Kent County 1860 Mortality Schedule

Kent County – Mortality Schedules for Michigan, 1860

United States Census Office, 7th Census

Schedule 3 - Persons who Died during the year ending 1st June, 1860 in County of Kent, State of Michigan.

Source: FHC US/CAN Film No. 1421036

National Archives Microfilm Publication No. T1164

Total Names: 250

Transcriber: JKG

Cities and townships enumerated by C. O. Budington: Wyoming, Paris, Lowell, Cascade, Bowne, Byron, Ada, Caledonia, Gaines, Lowell Village, Vergennes.

Remarks: This district known as the 2nd Representative District of Kent County comprising the towns named in this schedule, is a region of County possessing all the surroundings that conduce to health - the surface is rolling sometimes rising to hills from some of which Lake Michigan can be seen though 35 miles away. Next the country abounds with springs of pure water of icy coldness some of which discharges 150 gallons per minute. In visiting over 10,000 persons I have not seen six cases of sickness. Mad dogs passed through some parts of this district in July, and some 20 head of cattle and many hogs were bitten, and died with Hydrophobia, but fortunately no person met with misfortune. This district was visited in 1859 in months of June, July and August with heavy frost though not general - the crops of one farmer were almost totally destroyed and the next contiguous were not injured. Soil - clay - sand - sand loam - clay loam. Timber - oak - maple - beech - ash - black walnut. COB AS

Cities and townships enumerated by A. E. Gordon: Grand Rapids City, Grand Rapids Township, Walker Township.

Remarks: No particular disease visited on locality in an epidemic last year – in fact, the City of Grand Rapids, and vicinity, were particularly healthy as a general thing. Neither, as far as my inquiries have extended, has any unusual mortality occurred among the livestock. Owing to the unprecedented frosts, facts, that heavy frosts occurred in this section last year, in June and September, as well as slight frosts during the other summer months, together with the unusual drought, the crops fell far short, and were, in respect to Corn, particularly, more than had ever been previously known here. Altogether, the crops last year, which will be reported from this county were probably not more than a third of the yield of the previous year. Limestone exists to a great extent in this locality, which affects, to some extent, the composition and taste of the water. Red Sandstone also exists. Plaster, or gypsum, underlies a large portion of this vicinity, and as it is easy to access, it is mined in a number of different locations, and used for various purposes, such as for building stone, ornaments, stucco and manure. Salt springs also exist and several companies are now engaged in the manufacture of salt, which cannot fail to prove pecuniarily remunerative. Grand River runs through the city of Grand Rapids, within the space of a little [?] one mile, there is a fall of about twenty feet, thus affording an immense and unfailing water power, which has thus far been only partially taken advantage of. The land is of three kids, Pine, Oak Openings and Heavy Timbered, Beech, Maple and Oaks.

Townships enumerated by A.L. Skinner: Oakfield, Nelson, Solon, Courtland, Grattan, Algoma, Plainfield, Alpine, Sparta, Tyrone.

Remarks: No remarks or description of the locality.

