FamilyHistoryFiles.com - Deaths and Mortality Patterns in the Town of Castleton VT, 1897-1902

This table of the 239 deaths recorded in the Town of Castleton over a six year period (1 Jan 1897 -- 31 Dec 1902) was constructed mainly in order to put the deaths in John Delehanty's nuclear family into a broader social context. After learning of the shattering of his nuclear family from 1899 to 1903, I wondered how common such spates of death were in this time and place. What were the patterns of sickness and mortality in the broader community? Was death by tuberculosis common? What about other respiratory ailments? These data offer a singular snapshot of disease and mortality patterns over a six-year period in a representative slate quarrying community in the Vermont-New York slate districts.

Deaths in Castleton Town, Vermont, 1897-1902

(source: death registers, Castleton Town Offices)

Column Codes

A. Number

B. Date of Death (Year-Month-Day)

C. Name & Surname of Deceased

D. Age

E.   Sex

F.   Race (if White left blank)

G. Marital Status (S=single, M=married, W=widowed)

H. Duration or Cause of Death

I.    Death Code (see explanatory notes at bottom of table)

J.    Occupation of Male over 15 Years (see explanatory notes)

K.   Place of birth (see explanatory notes)

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	97-01-05	John --- Goodbury	0	M		S	Bronchitis	inf	***	C
2	97-01-12	Florence D. Ransom	0	F		S	Congestion of lungs	inf	***	C
3	97-01-18	Metcalf	0	M		S	Pneumonia	inf	***	C
4	97-02-18	Mary (Carrol) O'Brien	80	F		W	asthma -- cong of lung	res	***	Ire
5	97-02-22	John Stan Benedict	84	M		M	heart failure	hrt	farmer	VT
6	97-02-23	Georgia Hunter Rodd	19	F	Blk	M	exhaustion from childbirth	preg	***	C
7	97-04-07	Gale Tomlinson	60	M		M	hemorrhage of blood / paralysis	bld	sawmill?	C
8	97-04-30	Timothy Joseph Collins	64	M		M	congestion of lung and brain	res	laborer	Ire
9	97-05-13	[Marcus] Evans	67	M		M	cancer of stomach	can	quarryman	Wal
10	97-06-04	Jones	0	F		S	enlargement of liver and jaundice	inf	***	C
11	97-07-05	Henry Clay Brown	67	M		W	sunstroke	stk	farmer	VT
12	97-07-09	George Harrison	67	M		M	inflammation [stroke?] congestion of brain	stk	miller	Eng
13	97-08-16	Susan Grady	60	F		W	hepatogemia jaundice	liv	***	Ire
14	97-08-22	Rodd	0	F	Mul	S	anemia	inf	***	C
15	97-09-08	Charlotte B. Woodward	76	F		W	cancer	can	***	C
16	97-10-06	Electa A. Davids	66	F		W	sugar diabetes	diab	***	VT
17	97-10-11	Hugh H. Jones	30	M		S	plethisis pulmonosis	res	quarryman	C
18	97-10-27	Franklin A. Griswold	87	M		W	Bright's disease	liv	carpenter	VT
19	97-11-11	Susan Hunter	19	F	Blk	S	tuberculosos (pulmonary)	res	***	C
20	97-11-24	Lillie Kennedy	30	F		S	tuberculosos (pulmonary)	res	***	C
21	97-11-27	James Bradshaw	84	M		M	endocarditis	hrt	blacksmith	VT
22	97-12-02	Thomas Real	36	M		S	accidental killed on RR track	acc	laborer	VT
23	97-12-21	John James	78	M		W	carcinoma of stomach	can	laborer	Eng
24	97-12-26	Charles R. Ludden	70	M		M	valvular disease of head	stk	wheelright	C
25	98-01-08	James Edward Sheridan	28	M		S	pulmonary consumption and heart disease	res	Farmer	C
26	98-01-08	William Castleton Jones	72	M		M	pyelitis & cistisis		Farmer	VT
27	98-01-15	Charles Brown	81	M		M	apoplexy (cerebral)	stk	lumber	VT
28	98-01-15	Philip D. Griswold	75	M		M	Bright's disease	liv	farmer	C
29	98-02-02	Wayne Bruce Perry	0	M		S	infantile [marasmus]	inf	***	C
30	98-02-02	Infant - still born	0	F	Oct	S	stillborn	inf	***	C
31	98-02-07	Elmira P. Barnes	54	F		W	paralysis		***	VT
