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

Date

1880

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Geay, James W.
Back, William
Raulerson, Benjamin

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Census Records

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Lee, Thomas	6 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever
1	2	Jones, Joseph	2 years	Male	Black	Supposed to be worms
1	3	Cobb, Wiley	19 years	Male	Black	Pistol shot
1	4	Perry, Virginia	3 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).
1	5	Hozendorf, Anna	10 months	Female	White	Inflamation of bowels
1	6	Riley, Fanny	50 years	Female	Black	Paralysis
1	7	Williams, Game M.	70 years	Male	Black	Dyspepsia A chronic condition of the stomach characterized by indigestion, heartburn, flatulence, nausea and loss of appetite. Although diagnosed as a disease all its own, dyspepsia was really a set of related symptoms that could be caused by a variety of underlying problems—some physical, others mental or behavioral (Talley and Choung, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2009).
1	8	Godfrey, Sydney M.	1 year	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	9	Carter, Isaac J.	57 years	Male	White	Cancer
1	10	Brown, Thomas U.	1 year	Male	White	Inflammatory fever
1	11	Hudson, Cornelia	16 years	Female	White	Childbirth
1	12	Stephens, Reanzi	40 years	Male	White	Liver disease
1	13	Shiver, Oephele I.	19 years	Female	White	Childbirth
1	14	Davenport, William B.	47 years	Male	White	Brain fever
1	15	Sellers, Sloan	57 years	Male	White	Inflammatory fever
1	16	Sellars, Lina	9 years	Female	White	Inflammatory fever
1	17	Sellers, Adaline	4 years	Female	White	Inflammatory fever
1	18	Duckworth, John A.	3 years	Male	White	Inflammation of throat
1	19	Avriett, Florence M.	6 years	Female	White	Inflammatory fever
1	20	Godfrey, Willie	12 years	Male	White	Inflammatory fever
1	21	Putnal, William S.	3 years	Male	White	Inflammatory fever
1	22	Taylor, Teresa	73 years	Female	White	Not known
1	23	Padgett, Margaret	6 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	24	Padgett, Ella	1 year	Female	White	Inflammatory fever
1	25	West, Georgian	3 years	Female	Black	Burned to death
1	26	Drew, Jacob	3 months	Male	Black	Not known
1	27	Smith, Wiley	37 years	Male	Black	Hung
3	1	Stewart, Pauline	25 years	Female	White	Childbed fever
3	2	Stewart, [Infant]	4 days	Female	White	Fever
3	3	McCready, John	75 years	Male	White	Bilious fever; congestion of lungs
3	4	Parker, Clifton	26 years	Male	White	Liver complaint/pneumonia
3	5	Holmes, Elizabeth	21 years	Female	White	Congestive chill
3	6	Hunter, Isham	3 days	Female	Black	Not known
3	7	Nelson, Martha	47 years	Female	White	Bilious fever
3	8	Nelson, John	6 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
3	9	Smith, Victoria	40 years	Female	Black	Heart disease
3	10	Herndon, Lucy	1 year	Female	Black	Burnt
3	11	Word, James	2 months	Male	White	Not known
3	12	Arnold, Condary	37 years	Female	White	Ovarian tumor
3	13	Phillips, Edward	10 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).
3	14	Nunn, Nancy	50 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
3	15	Hogans, Joshua	6 years	Male	White	Not known
3	16	Bryant, [Infant]	1 day	Female	White	Not known
3	17	Simmons, Washington	54 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).
3	18	Marble, Amanda	25 years	Female	White	Childbed fever
3	19	Marble, [Infant]	2 days	Female	White	Not known
3	20	Marion, Virginia	57 years	Female	White	Apoplexy/paralysis
3	21	Marion, Fredie	3 days	Male	White	Not known
3	22	Townsend, William	2 years	Male	White	Congestive chill
3	23	Knight, John	30 years	Male	White	Typhoid fever/pneumonia
3	24	Knight, Matilda	18 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
3	25	Knight, Nancey	16 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
3	26	Fleming, Walter	9 years	Male	White	Congestion of brain
3	27	Edgernon, Annie	15 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).
3	28	Williams, Martha	46 years	Female	Black	Inflammation of lungs
3	29	McGauley, William	3 months	Male	White	Malformation of lungs and heart
3	30	Sandlin, Fredie	4 months	Male	White	Remittent fever
3	31	Bozed, Mary	4 months	Female	White	Inflammation of brain
3	32	Mustlewhite, Henry	1 year	Male	White	Malarial fever
3	33	Smith, George	5 years	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
3	34	Wood, Annie	56 years	Female	White	Dropsy (chronic hepatitis)
3	35	Law, Thomas	1 year	Male	White	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
3	36	Law, Clara	2 years	Female	White	Disease of bowels
3	37	Faircloth, Albert	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	1	King, Hosea	95 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).
5	2	Croft, Charlotte	75 years	Female	Black	Heart disease
5	3	Williams, Sarah	69 years	Female	White	Heart disease
5	4	Taylor, Richard	24 years	Male	Black	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
5	5	Cone, Julia A.	26 years	Female	White	Unknown (abortion)
5	6	Richardson, Charles J.	76 years	Male	White	Cancer
5	7	Jones, William M.	20 years	Male	Black	Disease of bowels
5	8	Hutchinson, Texas	10 months	Female	White	Inflamation of bowels
5	9	Wheeler, Eliza	37 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).
5	10	Cannon, Clary	32 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
5	11	Morgan, Thomas C.	58 years	Male	White	Liver disease
5	12	Wheeler, Eliza	7 years	Female	White	Intermittent fever
5	13	Davis, Lonis	1 year	Male	White	Unknown
5	14	Green, Jinsey	39 years	Female	White	Childbed
5	15	Anderson, Elizabeth	26 years	Female	White	Childbed
5	16	Altman, Rufus E.	25 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
5	17	Shaw, Matilda	70 years	Female	White	Disease of bowels

