Updated 11/15/2023

Medina 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; Medina 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
MEACHAM, Mary	2	Fe	*	Wisconsin	Sept., 1849	*	fever	49
MAINE, Lydia A.	38	Fe	M	New York	May, 1850	*	consumption	365
HARRINGTON, Clark R.	38	M	M	Vt.	Sept., 1849	wagon maker	lung fever	15
HAMLIN, Norman	8/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	brain fever	7
PRATT, Selina M.	12	Fe	*	Michigan	*	Nov., 1849	lung fever	12
COLLISON, Elizabeth	6/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct., 1849	*	fever	21
SAULSBURY, Cook	1	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1849	*	not known	28
IVES, William H.	2/12	M	*	Michigan	Jan., 1850	*	erysipelas	8
DOWNER, Mary E.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	measles	28
RICE, Samuel	10/12	M	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	measles	4
SLOAN, (Baby)	1/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1850	*	not known	8
HUTCHENS, Albames	55	M	M	New York	Nov., 1849	farmer	fever	2
THAYER, Lucy	17	Fe	*	New York	Oct., 1849	*	fever	18
McKINNEY, Mary A.	10	Fe	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	fever	4
RICE, Florilla	2	Fe	*	Michigan	Jan., 1850	*	inflammation lungs	10
UPTON, Marvin	8/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	scarlet fever	9
MOORE, Nathaniel	7	M	*	Michigan	April, 1850	*	scarlet fever	4
LOMAN, Mary E.	3	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1850	*	scarlet fever	8
CRAMER, Sarah	36	Fe	M	New York	Oct., 1849	*	typhoid fever	18
BAILEY, Mary	77	Fe	W	Mass	March, 1850	*	inflammation lungs	8
WILDEY, Mary A.	20	Fe	*	New York	Oct., 1849	*	consumption	28
JOHNSON, Stephen	74	M	*	Mass	Jan., 1850	*	diabetes	8
KEALTY, Patrick	33	M	*	Ireland	Aetp., 1849	laborer	drowned	*
ROGERS, Henry C.	17	M	*	Mass	Jan., 1850	farmer	lung fever	6

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Medina 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
GALLUP, Charles	21	M	*	L. Canada	June, 1859	farmer	measles	12
LOWE, Phebe	29	Fe	*	New York	April, 1860	*	consumption	1 yr
HIKE, Phebe S.	12	Fe	*	Ohio	Aug., 1859	*	scarlet fever	18
BROWER, Sarah	33	Fe	M	New York	Feb., 1860	*	lung fever	8
POWL, Ida D.	2	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1860	*	typhoid fever	2
JOHNSON, Hiram	59	M	W	New York	Aug., 1859	*	dropsy	7 months
NEY, Mary	12	Fe	*	Michigan	March, 1860	*	harte decease	21
PACKARD, Manela E.	6/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Jan., 1860?	*	inflammation of the lungs	8
STOCKER, Abram	79	M	M	New York	Aug., 1859	carpenter	cancer	6 months
GILBERT, John	46	M	*	L. Canada	Dec., 1859	farmer	brain fever	12 days
ALLEN, Frank	46	M	M	New York	Dec., 1859	Pro Pri Hotel	intemperance	12
DAWSON, Isabel	1	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct., 1859	*	whooping coff	6
STIPELS, Joseph	20	M	*	NY	May, 1860	farm laborer	unknown	9 months
WILLIAMS, Hannah	80	Fe	W	Conn	Dec., 1859	*	old age	12
CONVIS, William	9	m	*	Michigan	March, 1860	*	dropsy in the brain	10
WILEY, Hariet	5	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1860	*	scarlet fever	18
DAVIS, John	65	M	M	Michigan	Sept., 1859	farmer	conjestive fever	16
MACUMBER, Joseph	65	M	M	NY	May, 1860	farmer	consumption	6 months
GALLUP, Ezekel	72	M	M	VT	Jan., 1860	farmer	inflammation on the lungs	16
SPRING, Mary H.	17	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1859	*	typhoid fever	26
TERREL, Demuris	2	M	*	Michigan	Jan., 1859	*	unknown	6
WILLIAMS, Mary	18	F	*	Michigan	Feb., 1860	*	consumption	7 months
BUMP, Sophiah G.	26	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1859	*	dropsy	2 months

