Updated 11/6/2023

Fairfield 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; Fairfield 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 AgeSexM/WPlace of BirthMonth of deathOccupationCause of Death # days ill
HAGERMAN, Thomas55MMNYMay, 1850farmerfever20
PACKARD, John F.73MMMassSept., 1849farmerconsumption118
FOOTE, Luther72MWVTMay, 1850farmerconsumption49
AVERY, Erastus37MMMassFeb., 1850farmerlung fever8
DUNBAR, Hosea72MMMassAug., 1849farmerdropsy24
SCOTT, Margaret9/12Fe*MichiganApril, 1850*whooping cough11
BAKER, Phebe3Fe*MichiganMay, 1850*whooping cough8

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

See Adrian Twp., 1st and 4th Wards for Fairfield Twp.

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Fairfield 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 AgeSexM/WPlace of BirthMonth of DeathOccupationCause of Death
WHITE, Cynthia Carpenter88FeMNYDec., 1869keeping houseconsumption of lungs
GRANDY, Experience45FeMVTApril, 1870keeping housecancer of stomach
OSGOOD, Estella1Fe*MichiganJune, 1869*scarlet fever
THOMSON, Ephathas81MMConnSept., 1869farmerapoplexy
BAKER, William52MMEnglandJuly, 1869farmerabcess
MILLER, Charles50MMNYFeb., 1870farmercancer in stomach
GOODALE, Mary Ann20Fe*MichiganOct., 1869at homeconsumption of lungs
FRANCE, Mary7/12Fe*MichiganJan., 1870*diptheria
HODGE, Betsey70FeWNYDec., 1869at homeconsumption of bowels
REID, John1/12M*MichiganApril, 1870*brain fever
CROSLEY, Charles2M*MichiganJune, 1869*diptheria
ABBOT, Catherine64FeMNYSept., 1869at homecongestion of heart
QUICK, Samantha39FeMNYJan., 1870keeping housechild birth
OSTRANDER, Eliza14Fe*MichiganJan., 1870at hometyphoid fever
BRIGGS, James22M*MichiganApril, 1870farmertyphoid fever

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Fairfield 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
WHEELER, Ralph W.5MSMichiganMichiganMichigan*April, 1880congestion5
CHEENEY, Phebe L.72FeMNYNYNYkeeping houseJuly, 1879heart disease45
PARKER, Daniel14MSMichiganMichiganMichiganat schoolDec., 1879diptheria9
TERRY, Norris73MMNYNYNYfarmerJan., 1880paralysis16
BERTRAM, Charles E.26MSMichiganVermontNYlaborerApril, 1880injury from machine
by portable steemer		5
HUBBARD, Augusta32FeMNYNYNYkeeping houseOct., 1879by falling building16
CLARK, *****10/30MSMichiganMichiganMichigan*Aug., 1879congestive spasms*
T*****, Junr. (possibly a twin)*M*MichiganMichiganMichigan*Oct., 1879still born*
HOAG, Welcome4M*MichiganMichiganMichigan*Sept., 1879congestive chills4
GOLDSMITH, ******Fe*MichiganMichiganMichigan*June, 1879still birth*
VanDORN, Pearl C.8/12MSMichiganMichiganMichigan*July, 1879cholera infantum8
DRAKE, Irving2MSMichiganNYOhio*Aug., 1879cholera infantum*
WINSHIP, Lucy67FeMNYNYCanadakeeping houseJune, 1879heart disease18
TIBBETTS, Henry48MMNYNYNYfarmerDec., 1879?40
THAYER, Charles9MSMichiganNYMichiganat schoolApril, 1880diptheria9
FOSTER, Ernest L.7MSMichiganEngland*at schoolAug., 1879chronic croup7
SOUTHWORTH, Sarah65FeWNYNYNYkeeping houseOct., 1879enlargement of liver10
HOADLY, Charles17MSMichigan***Nov., 1879diptheria17
LEPPER, Carrie36FeMNYNYNYkeeping houseApril, 1880consumption10
DUNBAR, Emily71FeMNY***Dec., 1879heart disease42
WYMAN, William36MMMichiganNYNYfarmerMarch, 1880pleuro pneumonia36
REYNOLDS, Nora17FeMCanadaCanadaCanadakeeping houseJune, 1879puerperal fever3
REYNOLDS, not named1/12MSMichiganMichiganCanada*July, 1879convulsions*
STONE, Minnie4FeSMichiganOhioMichigan*Oct., 1879diptheria2
KNAPP, Sarah M.38FeMOhioNYNYkeeping houseJuly, 1879cancer in stomach5
WYMAN, Otis1/12MSMichiganMichiganMichigan*April, 1880croup1/12
BRADISH, ******M*MichiganNYPenn*June, 1879still birth*
DELANO, ******Fe*MichiganMichiganOhio*Nov., 1879still birth*
FOSTER, Thomas8M*****Sept., 1879phthisis*
ELLIS, Eva17Fe****farmerOct., 1879typhoid fever*

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. 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.