See Alphabetical List of Names

Township	Name	Age	Sex	W/B/I/M	S/M/W	Birthplace	Month Death	Profession	Cause Death	No. Days Ill
Wyoming	Caroline Godwin	49	F		M	Maine	January		Congestion of Lungs	10
Wyoming	Wm. H. Stewart	21	M			Michigan	March	Farmer	Consumption	1 month
Wyoming	Ellen Barber	1/12.	F			Michigan	March		Congestion of Lungs	6
Wyoming	Edgar Barber	1/12.	M			Michigan	March		Congestion of Lungs	5
Wyoming	Mary Rankin	23	F			Michigan	February	Schoolteacher	Consumption	2 months
Wyoming	Elizabeth Roberts	78	F		W	Pennsylvania	May		Dyspepsia & Age	40
Wyoming	Ferdinand Decuymich	41	M			Belgium	August	Farmer	Fall from wagon	15
Wyoming	Ella M. Ball	4	F			Michigan	May		Whooping Cough	1 month
Wyoming	Selah M. Comstock	1	F			Michigan	April		Whooping Cough	1 month
Wyoming	Amy E. Hess	18	F			Michigan	December	Domestic	Consumption	2 years
Paris	Elizabeth Keeney	45	F		M	Canada	February		Dropsy	12
Paris	Levi Huntly	3	M	M		Michigan	March		Fall into the Line	15
Paris	Benj. Morgridge	67	M		M	Maine	November	Farmer	Inflammation of Bowels	4
Paris	Lucy Bennett	79	F		W	Michigan	September		Intermittent Fever	14
Paris	John Whalen	1	M			Michigan	August		Inflammation of Bowels	20
Paris	Labrina Wilcox	66	F		W	New York	August	Tailoress	Consumption	80
Paris	Helen Bement	17	F			Massachusetts	November	Schoolteacher	Consumption	90
Paris	Nancy Moony	32	F		M	New York	February		Child Birth	1
Paris	A. D. Dennis	3	M			Michigan	May		Congestion of Lungs
Lowell	Widow Luchey	104	F			Massachusetts	August		Old Age	Sudden
Lowell	Anthony Howe	49	M		M	New York	August		Dysentery	9
Lowell	Ernest Hogan	1/12.	M			Michigan	March		Spasms	6
Lowell	Alfred Stoddard	3/12.	M			Michigan	June		Inflammation of Lungs	12
Lowell	Judson Clark	13	M			Michigan	October		Typhoid Fever	12
Lowell	Althea Levery	4	F			Michigan	March		Scarlet Fever	2
Lowell	Hannah Palmiter	42	F		M	Pennsylvania	July		Consumption	6 months
Lowell	Robert H. Winan	2	M			Michigan	July		Congestion & Chills	1
Cascade	Elizabeth Pettit	33	F		M	Michigan	August		Fever & Child Birth	6
Cascade	Mary Kelly	56	F		M	Ireland	March		General Debility	3 months
Cascade	Laura O. Withey	24	F		M	New York	January		Consumption	1 month
Cascade	Gordon Strong	27	M			Pennsylvania	March		Heart Disease	16
Cascade	Harriet E. Lay	2	F			Michigan			Inflammation of Lungs	2
Bowne	Archibald McArthur	32	M		M	Scotland	August	Farmer	[?] of Throat	6 months
Bowne	Ida Blackmon	64	M		M	Massachusetts	September	Farmer	Consumption	4 years
Bowne	Harriet Thompson	14	F			New York	April		Inflammation of Brain	30
Bowne	Darren Moffett	6/12.	M			Michigan	September		Inflammation of Brain	12
Bowne	Llora E. Stricland	8/12.	F			Michigan	April		Lung Fever	Sudden
Bowne	Laura Thomas	3	F			Michigan	March		Croup	1
Byron	John Wolf	22				Prussia	September	Farm Laborer	Consumption	3 months
Byron	Ida Parr	3/12.				Ohio	March		Croup	6
Byron	Nelson McKenney	22	M			Prussia	September	Farm Laborer	Consumption	3 months
Byron	Infant Nugent	1/12.	F			Michigan	April		Strangulation	Sudden
Byron	Sarah Colwell	52	F		M	New York	August		Consumption	3 months
Byron	Clarissa McCall	20	F		M	Ohio	March		Consumption	2 months
Byron	Margaret McCall	45	F		M	New York	May		Inflammation of Bowels	21
Byron	Nora A. Mills	10	F			Michigan	November		Dysentery	15
Ada	John H. Verten	5	M			Michigan	August		Dropsy	8
Ada	Elizabeth Camp	22	F			Canada	April	Domestic	Consumption	1 year
Ada	Ellen L. Swartout	1	F			Michigan	May		Scrofula	6
Ada	Florence Pellis	1/12.	F			Michigan	January		Inflammation of Lungs	2
Ada	Edvert Thomas	4	M			Michigan	February		Clothes taking Fire	Sudden
Ada	Albert Rodgers	61	M		M	New York	December	Farmer	Dropsy	20
Ada	Patrick Sullivan	7	M			Canada	March		Unknown	Sudden
Ada	Emery L. Strong	56	M		M	New York	December	Farmer	Suicide by Hanging	Sudden
Ada	Michael Lingleton	23	M			New York	October	Farm Laborer	Consumption	3 months
Ada	James McCormac	33	M			Ireland	May	Farm Laborer	Fever [illegible]	1 year
Caledonia	Sarah Cody	75	F		M	Massachusetts	July		Old Age	Sudden
Caledonia	Solomon Moffett	9/12.	M			Michigan	August		Scarlet Fever & Canker	3 months
Gaines	Mary E. Rhodes	1/12.				Michigan	March		Fits	2
Gaines	Francis J. Rhodes	1/12.	M			Michigan	March		Fits	1
Gaines	Charlotte Weltanhear	50	F		M	Ohio	April		Heart Disease	Sudden
Gaines	Anna Colburn	1	F			Michigan	September		Worms	6
Gaines	Lydia Stanffer	2	F			Michigan	October		Scarlet Fever	7
Gaines	Amelia Dilmas	20	F		M	Michigan	April		Consumption	2 months
