1860 Mortality Schedule for Jackson County, Arkansas Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Velda Price <priceld@cswnet.com>. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ ARKANSAS MORTALITY INDEX Persons Who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1860 JACKSON COUNTY Name Age Sex * ** *** Born Died Occupation Cause of Death**** No. Days Ill BAY TOWNSHIP E. J. Wilkinson 26 F M TN Aug Bilious Fever 6 Elizabeth Wilkinson 10 F MS Sep Cramp Colic 1 M. A. Wilkinson 7 F AR Apr ? Fever 7 Abe Shittlesworth 32 M AL Jan Farmer Pneumonia 7 Henry 16 M M S TN Jun Farm Hand Dropsy 90 Emmely 10 F B S TN Nov Farm Hand Killed in Cotton Gin Kit 11 M B S AR Feb Farm Hand Killed in Cotton Gin Infant 0 M M S AR Feb Lived one hour Green 17 M M S GA Apr Farm Hand Pneumonia 7 James Finn 2 M M S AR Apr Pneumonia 7 Vic Slave of Pickett 8 F M S AL Sep Worms 5 Infant Slave of Pickett 1 Day F M S AR Jun Unknown 1 Infant Slave of Pickett 1 Day F M S AR Jan Unknown 1 E. J. Wilkinson 24 M MS Sep Bilious Fever 8 Elizabeth Wilkinson 8 F MS Apr Inflammation of the Bowels 1 Matilda Wilkinson 6 F AR Apr Pneumonia 9 Rachel Stacy 45 F W KY Jun Pneumonia 8 C. H. Moore 60 M SC Apr Physician Pneumonia 3 William F. Cahrily(?) 18 M OH Jul Laborer Congestive Chill 1 Infant of Hatch 2/12 F AR Feb Smothered E. ?. ??ey 20 M TN Mar Dropsy 21 J. Harrelson 40 M M KY Jan Farmer Pneumonia 4 J. Hibbard 12 M TN Jan Pneumonia 7 L. Sperling 1 F AR Feb Erysipelas 3 Jane McDonald 1 F AR Jun Flux 14 Infant Slave of above 1 F M S AR Jun Flux 1 William Wilkinson 22 M AL Nov Collector Consumption 365 J. H. Mitchell 3 M AL Sep Brain Fever 3 Infant 1 hr M B S TX Dec Dead Born William Croom 25 TN Apr Farmer Pneumonia 31 Mary J. O'Neal 8 F TN Mar Pneumonia 5 Betsy Slave of Hammon 20 F B S KY Mar Field Hand Pneumonia 60 L. M. McCind 43 M PA Jun Attorney-at-Law Congestion of the Brain 5 Mo Lorinda 18 F B S AL Jun House Servant Pneumonia 3 Infant 3/12 F B S AR Jun Dysentery 3 Mary A. Water(s)(?) 28 F LA Mar Pneumonia 5 Ch. V. Water(s)(?) 5/12 M AR May Pneumonia 2 E. M. Water(s)(?) 6 F AR Jun Croup 10 Hannah Water(s)(?) 2 F B S TN Mar Pneumonia 7 Louisa Penn 50 F VA Aug Bilious Fever 10 Mary Slave of Above 18 F M S VA Aug Field Hand Sun Stroke 3 Infant Slave of Above 1 F M S VA Aug Unknown 2 Infant Slave of Above 1 F M S VA Aug Unknown 7 Grundy Slave of Above 21 M B S MS Dec House Servant Pneumonia 9 Infant Slave of Above 1 F B S AR Jul Pneumonia 1 Infant of G. W. Cargle 2/12 M AR Aug Inflammation of Bowels 7 James, Slave of Patterson 40 M B S MO Jan House Servant Dysentery 8 Felix Tillaman(?) 25 M TN Mar Laborer Pneumonia 9 Mary Tillaman(?) 