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Clay County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1880

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State Archives of Florida, Series S548

Description

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

Date

1880

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Plummer, W.S.
Bradford, H.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

Personal Subjects

Barker, Edward P., ca.1854-ca.1880
Barttow, Elizabeth, ca.1824-ca.1880
Bennett, Marrian, ca.1825-ca.1880
Bigger, Jane, ca.1831-ca.1880
Bora, Ida, ca.1877-ca.1880
Brantley, Mary, ca.1880-ca.1880
Brigham, Henry, ca.1810-ca.1880
Clark, Henry, ca.1857-ca.1880
Coleman, Annie, ca.1876-ca.1880
Conway, Alice, ca.1876-ca.1880
Conway, Charles, ca.1874-ca.1880
Cowart, Elvie, ca.1868-ca.1880
Cowart, William, ca.1834-ca.1880
Cubbage, , ca.1820-ca.1880
Dickinson, Lucy, ca.1855-ca.1880
Enats, Eliza, ca.1805-ca.1880
Estabrook, Margaret A., ca.1822-ca.1880
Frisby, Benjamin, ca.1804-ca.1880
Grand, Caroline, ca.1860-ca.1880
Hall, Susie, ca.1872-ca.1880
Hamilton, Elias, ca.1825-ca.1880
Harris, Aaron, ca.1818-ca.1880
Harris, Lillie, ca.1879-ca.1880
Holmes, James, Mrs., ca.1820-ca.1880
Holmes, James, ca.1816-ca.1880
Jackson, Joseph, ca.1880-ca.1880
James, Chas, ca.1880-ca.1880
James, Walter, ca.1880-ca.1880
Jinkins, Gloria, ca.1790-ca.1880
Johns, Andrew, ca.1826-ca.1880
Jones, Kessiah, ca.1870-ca.1880
McClendon, ca.1876-ca.1880
McLendon, Kate, ca.1827-ca.1880
Mosley, Wash, ca.1880-ca.1880
Otto, John, ca.1858-ca.1880
Page, Harry, ca.1804-ca.1880
Peeler, Euphemia, ca.1880-ca.1880
Petit, Charles, ca.1879-ca.1880
Polechio, Joseph, ca.1835-ca.1880
Pratt, George N., ca.1838-ca.1880
Prescot, Nora, ca.1874-ca.1880
Strickland, William, ca.1878-ca.1880
Swinde, George W., ca.1880-ca.1880
Thite, Bryant, ca.1790-ca.1880
Thomas, Calvin, ca.1858-ca.1880
Thomas, Susan, ca.1835-ca.1880
Thompson, Neil Alexander, ca.1848-ca.1880
Thomson, Marie Ann, ca.1856-ca.1880
Thomson, [Infant], ca.1880-ca.1880
Tillis, Andrew, ca.1871-ca.1880
Tillis, Mary, ca.1874-ca.1880
Tillis, Walter, ca.1868-ca.1880
Williams, George, ca.1859-ca.1880
Wilson, D. H., ca.1841-ca.1880

