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Escambia County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Escambia County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Date

1860

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Gonzalez, Jasper S.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

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Escambia County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Hyer, Alfred	30 years	Male	Black	Slave	Typhoid fever
1	2	Sims, Clara	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	3	Hyer, Albert	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	4	DeBouillierd, E.	29 years	Male	White		Hemorrhage of lungs
1	5	Hargis, Joseph S.	4 years	Male	White		Effects of swallowing a stone
1	6	Reyamonda, Manuel	1 year	Male	White		Flux Another name for dysentery. Intestinal inflammation causing the patient to pass stools with blood was often diagnosed as “bloody flux” (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	7	McClelland, Bertha	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Lockjaw
1	8	Campbell, Rachel	70 years	Female	Black	Slave	Lockjaw
1	9	Hall, Edward	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	10	Norton, W. A.	1 year	Female	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	11	Hix, Jane	48 years	Female	Black	Slave	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	12	Warren, Esseq	38 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Typhoid fever
1	13	Knowles, Margaret E.	11 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	14	Middleton, Isaac	74 years	Male	White		Pleurisy Inflammation of the pleura, two membranes separating the lungs from the walls of the chest cavity (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	15	Baker, Ann E.	28 years	Female	White		Paralytic stroke
1	16	Hundley, Anderson G.	1 year	Male	White		Fever
1	17	Caco, Victorino	26 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Asthma
1	18	Caco, Henry	2 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	19	Garrett, Emily	1 year	Female	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	20	Edmonson, Eliza	2 years	Female	Black	Slave	Complicated disease
1	21	Johnson, Silas	18 years	Male	White		Cholera
1	22	Scott, John	7 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Unknown
1	23	Scott, Henry	4 years	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown
1	24	Gonzalez, Arthur T.	17 years	Male	White		Typhoid fever
1	25	Galloway, Joseph	2 years	Male	White		Bowels affections
1	26	[Unnamed male]	0 months	Male	White		Lockjaw
1	27	Bonifay, Francis	0 months	Male	White		Lockjaw
1	28	Peele, James B.	22 years	Male	White		Injuries from railroad
1	29	Verhelle, Mary E.	44 years	Female	White		Burnt
1	30	Cox, Robert Henry	33 years	Male	White		Found dead
1	31	Brosnaham, Kitty	10 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Injured from a kick
1	32	Doudson, Maria L.	34 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
1	33	Reymonds, John	90 years	Male	White		Old age
1	34	Castro, Mereed	45 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	35	Manks, Victoo	2 years	Male	White		Flux Another name for dysentery. Intestinal inflammation causing the patient to pass stools with blood was often diagnosed as “bloody flux” (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	1	Mitchell, Solomon	50 years	Male	Black	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	2	Campbell, Marcellus	33 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	3	Reddick, Mary	21 years	Female	White		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).
2	4	Commyns, Daniel	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	5	Cullen, E. W.	15 years	Male	White		Inflamation of bowels
2	6	White, Mary	40 years	Female	White		Spasms
2	7	[Unnamed female]		Female	White		Stillborn
2	8	Brooks, Mary	24 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
2	9	[Unnamed female]	1 month	Female	White		Lung affection
2	10	Holland, John	40 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	11	Steward, William	30 years	Male	White		Fevers
2	12	Hall, William	40 years	Male	White		Murdered
2	13	Ingraham, Caroline	16 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Unknown
2	14	[Unnamed male]		Male			Stillborn
2	15	Bright, Emma	22 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	16	[Unnamed female]		Female			Stillborn
2	17	Brosnaham, Kate	10 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Lockjaw
2	18	Innerarity, Mary	14 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Typhoid fever
2	19	Eastman, D. J.	28 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	20	[Unnamed male]	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	21	[Unnamed male]		Male			Stillborn
2	22	Loyd, Phillippa	31 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
2	23	Lane, Ben	30 years	Male	White		Typhoid fever
2	24	Thomas, Julia	39 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
2	25	Bowley, M.	30 years	Female	White		Burnt
2	26	Caldwell, R.	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	1	Shippy, Henry M.	4 years	Male	White		Fever
3	2	Jarret, Irena Scarritt	4 months	Female	White		Congestion of lungs
3	3	McDonald, Sarah	62 years	Female	White		Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	4	Grinnell, Albert	2 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).
3	5	Hutt, W. H.	7 months	Male	White		Flux Another name for dysentery. Intestinal inflammation causing the patient to pass stools with blood was often diagnosed as “bloody flux” (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
3	6	Bysens, Allen L.	38 years	Male	White		Albuminuria
3	7	Hunt, Henry A.	39 years	Male	White		Cancer of stomach
3	8	Robinson, Charles C.	32 years	Male	Black		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
3	9	Rose, William C.	60 years	Male	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
3	10	Shay, James	40 years	Male	White		Hemoptysis
3	11	Philiferb, Eliza	16 years	Female	White		Puerperal fever
3	12	Davey, Eliza	23 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
4	1	Jack, Berry	1 month	Male	Black	Slave	Inflammation of throat
4	2	Baron, James	3 months	Male	Black	Slave	Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
4	3	Cox, James	30 years	Male	White		Effects of liquor

