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Franklin 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 Franklin County documenting persons who died during the year ending May 31, 1880.

Date

1880

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Atkins, J.A.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Kilby, Lucilla	45 years	Female	Black	Brain fever
1	2	Stearno, Charles	8 months	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	3	Perry, Roberta	5 days	Female	Mulatto	Lockjaw
1	4	Burgess, Richard	60 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	5	Vickers, Eliza J.	8 years	Female	Black	Burnt
1	6	Vickers, [Infant]	7 days	Male	Black	Not known
1	7	Colson, Rachael	40 years	Female	Black	Childbirth
1	8	Saunders, Hattie	3 years	Female	Black	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
1	9	Gregory, Elmer C.	8 years	Male	Black	Not known
1	10	Smith, Emma	4 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	11	Coleman, Bessie A.	1 year	Female	Mulatto	Caused by a fall
1	12	Dismukes, Mary C.	2 months	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).
1	13	Davidson, J. M. W.	78 years	Male	White	Dysentery, old age	Dr. John M. W. Davidson; medical journal available on Florida Memory.
1	14	Bruce, Emily B.	26 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	15	Ellis, Clumer J.	3 years	Female	Black	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
1	16	Ellis, [Infant]	1 month	Male	Black	Not known
1	17	Cohens, Jack	20 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
1	18	Conrott, [Infant]	3 days	Female	White	Not known
1	19	Watson, Jessie	3 years	Female	Black	Not known
1	20	McJunkins, Aquilla	101 years	Male	White	Old age
1	21	Shaw, David E.	3 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	22	Jones, [Infant]	10 days	Male	Black	Spasms
1	23	Cash, Winnifred	45 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).
1	24	Peepble, Alice	14 years	Female	White	Congestion of brain
1	25	Wobuberry, Rebecca A.	4 years	Female	White	Congestion of brain
1	26	Moore, [Infant]	1 day	Male	Black	Not known
1	27	Douglass, Ann	6 months	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	28	Wyatt, Elizabeth	71 years	Female	White	Pneumonia, uterine cancer
1	29	Lowe, Eugene H.	2 years	Male	White	Unknown
1	30	Olmstead, Doll	36 years	Female	White	Inflammation of stomach
1	32	Cindry, Sarah A.	69 years	Female	White	General debility
1	33	Canningham, 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).
1	34	Lowe, Henry Eugene	2 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).
1	35	Shaw, Robert Murdoch	6 years	Male	White	Indigestion; inde congestion of the brain
1	36	Harrison, Maria	79 years	Female	White	Old age
2	8	Cox, Sallie	4 days	Female	Black	Unknown
2	9	Smart, Mandy	1 year	Female	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	11	Simmes, [Infant]	8 days	Female	Black	Trismus
4	1	Pittman, C. S.	25 years	Male	White	Phthisis
4	2	Moseley, A. M.	10 years	Male	White	Internal injuries
4	3	McDonald, Susan A.	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).
4	4	Salvo, C.	50 years	Male	White	Paralysis
4	5	Moss, Charlie	1 year, 3 months	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).
4	6	[Unnamed male]		Male	Black	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
4	7	Wood, York	24 years	Male	Black	Congestion
4	8	McDonald, Martha J.	10 months	Female	White	Cholera infantum
4	9	Parker, Luentia	36 years	Female	Black	Chronic diarrhea
4	10	Brown, Sally	17 years	Female	White	Fever
4	11	Stockton, Phillip A.	65 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).
4	12	Spivey, Betsey A.	9 years	Female	Black	Meningitis
4	13	Spivey, John H.	5 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
4	14	Spivey, Archy	3 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
4	15	Kenan, Joseph	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).
4	16	Eckles, Joseph	8 years	Male	Black	Fever
4	17	Moseley, A. M.	60 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
4	18	Davis, Lena	5 months	Female	White	Colic
4	19	Wood, James S.	60 years	Male	White	Jaundice
4	20	Richardson, Julius	46 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
4	21	Long, Joseph	30 years	Male	Black	Fracture of skull
4	22	Johnson, Moses	10 years	Male	Black	Fever malarial
4	23	Bacon, Betty	1 year	Female	Black	Fever
4	24	Butler , Sina	3 years	Female	Black	Fever
