Updated 11/22/2023

Seneca 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; Seneca 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
DEAN, Heziah S.	13	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct, 1849	*	not known	3
PORTER, Francis H.	4	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	dysentery	8
BARNES, Collins W.	47	M	M	New York	April, 1850	farmer	consumption	90
BARNES, Almira	18	Fe	*	New York	Feb., 1850	*	lung fever	16
PARTRIDGE, Louisa M.	3	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct., 1849	*	measles	8
KEMP, Octavius L.	2	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	dysentery	24
ALEXANDER, Sarah	1/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct., 1849	*	whooping cough	8
SANBURN, Daniel	45	M	M	NH	April, 1850	farmer	accident	*
SEACOR, Benjamin	60	M	W	New York	Sept., 1849	farmer	palsey	4
POWELL, Seth	8	M	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	accident	*
BROWER, Julia A.	25	Fe	*	New York	Dec., 1849	*	palsey	90
CAMBURN, William A.	9	M	*	Michigan	May, 1850	*	brain fever	8

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Seneca 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
ATWOOD, Ida	3	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1860	*	crupe	2
BOSTEL, Ira	3	M	*	Michigan	May, 1860	*	morphe**	sudden
BOSTEL, Eli	2/12	M	*	Michigan	Dec., 1859	*	inflammation of the lungs	2
WHALEY, Alice	7	Fe	*	Michigan	March, 1860	*	scarlet fever	2
LARABY, Frances	5	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1859	*	conjestive chills	8
BECKWITH, Olive	1/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Nov., 1859	*	unknown	2
GULE, William	40	M	M	New York	Nov., 1859	carpenter	consumption	5 months
GREELEY, Noah G.	26	M	*	New York	Sept., 1859	farmer	typhoid fever	36
GREELEY, Walter	19	M	*	New York	Oct., 1859	farmer	typhoid fever	18
GREELEY, Mariah	47	Fe	M	Michigan	Nov., 1859	*	typhoid fever	20
MAPES, Elizabeth	15	Fe	*	Ohio	Jan., 1860	*	consumption	30
NEUTER, William E.	1	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1859	*	dysentery	6
MIDCALF, Mary E.	2	Fe	*	Michigan	March, 1860	*	measles	4
STUMBAUGH, Samuel	40	M	M	Penn.	May, 1870	farmer	suicide by hanging	sudden
STEPHENSON, Charles	10	M	*	Penn.	June, 1859	*	scarlet fever	5
STEPHENSON, Jemina	1	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1859	*	scarlet fever	6
STEPHENSON, Cora	1	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1859	*	scarlet fever	12
MARSHEL, Ann C.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	Jan., 1860	*	inflammation of lungs	24
DURKEY, William	1	M	*	Michigan	May, 1860	*	crupy	12
GODFREY, Ella	2	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1859	*	crupy	2
WESLEY, Alford	2	M	*	Michigan	Aug, 1859	*	conjestive chills	6

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Seneca 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
MORRIS, Robert	62	M	M	New York	July, 1869	farmer	consumption
SHEPARDSON, Lucy J.	44	Fe	M	New York	Feb., 1870	keeping house	consumption
ALLEN, B. W.	67	M	M	New Jersey	May, 1870	farmer	typhoid fever
PATRICK, Elizabeth	29	Fe	M	New York	July, 1869	keeping house	consumption
CAMBURN, Milan	2	M	*	Michigan	Oct, 1869	*	scarlet fever
DRAKE, Baby	-	M	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	birth
CATHAN, Sarah J.	18	Fe	M	Michigan	Dec., 1869	keeping house	scarlet fever
KEEPER, Frances	20	Fe	*	Ohio	May, 1870	tailoress	consumption
SAVAGE, William	4	M	*	Michigan	July, 1869	*	congestive chills
WAKEFIELD, Nancy	89	Fe	M	Conn.	Oct., 1869	retired housekeeper	old age
BEEBE, Abagil	46	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1870	keeping house	consumption
BAUCHMAN, Henry	21	M	*	New York	Oct., 1869	laborer	epileptic fits
GREENE, Edith E.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1870	*	brain fever
BURLEIGH, Watson	42	M	*	New York	Jan., 1870	veterinary surgeon	congestion of lungs
WAKEFIELD, Dennis	1	M	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	scarlet fever
COPPINS, Albert F.	4	M	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	scarlet fever
CHASE, infant	4/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	inflammation of brain
SALSBURY, Jno.	62	M	M	Vermont	July, 1869	farmer	dropsey

