What Killed Us? - Some Early Causes of Rea Deaths

 

Here's a listing of some early killers, culled from Jefferson Co. death records. See how many of these causes you recognize?  All the causes were attested to by a Physician.

 

 

NAME	DATE OF DEATH	AGE AT DEATH	CAUSE OF DEATH
George H Rea	1883	42	Valvulas disease of Heart
William F Rea	1887	30	Exaustion following irritation of  dyspepsia
Emily Rea	1889	2	Scarlatisia
Samuel Rea	1893	73	Cerebrial Spinal Menigitis
Christina Rea	1899	31	Ramollisserment of the Brain
Emma Rea	1899	48	Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Joseph Rea	1901	87	Senility
Robert R Rea	1901	65	Cardiac Asthma
Mrs. Lena Rea	1902	87	Inflamation of Stomach
Margaret Rea	1903	18	Abscesis of Lung