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1870 Travis County Mortality Schedule
As part of the decennial census from 1850 through 1880, information was taken on all persons who died in the year preceding June 1 of the census year. These mortality schedules contained, in addition to the name, various information that is genealogically useful. The original schedules were transferred from the National Archives to various state repositories, and those for Texas are in the Archives of the State Library at Austin.
Remarks on schedule:
The small number of deaths reported to me convinced me of the unwillingness of many persons to make a true statement; I supplied the deficiency by a copy from then Sexton's report on file in the Mayor's office at Austin. The same is defective in many respects, which defects, however, could not be remedied by me.
Please note:
The first column, Family No., corresponds with the family number on the population schedule.
| Family No. | Name | Age | Sex | Color | Widowed or Married | Place of Birth | Month of death | Occupation | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilroy, George | M | W | May | soldier USA | chronic bronchitis | ||||
| 51 | Slaughter, Henry | 6/12 | M | B | Texas | Oct | measles | ||
| 68 | Sedwick, Margaret | 6 | F | W | Texas | Feb | measles | ||
| 67 | Locket, Elise | 3 | F | W | Texas | Dec | dropsy | ||
| 74 | Burke, James | 70 | M | W | Ireland | July | farmer | chronic rheumatism | |
| 75 | Pierce, Shaderach | 61 | M | W | Georgia | June | farmer | congestion of stomach | |
| 138 | Owens, Fanny | 30 | F | B | Tenn | June | apoplexy | ||
| 145 | Gunde, Feliz | 60 | M | B | M | Miss | March | day lab. | inflammation of brain |
| 168 | Washington, Mathilde | 6/12 | F | B | Texas | Aug | nervous fever | ||
| 209 | Norwood infant | 3/52 | F | B | Texas | March | whooping cough | ||
| 228 | West, Mary | 6 | F | W | Texas | Sept | measles | ||
| 281 | Boland, Laura | 22 | F | W | M | Ala | Dec | hemorrhage of lungs | |
| 324 | Boese infant | M | W | Texas | April | still born | |||
| 328 | Craven infant | 3/12 | M | B | Texas | March | convulsions | ||
| 329 | Raymond, Sylvia | 63 | F | B | W | Tenn | Aug | typhoid fever | |
| 333 | Burdett, Wallace | 9 | M | W | Texas | July | fracture of spine | ||
| 342 | Robertson, Selah | 50 | F | B | W | Tenn | Oct | chronic dysentery | |
| 373 | Rowe, Joseph H. | 24 | M | W | M | Texas | Nov | farmer | typhoid fever |
| 401 | Bratton, Robert | 38 | M | W | M | Indiana | Dec | farmer | consumption |
| 414 | Hopkins | 65 | M | W | M | Indiana | Aug | teacher | inflammation of brain |
| 418 | Ross, Mary | 8/12 | F | W | Texas | Sept | inflammation of brain | ||
| 421 | Joiner infant | 1/12 | M | B | Texas | Sept | bronchitis | ||
| 427 | Raven infant | M | W | Texas | Nov | still born | |||
| 428 | Pflueger infant | M | W | Texas | July | still born | |||
| 435 | Carrington infant | F | W | Texas | Aug | still born | |||
| 440 | Carter, Dolly | 4 | F | B | Texas | Dec | drowned | ||
| 459 | Cain, Russel | 89 | M | W | M | Virginia | Aug | farmer | consumption |
| 469 | Giles, Battle | 2/12 | M | W | Texas | Oct | inflammation of brain | ||
| 474 | Johns, Lee | 2 | M | W | Texas | Aug | accidental death | ||
| 576 | Payne, Elisa J. | 39 | F | W | M | Tenn | June | consumption | |
| Monroe, M. M. | 37 | F | W | M | Tenn | Oct | measles | ||
| 524 | Black, Sarah | 22 | F | W | Texas | Sept | nervous fever | ||
| 545 | Jackson, Alice | 6 | F | B | Texas | June | dropsy | ||
| 555 | Parton, Harvey | 3/52 | M | W | Texas | Oct | croup | ||
| 578 | House, Peter | 40 | M | B | Texas | June | field lab. | pneumonia | |
| 590 | Bell infant | 3 days | F | B | Texas | Oct | debility | ||
| 591 | Rogers, Julia | 24 | F | B | M | Texas | Sept | during delivery | |
| Rogers, Charles | 2/12 | M | B | Texas | Nov | croup | |||
