Updated 10/26/2023

Adrian Township, Lenawee Co, 1880 Mortality Schedules

Disclaimer: 1850-1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules can be found on Ancestry.com (with a census subscription). Those found on this website were transcribed by Mary Teeter from online mortality schedule images and are always subject to corrections and additions. If you are looking for a certain surname and don't find it, please check the actual images as the handwriting is often difficult to interpret. In addition, please keep in mind that these are not the only deaths occurring between Federal Censuses, but only in the years listed.

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US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Adrian Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Beginning June 1, 1879,
and Ending May 31, 1880.
Name	Age	Sex	M/W/S	Place of Birth	Place of birth/father	Place of birth/mother	Occupation	Month of Death	Cause of Death	Resident of County
SWARTHOUT, Mary	66	Fe	W	Conn	Conn	Conn	keeping house	Aug., 1879	paralysis	30
ARMSTRONG, Mary E.	1	Fe	S	Michigan	Michigan	NY	*	Aug, 1879	acute meningitis	1
CHAMBERS, Ann Eliza	59	Fe	M	NY	NY	NY	keeping house	Feb., 1880	congestion of the lungs	39
BRAZEE, John	79	W	W	NY	France	NY	farming	Feb., 1880	old age	44
ARMSTRONG, Eliza	63	Fe	M	NY	NY	NY		Jan., 1880	cancer of womb	40
HOAG, Ella	23		M	Illinois	NY	NY	keeping house	May, 1880	congestion of the lungs	1
VEDDER, John	72	M	M	NY	NY	NY	farming	March, 1880	congestive chills	36
VEDDER, Joannah	34	Fe	S	Michigan	NY	NY	house keeping	Oct., 1879	fall off grand stand at fair	34
TREAT, Butler	62	M	M	NY	Conn	Conn	farming	Nov., 1879	typhoid fever	45
BAKER, Norton	77	M	M	NY	Vermont	NY	farming	March, 1880	typhoid pneumonia	48
POWELL, Robert	16	M	S	Michigan	England	Canada	laborer	June, 1879	drowned	16
DIEFFENBACHER, Elva	21	Fe	S	NY	NY	NY	without occupation	May, 1880	consumption	15
KEATING, Morris	79	M	W	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	farming	Sept., 1879	congestive chill	1

1st Ward, Adrian
	Name	Age	Sex	M/W/S	Place of Birth	Place of birth/father	Place of birth/mother	Occupation	Month of Death	Cause of Death	Resident of County
1st Ward	BERRY, Bathsheba	89	Fe	W	NY	RI	RI	unoccupied	Sept., 1879	old age	42
1st Ward	PATTERSON, John	63	M	M	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	farmer	Sept., 1879	back broken from grand stand fall; paralysis present	38
1st Ward	KANE, George	16	M	S	Michigan	Ireland	Ireland	work in paper mill	March, 1880	killed in machinery	16
1st Ward	O'HEARN, Edward	30	M	M	NY	Ireland	Ireland	painter	Jan., 1880	by poison	25
1st Ward	MURPHY, James	67	M	M	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	laborer	Feb., 1880	inflammation of lungs	26
1st Ward	HUMES, Roderick R.	63	M	M	NY	Mass	NY	farmer	Oct., 1879	injuries from fall off grand stand	26
1st Ward	PARMER, Harriet	37	Fe	M	NY	England	England	housekeeping	Feb., 1880	consumption	1/12
1st Ward	UNDERWOOD, (Infant)	stillbirth	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Texas	*	May, 1880	unknown	*
1st Ward	WAGESTER, Mary	28	Fe	M	Michigan	Bavaria	Bavaria	housekeeping	Jan., 1880	childbirth fever	28
1st Ward	MULZER, William	10	M	S	Michigan	Germany	Bavaria?	*	Oct., 1879	killed by fall off grandstand	16
1st Ward	DIEGAN, Patrick	59	M	M	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	laborer	Oct., 1879	meningitis	*
1st Ward	FULLER, Catherine	77	Fe	W	NY	NY	NY	unoccupied	Aug., 1879	old age	10
1st Ward	YOUNG, G. B. or O. B.	23	M	M	Michigan	Penn	Virginia	switchman R. R.	March, 1880	run over by cars (probably railroad cars)	23
1st Ward	HYDE, Peter	12	M	S	Ohio	Ireland	Ireland	at school	Oct., 1879	killed by fall off grandstand	11
1st Ward	JACKSON, Eliza	65	Fe	M	NY	Conn	Conn	housekeeping	Jan., 1880	cancer on face	35
1st Ward	BETZ, Augustus	6/12	M	S	Michigan	Wurt.	Wurt.	*	Jan., 1880	convulsions	6/12
1st Ward	SCHWARTZ, Henry	46	M	M	Germany	Germany	Germany	saloon keeper	Dec., 1879	paralysis disease	5
1st Ward	McLOUGHLIN, Lizzie	23	Fe	S	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	work in hotel	April, 1880	inflamation of lungs	8
1st Ward	SHOTTENHOFFER, M.	57	Fe	W	Bavaria	Bavaria	Bavaria	unoccupied	Feb., 1880	paralysis & congestion brain	31
1st Ward	SEIDEL, Lena	6/12	Fe	S	Michigan	Germany	Germany	*	Aug., 1879	chol. infantum (cholera infantum)	6/12
1st Ward	REDMOND, James	53	M	M	Canada	Ireland	NY	blacksmith	Dec., 1879	hemorrhage of stomach	24
1st Ward	HEILA, John	56	M	M	Wurt.	Wurt.	Wurt.	cooper	April, 1880	consumption	14
1st Ward	CRANE, Debora	59	Fe	M	NY	NY	NY	housekeeping	April, 1880	pneumonia	36
1st Ward	RYAN, Rose	9	Fe	S	Michigan	Ireland	NY	*	Nov., 1879	inflammation of bowels	9
1st Ward	WILCOX, Gertrude	35	Fe	S	Michigan	Mass	NY	housekeeping	April, 1880	suicide by hanging	35
1st Ward	CROMACK, Lucy	56	Fe	M	*	*	*	*	July, 1879	cholera morbus	?
Note at the bottom of the page: Three of the above persons died from injuries received by the fall of the Grand Stand, at the annual fair of the county. The stand was not overloaded. Carelessness in its construction was the cause of the fall. signed by Chas. S. Park, enumerator

