THE 1850 MORTALITY INDEX OF
Portage COUNTY, Ohio
©Nov 2008, Transcribed by Linda Dietz





 Atwater Township, Enumerated by Wm. Wadsworth

NAME

AGE

SEX

MARRIED
OR
WIDOWED

OCCUPATION

PLACE 

OF BIRTH

THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED

DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DAYS ILL

Lora Price 1 F - - Ohio July Teething always
Catharine Bradley 70 F W - Ireland August Cholera 5
Rosette Carl or Earl 18 F - - Ohio May Comsumption 6 mo
Lucinda Baldwin 1 F - - Ohio August Brain 5
Betsey Burns 49 F M - Conn March Lungs 9 mo
Mary Dingee 53 F W - Va June Consumption 4 mo
Walter Marshall 3 M - - Ohio April Croup 1
Susannah Heycock 62 F W - Penn March Consumption 10 mo
William H. Jones 8/12  M - - Ohio March Lung Fever 4 wks
Charity Whittesey 66 F M - Mass May Consumption 1 wk


Aurora Township, Enumerated by J. S. Bemish

NAME

AGE

SEX

MARRIED
OR
WIDOWED

OCCUPATION

PLACE 

OF BIRTH

THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED

DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DAYS ILL

Malinda M. Marshall 33 F - - Ohio March Disease of Head 63 
Ellis Eldridge 87 M W - Conn March Old Age -
Evelin Lord 11/12 M - - Ohio August Erysipelas 4
Lucy Bissell 2 F - - Ohio April Congestion of Brain 1
Laura Baldwin 14 F - - Ohio ? Consumption 10
Abigail Ross 45 F M - Conn January Dyspepsia 21
John A. Lacy 7/12 M - - Ohio September Unknown Instantly
Mary Smith 7 F - - Ohio April ? 1
Henrietta Blackman 33 F M - Ohio August Dysentery 13
Lucy Blackman 5/12 F - - Ohio August Dysentery 4


Brimfield Township, Enumerated by J.  Hauser

NAME

AGE

SEX

MARRIED
OR
WIDOWED

OCCUPATION

PLACE 

OF BIRTH

THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED

DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DAYS ILL

William Furry 34 M M Wagon Maker N.Y. July Spinal ? 21
Jerusha Flower 55 F M - Conn August Consumption 20
Esther Parsons 81 F W - Mass January Old Age 10
Frederick Casis 70 M W Farmer Pa November Influenza 8
Earnest A. Arnett 2/12 F - - Ohio January ? 11
Arbecca Gilbreath 64 F W - Pa August Palsy Sudden
Jemima Chapman 87 F W - Conn September Old Age 1 wk



Charlestown Township, Enumerated by Wm.  Wadsworth

NAME

AGE

SEX

MARRIED
OR
WIDOWED

OCCUPATION

PLACE 

OF BIRTH

THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED

DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DAYS ILL

Francis L. King 1 M - - Ohio April Consumption 18 
Celestia A. Allen 1 F - - Ohio September Dysentery 2 wks
Sophrona Netruore 25 F - - Ohio September Consumption 8 mo
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 


Deerfield Township, Enumerated by Wm.  Wadsworth

NAME

AGE

SEX

MARRIED
OR
WIDOWED

OCCUPATION

PLACE 

OF BIRTH

THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED

DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DAYS ILL

Diva Marshall 4/12 M - - Ohio December Inflamation of Lungs 3 wks
John Menavy 52 M M Physcian Penn August Palsy 23 yrs
Daniel Diva 66 M M Blind Mass March Consumption 2 yrs
David Davis 58 M M Farmer Wales September Dropsey 4 wks
George Case 2 M - - Ohio September Aff Brain 2 yrs
Helen H. Hubbard 1 F - - Ohio August Dysentery 4
Elizabeth Excell 25 F M - Ohio May Consumption 5 wks
J Lyman 55 M M Laborer N.Y. June ? -
Robert Ferguson 5 M - - Ohio October Measles 10 wks


Edinburg Township, Enumerated by Wm.  Wadsworth

NAME

AGE

SEX

MARRIED
OR
WIDOWED

OCCUPATION

PLACE 

OF BIRTH

THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED

DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DAYS ILL

Sarah A. Case 31 F M - England December Consumption 3 wks
Margaret Jones 7 F - - Ohio July Dropsey of Heart 5 mo
Samuel L. Collins 65 M M Farmer Mass December Dropsey 1 yr
Homer M. Campbell 47 M M Farmer Ohio May Dysentery 7 wks
Lydia Grate 23 F M - Ohio November Consumption 1 yr
Catharine Jones 47 F M - Wales August Consumption 3 wks
Catharine Clark 22 F M - N. Y. November Unknown 2 mo
Emily Dickinson 32 F M - Ohio October Erysipelas 3 wks
Menbry Dickinson 5 F - - Ohio October Dysentery 2 wks
Lydia A. Pike 21 F M - Ohio April Consumption 1 yr
Clark Mowen 7 M - - Ohio October Inflammation of Bowels 3

Franklin Township, Enumerated by J.  Hosnick

NAME

AGE

SEX

MARRIED
OR
WIDOWED

OCCUPATION

PLACE 

OF BIRTH

THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED

DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DAYS ILL

Charles E. Leonard 16 M - farmer Ohio February Rattler 1
Chauncey Newberry 63 M W - Conn February Erysipelas 5
Franklin Nelson 7d M - - Ohio January Cold 1
Julia C. Merrill 29 F M - Ohio May Inflammation 7
Esther A. Hume 8mo F - - Ohio October Consumption 30
Caroline Root 68 F M - Mass June Wound 2
Frederick Root 3mo M - - Ohio July Canker 30
Mary E. Ferry 1 F - - Ohio August Dysentery 3
Charles E. Ferry 3 M - - Ohio September Dysentery 20
Lewis Holden 6/12 M - - Ohio August Inflam of Brain 12
Ann Cuthbern 43 F M - N.Y. May Consumption 1 yr
Almon Marsh 2 M - - Ohio March Cong of Brain 1
Francis Douglas 8 M - - Ohio August Scarlet Fever 6
David Hall 74 M W farmer Conn March - -
Sophia Riddleton 28 F M - England July Unknown 5
Mary Riddleton 7 F - - England January Dropsy 25
Frances Busnett 1 F - - Ohio June Typhoid fever 3
Samuel Walker 44 M M Physician N. Y. April Typhoid fever 26
Adelade Shearer 1 F - - Ohio May Dropsy 14
William Clark 20 M - - Ohio August Typhoid fever 10
Lydia Post 23 F - - N. Y. January Typhoid fever 12
Harriet Haymaker 33 F M - Mass July Lung fever 9
Waldo Grimes 66 M M Farmer Mass February Apoplexy 3
William W. Stearns 12 M - - Ohio May Disease of heart 4
Lewis Stevens 40 M M Lawyer Ohio April Lung fever 10


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