| 596 | M'Laurin, Georgia | 8 | F | W | Texas | Sept | phthisis | ||
| 599 | Posey, Elizabeth | 43 | F | B | M | Tenn | Sept | chronic rheumatism | |
| 658 | Townsend, Wm. | 3 | M | W | Texas | June | measles | ||
| 682 | Smith, Ninerva | 3 | F | W | Texas | Aug | congestion of brain | ||
| Smith, Nanny | 1 | F | W | Texas | Sept | congestion of brain | |||
| 702 | Gereste, Johns | 29 | F | W | M | S. Car | Sept | child birth | |
| Gereste infant | F | W | Texas | still born | |||||
| 773 | Malone, Ada Lee | 6 | F | W | Texas | Aug | congestion of spine | ||
| 774 | Manor, Nelson | 8 | M | B | Aug | congestion of brain | |||
| 778 | Harrison, Esther | 18 | F | B | Texas | Aug | inflammation of brain | ||
| 21 | Maron, Alvina | 9/12 | F | Mex | Texas | Aug-69 | nervous fever | ||
| 23 | John, son of Martha | 1/12 | M | B | Texas | April | cramps | ||
| 30 | Thomas, Egg | 30 | M | B | Ark | Feb | day lab. | consumption | |
| 33 | Dau. of Mary Thomspon | 3 days | F | B | Texas | July | debility at birth | ||
| 68 | Mary Collin | 3/12 | F | W | Texas | May | cholera infantum | ||
| 129 | Sylvester, F. Smith | 43 | M | W | M | New York | Sept | consumption | |
| Mary B. Smith | 13 | F | W | Texas | July | apoplexy | |||
| 150 | Prosch, Selma | 10 | F | W | Prussia | May | typhoid fever | ||
| 196 | Parker, Joseph | 3/12 | M | W | Texas | May | diarrhea | ||
| 243 | Crone, Caroline | 5 days | F | B | Texas | Jan | lock jaw | ||
| 248 | Nipsco, Sarah & child | 16 | F | B | M | Texas | Dec | child birth | |
| 279 | Hirschfield, Benjamin | 11/12 | M | W | Texas | April | inflammation of brain | ||
| 301 | Schulze, Agusta | 11/12 | F | W | Texas | Jan | dysentery | ||
| 383 | Risher, Nanny C. | 37 | F | W | M | Texas | Jan | child birth | |
| 410 | Sakeman, Heinrick | 1 | M | W | Texas | April | cholera infantum | ||
| 439 | Lightfoot, child of | M | B | Texas | July | still born | |||
| 501 | Freeman, Mathew | 1 | M | B | Texas | Nov | fracture of skull | ||
| 508 | Millican, Lucy | 9 days | F | B | Texas | Nov | epilepsy | ||
| 527 | Anderson, Jenny | 3 | F | B | Texas | Jan | consumption | ||
| 545 | Clemont, Tennessee | 7 | F | B | Texas | May | whooping cough | ||
| 556 | Hampton, Dr. Wade | 28 | M | W | M | Tenn | Nov | physician | accidental shooting |
| 603 | Brown, Willis | 1/12 | M | B | Texas | Dec | croup | ||
| 643 | Hall, Anthony | 7/12 | M | B | Texas | March | whooping cough | ||
| 417 | Wilson, John Henry | 7/12 | M | W | Texas | May | cholera infantum | ||
| 654 | Allen, Elizabeth | 1/12 | F | W | Texas | April | acute dysentery | ||
| 748 | Juergensen, Julius | 20 | M | W | Texas | April | killed by shooting | ||
| Hill | 20 | M | W | Texas | Jun-69 | consumption | |||
| Newsham, Joseph | 50 | M | W | England | June | softening of brain | |||
| Payne, E. M. | 30 | F | W | M | Tenn | June | unknown | ||
| Haynes, Meredith | 2 | M | B | Texas | June | unknown | |||
| Brown, Howard | 2 | M | B | Texas | June | measles | |||
| Wheeler, Edward | 1 | M | B | Texas | June | measles | |||
| Pauper, (child nameless) | M | B | Texas | June | still born | ||||
| Pauper | 35 | M | B | Delaware | June | unknown | |||
| (negro child) | M | B | Texas | Jul-69 | still born | ||||
| Lindsey, E. | 20 | F | W | Texas | July | shot by outlaw | |||
| Crosby, George | 17 | M | B | Texas | July | unknown | |||
| M'Cowen, Frances | 65 | F | W | Miss | July | congestion of stomach | |||
| Hoffins | 38 | F | W | Sweden | July | cancer of breast | |||
| Barr, Robert | 3 days | M | W | Texas | unknown | ||||
| unknown | 6 days | M | B | Texas | July | unknown | |||
| Reburn, H. A. | 48 | M | W | N. Car | July | killed by unknown parties | |||
| Wilkins | 4 | M | W | Texas | July | acute diarrhea | |||
| Reynolds, Euphania | 8/12 | F | W | Texas | July | acute diarrhea | |||
