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Nassau 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 Nassau County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1870.

Date

1870

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Billings, Liberty

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

Geographic Term

Nassau County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Albertie, Alice	7 years	Female	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).
1	2	Germain, Susan	15 years	Female	Black	Drowned
1	3	Warren, Thomas	1 month	Male	Black	Unknown
1	4	Warren, Franklin	1 month	Male	Black	Unknown
1	5	Robinson, Clarissa	82 years	Female	Black	Old age
1	6	Dorsey, Junnie	19 years	Female	Black	Childbirth
1	7	Robers, Betsey	14 years	Female	Black	Typhoid fever
1	8	Baker, Prince	52 years	Male	Black	Disease of heart
1	9	Freeman, Simeon S.	36 years	Male	White	Machinery (laceration of the bowels by falling on circular saw)
1	10	Slight, Edward	27 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	11	Hoge, Virginia	15 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever	"Died in Virginia."
1	12	Tyler, Henry S.	30 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	13	Thompson		Male	White	Loss of blood and nervous shock (run over by railroad engine)
2	1	Davis, Charles	12 years	Male	Black	Disease of lung
2	2	Davey, Clarissa	29 years	Female	Black	Disease of heart
2	3	Van-Horn, Mary	14 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
2	4	King, Rufus	47 years	Male	White	Carbuncle
2	5	Thomas, Zylphie	1 month	Female	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	6	Metcalf, Jane	14 years	Female	Mulatto	Typhoid fever
2	7	Haddock, Elizabeth	77 years	Female	White	Disease of bowels
2	8	Dixon, [Infant]	0 months	Female	White	Unknown (7 days old infant)
2	9	Murry, Jane	13 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
2	10	Walton, Henry	2 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).

Title

Nassau 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 Nassau 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

Billings, Liberty

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1202_mortality_nassau_1870

Coverage

Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Albertie, Alice	7 years	Female	Black	Dysentery
1	2	Germain, Susan	15 years	Female	Black	Drowned
1	3	Warren, Thomas	1 month	Male	Black	Unknown
1	4	Warren, Franklin	1 month	Male	Black	Unknown
1	5	Robinson, Clarissa	82 years	Female	Black	Old age
1	6	Dorsey, Junnie	19 years	Female	Black	Childbirth
1	7	Robers, Betsey	14 years	Female	Black	Typhoid fever
1	8	Baker, Prince	52 years	Male	Black	Disease of heart
1	9	Freeman, Simeon S.	36 years	Male	White	Machinery (laceration of the bowels by falling on circular saw)
1	10	Slight, Edward	27 years	Male	White	Consumption
1	11	Hoge, Virginia	15 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever	"Died in Virginia."
1	12	Tyler, Henry S.	30 years	Male	White	Consumption
1	13	Thompson		Male	White	Loss of blood and nervous shock (run over by railroad engine)
2	1	Davis, Charles	12 years	Male	Black	Disease of lung
2	2	Davey, Clarissa	29 years	Female	Black	Disease of heart
2	3	Van-Horn, Mary	14 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
2	4	King, Rufus	47 years	Male	White	Carbuncle
2	5	Thomas, Zylphie	1 month	Female	White	Erysipelas
2	6	Metcalf, Jane	14 years	Female	Mulatto	Typhoid fever
2	7	Haddock, Elizabeth	77 years	Female	White	Disease of bowels
2	8	Dixon, [Infant]	0 months	Female	White	Unknown (7 days old infant)
2	9	Murry, Jane	13 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
2	10	Walton, Henry	2 years	Male	Black	Dysentery

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Albertie, Alice, ca.1863-ca.1870

Germain, Susan, ca.1855-ca.1870

Warren, Thomas, ca.1870-ca.1870

Warren, Franklin, ca.1870-ca.1870

Robinson, Clarissa, ca.1788-ca.1870

Dorsey, Junnie, ca.1851-ca.1870

Robers, Betsey, ca.1856-ca.1870

Baker, Prince, ca.1818-ca.1870

Freeman, Simeon S., ca.1834-ca.1870

Slight, Edward, ca.1843-ca.1870

Hoge, Virginia, ca.1855-ca.1870

Tyler, Henry S., ca.1840-ca.1870

Thompson, d. ca.1870

Davis, Charles, ca.1858-ca.1870

Davey, Clarissa, ca.1841-ca.1870

Van-Horn, Mary, ca.1856-ca.1870

King, Rufus, ca.1823-ca.1870

Thomas, Zylphie, ca.1870-ca.1870

Metcalf, Jane, ca.1856-ca.1870

Haddock, Elizabeth, ca.1793-ca.1870

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

Murry, Jane, ca.1857-ca.1870

Walton, Henry, ca.1868-ca.1870

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Nassau County (Fla.)

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United States. Department of the Interior. Nassau County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1870. 1870. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345735>, accessed 27 December 2024.

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United States. Department of the Interior. Nassau County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1870. 1870. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345735>

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(State Archives of Florida/United States. Department of the Interior.)

Nassau County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1870

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