4	25	Raster, Sylva	95 years	Female	Black	Old age
4	26	Morse, [Infant]	21 days	Female	White	Inanition Exhaustion resulting from a lack of nourishment, primarily seen in infants (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
4	27	Gilbert, Nelly	30 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).
4	28	Thompson, Joseph	8 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).
4	29	Green, Gena	13 years	Female	Black	Fever
4	30	Fugures, Annie	21 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	31	Byrd, John	11 years	Male	Black	Congestion
4	32	Longnorth, Robert	2 years	Male	Black	Whooping cough
4	33	Austin, John T. S.	9 years	Male	White	Congestion
4	34	Hill, Frace	63 years	Male	Mulatto	Heart disease
4	35	Gleason, Allurt	10 months	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).
4	36	Hutchingson, [Infant]	3 months	Female	Black	Fever
6	1	Williams, William H.	23 years	Male	Mulatto	Rheumatism
6	2	Walston, Capers	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).
6	3	Hall, Ella	6 months	Female	Mulatto	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).
6	4	Fields, Warrick	9 years	Male	Black	Congestion
6	5	Fields, John	6 years	Male	Black	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
6	6	Johnson, Timothy	50 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.
6	7	Johnson, Alonza	4 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	1	Call, Narcissus	41 years	Female	White	Gastroenteritis
8	2	Bass, Mary	22 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).
8	3	Rawls, William	20 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	4	Paralee, Shelby	6 months	Female	Mulatto	Cholera infantum
8	5	Horwin, Hattie	9 months	Female	Black	Cholera infantum
8	6	Barber, Jordan	68 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	7	Galor, Hattie	1 year	Female	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).
8	8	Henson, [infant]	6 months	Male	White	Cholera infantum	Infant of John Henson
8	9	Henson, Sandy	48 years	Male	Black	Paralysis
8	10	Gray, Elin	45 years	Female	White	Enteritis
8	11	Williams, Sarah	28 years	Female	Black	Puerperal fever
8	12	Willes, An	8 years	Female	Black	Fever
8	13	Gregory, [Infant]	2 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).
8	14	Primos, Preston	24 years	Male	Black	Murdered, homicide
8	15	Houk, [Infant]		Male	White	Premature	Infant of Wash Houk
8	16	McGrif, Gussa	2 years	Male	Black	Burned
8	17	Hampton, Mitchel, Inft	1 day	Male	Black	Inanition Exhaustion resulting from a lack of nourishment, primarily seen in infants (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
8	18	Olmstead, Dellar	28 years	Female	White	Inflammation of stomach & bowels
8	19	Tetchstone, Mary	76 years	Female	White	Paralysis of bladder
8	20	Nicholson, Mary	30 years	Female	Black	Puerperal fever
8	21	Marshel, Harry	120 years	Male	Black	Old age
8	23	Shelby	2 years	Female	Mulatto	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).
8	24	Ann Leia	3 years, 5 months	Female	Mulatto	Whooping cough
8	25	Womac, [Infant]	7 months	Female	White	Whooping cough
8	26	Higdon, Henry	13 years	Male	White	Enteritis
8	27	Jenkins, Charles	2 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.
8	28	Gregory, [Infant]	2 months	Male	Black	Whooping cough
8	29	Hardin, [Infant]		Male	White	Premature birth
10	1	Williams, Annie	7 years, 8 months	Female	Black	Drowned
10	2	Williams, Henrietta	2 years, 6 months	Female	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).
10	3	Williams, Emma	2 years	Female	White	Fever & ague
10	4	Kenan, Oena	4 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).
10	5	Thomas, Morgan	76 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
10	6	Mathen, William	1 month	Male	Mulatto	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).
10	7	Harris, Johnie	1 year	Male	Black	Fever & ague
10	8	Robinson, William	1 month	Male	Mulatto	Whooping cough
10	9	Robinson, Josephine	4 months	Female	Mulatto	Thrush
10	10	Statesman, Albert	1 year	Male	Black	Whooping cough
10	11	Mashmon, Hester	70 years	Female	Black	Old age
10	12	Price, Julia A.	7 years	Female	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).
10	13	Parum, Carry F.		Female	Black	Burnt up
10	14	Walter, Susana	4 years	Female	Black	Fever
10	15	Truluck, Jeff	1 year	Male	Black	Whooping cough
10	16	Roberts, Lee	6 months	Male	Black	Unknown
10	17	Hargrove, Auzie	2 years	Female	Mulatto	Unknown