Title

Escambia County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Escambia County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Date

1860

Contributor

Gonzalez, Jasper S.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1201_mortality_escambia_1860

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Hyer, Alfred	30 years	Male	Black	Slave	Typhoid fever
1	2	Sims, Clara	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Teething
1	3	Hyer, Albert	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Teething
1	4	DeBouillierd, E.	29 years	Male	White		Hemorrhage of lungs
1	5	Hargis, Joseph S.	4 years	Male	White		Effects of swallowing a stone
1	6	Reyamonda, Manuel	1 year	Male	White		Flux
1	7	McClelland, Bertha	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Lockjaw
1	8	Campbell, Rachel	70 years	Female	Black	Slave	Lockjaw
1	9	Hall, Edward	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Teething
1	10	Norton, W. A.	1 year	Female	White		Teething
1	11	Hix, Jane	48 years	Female	Black	Slave	Pneumonia
1	12	Warren, Esseq	38 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Typhoid fever
1	13	Knowles, Margaret E.	11 years	Female	White		Consumption
1	14	Middleton, Isaac	74 years	Male	White		Pleurisy
1	15	Baker, Ann E.	28 years	Female	White		Paralytic stroke
1	16	Hundley, Anderson G.	1 year	Male	White		Fever
1	17	Caco, Victorino	26 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Asthma
1	18	Caco, Henry	2 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Croup
1	19	Garrett, Emily	1 year	Female	White		Teething
1	20	Edmonson, Eliza	2 years	Female	Black	Slave	Complicated disease
1	21	Johnson, Silas	18 years	Male	White		Cholera
1	22	Scott, John	7 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Unknown
1	23	Scott, Henry	4 years	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown
1	24	Gonzalez, Arthur T.	17 years	Male	White		Typhoid fever
1	25	Galloway, Joseph	2 years	Male	White		Bowels affections
1	26	[Unnamed male]	0 months	Male	White		Lockjaw
1	27	Bonifay, Francis	0 months	Male	White		Lockjaw
1	28	Peele, James B.	22 years	Male	White		Injuries from railroad
1	29	Verhelle, Mary E.	44 years	Female	White		Burnt
1	30	Cox, Robert Henry	33 years	Male	White		Found dead
1	31	Brosnaham, Kitty	10 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Injured from a kick
1	32	Doudson, Maria L.	34 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
1	33	Reymonds, John	90 years	Male	White		Old age
1	34	Castro, Mereed	45 years	Female	White		Consumption
1	35	Manks, Victoo	2 years	Male	White		Flux
2	1	Mitchell, Solomon	50 years	Male	Black	Slave	Consumption
2	2	Campbell, Marcellus	33 years	Male	White		Consumption
2	3	Reddick, Mary	21 years	Female	White		Dropsy
2	4	Commyns, Daniel	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Consumption
2	5	Cullen, E. W.	15 years	Male	White		Inflamation of bowels
2	6	White, Mary	40 years	Female	White		Spasms
2	7	[Unnamed female]		Female	White		Stillborn
2	8	Brooks, Mary	24 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
2	9	[Unnamed female]	1 month	Female	White		Lung affection
2	10	Holland, John	40 years	Male	White		Consumption
2	11	Steward, William	30 years	Male	White		Fevers
2	12	Hall, William	40 years	Male	White		Murdered
2	13	Ingraham, Caroline	16 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Unknown
2	14	[Unnamed male]		Male			Stillborn
2	15	Bright, Emma	22 years	Female	White		Consumption
2	16	[Unnamed female]		Female			Stillborn
2	17	Brosnaham, Kate	10 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Lockjaw
2	18	Innerarity, Mary	14 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Typhoid fever
2	19	Eastman, D. J.	28 years	Male	White		Consumption
2	20	[Unnamed male]	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Consumption
2	21	[Unnamed male]		Male			Stillborn
2	22	Loyd, Phillippa	31 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
2	23	Lane, Ben	30 years	Male	White		Typhoid fever
2	24	Thomas, Julia	39 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
2	25	Bowley, M.	30 years	Female	White		Burnt
2	26	Caldwell, R.	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Teething
3	1	Shippy, Henry M.	4 years	Male	White		Fever
3	2	Jarret, Irena Scarritt	4 months	Female	White		Congestion of lungs
3	3	McDonald, Sarah	62 years	Female	White		Dysentery
3	4	Grinnell, Albert	2 years	Male	White		Pneumonia
3	5	Hutt, W. H.	7 months	Male	White		Flux
3	6	Bysens, Allen L.	38 years	Male	White		Albuminuria
3	7	Hunt, Henry A.	39 years	Male	White		Cancer of stomach
3	8	Robinson, Charles C.	32 years	Male	Black		Consumption
3	9	Rose, William C.	60 years	Male	White		Diarrhea
3	10	Shay, James	40 years	Male	White		Hemoptysis
3	11	Philiferb, Eliza	16 years	Female	White		Puerperal fever
3	12	Davey, Eliza	23 years	Female	White		Consumption
4	1	Jack, Berry	1 month	Male	Black	Slave	Inflammation of throat
4	2	Baron, James	3 months	Male	Black	Slave	Diarrhea
4	3	Cox, James	30 years	Male	White		Effects of liquor

