EARLY DEATHS
IN
CARBON COUNTY
AND BEYOND
FROM THE MAUCH CHUNK
NEWSPAPERS OF
1829 TO 1850
SURNAMES
METZGAR TO SHAFFER
PERSON |
D.O.D. |
NOTICE DATE |
NP |
PLACE OF DEATH |
CAUSE OF DEATH |
AGE |
NOTES |
Metzgar, Jacob |
1846/02/07 |
1846/02/12 |
CCG |
Lehighton |
|
32-00-00 |
|
Metzgar, Johannes (John) |
1845/09/03 |
1845/10/02 |
CCG |
Mahoning
Twp. |
Consumption |
51-06-00 |
|
Millen, David |
1846/05/20 |
1846/06/04 |
CCG |
Springvale
Tunnel (near Summit Hill) |
|
|
Article on death, crushed when a
car slipped from the brest; native of North Ireland |
Miller, James |
1842/04/0? |
1842/04/04 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-09-00 |
S/o Conrad & Sarah Miller |
Miller, Mary Ann |
1848/12/03 |
1849/01/25 |
CCG |
The
Landing |
|
01-00-00 |
D/o Henry Miller ["The
Landing" refers to the village of Lausanne] |
Miller, Mary Ann |
1848/12/03 |
1849/01/27 |
CD |
The
Landing |
|
01-00-00 |
D/o Henry Miller ["The
Landing" refers to the village of Lausanne] |
Miller, Nathan |
1848/12/01 |
1849/01/25 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-06-00 |
S/o Solomon Miller |
Miller, Nathan |
1848/12/01 |
1849/01/27 |
CD |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-06-00 |
S/o Solomon Miller |
Miller, Susannah Barbara |
1850/08/07 |
1850/08/29 |
CCG |
West
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
|
78-03-00 |
Widow of Johannes Miller |
Milnes, Mary, Mrs. |
1847/08/22 |
1847/08/26 |
CCG |
Beaver
Meadow |
|
|
Sp/o William Milnes [short
obituary] |
Minehard, Joseph |
1841/12/27 |
1842/01/03 |
C |
Nesquehoning |
|
40-00-00 |
Age abt. 40 |
Miner, Sarah |
1841/03/03 |
1841/03/20 |
C |
Wilkes
Barre |
|
31-00-00 |
D/o Asher Miner, died at his home |
Moore, Rebecca Bond |
1843/08/04 |
1843/09/05 |
CC
T |
Philadelphia |
|
23-00-00 |
D/o the late Capt. James Moore |
Morganroth, Hirsh |
1846/01/15 |
1846/01/22 |
CCG |
Philadelphia |
Consumption |
27-00-00 |
Was of Lehighton |
Mortan, Medora, Miss |
1839/12/06 |
1839/12/07 |
C |
Nesquehoning |
|
14-00-00 |
|
Moser, Anna Jane |
1847/04/18 |
1847/05/06 |
CCG |
Mahoning
Twp. |
|
00-05-00 |
D/o Nathan Moser |
Moser, Emeline |
1849/11/16 |
1849/11/22 |
CCG |
Mahoning
Twp. |
|
00-01-18 |
|
Moyer, William |
1829/09/13 |
1829/09/10 |
C |
Lehighton |
Billious
Fever |
22-00-00 |
Son of Peter Moyer of Whitehall Twp.,
Lehigh Co. |
Mullen, Patrick |
1841/08/03 |
1841/08/09 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
02-00-00 |
S/o Patrick Mullen |
Murphy, Martin |
1845/10/01 |
1845/10/09 |
CCG |
|
Accident
caused by drinking |
|
Deceased was working on the
"New railroad" and was an Irishman; article on his death |
Musselman, Sarah |
1850/03/12 |
1850/04/11 |
CCG |
Above
Mauch Chunk |
|
37-00-00 |
Sp/o Jesse Musselman |
Myers, Elizabeth, Mrs. |
1834/08/22 |
1834/09/13 |
C |
Sheshequin,
Pa. |
|
105
yrs |
|
Needham, Catherine |
1838/04/11 |
1838/04/16 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-08-00 |
Infant d/o Benjamin & Mary
Needham |
Nitzel, John |
1849/01/15 |
1849/01/25 |
CCG |
Near
Lehighton |
|
01-06-00 |
S/o Adam Nitzel |
Nothstein, Mr. |
1841/05/24 |
1841/05/31 |
C |
Mahoning
Valley |
Fit
of apoplexy |
|
Died while "following the
plow" |
Nouer, Joseph |
1850/03/18 |