2nd Ward, Adrian
	Name	Age	Sex	M/W/S	Place of Birth	Place of birth/father	Place of birth/mother	Occupation	Month of Death	Cause of Death	Resident of County
2nd Ward	SMART, Roy	7/12	M	S	Michigan	NH	NH	*	May, 1880	capillary bronchitis	7/12
2nd Ward	MANKE, Chas. Jr.	1/30	Fe (sic)	S	Michigan	Prussia	Prussia	*	Nov., 1879	still birth	1/30
2nd Ward	EMERY, Fred'k.	21	M	S	Michigan	VT	NY	hackman	Jan., 1880	consumption	21
2nd Ward	STUART, Wm. H.	50	M	S	NY	NY	NY	farmer	Nov., 1879	consumption	45
2nd Ward	AIKEN, Elizabeth	85	Fe	S	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	servant	May, 1880	consumption	45
2nd Ward	FREYTAG, Henry	7/12	M	S	Michigan	Hanover	Wurtemburg	*	Aug., 1879	inflammation of bowels	7/12
2nd Ward	MASON, Olive P.	71	Fe	W	NY	NY	NY	keeping house	Jan., 1880	valv. dis. of heart	44
2nd Ward	SHAW, Willis B.	1	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	Aug., 1879	cholera infantum	1
2nd Ward	HALSEY, Milton N.	69	M	M	NY	NY	NY	lawyer	April, 1880	softening of brain	45
2nd Ward	COOK, Lewis H.	54	M	M	NY	NY	NJ	farmer	July, 1879	cholera morbus	48
2nd Ward	THOMPSON, Wm.	1/30	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	Sept., 1879	still birth	1/30
2nd Ward	INGERSOLL, Mary R.	63	Fe	W	NJ	NJ	NJ	keeping house	Dec., 1879	dis. of heart	43
2nd Ward	INGERSOLL, Chas.	69	M	M	Conn	Conn	Conn	drayman	March, 1880	dis. of heart	43
2nd Ward	WAHL, Wm.	1/30	M	S	Michigan	Mecklinburg	Prussia	*	Sept., 1879	mother had ____??	1/30
2nd Ward	VANDERPOOL, Henry H.	65	M	M	NY	NY	NY	retired farmer	Feb., 1880	?	30
2nd Ward	HAUCK, Kate	33	M (sic)	M	Michigan	Bavaria	Bavaria	keeping house	Jan., 1880	?	15
2nd Ward	WILLETT, Nelson	1	M	S	Michigan	Penn	Michigan	*	Jan., 1880	cholera infantum	1
2nd Ward	HOWARD, John	96	M (listed as "black")	M	SC	SC	SC	blacksmith	July, 1879	fall from load of hay?	33
2nd Ward	BOGERT, Fred'k.	5/30	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	June, 1879?	?	?
2nd Ward	STANTON, Minnie	15/30	Fe	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	March, 1880	spasm	15/30
2nd Ward	DOX, Napoleon	32	M	M	NY	NY	England	coppersmith	Oct., 1879	typhoid fever	2
2nd Ward	BUECHNER, Wm. F.	2/12	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	Feb., 1880	inf. of lungs	2/12
2ns Ward	GREEN, Maud	2/12	M (sic)	S	Michigan	Michigan	NY	*	Sept., 1879	c___ of stomach	2/12
2nd Ward	MEYER, Albert	1	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	July, 1879	erysipelas	1
2nd Ward	JOHNSON, Cynthia	72	Fe	W	NY	NY	NY	keeping house	April, 1880	falling off grand stand	35
2nd Ward	GRAY, Wm.	78	M	W	Penn	Ireland	Ireland	carpenter	Oct., 1879	valv. dis. of heart	15
2nd Ward	HART, Henry	61	M	M	NY	NY	NY	Secy. Fire Ins. Co.	Oct., 1879	falling off grand stand	42
2nd Ward	WILSON, Louise	3/12	Fe	S	Michigan	SC	Mazz	*	April, 1880	inf. of lungs	3/12
2nd Ward	CLARK, Lucia	33	Fe	M	Michigan	NY	NY	keep house	Nov., 1879	_____ fever	33
2nd Ward	CLARK, Elihu L.	68	M	M	NY	NJ	NJ	money loaner	April, 1880	chronic rheumatism	45
2nd Ward	HOOD, Augustus	71	M	M	Canada	*	*	marble cutter	Jan., 1880	apoplexy	11
2nd Ward	BURGER, Willie	2	M	S	Michigan	Ohio	Michigan	*	July, 1879	diptheria	2
2nd Ward	BURGER, Itemia	5/12	Fe	S	Michigan	Ohio	Michigan	*	Aug., 1879	diarrhea (acute)	5/12
2nd Ward	BROWN, Maggie	12	Fe (listed as "black")	S	Michigan	SC	Michigan	*	April, 1880	consumption	12
2nd Ward	WILLIAMS, Clarence	5/30	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	NY	*	Feb., 1880	eppoplexey	?
2nd Ward	RICHARDSON, Roswell T.	62	M	W	Vermont	Conn	Conn	cabinet maker	June, 1879	dropsy of heart	7?
2nd Ward	CRUM, Eliza	67		M	NY	Conn	Conn	keeping house	Oct., 1879	dropsy of heart	3
2nd Ward	MERRIK, Fred'k.	56	M	M	Bavaria	Bavaria	Bavaria	laborer	Oct., 1879	falling of grand stand	25
2nd Ward	RYND, Chas.	1/30	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Conn	*	April, 1880	still birth	1/30
2nd Ward	MOODY, Joanna	55	Fe	M	NH	NH	NH	keeping house	July, 1879	typhoid pneumonia	18
2nd Ward	McNAIR, Wm. P.	89	M	W	PA	PA	*	farmer	Oct., 1879	old age	40
2nd Ward	McNAIR, Addie	35	M (sic)	M	Indiana	*	*	keeping house	June, 1879	cong. chill	*
2nd Ward	LEEDS, Arthur	3	M	S	Michigan	*	*	*	Dec., 1879	hydrocephalus	*
2nd Ward	HARWOOD, Ellen	20	Fe	*	*	*	*	*	Feb., 1880	tubercular meningitis	*
Note at the bottom of the page: The Grand Stand located on the Fair Ground of Lenawee County Agricultural Soc't. in 3rd Ward, City of Adrian fell Oct. 2, 1879 with about 500 people. About 20 persons were killed some instantly and a great many wounded.

