Updated 11/22/2023

Raisin 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; Raisin 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
HOLDRIDGE, Spencer	1	M	*	Michigan	July, 1849	*	dropsy on brain	3
LENEDER, Eliza D.	5/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	dysentery	4
EATON, James	79	M	M	N. Hampshire	Jan., 1850	none	old age	*
HAMILTON, Sarah	1/12	Fe	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	fits	2
McGREGOR, Ellen	35	Fe	M	NY	Jan., 1850	*	consumption	4 mths.
McNAIR, Albert	7	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	dysentary	7
KELLEY, Content	78	Fe	W	Mass	Feb., 1850	*	influenza	3
SOUTHWORTH, Hannah	64	Fe	M	Vermont	Sept., 1849	*	chronic	*
GIBBONS, Margarett	41	Fe	M	N. Jersey	Aug., 1849	*	congestive fever	5
HAVILAND, Sarah	9	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1849	*	inflamation	7
BOWERMAN, Margaret	12	Fe	*	Michigan	July, 1849	*	congestive fever	3 mths.
COFFIN, Jane	22	Fe	M	Unknown	May, 1850	*	poison	4
WINTER, Ellen	2/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1850	*	consumption	from birth
AVERY, Alma I.	2	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1850	*	inflamation	6
HAVILAND, John W.	29	M	M	NY	Dec., 1849	farmer	congestive fever	10
HAVILAND, Emeline	3	Fe	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	dysentary	7
MURDOCK, Samuel	41	M	M	Ireland	Oct., 1849	farmer	consumption	10
WHITING, Savilla	16	Fe	*	NY	Nov., 1849	*	heart disease	15
CHATFIELD, Josiah	73	M	W	Conn	Aug., 1849	farmer	old age	*
HAVILAND, Ira C.	2	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1849	*	inflamation	7
HAVILAND, Manerva	38	Fe	M	NY	Oct., 1849	*	dysentary	7
CLARK, Samuel	5/12	M	*	Ohio	Feb., 1850	*	congestive fever	14
BOWERMAN, Alice	39	Fe	M	NY	Jan., 1850	*	dropsy	90
WESTGATE, Ellen I.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	dysentary	6
RICHARD, Jane	66	Fe	M	Ireland	Sept., 1849	*	dysentary	4
HAVENS, John E.	17	M	*	NY	Aug., 1849	farmer	dysentary	5

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Raisin 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
WEST, Emma	7	Fe	*	Michigan	Jan., 1860	*	killed by discharge of gun	*
CLEVELAND, Lenniah	12	Fe	*	Michigan	March, 1860	*	scarlet fever	4
SISON, Frances	29	Fe	M	NY	Aug., 1859	*	cholera morbus	1

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Raisin 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
SILTON, Albert	39	M	M	Michigan	June, 1869	farmer	typhoid pneumonia
COLVIN, May L.	Fe	7	*	Michigan	Nov., 1869	*	congestion of heart
MATTIS, Margaret	21	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1870	domestic servant	typhoid fever
SATTERTHWAITE, Edward	14	M	*	Michigan	May, 1870	attending school	congestion lungs
JONES, Elizabeth	61	M	M	Mass	May, 1870	gardner	inflammation kidney
SHAW, Lewis	21	M	*	Ohio	Oct., 1869	farmer	typhoid fever
SMITH, Henry R.	56	M	M	New York	Aug., 1869	carpenter	strangulated hernia
STILL, Elizabeth	70	Fe	W	New York	July, 1869	keeping house	hernia of uterus
CARLTON, Ida Belle	2	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	congestion of lungs
LOSSING, Nicholas	75	M	M	New York	May, 1869	farmer	inflammation lungs
WESTGATE, Selvinus	72	M	M	New York	Sept., 1869	retired farmer	cholera
GRAHAM, Margaret Eloner	21	Fe	*	Michigan	Dec., 1869	at home	congestion of brain

