1870 Census Mortality Schedule

Transcribed from "Federal Non-Population Decennial Census Schedules for Nebraska," National Archives Microfilm Publications, Call No. T1128, Roll 3. Transcription by Wendy J. Anderson.

Original Enumeration Columns
1 - Number of the family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1.
2 - NAME OF EVERY PERSON WHO DIED during the year ending 1st June, 1870,whose usual place of abode at the time of death was in this family.
Description (columns 3-6)
3 - Age last birth-day. If under one year, give months in fractions
4 - Sex
5 - Color - White, Black, Mulatto, Chinese, Indian (all those enumerated on this schedule were listed as white.)
6 - Married or Widowed .
7 - PLACE OF BIRTH Naming the State, Territory, or Country of the U.S. or the country if of foreign birth.
PARENTAGE (columns 8 and 9)
8 - Father of foreign birth.
9 - Mother of foreign birth.
10 - The month in which the person died
11 - PROFESSION, OCCUPATION, OR TRADE.
12 - DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.

KEY- Please note that each entry extends down 2 rows.

• Row 1:
  
  • - Name of deceased
    
  • - A-Sx-MS: Age - Sex - Marital Status; "marr"= married, "wid"=widowed (If neither the space was left blank and is here indicated by -0)
    
  • - PoB: Place of Birth
    
  • - Par: Parentage; x - x = father of foreign birth - mother of foreign birth
    
  • - Occupation
    
  • - Prec : HH# Precinct and household number where enumerated on the regular Population Schedule
    
• Row 2:
  
  • - Month of Death: standard abbreviations are used
    
  • - Cause of Death: written as found on schedule
    

For definitions of many of the illnesses cited, visit The Olive Tree'sGlossary of Disease

