease | |
11 | 24 | Williams, Fletcher | 1 year | Male | Black | Convulsions Another name for seizures or involuntary muscle spasms. Associated with epilepsy and St. Vitus’ dance (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893). | |
11 | 25 | Yelveston, Charles | 3 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
11 | 26 | Layport | 50 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
11 | 27 | Calavey, Lewis | 5 years | Male | White | Convulsions Another name for seizures or involuntary muscle spasms. Associated with epilepsy and St. Vitus’ dance (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893). | |
11 | 28 | Edwards, Elviria | 4 years | Female | White | Convulsions Another name for seizures or involuntary muscle spasms. Associated with epilepsy and St. Vitus’ dance (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893). | |
11 | 29 | Avens, Charlisia | 28 years | Female | Black | Puerperal fever | |
11 | 30 | Goodwin, Nelly | 47 years | Female | Black | Cynanche maligna | |
11 | 31 | Waters, Jane | 5 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. | |
11 | 32 | Thulling, Israel | 8 years | Male | Black | Epilepsy | |
11 | 33 | Rogers, Charles | 5 years | Male | White | H. cough | |
11 | 34 | Cotheran, [Infant] | 7 days | Male | White | Fever |
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Page | Line | Name | Age | Sex | Race | Cause of Death | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Smith, Ned | 6 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
1 | 2 | Brown, Lillias E. | 8 years | Female | White | Typhoid fever | |
1 | 3 | Yonge, C. J. | 23 years | Male | White | Inflamation of bowels | |
1 | 4 | Walker, Alex | 5 months | Male | Black | Croup | |
1 | 5 | Perdew, Sarah | 25 years | Female | White | Childbed fever | |
1 | 6 | Perdew, Neill | 6 months | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
1 | 7 | Simms, Gus | 2 years | Male | Black | Dropsy | |
1 | 8 | Walker, Annie | 18 years | Female | Black | Childbirth | |
1 | 19 | Harrington, Abby | 71 years | Female | Black | Rising in stomach | |
1 | 20 | Davis, Major | 70 years | Male | Black | Malarial fever | |
1 | 21 | Woodruff, Albert | 5 months | Male | Black | Diphtheria | |
1 | 22 | Woodruff, Peyton | 38 years | Male | Black | Pneumonia | |
1 | 23 | Thomas, W. F. | 2 years | Male | Black | Brain fever | |
1 | 24 | Holmes, Susan R. | 21 years | Male | Black | Malarial fever | |
1 | 25 | Westevelt, Margaret | 6 months | Female | White | Malarial fever | |
1 | 26 | Jumper, Daniel | 70 years | Male | Black | Dropsy | |
1 | 27 | Miller, Agnes | 8 months | Female | Black | Spasms | |
1 | 28 | Ingraham, Emanuel | 25 years | Male | Black | Unknown | |
1 | 29 | Anderson, Penny | 52 years | Female | Black | Cancer | |
2 | 1 | Thomas, [Infant] | 4 days | Male | Black | Inanition | |
2 | 2 | Gallman, [Infant] | 1 day | Male | Black | Stillborn | |
2 | 3 | Leeman, Harriet | 50 years | Female | Black | Lightning | |
2 | 4 | Felder, James | 18 years | Male | Black | Lightning | |
2 | 5 | Jacobs, [Infant] | 1 day | Male | Black | Stillborn | |
2 | 6 | Brooks, Joseph | 55 years | Male | Black | Dropsy | |
2 | 7 | Morrison, Hugh | 74 years | Male | White | Consumption | |
2 | 8 | Johnson, Haston | 9 years | Male | White | Dropsy | |
2 | 9 | Gill, Eula | 3 years | Female | White | Intermittent fever | |
2 | 10 | Parish, Joseph | 28 years | Male | White | Erysipelas | |
2 | 11 | Munroe, Angeline | 14 years | Female | White | Disease of heart | |
2 | 12 | Wise, Barbara A. | 63 years | Female | White | Disease of heart | |
2 | 13 | Clark, Albert | 65 years | Male | White | Paralysis | |
2 | 14 | Clark, Evaline | 35 years | Female | White | Flooding in child bed | |
3 | 3 | Howell, Mary | 38 years | Female | Black | Intermittent fever | |
3 | 4 | Ward, Hollday | 12 years | Male | Black | Fever | |
3 | 5 | Ward, Polley | 3 years | Female | Black | Measles | |
