1850 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1849 and 31-May-1850
Name: Adley Alexander
Age: 85
Sex: Male
Month of Death: September
State of Birth: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Cause of Death: Old age
Bilious Fever: Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or high temperature and bile emesis.
Colic: An abdominal pain and cramping
Congestive Chills: Malaria or malaria with diarrhea
Consumption: Tuberculosis
Croup: Laryngitis, diphtheria or strep throat
Dropsy: Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease
Gravel: Kidney stones
Milk Fever: Short lived fever which sometimes accompanies lactation
Milk Sick(ness): Poisoning resulting from the drinking of milk produced by a cow who had eaten a plant known as white snake root (USA)
~ Carroll County Tennessee 1850 Mortality Schedule
You can visit the memorial page for Adley Alexander.
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