1860 Mortality Census
Cowlitz County, Washington Territory

Name

Age

Sex

Color

Free/
Slave

Married/
Widowed

Birth

Month Died

Occupation

Disease of cause of death

# days ill

Abel Ostrander

56 M       N. York Oct Farmer Senility 1 month

 

Persons who died during the year ending 1st June 1870 in Cowlitz Co., State of Washington

Fam#

Name

Age

Sex

Color

Married of Widowed

Place of birth

Fath Foreign

Moth Foreign

 Month
Died

Occupation Cause of death

17

Infant Son   M W   Wash. Terr     July   Miscarriage Premature Birth
?? ---tyre(?), Andrew 62 M W   Illinois     Sept   Suicide by  Poison
?? ---sons, William 28 M W   Maine     Dec   Typhoid Pneumonia

 

1880 Mortality Census
Persons who died during the year ending May 31, 1880 in Owl Creek, Kalama and Lancaster, County of Cowlitz, Terr. of Washington

Fam#

Name

Age

Sex

Race

Marr.
Stat.

Born

Fath
Born

Moth
Born

Occup

Month Died

Cause of Death

How long resident

Disease Contracted at

2

Gamble, Charles E. 15 M W S Oregon Ohio Indiana Boatman August Accidental Drowning 6  
31 or 37 Rewey, Philander * 35 M W M New York New York New York Worked on Saw Mill March Paralysis, total    
47 Cook, Joseph 7 M W S Oregon Baden Baden   January Diptheria 2  
47 Cook, Carl 6 M W S Oregon Baden Baden   January Diptheria 2  

59

Michaels, Mattie**

20

F W S Oregon Ohio Missouri Keeping House February Consumption 7  
59 Michaels, Ida 12 F W S Washington Ohio Missouri At home April Pneumonia, Typhoid Fever, M---- Fever 7  
?? Miller, Edward 1/30 M W S Wash. Ter. Oregon Wash. Ter.   October Unknown 1/30  
193? Miliard, Olive C. 22 F W M Wash. Ter. Ohio Mo. Keeping House November Accidental Shooting 22  
199? Robinson, Alvin 10/30 M W S Wash. Ter. Ohio Ind.   May Unknown 10/30  

203?

----il

0/30 F W S Wash. Ter. Mo Iowa   July Stillborn 0/30  
206 Geiger, Emma*** 20 F W S Iowa Penna Ind At home January Diptheria 14  
210? Davis, George**** 25 M W M Iowa Ohio Va. Farm Laborer January Accidental Shooting 12  

 

Beck, Annie

8

F W

S

WT

WT WT   March Burn    
  Smith 3/12 M W S WT WT WT   Sept

Dysentery

   

*Stricken with Paralysis while at work in Oregon; died in ten weeks. Family resides here. Resided outside of the district.
**Contracted pneumonia and afterwards typhoid fever as a complication and the more immediate cause of death.

***Not positively known whether the disease was diphtheria  or putrid sore throat. Disease did not prove contagious.
****Died in Clark Co. WT four months after the accident.

Persons who died during the year ending May 31, 1880, in Cowlitz Co., Washington

  Wallace, Maud 2/12 F W S Wash. Ter. Wash. T. Ohio   Dec Inflam--- of Bowels 2/12  

 

Shafer, Anna R. 8 F W S Kansas Indiana Ky At home March Burned to death 1  
  Harris, Martha 21 F W

M

Oregon Ohio Mo Keeping House Oct Consumption(?) 5 Oregon
  Micheals, Ida B.

12

F W S Wash. Ter Ohio Mo At home Dec. Typhoid Fever 10  
  McMillan, Carlotte 61 F W Wd Ireland Ireland Ireland Keeping home May Tumor 22  
  Smith, Luelling(?) 11/12 F W S Wash Ter ???? Oka? Ter At home Sept Chromy(?) Inpha---- 4/12  
  Shears, Carrie 5 F W S Wash Ter Tenn Wash Ter   March Diptheria 5  

 

Shears, Wm. O.

1

M W S Wash Ter Tenn Wash Ter   March Diptheria 1  
  Killey, Pontiff 24 M W S Alabama SC SC Farmer May Consumption 1 Alabama

 

Dal---, Joseph

38

M W M France France France Farmer Oct By a falling tree 6  

 

Plu----, ?? 1 M W S Wash Wash Wash   Feb. Inflamation bowels 1  
  Akin, Eliza 3/12 F W S Wash Mass Oregon   Sept Killed by --- 3/12  

 

Akin, Eliza

31

F W M Oregon Mass Mass Keeping House June Child Birth 6  

 

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