3 | 6 | Connor, George | 62 years | Male | Black | Remittent fever | |
3 | 7 | Park, Francis | 10 years | Male | Black | Remitting fever | |
3 | 8 | Thrasher, G. W. | 70 years | Male | White | Pneumonia | |
3 | 9 | Kanida, J. W. | 25 years | Male | Black | Pneumonia | |
4 | 1 | Mitchell, Pink | 2 years | Male | Black | Inflammation | |
4 | 2 | Mitchell, Edward | 1 year | Male | Black | Spinal disease | |
4 | 3 | James, P. | 16 years | Male | White | Congestive chill | |
4 | 4 | Jackson, Nancy | 30 years | Female | Black | Unknown | |
4 | 5 | Jones, Zula | 2 years | Female | Black | Accidental shot | |
4 | 6 | London, Ellen | 18 years | Female | Black | Childbed fever | |
4 | 7 | Howard, Sylvia | 38 years | Female | Black | Childbed fever | |
4 | 8 | Nufile, Cora | 5 years | Female | Black | Inflammation | |
4 | 9 | Thomas, Susine | 1 year | Female | Black | Whooping cough | |
4 | 10 | Thomas, Susetta | 1 year | Female | Black | Whooping cough | |
4 | 11 | Goodwin, Nellie | 50 years | Female | Black | Unknown | |
5 | 1 | Curry, Lawton | 50 years | Male | White | Heart disease | |
5 | 2 | Turner, Elizabeth | 30 years | Female | Black | Typhoid fever | |
5 | 4 | Hamilton Dennis | 23 years | Male | White | Congestion of brain | |
5 | 5 | Frazier, Samuel | 7 months | Male | Black | Pneumonia | |
5 | 6 | Frink, Eugene | 29 years | Male | White | Dropsy | |
5 | 7 | Clark, Ada | 2 years | Female | White | Congestion of brain | |
7 | 1 | Thomas, [Infant] | 4 days | Male | Black | Inanition | |
7 | 2 | Gallman, [Infant] | 1 day | Male | Black | Stillborn | |
7 | 3 | Leeman, Harriet | 50 years | Female | Black | Lightning | |
7 | 4 | Wise, Barbara A. | 63 years | Female | White | Disease of heart | |
7 | 5 | Felder, James | 18 years | Male | Black | Lightning | |
7 | 6 | Jacobs, [Infant] | 1 day | Male | Black | Stillborn | |
7 | 7 | Brooks, Joseph | 55 years | Male | White | Dropsy | |
7 | 8 | Johnson, Haston | 9 years | Male | White | Dropsy | |
7 | 9 | Gill, Eula | 3 years | Female | White | Intermittent fever | |
7 | 10 | Morrison, Hugh | 74 years | Male | White | Consumption | |
7 | 11 | Parish, Joseph | 28 years | Male | White | Erysipelas | |
7 | 12 | Clark, Albert | 65 years | Male | White | Paralysis | |
7 | 13 | Clark, Evaline | 35 years | Female | White | Flooding in child bed | |
7 | 14 | Munroe, Angeline | 14 years | Female | White | Disease of heart | |
8 | 1 | Miller, Silas | 42 years | Male | Black | Dropsy | |
8 | 2 | Wilson, Jake | 40 years | Male | Black | Malarial fever | |
8 | 3 | Smith, Elsie | 20 years | Female | White | Typhoid fever | |
8 | 4 | McGahagen, Emma | 29 years | Female | White | Bronchitis | |
8 | 5 | Lewis, Mahala | 45 years | Female | Black | Pneumonia | |
8 | 6 | Williams, Greek [?] | 84 years | Male | Black | Paralysis | |
8 | 7 | Mathis, Elsie | 11 years | Female | Black | Typhoid fever | |
8 | 8 | Roof, Clara | 18 years | Female | Black | Unknown | |
9 | 1 | Martin, Johney | 30 years | Male | White | Consumption | |
9 | 2 | Pasteur, Anna | 3 years | Female | White | Diphtheria | |
9 | 3 | Tucker, Mazena | 29 years | Female | White | Congestion of brain | |
9 | 4 | Hartman, James | 46 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 5 | Williams, Walter | 63 years | Male | White | Cancer | |
9 | 6 | Rivers, Anna | 40 years | Female | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 7 | Sullivan, Riley | 36 years | Male | White | Consumption | |
9 | 8 | Heines, Lutachious | 8 years | Male | White | Dropsy | |
9 | 9 | Reynolds, James | 52 years | Male | White | Dropsy | |
9 | 10 | Cauthen, George | 13 years | Male | White | Heart disease | |
9 | 11 | Cauthen, Exea | 3 years | Female | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 12 | Knight, John C. | 45 years | Male | White | Consumption | |
9 | 13 | Fort, Dickerson | 14 years | Male | White | Brain fever | |