1850/04/11 |
CCG |
West
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
|
07-00-00 |
S/o Joseph Nouer |
Oakley, William |
1847/12/05 |
1847/12/09 |
CCG |
At
his home in Mauch Chunk |
A
short illness |
34-00-00 |
S/o Robert Oakley of Lackawana,
Pa., Wm. came recenlty to Mauch Chunk and married there. Was a member of the Odd Fellows. |
O'Connell, Robert Hall |
1837/08/23 |
1837/09/04 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
01-04-06 |
Infant s/o Dr. Benjamin Rush
O'Connell |
Osburn, Ephraim |
1829/06/06 |
1829/06/10 |
C |
Solomon's
Creek, Luzerne Co. |
Drowned |
|
Drowned when he went in creek to
bath |
Packer, Catherine Lippincott |
1837/03/01 |
1837/03/06 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
01-00-00 |
D/o Asa Packer |
Packer, Gertrude |
1848/02/12 |
1848/02/17 |
CCG |
|
|
|
Infant d/o Asa Packer |
Packer, R. W. |
1848/10/04 |
1848/10/19 |
CCG |
His
home in Reading, Pa. |
Consumption |
38-00-00 |
Brother of Asa Packer [short
obituary] |
Painter, Amelia W. |
1849/04/16 |
1849/05/03 |
CCG |
Muncy,
Lackawanna Co. |
|
26-00-00 |
Sp/o G. L. I. Painter, editor of
the Muncy Luminary, and d/o the late James W. Bowman, Esq. |
Painter, Louisa Foster |
1840/02/19 |
1840/02/22 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-07-15 |
Infant D/o John & Elizabeth
Painter |
Painter, Susan Israel, Mrs. |
1845/07/26 |
1845/08/07 |
CCG |
Bloomsburg |
|
55-00-00 |
Sp/o Thomas Painter |
Pardee, William Robinson |
1850/07/11 |
1850/07/25 |
CCG |
Hazleton,
Luzerne Co. |
|
01-00-12 |
Infant son of Ario & Anna M.
Pardee |
Patterson, Ann M. |
1845/02/25 |
1845/02/27 |
CCG |
|
|
|
Sp/o Thomas Patterson |
Patterson, Elizabeth |
1843/07/25 |
1843/08/01 |
CC
T |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-06-04 |
D/o Thomas & Anna M. Patterson |
Patterson, Mary Ann |
1841/09/13 |
1841/09/20 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-05-04 |
D/o Thomas & Ann W. Patterson |
Patterson, Mary D. |
1837/08/16 |
1837/08/21 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
01-01-00 |
D/o Thomas Patterson |
Patterson, Thomas |
1844/04/29 |
1844/05/08 |
CC
T |
Huntington,
Luzerne Co. |
|
69-00-00 |
Was a very prominent citizen of
the county (short obituary) |
Pehter, Anna M. |
1845/02/08 |
1845/03/27 |
CCG |
West
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
|
70-00-00 |
Relict of Anthony Pehter |
Perry, Benjamin |
1843/06/17 |
1843/06/27 |
CC
T |
Wilkes
Barre |
|
|
Long a resident of Wilkes Barre
(short obit) |
Porter, Abi |
1834/04/18 |
1834/04/26 |
C |
Wilkes
Barre |
|
|
Wife of Eleazar Porter of Wilkes
Barre, d/o John Conner of Mauch Chunk |
Poulson, Susannah |
1830/01/25 |
1830/01/28 |
C |
Philadelphia |
|
|
Wife of Zachariah Poulson, Editor
of the American Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia |
Pratt, Emily |
1847/12/12 |
1847/12/16 |
CCG |
Beaver
Meadow |
|
04-00-00 |
D/o A. W. Pratt |
Pryor, John, Esq. |
1838/05/29 |
1838/06/04 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
68-00-00 |
Was for many years a magistrate
for the county |
Pryor, Keziah, Mrs. |
1843/02/22 |
1843/03/21 |
CC
T |
Wilkes
Barre |
|
71-00-00 |
|
Pryor, Margaret |
1841/08/22 |
1841/09/06 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
