Updated 11/11/2023

Hudson 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; Hudson 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
ROWLEY, Eliza A.	16	Fe	*	NY	May, 1850	*	consumption	84
TEWILIKER, Mary M.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1850	*	croup	1
SAMPLE, *****	1/12	M	*	Ohio	June, 1849	*	inflamation	3
WILSON, Sarah L.	9	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1850	*	fever	7
BAKER, *****	3/12	M	*	Michigan	Dec., 1849	*	scrofula	14
RUSSELL, Francis	70	Fe	M	VT	Dec., 1849	*	old age	*
GRANAN, Richard	35	M	M	Ireland	July, 1849	farmer	typhoid fever	77
DIBBLE, Hellen A.	6/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	disease	5
HOWLAND, Emeranda	36	Fe	M	NY	May, 1850	*	child bed	10
DAVIS, Amanda	1/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	not known	1
DURGEE, Dann M.	6/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	disease	33
SMITH, Maranda	12	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1850	*	fever	8
PERKINS, Margaret	31	Fe	M	NY	Feb., 1850	*	consumption	180
YOUST, Diana	42	Fe	M	NY	Sept., 1849	*	consumption	281
STRAW, Orsil D.	1	M	*	Michigan	Nov., 1849	*	consumption	42
DILLON, Hiram	6	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	fever	14
HAMLIN, Thomas I.	5/12	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	not known	3
HOTCHKISS, Harriet A.	2	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1850	*	scarlet fever	11

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Hudson 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
WORTS, Mary	49	Fe	M	NY	April, 1860	*	cancer	6months
ARMSTRONG, Levi M.	1	M	*	Michigan	March, 1860	*	brain feaver	2 days
COGSWELL, Lester	16	M	*	Michigan	Nov., 1859	*	conjestion on the brain	20 days
WILLSON or WILLCOX, Simon	16	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1859	farme laborer	suaside by hanging	sudden
BENADIC, Katie	7/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct., 1859	*	dropsy on the brain	12 days
BUNTER, Fredrick	57	M	M	NY	May, 1860	blacksmith	hemmorage on the lungs	6 days
WHITNEY, Daniel	10	M	*	Michigan	Jan., 1860	*	unknown	11 days
GRUTTIN, Jaren	72	M	M	Vermont	Jan., 1860	*	old age	9 days
MORACE, Henrey	2	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1859	*	convulsion fits	4 days
WHALEN, John	19	M	*	Michigan	March, 1859	farme laborer	unknown	2 days
HUGHS, Margret	69	Fe	M	Ireland	Jan., 1860	*	unknown	2 months
STEPHENS, Willery	7/12	M	*	Michigan	May, 1860	*	inflammation lungs	11 days
LUMIS, Clea or Cloa	32	Fe	M	Ohio	Oct., 1859	*	unknown	sudden
FITZPATRIC, Hannah	74	Fe	M	Ireland	April, 1860	*	unknown	3 months
SMITH, Moris	14	M	*	Michigan	April, 1860	*	harte dicease	40 days
MYRTON, Nancey	11	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1859	*	unknown	4 days
MILLER, Charles	11/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1860	*	inflammation lungs	9 days
ALLEN, Liman	22	M	M	Ohio	Aug., 1859	farmer	consumption	3 months

