1870 Mortality Schedule

Shelby County, Alabama



Transcribed by Bobby Joe Seales - bjseales@bellsouth.net


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Persons Who Died During the Year Ending June 30, 1870"
As reported by B.F. Randall, Assistant Marshall


Name                   Age  Sex  Color  Born   Month   Cause of     
                                               Died    Death    

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ROBERT L. PITTS         19   M     W     ALA    AUG   TYPHOID FEVER
N.B. OBARR              20   F     W     ALA    MAR   COLD
WRIGHT INFANT          1mo   F     W     ALA    JLY   DISEASE NOT KNOWN
JACKSON McDANIEL (M)    54   M     W     ALA    AUG   BRAIN FEVER
JOHN WYDEMAN (M)        54   M     W      GA    APR   KIDNEY DISEASE
MARTHA ARMSTRONG       3mo   F     W     ALA    NOV   UNKNOWN

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SARAH STEWART (M)       81   F     W      GA    OCT   CHRONIC DIARRHEA
ELLA THWEATT             1   F     W     ALA    MAR   FEVER
JOSEPH HOWARD (M)       68   M     W     ALA    MAR   DROPSY

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SUSAN R. WATSON (M)     55   F     W      NC    AUG   APOPLEXY
ROBERT IRVIN            62   M     W      GA    SEP   ERYSIPELAS
SARAH  -  (W)           56   F     W     ALA    NOV   UNKNOWN
WILLIAM RHODES         1mo   M     W     ALA    MAY   UNKNOWN
EVELINE NABORS         1mo   F     W     ALA    JUN   BLEEDING OF NAVEL
MARTHA HAND (M)         45   F     W      GA    JUN   CONSUMPTION
WILLIAM PORTER (M)      48   M     W     ALA    JAN   UNKNOWN
HIRAM DAVIS (M)         66   M     W      GA    JUN   GENERAL
WILLIAM LANGLEY        6mo   M     W     ALA    JAN   UNKNOWN
ELENOR JOHNSTON         68   F     W      SC    SEP   CONSUMPTION
WILLIAM ROBERTSON        4   M     W     ALA    MAY   FLUX

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PITTS INFANT           1mo   M     W     ALA    DEC   UNKNOWN
CHARLOTT KIDD (W)       75   F     B     AFR    AUG   PALSEY
NEWMAN KIDD (M)         52   M     B      VA    FEB   DROPSY
ANDERSON McGRAW (M)     32   M     B      VA    AUG   PNEUMONIA
HARLINGTON STRICKLIN     3   M     W     ALA    SEP   BRAIN FEVER
MUNDY KELLEY (M)        75   M     B     AFR    DEC   PNEUMONIA
ROSE SINGLETON (M)      50   F     B      SC    OCT   PNEUMONIA
DARCUS McDONALD (M)     55   F     B      SC    NOV   UNKNOWN
HANNAH McGRAW (M)       34   F     W     ALA    JUN   DROPSY OF CHEST
CLARA SCOTT            7mo   F     W     ALA    MAR   UNKNOWN
ALBERT SCOTT           5mo   M     W     ALA    DEC   SMOTHERED
JOSEPHINE STAVELY        5   F     W     ALA    AUG   DROPSY
SAMUEL WALLACE (W)      86   M     W      PA    SEP   UNKNOWN
JOHN E. WALTERS (M)     30   M     W      GA    MAY   CRONIC DIARRHEA
PARLEE GILLAM            1   F     W     ALA    AUG   CONGESTION OF BRAIN
ELLIOTT INFANT         1mo   M     W     ALA    JUN   UNKNOWN
LOUISA COX (W)          46   F     W      GA    JAN   CONSUMPTION
CENTHIA SCHRADER (M)    32   F     W     ALA    JAN   DROPSY OF CHEST
IDA C. TEMPLIN         9mo   F     W     ALA    APR   SCROFULA

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LULA BELL SANDERS      4mo   F     W     ALA    MAR   PNEUMONIA
JAMES H. BLALOCK       1mo   M     W     ALA    NOV   UNKNOWN
MARY S. RUSSELL         10   F     W     ALA    AUG   BRAIN FEVER
ANTHONY HARKINS         54   M     B      SC    JLY   ENLARGEMENT OF LIVER
SAMUEL JACKSON           6   M     W     ALA    AUG   UNKNOWN
FREEZE INFANT          1mo   M     W     ALA    JLY   UNKNOWN
LUCINDA HEAD (W)        63   F     W      SC    MAY   DROPSY
JESSEE SEALE             2   M     W     ALA    JUN   FLUX
POLLY HORTON (W)        82   F     W      SC    FEB   OLD AGE
GREEN B. SEALE (M)      72   M     W      SC    OCT   UNKNOWN
NOLEN INFANT           1mo   M     W     ALA    FEB   UNKNOWN

