1878 Deaths in Shelby County
contributed by Nate Elliott (family history pages)
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1878 Deaths in Shelby County |
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| Given Name | Surname | Age | Sex | Date of Death | Occupation | Status | Parents | Cause of Death | Notes |
| Caroline | Acker | 38 | F | 08 Sep 1878 | single | John & Lydia Acker | Congestive Chills | ||
| Caroline | Adams | 50 | F | Sep 1878 | Preston & Amelia Reid | Typhoid Pneumonia | Mulatto | ||
| Anna | Brown | 03 | F | Nov 1878 | Reuben & Harriett Brown | Consumption | Black | ||
| Elizabeth | Brown | 76 | F | 18 Oct 1878 | Married | John and (illegible) Meeks | Old Age | ||
| Elizabeth | Burdin ? | 08 | F | Jul 1878 | Sandy and Catherine Burdin ? | Black | |||
| Charlotte | Clark | 29 | F | Aug 1878 | Married | George and Louisa Washington | Malarial Fever | marks - Black ? | |
| Lillie | Daniel | 01 | F | 18 Sep 1878 | Thomas & Ann Daniel | Whooping Cough | Black | ||
| Mary A. | Davis | 18 m | F | 28 Feb 1878 | Henry Davis & Lou Allen | Whooping Cough | Black | ||
| Susie | Davis | 08 | F | 01 May 1878 | Jordan & Charlotte Davis | Consumption | Mulatto | ||
| Lena | Edwards | 16 | F | Feb 1878 | Edmund & Paulina Edwards | Consumption | Black | ||
| Louis | Edwards | 21 | M | Jan 1878 | Edmund & Pauline Edwards | Consumption | |||
| Jane ? | Glenn | 57 | F | 1878 | single | James & Sarah Glenn | |||
| Eddie | Gore | 03 | M | 30 Nov 1878 | George and George Ann Gore | Burned to death | marks - Black ? | ||
| Amelia | Gray | 14 | F | 12 Dec 1878 | Single | Moses and Harriett Gray | Unknown | Mulatto | |
| Elizabeth | Harding | 12 | F | 25 May 1878 | Single | Otha W. and Belle Harding | Typhoid Fever | ||
| Mary H. | Harris | 19 | F | Oct 1878 | single | Harvey & Amanda Harris | Childbirth | Black | |
| Female | Harris | 01 m | F | Oct 1878 | Mary Harris & Will Allen | Unknown | Black | ||
| Nancy W. | Harris | 64 ? | F | 02 Mar 1878 | Married | Jacob & Catherine Fullenwider | Cancer | ||
| Steve | Harris | 01 m | M | 19 Sep 1878 | Harvey & Phillis Harris | Brain Fever | Black | ||
| Patsy Bet ? | Hedden | 03 | F | Feb 1878 | Archie and Isabella Hedden | White | |||
| Richard | Henson | 06 m | M | 17 Dec 1878 | George & Maria Henson | Unknown | Black | ||
| Frank | Huss | 06 | M | 27 Apr 1878 | W. L. & Eliza J. Huss | Measles | |||
| John | Jackson | 02 m | M | 15 Nov 1878 | Mariah Jackson | Thrash | Black (could be 18th) | ||
| Mary F. | Logan | 02 | F | Oct 1878 | Reuben & Sarah Logan | Typhoid Fever | Black | ||
| Lena May | Marshall | 05 | F | 08 May 1878 | James & K. S. Marshall | Dyptheria | |||
| Joshua | McBrayer | 22 | M | Aug 1878 | Farmer | Married | H. G. & Mary McBrayer | Consumption | |
| Marietta | McBrayer | 03 m | M | 01 Jul 1878 | Joshua & Marietta McBrayer | Croup | |||
| Linny | McDavitt | 70 | F | 21 Aug 1878 | Married | Nelson and Nancy Nolan | Old Age | ||
| Susan | McKee | 21 | F | 09 Feb 1878 | Single | A. S. and Mary McKee | Consumption | ||
| Henry | Middleton | 22 | M | 22 Jan 1878 | Elijah & Emily Shades | Typhoid Pneumonia | Black | ||
| Margaret | Moore | 12 | F | 30 Mar 1878 | Charles & Geoanna Moore | Pneumonia | Black | ||
| Juthia ? | Murphy | 10 | F | 01 Apr 1878 | Joseph & Caroline Murphy | Scarlett Fever | |||
| Josie | Murphy | 08 | F | 22 Apr 1878 | Joseph & Caroline Murphy | Scarlett Fever | |||
| Willett | Murphy | 06 | F | 29 Mar 1878 | Joseph & Caroline Murphy | Scarlett Fever | |||
| Claude | Murphy | 04 | F | 04 Apr 1878 | Joseph & Caroline Murphy | Scarlett Fever | |||
| Minnie | Murphy | 02 | F | 31 Mar 1878 | Joseph & Caroline Murphy | Scarlett Fever | |||
| Maggie N. | Nolan | 18 | F | 13 Jul 1878 | single | William & Mildred Nolan | Unknown | ||
| Minnie | Pierce | 72 | F | 08 Mar 1878 | Lottie Adair | old age | Black | ||
| Winnie | Scott | 04 | F | May 1878 | Harry & Carrie Scott | Fever | Black | ||
| Julia | Shouse | 01 m | F | 26 Aug 1878 | Edward and Nannie Shouse | disease of liver | |||
| Austin | Talbott | 01 | M | Aug 1878 | Taylor & Dink Talbott | Fever | Black | ||
| George | Taylor | 01 m | M | Dec 1878 | Nelson & Jane Taylor | Whooping Cough | Black | ||
| Anna Jane | Tilley | 01 m | F | 04 Dec 1878 | Dudley & Josie Tilley | Whooping Cough | Black | ||
| Leorin ? B. | Tinsley | 13 m | F | 17 Oct 1878 | A. A. & Bettie J. Tinsley | Lung Disease | |||
| Moses | Willis | 66 | M | 14 May 1878 | Laborer | Married | George & Delphia Willis | Heart Disease | Mulatto |
| James | Wilminter ? | 03 m | M | 10 Apr 1878 | Abner and Bettie J. Willis | Croup | |||
| Andrew | Wilson | M | 29 Sep 1878 | Farmer | Married | Consumption | Mulatto | ||