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Hudson 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
DEACON, Michael	48	M	M	Ireland	Nov., 1869	grocer	hernia
DEACON, George	2	M	*	Michigan	Jan., 1870	*	scarlet fever
SEE, John H.*	15	M	*	Michgian	May, 1870	errand boy	consumption
DARROW, Mary	43	Fe	W	New York	March, 1870	seamstress	inflammation bowels
TenEYCK, Albert	3	M	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	scarlet fever
SEELEY, Reed H.	2	M	*	Michigan	Feb., 1870	*	scarlet fever
CRISHER, Mary J.	11	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct., 1869	*	inflammation bowels
PRATT, Mary	35	Fe	*	New York	June, 1869	at home	consumption
HILL, Earnist G.	1	M	*	Illinois	April, 1870	*	croup
FULLER, Hattie H.	31	Fe	M	New York	Sept., 1869	millenor	consumption
PATTENGILL, John S.	54	M	M	New York	March, 1870	clerk dry goods	inflammation of heart
BEACH, Nina	8/12	Fe	*	Michigan	July, 1869	*	scarlet fever
STONE, Chas. Henry	30	M	M	Michgian	Jan., 1870	farmer	typhoid pneumonia
COBB, Jas. H.	36	M	M	New York	Sept., 1869	merchant	congestive chills
McQUIN, Clinton	6	M	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	scarlet fever
McQUIN, James L.	3	M	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	scarlet fever
McQUIN, Minnie P.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	billious diarhea
YOST, Theadore H.	38	M	M	New York	June, 1869	saloon keeper	consumption
PEASE, Lula	1/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Aug., 1869	*	inflammation bowels
McFALL, Alice L.	11	Fe	*	Michigan	March, 1870	at school	scarlet fever
BURGESS, Ada	3	Fe	*	Ohio	Feb., 1869	*	scarlet fever
WIRTS, Olive	28	Fe	M	Michigan	Jan., 1870	keeping house	typhoid pneumonia
MICHEL, Fagan	44	M	M	Ireland	May, 1870	ordely U.S.A.	killed by RR cars running of tracks
JOHNSON, John	25	M	*	Michigan	July, 1869	soldier	consumption
STURGIS, Fannie	52	Fe	M	Mass	Jan., 1870	keeping house	consumption
VOORHEES, Roda	6/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1870	*	scarlet rash
PERKINS, Warren B.	1/12	M	*	Michigan	Feb., 1870	*	spasms
HUNT, Chester	72	M	M	Conn	Aug., 1869	farmer	inflamation bowels
ROE, Margret	62	Fe	W	New Jersey	Aug, 1869	keeping house	old age
GESTARTE, Harriett	30	Fe	M	New York	Sept., 1869	keeping house	diabetis
SEISENRING, Wm. H.	29	M	*	New York	Nov., 1869	farmer	accidental shooting
GILL, Edwin	8	M	*	Ohio	Aug., 1869	*	kicked by horse
MILLS, Rendoll	59	M	M	New York	May, 1870	farmer	heart disease
HITCHINGS, Eloise	4/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	typhoid fever
CHASE, David	53	M	M	New York	Nov., 1869	patent rights agt	typhoid fever
BOVEE, Cora E.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	fits
BOVEE, Harriett	16	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	consumption
COMSTOCK, C. I.	78	M	*	R. Island	June, 1869	farmer	inflammation of kidneys
BROWN, Ben D.	3	M	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	scarlet fever
BROWN, Eda C.	5	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	scarlet fever
DeCAMP, Isabelle	57	Fe	*	Ohio	Jan., 1870	keeping house	dropsy
BRIGGS, Nellie May	2 days	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	spasms
BROWNELLE, Caroline	23	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1870	millenor	consumption
*listed as "black"