Title

Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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

Geay, James W.

Back, William

Raulerson, Benjamin

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s548_mortality_hamilton_1880

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

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Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Lee, Thomas	6 years	Male	Black	Bilious fever
1	2	Jones, Joseph	2 years	Male	Black	Supposed to be worms
1	3	Cobb, Wiley	19 years	Male	Black	Pistol shot
1	4	Perry, Virginia	3 years	Female	Black	Dropsy
1	5	Hozendorf, Anna	10 months	Female	White	Inflamation of bowels
1	6	Riley, Fanny	50 years	Female	Black	Paralysis
1	7	Williams, Game M.	70 years	Male	Black	Dyspepsia
1	8	Godfrey, Sydney M.	1 year	Female	White	Croup
1	9	Carter, Isaac J.	57 years	Male	White	Cancer
1	10	Brown, Thomas U.	1 year	Male	White	Inflammatory fever
1	11	Hudson, Cornelia	16 years	Female	White	Childbirth
1	12	Stephens, Reanzi	40 years	Male	White	Liver disease
1	13	Shiver, Oephele I.	19 years	Female	White	Childbirth
1	14	Davenport, William B.	47 years	Male	White	Brain fever
1	15	Sellers, Sloan	57 years	Male	White	Inflammatory fever
1	16	Sellars, Lina	9 years	Female	White	Inflammatory fever
1	17	Sellers, Adaline	4 years	Female	White	Inflammatory fever
1	18	Duckworth, John A.	3 years	Male	White	Inflammation of throat
1	19	Avriett, Florence M.	6 years	Female	White	Inflammatory fever
1	20	Godfrey, Willie	12 years	Male	White	Inflammatory fever
1	21	Putnal, William S.	3 years	Male	White	Inflammatory fever
1	22	Taylor, Teresa	73 years	Female	White	Not known
1	23	Padgett, Margaret	6 years	Female	White	Dropsy
1	24	Padgett, Ella	1 year	Female	White	Inflammatory fever
1	25	West, Georgian	3 years	Female	Black	Burned to death
1	26	Drew, Jacob	3 months	Male	Black	Not known
1	27	Smith, Wiley	37 years	Male	Black	Hung
3	1	Stewart, Pauline	25 years	Female	White	Childbed fever
3	2	Stewart, [Infant]	4 days	Female	White	Fever
3	3	McCready, John	75 years	Male	White	Bilious fever; congestion of lungs
3	4	Parker, Clifton	26 years	Male	White	Liver complaint/pneumonia
3	5	Holmes, Elizabeth	21 years	Female	White	Congestive chill
3	6	Hunter, Isham	3 days	Female	Black	Not known
3	7	Nelson, Martha	47 years	Female	White	Bilious fever
3	8	Nelson, John	6 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
3	9	Smith, Victoria	40 years	Female	Black	Heart disease
3	10	Herndon, Lucy	1 year	Female	Black	Burnt
3	11	Word, James	2 months	Male	White	Not known
