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Bradford County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1870

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1202

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1870 for Bradford County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1870.

Date

1870

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Howell, William W.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Mary	1 month	Female	White	Thrush
1	2	Williams, John R.	34 years	Male	White	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	3	Williams, Edward	46 years	Male	White	Murdered
1	4	Wood, George	16 years	Male	White	Erysipelas A bacterial infection of the skin that sometimes spread to internal organs and the bloodstream. The disease was sometimes confused with shingles. Some cases were very mild and only caused localized symptoms and discomfort, but the condition could quickly turn more serious in the absence of modern antibiotics (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	5	Long, John	3 years	Male	White	Worms kill him
1	6	Bird, Israel	2 years	Male	White	Typhoid fever
1	7	Simons, Keith	3 years	Male	Black	Dropsy of heart
1	8	Thomas, Danny	2 years	Male	White	Congestion of brain
1	9	Elocka, Mary	11 years	Female	White	Dropsy of chest
1	10	Broadaway, Mary	55 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	11	Moody, Elizabeth	11 years	Female	White	Dropsy of heart
1	12	Ball, Jane	25 years	Female	White	Inflammation of womb
1	13	Gay, James	7 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	14	Owens, William B.	11 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	15	Wilks, Soloma	2 years	Female	White	Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
1	16	Roberts, Allen	20 years	Male	Black	Drunkenness
1	17	Mills, Alexander	37 years	Male	Black	Typhoid fever
1	18	Parish, John	54 years	Male	White	Fits Convulsions or seizures, sometimes related to epilepsy (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	19	Weeks, Theopolis	2 years	Male	White	Congestion of brain
1	21	Lashara, Rebecca	4 years	Female	White	Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
1	22	Gray, Julia	38 years	Female	Black	Cramp colic
1	23	Alderman, James	3 days	Male	White	Deformity
1	24	Hazzell, Francis A.	1 year	Female	White	Cholera morbus
1	25	Alderman, [Infant]	1 day	Female	White	Hereditary disease; infantile n.s.
1	26	Griffis, Meloina	5 years	Female	White	Cramp colic
1	27	Mattox, John	57 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	28	Hazzell, William	65 years	Male	White	Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	29	Templer, Isabella	3 years	Female	White	Lung disease
1	30	Miller, Jacob	50 years	Male	Black	Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	31	Ward, Emma J.	3 years	Female	White	Congestion of chest
1	32	Bryan, Joseph	36 years	Male	White	Assassinated
1	33	Dowling, Benjamin	1 year	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
1	20a	Hughes, James	1 year	Male	White	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	20b	Schuller, Jane	31 years	Female	Black	Asthma
2	1	Griffis, Elizabeth	40 years	Female	White	Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	2	Rhodes, [Infant]	1 month	Female	White	Infancy
2	3	Rhodes, Mary	50 years	Female	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	4	Langford, John	2 days	Male	White	Deformity
2	5	McDavid, Jane	13 years	Female	White	Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	6	McDavid, Louisa	6 years	Female	White	Ptyalism
2	7	Dyer, Michael	16 years	Male	White	Insanity
2	8	Croft, Jacob	36 years	Male	White	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	9	Lewis, Margaret	3 years	Female	Mulatto	Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).

Title

Bradford County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1870

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1870 for Bradford County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1870.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1202

Date

1870

Contributor

Howell, William W.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1202_mortality_bradford_1870

