EARLY DEATHS

IN

CARBON COUNTY

AND BEYOND 

 

FROM THE MAUCH CHUNK NEWSPAPERS OF

1829 TO 1850

 

SURNAMES ABBOTT TO COX

PERSON

D.O.D.

NOTICE DATE

NP

PLACE OF DEATH

CAUSE OF DEATH

AGE

NOTES

Abbott, Dorman

1833/02/06

1833/02/16

C

Bethlehem, Pa.

 

18-00-00

Eldest child of Abiel Abbott

Abbott, Hannah

1832/12/29

1832/12/29

C

Mauch Chunk

 

 

D/o Abiel Abbott; age not legible

Abbott, Philip

1834/04/08

1834/04/15

C

Kingston, Pa.

 

83-00-00

"A very upright and respected citizen"

Ables, William, Capt.

1836/07/09

1836/07/18

C

Philadelphia

 

59-00-00

 

Albretson, Edward

1840/06/27

1840/06/27

C

Mauch Chunk

 

40-00-00

 

Allen, James

1850/07/08

1850/07/11

CCG

Nesquehoning

Pleurisy

17-00-00

 

Allen, Milton Dayton

1843/12/25

1843/12/30

CC T

Easton

 

00-04-00

S/o Thomas & ?-?-? Allen of Easton

Allen, Nancy

1848/02/05

1848/02/10

CCG

Nesquehoning

 

 

Widow of Nathan Allen; buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Mauch Chunk on 2/6/1848

Allen, Nathan

1841/08/06

1841/08/09

C

Nesquehoning

 

40-00-00

 

Amitman, Joseph

1850/03/27

1850/04/11

CCG

Towamensing Twp.

 

19-00-00

 

Arner, William

1850/08/09

1850/08/29

CCG

Mahoning Twp.

 

00-02-00

S/o David Arner

Asher Miner

1841/03/13

1841/03/20

C

Wilkes Barre

 

63-00-00

At his residence

Ashley, Rowena Matilda

1839/03/05

1839/04/15

C

Reading,  Pa.

 

05-00-00

D/o Charles & Hannah Ashley

Atherton, Eliza

1837/09/19

1837/09/25

C

Philadelphia

 

25-00-00

Died after a short illness

Auge, William

1847/04/13

1847/05/06

CCG

Towamensing Twp.

 

00-05-00

S/o John Auge

Bachman, Alexander William

1849/11/06

1849/11/22

CCG

Weissport

 

00-09-00

S/o William Bachman

Bachman, Ann J.

1844/09/23

1844/09/25

CC T

Mauch Chunk

 

03-09-00

D/o Paul Buckman

Bachman, Lidia

1847/06/14

1847/07/08

CCG

Mauch Chunk

 

04-00-00

D/o Paul Bachman

Bagley, Lucy

1849/04/02

1849/04/05

CCG

 

Consumption

18-06-00

D/o James Bagley, formerly of Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., Pa.

Ballantine, Mrs.

1837/08/29

1837/09/04

C

Nesquehoning

 

46-00-00

 

Balliet, Reuben

1850/04/05

1850/04/11

CCG

East Penn Twp.

 

02-00-00

S/o George Balliet

Banks, Edmund P.

1830/05/22

1830/06/03

C

Easton, Pa.

 

25-00-00

At the home of his brother in law.  Late editor of the Belvidere Apollo

Barber, Hannah

1837/12/03

1837/12/11

C

Nesquehoning

 

40-00-00

Consort of Samuel Barber

Barber, Samuel S.

1847/03/06

1847/03/11

CCG

Coacquennac, Schuylkill Co.

 

53-00-00

Formerly of Mauch Chunk

Barnard, Isaac D., Maj. Gen.

1834/02/12

1834/03/01

C

West Chester, Pa.

 

42-00-00

 

Barrett, Thomas

1833/08/13

1833/08/24

C

Nesquehoning

Room Run RR accident

 

[Death appears in article on accident]

Bartholomew, Rosina

1846/02/21

1846/03/05

CCG

Chestnut Hill, Monroe Co.

 

89-00-00

Widow of Peter Bartholomew

Bartleme, Michael

1846/12/03

1847/01/21

CCG

Chestnut Hill, Monroe Co.

 

00-05-02

S/o Adam Bartleme

Bayne, John

1842/07/02

1842/07/11

C

Mauch Chunk

Consumption

45-00-00

 

Beach, Rachel

1832/01/23

1832/01/30

C

Salem, Luz. Co.

 

 

Consort of Nathan Beach, Esq. [reprint from the Berwick Gazette of 1/28/1832]

Becker, Eva

1845/03/05

1845/03/27

CCG

Mahoning Twp.

 

56-00-00

Sp/o Frederick Becker

Beers, Isaac

1849/10/09

1849/11/22

CCG

Towamensing Twp.

 

72-05-25

 

Beltz, Daniel Deunssen

1849/12/20

1850/01/17

CCG

Mahoning Twp.

