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. |
|
Made possible through cooperation from the
Of Jim Thorpe
Research, transcription & web page by
January 2004