10	18	Doctor, Joseph	33 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	19	Laura, Ben	70 years	Male	Black	Malarial fever
10	20	Linear, Lewis	16 years	Male	Black	Fever & ague
10	21	Hutcherson, Sarah J.	45 years	Female	White	Unknown
10	22	Handley, Ida	1 year	Female	Black	Cold, exposure
10	23	Hendly, Ismael	2 years, 8 months	Male	Black	Cold
10	24	Baker, Jessie	6 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever
10	25	Baker, Josaphine	4 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
10	26	Baker, Jacky Ann	3 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
10	27	Baker, Mary Ann	2 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
10	28	Baker, Louiss	1 year	Female	Black	Bilious fever
10	29	Adderson, William	1 year	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	30	Henry, Mathew	1 month	Male	Black	Cold
10	31	Henry, Oliver	1 month	Male	Black	Cold
10	33	Addison, Charles	1 year, 2 months	Male	Mulatto	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).
10	34	Palmer, John	4 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).
10	35	Bright, Lewis	16 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
11	1	Johnson, M. C.	42 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
11	2	Williams, Patsy	25 years	Female	Black	Disease of bowels
11	3	Harden, Effie	4 years	Female	White	Disease of bowels
11	4	Thomas, Mark	76 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
12	1	Blackston, Deanna	21 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).
12	2	Long, Joseph	24 years	Male	Black	Fracture of skull
12	3	Whaley, Edger	2 years	Male	Black	Remittent fever
12	4	Bradwell, Rachall	25 years	Female	Mulatto	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).
12	5	Drake, Mortimo	60 years	Female	White	Disease of heart
12	6	Moseley, A. M.	60 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
12	7	Sauls, Martha	45 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
12	8	Pitman, Fannie	26 years	Female	White	Remittent fever
12	9	Gregory, Jesse P.	22 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
12	10	Mathews, Ellen	20 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).
14	1	Madry, Jack	18 years	Male	Black	Dropsy of heart
14	2	Greem, Bettie	2 years	Female	Black	Whooping cough
14	3	Harris, Ephream	55 years	Male	Black	Undue exposure
14	4	Green, Fonville	3 months	Male	Mulatto	Whooping cough
14	5	Johnson, Cealey	40 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).
14	6	Cooper, Jane	26 years	Female	Black	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
14	7	Betsey, Eliza A.	30 years	Female	Black	Womb disease
14	8	James, Robert	1 year	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).
14	9	Convart, Elizabeth	3 months	Female	Black	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
14	10	Dickson, Joshua	10 years	Male	Black	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
14	11	McDengreed, J. A.	6 years	Male	White	Dropsy of heart
14	12	Campbell, Myrtle L.	1 month	Female	White	Hives, croup
14	13	Fletcher, Joseph	69 years	Male	White	Congestion
14	14	Harrison, Plaven	4 years	Female	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).
14	15	Clark, Henry H.	12 years	Male	White	Kidney disease
14	16	Dolan, Charles	26 years	Male	White	Cancer of face
14	17	Poythress, Charles	8 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
14	18	Whittle, Stephen H.	9 months	Male	White	Heart disease
14	19	Wilson, Isaac	72 years	Male	White	Cancer of stomach
16	1	Harvey, Amy	60 years	Female	Black	Fever
16	2	Cergill, L. A.	40 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.
16	3	Dubose, F. W.	74 years	Female	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).
16	4	Okry, Sarah	25 years	Female	White	Childbirth
16	5	Clarke, Margaret	80 years	Female	White	Fever
16	6	Clark, Mary	2 days	Female	White	Inanition Exhaustion resulting from a lack of nourishment, primarily seen in infants (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
16	7	Ellis, Mary	90 years	Female	Black	Fever
16	8	Pittman, Julia	2 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
16	9	Keys, Willis	35 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
16	10	Garren, Arthur	40 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
16	11	Smith, Mack	32 years	Male	White	Fever
16	12	Shepard, Rose	100 years	Female	Black	Debility
16	13	Hale, Peter	60 years	Male	Mulatto	Fever
16	15	Colson, [Infant]		Female	Black	Stillborn