Consumption |
30-00-00 |
Sp/o William Pryor |
Pryor, William |
1836/06/25 |
1836/06/27 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-00-14 |
Infant son of William Pryor |
Quinlan, Edward |
1831/09/05 |
1831/09/12 |
C |
Lausanne |
|
|
Late of Kilkenny, Ireland |
Quinlan, James, Capt. |
1850/07/19 |
1850/07/25 |
CCG |
Lehigh
River at Mauch Chunk |
Drowned |
|
[Despite the fact his name isn't mentioned,
this article details his death by drowning] |
Quinlan, James, Capt. |
1850/07/19 |
1850/08/08 |
CCG |
Lehigh
River at Mauch Chunk |
Drowned |
40-00-00 |
Drowned during freshet |
Rabenhold, Anna Maria |
1850/04/21 |
1850/05/02 |
CCG |
Mahoning
Twp. |
|
05-09-00 |
D/o Nathan Rabenhold |
Ralston, Mary Ann |
1845/08/18 |
1845/08/21 |
CCG |
Lehighton |
|
|
Of Easton, she was buried at the
Weissport burying ground, a funeral sermon preached by Mr. Webster of Mauch
Chunk |
Ralston, Mary, Mrs. |
1850/04/13 |
1850/04/18 |
CCG |
Weissport |
|
78-00-00 |
|
Rathlein, David |
1846/10/21 |
1846/11/26 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk Twp. |
|
05-00-00 |
|
Rathlein, Polly |
1846/10/29 |
1846/11/26 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk Twp. |
|
02-00-00 |
|
Rawl, Horatio |
1830/01/25 |
1830/01/28 |
C |
Philadelphia |
|
|
|
Reed, William S. |
1848/02/19 |
1848/02/24 |
CCG |
|
|
00-07-05 |
Infant s/o William Reed |
Rehrig, Maria |
1847/04/28 |
1847/05/06 |
CCG |
East
Penn Twp. |
|
03-06-00 |
D/o Paul Rehrig [surname spelled
"Rehrick" in death notice] |
Reichard, Esther |
1847/10/25 |
1847/11/18 |
CCG |
East
Penn Twp. |
|
|
Sp/o George Reichard [surname
spelled "Richert" in death notice] |
Reinhart, Catherine Ann |
1844/12/28 |
1845/01/16 |
CC
T |
West
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co.. |
|
00-04-02 |
D/o Henry Reinhart |
Remeley, Rebecca |
1849/01/15 |
1849/01/25 |
CCG |
West
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
|
30-00-00 |
Sp/o Henry Remaley |
Remeley, Rebecca |
1849/01/15 |
1849/01/27 |
CD |
West
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
|
30-00-00 |
Sp/o Henry Remaley |
Remely, Daniel |
1847/02/17 |
1847/03/04 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk Twp. |
|
04-00-00 |
|
Remely, Daniel |
1850/04/05 |
1850/05/02 |
CCG |
West
Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co. |
|
02-11-00 |
S/o Henry Remely |
Rex, ?-?-? |
1850/03/03 |
1850/04/11 |
CCG |
East
Penn Twp. |
|
00-01-06 |
D/o Joel Rex |
Rex, Rachel |
1850/06/21 |
1850/08/29 |
CCG |
East
Penn Twp. |
Fever |
01-07-00 |
D/o Joel Rex |
Rex, William |
1837/02/04 |
1837/02/20 |
C |
E.
Penn Twp. |
|
90-00-00 |
Obit: Rev. War vet, held British
prisoner at the Market St. Prison, Phila., escaped with 2 or 3 others by
tunneling under the wall of the prison |
Rhinesmith, Samuel |
1845/12/29 |
1846/01/22 |
CCG |
Mahoning
Twp. |
|
83-00-00 |
|
Rice, Owen J. |
1846/01/07 |
1846/01/22 |
CCG |
Bethlehem,
Pa. |
Consumption |
|
|
Righter, William C. |
1850/07/23 |
1850/07/25 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
|
Infant s/o Dr. W. W. Righter of
Mauch Chunk |
Ripple, Elizabeth W., Mrs. |
1838/06/23 |
1838/07/02 |
C |
|
|
25-00-00 |
|
Robins, Richard |
1846/08/20 |
1846/08/27 |
CCG |
Abt.