 

02-00-00

S/o Daniel Beltz

Beltz, Priscilla

1849/12/27

1850/01/17

CCG

Mahoning Twp.

 

20-00-00

Sp/o Daniel Beltz; mother of Edwin Duenssen Beltz

Beltz, William Thomas

1850/04/04

1850/04/11

CCG

 

 

01-00-00

S/o Daniel Beltz

Benchoff, John

1849/10/27

1849/11/22

CCG

West Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co.

 

71-09-11

 

Betly, Catharine Ann

1850/07/27

1850/08/29

CCG

Mahoning Twp.

 

01-00-00

D/o James Betly [surname uncertain]

Bettle, Samuel D.

1833/11/10

1833/11/16

C

Wilkes Barre

 

36-00-00

Died in his home;  Only son of the late John Bettle, Esq.

Betz, John

1850/03/21

1850/04/11

CCG

Near Summit Hill

 

02-00-00

S/o Philip Betz

Bigger, James C.

1838/06/04

1838/08/06

C

Clear Creek, Richland Co., Ohio

 

 

Lived in Mauch Chunk for many years

Billemaun, Johannes

1845/07/29

1845/08/21

CCG

West Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co.

Dropsy

80-02-24

 

Blain, Elizabeth

1844/07/13

1844/07/17

CC T

Mauch Chunk

 

 

D/o George Blain

Blakslee, Zophar

1836/11/07

1836/11/21

C

Springville, Susquehanna Co.

Liver disease

62-00-00

Native of Vermont, moved to Susquehanna Co. during the earliest days of its settlement.

Bloomer, William, Rev.

1834/11/18

1834/11/29

C

Stroudsburg circuit

Typhus

26-11-00

An itinerant minister on the Stroudburg circuit of the Methodist Epliscopal Church; ill 3 weeks with Typhus fever.

Bloss, John

1846/07/19

1846/08/27

CCG

Lehigh River. near Mauch Chunk

Drowned

47-00-00

 

Blumar, Alexander A.

1842/05/04

1842/05/18

C

Allentown

 

26-00-00

Editor of the Friedensbute

Bogh, Jacob F.

1844/11/11

1844/12/12

CC T

 

 

53-08-07

 

Bowman, ______

1846/02/07

1846/03/05

CCG

Lehighton

 

 

Youngest son of Peter Bowman, Esq.

Bowman, Eliza Jane

1846/07/14

1846/08/27

CCG

Towamensing

 

01-00-00

D/o Henry & Lovina Bowman

Bowman, Elizabeth, Mrs.

1843/11/28

1843/12/05

CC T

Briar Creek

 

35-00-00

Sp/o D. A. Bowman

Brandon, John

1829/06/23

1829/07/09

C

 

 

32-00-00

Senior editor of the Lycoming Sentinel

Brechall, Martain

1831/02/13

1831/02/21

C

E. Penn Twp.

 

 

A soldier of the Revolution

Bret-?-y, Matilda

1846/02/19

1846/03/05

CCG

 

 

05-00-00

D/o Henry Bret-?-y

Brewster, John

1844/07/12

1844/07/17

CC T

Summit Hill

Mine accident

28-00-00

He was a deaf and dumb man; the mine accident occurred the prior February

Brink, Margaret Elizabeth

1845/06/29

1845/08/21

CCG

St. Louis, Mo.

 

03-09-00

D/o William B. & Emilia Brink

Brink, Margaret, Mrs.

1843/06/16

1843/06/20

CC T

Home of her son in law in Mauch Chunk

 

64-00-00

 

Brink, Margaret, Mrs.

1843/06/16

1843/06/27

CC T

Home of John Painter Mauch Chunk

 

64-00-00

First female citizen of Mauch Chunk, coming 8/28/1818 to work for the LC&N [Obituary]

Brink, William Allen

1845/05/02

1845/08/21

CCG

St. Louis, Mo.

 

00-07-00

S/o William B. & Emilia Brink

Brislin, Edward

1830/07/18

1830/08/09

C

Mauch Chunk Coal Mines

Drinking water

 

His death was occasioned by drinking cold water

Brobst, David

1846/01/08

1846/01/22

CCG

Mahoning Twp.

 

39-00-00

 

Brown, Susan

1832/01/23

1832/01/30

C

Mauch Chunk

Short & severe illness

57-00-00

W/o John Brown Esq. of Mauch Chunk

Buck, Cornelius

1847/02/10

1847/03/04

CCG

Towamensing Twp.

Inflammation of the brain

02-00-00

 

Bullock, Franklin F.

1847/01/10

1847/01/14

CCG

 

 

 

Infant s/o Joshua & Mary L. Bullock

Butler, Emily Frances

1841/02/27

1841/03/06

C

 

Scarlet Fever

00-09-17

Infant D/o Joseph & Emily Butler

Butler, George

1848/04/29

1848/05/04

CCG

White Haven

 

46-00-00

Formerly of Mauch Chunk

Butler, Thomas R.