3rd Ward, Adrian
	Name	Age	Sex	M/W/S	Place of Birth	Place of birth/father	Place of birth/mother	Occupation	Month of Death	Cause of Death	Resident of County
3rd Ward	HUNT, C. William	66	M	M	NY	NY	NY	piano maker	April, 1880	consumption	40
3rd Ward	LOOMIS, A. William	44	M	M	NY	Mass	Mass	carpenter	Sept., 1879	delirium tremens	40
3rd Ward	GREGORY, Ira	82	M	M	NY	VT	VY	farmer	July, 1879	paralisis	3
3rd Ward	ELWOOD, B. Abijah	55	M	M	NY	NY	NY	waggon maker	May, 1880	congestion of lungs	23
3rd Ward	HENRICK, Catherine	52	Fe	M	Wurtemburg	Wurt.	Wurt.	keeping house	Nov., 1879	cancer	23
3rd Ward	WESTERMAN, W. George	15	M	S	Michigan	Penn	Penn	at school	May, 1880	drowned	15
3rd Ward	CLARK, G. Emely	58	Fe	M	NY	NH	NH	keeping house	May, 1880	inflammation lungs	39
3rd Ward	SMITH, Ada	39	Fe	M	Michigan	NY	NY	keeping house	May, 1880	inflammation lungs	39
3rd Ward	WRIGHT, B. Justin	65		M	not known (gypsy)	*	*	laborer	Oct., 1879	fall from grand stand	?
3rd Ward	HATHAWAY, D. Abigail	70	Fe	W	Mass	Mass	Mass	keeping house	March, 1880	paralisis	5/12
3rd Ward	WILCOX, R. Earnest	3/12	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	Jan., 1880	____ bronchitis	3/12
3rd Ward	COOK, Abigal	83	M (sic)	W	*	*	*	*	Sept., 1879	cong. chills	*

