EARLY DEATHS
IN
CARBON COUNTY
AND BEYOND
FROM THE MAUCH CHUNK
NEWSPAPERS OF
1829 TO 1850
SURNAMES
DAVID TO HAVEY
PERSON |
D.O.D. |
NOTICE DATE |
NP |
PLACE OF DEATH |
CAUSE OF DEATH |
AGE |
NOTES |
|
David Scott, Hon. |
1839/12/29 |
1840/01/04 |
C |
Wilkes
Barre |
|
58-00-00 |
|
|
Davis, Amos |
1841/08/12 |
1841/05/10 |
C |
Butler
Twp., Columbianna Co., Ohio |
|
|
Formerly a resident of Mauch Chunk |
|
Davis, George |
1834/06/18 |
1834/06/21 |
C |
Lehigh
Canal |
Drowned |
|
Item says he was "a colored
boy", about age 13 or 14, in service of of locktender at lock 4,
probably a runaway from Mr. Hethhorn of Newark, NJ. |
|
Davis, Jacob |
1837/04/27 |
1837/05/08 |
C |
Bloomsburg,
Pa. |
|
73-00-14 |
|
|
Davis, Rosamond |
1837/06/26 |
1837/07/05 |
C |
Summit
Hill |
Consumption |
22-09-19 |
W/o George Davis; eldest d/o
Samuel Holland, Esq. |
|
Deak, Samuel |
1845/06/01 |
1845/06/05 |
CCG |
Rockport |
Consumption |
40-00-00 |
Age approximate |
|
Decker, _____ |
1841/08/09 |
1841/08/09 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk Twp. |
|
02-00-00 |
S/o Andrew Decker |
|
Denison, George, Esq. |
1831/08/21 |
1831/08/29 |
C |
Wilkes
Barre |
|
42-00-00 |
Lawyer, politician, much more in
obit [reprint from Wilkesbarre Herald of 8/24] |
|
Denton, James, Esq. |
1850/02/19 |
1850/02/21 |
CCG |
His
home in Summit Hill |
|
40-00-00 |
|
|
Dewitt, Emma C. |
1840/09/13 |
1840/09/26 |
C |
Beaver
Meadow |
|
00-09-19 |
Infant D/o Cornelius & Mary
Dewitt |
|
Dinkey, Jacob |
1846/05/24 |
1846/06/18 |
CCG |
East
Penn Twp. |
|
63-02-16 |
Former Associate Judge of Carbon
Co. |
|
Doan, Eligah N. |
1833/11/01 |
1833/11/09 |
C |
Harrisburg |
Suddenly |
|
Late collector of canal tolls at
Northumberland |
|
Dodson, Barnabas R. |
1832/09/20 |
1832/09/24 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
Protracted
illness |
23-00-00 |
Died at home of his brother, Isaac
T. Dodson of Mauch Chunk |
|
Dodson, Martha Ann |
1836/08/17 |
1836/08/29 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
02-02-00 |
D/o Isaac T. & Hannah Dodson |
|
Dodson, Rebecca |
1848/11/25 |
1848/11/30 |
CCG |
With
friends in Tamaqua |
|
21-00-00 |
D/o Isaac T. Dodson [short obit
& verse] |
|
Dodson, Robert B. |
1837/03/27 |
1837/04/03 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
06-02-27 |
S/o Isaac T. Dodson |
|
Dougherty, Thomas |
1838/12/20 |
1839/01/07 |
C |
Summit
Hill |
|
50-00-00 |
|
|
Douglas, Edwin Dexter |
1837/11/23 |
1837/11/27 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
02-02-11 |
Only child of Edwin A. &
Harriet C. Douglas |
|
Douglas, Harriet Dexter |
1846/02/26 |
1846/03/05 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
|
Was the wife of E. A. Douglas;
obit included |
|
Douglas, Harriet Dexter |
1846/02/26 |
1846/03/12 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
37-00-00 |
D/o Mr. Seth ______, of Windson,
Connecticut; sp/o E. A. Douglas |
|
D'Pugh, Julia Ann |
1846/12/23 |
1846/12/25 |
CCG |
|
|
|
D/o Wm. D'Pugh of the Beaver
Meadow Mines |
|
D'Pugh, William |
1846/12/23 |
1846/12/25 |
CCG |
|
|
|
S/o Wm. D'Pugh of the Beaver
Meadow Mines |
|
Drake, Margaret, Mrs. |
1847/04/05 |
1847/04/15 |
CCG |
Schuylkill
Haven |
|
32-00-00 |
Sp/o Rev. George C. Drake |
|
Drake, Thomas W., Dr. |
1850/05/10 |
1850/05/23 |
CCG |
Wilkes
Barre |
Consumption |
35-00-00 |
|
|
Dugan, James |
1836/07/15 |
1836/07/25 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-00-36 |
Infant s/o Peter Dugan |
|
Dunn, Arthur |
1834/06/07 |
1834/06/14 |
C |
Lehigh
River |
Drowned |
|
Died about 6 or 7 miles above
Mauch Chunk in the river |
|
Early, Luke |
1846/02/08 |
1846/02/19 |
CCG |
Nesquehoning |
|
|
Article titled "Men Blown
Up", he died with Lawrence Gaffney, both were Irishmen |
|
Ebert, Elizabeth |
1841/08/01 |
1841/08/02 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-10-14 |
D/o Henry & Hannah Ebert |
|
Ebert, Elizabeth |
1845/08/16 |
1845/08/21 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
Convulsions |
03-06-00 |
D/o Henry & Hannah Ebert |
|
Ebert, Emilie |
1845/09/19 |
1845/09/25 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
23-00-00 |
D/o Henry Ebert |
|
Ebert, Hannah |
1845/09/18 |
1845/09/25 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
23-00-00 |
D/o Henry Ebert |
|
Ebert, Henry |
1848/12/17 |
1848/12/21 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
54-00-00 |
|
|
Ebert, Herman |
1848/02/06 |
1848/02/10 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
21-00-00 |