9 | 14 | Peters, William | 1 year | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 15 | Morgan, John | 20 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
9 | 16 | White, James H. | 1 year | Male | White | Dysentery | |
9 | 17 | Lewis, David | 2 years | Male | White | Croup | |
9 | 18 | Ransom, Sarrah | 18 years | Female | White | Malarial fever | |
10 | 1 | Smithe, Allise | 20 years | Female | White | Typhoid fever | |
10 | 2 | Dickens, Willis | 55 years | Male | Black | Pneumonia | |
10 | 3 | Cook, Jacob | 60 years | Male | Black | Diarrhea | |
10 | 4 | Melen, Silas | 44 years | Male | White | Consumption | |
10 | 5 | Langston, Joseph | 4 years | Male | Black | Typhoid fever | |
10 | 6 | Hicks, Lawton | 2 days | Male | Black | Unknown | |
10 | 7 | Simmons, Judy | 2 months | Male | Black | Bilious fever | |
10 | 8 | Daymon, Gray | 6 years | Female | Black | Typhoid fever | |
10 | 9 | Matthews, Ellsey | 7 years | Female | Black | Typhoid fever | |
10 | 10 | Helenson, Charles | 7 years | Male | White | Fever | |
10 | 11 | Morris, Sarah | 9 years | Female | Black | Accidentally shot | |
11 | 2 | Stafford, Frank | 35 years | Male | White | Liver disease | |
11 | 3 | Mathews, Mary | 56 years | Female | White | Heart disease | |
11 | 4 | Shiffert, Matilda | 12 years | Female | White | Malaria | |
11 | 5 | Shiffert, Willie | 10 years | Male | White | Malaria | |
11 | 6 | Fant, Jalisia | 3 months | Female | White | Dysentery | |
11 | 7 | Riffles, Cora | 5 years | Female | Black | Convulsions | |
11 | 8 | Gamble, Robert | 18 years | Male | White | Malaria | |
11 | 9 | Burgess, Mary | 39 years | Female | White | Malaria | |
11 | 10 | Sistrunk, Irene | 3 years | Female | White | Croup | |
11 | 11 | Latson, Sylvia | 41 years | Female | White | Malaria | |
11 | 12 | Jackson, George | Male | Black | Epilepsy | ||
11 | 13 | Jackson, Moses | 49 years | Male | Black | Dropsy | |
11 | 14 | Henderson, Ursa | Female | Black | Diphtheria | ||
11 | 15 | Knight, Gates | 31 years | Male | Black | Heart disease | |
11 | 16 | Wimbley, Clara | 72 years | Female | White | Debility | |
11 | 17 | Lewis, Christian | 17 years | Male | Black | Malaria | |
11 | 18 | Bailey, Bruny | 5 years | Female | White | Malaria | |
11 | 19 | Smith, Edwin | 5 years | Male | White | Malaria | |
11 | 20 | Russ, Mary | 3 years | Female | Black | Hydrocephalus | |
11 | 21 | McGaghin, William | 7 months | Male | White | Dentition | |
11 | 22 | Carter, Mary Ann | 54 years | Female | White | Dysentery | |
11 | 23 | Stevens, Selby | 23 years | Female | White | Heart disease | |
11 | 24 | Williams, Fletcher | 1 year | Male | Black | Convulsions | |
11 | 25 | Yelveston, Charles | 3 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
11 | 26 | Layport | 50 years | Male | White | Malarial fever | |
11 | 27 | Calavey, Lewis | 5 years | Male | White | Convulsions | |
11 | 28 | Edwards, Elviria | 4 years | Female | White | Convulsions | |
11 | 29 | Avens, Charlisia | 28 years | Female | Black | Puerperal fever | |
11 | 30 | Goodwin, Nelly | 47 years | Female | Black | Cynanche maligna | |
11 | 31 | Waters, Jane | 5 years | Male | Black | Diarrhea | |
11 | 32 | Thulling, Israel | 8 years | Male | Black | Epilepsy | |
11 | 33 | Rogers, Charles | 5 years | Male | White | H. cough | |
11 | 34 | Cotheran, [Infant] | 7 days | Male | White | Fever |
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United States. Department of the Interior. Marion County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1880. 1880. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345771>, accessed 30 November 2024.
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United States. Department of the Interior. Marion County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1880. 1880. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345771>
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(State Archives of Florida/United States. Department of the Interior.)