Geographic Term

Clay County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Mosley, Wash	1 month	Female	White	Unknown
1	2	Strickland, William	2 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	3	James, Chas	9 months	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).
1	4	James, Walter	1 month	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).
1	5	Coleman, Annie	4 years	Female	White	Sickly debility
1	6	Cowart, Elvie	12 years	Female	White	Burnt
1	7	Cowart, William	46 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	8	Brigham, Henry	70 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	9	Swinde, George W.	1 month	Male	White	Unknown
1	10	Harris, Lillie	1 year	Female	White	Unknown
1	11	Hamilton, Elias	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).
1	12	Johns, Andrew	54 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	13	Grand, Caroline	20 years	Female	White	Childbirth
1	14	Tillis, Andrew	9 years	Male	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.
1	15	Tillis, Mary	6 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.
1	16	Tillis, Walter	12 years	Male	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.
1	17	Bennett, Marrian	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	18	McClendon	4 years	Female	White	Unknown
1	19	Brantley, Mary	3 months	Female	White	Unknown
1	20	Prescot, Nora	6 years	Female	White	Fever
1	21	Polechio, Joseph	45 years	Male	White	Remittent fever
1	22	Conway, Charles	6 years	Male	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.
1	23	Conway, Alice	4 years	Female	White	Bilious fever
1	24	Jones, Kessiah	10 years	Female	Black	Inflammation of lungs
1	25	Frisby, Benjamin	76 years	Male	White	Typhoid fever
2	1	Barttow, Elizabeth	56 years	Female	White	Congestive fever
2	2	Hall, Susie	8 years	Female	White	Enteritis
2	3	Jackson, Joseph	4 months	Male	Black	Meningitis
2	4	Dickinson, Lucy	25 years	Female	White	Congestive fever
2	5	Bora, Ida	3 years	Female	White	Scrofulous abscess
2	6	Peeler, Euphemia	8 months	Female	White	Scrofulous abscess
2	7	Bigger, Jane	49 years	Female	White	Cerebritis
2	8	McLendon, Kate	53 years	Female	White	Heart disease
2	9	Petit, Charles	1 year	Male	White	Scrofulous abscess
2	10	Pratt, George N.	42 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	11	Wilson, D. H.	39 years	Male	White	Apoplexy Sudden incapacitation, loss of sensation and cessation of motion caused by a stroke or hemorrhaging in the brain (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
2	12	Barker, Edward P.	26 years	Male	White	Tetanus
2	13	Harris, Aaron	62 years	Male	White	General debility
2	14	Page, Harry	76 years	Male	White	General debility
2	15	Enats, Eliza	75 years	Female	White	General debility
2	16	Jinkins, Gloria	90 years	Female	White	Bilious fever
2	17	Thite, Bryant	90 years	Male	White	Debility
2	18	Thomas, Susan	45 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	19	Thomas, Calvin	22 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	20	Otto, John	22 years	Male	White	Heart disease
2	21	Williams, George	21 years	Male	Black	Debility
2	23	Holmes, James	64 years	Male	White	Malarial fever
2	24	Holmes, James, Mrs.	60 years	Female	White	Malarial fever. died 3 hours after the above
2	25	Estabrook, Margaret A.	58 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	26	Thomson, [Infant]	1 year, 2 months	Male	White	Malarial fever
2	27	Thompson, Neil Alexander	32 years	Male	White	Typho-malarial fever
2	28	Cubbage,	60 years	Male	White	Typho-malarial fever
2	29	Thomson, Marie Ann	24 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	30	Clark, Henry	23 years	Male	White	Malarial fever

Title

Clay 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 Clay 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

Plummer, W.S.

Bradford, H.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s548_mortality_clay_1880

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Mosley, Wash	1 month	Female	White	Unknown
1	2	Strickland, William	2 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	3	James, Chas	9 months	Male	White	Convulsions
1	4	James, Walter	1 month	Male	White	Convulsions
1	5	Coleman, Annie	4 years	Female	White	Sickly debility
1	6	Cowart, Elvie	12 years	Female	White	Burnt
1	7	Cowart, William	46 years	Male	White	Consumption
1	8	Brigham, Henry	70 years	Male	White	Consumption
1	9	Swinde, George W.	1 month	Male	White	Unknown
1	10	Harris, Lillie	1 year	Female	White	Unknown
1	11	Hamilton, Elias	55 years	Male	White	Dropsy
1	12	Johns, Andrew	54 years	Male	White	Consumption
1	13	Grand, Caroline	20 years	Female	White	Childbirth
1	14	Tillis, Andrew	9 years	Male	White	Diarrhea
1	15	Tillis, Mary	6 years	Female	White	Diarrhea
1	16	Tillis, Walter	12 years	Male	White	Diarrhea
1	17	Bennett, Marrian	55 years	Female	White	Dropsy
1	18	McClendon	4 years	Female	White	Unknown
1	19	Brantley, Mary	3 months	Female	White	Unknown
1	20	Prescot, Nora	6 years	Female	White	Fever
1	21	Polechio, Joseph	45 years	Male	White	Remittent fever
1	22	Conway, Charles	6 years	Male	White	Diarrhea
1	23	Conway, Alice	4 years	Female	White	Bilious fever
1	24	Jones, Kessiah	10 years	Female	Black	Inflammation of lungs
1	25	Frisby, Benjamin	76 years	Male	White	Typhoid fever
2	1	Barttow, Elizabeth	56 years	Female	White	Congestive fever
2	2	Hall, Susie	8 years	Female	White	Enteritis
2	3	Jackson, Joseph	4 months	Male	Black	Meningitis
2	4	Dickinson, Lucy	25 years	Female	White	Congestive fever
2	5	Bora, Ida	3 years	Female	White	Scrofulous abscess
2	6	Peeler, Euphemia	8 months	Female	White	Scrofulous abscess
2	7	Bigger, Jane	49 years	Female	White	Cerebritis
2	8	McLendon, Kate	53 years	Female	White	Heart disease
2	9	Petit, Charles	1 year	Male	White	Scrofulous abscess
2	10	Pratt, George N.	42 years	Male	White	Consumption
2	11	Wilson, D. H.	39 years	Male	White	Apoplexy
2	12	Barker, Edward P.	26 years	Male	White	Tetanus
2	13	Harris, Aaron	62 years	Male	White	General debility
2	14	Page, Harry	76 years	Male	White	General debility
2	15	Enats, Eliza	75 years	Female	White	General debility
2	16	Jinkins, Gloria	90 years	Female	White	Bilious fever
2	17	Thite, Bryant	90 years	Male	White	Debility
2	18	Thomas, Susan	45 years	Female	White	Consumption
2	19	Thomas, Calvin	22 years	Male	White	Consumption
2	20	Otto, John	22 years	Male	White	Heart disease
2	21	Williams, George	21 years	Male	Black	Debility
2	23	Holmes, James	64 years	Male	White	Malarial fever
2	24	Holmes, James, Mrs.	60 years	Female	White	Malarial fever. died 3 hours after the above
2	25	Estabrook, Margaret A.	58 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	26	Thomson, [Infant]	1 year, 2 months	Male	White	Malarial fever
2	27	Thompson, Neil Alexander	32 years	Male	White	Typho-malarial fever
2	28	Cubbage,	60 years	Male	White	Typho-malarial fever
2	29	Thomson, Marie Ann	24 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	30	Clark, Henry	23 years	Male	White	Malarial fever

