CAUSE OF DEATH?
(Credit to National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 59, #4, Page 303, Dec. 1971)
The yield from genealogical research can run the gamut from serious scientific data through human interest gems to the utterly ridiculous. The following list of causes of death illustrates the entire range. These items are from 19th-century mortality schedules. They were culled by Mrs. Reba H. Hawes when she was chairwoman of indexing these records for the D.A.R under the direction of Dr. Jean Stephenson. Mary R. Brown.
| Baby Infant
Pleuritis Drinking ardent spirits Bad Management Wore Out No cause knownd (fell dead from chair) Affectation Appopxy Grain of corn in windpipe Measeals Blows received in affray Damp in well Weakly from berth Billious cold Hyves Shot dont no hoo done it Suoside Obstruction of the brain Rising on head Internal rising Broken diaphram Consternation of the bowels Gunsmith, 82 years, machinery wore out Penewmony |
Astma
Cutting all the front teeth at one time Mortification Slave (140 years) Morasmus 3 twins Appolexity Dierhear Over Flow Brains Tyfored fever Scofular Quincey Hooping Cough Kisses Overheat Yellow Ganders Infirmitus of old age Kick of Hoss Hog cholera Spring Nettles Sprained ankle Sudden. Fell off horse. Broke neck. Never said a word. |
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