32	98-02-22	Mary A. W. Wheeler	57	F		M	apoplexy	stk	***	C
33	98-02-25	Berdie E. Green Giddings	47	F		M	albuminalia urine conditions	kid	***	Rut
34	98-02-27	Infant	0	M		S	premature birth	inf	***	C
35	98-03-04	Stella Pease Woodbury	20	F		M	[paraperal] albuminaria	preg	***	VT
36	98-03-05	Sella E. Pond Brown	22	F		M	neuralgia of heart	hrt	***	C
37	98-03-09	[Armell] Heartwell	79	M		M	tuberculosis [peripula]	res	carpenter	C
38	98-03-11	Eliza B. Robinson	18	F		M	[perepenal septecomia]	preg	***	VT
39	98-03-21	David Morris	68	M		M	angina rectoris	hrt	quarryman	Wal
40	98-03-23	Willie Williams	18	M	Blk	S	emphysema	res	laborer	C
41	98-03-23	Bertha Williams	26	F		M	eclampsia [cirrosis] poisoning	preg	***	CT
42	98-03-28	Sidney M. Southard	72	M		M	[--- origastion] of lungs due to [--] from old wound	res	book agent	VT
43	98-04-05	Thomas Murphy	78	M		M	cancer of stomach & liver	can	farmer	Ire
44	98-04-17	Susan S. Johnson Noyer	55	F		M	acute tuberculosis	res	***	VT
45	98-04-21	Philip W. Delehanty	25	M		S	plethisis pumonalis	res	stone cutter	Gra
46	98-05-05	Andrew Clark	79	M		M	diabetes mellitus	diab	coal dealer	NY
47	98-05-09	Infant	0	M		S	stillborn	inf		C
48	98-05-17	Peter Gebo	88	M		W	senile marasmus	old		Can
49	98-05-17	Emma P. F. Darling	27	F		W	plethisis pumonalis	res		NY
50	98-05-28	Mary Ann McCormick	86	F		W	cerebral apoplexy	stk		Ire
51	98-06-28	Harvey T. Griswold	64	M		M	Bright's disease	liv	Farmer	C
52	98-07-09	Hannah Weaver Pomeroy	79	F		W	senile marasmus	old	***	NY
53	98-07-10	Thomas Williams	64	M		W	pulmonary tuberculosis	res	slate worker	Ire
54	98-08-10	Hiram Aimsworth	78	M		W	disease of heart	hrt	slate mfr.	NY
55	98-08-20	John A. Williams	60	M		M	cancer & kidney disease	can	slate worker	Wal
56	98-08-27	John Minogue	89	M		W	senile marasmus	old	slate worker	Ire
57	98-09-12	Mary Eunice Aimsworth	48	F		W	malignant	can	***	C
58	98-09-19	Infant	1	F	Blk	S	cholera [infantiva]	chol	***	C
59	98-09-21	Ester Maria Pritchard	63	F		M	acute gastritis	gi	***	C
60	98-10-14	Penelope Rowley	94	F		W	plethisis pumonalis	res	***	***
61	98-10-20	Jesse E. Robinson	69	M		M	disease of liver & kidneys	liv	laborer	VT
62	98-10-24	Rolton Nast Hoyt	74	M		M	general debility	old	laborer	C
63	98-10-29	Mary Ryan Holeran	75	F		W	gastric ulcer & dysentary	gi	***	Ire
64	98-10-29	Mary Donnelly	70	F		M	pneumonia	res	***	Ire
65	98-11-02	David L. Cheney (same as Albert)	80	M		W	heart disease	hrt	laborer	VT
66	98-11-20	John Sheridan	70	M		M	cardiac atrophy	hrt	farmer	Ire
67	98-11-24	Infant	0	F		S	premature birth	inf	***	C
68	98-12-06	Brigham	75	M		W	apoplexy	stk	laborer	VT
69	98-12-19	Henry A. Pond	63	M		M	angina pectoris	hrt	farmer	C
70	98-12-20	Reuben Davis	69	M		M	gastritis & general debility	old	architect	C
71	98-12-22	Anna Griffin Clark	82	M		M	[***] heart failure from rheumatism	hrt	farmer	VT
72	98-12-25	James E. Dwyer	27	M		S	consumption	res	marble worker	C
73	98-12-29	Juliet E. Wilson Perkins	68	F		W	heart disease	hrt	***	VT
74	99-01-03	John Hayes	80	M		M	apoplexy	stk	quarryman	Ire
75	99-01-09	Mary E. Hyde	83	F		W	cerebral hemmorahage	stk	***	NY
76	99-01-09	Infant Perry	0	M		S	stillborn	inf	***	C
77	99-01-10	Michael O'Callaghan	84	M		M	pneumonia	res	farmer	Ire
78	99-01-22	Mary B. Ellis Northrup	68	F		M	anormia pneumonia	res	***	FH
79	99-01-28	[Lumford Donaldson B.] Clark	77	F		M	La Grippe	res	***	NY
80	99-02-01	Infant James	0	M		S	premature birth	inf	***	C
81	99-02-06	Infant Jackson	0	M	Blk	S	spasms	inf	***	C
82	99-02-12	Charlie Putnam	0	M	Blk	S	tuberculosis pulmanatis	res	***	C