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Seneca 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
HOAG, Adeline E.	65	Fe	M	New York	Mass	Mass	housekeeping	April, 1880	pneumonia	46yrs
WILSON, John C.	2	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Ohio	*	Feb., 1880	brain fever	2yrs
GATES, Jonathan	83	M	W	Mass	Unknown	Unknown	blacksmith	August, 1879	pneumonia	10yrs
WYMAN, Mary Adeline	19	Fe	M	Michigan	New York	New York	housekeeping	Dec., 1879	puerperal fever	19yrs
BATES, Frederick A. G.	22	M	S	New York	New York	New York	brakeman RR	Dec., 1879	pneumonia	11 yrs.
BREEZIE, John A.	21	M	S	Michigan	New York	Ontario	telegraph operator	Sept., 1879	lung consumption	15yrs
SWINDELL, Charles	60	M	M	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	farmer	Dec., 1879	railway accident	37yrs
FORD, Catharine	52	Fe	M	New York	Penn	Penn	housekeeper	Jan., 1880	cancer of?	46yrs
HOLT, Alva	77	M	M	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	farmer	Feb., 1880	old age	46yrs
SMITH, Chester L.	6	M	S	Michigan	New York	Michigan	*	April, 1880	spinal fever	1yr
TURNER, John	12	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan		Feb., 1880	epileptic fits	1yr
DELINE, Henry	38	M	M	Michigan	New york	New York	farmer	April, 1880	inflammation of bowel	38y
POWELL, Frank D.	10/12	M	S	Michigan	Michigan	Ohio	*	Jan., 1880	pneumonia	1yr
BUTLER, Ruel H.	32	M	M	New York	Mass	New York	seed man	March, 1880	erysipilis	2ys
HARTMAN, Elizabeth	74	Fe	W	Wurttemburg	Wurttemburg	Wurttemburg	housekeeper	March, 1880	paralysis & typhoid fever	16ys
CHANDLER, Hannah	55	Fe	M	New York	New York	New York	housekeeper	Dec., 1879	consumption	38yrs
ELY, Joseph	78	M	M	Penn.	Penn,	Penn.	farmer	Dec., 1879	paralysis	10yrs.
MARKMAN, Oscar	3	M	S	Michigan	Germany	Michigan	*	Nov., 1879	whooping cough	*
BENNETT, Emily	43	Fe	M	Ohio	Ohio	Ohio	housekeeper	Oct., 1879	pulmonary consumption	36yrs
CLARK, Margaret	37	Fe	M	Scotland	Scotland	Scotland	housekeeper	June, 1879	consumption lungs	25yrs
SNOW, Nancy	88	Fe	W	New York	New York	New York	housekeeper	Dec., 1879	general "old age"	4yrs.
HERBERT, Peter	0	M	*	Michigan	*	*	*	Dec., 1879	stillborn	*
SPAULDING, Lyman	76	M	*	*	*	*	farmer	April, 1880	cancer	*
SAULSBURY, H. C.	67	M	*	*	*	*	farmer	Jan., 1880	poisoning	*
MOORE, *****	64	M	*	*	*	*	*	Jan., 1880	Bright's disease	*

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.
Rollin Twp.	Rome Twp.	Tecumseh Twp.	Woodstock Twp.

Seneca Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

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