3	12	Arnold, Condary	37 years	Female	White	Ovarian tumor
3	13	Phillips, Edward	10 years	Male	White	Dropsy
3	14	Nunn, Nancy	50 years	Female	Black	Bilious fever
3	15	Hogans, Joshua	6 years	Male	White	Not known
3	16	Bryant, [Infant]	1 day	Female	White	Not known
3	17	Simmons, Washington	54 years	Male	Black	Dropsy
3	18	Marble, Amanda	25 years	Female	White	Childbed fever
3	19	Marble, [Infant]	2 days	Female	White	Not known
3	20	Marion, Virginia	57 years	Female	White	Apoplexy/paralysis
3	21	Marion, Fredie	3 days	Male	White	Not known
3	22	Townsend, William	2 years	Male	White	Congestive chill
3	23	Knight, John	30 years	Male	White	Typhoid fever/pneumonia
3	24	Knight, Matilda	18 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
3	25	Knight, Nancey	16 years	Female	White	Typhoid fever
3	26	Fleming, Walter	9 years	Male	White	Congestion of brain
3	27	Edgernon, Annie	15 years	Female	White	Pneumonia
3	28	Williams, Martha	46 years	Female	Black	Inflammation of lungs
3	29	McGauley, William	3 months	Male	White	Malformation of lungs and heart
3	30	Sandlin, Fredie	4 months	Male	White	Remittent fever
3	31	Bozed, Mary	4 months	Female	White	Inflammation of brain
3	32	Mustlewhite, Henry	1 year	Male	White	Malarial fever
3	33	Smith, George	5 years	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
3	34	Wood, Annie	56 years	Female	White	Dropsy (chronic hepatitis)
3	35	Law, Thomas	1 year	Male	White	Worms
3	36	Law, Clara	2 years	Female	White	Disease of bowels
3	37	Faircloth, Albert	29 years	Male	White	Dropsy
5	1	King, Hosea	95 years	Male	Black	Dropsy
5	2	Croft, Charlotte	75 years	Female	Black	Heart disease
5	3	Williams, Sarah	69 years	Female	White	Heart disease
5	4	Taylor, Richard	24 years	Male	Black	Consumption
5	5	Cone, Julia A.	26 years	Female	White	Unknown (abortion)
5	6	Richardson, Charles J.	76 years	Male	White	Cancer
5	7	Jones, William M.	20 years	Male	Black	Disease of bowels
5	8	Hutchinson, Texas	10 months	Female	White	Inflamation of bowels
5	9	Wheeler, Eliza	37 years	Female	White	Dropsy
5	10	Cannon, Clary	32 years	Female	White	Consumption
5	11	Morgan, Thomas C.	58 years	Male	White	Liver disease
5	12	Wheeler, Eliza	7 years	Female	White	Intermittent fever
5	13	Davis, Lonis	1 year	Male	White	Unknown
5	14	Green, Jinsey	39 years	Female	White	Childbed
5	15	Anderson, Elizabeth	26 years	Female	White	Childbed
5	16	Altman, Rufus E.	25 years	Male	White	Consumption
5	17	Shaw, Matilda	70 years	Female	White	Disease of bowels

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Lee, Thomas, ca.1874-ca.1880