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US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Medina 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
O'CONNOL, Hugh	73	M	W	Ireland	Feb., 1870	farmer	inflammation of bowels
STAPLES, James W.	3	M	*	Michigan	June, 1869	*	scarlet
COX, Phebe	70	Fe	M	New Jersey	July, 1869	keeping house	liver complaint
CORNELL, Salla	41	Fe	M	New York	April, 1870	keeping house	consumption
CRAMER, George E.	1	M	*	Michigan	June, ,1869	*	scarlet fever
REASNER, Ruel J.	2/12	M	*	Michigan	Feb., 1870	*	erysipelas
SHEPARDSON, Lucy	44	F	M	Virginia	Feb., 1870	keeping house	consumption
McGUFFIN, Harriett	15	Fe	*	New York	June, 1869	at home	consumption
CULVER, Orreseen	87	M	W	Mass	July, 1869	farmer	old age
SMITH, Henry	10	M	*	New York	April, 1870	at school	inflammatory rheumatism
PECKETT, Thomas	70	M	M	England	July, 1869	shoemaker	inflammation of bowels
POTTER, Ruth	70	Fe	M	Mass	Nov., 1869	keeping house	consumption

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Medina 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
FITZ PATRIC, Edmund	33	M	S	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	doctor	March, 1880	consumption	6 months
FITZ PATRIC, Harriet	7	Fe	S	New York	Ireland	New York	*	Jan., 1880	typhoid fever	*
O'HAGAN, *****	1/30	Fe	S	Michigan	Ireland	Ireland	*	July, 1879	croup	*
RASA, Albert	2	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Ohio	*	Sept., 1879	cholera infantum	*
RASA, Emma	6/12	Fe	S	Michigan	Michigan	Ohio	*	Sep., 1879	cholera infantum	*
JOUGHIN, Libbie	1	Fe	S	Michigan	Isle of Man	Ohio	*	June, 1879	malarial fever	*
BAILEY, Thomas	72	M	M	Vermont	Vermont	Vermont	farmer	Feb., 1870	consumption	35
BAER, William	18	M	S	Michigan	NY	NY	farmer	Jan., 1870	diseace of lungs
EBBIT, *****	2/30	Fe	S	Michigan	Ireland	Michigan	*	March, 1879	at birth	*
EBBIT, *****	2/30	Fe	S	Michigan	Ireland	Michigan	*	March, 1879	at birth	*
BENDER, Henry	86	M	W	Penn	Ireland	Michigan	brick mason	May, 1870	old age	16
BUTTS, Adelbert	13	M	S	Michigan	NY	Michigan	at school	Sep., 1879	diphtheria	13
BUTTS, Joseph	7	M	S	Michigan	NY	Michigan	*	Oct., 1879	diphtheria	7
BUTTS, Luther	1	M	S	Michigan	NY	Michigan	*	Sept., 1879	diphtheria	1
BUTTS, Lorinda	70	Fe	M	New York	*	*	*	Oct., 1879	dropsy	36
BENNETT, Emily	43	Fe	M	Ohio	Ohio	Mass	*	Oct., 1879	consumption	29
UPTON, Lucy	34	Fe	S	Michigan	NY	NY	*	Oct., 1879	consumption	34
KELLOGG, Lottie	1/30	Fe	S	Michigan	*	*	*	Jan., 1880	*	*
FOSTER, Alvira	69	Fe	M	New York	*	*	*	Feb., 1880	lung fever	27
SMITH, Frank	28	M	M	Michigan	NY	NY	farmer	Jan., 1880	*	28
WORCESTER, John	60	M	W	NH	NH	NH	farmer	Dec., 1879	consumption	30
HUME, Roderick	35	M	M	New York	Mass	Mass	farmer	Oct., 1879	falling of grand stand	26
TERRELL, Emma J.	18	Fe	S	Michigan	*	*	*	Aug., 1879	cong.of brain	*
HOLT, Guyle	1	M	*	*	*	*	*	Sept., 1879	dysentery	*

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.	Hudson Twp.
Macon Twp.	Madison Twp.	Ogden Twp.	Palmyra Twp.
Raisin Twp.	Ridgeway Twp.	Riga Twp.	Rollin Twp.
Rome Twp.	Seneca Twp.	Tecumseh Twp.	Woodstock Twp.

Medina Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

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