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State Archives of Florida, Series S548

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1880 for Putnam County documenting persons who died during the year ending May 31, 1880.

Date

1880

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Gardiner, Joseph W.
Hammond, Rolland O.
Carbbin, Cook
Towle, R.W.
Shalley, Thomas
Scowers, W.T.

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Census Records

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Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Gardiner, Maud	2 months	Female	White	Thrush
1	2	Harp, Clarence	2 years	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
1	3	Manning, [Infant]	1 day	Male	White	Childbed
1	4	Logan, Fumer	29 years	Male	White	Accidentally killed
1	5	Wingate, Croninus V.	27 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	6	Wingate, Joseph	1 year	Male	White	Intermittent fever
1	7	James, Nellie	1 year	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	Patterson, Frank	24 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	18	Robertson, Charles M.	7 years	Male	White	Meningitis
2	1	Wells, Lillian	9 months	Female	White	Tooth sick
2	2	Daniels, Payden	1 year, 9 months	Male	Black	Congestion stomach & lungs
2	5	Mills, [Unnamed female]	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).
4	1	Flyn, Tyler	2 months	Male	Black	Neglect
4	2	Locket, Marion	45 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).
4	3	Brock, James	5 years	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).
4	4	Augir, Endora	24 years	Female	White	Typho-malarial fever
4	5	Augir, Lucy	50 years	Female	White	Typho-malarial fever
4	6	Augir, Ada	22 years	Female	White	Typho-malarial fever
4	7	Roger, Anna	40 years	Female	White	Childbirth
4	8	Greenwood, Henrietta	35 years	Female	White	Acute gastritis
4	9	Wilson, George	40 years	Male	Black	Malarial fever & neglect
4	11	Ainslie, Elizabeth	1 year, 8 months	Female	White	Congestion of lungs
4	12	Morris, Harriett	33 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
4	14	Daniels, Alex	1 year	Male	Black	Lung disease
6	1	Lock, Richmond	42 years	Male	White	Typhoid fever
6	2	Heiz, Mary	10 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
7	1	Mays, J. S.	37 years	Male	White	Inflammation of stomach
7	2	Walker, Lilla	1 year	Female	Black	Congestion of brain
7	3	Berry, Aaron	90 years	Male	Black	Old age
7	4	Yelvington, Chas P.	2 years	Male	White	Congestive chills
7	5	Williams, Eliza	1 year	Female	Black	Spasms
7	6	Van Hellin, June	28 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
8	1	Young, Herman	12 years	Male	White	Brain fever
8	2	Sewspamsky, A.	72 years	Male	White	Malarial fever
8	3	Bren, J. W.	39 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
8	4	Grooms, Jave	86 years	Female	White	Old age
8	5	Weathersby, M. A.	63 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
8	6	Everall, Minnie	4 months	Female	White	Spasms of heart
8	7	Davis, N. R.	2 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).
8	8	Cannon, John	48 years	Male	White	Neuralgia of heart
8	9	Wesley, Mary	40 years	Female	Black	Childbirth
8	10	Rossingnall, Lott	50 years	Male	White	Dropsy of heart
8	11	Rossingnall, F. F.	20 years	Female	White	Childbirth
8	12	Pepper, Nancy	8 months	Female	Black	Cholera infantum
8	13	Wellhouse, Ada	2 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).
8	14	Jennings, C. A. [?]	48 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
8	15	Baysden, Jeff	42 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
8	16	Brand, William	5 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).
8	18	Wiehouse, [Infant]		Male	White	Stillborn
8	19	Hue, Lizzie	15 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
8	20	Delaney, William	32 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
8	21	Allen, Ella	36 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
8	22	Austin	10 years	Male	Black	Malarial fever
8	23	Gray, Sussie	7 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
8	24	Race	2 months	Male	White	Marasmus A loss of weight and strength, and atrophying of the muscles due to a lack of nutrition or a dramatic loss of blood (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
8	25	Robinson, William		Male	Black	Bronchitis
8	26	Hencock		Male	White	Malarial fever
9	1	Porter, Alford	41 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
9	2	Crawford, Cynthia	20 years	Female	Black	Spinal affliction
9	3	Cale, Birt	30 years	Male	White	Dropsy of heart
9	4	Cahoon, Mary	43 years	Female	White	Uterine hemorrhage from abortion
10	1	Gatlin, Mary	20 years	Female	White	Straining in childbirth
10	2	Rogers, John	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).
10	3	Cheser, John H.	21 years	Male	White	Liver complaint
10	4	Smith, Shoney	60 years	Female	Black	Old age & bruises
10	7	McLeod, Mary	35 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
10	8	McLeod, Daniel	40 years	Male	White	Cynanche maligna
10	9	Yelvington, Eliz	5 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
10	10	Yelvington, Missouri	2 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
10	11	Fernell, Charles	3 years	Male	White	Enteritis
10	12	Moody, Edith	82 years	Female	White	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	13	Joyner, Benjamin	4 years	Male	White	Enteritis
10	14	Monroe	80 years	Female	White	Old age
10	15	Gordon	5 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).
10	16	Stule	6 years	Female	White	Gastritis Inflammation of the stomach (McGown, Practical Treatise on the Most Common Diseases of the South, 1849).
10	17	Ruis	1 day	Female	White	Debility
10	23	Tillis, Pruice Ann	3 years	Female	White	Spasms
10	25	Morris, Letitia	2 years	Female	White	Convulsions (worms)

Title

Putnam County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1880

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1880 for Putnam County documenting persons who died during the year ending May 31, 1880.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S548

Date

1880

Contributor

Gardiner, Joseph W.