1.5 miles below Mauch Chunk on Lehigh Canal |
Drowned |
|
[Short article on death] "The
body was taken by the Sons of Temperance, in which he was a member and taken
to his residence in Easton |
Ross, John, Honorable |
1834/01/31 |
1834/02/08 |
C |
Philadelphia |
|
|
Died at the home of his brother,
Samuel |
Ross, William Henry |
1841/08/03 |
1841/08/09 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-07-10 |
S/o William Ross |
Ross, William Henry |
1841/08/03 |
1841/08/09 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
00-07-10 |
S/o William Ross |
Rowman, Morrison |
1829/06/06 |
1829/06/10 |
C |
Huntington
Twp., Luz. Co. |
|
15-00-00 |
S/o Jesse Rowman (uncertain of
first letter of surname) |
Ruddle, James |
1839/01/28 |
1839/02/04 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
80-00-00 |
|
Rudolph, Isabella |
1846/10/13 |
1846/10/22 |
CCG |
|
|
01-07-15 |
D/o William & Phebe Rudolph |
Salkeld, Caroline Virginia |
1839/01/06 |
1839/01/07 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
02-00-19 |
Only child of Jacob &
Catherine F. Salkeld |
Salkeld, Charles Edward |
1848/01/15 |
1848/01/27 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
01-09-00 |
Only s/o Jacob H. & Catherine
F. Salkeld |
Salkeld, Emily, Mrs |
1846/06/20 |
1846/06/25 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
A
long illness |
24-00-00 |
Sp/o George W. Salkeld, d/o John
Leisenring |
Salkeld, Isaac, Jr. |
1839/12/26 |
1839/12/28 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
26-00-00 |
Obituary |
Salkeld, Issac |
1839/05/04 |
1839/05/06 |
C |
Easton,
Pa. |
Apoplexy |
59-03-00 |
Obituary |
Salkeld, John Jacob |
1845/08/26 |
1845/08/28 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
01-04-00 |
Only s/o Jacob H. Salkeld |
Salkeld, Maria |
1848/03/22 |
1848/03/23 |
CCG |
|
|
|
Short religious obituary |
Salsbury, Catherine |
1832/05/05 |
1832/05/21 |
C |
Monroe
Twp. |
Pulmonary
complaint |
56-00-00 |
Wife of Henry Salsbury (it may mean she died in Monroe Co., not
twp.) |
Salsbury, Elizabeth J. |
1845/03/19 |
1845/04/10 |
CCG |
Monroe |
|
|
Sp/o D'Alanson C. Salsbury; d/o J.
M. Piollet of Wysox; obituary and poem |
Salsbury, Sophia |
1846/02/13 |
1846/02/19 |
CCG |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
25-00-00 |
Wife of Orlando Salsbury, married only
a few months, remains taken to her home in Bradford Co., Pa. |
Sayre, Charles Eugene |
1841/02/02 |
1841/02/06 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
03-00-00 |
Youngest child of Wm. H. Sayre,
Esq., after an illness of only a few hours |
Sayre, Charles W. |
1848/04/10 |
1848/04/13 |
CCG |
|
|
01-08-00 |
Infant s/o Robert H. Sayre |
Sayre, Elizabeth Kent |
1849/01/10 |
1849/01/11 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
|
Wife of William H. Sayre |
Sayre, Julia Linn |
1830/10/12 |
1830/10/18 |
C |
Mauch
Chunk |
|
01-05-00 |
D/o Wm. H. Sayre |
Sayre, Julia Rosalie |
1837/05/05 |
1837/05/08 |
C |
|
|
00-09-00 |
Infant d/o Wm. H. Sayre |
Schott, John Paul, Capt. |
1829/07/29 |
1829/07/09 |
C |
Philadelphia |
|
|
An officer in the Navy of the
Revolution |
Schupp, George W. |
1847/02/20 |
1847/03/04 |
CCG |
Chestnut
Hill, Monroe Co. |
Drowned
in the mill race |
04-00-00 |
|
Schupp, Peter |
1847/03/07 |
1847/05/06 |
CCG |
Parryville |
|
77-00-00 |
|
Schwab, Sarah Amanda |
1848/11/22 |
1848/11/30 |
CCG |
Towamensing |
|
00-05-06 |
D/o John & Susannah Schwab |
Scott, Ma-?-? |
1846/03/14 |
1846/03/19 |
CCG |
Her
son's residence |
|
78-00-00 |
Wife of Joseph Scott, formerly of
Derbyshire, England, immigrated with her husband and was crippled by an
accident |
Scott, William |
1840/12/09 |
1840/12/09 |
C |
Wilkes
Barre |
|
29-00-00 |
S/o the late Judge Scott |
Selfridge, Mathias, Gen. |
1839/11/03 |
1839/11/09 |
C |
Allentown |
|
|
Died at an advanced age |
Senseman, Catherine Shouse |
1840/07/27 |
1840/08/01 |
C |
Easton |
A
severe illness |
|
Sp/o A. H. Sensemen, Esq., editor
of the Easton Sentinel, d/o Wm. Shouse of Easton |
Shaffer, Mrs. |
1837/05/03 |
1837/05/08 |
C |
|
A
lingering illness |
51-00-00 |
|
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