73 F W SC Jul Flux 28 Adaline Ram?? 6 F AR Mar Pneumonia 11 J. T. Timmons 1/12 M AR Nov Croup 5 M. T. Tilman 30 F M KY Jan Woman's Disease 90 Albert Barns 3 M AR Feb Pneumonia 9 William Barns 3 M AR Oct Pneumonia 16 Cornelia Barns 2 F AR Jan Pneumonia 6 Matthew Moore 65 M W KY Nov ????? Pneumonia 5 Joseph Ballard or Bulloch 55/35 M TN May Consumption 100 L. A. McPherson 18 F M VA Apr Pneumonia 14 William Morris 14 M GA Apr Pneumonia 12 Mary Soward 8 F AL Jun Inflammation of the Stomach 3 Ned 12 M B S TN Aug Typhoid Fever 2 Jane 3 F B S TN Aug Typhoid Fever 3 Margaret Erwin 40 M NC Feb Congestion 1 Sharlot 40 F B S NC May House Servant Pneumonia 3 Lucious 6/12 M B S AR Jun Debility 2 Mary Gullum 33 F M TN Mar Pneumonia 14 B. Stewart 3 M MO Apr Pneumonia 6 L. Alexander 11 F MO Feb Pneumonia 14 C. Clark 16 F MO Mar Pneumonia 10 Comfort Dove 35 TN Mar Seamstress Pneumonia 14 Jane Cunningham 26 F TN Mar Dysentery 10 J. B. King 7/12 M AR Jul Croup 3 M. ???? 5 F AR Jul Inflammation of the Bowels 5 J. Story 17 M AR Aug Dysentery 11 A. Pledge 9/12 F AR Oct Ulceration of the Throat 30 Lou Doyor(?) 19 F M TN Oct Pneumonia 9 Nancy Car?ton 45 F M SC Mar Pneumonia 5 Lewis Groachvi??? 20 M M TN Sep Blk Smith Pneumonia 10 Mary Groachvi??? 2 F TN Sep Congestive Chill 7 Lawrence Daugherty 57 M M VA Jul Farmer Bilious Fever 13 Susan Daugherty 5/12 F AR Jul Dysentery 5 John Daugherty 3/12 M AR Jul Dysentery 2 Wiley Davis 38 M W GA Jan Farmer Pneumonia 9 Sarah Davis 3/12 F B S AR Jan Smothered 1 Lewis Davis 22 M B S VA Apr Field Hand Pneumonia 7 Kesser Davis 16 F B S VA Apr Field Hand Pneumonia 4 Julia Davis 30 F M S VA Jul Field Hand Spasms 12 Henny 8/12 M B S AR Jul Teathing 7 Green Hill 40 M TN Jun Farmer Murdered Sarah 32 B B S NC Feb House Servant Pneumonia 8 Infant 1/12 M B S AR Sep Croup 2 James Wilson 35 M TN Nov Farmer Pneumonia 9 James Wilson 10/12 M AR Sep Pneumonia 14 William Blythe 2/12 M AR Mar Cramp Colic 1 Efrom 70 M B S NC Dec Field Hand Pneumonia 5 Dilly 50 F B S VA Jun Field Hand Inflammation of the Bowels 14 Edward 35 M B S TN Feb Field Hand Killed by a tree falling 5 Nancy 3 F M S AR Mar Pneumonia 14 James Cloyed 24 M M TN Mar Laborer Pneumonia 3 Margaret Cloyed 3/12 F AR Jan Unknown 30 Allace Watson 3 F AR Mar Unknown 3 BAYOU CACHE Sarah 28 F B S GA Aug Field Hand Dropsy 5 John Rainy 7 M AR Apr Pneumonia 15 Nan 80 F M S VA Jan Field Hand Pneumonia 7 John Tigg 13 M AR Feb Field Hand Pneumonia 21 Van B. Tigg 20 M AR Mar Farm Hand Pneumonia 16 Alexander Tigg 9 M AR Apr Farm Hand Pneumonia 11 Sam A. Thomas 19 M B S AL Jan Farm Hand Inflammation of the Brain 21 Anna Thomas 1/12 F M S AR Jul Croup 2 Robert Byhum(?) 3 M AR Jun Croup 7 Daniel Boose 28 M M TN Dec Farm Hand Pneumonia 8 Lewis Cox 19 M MS Jan Pneumonia 11 John Mastin(?) Martin(?) 1 M TN Aug Inflammation of the Brain 7 Nancy Arnold 18 F TN Apr Pneumonia 6 Fannie McConmae(?) 