Early Deaths


The Schuyler Citizen, December 29, 1858 New!
Deaths in Rushville for the Years 1849 and 1850, by Mr. Samuel Hindman.
1849
Jan. 15. A girl at tavern--small pox.
Jan. 15. A child of Atha.
Feb. 11. Mrs. Alphin Brown.
Feb. 20. Mrs. J. Hill.
June 2. Rev. T. J. Haswell.
June 9. Ellen, a colored girl.
July 13. A child of Dr. Taylor.
Aug. 20. A child of Mr. Osburn.
Aug. 27. A child of J. O. Jones.
Sep. 15. Mrs. Evans.
Sep. 16. A child of H. Evans.
Oct. 1. A child of Horace Witt.
Oct. 1. Mrs. George Little.
Nov. 11. Mrs. T. P. Parrott.
Nov. 22. A child of Dr. Worthington.
Nov. 22. Benjamin F. Scripps.
Dec. 30. John Johnson.
1850
Feb. 12. James C. Scripps.
Feb. 12. A child of Mr. Ferrer.
Feb. 12. A child of John Garrett.
Feb. 12. A child of Mr. Gilmore.
April 10. A child of H. R. Witt.
April 15. Mrs. Davis.
April 20. Miss Elizabeth Henry.
May 3. Mrs. Hards.
May 29. Mrs. Sylvester.
June 13. A child of Dr. Hubbard.
June 13. A child of Mr. Lane.
June 20. Miss Richardson.
July 9. A child of Thomas Freeman.
Aug. 6. A child of Mr. Hards.
Aug. 9. John W. Freeman.
Sep. 4. A child of D. L. Cross.
Sep. 12. A child of B. Putman.
Sep. 19. Christian Peters.
Sep. 20. Mr. Mason.
Sep. 20. A child of Mr. Wycoff.
Sep. 26. A child of Mrs. Hampton.
Oct. 13. Miss Harriet Leonard.
Oct. 21. A child of Mr. Cordell.
Oct. 21. Henry Hills.
Nov. 2. Mrs. Metz.
Dec. 2. Mr. Parker--cholera.
Dec. 6. Dr. Smith.
Dec. 6. Mr. Davis.

The Schuyler Citizen, January 19, 1859 New!
Deaths in Rushville for the Year 1851.
Furnished by Mr. Samuel Hindman.
Jan. 18. Old Mrs. Metz.
Jan. 29. Rev. L. B. Kimball.
Feb. 6. Samuel Lambert.
Feb. 10. Mrs. George Nelson.
Mar. 1. A child of S. Lambert.
Mar. 1. A child of Mr. Mason.
Mar. 9. A child of Mr. Williams.
Mar. 15. A child of John Hodge.
April 25. A child of Martin Nall.
May 1. A child of James Prather.
May 5. Father Myers.
May 19. Elsie, a colored woman.
June 14. Father Knowles.
July 7. George Agnew, of cholera.
July 9. A child of James M. Reed.
July 9. A child of Mrs. Nichols, of cholera.
July 10. Mother Agnew, of cholera.
July 12. A child of Mr. Theromen, of cholera.
July 19. Dr. George Rogers, of cholera.
July 27. Joseph Montgomery, of cholera.
July 30. A child of Robert Hinton, of cholera.
Aug. 1. Miss Mary Clifford, consumption.
Aug. 1. A child of Joseph Angel, of cholera.
Aug. 4. Mrs. Barnett, of cholera.
Aug. 5. A child of Mrs. Barnett, of cholera.
Aug. 5. Mrs. J. P. Runkle, of cholera.
Aug. 10. Ann St. John Downing, of cholera.
Aug. 14. Mrs. G. H. Scripps, of cholera.
Aug. 15. A child of Mr. Tate, of cholera.
Aug. 15. Sheldon Alphin, of cholera.
Aug. 17. Mr. Nathan B. Moore, of cholera.
Aug. 18. A child of William Alphin, of cholera.
Aug. 20. A child of William Alphin, of cholera.
Aug. 21. Mrs. N. B. Moore, of cholera.
Aug. 21. A child of Mr. Wycoff, of cholera.
Aug. 21. A child of Sheldon Alphin, of cholera.
Sep. 3. Mrs. Scott.
Sep. 6. Miss Mary J. Zeigler.
Sep. 10. Mr. Ingram.
Sep. 22. A child of H. Fellows.
Oct. 1. A child of Mr. Haney.
Oct. 11. A child of Nathan Moore.
Oct. 13. Mrs. James Agnew.
Oct. 19. Mr. James Little, Sen.
Nov. 4. Mrs. John Bowman.
Nov. 4. A child of Samuel McCreary.
Nov. 19. A child of Henry Lambert.
Dec. 5. Miss V. E. Scripps.
Dec. 26. William Callison, Jun.