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Hudson 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
-	TREADWELL, Daisy	2	Fe	S	Mich	Mich	NY	*	June, 1879	malarian fever	2
-	HOWLAND, Porter	67	M	M	Mass	Mass	Mass	farmer	Feb., 1880	typhoid pneumonia	44
-	FELLOWS, Hellen	37	Fe	M	NY	NJ	NY	kept house	Mar., 1880	mastitis?????	33
-	SMART, Vallette	1	Fe	S	Mich	Mich	Mich	*	July, 1879	whooping cough	1
-	DANIELS, Jabez J.	49	M	M	England	England	England	land speculator	Feb., 1880	aortic aneurism	26
-	SHERWOOD, Morey	70	Fe	W	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	kept house	May, 1880	pneumonia	40
-	BLAKE, Amy	76	Fe	W	NY	NY	Mass	kept house	Mar., 1880	appoplexy	20
-	VEDDAR, Simon	60	M	M	NY	NY	NY	farmer	June, 1879	nephritis	29
-	AVERY, Pamalia	68	Fe	M	NY	VT	VT	kept house	Jan., 1880	convulsion	32
-	GOWING, Claud	2/12	M	*	Mich	Mass	Ohio	*	Dec., 1879	whooping cough	2/12
-	MAPLES, Josephine	20	Fe	S	Mich	Ohio	Ohio	kept house	Aug., 1879	consumption	7
-	PALMER, Lillian	1/12	Fe	*	Mich	Mich	Mich	*	Sept., 1879	inflammation of bowels	1/12
-	HAWKINS, Bertha	18	Fe	S	Mich	England	NY	scholar	July, 1879	consumption	18
-	HUGHES, Lucy	17	Fe	S	Mich	Ireland	Ireland	scholar	June, 1879	inflammation of lungs	17
-	HUNSON, Josephine	32	Fe	S	Mich	Mich	Mich	kept house	July, 1879	consumption	?
-	WARD, Alton	16	M	S	NY	Ireland	NY	scholar	Dec., 1879	typhoid pneumonia	13
-	MARRA, Mary	49	Fe	S	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	kept house	Sept., 1879	erycipalus in head	34
-	PHILLIPS, Rozana	58	Fe	W	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	kept house	Oct., 1879	appoplexy	29
-	BRODOCK, Sarah	61	Fe	M	NY	NY	NY	kept house	Jan., 1880	pneumonia	40
-	BASSETT, Francis*	42	M	M	NY	NY	NY	school teacher	Dec., 1879	quick consumption	35
-	BASSETT, Mary	29	Fe	M	NY	NY	NY	kept house	Dec., 1879	quick consumption
-	HOPPER, Samuel	51	M	M	NY	NY	NY	farmer	Aug., 1879	delerium tremins	26
-	LYMAN, Rodolphus	58	M	M	VT	NY	VT	*	Dec., 1879	pulmonary consumption	20
-	ROWLEY, Sophia	77	Fe	W	NY	NY	NY	kept house	Feb., 1880	consumption	38
-	WRIGHT, Hattie B.	5/12	Fe	S	Mich	Mich	Mich	*	Sept., 1879	whooping cough	5/12
-	DEAN, Lucy**	71	Fe	W	NY	NY	Mass	kept house	Nov., 1879	cancer	36
1	ANTINDALE, Edwin L.	50	M	S	NY	VT	NY	pulling machines	Jan., 1880	pleura pneumonia	19
2	PATTISON, Byron A.	33	M	S	NY	NY	NY	R.R. Station agt.	Feb., 1880	consumption	23
3	HOLMES, Betsy A.	41	Fe	M	Mich	NY	NY	keeping house	May, 1879	dropsied consumption	18
4	DEAN, Eleanor	74	Fe	M	NY	NY	NY	keeping house	May, 1880	Bright's desease of kidney	36
5	HAMLIN, Willie	11	M	S	Mich	NY	England	worked on farm	Nov., 1879	suffacated	11
6	HAMLIN, Ethie M.	4	Fe	S	Mich	NY	England	*	March, 1880	drownd	4
7	PHELPS, Mary A,	66	Fe	M	Mass	Mass	Mass	keeping house	Aug., 1879	congestive chills	12
8	DILLON, Ethel	2/12	Fe	*	Mich	Mich	Mich	*	Oct., 1879	don't know	*
9	FOX, Thomas	58	M	M	England	England	England	farmer	March, 1880	typhoid fever	35
10	BOON, Mathias	77	M	M	NY	NY	NY	farmer	Nov., 1879	consumption	45
11	VOORHEES, Peter H.	56	M	M	NY	NJ	NJ	farmer	Sept., 1879	typhoid pneumonia	20
12	RUSSELL, Marietta	52	Fe	M	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	keeping house	Jan., 1880	consumption	31
13	OCOBOCK, Catharine	76	Fe	M	Mass	NJ	NJ	*	March, 1880	bronchitis	29
14	KENYON, Eliza	73	Fe	W	VT	VT	Mass	*	Dec., 1879	diphtheria	45
15	PEASE, Roy	6/12	M	*	Mich	NY	NY	*	Aug., 1879	cholera infantum	*
16	KNAPP, Della May	1	Fe	S	Mich	Mich	NY	*	Aug., 1879	cholera infantum	*
17	BRACH, Frances	26	Fe	M	Mich	NY	NY	keeping house	June, 1879	uterine hemorage	26
18	WRIGHT, Joseph	10	M	*	Ohio	*	*	*	Aug., 1879	killed by engine on R. R.
19	STADT or START, No Name	*	M	S	Mich	NY	NY	*	July, 1879	still born	*
20	HOWES, Carrie	26	Fe	M	Mich	NY	NY	keeping house	Oct., 1879	pul. consumption	26
21	FOSTER, Ruel	54	M	M	NY	NJ	NH	farmer	inflammatory rheumatism		30
a note at the bottom of the page states: "No's. 20 and 21. (line numbers) None left except children who were given away by their friends." A note at the bottom of the page states: "No. 26. (line number) None left in her family, But her children are living in Hudson in enumeration Dist. No. 158." Note at the bottom of this page reads: "The deaths numbered 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17 & 21 were treated by physicians outside of my district and at some distance away and some very important cases consequently did not * but to go *, the case No. 17 was a person who died very soon after arriving within this district but not treated by the physicians here. Dr. Chapman was called but a short time before she died, the husband lives somewhere in the State of Ohio."

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.	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.

Hudson Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

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