Updated 11/4/2023

Dover 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; Dover 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
PENFIELD, Herman	1	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	croup	1
FORBES, Emma	8/12	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	fits	1
BADGLEY, Caroline R.	4	Fe	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	whooping cough	28
JACOKES, Mary A.	5/12	Fe	*	MIchigan	Aug., 1849	*	not known	8
THISOT, Hannah	28	Fe	*	NY	March, 1850	*	consumption	180
ELLIOT, Nathaniel	85	M	W	Mass	Sept., 1849	farmer	fever	8
CURTIS, Edgar C.	1	M	*	Michigan	Dec., 1849	*	homerage (hemmorhage?)	6
BURCH, Perlina	8	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1850	*	dropsy	28
VEEDER, Lucretia	3	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	miasles (measles?)	8
VEEDER, Allen	9/12	M	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	miasles (measles?)	6
TORBORN, Mary A.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	July, 1849	*	miasles (measles?)	28
TORBORN, Joel	7/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	miasles (measles?)	4
HARE, Margaret	60	Fe	W	NY	Oct., 1849	*	consumption	21
PAULDING, Anna	2	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1850	*	croup	1/2

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Dover 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
ASHLEY, Elizabeth	25	Fe	M	Michigan	March, 1860	*	consumption	6 mths
GAGE, Alisha	54	Fe	M	NY	Nov., 1859	*	dropsy	? mths
CHURCH, Joel R.	40	M	M	NY	March, 1860	farmer	consumption	4 mths
HAMILTON, Miles	14	M	*	Ohio	April, 1860	*	congestion of the brain	18 days
CHURCH, Ozema	1	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1860	*	unknown	4 days
HIATT, Catharine	42	Fe	*	NY	Dec., 1859	*	consumption	2 mths
PERKINER, Numan	77	M	M	NY	July, 1859	*	cancer	3 mths
BARHYDT, Thomas	1/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1860	*	inflammation lungs	6 days
GRANT, Jacob	5/12	M	*	Michigan	Dec., 1859	*	consumtion	2 mths
FISH, Alice	20	Fe	M	Michigan	Sept., 1859	*	typhoid fever	21 days

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Dover 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
LUDLUM, Samuell	73	M	W	NY	Dec., 1869	cabinet maker	gravel
HATHAWAY, Adeline	23	Fe	M	Michigan	Feb., 1870	keeping house	consumption
TOWNSEND, Lewis A.	1	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1869	*	colary infantum (cholera infantum)
HUBBARD, Philip	58	M	M	Bavaria	May, 1870	farmer	heart disease
GRANT, Boyd	14	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	worked on farm	heart disease
ABBOTT, George L.	41	M	M	NY	Feb., 1870	farmer	inflamation
ABBOTT, Martha	22	Fe	M	Ohio	July, 1869	keeping house	burned to death with kerosene oil
DIBBLE, Louisa J.	23	Fe		Kentucky	April, 1870	keeping house	consumption
ROBERTS, Martha	77	Fe	W	England	Aug., 1869	keeping house	palsy
PERKIN, Milton	10	M	*	Michigan	Dec., 1869	worked on farm	drowned in Mill Pond (skating)
DELINE, Rosanna	38	Fe	M	Michigan	Jan., 1870	keeping house	consumption
BOVEE, Roswell	2/12	M	*	Michigan	Jan., 1870	*	lung fever
BOVEE, Rosetta	2/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Jan., 1870	*	lung fever
HALSTED, Jacob	73	M	M	NY	Dec., 1869	farmer	consumption
BOYER, Mary	30	Fe	M	NY	Aug., 1869	keeping house	tumor
TOLEN, Catherine	37	Fe	M	Prussia	Feb., 1870	keeping house	consumption
MIDELTON, Cyntha	24	Fe	M	Michigan	March, 1870	keeping house	consumption
MIDELTON, Ora	6/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1870	*	brain fever
CHITENDON, Lillie	4/12	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	brain fever
FISK, Catherine	64	Fe	W	NY	March, 1870	keeping house	palsy
PONTIUS, Henry	71	M	M	PA	Oct., 1869	farmer	gravel
TORBIN, Lydia	59	Fe	M	NY	Jan., 1870	keeping house	typhoid fever
RUD, Rabecca	69	Fe	W	PA	Aug., 1869	keeping house	heart disease

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Dover 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
ASHLEY, William	51	M	M	NY	England	England	farmer	Sept. 29, 2879	congestion of liver	25
HAMLIN, Mary	66	Fe	M	NY	NY	NY	keeping house	July 15, 1879	paralysis	45
VANSICKLE, Jane	64	Fe	M	NH	NJ	NJ	keeping house	Oct., 1879	cholera morbus	33
WILLIAMS, Mary*	54	Fe	M	Canada	Ireland	Ireland	keeping house	Sept., 1879	dropsy in the heart	30
GRAVES, Carrie A.*	19	Fe	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	dressmaker	Jan., 1880	nuralgia of heart	19
* listed as being in Village of Clayton

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.
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.

Dover Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

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