The Schuyler Citizen, January 26, 1859 New!
Deaths in Rushville for the Year 1852.
Furnished by Mr. Samuel Hindman.
Jan. A child of Silas Brown.
Feb. 22. Dr. W. W. Lee.
Feb. 29. A child of W. H. Ray.
March 16. A stranger in a wagon.
March 19. A child of A. M. Nance.
April 22. A child of Thos. Kirkham.
April 22. A child of H. R. Witt.
May 13. A child of William Peters.
May 26. A child of Jo Smith, killed.
June 12. A child of Josiah Parrott.
June 20. Sheldon Moore.
June 26. A child of Mr. Haley.
June 30. A child of J. Montgomery.
Aug. 18. A child of John Fey.
Sep. 1. Rosina (colored woman)
Sep. 11. Miss Susan Parrott.
Sep. 14. Mrs. J. Todhunter.
Sep. 23. Miss Martha Callison.
Sep. 30. Mr. G. L. Greer.
Oct. 5. A child of W. Corbridge.
Oct. 9. A child of Mathew Seeley.
Oct. 9. A child of Thomas Scott.
Nov. 5. William A. Minshall.
Nov. 5. A child of Asa Nutting.

The Schuyler Citizen, February 2, 1859 New!
Deaths in Rushville for the Year 1853.
Furnished by Mr. Samuel Hindman.
Jan. 15. Miss Mary Hards.
Feb. 24. A child of Mr. Farrer.
March 18. Mrs. Barkhousen.
March 20. A child of Willis Carson.
April 30. Cyrus Taylor.
June 1. Miss Emma Bagby.
July 2. Mrs. J. Currier.
July 30. A child of John Gammon.
Aug. 6. A child of Charles Johnson.
Aug. 6. A child of A. Stevenson.
Aug. 11. Mrs. Joseph Cunningham.
Aug. 14. Mrs. Smith.
Aug. 19. A child of Mr. Carnell.
Aug. 23. Miss Lucy Purdy.
Aug. 25. A child of P. H. Walker.
Aug. 29. Isabell Reese.
Aug. 29. A child of Daniel Anderson.
Sep. 22. A child of W. Perkins.
Sep. 25. Old Mrs. Laveture.
Sep. 25. Mrs. Landy.
Nov. 11. Thomas Hiler.
Nov. 29. A child of A. B. Campbell.

The Schuyler Citizen, February 25, 1859 New!
Deaths in Rushville for 1854, furnished by Mr. Samuel Hindman.
Feb. 5. Mrs. Phoebe Moore.
Feb. 14. A child of O'Dounel.
Feb. 14. Mrs. Corbridge.
Feb. 25. A child of Mr. Ingraham.
Feb. 25. A child of Mr. Sylvester.
Feb. 25. Mrs. McIntire.
March 2. Mrs. William King.
March 12. A child of John Hill.
March 12. A child of Mr. Sylvester.
March 19. A child of Churchill Johnson.
March 29. A child of W. W. Wells.
March 29. A child of Jos. Montgomery.
May 22. Old Mrs. Derrickson.
June 8. Miss Mary Horton.
Aug. 29. A child of J. G. McCreery.
Sep. 29. Miss Martha Johnson.
Sep. 29. Mrs. David Swan.
Sep. 29. A child of Henry Rose.
Nov. 5. Mrs. Mary Leach.
Nov. 25. Mr. Ebenezer Harrington.

The Schuyler Citizen, March 2, 1858 New!
Deaths in Rushville for 1855, furnished by Samuel Hindman.
Jan. 30. Miss Jane Greer.
Jan. 30. Old Mrs. Barnaby.
Jan. 30. Mrs. Ellen Garrison.
Jan. 30. A child of Mr. Jaquish.
April 7. James Irvin.
April 25. Mrs. R. Garrett.
May 23. A child of Mrs. Harrington.
July. A child of Richard Garrett.
Aug. 6. Miss E. Hoskinson.
Aug. 23. Mrs. Belchambers.
Aug. 27. Mrs. S. Hindman.
Oct. 15. Luke Seeley.
Oct. 22. A child of Rev. J. I. Davidson.
Nov. 12. A child of Mr. Belchambers.
Dec. 12. Mrs. Clarissa Moore.
Dec. 23. A child of Mr. Williams.

The Schuyler Citizen, March 9, 1859 New!
Deaths in Rushville for the Year 1856, furnished by Samuel Hindman.
Jan. 15. Absalom Barnaby.
Jan. 24. A child of P. B. Cordell.
Feb. 1. A child of Mr. Flint.
Feb. 22. Miss Octavia Nelson.
Feb. 23. A child of W. Parrott.
March 16. Mr. Watts.
April 25. A child of Mr. Fox.
May 6. Mrs. Lydia Grubb.
May 14. Mr. James Nelson.
July 4. Samuel Ruth.
Aug. 30. A child of Mr. William.
Sep. 1. A child of John Cromwell.
Sep. 2. A child of John Cromwell.
Sep. 26. A child of Mrs. Fisher.
Oct. 15. A child of James Dunn.
Oct. 15. A German Woman.
Oct. 19. A child of Mr. Scott.
Nov. 13. Mrs. Willman.
Nov. 16. A child of B. C. Gillam.
Dec. 19. Mrs. Ream.