83	99-02-28	William Egan	50	M		M	cerebral embolism & gangrene	str	quarryman	Ire
84	99-03-01	Benjamin P. Hall	63	M		W	heart failure --- la Grippe	hrt	gardener	VT
85	99-03-12	William Gaffney	64	M		M	exposure to cold while ---	acc	laborer	Ire
86	99-03-16	Martha Harrington Dunlap	48	F		W	heart failure	hrt	***	C
87	99-03-21	Anna Durick Dunlap	40	F		M	impacted gall stones	gall	***	C
88	99-03-26	Albert Moore Hoyt	74	M		M	angina pectoris	hrt	general business	C
89	99-03-27	James Donefacto Bromley	70	M		M	general debility	old	lawyer	VT
90	99-03-30	Hugh Dunlap	57	M		W	arteriosclerosis	art	moulder	Can
91	99-04-01	Mary H. Green Burt	72	F		W	apoplexy	stk	***	Rut
92	99-04-08	Benjamin F. Fish	65	M		W	epileptic	epil	carpenter	***
93	99-04-16	Enlice Grano Johnson	53	F		M	pneumonia following measles	res	***	C
94	99-05-07	Patrick J. Delehanty	32	M		M	pulmonary tuberculosis	res	slate mfr.	C
95	99-05-17	Ellen Green Beach	66	F		W	paralysis	stk	***	VT
96	99-06-09	John Davis Williams	80	M		M	cardiac dilation & old age	old	quarryman	Wal
97	99-06-11	Peter Durinage	67	M		M	diease of liver	liv	farmer	Can
98	99-06-30	John P. Williams	60	M		S	chronic indigestion	gi	quarryman	Wal
99	00-07-10	Mathias Delehanty	57	M		M	pulmonary tuberculosis	res	slate worker	Ire
100	99-07-12	Patrick Radigan	83	M		M	cancer of the orbit	can	laborer	Ire
101	99-07-20	Daniel Eaton Bibbins	75	M		M	disease of heart	hrt	farmer	NY
102	99-08-05	none - Infant Grey	0	M		S	still born	inf	***	C
103	99-08-16	Norace Warren Love	60	M		M	phthisis (chronic)	res	lawyer	GR
104	99-08-16	Josephine Lonergan	2	F		S	cholera infantum with meningitis	chol	***	C
105	99-08-24	John Edward Hanley	0	M		S	cerebral meningitis complicating dysentary	inf	***	C
106	99-08-28	Wallce D. Parsons	53	M		M	rheumatism of heart	hrt	farmer	C
107	99-09-18	Moses B. Brown	88	M		W	dysentary	gi	farmer	MA
108	99-09-21	John Cowley	80	M		W	general debility	old	farmer	Ire
109	99-10-10	Zeruah H. Caswall	93	F		W	old age	old	***	***
110	99-11-10	Prudence Ann Halett	71	F		W	softening of brain & [torifunia]	old	***	VT
111	99-11-22	Ralph E. Moore	82	M		S	general breaking down	old	farmer	C
112	99-11-27	Corrie A. Sanford Stiles	38	F		W	[chronic nephritis <infer> Maramure Paring]		***	C
113	99-11-28	Nellie H. Engrets	42	F		W	consumption	res	***	Rut
114	99-12-15	Seneca Root	81	M		M	senile marasmus	old	[Painter] & Carpenter	Win
115	99-12-27	Lonegan	0	M		S	premature birth	inf	***	C
116	99-12-29	Humphrey W. Rowland	45	M		S	typhoid pneumonia	res	quarryman	FH
117	00-01-05	Martin Hayes	32	M		M	accidental shock from exple perda injury	acc	quarryman	C
118	00-01-20	Francis R. Woodward Pratt	76	F		W	softening of brain	old	***	VT
119	00-01-21	Elma Olive Manchester	14	F		S	consumption	res	***	VT
120	00-01-27	Anna Carrie Pearson	0	F		S	hemorrhage, stomach	inf	***	C
121	00-02-04	Wallace	0	F		S	stillborn	inf	***	C
122	00-02-07	Ada May Adams	9	F		S	peritonitis		***	VT
123	00-02-09	Sarah Wheeler Griswald	42	F		M	apoplexy	stk	***	C
124	00-02-13	Ada A. Churchill	23	F		M	reformed blood differences with eusadareth and peopabl, blood clot, infant of heady	preg	***	VT
125	00-02-15	Edward Powers	66	M		W	heart failure	hrt	stone mason	Ire
126	00-03-01	James Murphy	39	F		M	cancer of liver	can	slate worker	C
127	00-03-09	Patrick McGrath	58	M		M	chronic renalitis	liv	slate worker	Ire
128	00-03-10	Flora Kola Ober	0	F		S	non-adrenalation of food pastatation	inf	***	C
129	00-03-26	Michael Penders	69	M		M	Influenza	old	laborer	Ire
130	00-04-07	William Bremman	80	M		M	pneumonia	old