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

Date

1880

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

White, W.F.
Verdier, J.H.
Bryan, N.C.
Thomas, Horace G.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Carter, Josephine	1 day	Female	White	Not known
1	2	Brown, Stephen A.	62 years	Male	White	Kidney disease
1	3	Snow, Freeman	63 years	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
1	4	Whitehurst, John H.	14 years	Male	White	Quinsy, angina
1	5	Saxe, Sophia P.	1 day	Female	White	Not known
1	6	Spence, Laura L.	30 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	7	German, Cipio	80 years	Male	Black	Sores on limbs
1	8	Sutton, John A.	62 years	Male	White	Disease of bowels
1	9	Edwards, Sharod	84 years	Male	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).
1	10	Watkins, Ada	14 days	Female	White	Lockjaw
1	11	Strickland, Ludwich A.	1 year	Male	White	Wandered off into the woods and killed by an alligator
1	12	Gaff, William H.	2 years	Male	White	Abscess
1	13	Farrington, George	51 years	Male	White	Not known
2	1	Spencer, T. K., Jr.	11 months	Male	White	Enteritis
2	2	Ford, Maria	50 years	Female	Black	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	3	Hayden, I. A.	37 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	4	Nix, D. M.	51 years	Male	White	Spinal disease
2	5	Cannning, Rob	51 years	Male	White	Rheumatism acute
2	6	Hallenbeck	24 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	7	Lipscomb, Mary	2 years	Female	White	Tubercular meningitis
2	8	Masters, Chas	11 years	Male	White	Tetanus
2	9	Fleming, Marcellus	60 years	Male	Black	Asthma
2	10	Willis, McLellan	4 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).
2	11	Phelps, Sam'l	40 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	12	Verdier, Elizabeth	50 years	Female	White	Phrenitis
2	15	Hern	4 days	Male	White	Malformation
2	16	McCullah, Mary D.	51 years	Female	White	Typho-malarial fever
2	17	Wingate, Lilly	14 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	18	Cooper	58 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	19	Wein, Joe	25 years	Male	White	Tubercular consumption
2	20	DePue, George W.		Male	White	Bright's disease
2	21	Pier, Nellie	5 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	22	Stillings, Andrew	6 years	Male	Mulatto	Malarial fever
2	23	Stillings, Mary	7 years	Female	Mulatto	Bilious malarial fever
4	1	Chapman	1 day	Female	White	Stillborn
5	1	Stanford, Delpha	76 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).
5	2	Ford, Maria	41 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).
5	4	Hull, [Infant]	1 month	Male	White	Hemorrhage bowels
5	5	Platt, [Infant]	1 year, 1 month	Male		Inanition Exhaustion resulting from a lack of nourishment, primarily seen in infants (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
5	6	Devane, S. R.	62 years	Male		Heart disease
5	7	Simpson, John	46 years	Male		Apoplectic fit; has been subject to fits from infancy
5	9	Brown, F. M.	43 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).
5	10	Devane, S. R.	59 years	Male		Typhoid fever
5	11	Kinney, Martha A.	35 years	Female	Black	Sudden death
5	12	Hawkins, Louisa	1 year	Female	White	Choked with a watermelon seed
5	14	Weiss, Marks	3 months	Male	White	Sudden death
5	15	Edwards, Elizabeth	74 years	Female		Intermittent fever
5	17	Delphe	75 years	Female	Black	Unknown
5	18	Leslie, Lucy Jane	56 years	Female	White	Chronic inflammation of liver
5	19	Wood, De Lisle	29 years	Female	White	Heart disease
5	20	Yeomans, Harris	70 years	Male	White	Phthisis pulmonalis
5	21	Tanner, Winnyfred	76 years	Female	White	Paralysis, & stroke
5	22	Pratt, Florita A.	3 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).
5	23	Fonday	100 years	Male	Black	Knew his time had come, and was resigned to go home
5	24	Conday, John M.	49 years	Male	White	Snake-bite; 4 days to die
5	25	Matchett, J. R.	2 years, 6 months	Male	White	Drowned
5	26	Alderman, [Infant]	8 months	Female	White	Meningitis

Title

Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough 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

White, W.F.

Verdier, J.H.

Bryan, N.C.

Thomas, Horace G.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s548_mortality_hillsborough_1880