The Schuyler Citizen, March 23, 1859 New!
Deaths in Rushville for the Year 1857, furnished by Samuel Hindman.
Jan. 11. Mrs. Charles Wells.
Jan. 29. Sarah Brazelton.
March 23. A child of Mr. Ames.
March 28. Mrs. Scott.
April 2. A child of J. P. Runkle.
April 3. A child of John Angle.
April 3. A child of Mr. Skidmore.
April 17. Miss Martha Johnson.
May 7. Jonathan G. Randall.
May 17. A child of R. Williams.
June 3. A child of Willis Carson.
June 8. Mary Garrett.
June 11. A child of L. Price.
June 11. A child of Mr. Renshaw.
Sep. 5. A child of Mr. Armstrong.
Sep. 8. A child of Rev. V. Ridgley.
Oct. 3. A child of Lewis Gillispie.
Oct. 5. A child of Wm. H. Ray.
Oct. 7. Miss M. Chase.
Oct. 10. A child of Robert Maxwell.
Oct. 15. George W. Robertson.
Oct. 15. A child of E. H. O. Seeley.
Oct. 18. A child of Robert Hinton.
Nov. 19. A child of Samuel McCreary.
Dec. 30. Mrs. Rogers.

The Schuyler Citizen, January 5, 1859 New!
Deaths in Rushville during the Year 1858, as recorded by Samuel Hindman.
Jan. 4. A child of James Dunn.
Jan. 24. Mrs. Elizabeth Moore.
Feb. 11. A child of Dr. G. R. Benton.
Mar. 6. Mr. Wm. Smither.
Mar. 30. Mr. Marion Lock.
May 16. Mrs. Moses.
June 15. Susan, daughter of Joseph Campbell.
June 23. Mrs. John Hettrick.
July 16. Mrs. Frances Bagby.
July 25. Mr. Gilbert Hinton.
Aug. 7. A child of Wm. Williams.
Sep. 1. Anne E. Little.
Sep. 1. A daughter of Dr. William McMurphy.
Oct. 16. Miss Yates.
Oct. 25. Mrs. Levi Bridgwater.
Oct. 30. A son of Mr. Walter Yoe.
Nov. 9. George Zigler.
Dec. 6. A son of B. L. Sims.
Dec. 21. Mrs. Caroline Gottlieb.
Dec. 30. Mrs. William Berry.

The Schuyler Citizen, January 4, 1860 New!
Deaths in Rushville in 1859.
Furnished by Mr. Samuel Hindman.
Feb. 6. Mrs. Malony.
April 8. Mr. Theodore Polhemus.
April 16. Rev. Amos P. Brown.
May 5. Kate Roberts.
June 16. A child of Gillespie Johnson.
July 13. Mrs. Eliza Marple.
July 20. Miss Emily J. Klauberg.
July 30. A child of Mr. Billeter.
Aug. 3. Anna Jane, daughter of G. W. Scripps.
Aug. 11. Mrs. Mary J. Ruth.
Aug. 20. A child of Elias Wilmot of St. Louis.
Aug. 21. Mrs. Catherine Greer.
Aug. 21. William, son of Wm. A. Crosier.
Sep. 2. A child of Cyrus Lefever.
Sep. 16. Mr. Daniel Henry of Galesburgh.
Oct. 4. Mrs. Jonathan Currier.
Oct. 10. Samuel, son of Jacob Ruth.
Oct. 15. A child of Mr. John Knowles.
Nov. 2. Mrs. Elizabeth Farris.
Nov. 9. Olin K., son of James Taylor.
Nov. 21. A child of William Graham.
Nov. 22. A child of Francis Harry.
Nov. 29. Mr. George H. Scripps.
Dec. 6. Mr. Richard T. Fowler.
Dec. 17. David, son of Nelly Roberts.
Dec. 27. Mrs. Elizabeth W. Yoe.

The Schuyler Citizen, January 16, 1861
Deaths in Rushville in 1860.
Furnished by Mr. Samuel Hindman.
Jan. 18. Miss Sarah E. Davis
Feb. 13. A daughter of Dr. G. R. Benton.
July 4. Mr. T. M. Martin.
July 5. Mr. David Gillam.
July 24. A daughter of Wm. Landon.
July 25. A child of Jackson Whitson.
July 25. A son of J. Belchambers.
Aug. 14. Infant son of Wm. H. Ray.
Aug. 22. Mr. John Garmon.
Oct. 13. A son of Wm. L. Noble.
Oct. 15. Mr. Jonathan Belchambers.
Oct. 23. An adopted son of Mr. Flint.
Oct. 25. Mrs. James White.
Oct. 30. Elizabeth McC--ben.
Nov. 5. A son of Joshua Robinson.
Dec. 19. Miss Eleanor Wilson.
Dec. 24. Frances Blackford.
 

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