Updated 11/22/2023

Rome 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; Rome 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
UPTON, Esther	2	Fe	*	Michigan	Nov., 1849	*	inflamation	7
STEVENS, Levi	78	M	M	Conn	Nov., 1849	shoemaker	cholera morbus	64
WARD, Jay H.	1	M	*	NY	July, 1849	*	scalded	6
DENSMORE, Almina	74	Fe	M	Mass	Feb., 1850	*	consumption	42
GRIFFIN, Dwight	10	M	*	Michigan	Nov., 1849	*	inflamation	2
BROWN, Edwin	1	M	*	Michigan	April, 1850	*	unknown	35
SWARTOUT, Sally	15	Fe	*	NY	April, 1850	*	consumpt.	21
KNAPP, Eliza	41	Fe	M	NY	Aug., 1849	*	confinement (child birth)	10
POTTER, Sally A.	40	Fe	M	NY	May, 1850	*	consumpt.	1 yr
BOND, Chandler F.	17	M	*	NY	Dec., 1849	student	consumpt.	4 months
INGERSOLL, Levi	74	M	W	Conn	Aug., 1849	farmer	diarrhea	5
INGERSOLL, Sarah	69	Fe	M	Conn	July, 1849	*	typhes F	13
KNAPP, Mary E.	5	Fe	*	NY	July, 1849	*	erysepelas	18
KNAPP, Albert	5/12	M	*	Michigan	July, 1849	*	scarlet fever	7
LEIBY, Malissa	2	Fe	*	Ohio	April, 1850	*	croup	28
DARLING, Lucetta	3	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1850	*	croup	3
LEIBY, Simon	21	M	*	Penn	Aug., 1849	farmer	consumpt.	14
MARLATT, Harriet A.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	July, 1849	*	consumpt.	6 months
WILEY, Margaret	21	Fe	*	Michigan	Nov., 1849	*	consumpt.	2 yrs
CHAPMAN, Elizabeth	31	Fe	M	Mass	Jan., 1850	*	confinement (child birth)	5
COLLINGHAM, George A.	3/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	croup	1
COLEBATH, Lewis C.	a	M	*	Michigan	July, 1849	*	dropsy brain	7
COLEBATH, Leroy C.	7/12	M	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	scarlet fever	9
FILKIN, Laura	12	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct., 1849	*	inflamation	28
SMITH, Harlan P.	4	M	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	dropsy brain	8
EVANS, Hellen	17	Fe	*	NY	April, 1850	*	typhus	21
CARROLL, Jane A.	37	Fe	M	NY	Dec., 1849	*	unknown	2 months
GILBERT, Evalina M.	27	Fe	M	NY	Oct., 1849	*	congestive	21
DAVIDSON, Amelia	21	Fe	*	NY	June, 1849	*	consumpt.	14
CHURCH, Charles H.	3/12	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	scroffulus	14

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Rome 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
WELWORTH, Cornelius	50	M	W	NY	June, 1859	farmer	rail road collison	sudden
ORLINE or ORBEN, Pheris	45	M	M	NY	Sep, 1859	farmer	consumption	5 months
DAVIDSON, William	1/12	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1859	*	unknown	12 days
CURE, Hiram	50	M	M	NY	April, 1860	farmer	consumption	1 yr
BOND, Franklin	46	M	M	Mass	Aug., 1859	farmer	typhoid fever	18 days
SEGAR, Nathan	48	M	M	Vermont	Sept., 1859	butcher	typhoid fever	16 days
SEGAR, George	4	M	*	Michigan	March, 1859	*	inflammation lungs	12 days
SHURTS, Franklin	10	M	*	Michigan	April, 1859	*	congestive fever	3 days
GILMORE, Diantha	55	Fe	M	Vermont	May, 1860	*	turn of life	5 months
BROOKS, Estila	2/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Jan., 1860	*	inflammation bowls	12 days

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Rome 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
BALL, Ralph	13	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1869	working on farm	secondary amputation of broken leg
HICKS, Permelia	26	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct., 1869	keeping house	consumption
CURTICE, William	50	M	M	England	Fe., 1870	farmer	drowned in Miss River
BROOKS, Eugenia	9	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	congestion on the brain
BROOKS, Elizabeth	3	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	congestion on the brain
MYERS, Henry	35	M	M	NY	Feb., 1870	farmer	drowned in Miss River
STODDARD, Henry	48	M	M	NY	Feb, 1870	farmer	drowned in Miss River
STODDARD, Willie N.	18	M	*	Michigan	June, 1869	worked on farm	drowned in Round Lake
YOUNGLOVE, Joseph	67	M	M	Vermont	April, 1870	farmer	gravel
MYRES, Johney	1/12	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	thrush
ANDREWS, Ami	44	M	M	NY	June, 1860	hotel proprietor	delirium tremens
COLE, Infant	1/12	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1869	*	consumption
VANAUKIN, Lewis C.	4	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1869	*	chronic diareah
VANAUKIN, Nora	2	Fe	*	Michigan	Nov., 1869	*	chronic diareah
STONE, Amos	58	M	M	NY	April, 1869	farmer	inflammation bowels
HESS, Mary Ann	52	Fe	M	NY	Nov., 1869	keeping house	consumption
HOUGH, Amos	87	M	W	Conn	Oct., 1869	farmer	heart disease
FLEMING, Jepthy W.	61	M	M	NY	July, 1869	worked on farm	consumption
HAWLEY, Mary Ann	51	Fe	W	NY	June, 1869	keeping house	heart disease

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Rome 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
BAKER, Cynthia	18	Fe	S	Mich.	Mich.	NY	school teacher	Oct., 1879	consumption of the lungs	18
ROSS, J. G.	78	M	M	VT	VT	VT	doctor	Oct., 1879	pneumonia	25
ALDRICH, Hannah	32	Fe	M	Mich.	NY	NY	keeping house	Aug., 1879	asthma	32
HARRIS, William	71	M	M	England	England	England	farmer	March, 1880	cronic peritonitis	45
CHURCH, Jane A.	55	Fe	M	Conn.	Conn.	Conn.	keeping house	Aug., 1879	liver complaint	39
HICKS, Sarah	39	Fe	M	England	England	England	keeping house	Nov., 1879	miscarrage; puerperal fever	27
HICKS, Jane	67	Fe	M	NY	NY	NY	keeping house	Nov., 1879	erysipilas	67
KNAPP, Reuben	79	M	M	NY	NY	NY	farmer	Nov., 1879	consumption; gen. debility	44
BARROW, Adella	27	Fe	S	NY	NY	NY	*	Nov., 1879	consumption	15
STOCKWELL, Therina	81	Fe	W	NY	NY	NY	*	March, 1880	consumption of lungs	44

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.	Medina Twp.	Ogden Twp.
Palmyra Twp.	Raisin Twp.	Ridgeway Twp.	Riga Twp.
Rollinme Twp.	Seneca Twp.	Tecumseh Twp.	Woodstock Twp.

Rome Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

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