Gaines	Caspar Weill	26	M			Prussia	March	Farmer	Consumption	3 months
Lowell Village	Bron Kniffen	2	M			Michigan	January		Congestion of Lungs	9
Lowell Village	Charles Shumway	37	M		M	New York	November	Physician	Typhoid Fever	2 months
Lowell Village	Ella Youngs	9/12.	F			Michigan	September		Leeching [?]	14
Lowell Village	Adelia A. Davis	4	F			Michigan	September		Congestive Fever	3
Lowell Village	Ephraim Rhines	25	M		M	New York	October	Merchant Clerk	Consumption	1 year
Lowell Village	Alias McRandall	2	F			Michigan	February [?]		Typhoid Fever	30
Vergennes	Mary Cornwell	73	F		M	New York	March		Old Age	Sudden
Vergennes	Abner L. Coon	17	M			Michigan	January	Farm Laborer	Inflammation of Bowels	10
Vergennes	Mary McCabe	16	F			Michigan	September	Domestic	Congestion of Bowels	7
Vergennes	Mary Lees	68	F		M	New York	April		Typhoid Fever	14
Vergennes	Emma E. Goodsell	20	F		M	Michigan	May		Consumption	3 months
Vergennes	William G. Moody	12	M			Michigan	October		Consumption	2 months
Vergennes	Harry Bailey	15	M			Michigan	June	Farm Laborer	Drowned	Sudden
Vergennes	Anges Hoag	22	F		M	Canada	November		Fits	1
Grand Rapids City	Blanche P. Cook	1	F			Michigan	April		Whooping Cough	8 weeks
Grand Rapids City	Edmund Riordan	63	M		M	Ireland	August	Shop Keeper	Diarrhea and Cramps	2
Grand Rapids City	Bradley Farr	1	M			Michigan	September		Dysentery	1 week
Grand Rapids City	Thomas Fitzpatrick	2/12.	M			Michigan	May		Whooping Cough	3 weeks
Grand Rapids City	Jeremiah O'Connor	5/12.	M			Michigan	February		"Stomach Disease"	5
Grand Rapids City	Catharine Hogan	3	F			Michigan	August		"Worms"	1 week
Grand Rapids City	Catharine Sheilds	3	F			Michigan	October		Whooping Cough	2 weeks
Grand Rapids City	Emma Himrick	1/24.	F			Michigan	August		Cramps-Sore Mouth	8
Grand Rapids City	Bernard Boyle	29	M		M	Ireland	May	Attorney	Coup de Soliel	Sudden
Grand Rapids City	Ann G. Ryan	19	F			Price Edward Island	November		Consumption	15 months
Grand Rapids City	Petrenella De Jonge	2	F			Michigan	October		"Fits"	2
Grand Rapids City	John Kenney	47	M		M	Ireland	October	Laborer	Drowned	Sudden
Grand Rapids City	Harriet Coon	1/48.	F			Michigan	June		"Hurt badly."	6
Grand Rapids City	John Kinney	47	M		M	Ireland	June	Laborer	Consumption	5 months
Grand Rapids City	Eugenia Bristol	1	F			Illinois	July		"Worms"	1.5
Grand Rapids City	Julia Carroll	10/12.	F			Michigan	August		"General Debility"	Always
Grand Rapids City	Mary Ann Lynch	1	F			Michigan	October		Liver Complaints	3 months
Grand Rapids City	Reeha Horhons	3/12.	F			Michigan	May		Diarrhea	2
Grand Rapids City	Catharine Moorman	6/12.	F			Michigan	January		"Bad Cough."	6 months
Grand Rapids City	Matilda Jennings	4/12.	F			Michigan	September		Teething	5
Grand Rapids City	May Sinclair	3/12	F			Michigan	October		"General Debility"	2 1/2 weeks
Grand Rapids City	Delos Bartlett	5	M			Canada	April		Scarlet Fever	4
Grand Rapids City	Ann Bartlett	2	F			Canada	April		Scarlet Fever	7
Grand Rapids City	Margaret Lynch	1	F			Michigan	May		"General Debility"	4
Grand Rapids City	Louisa S. Cornell	1	F			Michigan	July		Swelled Throat	4.5
Grand Rapids City	Hermann Christ	1/24	M			Michigan	July		"General Debility"	3
Grand Rapids City	William Webster	9/12.	M			Michigan	February		[illegible]	1
Grand Rapids City	Susan S. Mitchell	22	F			New York	February		Consumption	5 months
Grand Rapids City	Henry Burrett	58	M		M	New York	February	Blacksmith	Consumption	3
Grand Rapids City	Elizabeth Handsine	1	F			Michigan	December		Cutting Teeth	3 weeks
Grand Rapids City	William H. Collier	8/12.	M			Michigan	May		Whooping Cough	1 month
Grand Rapids City	Daniel Hambrack Should be Daniel Alcumbrack (Per family)	39	M		M	New York	December 29,1859 (Per family)	Edge Toolworker	Throat Consumption	8 weeks
Grand Rapids City	Ellen Jane Ives	13	F			Michigan	February		Consumption	10 weeks
Grand Rapids City	Frank Van Driele	3/12.	M			Michigan	October		"Sour Stomach"	2 weeks
Grand Rapids City	Margaret Hefron	6/12.	F			Michigan	July		"Rash."	1 week
Grand Rapids City	Ellen Hefron	6/12.	F			Michigan	July		"Rash."	1 week
Grand Rapids City	Charles Burns	1	M			Michigan	August		Teething	1 month
Grand Rapids City	Patrick Galvin	7	M			Ohio	March		Scarlet Fever	4
Grand Rapids City	John Galvin	7	M			Ohio	April		Scarlet Fever	16
Grand Rapids City	Charles Baker	1	M			Michigan	October		Consumption	7 months
Grand Rapids City	William Spraker	47	M		M	New York	October	Carpenter	Typhoid Fever	5 weeks
Grand Rapids City	Matilda Spraker	18	F			New York	November		Typhoid Fever