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Mosley, Wash, ca.1880-ca.1880

Strickland, William, ca.1878-ca.1880

James, Chas, ca.1880-ca.1880

James, Walter, ca.1880-ca.1880

Coleman, Annie, ca.1876-ca.1880

Cowart, Elvie, ca.1868-ca.1880

Cowart, William, ca.1834-ca.1880

Brigham, Henry, ca.1810-ca.1880

Swinde, George W., ca.1880-ca.1880

Harris, Lillie, ca.1879-ca.1880

Hamilton, Elias, ca.1825-ca.1880

Johns, Andrew, ca.1826-ca.1880

Grand, Caroline, ca.1860-ca.1880

Tillis, Andrew, ca.1871-ca.1880

Tillis, Mary, ca.1874-ca.1880

Tillis, Walter, ca.1868-ca.1880

Bennett, Marrian, ca.1825-ca.1880

McClendon, ca.1876-ca.1880

Brantley, Mary, ca.1880-ca.1880

Prescot, Nora, ca.1874-ca.1880

Polechio, Joseph, ca.1835-ca.1880

Conway, Charles, ca.1874-ca.1880

Conway, Alice, ca.1876-ca.1880

Jones, Kessiah, ca.1870-ca.1880

Frisby, Benjamin, ca.1804-ca.1880

Barttow, Elizabeth, ca.1824-ca.1880

Hall, Susie, ca.1872-ca.1880

Jackson, Joseph, ca.1880-ca.1880

Dickinson, Lucy, ca.1855-ca.1880

Bora, Ida, ca.1877-ca.1880

Peeler, Euphemia, ca.1880-ca.1880

Bigger, Jane, ca.1831-ca.1880

McLendon, Kate, ca.1827-ca.1880

Petit, Charles, ca.1879-ca.1880

Pratt, George N., ca.1838-ca.1880

Wilson, D. H., ca.1841-ca.1880

Barker, Edward P., ca.1854-ca.1880

Harris, Aaron, ca.1818-ca.1880

Page, Harry, ca.1804-ca.1880

Enats, Eliza, ca.1805-ca.1880

Jinkins, Gloria, ca.1790-ca.1880

Thite, Bryant, ca.1790-ca.1880

Thomas, Susan, ca.1835-ca.1880

Thomas, Calvin, ca.1858-ca.1880

Otto, John, ca.1858-ca.1880

Williams, George, ca.1859-ca.1880

Holmes, James, ca.1816-ca.1880

Holmes, James, Mrs., ca.1820-ca.1880

Estabrook, Margaret A., ca.1822-ca.1880

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

Thompson, Neil Alexander, ca.1848-ca.1880

Cubbage, , ca.1820-ca.1880

Thomson, Marie Ann, ca.1856-ca.1880

Clark, Henry, ca.1857-ca.1880

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Clay County (Fla.)

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