Updated 11/22/2023

Woodstock 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; Woodstock 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
LAIR, Amelia P.	2	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1850	*	inflamation	6
BRIGGS, Alderettee	2	Fe	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	drowned	sudden
HULIN, Eisa	7/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Nov., 1849	*	inflamation	2
SWARTHOUT, Catharine	20	Fe	M	NY	March, 1850	*	consumption	25
BROOKS, Murchant	56	M	M	NY	Oct., 1849	farmer	congestion	6
SWARTHOUT, Freeman	5	M	*	Michigan	May, 1850	*	fever	13
KELLY, Andrew	3/12	M	*	Michigan	April, 1850	*	fever	10
PERK?, Kendrick F.	3	M	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	croup	3
SMITH, Henry E.	8	M	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	inflamation	3
GRIGGS, Sidney**	14	M	*	Penn	May, 1850	*	inflamation	90
GRIGGS, Hannah**	12	Fe	*	Penn	Feb., 1850	*	inflamation	14
GRIGGS, Louis**	6	M	*	Ohio	April, 1850	*	inflamation	14
GRIGGS, Jacob**	1	M	*	Michigan	April, 1850	*	inflamation	16
DEAN, Emma	5	F	*	Michigan	March, 1850	*	eppilepsy	3
JACKSON, Abigail L.	3	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1850	*	fits	1
WILLSON, Henrietta	21	Fe	*	NY	April, 1850	*	consumption	120
FORD, William W.	13	M	*	NY	March, 1850	*	congestion	8
HILL, Josephine	1	Fe	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	fever	1?
SMITH, William	16	M	*	NY	Dec., 1849	*	fever	8?
**The Griggs children are listed as "black".

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Woodstock 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
LOCKWOOD, Sarah M.	21	Fe	*	Michigan	May, 1860	*	consumption	1 yr
SICKLY, Sarah	22	Fe	*	Michigan	March, 1860	*	consumption	90
DELNSHA, Mary A.	19	Fe	M	Michigan	Sept., 1859	*	child birth	12
DAVIS, Elizabeth	42	Fe	W	NY	Sept., 1859	*	typhoid fever	12
MOFFITT, Celestina	32	Fe	M	NY	July, 1859	*	inflamation	16
LANE, Mary	21	Fe	M	Michigan	April, 1860	*	child birth	6
BASSETT, Erastus	51	M	M	NY	Feb., 1860	blacksmith	cholera morbus	2
PATTERSON, Mariah	32	Fe	*	NY	April, 1860	tailoress	consumption	42
SANDERS, Ludwick	34	M	W	NY	Aug., 1859	cooper	consumption	2 yrs
SANDERS, Oscar S.	2/12	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1859	*	erypesilas	12
GUNN, George W.	9/12	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1859	*	typhoid fever	12
WHEATON, George	1/12	M	*	Michigan	Feb., 1860	*	fitts	2
HEWITT, Anetta	8	Fe	*	Michigan	Feb., 1860	*	accidental burns	5
OSBORN, Rachael	22	Fe	*	Michigan	Jan., 1860	*	consumption	1 yr
THOMAS, David	40	M	M	England	Nov., 1859	*	accidental falls	sudden

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Woodstock 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
McDONALD, Hebert	6	M	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	drowned in a well
ELLSWORTH, Willis	2	M	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	scarlett fever
SANFORD, Leroy	4	M	*	Michigan	March, 1870	*	scarlett fever
SMITH, Reed A.	1/12	M	*	Michigan	June, 1869	*	heart disease
DRAFT, George	39	M	M	VT	Dec., 1869	merchant	dropsy
LAMB, Gerson	47	M	M	NY	Feb., 1870	farmer	consumption
DOOLEY, Betsey E.	31	Fe	M	Michigan	Jan., 1870	keeping house	consumption
DOOLEY, Hattie	2	Fe	*	Michigan	Jan., 1870	*	fitts
PERKINS, Hiram	73	M	W	NY	June, 1869	works on farm?	epileptic fitts
GUNN, Eugene	5	M	*	Michigan	May, 1870	*	scarlet fever
BINNS, John Sen.	61	M	M	England	March, 1870	farmer	typhoid fever

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Woodstock 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
JACKSON, J. J.	65	M	W	Penn	Penn	Penn	farmer	Dec., 1879	typhoid pneumonia	34
JACKSON, Alpha	80	M	W	Penn	*	*	shoemaker	Feb., 1880	heart & valvular disease	8
KELLEY, Sanford	79	M	M	NY	NY	NY	farmer	April, 1880	paralysis	4
WHEELER, Wright	25	M	M	Michigan	illegible	NY	farmer	Aug., 1879	killed by cars**	24
HEATH, Aurora	68	Fe	W	VT	Conn	VT	housekeeper	Dec., 1879	heart disease	33
GORDON, Homer	8	M	S	Michigan	NY	Michigan	*	April, 1880	diptheria	8
HARRIS, John***	22	M	S	Michigan	Ken.	Lou.	mason	Nov., 1879	dropsy	3/12
MORLEY, Amos	42	M	M	Michigan	NY	NY	blacksmith	April, 1880	illegible	42
CARNES, Ruth	83	Fe		NY	NY	NY	keeps house	Jun., 1879	old age	22
RYAN, Michael	29	M	M	NY	Ireland	Ireland	laborer	May, 1879	typhoid fever	29
BREWSTER, Myra M.	23	Fe	*	*	*	*	seamstress	July, 1879	consumption	*
GILLIS, *****	10/12	Fe	*	*	*	*	*	June, 1879	diptheria	*
Transcriber's notes: "cars" are probably railroad cars. *Listed as "black".

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.	Seneca Twp.	Tecumseh Twp.

Woodstock Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

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