Polk County Mortality Schedule 1870 Name Age Sex Place Month Cause Occupation of of of Birth Death Death Jane Boyce 13 F CA June Abortion Sarah Craven 13 F CO June Consumption Sarah Carrell 14 F CA Mar Diptheria Elijah Davidson 67 M NC Apr Spine Disease Preacher Nathaniel Ford 75 M VA Jan Heart Disease Farmer Oliver Laskey 64 M ME Feb Consumption Farmer John Marlow 23 M MO May Consumption Jane L. Miller 77 F KY Nov Tumer/Liver Louisa Miller 16 F OR Apr Consumption Elizabeth Naught 53 F TN Sep Erysipelas Housework Elzabeth Nichols 78 F TN June Infla/Stomach Wm. Riggs 28 M MO Feb Apoplexy Farmer James M. Rose 22 M WI Oct Typhoid Student Henry Rust 60 M MD June Liver Disease Farmer Martha Shelly 55 F IL Dec Remittent Fever Housework D. K. Shepherd 39 M VT Mar Lung Fever Farmer R. Tatom 64 M NC July Dyspepsia J. D. Walling 54 M VA May Skull Fracture Farmer Clarissa Waymire 47 F NY Sep Infla/Stomach Housewife Mary A. Wood 29 F IL Nov Miscarriage