5/12 F AR Aug Chills 8 Henry McClamers(?) 47 M TN Jun Carpenter Bilious Fever 7 Thomas Angess 47 M TN Mar Farmer Pneumonia 8 Isom Gray 50 M M S VA Apr Field Hand Consumption of the Lungs 5 Walter Gray 38 M M S AR Aug Field Hand Unknown 4 James F. Andrews 1/12 M AR Aug Unknown 4 John Savage 1/12 M AR Aug Unknown 1 Samuel Eldridg 2 M B S AR Sep Unknown 90 John Casy 6/12 M B S AR Sep Unknown 3 Robert Bill 3/12 M B S AR Jan Hives 7 Mary Bill 4/12 F M S AR May Chills 4 Lewis Gregory 2 M B S AR Feb Chills 1 James Lewis 3 M AR Mar Whooping Cough 10 Sarah Jones 28 F OH Jun Domestic Consumption 1 Year Wm. Mastin or Martin(?) 9 M AR Feb Farmer Pneumonia 7 George May?and 27 M AR Feb Farmer Pneumonia 15 T. McPhea?m 45 M VT Apr Laborer Unknown 7 Fannie Smith 8 F AR Sep Bilious Fever 10 Mary Green 20 F AL Jan Typhoid Fever 30 John Green 10 M AR Feb Unknown 3 Amanda Brown 30 F M MS Jul Pneumonia 8 Jane Brown 1/12 F AR Jul Unknown 3 J. W. King 2 M AR May Inflammation of Stomach 40 Nancy Murphy 34 F NC Feb Child Birth 5 Caroline Jones 1/12 F AR Jan Hives 5 A. White 60 M AR Dec Farmer Fever 4 Lydia White 50 F AR Dec Consumption 3 King Jones 20 M TN Apr Farm Laborer Pneumonia 10 Sarah Hendson 6 F AR May Pneumonia 10 Margrette Martin 18 F AR May Pneumonia 10 James Andrews* 35 M TN Apr Farm Hand Spasms 1 *James Andrews killed from limb of oak tree falling on his head while at work in the field. Skull was fractured and died of spasms in a few hours. BIRD TOWNSHIP R. T. Cursey 2 M TN Sep Whopping Cough 12 B. J. McCartney 3 F AR Sep Croup 9 Martha A. McCartney 10/12 F AR Sep Croup 4 Infant of Mrs. C. Box F AR May Childbirth 4 Moses Hurley 59 M W NC Jul Farmer Consumption 1 Year Penny Hurley 18 TN Jan Typhoid Pneumonia 14 Ervin Pepper 21 M TN Nov Farm Laborer Pneumonia 60 Malisa Pepper 5 F AR Nov Dropsy 21 Benjamin Pepper 6/12 M B S AR May Smothered Accidentally Ann E. Nickolson 15 F TN Oct Inflammation of the Lungs 7 D. M. Nickolson 6 M AR Aug Worms 1 Infant son of J. Whitson 8/12 M AR Aug Indigestion 7 Eliza Hoffman 3 F AR Aug ? 5 Matilda Gordon 30 F M VA Apr Accidental poisoning 8 Richard Brandy 19 M TN Jan Farmer Inflammation of the Brain 5 E. L. Mills or Miller 1 F AR Jan Accidental Drowning W. D. C. Williams 25 M W NC Aug Farmer Pneumonia 3 Chany Negro of E. Long 30 F B S NC Apr Typhoid fever 9 Henry Brabson(?) 3 M IN Apr Worms 3 Priscilla Crabb 35 F M NC Jun Pneumonia 2 Cinthia Lamb 1 F AL Feb Cancer of hip 40 John Aney 5 M AR May Burned to death? Infant of John Aney 1 wk M AR Mar Disease unknown 7 T. Jones 23 M TN Jan Farm Laborer Pneumonia 10 John Smith 43 M S VA Sep Field Hand Pneumonia 9 William Smith 7 M AR Sep Chills & Fever 30 Reuben Phillips 3 M AR Aug Croup 4 Mary Howell 29 F M MS Aug Consumption 1 Year BRECKENRIDGE TOWNSHIP Jessie Sherrill 1/12 M AR Nov Worms 7 Emily Jones 1 F AR Jul Measles 5 James Newton 32 M TN Oct Farmer Diarrhea 14 Newton Jilkes or Jelkes 30 M B S NC Jan Field Hand Congestion of the Brain 4 Cage Jilkes or Jelkes 10 M B S NC Jan Field Hand Rheumatism of the Head 3 Infant of Breckenridge 11/12 M AR Jan Unknown 1 James L. Owens 1 M AR Feb ? 