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Raisin 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
SCOUT, Anthony	72	M	S	Penn	Penn	Penn	farmer	Sept., 1879	accidental fall	13 yrs.
LEE, Joseph	85	M	W	England	England	England	farmer	July, 1879	old age	40 yrs.
WAKEFIELD, Minnie	13	Fe	S	Mass	Mass	Ireland	*	Feb., 1880	consumption	4 yrs
McLAIN, Fulton	51	M	M	New York	Ireland	Ireland	farmer	May, 1880	heart disease	25 yrs.
SHEWARD, Ellen	53	Fe	M	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	farmer's wife	April, 1880	supposed cancer	43 yrs.
COLVIN, William	81	M	W	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	farmer	Oct., 1879	cholera morbus	45 yrs.
HAVILAND, Sarah E.	24	Fe	S	Michigan	New York	New York	at home	Nov., 1879	blood poisoned	24 yrs.
THORNE???, Stillborn Infant	*	Fe	*	Ohio	Ohio	Ohio	*	Sept., 1879	s. born	*
BEAMISH, Richard	49	M	M	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	farmer	Jan., 1880	consumption	14 yrs,
WEBB, Aurelia L.	56	Fe	M	New York	New York	New York	farmer's wife	Dec., 1879	disease of liver	24 yrs.
STANDART, John L.	58	M	M	New York	New York	New York	farmer	March, 1880	heart disease	22 yrs.
JACKSON, Charles H.	7/12	M (listed as "black")	*	Michigan	Virginia	Virginia	*	Aug., 1879	brain fever	*
PAYNE, James	76	M	M	Mass	Mass	Mass	farmer	May, 1880	consumption	26 yrs.
HAVILAND, Samuel	80	M	W	New York	New York	New York	farmer	July, 1879	malaria fever	47 yrs.
HAVILAND, Phoebe	77	Fe	M	New York	New York	New York	farmer's wife	July, 1879	spasms	47 yrs.
ROGERS, Lydia	85	Fe	W	Mass	Mass	Mass	farmer's wife	Feb., 1880	catarah & general debility	48 yrs.
CARLTON, Stillman H.	8	M	*	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	Jan., 1880	diptheria	*
CARLTON, Adelbert R.	2	M	*	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	*	diptheria	*
HAVILAND, Infant	3 days	M	*	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	June, 1879	s. born	*
WESTGATE, Mary L.	33	Fe	M	Penn	Penn	New Jersey	farmer's wife	Nov., 1879	miscarriage	20 yrs.
ASH, Cora	8	Fe	*	Michigan	Michigan	New York	*	Jan., 1880	diptheria	*
PEASE, Olliver C.	76	M	W	Mass	Mass	Mass	cooper	Nov., 1879	heart disease	44 yrs.
PIERCE, Nettie	11	Fe	*	Ohio	Canada	Ohio	*		spinal fever	*
LAWSON, Henry G. or S.	73	M	M	New York	New York	New York	carpenter	Feb., 1880	hernia	30 yrs.
BOWERMAN, Samuel	66	M	M	New York	New York	New York	farmer	March, 1880	typhoid pneumonia	47 yrs.
BOWERMAN, Elmina	66	Fe	W	New York	New York	New York	farmer's wife	March, 1880	typhoid pneumonia	47 yrs.
ALDRICH, Harvy or Harry	Infant	M	*	Michigan	New York	Michigan	*	May, 1880	still born	*
SIMPSON, Eleanor	63	Fe	W	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	keeping house	Aug., 1879	tumor in side	30 yrs.
POWER, Irving	33	M	M	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	farmer	Dec., 1879	killed by falling building	10 yrs.
CHASE, Wing	84	M	W	New York	Rhode Island	New York	farmer	Sept., 1879	congestion of bowels	30 yrs.

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.
Macon Twp.	Madison Twp.	Medina Twp.	Ogden Twp.
Palmyra Twp.	Ridgeway Twp.	Riga Twp.	Rollin Twp.
Rome Twp.	Seneca Twp.	Tecumseh Twp.	Woodstock Twp.

Raisin Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1850; Raisin 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; Raisin 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; Raisin 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; Raisin 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.