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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January 2004