1847/12/07

1847/12/09

CCG

His home in Mauch Chunk

After a week of illness

36-00-00

 

Butler, William, Sr.

1842/07/05

1842/07/11

C

Mauch Chunk

Paralysis

 

 

Callahan, Thomas

1849/06/06

1849/06/07

CCG

Summit Hill

Mine accident

 

[Short article on accident]

Chapman, Joseph

1845/02/06

1845/02/20

CC T

Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., Pa.

 

 

Native of Norwich, Conn., moved to Susquehanna Co. in 1798; was father of the editor of the Susquehanna Register

Christman, Anna, Mrs.

1836/04/21

1836/04/25

C

Mauch Chunk

After a protracted illness

31-00-00

Sp/o Casper Christman, suffered nearly 12 months with her illness

Claus, Sophia

1847/04/10

1847/05/06

CCG

Mahoning Twp.

 

02-11-00

D/o Nathan Claus

Cochran, Samuel

1841/08/14

1841/08/16

C

Mauch Chunk

 

03-04-00

Son of Robert Cochran

Coleman, William

1829/07/13

1829/07/09

C

New York

 

34-00-00

Editor of the New York Post

Collins, boy

1830/10/1_

1830/10/18

C

Mauch Chunk Mines

Accident

13-00-00

Death impending as of pub. date, fell from coal car and run over, lost arm other badly damaged

Conner, Cornelius

1836/02/20

1836/02/22

C

Mauch Chunk

 

11-00-00

S/o Peter Conner; funeral held on Sunday at 2 PM

Conner, Hugh, Deacon

1829/06/05

1829/06/17

C

Wilkes Barre

 

35-00-00

 

Conner, William

1833/11/21

1833/11/23

C

Mauch Chunk

Illness of 3 months

26-00-00

Was very emaciated, but his mind remained unaffected

Connor, Amelia

1843/04/04

1843/04/11

CC T

 

 

11-00-00

D/o Peter & Catherine Connor

Connor, Cornelius

1845/03/29

1845/04/10

CCG

 

 

04-11-00

S/o Cornelius & Christina Connor

Connor, James

1849/01/26

1849/02/03

CD

Penn Haven

 

01-03-16

S/o James Connor

Connor, Margaret

1839/03/14

1839/03/18

C

 

 

36-00-00

Wife of Cornelius Connor

Connor, Mary Ann

1841/08/08

1841/08/09

C

Mauch Chunk

 

01-07-06

D/o Peter & Margaret Connor

Cooper, Andrew

1849/01/02

1849/01/04

CCG

Mauch Chunk

 

49-00-00

He was among the pioneers of the Lehigh region

Corby, Mrs.

1848/02/05

1848/02/10

CCG

Nesquehoning

 

 

Sp/o Ralph Corby [from other sources, she was nee Mary Ann Fisher]

Corey, Jabez

1832/08/12

1832/08/20

C

Delaware Canal near New Hope

Cholera

18-00-00

Saved from drowning some time before by Abiel Abbott at Easton; he was a boat hand known in Mauch Chunk [Easton Argus, 8/16]

Cortright, Emily

1841/07/29

1841/08/02

C

Mauch Chunk

 

02-04-00

D/o Ira & Margaret Cortright

Courtney, H.

1832/12/28

1832/12/29

C

Mauch Chunk

Stripping accident

 

 

Cox, Eliza

1830/08/24

1830/08/30

C

Mauch Chunk

 

22-00-00

 

Cox, Eugene Ferdinand

1843/10/03

1843/10/10

CC T

 

 

01-05-00

S/o John P. & Mary E. Cox

Cox, Sarah

1830/01/23

1830/01/28

C

Philadelphia

 

 

Wife of James Cox

Crawford, Samuel

1845/08/13

1845/08/21

CCG

Mauch Chunk

Very suddenly

45-00-00

 

Crawford, William

1833/11/11

1833/11/16

C

Mauch Chunk

Short & severe illness

23-00-00

 

Crellin, Dorothea

1843/02/13

1843/03/21

CC T

Mauch Chunk

Consumption

24-00-00

D/o Mrs. Dorothea Crellin

Crellin, Hester, Miss

1838/05/26

1838/05/28

C

Mauch Chunk

 

20-00-00

 

Crellin, Sarah

1842/03/18

1842/03/21

C

Mauch Chunk

Consumption

16-00-00

 

Daniels, Ebenezer, Dr.

1847/12/30

1848/02/03

CCG

Terre Haute, Indiana

 

57-00-00

He was a native of Worthington, Mass.

Daniels, Erasmus D.

1834/10/05

1834/10/11

C

Beaver Meadow

Long illness

23-00-00

S/o late Ira Daniels

Daugherty, Ann

1845/07/18

1845/07/25

CCG

Cranesville, Lehigh Co.

 

65-00-00

Widow of Henry Daugherty, late of Coleraine, Co. Derry, Ireland.  Died while visiting friends.

 

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Jack Sterling

January 2004