Updated 11/15/2023

Madison 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; Madison 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
PAYNE, Amanda P.	33	Fe	M	Ohio	March, 1850	*	fever	42
PAYNE, Herman E.	5/12	M	*	Michigan	July, 1849	*	dysentery	21
DAVIS, James N.	1	M	*	Michigan	Oct., 1849	*	diareah	11
HAYBALL, Mary A.	1	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	fever	6
DECKER, Alonzo	1	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	dysentery	5
CRANE, Ann S.	62	Fe	W	NY	July, 1849	*	consumption	365
COOK, Frances A.	25	Fe	*	NY	July, 1849	*	fever	10
COLLINS, Charles J.	10/12	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	lung fever	35
MARVIN, Milton	9/12	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	brain fever	8
COVERT, Charles H.	2	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1849	*	scarlet fever	24
TRAUTMAN, William	2/12	M	*	Ohio	March, 1850	*	whooping cough	30
HIRTER, Mary	1	Fe	*	Michigan	Aug., 1849	*	diareah	8
WILLIS, Lucien E.	30	M	M	VT	Nov., 1849	blacksmith	diareah	5
VOOMAN, Barnard	1	M	*	Michigan	June, 1849	*	diareah	14
FRAZELLE, Milo	11/12	M	*	Ohio	Jan., 1850	*	diareah	18
BUDLONG, Clarence E.	2	M	*	Michigan	Dec., 1849	*	dropsy	8
SCHUDDER, Matilda	18	Fe	*	Penn	Nov., 1849	*	brain fever	20
ROBINSON, Henry	27	M	*	England	Nov., 1849	laborer	bilious fever	8
LARNARD, Samuel	73	M	W	Mass	Aug., 1849	farmer	dropsy	8
FITCH, Lilly	40	Fe	W	Penn	March, 1850	*	consumption	365
CLAPPER, Cordelia	18	Fe	M	Michigan	Jan., 1850	*	child birth	17
CLAPPER, John T.	7/12	M	*	Michigan	July, 1849	*	inflam.	14
DOW, Nancy	60	Fe	M	Mass	Jan., 1850	*	fever	63
HASCALL, Zillah	11	Fe	*	Michigan	Nov., 1849	*	consumption	365
HOPE, Mary	53	Fe	M	Scotland	June, 1849	*	not known	1 hour
GRIFFITH, Mary A.	30	Fe	M	NY	Sept., 1849	*	bilious fever	5
GRIFFITH, William	27	M	M	NY	March, 1850	farmer	consumption	365
TREAT, Statira	83	Fe	W	Conn	March, 1850	*	old age	1 hour?
BRIGGS, Sally A.	28	Fe	M	Penn	Oct., 1849	*	consumption	118

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Madison Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

See Adrian Twp., 1st and 4th Ward for Madison Twp.

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Madison 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
COWELL, Almira	29	Fe	M	Michigan	Oct., 1869	keeping house	consumption of lungs
COWELL, Sarah	28	Fe	W	Ohio	Oct., 1869	dress maker	consumption of lungs
HINNEYON, Jane	21	Fe	*	NY	Aug., 1869	pauper at Co. Poor home	apoplectic fit
KELLOG, John	70	M	M	NY	Oct., 1869	"	dropsy
BABCOCK, John	75	M	*	NY	Feb., 1870	"	apoplectic fit
HOWE, Nathan	65	M	*	NY	Oct., 1869	"	consumption of lungs
LEASON, Charles	16	M	*	Michigan	Jan., 1870	"	fits
BANKS, Howell	85	M	*	VA	Nov., 1869	"	old age
HULIT, Zoah	2/12	M	*	Michigan	Dec., 1869	"	inanition
CRANE, Elmer	8	M	*	Michigan	Dec., 1869	*	dropsy of brain
GRIFFITH, John	52	M	M	NY	Jan., 1870	farmer	paralysis
RAMSDELL, Elisabeth	25	Fe	*	NY	Dec., 1869	at home	consumption of lungs
SKINNER, John	8	M	*	Michigan	Nov., 1869	at home	erysepelas
TOWNSEND, Barbara	39	Fe	M	Conn	Apr., 1870	keeping house	child birth
CARPENTER, Bradley	2	M	*	Michigan	July, 1869	*	drowned
NOBLES, Willis	1	M	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	spasms
STRONG, Ralph	2	M	*	Michigan	July, 1869	*	consumption of lungs