6 Sarah Breckenridge 11 F AR Feb Pneumonia 7 Sarah A. Goodwin 9 F AR May Worms 2 Hiram Brown 14 M TN Jul Pneumonia 8 William Brown 12 M TN Feb Pneumonia 8 James Leach 80 M W GA May Farmer Palsy 2 John Leach 14 M TN Mar Scarlet Fever 16 Jane McDonald 12 F B S AR Nov House Servant Measles 7 GLAIZE AND BARON TOWNSHIP Susana Truman 61 F W GA Dec Seamstress Pneumonia 14 Hiram Shelly 59 M VA Jan Pilot Pneumonia 17 John Kayhill 30 M MD Jan Rafting Dropsy of heart 2 Fannie Northern 3/12 F AR May Not Known 3 N. Sample 1 F AR Dec Inflammation of the Brain 16 Mary Robertson 11/12 F AR Dec Not Known 1 T. W. Couch 8 M MS Jan Pneumonia 21 Mary Couch 7/12 F AR Jan Not Known 8 hours Mildred Murphy 23 F B S MO May House Servant Dropsy 3 Mo J. B. Pearce 30 M M TN Jan Clerk Pneumonia 21 M. P. Lamb 2 M AR Jun Typhoid Fever 12 P. M. Folley(?) 44 M M TN Feb Bilious Colic 5 Francis Norman 2 M MS Jan In. of the Stomach 32 J. A. Chalk 62 M W NC Aug Physician Consumption 1 year John Gifford 6 M AR Sep Croup 6 Pompey 39 M B S NC Jul Field Hand Palsy 9 Nancy Ransom 12 F KY Oct Bilious Fever 2 A. W. Plant 25 M KY May Farmer Swelling in the Throat 8 R. L. Plant 21 M KY Feb Farmer Pneumonia 7 Susan Plant 7 F AR Nov Scarlet Fever 3 Sarah Kidd 17 F M AR May Swelling in the Throat 8 H. Humby 1/12 F AR Jul Diarrhea 8 Stephen Gibbs 25 M AR Mar Farm Laborer Big Head 14 Sarah Heffington 3 F AR Jun Bilious Fever 3 J. A. Punter 3/12 M AR Sep Epilepsy 7 John Lafferty 6 M AR Oct Congestive Fever 5 William Russell 50 M M TN Mar Farmer Pneumonia 2 C. Stowall 35 M AR Apr Farmer Apoplexy 5 John Russell 5 M AR May Fever 8 Bennett Tyner 35 M KY Nov Farmer Congestive Chill 3 Martha E. Custig 3 F AR Nov Pneumonia 4 Mary F. Custig 1/12 F AR Nov Not Known 3 Jane B?llinsley 1/12 F AR Mar Hives 1 Luisa Hall 1/12 F AR Aug Colic 3 JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP William Billings 53 M M KY Oct Farmer Chronic disease of the lungs 21 Ellie 5/12 M M S AR Jul Whopping Cough 9 Frank 9/12 M B F AR Jul Whooping Cough 15 Joseph Pistole 27 M M AR Mar Gambler Pneumonia 13 Georgana Reed 3 F AR Nov Pneumonia 10 George Buyindine(?) 50 M M VA Jan Carpenter Pneumonia 13 Mary Buyindien(?) 45 F M VA Jan Pneumonia 10 Dolly Board 50 F B S VA May House Servant Pneumonia 7 Charles Matlock 6 M MS Dec Congestion of the Brain 8 May Bateman 30 F B S MO May House Servant Pneumonia 8 Charaty Sinks or Sinky 27 F B S VA May Field Hand Disease of the Womb 30 John Simmeral(?) 