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1850 Mortality Index for
Cape May County, NJ
Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by Shauna Williams

Persons who died during the year ending 1st June, 1850, in Lower Township in the County of Cape May, New Jersey

Name

Age

Sex

Color

Free/Slave

Marital Status

Place of Birth

Month Died

Occupation

Disease

Days ill

 Remarks

James McKnight

57

M

 

 

S

NJ

June

Laborer

Intemperance

 

 

Jeremiah L. Eldredge

56

M

 

 

M

NJ

July

Carpenter

Cholera

1 day

 

Spencer Mead

1

M

 

 

 

Penn.

July

 

Summer? Compliant?

 

 

Sarah H. Edmunds

31

F

 

 

M

NJ

July

 

Child bed fever

 

 

Hester Johnson

68

F

 

 

W

NJ

Augt.

 

Consumption

 

 

Ruth A. Thompson

18

F

B

 

M

Penn

Augt.

 

Consumption

 

 

Lewis Vice

19

M

 

 

S

Hamburg Gery.

Augt

Tailor

Drowned

 

 

Maria Schellinger

1

F

 

 

 

NJ

Augt.

 

Dysentery

 

 

Thomas Clark

58

M

 

 

M

NJ

Augt.

Farmer

Typhoid Fever

 

 

Sarah Miller

2

F

 

 

W

NJ

Augt.

 

Inf. Brain

 

 

Elizth. Swain

81

F

 

 

 

NJ

Augt.

 

Dropsy

 

 

Elmira R. Hughes

2

F

 

 

 

NJ

Augt.

 

Inf. Brain

 

 

Mary --le? 

60

F

 

 

M

NJ

Sept.

 

Dysentery

 

 

Ellis C. Eldredge

1

M

 

 

 

NJ

Sept.

 

Dysentery

 

 

Letitia Lee

1

F

 

 

 

NJ

Sept.

 

Convulsions

 

 

Mary L. Bennett

1

F

 

 

 

NJ

October

 

Dysentery

 

 

John Lee

35

M

 

 

?

England

October

Laborer

Intemperance

Sudden

 

Charlotte L. Hughes

2

F

 

 

 

NJ

October

 

Disease of brain?

 

 

Buleh C. Hughes

1

F

 

 

 

NJ

October

 

Disease of brain?

 

 

Mary E. Barnett

2

F

 

 

 

NJ

October

 

Dysentery

 

 

Daniel Swam

2

M

 

 

 

NJ

October

 

Dysentery

 

 

David Coops

50

M

 

 

M

NJ

October

Farmer

Dysentery

6 weeks

 

Sp---- Hughes

76

M

 

 

S

NJ

Dec

Merchant

Palsy

1 week

 

Sidney Hughes

63

F

 

 

W

NJ

Dec

 

Pleurisy

 

 

Mary E.?. Hughes

1

F

 

 

 

NJ

Jany.

 

 

 

 

Reuben Pritchard?

26

M

 

 

S

NJ

Jany.

Laborer

Consumption?

 

 

Glassco? Williams

86

M

M

 

M

NJ

Feby.

 

Apoplexy

Sudden

 

John Pa---s

18

M

 

 

S

NJ

March

 

Fall

 

 

Hollis P. Hoffman

1

M

 

 

 

NJ

March

 

Dropsy of brain

 

 

Eliza Oliver

35

F

 

 

M

NJ

May

 

Child bed

 

 

Samuel Richardson

66

M

 

 

M

Penna.

May

Pilot

Unknown

 

 

 

Persons who died during the year ending 1st June, 1850 in Middle Township, Cape May Co., New Jesey

 

Name

Age

Sex

Color

Free/Slave

Marital Status

Place of Birth

Month Died

Occupation

Disease

Days ill

 Remarks

Mary Hand

2/12

F

 

 

 

NJ

Sept.

 

Convulsions

2

 

James? Woolson

24

M

 

 

 

NJ

Sept

Idiot

Consumption

3mo

 

Phebe H? Creps?

19

F

 

 

 

NJ

Nov

 

Consumption

2 weeks

 

Joshua Williams

41

M

 

 

M

NJ

Dec

Mariner?

Consumption

3mo

 

Henry Brown

60

M

 

 

M

NJ

May

Laborer

Intemperance?

Sudden

 

Thomas Rhoads

68

M

 

 

M

N York

May

Laborer

Consumption

1mo

 

Temperence? Hand

86

M

 

 

W

NJ

May

Laborer

Marasmus?

6mo

 

--ard? Benezel

22

F

 

 

M

NJ

Oct

 

Rheumatism

30

 

--bella Hand

37

F

 

 

M

NJ

April

 

Child bed

1

 

Mary Aarmson?

1

F

 

 

 

Delaware?

