Updated 11/15/2023

Macon Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 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.

Definitions of archaic medical terms commonly found in mortality schedules

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1850; Macon Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1850,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

Name	Age	Sex	M/W	Place of Birth	Month of death	Occupation	Cause of Death	# days ill
JACKSON, Walter	17	M	*	NY	June, 1849	farmer	spotted fever	21
McCOMBS, Susannah	82	Fe	W	NY	April, 1850	*	old age	14
HILLER, Franklin	17	M	*	Michigan	Feb., 1850	*	typhoid fever	6
BENNINGTON, Alfred P.	1	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	dropsy	?
WOOLVERTON, Margaret	21	Fe	M	NY	Dec., 1849	*	inflamation	1
LEWIS, Bruner or Brewer	1	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	drowned	sudden
LEWIS, Bunker or Berman	6/12	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1849	*	fits	11
VanDEVENTER, Dianna	69	F	W	NY	July, 1849	seamstress	dropsy	30
DUSTIN, George W.	2/12	M	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	fits	1

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Macon Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1860,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

Name	Age	Sex	M/W	Place of Birth	Month of death	Occupation	Cause of Death	# days ill
BURNELL, John	84	M	M	England	Jan., 1850	farmer	old age	6
ROGERS, Samuel	74	M	M	NY	April, 1850	farmer	accidental	sudden
BIDWELL, Zabra	24	Fe	M	NY	July, 1849	*	dropsy	1 yr
WIGGINS, Edwin	2	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1849	*	croop	3
HOAGLAND, William	84	M	W	NJ	March, 1850	*	consumption	28

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Macon Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1870,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

Name	Age	Sex	M/W	Place of Birth	Month of Death	Occupation	Cause of Death
RAYMOND, Hiram???.	50	M	W	NY	March, 1870	blksmith	diabetes mellitus
PILBEAM, Alva	5	Fe	*	Michigan	Aug., 1869	*	intermittent fever
BRILTON, Wm.	72	M	M	NJ	March, 1869	farmer	canser on hand & ear
RODGERS, Dawson	38	M	M	NY	Jan., 1870	farmer	killed by log rolling on him
OSGOOD, Wm.	1/12	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	premature birth
CREEDMAN, Herco****	58	M	W	Scotland	Feb., 1870	boot & shoemaker	heart disease
CHAMBERS, Garves B.	66	M	M	NY	May, 1870	farmer	consumption (lungs)

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Macon 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
PENNINGTON, Mary A.	58	Fe	M	NY	NJ	NJ	housekeeper	May, 1880	heart disease	49
HARRIOTT, Elizabeth	62	Fe	M	Penn	Penn	Penn	housekeeper	March, 1880	consumption	54
MERRIT, Charles	19	M	S	Mich	NY	NJ	farmer	Nov., 1879	serious injury	19
DAVENPORT, Jemima	56	Fe	W		NY	NY	housekeeper	Dec., 1879	fell on ice & crushed temple; fractured skull	2
WILKINS, Maria	64	Fe	W	Canada	Canada	Canada	housekeeper	Dec., 1879	illegible	?
REMINGTON, Alicia F.	16	Fe	S	Mich	Mass	NY	at school	March, 1880	diptheria	16
REMNINGTON, James L.	13	M	S	Mich	Mass	NY	at school	March, 1880	diptheria	13
MEADE, Mary E.	3	Fe	S	Mich	NY	Mich	*	Jan., 1880	diptheria	3
ROGERS, Sabery	18	Fe	S	Mich	NY	NY	at school	March, 1880	diptheria	18
ROGERS, Lamott	16	M	S	Mich	NY	NY	farmer	March, 1880	diptheria	16
ROGERS, Percy L.	12	M	S	Mich	NY	NY	at school	March, 1880	diptheria	12
EMANS, Ella E.	11	Fe	S	Mich	NY	Mich	at school	March, 1880	diptheria	6
EMANS, Alanson	9	M	S	Mich	NY	Mich	at school	March, 1880	diptheria	6
TAYLOR, William	58	M	M	England	England	England	farmer	March, 1880	pneumonia	20
HOAGLAND, Vorhees	74	M	M	NJ	NJ	NJ	farmer	Dec., 1879	pneumonia	38
AVERY, Not-named	4/10	M	S	Mich	NY	NY	*	Feb., 1880	whooping cough	4/10

Additional Lenawee County Mortality Schedules
1850 Adrian Twp.	1860 Adrian Twp.	1870 Adrian Twp.	1880 Adrian Twp.
Blissfield Twp.	Cambridge Twp.	Clinton Twp.	Deerfield Twp.
Dover Twp.	Fairfield Twp.	Franklin Twp.	Hudson 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.

Macon Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1850; Macon Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1850, Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Macon Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1860, Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Macon Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1870, Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

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

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

Additional Lenawee County Mortality Schedules

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1850,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1860,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1870,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

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