4th Ward, Adrian
	Name	Age	Sex	M/W/S	Place of Birth	Place of birth/father	Place of birth/mother	Occupation	Month of Death	Cause of Death	Resident of County
4th Ward	CORNELL, Elenor	76	Fe	M		England	NY	keeping house	Oct., 1879	paralysis	22
4th Ward	TEACHOUT, Welcome	64	M	M	NY	NY	NY	farmer	March, 1880	cancer; disease of kidney	20
4th Ward	BAXTER, Edwin	3 days	M	*	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	Oct., 1879	s(till) born	*
4th Ward	BAXTER, Fred	3 days	M	*	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	Oct., 1879	s(till) born	*
4th Ward	GRUDEN or BRUDEN, Emma	5	Fe	*	Michigan	England	Ohio	none	Dec., 1879	consumption	5
4th Ward	SNEDICOR, Mattie	10	Fe	*	Michigan	NY	NY	none	Nov., 1879	typhoid fever	10
4th Ward	PRICE, Moty	3 weeks	M	*	Michigan	England	Ohio	none	Feb., 1880	croup	*
4th Ward	MORTON, Eddy	73	M	M	NY	*	*	retired clerk	April, 1880	paralysis	36
4th Ward	BENNETT, Nancy J.	58	Fe	M	NY	NY	NY	keeping house	April, 1880	neuralgia & inf. heart	38
4th Ward	LYONS, Dennis R.	36	M	M	Michigan	NJ	NY	policeman	April, 1880	shot	36
4th Ward	FARNSWORTH, John	2/12	M	*	Michigan	Ohio	NY	none	April, 1880	convulsions	*
4th Ward	HALE, Hester A.	87	Fe	W	NY	NY	NY	at home	March, 1880	valvular disease of heart	8
4th Ward	WADE, Amy	85	Fe	W	Conn	Conn	Conn	At home	May, 1880	old age	22
4th Ward	PERRY, Isadore K.	5	Fe	*	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	none	April, 1880	scarlet fever	5
4th Ward	HENDERSON, Arabel	72	M	M	NY	*	*	none	Oct., 1879	killed by fall of grand stand	8
4th Ward	PALMER, A. B.	68	M	*	*	*	*	blacksmith	May, 1880	chronic bronchitis	*

Additional Lenawee County Mortality Schedules
1850 Adrian Twp.	1860 Adrian Twp.	1870 Adrian Twp.	Blissfield Twp.
Cambridge Twp.	Clinton Twp.	Deerfield Twp.	Dover Twp.
Fairfield Twp.	Franklin Twp.	Hudson Twp.	Macon Twp.
Madison Twp.	Medina Twp.	Ogden Twp.	Palmyra Twp.
Raisin Twp.	Ridgeway Twp.	Riga Twp.	Rollin Twp.
Rome Twp.	Seneca Twp.	Tecumseh Twp.	Woodstock Twp.

Adrian Township, Lenawee Co, 1880 Mortality Schedules

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Adrian Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Beginning June 1, 1879, and Ending May 31, 1880.

1st Ward, Adrian

2nd Ward, Adrian

3rd Ward, Adrian

4th Ward, Adrian

Additional Lenawee County Mortality Schedules

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Beginning June 1, 1879,
and Ending May 31, 1880.