Augt.

 

In. Brain

5

 

John Williams

40

M

 

 

M

NJ

Sept.

Farmer

Bil Fever

35

 

Hannah Holmes

65

F

 

 

W

NJ

May

 

Inf. Lungs?

10

 

 

Persons who died during the year ending 1st June 1850 the Upper Township, Cape May, New Jersey

Name

Age

Sex

Color

Free/Slave

Marital Status

Place of Birth

Month Died

Occupation

Disease

Days ill

 Remarks

Theophalus Busb--y

17

M

 

 

 

New Jersey

July

Laborer

Dysentary

10

 

Abagail Young

48

F

 

 

M

New Jersey

March

 

Consumpt.

30

 

John Taylor

28

M

 

 

M

New Jersey

April

Blacksmith

Fever

6

 

Jane Russell

28

F

 

 

 

New Jersey

August

 

Dysentery

6

 

Reubin Godfrey

45

M

 

 

M

New Jersey

May

Farmer

Fever

14

 

Nathaniel Champoin

75

M

 

 

M

New Jersey

October

Laborer

Fever

20

 

Rachel H?oman?

35

F

 

 

M

New Jersey

April

 

Consumpt.

60

 

H?annah? Barnett

50

F

 

 

M

New Jersey

July

 

Colery?

1

 

Mary Ann

18

F

 

 

 

New Jersey

July

 

Colery?

2

 

Jul---- Fifer

12

F

 

 

 

New Jersey

July

 

Consumption

30

 

------- Christopher

55

M

 

 

M

New Jersey

February

Clergyman

Fever

60

 

 

Persons who died during the year ending 1st June in Dennis Township, Cape May, New Jersey

 

Name

Age

Sex

Color

Free/Slave

Marital Status

Place of Birth

Month Died

Occupation

Disease

Days ill

 Remarks

Humphrey Green

40

M

 

 

 

NJ

Oct.

Mariner

Consumption

5mo

 

Sarah A. Crawford

30

F

 

 

M

NJ

Oct.

 

Consumption

6mo

 

Mary E. Perison?

4/12

F

 

 

 

NJ

April

 

Hoophing Cough

4 mo

 

Harry? C. Damisy?

2

M

 

 

 

NJ

Nov

 

Consumption of bowels

3mo

 

Jane Taylor

40

F

 

 

M

NJ

July

 

Consumption

6mo

 

Stay Little

80

M

 

 

 

NJ

Nov

Laborer

Asthma

2yrs

 

Smith Mason

22

M

 

 

 

NJ

May

Mariner

Fall

 

 

Thomas Carlick?

60 (40?)

M

 

 

M

NJ

Oct.

Laborer

Rheumatism

2yrs

 

Joseph Goff

1

M

 

 

 

NJ

Oct.

 

Croup

2

 

Abner Platt

67

M

 

 

M

NJ

April

Farmer

Pneumonia

3

 

Charles Warwick

29

M

 

 

M

NJ

July

Mariner

Cholera

1

 

Jeremiah? Cahaley

19

M

 

 

 

NJ

Feby

Laborer

Cut on foot

10

 

Seth Gran

7/12

M

 

 

 

NJ

Augt.

 

Dysentery

4

 

Mary Whitacre

2

F

 

 

 

NJ

Augt.

 

Dysentery

6

 

John B. Shaw

6/12

M

 

 

 

NJ

Augt.

 

Diarrhea

 

 

Alexr. W. Grace

6/12

M

 

 

 

NJ

Augt.

 

Diarrhea

 

 

Thomas Whitacre

4/12

M

 

 

 

NJ

 

 

Dysentery

 

 

Mary E. Sil----

4/12

F

 

 

 

NJ

Sept.

 

Marasmus?

1mo

 

Ruth Leaming

80

F

 

 

W

NJ

Sept.

 

Old Age

 

 

Lydia Edwards

76?

F

 

 

W

NJ

Nov

 

Old Age

 

 

William Godfrey

30

M

 

 

M

NJ

July

Mariner

Bil. Fever

15

 

Charles Vanaman

1/12

M

 

 

 

NJ

July

 

Croup

2

 

David Lopes

67

M

 

 

W

NJ

Oct

Laborer

Consumption

 

 

Elizabeth Bingham

75

M

 

 

W

NJ

June?

Laborer

Paralysis

 

 

John Sayas?

78

M

 

 

W

NJ

Nov

Laborer

Consumption

 

 

Priscilla Scull

76

F

 

 

W

Delaware?

Jany

 

Consumption

 

 

Hannah Hand

1

F

 

 

 

NJ

May

 

Inf. Lungs

4

 

Robert Lord

1

F

 

 

 

NJ

Feby

 

Not known

 

 

 

 
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