30 M M TN Feb Farmer Consumption 2 Years Andrew Montgomery 16 M VA Sep Dysentery 20 Mary E. Martin 18 F M KY Apr Child Birth 30 Celey Reed 30 F B S MO Dec House Servant Consumption 10 H. Jackson 45 M KY Dec Tavern Keeper Yellow Jaundice 15 May Linn 1/12 F AR May Croup 3 J. Lindsy 32 M M TN Nov Pneumonia 10 RICHWOOD TOWNSHIP B. Turner 35 M AR Aug Erysepelas 16 J. T. Howard 3 M AR Aug Unknown 9 John Jackson 2 M AR Aug Croup 9 Cornelia Turner 1 F AR Jun Worms 3 John Howard 1/12 M AR Jul Hives 5 Mary Ridley 12 F TN Oct Pleurisy 10 UNION TOWNSHIP Jackson Gillum 3/12 M AR Aug Whooping Cough 30 Easter 35 F B S TN Jul Field Hand Child Birth 30 Hamp 1 M B S AR Aug Fever 7 Harry 3/12 M S S AR Feb Croup 2 Mary E. Waddle 8 F AR Feb Consumption 6 Mo Elizabeth Lax 60 F M VA Feb Affection of Liver 39 Mary F. Lax 3 F AR Jul Croup 1 A. C. Crump 35 F VA May Farmer Pneumonia 3 Mary Crump 7/12 F AR Jan Cold 7 Clemont Dikon(?) 45 M LA Jan Pneumonia 7 Louisa Dikon(?) 35 F B S TN Aug Field Hand ? 5 Mo Joseph Mofield(?) 4 M AR Aug Chills 3 Thomas Brewer 3/12 M AR Apr Unknown 7 Mary Brewer 35 F TN Feb Unknown 3 Mo G. W. Cromwell 56 M M KY Jun Farmer Chills 5 Acey Cromwell 22 M AR Jul Farmer Unknown 3 Mo May Lax 3 F AR Jul Croup 1 Infant not named 1/12 M AR Dec Croup 1 Lenora Little 8 F MS Apr Croup 1 VILLAGE TOWNSHIP Mary San???ter 5 F AR Jan Scarlet Fever 30 Amanda Arnold 3 F AR Aug Inflammation of the Stomach 14 William Grenshaw 13 M AR Jun Inflammation of the Brain 9 Ann Servant N.C. Williams 30 F B S MS Jul Field Hand Rheumatism 90 Infant not named 1 Day F B S AR Jun 1 Nancy L. O'Neal 9 Days F AR Jan Pneumonia 9 James Cromwell 3/12 M AR Jan Bola Hives 7 George W. Cromwell 55 M M KY Jun Farming Dyspepsia & Pneumonia 6 Acem M. Cromwell 21 M AR Nov Farmer Typhoid Fever 45 D. C. Burk 21 M M TN Jun Farming ?arnsey 1 Cynthia McCurley 64 F M SC Jun Flux 7 George C. Hargrove 1 M MS Jun Flux 4 Nancy Fowler 40 F M TN Feb Pneumonia 5 Lycia Lassith 14 M TN Jan Intermittent Fever 10 Infant of Sutton's 9 Days M AR Jan Hives 1 Juliet E. Malone 29 F M TN Jun Intermittent Fever 10 William ? Robinson 6 M AR Jun Scarlet Fever 2 J. W. Blake 2 M AR Mar Neupalgies 15 William Stigall 60 M W NC Oct Erysipelas 9 A. I. Foundin 38 M M AR May 10 E. Burkett 22 F M IL Jan Pneumonia 12 Polly Ann Hamm 2/12 F AR Oct Hives 2 Jessie Menga 78 M M VA Jun Farming Consumption 60 Infant of Akins 5 Days M AR Jun Premature Birth 1 Malinda Burkett 48 F M TN Mar Unknown 4 E. Burkett 22 F M IL Mar Pneumonia 9 Elizabeth Johnson 4 F MS Oct Worms 7 John Johnson 8 M MS Aug Worms 1 James Johnson 1 M AR Aug Scarlet Fever 4 Alferd Noland 36 M TN Apr Winter Fever 2 Weeks WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP James Land 1/12 M AR Apr Unknown 30 Cooper Land 2 M MS Sep Fever 10 Moses