Title

Franklin 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 Franklin 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

Atkins, J.A.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s548_mortality_franklin_1880

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Kilby, Lucilla	45 years	Female	Black	Brain fever
1	2	Stearno, Charles	8 months	Male	White	Teething
1	3	Perry, Roberta	5 days	Female	Mulatto	Lockjaw
1	4	Burgess, Richard	60 years	Male	Black	Dropsy
1	5	Vickers, Eliza J.	8 years	Female	Black	Burnt
1	6	Vickers, [Infant]	7 days	Male	Black	Not known
1	7	Colson, Rachael	40 years	Female	Black	Childbirth
1	8	Saunders, Hattie	3 years	Female	Black	Worms
1	9	Gregory, Elmer C.	8 years	Male	Black	Not known
1	10	Smith, Emma	4 months	Female	White	Croup
1	11	Coleman, Bessie A.	1 year	Female	Mulatto	Caused by a fall
1	12	Dismukes, Mary C.	2 months	Female	White	Pneumonia
1	13	Davidson, J. M. W.	78 years	Male	White	Dysentery, old age	Dr. John M. W. Davidson; medical journal available on Florida Memory.
1	14	Bruce, Emily B.	26 years	Female	White	Consumption
1	15	Ellis, Clumer J.	3 years	Female	Black	Worms
1	16	Ellis, [Infant]	1 month	Male	Black	Not known
1	17	Cohens, Jack	20 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
1	18	Conrott, [Infant]	3 days	Female	White	Not known
1	19	Watson, Jessie	3 years	Female	Black	Not known
1	20	McJunkins, Aquilla	101 years	Male	White	Old age
1	21	Shaw, David E.	3 months	Male	White	Convulsions
1	22	Jones, [Infant]	10 days	Male	Black	Spasms
1	23	Cash, Winnifred	45 years	Female	White	Pneumonia
1	24	Peepble, Alice	14 years	Female	White	Congestion of brain
1	25	Wobuberry, Rebecca A.	4 years	Female	White	Congestion of brain
1	26	Moore, [Infant]	1 day	Male	Black	Not known
1	27	Douglass, Ann	6 months	Female	Black	Pneumonia
1	28	Wyatt, Elizabeth	71 years	Female	White	Pneumonia, uterine cancer
1	29	Lowe, Eugene H.	2 years	Male	White	Unknown
1	30	Olmstead, Doll	36 years	Female	White	Inflammation of stomach
1	32	Cindry, Sarah A.	69 years	Female	White	General debility
1	33	Canningham, James	5 years	Male	Black	Convulsions
1	34	Lowe, Henry Eugene	2 years	Male	White	Convulsions
1	35	Shaw, Robert Murdoch	6 years	Male	White	Indigestion; inde congestion of the brain
1	36	Harrison, Maria	79 years	Female	White	Old age
2	8	Cox, Sallie	4 days	Female	Black	Unknown
2	9	Smart, Mandy	1 year	Female	Black	Teething
2	11	Simmes, [Infant]	8 days	Female	Black	Trismus
4	1	Pittman, C. S.	25 years	Male	White	Phthisis
4	2	Moseley, A. M.	10 years	Male	White	Internal injuries
4	3	McDonald, Susan A.	4 years	Female	White	Convulsions
4	4	Salvo, C.	50 years	Male	White	Paralysis
4	5	Moss, Charlie	1 year, 3 months	Male	Black	Teething
4	6	[Unnamed male]		Male	Black	Worms
4	7	Wood, York	24 years	Male	Black	Congestion
4	8	McDonald, Martha J.	10 months	Female	White	Cholera infantum
4	9	Parker, Luentia	36 years	Female	Black	Chronic diarrhea
