Updated 11/9/2023

Franklin 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; Franklin 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	Date of Death	Occupation	Cause of Death	# Days of Illness
BRYANT, Axey	54	Fe	M	New York	July, 1849	*	congestion	21
TRIPP, Harriett L.	23	Fe	M	New York	Feb., 1850	*	dropsy	5
EDWARDS, Daniel	80	M	M	New Jersey	March, 1850	farmer	inflamation	60
SIMMONS, Harriet E.	3	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	poisoned	1
STOUT, Dexter	2	M	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	inflamation	21
BURNS, Juliett	30	Fe	M	New York	July, 1849	*	consumption	2 yrs
KNIGHT, Merlin	38		M	New York	Aug., 1849	farmer	congestion	3
KIMBALL, Martha E.	32	Fe	M	New York	Oct., 1849	*	consumption	7
ROY?, Edward L.	60	M	M	Ireland	July, 1849	farmer	palpitation heart	5
DAVENPORT, Lucretia	35	Fe	M	New York	Dec., 1849	*	palpitation heart	40
DAVENPORT, John	2/12	M	*	Michigan	Jan., 1850	*	thrush	15
DAVENPORT, Eleanor	67	Fe	W	New York	July, 1849	*	consumption	45
CAMBURN, Maria	24	Fe	*	New York	Jan., 1850	*	palpitation	sudden
STEARNS, Sarah	78	Fe	W	Conn	Oct., 1849	*	old age	14
ALLEN, Joseph	1	M	*	Ohio	Jan., 1850	*	croup	4
WISNER, Samuel	4	M	*	Michigan	May, 1850	*	liver complication	21
PERK, Lucy	8	Fe	*	Michigan	Jan., 1850	*	consumption	90
DEMING, William V.	9	M	*	Mass	June, 1849	*	fever	21

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Franklin 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	Date of Death	Occupation	Cause of Death	# Days of Illness
WELLS, Louis	32	M	M	Michigan	January, 1860	farmer	congestion of liver	18
BOSTADER, Clara L.	9/12	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1859	*	congestion of brain	21
NEYSON or NIXON or MIXSON, Hanah	73	Fe	W	New Jersey	April, 1860	*	typhoid fever	4
BLAIR, Charles W.	1	M	*	Michigan	Dec., 1859	*	scarlet fever	4
RUNDELL, Sarah A.	47	Fe	M	New York	Oct., 1859	*	unknown	12
BROWN, Stephen	52	M	M	New York	Sept., 1859	*	dysentarie	7
DIBBLE, Almeda	9	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1860	*	scarlet fever	2
TURNER, Arthur C.	1	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1859	*	dropsy on brain	12
GERMAN, Rachel	76	Fe	*	NY	Nov., 1859	*	erypesilas	11
CRANE, Edwin	15	M	*	Michigan	Nov., 1859	*	scarlet fever	3
CRANE, Jane	14	Fe	*	Michigan	Nov., 1859	*	scarlet fever	12
CRANE, Mary	5	Fe	*	?	Nov., 1859	*	scarlet fever	28
CRANE, Milton H.	4	M	*	?	Dec., 1859	*	scarlet fever	7
HAMMON, Mary A.	9	Fe	*	NY	Aug., 1859	*	inflamation	6
BEBE, Dolly P.	60	Fe	M	NY	Jan., 1860	*	inflamation	5
DEMING, Sarah	76	Fe	M	Conn	Feb., 1880	*	rheumatic fever	10
MILLER, Harriet	9	Fe	*	Michigan	Dec., 1859	*	rheumatic fever	20

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

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending June 1, 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
OSBORN, James	76	M	M	Mass	Sept., 1869	farmer	kidney compli.
STOUT, Albert A.	26	M	*	Michigan	July, 1869	farmer	consumption of lungs
MULL, Nettie	2/12	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	tumor on heart (or head)
THORPE, Eunice	44	Fe	M	New York	April, 1870	keeping house	tumor of stomach
GERMAN, Wm. E.	7/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1870	*	dropsy of brain
DORR, Ella	5	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	scarlet fever
DORR, Ann	3	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	scarlet fever
LUISIE??, Wm.	1	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1869	*	dysentery
SMITH, Wm.	23	M	M	Michigan	Jan., 1870	farmer	infl. of lungs
CLARK, Noah	89	M	*	New York	Sept., 1869	ret. farmer	old age
BRADLEY, Wm.	82	M	M	New York	Oct., 1869	ret. farmer	cancer of back
BRADLEY, Martha	26	Fe	*	New York	April, 1869	keeping house	heart disease
BLOOMER, Sarah	26	Fe	M	Michigan	Feb., 1870	keeping house	consumption (lungs)
HARDCASTLE, Emma	18	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1870	at school	conj. of heart
WILSEY, Moses	57	M	M	New York	March, 1870	farmer	typhoid pneumonia
HOXEY, Warren	61	M	*	New York	March, 1870	farmer	typhoid pneumonia

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Franklin 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
BLAIR, Sarah	74	Fe	W	NY	*	*	keeping house	Aug., 1879	old age	50
LEARNARD, Anna	25	Fe	M	Michigan	NY	NY	keeping house	Feb., 1880	abdominal abscess	25
DAVENPORT, Catherine	65	Fe	W	NY	NY	NY	keeping house	Mar., 1880	dropsy of heart	21
LAWSON, Maud	1	Fe	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	Sept., 1879	cholera infantum	1 11/12
WHELAN, Cyrus	79	M	S	NY	Vermont	Vermont	farm laborer	Apr. 1880	old age	47
DERBY, Winnie	4/12	Fe	S	Michigan	Michigan	England	*	Aug., 1879	cholera infantum	4/12
BUTRICK, Louisa	29	Fe	M	Michigan	NY	NY	keeping house	Nov., 1879	consumption	29
FELLERS, Genet	36	Fe	M	NY	NY	NH	keeping house	Mar., 1880	consumption	22
KIMBALL, Mehetilla	67	F	M	Conn	Conn	Conn	keeping house	Dec., 1879	apoplexy	25
DANIELS, Sylvia	71	Fe	M	NY	NJ	NY	keeping house	Aug., 1879	scrofula	41
WILSON, Mary A.	51	Fe	M	NY	NY	Mass	keeping house	Mar., 1880	scrofulous tumor	11
HARRISON, Ruby	4/12	Fe	S	Michigan	NY	Michigan	*	Nov., 1879	spinal disease	4/12
BLANFORD, John	69	M	M	England	England	England	farmer	Apr., 1880	dropsy of heart	34
SMITH, Minnie E.	3/12	Fe	S	Michigan	Michigan	Ireland	*	Nov., 1879	croup	3/12

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.	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.

Franklin Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

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

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

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Franklin 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 June 1, 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.