This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanSlater Surnames: LOWRY, REES (or REED), INGRAM, IAMS, ELEY, THOMAS, CUMMINS, RINEHART, PHILIPS, LIPPINCOT, CLARK, HOOK, GAINER, COWAN, MORTON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11108/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was first attracted to the remarks at the bottom of this mortality schedule about water and coal. This appears to be the only page for Franklin Township 1860. I hope this is of some help to someone. ~ Jan Slater 1860 Franklin Township Mortality Schedule Enumerated by R. Armstrong Page Number 6 Columns are: Given Name, Surname, Age, Sex , Color - Free or Slave, Married or Widowed, Place of Birth, Month the person died, Profession, Occupation or Trade, Number of Days Ill Race of all is Caucasion unless otherwise noted, persons are single unless otherwise noted, comments in brackets are the transcriber's Mary Lowry 5 F Pa Aug Consumtion 1 Week Casander Rees (or Reed) 90 F Md Jan Housekeeper Unknown 1 Mon Susan Ingram 65 F Married Pa Oct Housekeeper Typhoid Fever 3 Mon Rezin Iams 73 M Married Pa Feb Farmer Disease of Heart 9 days John Eley 40 Male Pa Sept Farmer Ruptured (that is all it says) 9 days John L Thomas 1 M Pa April Accidental Scalding 4 Weeks Nathanel Cummins 70 M Pa Jan Farmer Consumption 1 Mon Franklin Rinehart 4/12 M Pa July Fits 4 days John S Rinehart 67 M Married Pa May Farmer Apoplexy 2 days Franklin Philips 7/12 M Pa Aug Cholera Morbus 1 Week Ethalinda Philips 5 F Pa April Croupe 3 days John Lippincot 7/12 M Pa April Croupe 3 days Daniel Clark 5 M Pa May Inflamatory Croupe 5 Days Catherine Clark 10 F Pa April Inflamatory Croupe 2 Weeks Casander Clark 1 F Pa May Inflamatory Croupe 3 weeks Lucy Hook 57 F Married Pa May Housekeeper Consumption 6 Mon (Note: The following are also listed on the page but their names and information are crossed off:) Ann C Gainer 19 F Married Pa May Housekeeper Diarea a Week Mary Cowan 80 FWidowed Pa Sept Housekeeper Unknown 5 Hours Sarah Morton 62 F Married Del April Housekeeper Palsey 3 Weeks Ruth Morton 24 F Pa April Housekeeper Consumption 3 Mon (The total number of deaths written in the form at the bottom of the page is 16 so it is unclear if the names that were crossed off died in another year or if they died in another township.) (The following is recorded at the bottom of the page under "Remarks") "The water in this TP is obtained principally from Springs & is generally of a pure and good quality for ordinary purposes: Althought the land is rough roken and rocky yet it is productiive of the suculent grains - The Timber consists of the various inds of oaks; walnut & poplar In this TP the beds of Bituminous coal yield an inexhastuble supply of that valuable " (the rest goes off into the page margin and is not readable) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.