Hammond, Rolland O.

Carbbin, Cook

Towle, R.W.

Shalley, Thomas

Scowers, W.T.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s548_mortality_putnam_1880

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

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Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Gardiner, Maud	2 months	Female	White	Thrush
1	2	Harp, Clarence	2 years	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
1	3	Manning, [Infant]	1 day	Male	White	Childbed
1	4	Logan, Fumer	29 years	Male	White	Accidentally killed
1	5	Wingate, Croninus V.	27 years	Female	White	Dropsy
1	6	Wingate, Joseph	1 year	Male	White	Intermittent fever
1	7	James, Nellie	1 year	Female	Black	Dropsy
1	9	Patterson, Frank	24 years	Male	White	Consumption
1	18	Robertson, Charles M.	7 years	Male	White	Meningitis
2	1	Wells, Lillian	9 months	Female	White	Tooth sick
2	2	Daniels, Payden	1 year, 9 months	Male	Black	Congestion stomach & lungs
2	5	Mills, [Unnamed female]	3 months	Female	White	Dysentery
4	1	Flyn, Tyler	2 months	Male	Black	Neglect
4	2	Locket, Marion	45 years	Female	Black	Dropsy
4	3	Brock, James	5 years	Male	Black	Convulsions
4	4	Augir, Endora	24 years	Female	White	Typho-malarial fever
4	5	Augir, Lucy	50 years	Female	White	Typho-malarial fever
4	6	Augir, Ada	22 years	Female	White	Typho-malarial fever
4	7	Roger, Anna	40 years	Female	White	Childbirth
4	8	Greenwood, Henrietta	35 years	Female	White	Acute gastritis
4	9	Wilson, George	40 years	Male	Black	Malarial fever & neglect
4	11	Ainslie, Elizabeth	1 year, 8 months	Female	White	Congestion of lungs
4	12	Morris, Harriett	33 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
4	14	Daniels, Alex	1 year	Male	Black	Lung disease
6	1	Lock, Richmond	42 years	Male	White	Typhoid fever
6	2	Heiz, Mary	10 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
7	1	Mays, J. S.	37 years	Male	White	Inflammation of stomach
7	2	Walker, Lilla	1 year	Female	Black	Congestion of brain
7	3	Berry, Aaron	90 years	Male	Black	Old age
7	4	Yelvington, Chas P.	2 years	Male	White	Congestive chills
7	5	Williams, Eliza	1 year	Female	Black	Spasms
7	6	Van Hellin, June	28 years	Female	White	Consumption
8	1	Young, Herman	12 years	Male	White	Brain fever
8	2	Sewspamsky, A.	72 years	Male	White	Malarial fever
8	3	Bren, J. W.	39 years	Male	White	Consumption
8	4	Grooms, Jave	86 years	Female	White	Old age
8	5	Weathersby, M. A.	63 years	Female	White	Consumption
8	6	Everall, Minnie	4 months	Female	White	Spasms of heart
8	7	Davis, N. R.	2 years	Male	White	Pneumonia
8	8	Cannon, John	48 years	Male	White	Neuralgia of heart
8	9	Wesley, Mary	40 years	Female	Black	Childbirth
8	10	Rossingnall, Lott	50 years	Male	White	Dropsy of heart
8	11	Rossingnall, F. F.	20 years	Female	White	Childbirth
8	12	Pepper, Nancy	8 months	Female	Black	Cholera infantum
8	13	Wellhouse, Ada	2 years	Female	White	Pneumonia
8	14	Jennings, C. A. [?]	48 years	Male	White	Consumption
8	15	Baysden, Jeff	42 years	Male	White	Consumption
8	16	Brand, William	5 years	Male	Black	Pneumonia
8	18	Wiehouse, [Infant]		Male	White	Stillborn
8	19	Hue, Lizzie	15 years	Female	White	Consumption
8	20	Delaney, William	32 years	Male	White	Consumption
8	21	Allen, Ella	36 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
8	22	Austin	10 years	Male	Black	Malarial fever
8	23	Gray, Sussie	7 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
8	24	Race	2 months	Male	White	Marasmus
8	25	Robinson, William		Male	Black	Bronchitis
8	26	Hencock		Male	White	Malarial fever
9	1	Porter, Alford	41 years	Male	White	Consumption
9	2	Crawford, Cynthia	20 years	Female	Black	Spinal affliction
9	3	Cale, Birt	30 years	Male	White	Dropsy of heart
9	4	Cahoon, Mary	43 years	Female	White	Uterine hemorrhage from abortion
10	1	Gatlin, Mary	20 years	Female	White	Straining in childbirth
10	2	Rogers, John	52 years	Male	White	Dropsy
10	3	Cheser, John H.	21 years	Male	White	Liver complaint
10	4	Smith, Shoney	60 years	Female	Black	Old age & bruises
10	7	McLeod, Mary	35 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
10	8	McLeod, Daniel	40 years	Male	White	Cynanche maligna
10	9	Yelvington, Eliz	5 years	Female	White	Consumption
10	10	Yelvington, Missouri	2 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
10	11	Fernell, Charles	3 years	Male	White	Enteritis
10	12	Moody, Edith	82 years	Female	White	Diarrhea
10	13	Joyner, Benjamin	4 years	Male	White	Enteritis
10	14	Monroe	80 years	Female	White	Old age
10	15	Gordon	5 years	Male	Black	Dropsy
10	16	Stule	6 years	Female	White	Gastritis
10	17	Ruis	1 day	Female	White	Debility
10	23	Tillis, Pruice Ann	3 years	Female	White	Spasms
10	25	Morris, Letitia	2 years	Female	White	Convulsions (worms)

