James Headrick, aged two, died of croup, October 1849, Hawkins County, Tennessee.

James Headrick was born about 1847 (probably in Hawkins County, Tennessee), and died of croup at age two, in October 1849, in Hawkins County, Tennessee. He had been ill for five days. His brief life is memorialized by a listing in the 1850 US Mortality Schedule for Tennessee, a record covering the year ending June 1850.

United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850, Schedule 3, page 335, Hawkins County, Tennessee: Jas Headrick, aged two. Birth est. 1847 (indexed as 1848). Death: Oct 1849. Cause of Death: Croup. Ill 5 days. [First name abbreviated, "Jas." Death place concluded as Hawkins County, Tennessee.]

[Citation]: "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSTN-PH7 : 29 July 2017), Jas Headrick, all townships, All counties, Tennessee, United States; citing line 18, NARA microfilm publication T655 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 422,433.