Daily AncestorThe pauper's "do"
1860 U.S. Census, Mortality Schedule, Pleasant Township, Allen County, Indiana, page 2
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Mass | March | | Consumption
Bavaria Ger | June | Pauper | do
Penn | November | Farmer | Lung Fever
Indiana | October | | Consumption
The man from Bavaria, listed as a "Pauper", died in June. In today's words, what did he die of?
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Not quite
"do" is short for ditto, the same as the line above, and the line above says Consumption. Consumption was the common name for tuberculosis, which slowly "consumed" the body. Pneumonia is the "Lung Fever" on the next line, a different disease.
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