Updated 10/31/2023

Clinton Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

List of Archaic Medical terms Used Below

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 Schedules, 1850 & 1860; Clinton Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The 1850 and 1860 Mortality Schedules for Clinton Twp. are not available.

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Clinton 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.

NameAgeSexM/WPlace of BirthMonth of DeathOccupationCause of Death
BROOKS, Infant5 hrM*MichiganFeb., 1870*unknown
DAYTON, Charlotte A.66FeMNew YorkMay, 1870k. housesoftening of brain
STURMS, Fredrick73MWBavaria GYJan., 1870ret. harness makerhemmorage of lungs
St. JOHN, Infant1Fe*MichiganAug., 1869*cholera infantum
WETMORE, Hattie T.1/12Fe*MichiganJuly 1869*spina bifida
THOMPSON, Eliza69FeWNew JerseyMarch, 1870keeping houseconsumption of lungs
St. CLAIR, Archibald5M*CanadaSept., 1869*scarletina
WAGGET, Emely F.6Fe*MichiganOct., 1869*heart disease
HELLMAN, Infant1/12Fe*MichiganOct., 1869*unknown
KEYES, Olivia80FeWConnApril, 1870k. house(old age) � nothing else known
MILLSPAUGH, Ida E.7Fe*MichiganJan., 1870*conj. of brain
LANCASTER, Willie4/12M*MichiganFeb., 1870*consumption of bowels
LANCASTER, Kittie4/12Fe*MichiganApril, 1870*consumption of bowels
BROOKS, Davison13M*MichiganJuly, 1869*infl. rheumatism
CLARK, Thadeus91M*VermontApril, 1870ret. farmerold age/no disease
CLARK, Catherine76Fe*VermontApril, 1870ret. k. housetyphoid pneumonia
WADSWORTH, Susan3Fe*PennOct., 1869*diptheria
HOWE, Mary15Fe*New YorkNov., 1869at schooltyphoid pneumonia
CASH, Mary4Fe*MichiganNov., 1869*scarlet fever
WASHBURN, Edward M.4M*MichiganAug., 1869*conj. of brain

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

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

Name AgeSexM/W/SPlace of BirthPlace of birth/fatherPlace of birth/motherOccupation Month of DeathCause of DeathResident of County
WOODWARD, Mary80FeWNew Yorkunknownunknownhouse keeperJan 17th, 1880valvular **** of the heart*
WESTFALL, Maria70FeS*****bronchitis; pneumonia*
CATH***, Lulua15Fe*MichiganMichiganMichigan*Nov. 5th, 1879peritonitis*
MUIR, Grace6/12Fe*MichiganMichiganMichigan*June 17, 1879cholera infantum*
BURTON, Margaret44FeM***keeping house*?*
HANSE, Lizzie1Fe*MichiganNew YorkMichigan**dysentery*
GIBSON, Lyman10/12M*MichiganPennPenn**eclampsia*
ATEN, Elizabeth83FeMPennNJNJ**old age*
McNAIR, Amanda44FeWMichiganPennPenn**paralysis*
DEMUTH, Fred14M*MichiganPennNY**typhoid pneumonia*
MARKS, Samuel50MMIrelandIrelandIreland**insanity*

Additional Lenawee County Mortality Schedules
1850 Adrian Twp. 1860 Adrian Twp. 1870 Adrian Twp. 1880 Adrian Twp.
Blissfield Twp. Cambridge 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.