4	10	Brown, Sally	17 years	Female	White	Fever
4	11	Stockton, Phillip A.	65 years	Male	White	Convulsions
4	12	Spivey, Betsey A.	9 years	Female	Black	Meningitis
4	13	Spivey, John H.	5 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
4	14	Spivey, Archy	3 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
4	15	Kenan, Joseph	1 year	Male	White	Teething
4	16	Eckles, Joseph	8 years	Male	Black	Fever
4	17	Moseley, A. M.	60 years	Male	White	Consumption
4	18	Davis, Lena	5 months	Female	White	Colic
4	19	Wood, James S.	60 years	Male	White	Jaundice
4	20	Richardson, Julius	46 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
4	21	Long, Joseph	30 years	Male	Black	Fracture of skull
4	22	Johnson, Moses	10 years	Male	Black	Fever malarial
4	23	Bacon, Betty	1 year	Female	Black	Fever
4	24	Butler , Sina	3 years	Female	Black	Fever
4	25	Raster, Sylva	95 years	Female	Black	Old age
4	26	Morse, [Infant]	21 days	Female	White	Inanition
4	27	Gilbert, Nelly	30 years	Female	Black	Pneumonia
4	28	Thompson, Joseph	8 years	Male	Black	Dropsy
4	29	Green, Gena	13 years	Female	Black	Fever
4	30	Fugures, Annie	21 years	Female	Black	Dropsy
4	31	Byrd, John	11 years	Male	Black	Congestion
4	32	Longnorth, Robert	2 years	Male	Black	Whooping cough
4	33	Austin, John T. S.	9 years	Male	White	Congestion
4	34	Hill, Frace	63 years	Male	Mulatto	Heart disease
4	35	Gleason, Allurt	10 months	Male	White	Teething
4	36	Hutchingson, [Infant]	3 months	Female	Black	Fever
6	1	Williams, William H.	23 years	Male	Mulatto	Rheumatism
6	2	Walston, Capers	1 year	Male	Black	Teething
6	3	Hall, Ella	6 months	Female	Mulatto	Teething
6	4	Fields, Warrick	9 years	Male	Black	Congestion
6	5	Fields, John	6 years	Male	Black	Worms
6	6	Johnson, Timothy	50 years	Male	Black	Diarrhea
6	7	Johnson, Alonza	4 years	Male	Black	Pneumonia
8	1	Call, Narcissus	41 years	Female	White	Gastroenteritis
8	2	Bass, Mary	22 years	Female	White	Dropsy
8	3	Rawls, William	20 years	Male	Black	Dropsy
8	4	Paralee, Shelby	6 months	Female	Mulatto	Cholera infantum
8	5	Horwin, Hattie	9 months	Female	Black	Cholera infantum
8	6	Barber, Jordan	68 years	Male	White	Pneumonia
8	7	Galor, Hattie	1 year	Female	Black	Teething
8	8	Henson, [infant]	6 months	Male	White	Cholera infantum	Infant of John Henson
8	9	Henson, Sandy	48 years	Male	Black	Paralysis
8	10	Gray, Elin	45 years	Female	White	Enteritis
8	11	Williams, Sarah	28 years	Female	Black	Puerperal fever
8	12	Willes, An	8 years	Female	Black	Fever
8	13	Gregory, [Infant]	2 months	Male	Black	Croup
8	14	Primos, Preston	24 years	Male	Black	Murdered, homicide
8	15	Houk, [Infant]		Male	White	Premature	Infant of Wash Houk
8	16	McGrif, Gussa	2 years	Male	Black	Burned
8	17	Hampton, Mitchel, Inft	1 day	Male	Black	Inanition
8	18	Olmstead, Dellar	28 years	Female	White	Inflammation of stomach & bowels
8	19	Tetchstone, Mary	76 years	Female	White	Paralysis of bladder