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Carter, Josephine	1 day	Female	White	Not known
1	2	Brown, Stephen A.	62 years	Male	White	Kidney disease
1	3	Snow, Freeman	63 years	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
1	4	Whitehurst, John H.	14 years	Male	White	Quinsy, angina
1	5	Saxe, Sophia P.	1 day	Female	White	Not known
1	6	Spence, Laura L.	30 years	Female	White	Consumption
1	7	German, Cipio	80 years	Male	Black	Sores on limbs
1	8	Sutton, John A.	62 years	Male	White	Disease of bowels
1	9	Edwards, Sharod	84 years	Male	White	Erysipelas
1	10	Watkins, Ada	14 days	Female	White	Lockjaw
1	11	Strickland, Ludwich A.	1 year	Male	White	Wandered off into the woods and killed by an alligator
1	12	Gaff, William H.	2 years	Male	White	Abscess
1	13	Farrington, George	51 years	Male	White	Not known
2	1	Spencer, T. K., Jr.	11 months	Male	White	Enteritis
2	2	Ford, Maria	50 years	Female	Black	Consumption
2	3	Hayden, I. A.	37 years	Male	White	Consumption
2	4	Nix, D. M.	51 years	Male	White	Spinal disease
2	5	Cannning, Rob	51 years	Male	White	Rheumatism acute
2	6	Hallenbeck	24 years	Male	White	Consumption
2	7	Lipscomb, Mary	2 years	Female	White	Tubercular meningitis
2	8	Masters, Chas	11 years	Male	White	Tetanus
2	9	Fleming, Marcellus	60 years	Male	Black	Asthma
2	10	Willis, McLellan	4 months	Male	White	Marasmus
2	11	Phelps, Sam'l	40 years	Male	White	Consumption
2	12	Verdier, Elizabeth	50 years	Female	White	Phrenitis
2	15	Hern	4 days	Male	White	Malformation
2	16	McCullah, Mary D.	51 years	Female	White	Typho-malarial fever
2	17	Wingate, Lilly	14 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	18	Cooper	58 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	19	Wein, Joe	25 years	Male	White	Tubercular consumption
2	20	DePue, George W.		Male	White	Bright's disease
2	21	Pier, Nellie	5 years	Female	White	Malarial fever
2	22	Stillings, Andrew	6 years	Male	Mulatto	Malarial fever
2	23	Stillings, Mary	7 years	Female	Mulatto	Bilious malarial fever
4	1	Chapman	1 day	Female	White	Stillborn
5	1	Stanford, Delpha	76 years	Female	Black	Dropsy
5	2	Ford, Maria	41 years	Female	Black	Dropsy
5	4	Hull, [Infant]	1 month	Male	White	Hemorrhage bowels
5	5	Platt, [Infant]	1 year, 1 month	Male		Inanition
5	6	Devane, S. R.	62 years	Male		Heart disease
5	7	Simpson, John	46 years	Male		Apoplectic fit; has been subject to fits from infancy
5	9	Brown, F. M.	43 years	Male	White	Pneumonia
5	10	Devane, S. R.	59 years	Male		Typhoid fever
5	11	Kinney, Martha A.	35 years	Female	Black	Sudden death
5	12	Hawkins, Louisa	1 year	Female	White	Choked with a watermelon seed
5	14	Weiss, Marks	3 months	Male	White	Sudden death
5	15	Edwards, Elizabeth	74 years	Female		Intermittent fever
5	17	Delphe	75 years	Female	Black	Unknown
5	18	Leslie, Lucy Jane	56 years	Female	White	Chronic inflammation of liver
5	19	Wood, De Lisle	29 years	Female	White	Heart disease
5	20	Yeomans, Harris	70 years	Male	White	Phthisis pulmonalis
5	21	Tanner, Winnyfred	76 years	Female	White	Paralysis, & stroke
5	22	Pratt, Florita A.	3 years	Female	White	Convulsions
5	23	Fonday	100 years	Male	Black	Knew his time had come, and was resigned to go home
5	24	Conday, John M.	49 years	Male	White	Snake-bite; 4 days to die
5	25	Matchett, J. R.	2 years, 6 months	Male	White	Drowned
5	26	Alderman, [Infant]	8 months	Female	White	Meningitis

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Carter, Josephine, ca.1880-ca.1880

Brown, Stephen A., ca.1818-ca.1880

Snow, Freeman, ca.1817-ca.1880

Whitehurst, John H., ca.1866-ca.1880

Saxe, Sophia P., ca.1880-ca.1880

Spence, Laura L., ca.1850-ca.1880

German, Cipio, ca.1800-ca.1880

Sutton, John A., ca.1818-ca.1880

Edwards, Sharod, ca.1796-ca.1880

Watkins, Ada, ca.1880-ca.1880

Strickland, Ludwich A., ca.1879-ca.1880

Gaff, William H., ca.1878-ca.1880

Farrington, George, ca.1829-ca.1880

Spencer, T. K., Jr., ca.1880-ca.1880

Ford, Maria, ca.1830-ca.1880

Hayden, I. A., ca.1843-ca.1880

Nix, D. M., ca.1829-ca.1880

Cannning, Rob, ca.1829-ca.1880

Hallenbeck, ca.1856-ca.1880

Lipscomb, Mary, ca.1878-ca.1880

Masters, Chas, ca.1869-ca.1880

Fleming, Marcellus, ca.1820-ca.1880

Willis, McLellan, ca.1880-ca.1880

Phelps, Samual, ca.1840-ca.1880

Verdier, Elizabeth, ca.1830-ca.1880

Hern, ca.1880-ca.1880

McCullah, Mary D., ca.1829-ca.1880

Wingate, Lilly, ca.1866-ca.1880

Cooper, ca.1822-ca.1880

Wein, Joe, ca.1855-ca.1880

DePue, George W., d. ca.1880

Pier, Nellie, ca.1875-ca.1880

Stillings, Andrew, ca.1874-ca.1880

Stillings, Mary, ca.1873-ca.1880

Chapman, ca.1880-ca.1880

Stanford, Delpha, ca.1804-ca.1880

Ford, Maria, ca.1839-ca.1880

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

Platt, [Infant], ca.1879-ca.1880

Devane, S. R., ca.1818-ca.1880

Simpson, John, ca.1834-ca.1880

Brown, F. M., ca.1837-ca.1880

Devane, S. R., ca.1821-ca.1880

Kinney, Martha A., ca.1845-ca.1880

Hawkins, Louisa, ca.1879-ca.1880

Weiss, Marks, ca.1880-ca.1880

Edwards, Elizabeth, ca.1806-ca.1880

Delphe, ca.1805-ca.1880

Leslie, Lucy Jane, ca.1824-ca.1880

Wood, De Lisle, ca.1851-ca.1880

Yeomans, Harris, ca.1810-ca.1880

Tanner, Winnyfred, ca.1804-ca.1880

Pratt, Florita A., ca.1877-ca.1880

Fonday, ca.1780-ca.1880

Conday, John M., ca.1831-ca.1880

Matchett, J. R., ca.1878-ca.1880

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

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