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LAURA McARTHER          1    F     W     ALA    OCT   DIPTHERIA
BETTIE PARKER           14   F     B     ALA    NOV   SPASMS
JOHN JACKSON           9mo   M     B     ALA    MAR   PNEUMONIA
MARIAH STERRETT (M)     46   F     B      VA    MAR   PNEUMONIA
WILLIAM ROPER           21   M     B     ALA    OCT   BRAIN FEVER
MORIS McADAMS            1   M     B     ALA    JAN   PNEUMONIA
LAURA HORTEN            20   F     W     ALA    APR   CONSUMPTION
CAROLINE REEVES        6mo   F     W     ALA    DEC   INFL. REMIT. FEVER
JULIA ROPER (M)         38   F     W      SC    JAN   CONSUMPTION
LOUVENIA WALLACE       1mo   F     M     ALA    MAY   UNKNOWN

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HARRIETT W. ROBERTS    1mo   F     W     ALA    OCT   UNKNOWN
FANNIE N.  -           1mo   F     W     ALA    OCT   UNKNOWN
ELLEN JONES (W)         80   F     W      SC    JUN   UNKNOWN
HANNAH WILSON (W)       52   F     B      SC    DEC   DYSPEPSIA
WALTER STERRETT        1mo   M     W     ALA    OCT   UNKNOWN
HENRY HARKINS           36   M     B     ALA    JLY   UNKNOWN
WILLIAM MITCHEL         63   M     W      SC    APR   UNKNOWN
CENTHIA E. SPEARMAN      3   F     W     ALA    OCT   CONGESTIVE CHILL
MALINDA STINSON (W)     80   F     B     UNK    MAR   OLD AGE
DUNCAN  -  (M)          84   M     B      SC    SEP   OLD AGE
JANE JONES (W)          28   F     B     ALA    JAN   CONSUMPTION
CHARLES WALKER           2   M     B      MS    DEC   CROUP
LOUISA NEELY            12   F     M     ALA    JLY   UNKNOWN
MINNUS ARCHER            1   M     B     ALA    MAY   UNKNOWN
EMER V. NOLAN          3mo   F     B     ALA    DEC   HIVES
SALLIE LOCKETT          26   F     B     ALA    FEB   CHILD BIRTH
MILTON OWEN             25   M     B     ALA    AUG   ORE CAVED IN ON HIM
MARY F. HAZARD (W)      63   F     W      VA    NOV   UNKNOWN
NANCY IRVIN           11mo   F     M     ALA    OCT   TEETHING

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FANCHER PRENTICE       3mo   M     B     ALA    NOV   HIVES
HOPKINS FANCHER        3mo   M     B     ALA    FEB   HIVES
WILLIAM HARKINS         11   M     B     ALA    NOV   KILLED BY TRAIN
ELISA WOODS (M)         40   F     B      SC    APR   DROPSY OF STOMACH
MAY HARRINGTON (W)      70   F     B      SC    NOV   BILIOUS FEVER
WELCH INFANT           1mo   M     B     ALA    APR   UNKNOWN
HASTUN TRENHOLM (M)     42   M     B      SC    FEB   PNEUMONIA
TINY  -                  1   M     B     ALA    JLY   DIARRHEA
JAMES UNDERWOOD         17   M     W      GA    FEB   BRAIN FEVER
MARTHA TINY (M)         23   F     W      MS    JLY   CHILD B. FEVER
MARY  -                1mo   F     W     ALA    JLY   UNKNOWN
JOHN JACKSON           2mo   M     B     ALA    JUN   MEASELS
McCLANAHAN INFANT      1mo   M     B     ALA    JUN   UNKNOWN

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M.F. KIMBRELL            3   M     W     ALA    JAN   STOMACH INFLAMATION
JAMES WHITE (M)         26   M     W     ALA    NOV   PNEUMONIA
ANDREW BOYD (W)         87   M     W      SC    AUG   DROPSY OF HEART

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WILLIAM STACKS          12   M     W     ALA    OCT   LIVER DISEASE
L.A. BOOTHE             45   F     W      NC    OCT   DROPSY OF CHEST
D.W. GRIFFIN (M)        59   F     W      VA    NOV   PNEUMONIA
LULA HARLESS             2   F     B     ALA    MAR   WORMS