8	20	Nicholson, Mary	30 years	Female	Black	Puerperal fever
8	21	Marshel, Harry	120 years	Male	Black	Old age
8	23	Shelby	2 years	Female	Mulatto	Erysipelas
8	24	Ann Leia	3 years, 5 months	Female	Mulatto	Whooping cough
8	25	Womac, [Infant]	7 months	Female	White	Whooping cough
8	26	Higdon, Henry	13 years	Male	White	Enteritis
8	27	Jenkins, Charles	2 years	Male	White	Diarrhea
8	28	Gregory, [Infant]	2 months	Male	Black	Whooping cough
8	29	Hardin, [Infant]		Male	White	Premature birth
10	1	Williams, Annie	7 years, 8 months	Female	Black	Drowned
10	2	Williams, Henrietta	2 years, 6 months	Female	Black	Malaria
10	3	Williams, Emma	2 years	Female	White	Fever & ague
10	4	Kenan, Oena	4 years	Female	Black	Pneumonia
10	5	Thomas, Morgan	76 years	Male	White	Consumption
10	6	Mathen, William	1 month	Male	Mulatto	Croup
10	7	Harris, Johnie	1 year	Male	Black	Fever & ague
10	8	Robinson, William	1 month	Male	Mulatto	Whooping cough
10	9	Robinson, Josephine	4 months	Female	Mulatto	Thrush
10	10	Statesman, Albert	1 year	Male	Black	Whooping cough
10	11	Mashmon, Hester	70 years	Female	Black	Old age
10	12	Price, Julia A.	7 years	Female	Black	Croup
10	13	Parum, Carry F.		Female	Black	Burnt up
10	14	Walter, Susana	4 years	Female	Black	Fever
10	15	Truluck, Jeff	1 year	Male	Black	Whooping cough
10	16	Roberts, Lee	6 months	Male	Black	Unknown
10	17	Hargrove, Auzie	2 years	Female	Mulatto	Unknown
10	18	Doctor, Joseph	33 years	Male	Black	Dropsy
10	19	Laura, Ben	70 years	Male	Black	Malarial fever
10	20	Linear, Lewis	16 years	Male	Black	Fever & ague
10	21	Hutcherson, Sarah J.	45 years	Female	White	Unknown
10	22	Handley, Ida	1 year	Female	Black	Cold, exposure
10	23	Hendly, Ismael	2 years, 8 months	Male	Black	Cold
10	24	Baker, Jessie	6 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever
10	25	Baker, Josaphine	4 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
10	26	Baker, Jacky Ann	3 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
10	27	Baker, Mary Ann	2 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
10	28	Baker, Louiss	1 year	Female	Black	Bilious fever
10	29	Adderson, William	1 year	Male	Black	Pneumonia
10	30	Henry, Mathew	1 month	Male	Black	Cold
10	31	Henry, Oliver	1 month	Male	Black	Cold
10	33	Addison, Charles	1 year, 2 months	Male	Mulatto	Dentition
10	34	Palmer, John	4 years	Male	Black	Convulsions
10	35	Bright, Lewis	16 years	Male	Black	Meningitis
11	1	Johnson, M. C.	42 years	Female	White	Consumption
11	2	Williams, Patsy	25 years	Female	Black	Disease of bowels
11	3	Harden, Effie	4 years	Female	White	Disease of bowels
11	4	Thomas, Mark	76 years	Male	White	Consumption
12	1	Blackston, Deanna	21 years	Female	Black	Pneumonia
12	2	Long, Joseph	24 years	Male	Black	Fracture of skull
12	3	Whaley, Edger	2 years	Male	Black	Remittent fever
12	4	Bradwell, Rachall	25 years	Female	Mulatto	Dropsy
12	5	Drake, Mortimo	60 years	Female	White	Disease of heart
12	6	Moseley, A. M.	60 years	Male	White	Consumption