| negro child | M | B | Texas | July | still born | ||||
| Weathers, David F. | M | W | Texas | July | apoplexy | ||||
| (City Sexton's report for the month of August is missing) | |||||||||
| Doss, Geo. B. | 2 | M | W | Texas | Sep-69 | inflammation of bowels | |||
| Hutchins | 16 | F | B | Texas | Sept | unknown | |||
| Herman, Friedrich | 50 | M | W | Germany | Sept | disease of heart | |||
| Carrington, Mary | 5 days | F | B | Texas | Sept | unknown | |||
| Missouria | 28 | F | W | Texas | Sept | chilious fever | |||
| Johnson | 35 | M | W | Sweden | Sept | chilious fever | |||
| Johnson, child of former | M | W | Texas | Sept | still born | ||||
| Baron, Alvernor | 9/12 | M | Mex | Texas | Sept | teething | |||
| Anderson, Milas | 25 | M | W | stranger | Sept | unknown | |||
| Henry, J. (infant) | F | W | Texas | Sept | unknown | ||||
| Fisher, infant | 5/12 | F | W | Texas | Sept | unknown | |||
| Smith, Sylvester | 45 | M | W | Texas | Sept | consumption | |||
| Frazier, Lucy C. | 12 | F | W | Texas | Oct 69 | inflammation of bowels | |||
| Henry | 5 days | M | B | Texas | Oct | unknown | |||
| Brown, Tarlton | abt. 100 | M | W | unknown | Oct | general debility | |||
| Tabor, J. J. | 4 | F | W | Texas | Oct | inflammation of brain | |||
| Steward, Lenora | 3 | F | B | Texas | Oct | burned to death | |||
| Fulk, Prince | F | B | Texas | Oct | still born | ||||
| unknown | 30 | F | Mex | Mexico | Oct | inflammation of brain | |||
| Williams, Josephine | 4/12 | F | B | Texas | Oct | whooping cough | |||
| Forbes, J. A. | 30 | F | W | unknown | Oct | congestions | |||
| unknown | 3 days | M | Mex | Texas | Oct | unknown | |||
| Partins | 22 days | F | W | Texas | Oct | whooping cough | |||
| Rogers, Sophia J. | 30 | F | W | Texas | Oct | consumption ? | |||
| Cassiday | 43 | M | W | discharged soldier | killed by policeman | ||||
| Monroe, M. M. | 38 | F | W | Tenn | Oct | measles | |||
| Hamblin, | F | B | Texas | Oct | still born | ||||
| Brown | 1 day | F | B | Texas | Oct | measles | |||
| unknown | abt. 40 | F | B | Texas | Oct | consumption | |||
| unknown | 6 | F | W | Texas | Nov-69 | inflammation of lungs | |||
| Brett, Edwd. J. | 2 | M | W | Texas | Nov | bronchitis | |||
| Anderson, Esther | 5 | F | B | Texas | Nov | diarrhea | |||
| Horan, John | 70 | M | W | M | Ireland | Nov | consumption | ||
| Shelley | 50 | F | W | W | Alabama | Nov | consumption | ||
| Blackman, Susan | 20 | F | B | Texas | Nov | consumption | |||
| Baker, Andrew | 31 | M | W | Maine | Nov | consumption | |||
| Peltram, Megas | 19 | F | W | Mexico | Nov | child bed fever | |||
| unknown | 7 days | F | B | Texas | Nov | unknown | |||
| Sington, T. | 37 | M | W | unknown | Nov | consumption | |||
| unknown | M | B | Texas | Nov | still born | ||||
| unknown | M | B | Texas | Nov | still born | ||||
| unknown | 22 | F | B | unknown | Nov | unknown | |||
| Correll, Catherine | 26 | F | W | unknown | Nov | consumption | |||
| (Sexton's reports for the month of December are missing) | |||||||||
| Soleman, infant | M | B | Texas | Jan-70 | still born | ||||
| Risher, George | 45 | M | B | unknown | Jan | consumption | |||
| Owens, A. | 55 | M | B | unknown | Jan | consumption | |||
| Tredford, D. | 64 | M | W | unknown | Jan | pneumonia | |||
| Riggs, Thomas | 1/12 | M | W | Texas | Jan | measles | |||
| Brown, Gillis | 2/12 | F | W | Texas | Jan | cold | |||
| Roberson, Bella | 90 | F | B | unknown | Jan | debility | |||
| Pittman, W. F. | 47 | M | W | Penn | Jan | suicide by shooting | |||
| Brown, N. P. | 26 | F | W | unknown | Jan | cancered womb | |||
| Thomas, J. H. | 35 | M | W | unknown | Jan | killed | |||
| Rumsey, infant child of | M | W | Texas | Jan | unknown | ||||
| Bostick, C. H. | 26 | M | W | unknown | Feb-70 | killed by upsetting of buggy | |||
| Baker | 10/12 | M | W | Texas | Feb | measles | |||