Coverage

Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Cause of Death
1	1	Mary	1 month	Female	White	Thrush
1	2	Williams, John R.	34 years	Male	White	Pneumonia
1	3	Williams, Edward	46 years	Male	White	Murdered
1	4	Wood, George	16 years	Male	White	Erysipelas
1	5	Long, John	3 years	Male	White	Worms kill him
1	6	Bird, Israel	2 years	Male	White	Typhoid fever
1	7	Simons, Keith	3 years	Male	Black	Dropsy of heart
1	8	Thomas, Danny	2 years	Male	White	Congestion of brain
1	9	Elocka, Mary	11 years	Female	White	Dropsy of chest
1	10	Broadaway, Mary	55 years	Female	White	Consumption
1	11	Moody, Elizabeth	11 years	Female	White	Dropsy of heart
1	12	Ball, Jane	25 years	Female	White	Inflammation of womb
1	13	Gay, James	7 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	14	Owens, William B.	11 years	Male	White	Bilious fever
1	15	Wilks, Soloma	2 years	Female	White	Diarrhea
1	16	Roberts, Allen	20 years	Male	Black	Drunkenness
1	17	Mills, Alexander	37 years	Male	Black	Typhoid fever
1	18	Parish, John	54 years	Male	White	Fits
1	19	Weeks, Theopolis	2 years	Male	White	Congestion of brain
1	21	Lashara, Rebecca	4 years	Female	White	Diarrhea
1	22	Gray, Julia	38 years	Female	Black	Cramp colic
1	23	Alderman, James	3 days	Male	White	Deformity
1	24	Hazzell, Francis A.	1 year	Female	White	Cholera morbus
1	25	Alderman, [Infant]	1 day	Female	White	Hereditary disease; infantile n.s.
1	26	Griffis, Meloina	5 years	Female	White	Cramp colic
1	27	Mattox, John	57 years	Male	White	Consumption
1	28	Hazzell, William	65 years	Male	White	Dropsy
1	29	Templer, Isabella	3 years	Female	White	Lung disease
1	30	Miller, Jacob	50 years	Male	Black	Dropsy
1	31	Ward, Emma J.	3 years	Female	White	Congestion of chest
1	32	Bryan, Joseph	36 years	Male	White	Assassinated
1	33	Dowling, Benjamin	1 year	Male	White	Inflamation of bowels
1	20a	Hughes, James	1 year	Male	White	Pneumonia
1	20b	Schuller, Jane	31 years	Female	Black	Asthma
2	1	Griffis, Elizabeth	40 years	Female	White	Dropsy
2	2	Rhodes, [Infant]	1 month	Female	White	Infancy
2	3	Rhodes, Mary	50 years	Female	White	Consumption
2	4	Langford, John	2 days	Male	White	Deformity
2	5	McDavid, Jane	13 years	Female	White	Dropsy
2	6	McDavid, Louisa	6 years	Female	White	Ptyalism
2	7	Dyer, Michael	16 years	Male	White	Insanity
2	8	Croft, Jacob	36 years	Male	White	Consumption
2	9	Lewis, Margaret	3 years	Female	Mulatto	Dysentery

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Mary, ca.1870-ca.1870

Williams, John R., ca.1836-ca.1870

Williams, Edward, ca.1824-ca.1870

Wood, George, ca.1854-ca.1870

Long, John, ca.1867-ca.1870

Bird, Israel, ca.1868-ca.1870

Simons, Keith, ca.1867-ca.1870

Thomas, Danny, ca.1868-ca.1870

Elocka, Mary, ca.1859-ca.1870

Broadaway, Mary, ca.1815-ca.1870

Moody, Elizabeth, ca.1859-ca.1870

Ball, Jane, ca.1845-ca.1870

Gay, James, ca.1863-ca.1870

Owens, William B., ca.1859-ca.1870

Wilks, Soloma, ca.1868-ca.1870

Roberts, Allen, ca.1850-ca.1870

Mills, Alexander, ca.1833-ca.1870

Parish, John, ca.1816-ca.1870

Weeks, Theopolis, ca.1868-ca.1870

Lashara, Rebecca, ca.1866-ca.1870

Gray, Julia, ca.1832-ca.1870

Alderman, James, ca.1870-ca.1870

Hazzell, Francis A., ca.1869-ca.1870

Alderman, [Infant], ca.1870-ca.1870

Griffis, Meloina, ca.1865-ca.1870

Mattox, John, ca.1813-ca.1870

Hazzell, William, ca.1805-ca.1870

Templer, Isabella, ca.1867-ca.1870

Miller, Jacob, ca.1820-ca.1870

Ward, Emma J., ca.1867-ca.1870

Bryan, Joseph, ca.1834-ca.1870

Dowling, Benjamin, ca.1869-ca.1870

Hughes, James, ca.1869-ca.1870

Schuller, Jane, ca.1839-ca.1870

Griffis, Elizabeth, ca.1830-ca.1870

Rhodes, [Infant], ca.1870-ca.1870

Rhodes, Mary, ca.1820-ca.1870

Langford, John, ca.1870-ca.1870

McDavid, Jane, ca.1857-ca.1870

McDavid, Louisa, ca.1864-ca.1870

Dyer, Michael, ca.1854-ca.1870

Croft, Jacob, ca.1834-ca.1870

Lewis, Margaret, ca.1867-ca.1870

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Bradford County (Fla.)

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United States. Department of the Interior. Bradford County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1870. 1870. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345712>

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