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Gardiner, Maud, ca.1880-ca.1880

Harp, Clarence, ca.1878-ca.1880

Manning, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880

Logan, Fumer, ca.1851-ca.1880

Wingate, Croninus V., ca.1853-ca.1880

Wingate, Joseph, ca.1879-ca.1880

James, Nellie, ca.1879-ca.1880

Patterson, Frank, ca.1856-ca.1880

Robertson, Charles M., ca.1873-ca.1880

Wells, Lillian, ca.1880-ca.1880

Daniels, Payden, ca.1879-ca.1880

Mills, [Unnamed female], ca.1880-ca.1880

Flyn, Tyler, ca.1880-ca.1880

Locket, Marion, ca.1835-ca.1880

Brock, James, ca.1875-ca.1880

Augir, Endora, ca.1856-ca.1880

Augir, Lucy, ca.1830-ca.1880

Augir, Ada, ca.1858-ca.1880

Roger, Anna, ca.1840-ca.1880

Greenwood, Henrietta, ca.1845-ca.1880

Wilson, George, ca.1840-ca.1880

Ainslie, Elizabeth, ca.1879-ca.1880

Morris, Harriett, ca.1847-ca.1880

Daniels, Alex, ca.1879-ca.1880

Lock, Richmond, ca.1838-ca.1880

Heiz, Mary, ca.1870-ca.1880

Mays, J. S., ca.1843-ca.1880

Walker, Lilla, ca.1879-ca.1880

Berry, Aaron, ca.1790-ca.1880

Yelvington, Chas P., ca.1878-ca.1880

Williams, Eliza, ca.1879-ca.1880

Van Hellin, June, ca.1852-ca.1880

Young, Herman, ca.1868-ca.1880

Sewspamsky, A., ca.1808-ca.1880

Bren, J. W., ca.1841-ca.1880

Grooms, Jave, ca.1794-ca.1880

Weathersby, M. A., ca.1817-ca.1880

Everall, Minnie, ca.1880-ca.1880

Davis, N. R., ca.1878-ca.1880

Cannon, John, ca.1832-ca.1880

Wesley, Mary, ca.1840-ca.1880

Rossingnall, Lott, ca.1830-ca.1880

Rossingnall, F. F., ca.1860-ca.1880

Pepper, Nancy, ca.1880-ca.1880

Wellhouse, Ada, ca.1878-ca.1880

Jennings, C. A. [?], ca.1832-ca.1880

Baysden, Jeff, ca.1838-ca.1880

Brand, William, ca.1875-ca.1880

Wiehouse, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880

Hue, Lizzie, ca.1865-ca.1880

Delaney, William, ca.1848-ca.1880

Allen, Ella, ca.1844-ca.1880

Austin, ca.1870-ca.1880

Gray, Sussie, ca.1873-ca.1880

Race, ca.1880-ca.1880

Robinson, William, d. ca.1880

Hencock, d. ca.1880

Porter, Alford, ca.1839-ca.1880

Crawford, Cynthia, ca.1860-ca.1880

Cale, Birt, ca.1850-ca.1880

Cahoon, Mary, ca.1837-ca.1880

Gatlin, Mary, ca.1860-ca.1880

Rogers, John, ca.1828-ca.1880

Cheser, John H., ca.1859-ca.1880

Smith, Shoney, ca.1820-ca.1880

McLeod, Mary, ca.1845-ca.1880

McLeod, Daniel, ca.1840-ca.1880

Yelvington, Eliz, ca.1875-ca.1880

Yelvington, Missouri, ca.1878-ca.1880

Fernell, Charles, ca.1877-ca.1880

Moody, Edith, ca.1798-ca.1880

Joyner, Benjamin, ca.1876-ca.1880

Monroe, ca.1800-ca.1880

Gordon, ca.1875-ca.1880

Stule, ca.1874-ca.1880

Ruis, ca.1880-ca.1880

Tillis, Pruice Ann, ca.1877-ca.1880

Morris, Letitia, ca.1878-ca.1880

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