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STOORES INFANT         1mo   M     W     ALA    FEB   UNKNOWN
INFANT  -              1mo   M     W     ALA    FEB   UNKNOWN
WILLIAM HATCHER (W)     67   M     W      SC    JAN   ASTHMA
ISARN ARNOLD (M)        54   M     W     ALA    OCT   ULCERS IN STOMACH
NATHAN JOLLY            10   M     B     ALA    JAN   UNKNOWN
GENERAL WASHINGTON (W)  70   M     B      SC    APR   UNKNOWN
JANE ACKER (M)          57   F     W      SC    NOV   PNEUMONIA
CALVIN M. HANIP (M)     55   M     W      TN    DEC   LIVER DISORGANIZATION
PAMELIA NABERS (W)      35   F     W     ALA    SEP   UNKNOWN
SLELNA WYATT (W)        65   M     B     UNK    APR   GEN. DIBILITY
JOHN P. MORGAN (M)      36   M     W     ALA    DEC   DELIRIUM TREMENS
EMILY ADAMS (M)         35   F     B      VA    APR   CHILD B. FEVER
TRENHOLM INFANT        1mo   M     B     ALA    APR   CROUP
ELI DAY                 17   M     W     ALA    NOV   DROPSY OF STOMACH
EMER REEVES              7   F     B     ALA    JAN   WORMS
ROBERT  -                4   M     B     ALA    JAN   WORMS
EDGAR ROWDIN             2   M     W      GA    SEP   FLUX

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ELLA V. WALKER (M)      33   F     W     ALA    MAY   BRIGHTS DISEASE
ROTTENBURY INFANT      1mo   M     W     ALA    APR   BOLD HIVES
EUGENIA ROBERTSON        3   F     W     ALA    NOV   CROUP
JOHN T. HOLCOMB        1mo   M     W     ALA    JUN   BOLD HIVES
ANTHONY HARKINS (M)     50   M     B      VA    JLY   UNKNOWN
MACK NEELY              60   M     B      TN    SEP   MUSKET SHOT
MARTHA CRUMP (W)        40   F     W      GA    MAY   CANCER OF WOMB
ADELINE ALEXANDER       20   F     B     ALA    MAY   BURNED IN FIT 
MARY LEDBETTER          20   F     W     ALA    JUN   BRAIN FEVER
HENRY  -                17   M     W     ALA    JUN   BRAIN FEVER
THOMAS WOOD             28   M     B     ALA    MAY   CONGESTIVE CHILL
CORA PERRY               5   F     B     ALA    APR   PNEUMONIA
WILLIAM  -               3   M     B     ALA    APR   PNEUMONIA

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NEWTON CROWSON           8   M     W     ALA    NOV   TYPHOID FEVER
MARY A. CROSS (M)       40   F     W     ALA    AUG   PREMATURE LABOR
EMILY COST            21mo   F     W     ALA    APR   ERYSIPELAS
LAURA SMITH             14   F     M     ALA    FEB   CONSUMPTION
JOHN J. WHITMORE (M)    57   M     W      VA    OCT   CONSUMPTION
EMERY WEST (M)          52   M     W      NC    SEP   BY USE OF H. PILLS
SOPHRONIA  -             7   F     W     ALA    JAN   UNKNOWN
BUNCH E. HANIP          14   F     W      TN    JUN   BILIOUS FEVER
ANN E. CUNNINGHAM     17mo   F     W     ALA    AUG   BILIOUS FEVER

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THOMAS HAND              1   M     W     ALA    MAR   STOMACH INFLAMATION
JOHN T. GARLAND         20   M     B      SC    JUN   CONSUMPTION
HENRY R. LEE           3mo   M     B     ALA    NOV   CROUP
PETER KING (M)          30   M     B     ALA    NOV   CONSUMPTION
NANCY LEE (M)           61   F     W      SC    DEC   INF. OF BRAIN
LEXIE A. JOHNSON      11mo   F     W     ALA    OCT   UNKNOWN
ROBERT POPE             13   M     W      GA    NOV   FITS 
VESTU DEAN               2   M     B     ALA    FEB   WORMS
JOSEPH CLARKE            3   M     W     ALA    MAR   WORMS
NOTE:    (M)  after Name denotes "Married"
(W)  after Name denotes "Widowed"
Other information on original records, "Profession, Occupation, or Trade"


Old Names of Diseases


1850 Mortality Schedule

1860 Mortality Schedule


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