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Madison 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
BARBER, Abbey	60	Fe	S	NY	NY	NY	keeping house	Dec., 1879	tumor ovarian	58
WEBB, Cub	5/12	M	S	Michigan	*	*	*	May, 1880	hemorrhage	5/12
TIBBITS, Henry	48	M	M	NY	NY	NY	farmer	Dec., 1879	inflammation of stomach	38
HITCHCOCK, Bell	27	Fe	M	Michigan	unknown	unknown	keeping house	May, 1880	*****	27
HUNTINGTON, Samuel	82	M	M	Canada	unknown	VT	dressing cloth?	Mar., 1880	paralysis	12
GREEK, James E.	21	M	S	Michigan	NY	NY	farmer	Oct., 1879	typhoid fever	20
ALLEN, Stephen	84	M	W	NJ	NJ	NJ	farmer	Mar., 1880	heart disease	44
Not Named	M	2/365	S	Michigan	Michigan	NY	*	Sept., 1879	s. born	2/365
Still Birth	*	M	S	*	Michigan	Michigan	*	May, 1880	stillborn	*
HIGBY, Polly	65	Fe	D	NY	RI	NY	keeping house	July, 1879	consumption	34
GRAHAN, Hannah	82	Fe	W	Mass	RI	RI	keeping house	Jan., 1880	old age	48
HART, Nicholas	70	M	S	NY	NY	NY	farmer	Oct., 1879	paralysis	2

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Madison Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died at the County Poor House
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	Where was disease contracted
BEBEE, Sarah	30	Fe	S	NY	NY	NY	teacher	June, 1879	epilepsy	14	Seneca Twp.
RICHARDSON, R. H.?	61	M	W	NH	NH	NH	cabinet maker	June, 1879	pulmonary tuberculosis	8	*
WHEELER, Almina	72	Fe	D	NY	NY	NY	housekeeper	Aug., 1879	heart disease	30	Medina Twp
CARTER, Joseph	59	M	M	NY	NY	NY	peddler	Oct., 1869	scrofula	40	NY
BEAGLE, John	58	M	W	Badan	Badan	Badan	laborer	Oct., 1879	cancer of stomach	20	Adrian City
BULLOCK, Aaron	80	M	W	NY	NY	NY	laborer	Dec., 1879	congestive chill	30	*
ALLEN, Elizabeth	40	Fe	S	NY	NY	NY	servant	April, 1880	consumption	25	Palmyra Twp.
DONGER, Ella	9/12		S	MI	Ohio	Ohio	*	May, 1880	dropsy of brain	9/12	*
HANLEY, no name given	*	Fe	S	MI	unknown	England	*	Jan., 1880	the mother hemorrhaged?; child died soon after birth	*	*

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.	Medina Twp.	Ogden Twp.	Palmyra Twp.
Raisin Twp.	Ridgeway Twp.	Riga Twp.	Rollin Twp.
Rome Twp.	Seneca Twp.	Tecumseh Twp.	Woodstock Twp.

Madison Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1850; Madison 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; Madison Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

See Adrian Twp., 1st and 4th Ward for Madison Twp.

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Madison 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; Madison Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Beginning June 1, 1879, and Ending May 31, 1880.

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Madison Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died at the County Poor House 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 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.

The Name of Every Person Who Died at the County Poor House
During the Year Beginning June 1, 1879, and Ending May 31, 1880.