12	7	Sauls, Martha	45 years	Female	White	Consumption
12	8	Pitman, Fannie	26 years	Female	White	Remittent fever
12	9	Gregory, Jesse P.	22 years	Male	White	Consumption
12	10	Mathews, Ellen	20 years	Female	White	Pneumonia
14	1	Madry, Jack	18 years	Male	Black	Dropsy of heart
14	2	Greem, Bettie	2 years	Female	Black	Whooping cough
14	3	Harris, Ephream	55 years	Male	Black	Undue exposure
14	4	Green, Fonville	3 months	Male	Mulatto	Whooping cough
14	5	Johnson, Cealey	40 years	Female	Black	Dropsy
14	6	Cooper, Jane	26 years	Female	Black	Consumption
14	7	Betsey, Eliza A.	30 years	Female	Black	Womb disease
14	8	James, Robert	1 year	Male	Black	Malaria
14	9	Convart, Elizabeth	3 months	Female	Black	Worms
14	10	Dickson, Joshua	10 years	Male	Black	Worms
14	11	McDengreed, J. A.	6 years	Male	White	Dropsy of heart
14	12	Campbell, Myrtle L.	1 month	Female	White	Hives, croup
14	13	Fletcher, Joseph	69 years	Male	White	Congestion
14	14	Harrison, Plaven	4 years	Female	Black	Malaria
14	15	Clark, Henry H.	12 years	Male	White	Kidney disease
14	16	Dolan, Charles	26 years	Male	White	Cancer of face
14	17	Poythress, Charles	8 years	Male	White	Intermittent fever
14	18	Whittle, Stephen H.	9 months	Male	White	Heart disease
14	19	Wilson, Isaac	72 years	Male	White	Cancer of stomach
16	1	Harvey, Amy	60 years	Female	Black	Fever
16	2	Cergill, L. A.	40 years	Female	White	Diarrhea
16	3	Dubose, F. W.	74 years	Female	White	Apoplexy
16	4	Okry, Sarah	25 years	Female	White	Childbirth
16	5	Clarke, Margaret	80 years	Female	White	Fever
16	6	Clark, Mary	2 days	Female	White	Inanition
16	7	Ellis, Mary	90 years	Female	Black	Fever
16	8	Pittman, Julia	2 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
16	9	Keys, Willis	35 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
16	10	Garren, Arthur	40 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
16	11	Smith, Mack	32 years	Male	White	Fever
16	12	Shepard, Rose	100 years	Female	Black	Debility
16	13	Hale, Peter	60 years	Male	Mulatto	Fever
16	15	Colson, [Infant]		Female	Black	Stillborn

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Gillon, Georgia, ca.1849-ca.1880

Willis, D. W. C., ca.1844-ca.1880

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

Meyer, Hannah, ca.1862-ca.1880

Randolph, Edward, ca.1850-ca.1880

Campbell, Henry E., ca.1877-ca.1880

Anderson, George, ca.1861-ca.1880

Lawrence, Sarah, ca.1825-ca.1880

Cordsan, Rosina, ca.1810-ca.1880

Grey, Patience, ca.1819-ca.1880

Orman, Thomas, ca.1799-ca.1880

Modlino, Mary A., ca.1876-ca.1880

Turner, A. C., ca.1839-ca.1880

Roderick, Mary, ca.1868-ca.1880

Jones, Rhoda, ca.1773-ca.1880

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Franklin County (Fla.)

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Franklin County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1880

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