Jones, Joseph, ca.1878-ca.1880

Cobb, Wiley, ca.1861-ca.1880

Perry, Virginia, ca.1877-ca.1880

Hozendorf, Anna, ca.1880-ca.1880

Riley, Fanny, ca.1830-ca.1880

Williams, Game M., ca.1810-ca.1880

Godfrey, Sydney M., ca.1879-ca.1880

Carter, Isaac J., ca.1823-ca.1880

Brown, Thomas U., ca.1879-ca.1880

Hudson, Cornelia, ca.1864-ca.1880

Stephens, Reanzi, ca.1840-ca.1880

Shiver, Oephele I., ca.1861-ca.1880

Davenport, William B., ca.1833-ca.1880

Sellers, Sloan, ca.1823-ca.1880

Sellars, Lina, ca.1871-ca.1880

Sellers, Adaline, ca.1876-ca.1880

Duckworth, John A., ca.1877-ca.1880

Avriett, Florence M., ca.1874-ca.1880

Godfrey, Willie, ca.1868-ca.1880

Putnal, William S., ca.1877-ca.1880

Taylor, Teresa, ca.1807-ca.1880

Padgett, Margaret, ca.1874-ca.1880

Padgett, Ella, ca.1879-ca.1880

West, Georgian, ca.1877-ca.1880

Drew, Jacob, ca.1880-ca.1880

Smith, Wiley, ca.1843-ca.1880

Stewart, Pauline, ca.1855-ca.1880

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

McCready, John, ca.1805-ca.1880

Parker, Clifton, ca.1854-ca.1880

Holmes, Elizabeth, ca.1859-ca.1880

Hunter, Isham, ca.1880-ca.1880

Nelson, Martha, ca.1833-ca.1880

Nelson, John, ca.1874-ca.1880

Smith, Victoria, ca.1840-ca.1880

Herndon, Lucy, ca.1879-ca.1880

Word, James, ca.1880-ca.1880

Arnold, Condary, ca.1843-ca.1880

Phillips, Edward, ca.1870-ca.1880

Nunn, Nancy, ca.1830-ca.1880

Hogans, Joshua, ca.1874-ca.1880

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

Simmons, Washington, ca.1826-ca.1880

Marble, Amanda, ca.1855-ca.1880

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

Marion, Virginia, ca.1823-ca.1880

Marion, Fredie, ca.1880-ca.1880

Townsend, William, ca.1878-ca.1880

Knight, John, ca.1850-ca.1880

Knight, Matilda, ca.1862-ca.1880

Knight, Nancey, ca.1864-ca.1880

Fleming, Walter, ca.1871-ca.1880

Edgernon, Annie, ca.1865-ca.1880

Williams, Martha, ca.1834-ca.1880

McGauley, William, ca.1880-ca.1880

Sandlin, Fredie, ca.1880-ca.1880

Bozed, Mary, ca.1880-ca.1880

Mustlewhite, Henry, ca.1879-ca.1880

Smith, George, ca.1875-ca.1880

Wood, Annie, ca.1824-ca.1880

Law, Thomas, ca.1879-ca.1880

Law, Clara, ca.1878-ca.1880

Faircloth, Albert, ca.1851-ca.1880

King, Hosea, ca.1785-ca.1880

Croft, Charlotte, ca.1805-ca.1880

Williams, Sarah, ca.1811-ca.1880

Taylor, Richard, ca.1856-ca.1880

Cone, Julia A., ca.1854-ca.1880

Richardson, Charles J., ca.1804-ca.1880

Jones, William M., ca.1860-ca.1880

Hutchinson, Texas, ca.1880-ca.1880

Wheeler, Eliza, ca.1843-ca.1880

Cannon, Clary, ca.1848-ca.1880

Morgan, Thomas C., ca.1822-ca.1880

Wheeler, Eliza, ca.1873-ca.1880

Davis, Lonis, ca.1879-ca.1880

Green, Jinsey, ca.1841-ca.1880

Anderson, Elizabeth, ca.1854-ca.1880

Altman, Rufus E., ca.1855-ca.1880

Shaw, Matilda, ca.1810-ca.1880

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