| Hardeman, Wm. | 10/12 | M | B | Texas | Feb | measles | |||
| Hartson | 1/12 | F | W | Texas | Feb | measles | |||
| Lowell, Elizabeth | 48 | F | W | unknown | Feb | unknown | |||
| Christerson, Mathilde | 17 | F | W | Sweden | Feb | unknown | |||
| Chaffe, Kate | 25 | F | W | M | Texas | Feb | consumption | ||
| Tumey, Thos. H. | 50 | M | W | Texas | Feb | consumption | |||
| Ricks, E. | 35 | F | W | Texas | Feb | consumption | |||
| Williams, Isaac | 2/12 | M | B | Texas | Feb | measles | |||
| Ake, Louisa | 1 | F | B | Texas | Feb | measles | |||
| Ake, Thomas | 45 | M | B | Texas | Feb | measles | |||
| Chaffe | 25 days | M | W | Texas | Feb | measles | |||
| negro child | M | B | Texas | Feb | still born | ||||
| Calhoun, Philip | 70 | M | B | unknown | Mar-70 | consumption | |||
| Morris, Mary | 18 | F | W | M | Texas | Mar | measles | ||
| Margaret | 40 | F | B | unknown | Mar | measles | |||
| Scoggins | 5 days | M | B | Texas | Mar | measles | |||
| Neel, Henry | 55 | M | B | Arkansas | Mar | measles | |||
| M'Commack, Ann | 15 | F | B | Arkansas | Mar | measles | |||
| Grant, Felix | 40 | M | B | Texas | Mar | measles | |||
| Wallace, Frank | 36 | M | B | Texas | Mar | measles | |||
| Beedle | 48 | F | W | unknown | Mar | cancer of womb | |||
| Cusine, E. D. | 78 | F | W | unknown | Mar | unknown | |||
| Settegast, Mary & child | 34 | F | W | M | Prussia | Mar | fatal delivery | ||
| Hickey, John | 1 | M | B | Texas | Mar | measles | |||
| Wilson | 11 days | F | B | Texas | Mar | measles | |||
| Roberson, Jack | 1 | M | B | Texas | Mar | measles | |||
| Wheets | 1 | M | B | Texas | Mar | measles | |||
| Bestler | 1 | M | W | D. Col | Apr-70 | unknown | |||
| Swisher, M. W. | 52 | F | W | M | Virginia | April | disease of heart | ||
| Mathilde | 25 | F | B | unknown | April | child bed | |||
| Shelly | 1 | M | W | Texas | April | inflammation of bowels | |||
| Anderson, Thomas | 23 | M | B | unknown | April | unknown | |||
| Williams, Margaret | 22 | F | B | unknown | April | inflammation of brain | |||
| Rolend infant | W | Texas | April | unknown | |||||
| M'Creely, James W. | 33 | M | W | Tenn | April | killed | |||
| James, Eugene | M | W | unknown | May-70 | shot by accident | ||||
| Passen, John R. | 27 | M | W | Alabama | May | consumption | |||
| Sommerrow, Michael | 75 | M | W | unknown | May | paralysis | |||
| infant | M | B | Texas | May | still born | ||||
| Stone, M. B. | 26 | F | W | M | Texas | May | consumption | ||
| Pridgen | 8/12 | F | W | Texas | May | measles | |||
| Pierce, Martha | 1 | F | B | Texas | May | measles | |||
| Bell | 10 days | M | W | Texas | May | measles | |||
| Warran, Ellen | 1 | F | W | Texas | May | measles | |||
| unknown | 1 | M | B | Texas | May | burnt to death | |||
| Haass, Max son of | 10 days | M | W | Texas | May | debility | |||
| White, James | 38 | M | B | unknown | May | measles | |||
| Pace, Mathwa | 1 | M | B | Texas | May | measles | |||
| Kees, David | 2 | M | B | Texas | May | measles | |||
| Zimpleman infant | M | W | Texas | May | unknown | ||||
| Otis | M | B | Texas | May | still born | ||||
| Clemont, Tennessee | 2 | F | B | Texas | May | measles | |||
| M/Comack, Sophia | 1 | F | B | Texas | May | measles | |||
| Williams, Henry | 2 | M | B | Texas | May | measles | |||
| unknown | 11 | M | B | unknown | May | unknown | |||
| Lampson | 55 | M | W | unknown | May | measles | |||
| Russell, Wm. (supposed) | M | W | unknown | May | Officer USA | killed by Indians | |||
| Callahan, Jas. (supposed) | M | W | unknown | May | Officer | killed by unknown | |||
| Jones, George | 2/12 | M | B | Texas | May | measles | |||
| Parker, Joseph | 2/12 | M | W | Texas | May | red flux | |||
| Fletcher, Mary | 6/12 | F | W | Texas | May | red flux | |||
| 793 | DeNormandie, Catherina | 41 | F | W | M | New York | April | cancer of breast |