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Hyer, Alfred, ca.1830-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Sims, Clara, ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Hyer, Albert, ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

DeBouillierd, E., ca.1831-ca.1860

Hargis, Joseph S., ca.1856-ca.1860

Reyamonda, Manuel, ca.1859-ca.1860

McClelland, Bertha, ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Campbell, Rachel, ca.1790-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Hall, Edward, ca.1858-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Norton, W. A., ca.1859-ca.1860

Hix, Jane, ca.1812-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Warren, Esseq, ca.1822-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Knowles, Margaret E., ca.1849-ca.1860

Middleton, Isaac, ca.1786-ca.1860

Baker, Ann E., ca.1832-ca.1860

Hundley, Anderson G., ca.1859-ca.1860

Caco, Victorino, ca.1834-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Caco, Henry, ca.1858-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Garrett, Emily, ca.1859-ca.1860

Edmonson, Eliza, ca.1858-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Johnson, Silas, ca.1842-ca.1860

Scott, John, ca.1853-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Scott, Henry, ca.1856-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Gonzalez, Arthur T., ca.1843-ca.1860

Galloway, Joseph, ca.1858-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860

Bonifay, Francis, ca.1860-ca.1860

Peele, James B., ca.1838-ca.1860

Verhelle, Mary E., ca.1816-ca.1860

Cox, Robert Henry, ca.1827-ca.1860

Brosnaham, Kitty, ca.1850-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Doudson, Maria L., ca.1826-ca.1860

Reymonds, John, ca.1770-ca.1860

Castro, Mereed, ca.1815-ca.1860

Manks, Victoo, ca.1858-ca.1860

Mitchell, Solomon, ca.1810-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Campbell, Marcellus, ca.1827-ca.1860

Reddick, Mary, ca.1839-ca.1860

Commyns, Daniel, ca.1800-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Cullen, E. W., ca.1845-ca.1860

White, Mary, ca.1820-ca.1860

[Unnamed female], d. ca.1860

Brooks, Mary, ca.1836-ca.1860

[Unnamed female], ca.1860-ca.1860

Holland, John, ca.1820-ca.1860

Steward, William, ca.1830-ca.1860

Hall, William, ca.1820-ca.1860

Ingraham, Caroline, ca.1844-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

[Unnamed male], d. ca.1860

Bright, Emma, ca.1838-ca.1860

[Unnamed female], d. ca.1860

Brosnaham, Kate, ca.1850-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Innerarity, Mary, ca.1846-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Eastman, D. J., ca.1832-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

[Unnamed male], d. ca.1860

Loyd, Phillippa, ca.1829-ca.1860

Lane, Ben, ca.1830-ca.1860

Thomas, Julia, ca.1821-ca.1860

Bowley, M., ca.1830-ca.1860

Caldwell, R., ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Shippy, Henry M., ca.1856-ca.1860

Jarret, Irena Scarritt, ca.1860-ca.1860

McDonald, Sarah, ca.1798-ca.1860

Grinnell, Albert, ca.1858-ca.1860

Hutt, W. H., ca.1860-ca.1860

Bysens, Allen L., ca.1822-ca.1860

Hunt, Henry A., ca.1821-ca.1860

Robinson, Charles C., ca.1828-ca.1860

Rose, William C., ca.1800-ca.1860

Shay, James, ca.1820-ca.1860

Philiferb, Eliza, ca.1844-ca.1860

Davey, Eliza, ca.1837-ca.1860

Jack, Berry, ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Baron, James, ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Cox, James, ca.1830-ca.1860

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