U – UNDERLYING Conditions

Ayanna asked “Any recurring medical conditions like high blood pressure?
Did we see an increase in life expectancy as more medical treatments where available.”

I only did our direct lines. I have causes of death for many collateral family members, but the number was overwhelming to figure out this time around. I may revisit the idea another time. There is a family tree for my family at the top and one for my husband’s family at the end, if you are interested in relationships. In the middle is a chronological list of family members with dates of death and cause. I only listed those I had a cause of death for. As we go back in time, it’s harder to find death information. In the list my husband’s family have a *.

Direct line Family Deaths in Chronological Order

Crawford M. Jackson died at 43 of bronchitis in Elmore County, Alabama in 1860.

Howard Turner died at 27 of gunshot wounds in 1891 in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Dock Allen died at 69 in 1909 of “inflammation of the bowels”. Montgomery, Alabama.

Susan Rice Ragan died at 76 in 1911 in Athens, TN of exhaustion following valvular heart disease.

Anna Reed died at 61 in 1911 of cerebral hemorrhage in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Louis Cleage died at 66 in 1918 of Lobar pneumonia in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Eliza Williams Allen died at 70 of senility in 1917 in Montgomery, Alabama.

*Isaac Davenport died at age 63 of apoplexy in 1917 in Portland, Ashley, Arkansas. (Apoplexy: Now classified as a stroke)

Joseph Turner died at age 80 of prostetic trouble and old age in 1919 in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Buford Avritt died at 86 in 1926 of senile dementia and pneumonia in Lebanon, Kentucky (Dying of “senility” typically refers to the final stages of dementia or advanced age-related frailty.)

Celia Rice Cleage Sherman died at 75 in 1930 of apoplexy (cerebral) in Detroit, Michigan. (stroke)

*Annie Willie Butler Williams died in 1932 at age 44 of cancer in Dermott, Chicot County, Arkansas.

*James Davenport died at 58 of encephalitis in 1938 in Bartholomew, Drew, Arkansas. (Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain)

*Arther C. Williams died at 53 of acute exacerbation of chronic nephritis in 1941 in Dermott, Chicot County, Arkansas. (Nephritis occurs when parts of the kidney become inflamed (swollen))

Albert B. Cleage Sr died at 73 in 1957 of bladder cancer in Detroit, Michigan.

Jennie Virginia Allen Turner died at 87 in 1954 of a stroke in Detroit, Michigan.

Mershell C. Graham died at 85 in 1973 of hypertension, arteriosclerosis, coronary thrombosis in Detroit, Michigan. (Coronary thrombosis is defined as the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel of the heart leading to a heart attack.)

Fannie Mae Turner Graham died at 86 in 1974 of a cerebral vascular accident, (arteriosclerosis was a contributing factor) in Southfield, Michigan. (A stroke)

*Theola Davenport Williams died at 61 in 1981 of cancer of the pancreas,

Doris Graham Cleage died at 59 in 1982 of adenocarcinoma of endometrium, metastases to brain and lung, respiratory failure in Southfield Michigan.

Pearl Reed Cleage died at 98 in 1982 of congestive heart failure in Idlewild, Michigan.

*Chester Williams died of cardiac pulmonary arrest. Contributing were hypertension and lymphoma in 1996 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Albert Buford Cleage Jr died at 88 in 2000 of Coronary occlusion, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. (A coronary occlusion is a complete blockage of a coronary artery, restricting or stopping blood flow to the heart muscle, often causing a heart attack)