Watson 1 M M S AR Apr Pneumonia 4 Lucy Watson 10/12 F B S AR Mar Pneumonia 6 Sarah Watson 2 F M S AR Mar Pneumonia 10 Georgianna Currie 4/12 F B S AR Aug Chills 5 Robert Currie 20 M B S GA Apr Field Hand Inflammation of the Bowels 3 Tam or Sam Currie 2/12 M B S AR Jan Inflammation of the Bowels 2 Jane Currie 1/12 F B S AR Jan Unknown 3 Sophia Eldridge 24 F M S M TN Apr Field Hand Childbed Fever 14 Polly Eldridge 3/12 F M S AR Jul Unknown 7 Martha Davis 1 F AR Aug Inflammation of the Brain 90 M. A. Gregory 26 M TN Feb Spasm 3 Thomas Gregory 1 M AR Feb Dropsy 3 Hans Gregory 14 M B S AL Aug Dropsy 30 Lucinda Gregory 35 F B S VA May Typhoid Fever 8 Luke Gregory 2 M B S AR Sep Bilious Fever 8 Thomas Moore 1/12 M B S AR Jun Hives 2 Amanda Irwin 30 F M NC Apr Childbirth 4 J. Hall Infant 1/12 F AR Jun Unknown 1 Harriet Hale 1 F B S AR Jul Diarrhea 3 James Elkin 30 M OH Dec Laborer Pneumonia 10 John Wilkins 70 M MA Jan Laborer Pneumonia 7 * Color - White, Black, Mulatto ** Free or Slave *** Married or Widowed **** Apoplexy: An obsolete term for a cerebral stroke, most often due to intracerebral hemorrhage. Bilious Fever: Relapsing fever from typhoid, malaria or hepatitis. Congestive Chill: Malaria usually transmitted by the bite of a mosquito or malaria with diarrhea. Consumption: Tuberculosis which results in wasting of the tissues of the body. Cramp Colic: Spasms in the abdomen, crying and irritability. Croup: Childhood illness with difficult and noisy respiration and a hoarse cough; laryngitis, diphtheria or Strep throat. Debility: Weakness. Dropsy: Edema (swelling) often caused by kidney or heart disease. Dysentery: Frequent, watery, bloody stools with pain, fever, and dehydration. Erysipelas: Acute, skin disease caused with hot, red, swollen skin lesions usually accompanied by severe weight loss. Flux: Excessive hemorrhage or diarrhea. Hictic (Hectic) Fever: Fever associated with tuberculosis or septic poisoning. Hives: Eruption of wheals due to an allergic reaction. Palsy: Paralysis of muscles. Putrid Sore Throat: Decomposition or rotting Rheumatism: Rheumatic fever with pain of the musculoskeletal system. Scarlet Fever: Marked by fever and an eruption of red color of the face and membranes of the mouth. Scrofulas: Tuberculosis in the glands of the neck resulting in slow abscess of the glands. Sun Stroke: Heatstroke from exposure to the sun but often without having fever Teathing (Teething): Infections of the teeth. Typhoid Fever: An acute infectious disease with continuous fever, skin eruptions, and diarrhea. Whooping Cough: An acute infection of the throat with severe coughing which ends with a noisy inspiratory spasm. Winter Fever: Pneumonia. Yellow Jaundice: A yellowish color to the skin and deeper tissues from liver problems.