1860 Mortality Census
Persons who died during the year ending 1st June 1860, in the County of Clarke Territory of Washington

Name

Age

Sex

Color

Free/
Slave

Married/
Widowed

Birth

Month Died

Occupation

Disease of cause of death

# days ill

Charles Quail*

32 M   / M Hamburg May Saloon Keeper Mortification 2 1/4 months
Henry Moore 45 M   /   Ireland(?) Jan Farmer Exposure 4 days
Wm Irvin 26 M     M United States Feb. Farmer Tape Worm 2 weeks
John Colford 40 M   /   Ireland April Laborer Consumption 3 months

Eliza Morin

35

F

  / M Canada May   Dropsey 5 days
Jane B. Devore 35 F     M Ohio March   Debility 3 months
Wm. Curtain 6 M       Cal or Col Feb.   Croup 4 days
Mary Ann Strong 38 F     M Mo June   Dropsy of the chest 1 month
Martha Martin 14 F       Ills March   Consumption 1 year

Martha Stengar

8

F       W.T. May   Consumption 6 mos.
Remarks: Charles Quail wounded during the Indian War, which would finally, m----- caused death.

The remarkable rise of the Columbia river, caused almost the entire destruction of crops in my district.
The river rose 3 7/12 feet above its usual height. The county of Clarke is a c--- agricultural county most of which grown in ---------------

 

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