Name	A-Sx-MS	PoB	Par	Occup.	Prec : HH#
			MoD	Cause of Death
Ackerson, Alling	18y-?-0	Sweden	1-1		PP : 51
			June	Consumption
Allen, Henry C.	2y-m-0	Neb.			LIB : 17
			Mar.	Scarlet Fever
Allen, Joseph	5m-m-0	Neb.			LIB : 17
			Mar.	Scarlet Fever
Barnes, Nancy	1y-f-0	IA			LIB : 80
			June	scalded to death
Beard, George	22y-m-0	Va.		Farm Laborer	AV : 69
			Apr.	Rickets
Boeck, George	2y-m-0	Neb.	1-1		RB : 75
			Nov.	Carabropina Fever
Burton, Hitts	11m-m-0	Neb.			PLM : 23
			May	Congestion of Lungs
Cameron, E. R. C.*	1d-m-0	??	1-1		PLM : 85
			Aug.	Still Born*
Canady, Riley	50y-m-marr	Ind.		Farmer	AV : 90
			July	Heart disease
Carpenter, Andrew	41y-m-marr.	Va.		Laborer	PLM : 170
			Oct.	[Bilious] Colic
Chamberlain, George	2y-m-0	?			PLM : 51
			Feb.	Measles
Clemmons, Elizabeth	21y-f-0	Iowa	1-1	school teacher	RB : 34
			Oct.	Acute Dropsy
Cole, Oren R.	4y-m-0	IA			RB : 85
			July	scarlet fever
Connor, Charles	14y-m-0	OH			OP : 27
			?	Lung Fever
Connor, Ida	10y-f-0	OH			OP : 27
			Feb.	Lung Fever
Copple, George	1m-m-0	Neb.			LIB : 51
			Aug.	convulsions spasms
Crabtree, Emily	42y-f-marr	Conn.		Keeping house	EMG : 25
			Sep.	Childbirth
Crocker, Lindell L.	19y-m-0	Pa.		Surveyor	PLM : 15-?-
			Sep.	Killed by Sioux Indian
Cummins, Ernest	02y-m-0	Neb.			PP : 50
			Feb.	Measles
Dulanty, Mary Jane	10m-f-0	Wis.			PLM : 30
			Dec.	Lung Fever
Edmundson, Francis	1y-m-0	IA			LIB : 67
			Oct.	Croup
Egan, Sarah	38y-f-marr	Ireland	1-1	Keeping house	PLM : 280
			May	Inflammation of bowels
Ferree, Anne	51y-f-marr.	PA		keeping house	PP : 18
			Mar.	Apoplexy
Freeman, Ines	3y-f-0	Neb.			LIB : 55
			Jul.	Scarlet Fever
Garrett, Sarah	19y-f-0	Ohio		At Home	SC : 83
			Feb.	Typhoid Fever
Goos, George	7y-m-0	Schleswig	1-1		PLM : 274
			May	Poisened by wild berries
Griffith, Esther	2m-f-0	Neb.			AV : 69
			Aug.	Inflammation of Bowels
Guider, Ida	2y-f-0	Wis.			SB : 60
			Mar.	Consumption
Hicks, Mary	30y-f-marr	England	1-1	Keeping house	PLM : 313
			Jan.	Consumption
Hobbs, Lilly	0-f-0	Neb.			RB : 94
			Oct.	stillborn
Hobbs, Myrtle	0-f-0	Neb.			RB : 94
			Oct.	stillborn
Irish, William W.	33y-m-marr.	Vt.		Pastry Cook	PLM : 145
			Nov.	[Suicide by shooting] Fire Arms
Jones, Della	1y-f-0	Neb.			LIB : 10
			Apr.	Scarlet Fever
Jones, Louisa	10y-f-0	Neb.			LIB : 72
			Aug.	Brain Inflam of
Jones, Nancy	4y-f-0	Neb.			LIB : 72
			June	Brain Inflam of
Juda, Amanda	2y-f-0	Mo	1-1		PLM : 147
			May	Scarlet Fever
Juda, Samuel	8m-m-0	Mo	1-1		PLM : 149
			May	Scarlet Fever
Latta, Jane	70y-f-wid.	PA	1-0		RB : 122
			Dec.	[Bilious] Colic
Latta, Letitia	35y-f-marr.	PA		keeping house	RB : 8-?-
			Feb.	childbirth
Lazenby, Emily A.	31y-f-marr.	Ind.		keeping house	PLM : 115
			Feb.	Consumption
Leach, Sarah Ida	---f-0	Neb.			PLM : 38
			Jan.	stillborn
Levy, Harris L.	42y-m-marr.	Poland	1-1	Farmer	LOU : 114
			Aug.	Killed by Indians
Lynn, F. E.	2y-m-0	Neb.			AV : 6
			Mar.	Scarlet Fever
Martin, Nelson	11y-m-0	Penn.			SC : 77
			June	Fever
McChord, Elizabeth	87y-f-wid.	VA			RB : 1-?-6
			Feb.	General Debility
McIntosh, Lucia	21y-f-0	Ohio			PLM : 170
			Mar.	Jaundice
Merton, William	39-m-marr.	OH		farmer	OP : 36
			Mar	Lung Fever
Murphy, Margt.	32y-f-marr	N.Y.	1-0	Keeping house	PLM : 253
			Nov.	Consumption
Murphy, Margt.	?m-f-0	Neb.	1-0		PLM : ???
			Mar.	Measles
Peak, Mary	43y-f-marr.	NY	1-1	keeping house	PP : 19
			Nov.	Typhoid Fever
Pierce, Lewis P.	26y-m-0	Vt.		Farmer	PLM : 18
			Feb.	Pulmonary Consumption
Pocock, John	3m-m-0	Neb.			RB : 28
			Feb.	Cholera Infantum
Quaid, Catherine	16y-f-0	Wis.	1-1	At Home	PLM : 263
			Jan.	Hemmorhage of Lungs
Richardson, Amanda	1y-f-0	Neb.			EMG : 61
			Aug.	Congestion of Lungs
Roden, Lilly	8m-f-0	Neb.			MTP : 48
			Apr.	Lung Disease
Ruffner, Peter A.	56y-m-wid.	Va.		Farmer	PLM : 125
			May	Consumption
Schlantz, Frederick	56y-m-marr.	Prussia	1-1	Farmer	LOU : 12
			Sep.	Diabetes
Shaffer, Frederick	78y-m-wid	Va.		Farmer	PLM : 383
			Oct.	[Fits] Convulsions
Shera, Joseph C. A.	11y-m-0	Ireland	1-1		RB : 50
			Mar.	Acute Rheumatism
Sibert, Susan	26y-f-marr	VA			OP : 26
			March	Measles
Smith, W. A.	34y-m-marr.	?		sea captain	PP : 27
			Feb.	Accidentally shot by Firearms
Snyder, Abraham	72y-m-marr.	VA		farmer	PP : 59
			Apr.	Heart Disease
Spires, Leonard	8m-m-0	Neb.	1-0		PLM : 137
			Feb.	Lung Fever
Stafford, Elisha	49y-m-marr.	Va.		farmer	TIP : 70
			Oct.	Dropsy
Stattler, Emma	6y-f-0	Neb.			AV : 3
			Apr.	Scarlet Fever
Sullivan, Thomas A	02y-m-0	Neb.			RB : 4
			June	Lung Fever
Thomas, Wm. L.	38y-m-marr	Ohio		Daguerrean Artist	SB : ??
			Aug.	Disease of Liver
Tucker, Sonora	10m-f-0	Neb.			PLM : 57
			Mar.	Inflamation of Brain
Tutt, Edwin G.	4y-m-0	Neb.			PLM : 125
			Oct.	Typhoid Fever
Tutt, Grace E.	3m-f-0	Neb.			PLM : 125
			Apr.	Disease of Lungs
Wiles, Malcolm	02y-m-0	Neb.			PP : 67
			Oct.	Paralysis

*Remarks at bottom of enumeration page read: "E.R.C. Cameron was born prematurely in consequence of an accident on the R.R. and survived but one day.