1890 Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac, Local Summary for 1889

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January 


1st Dr.B.J.cobleigh of Parsons,weds Miss Maggie Edwards of Kingston.
2nd Clarence Nener caught in machinery at lace factory,and fatally injured.
4th Mrs.Alice Shaw whistles at Armory.
5th Mrs.Frank Beardslee,nee Chase,of Wilkes-Barre,dies in Denver,Colorado.
8th Mrs.Henery Weiss,aged 60,falls down stairs and breaks her neck.
8th Miss Elizabeth A:Lane dies in Brooklyn.
12th John Wilson dead aged 85.
13th Peter Kropp dead.
13th James Garrahan suicides at Dallas.
15th Edward Pursel formerly of Wilkes-Barre dies in Davenport,iowa.
16th Michael M. Kenny dead aged 47.
18th Death of Hon.E.C.Wadhams,aged 64.
19th Clarence W.Nener dies of injuries,aged 32.
19th Death of John F.Letron of Kingston,aged 32.
22nd Death of Mrs.Elizabeth A.Stewert,aged 78.
21st E.C.Schaufuss and Chet Owen killed by gas in slope No.4,Nanticoke.
27th Miss Hammil of New Jersey dies at Major Lennard’s.
 27th Lawrence Casey dead,aged 85.
30th E.C.Wadhams deceased.
Death of Elizabeth Frace,aged 71.
31st Adam Behee celebrates 76th birthday.

February 

2nd Death of Mrs.E.S.Morgan aged 39.
3rd Death of Shepherd Goodwin of Kingston,aged 78.
3rd Miss Jane Jackson dead, aged 61.
8th Samuel Feldman dead,aged 41.
8th Pyramus Egge of Plainsville dead,aged 77.
8th Suspicious death of Helena Williams,aged 20.
9th Death of Helen m.Sturdevant in Philadelphia.
12th Christopher Westfield of Wilkes-Barre marries Miss Ella Gallagher of Plains.
14th Death of Mrs.Alice Rozelle,aged 40.
18th Death of Mrs.Robt.S.Brodhead,nee Shoemaker,at Rome ,Ga.
20th Wm.Ingendorf killed on central R.R.in south Wilkes-Barre.
25th Ten girls killed in Squib factory explosion at Plymouth.
27th John A. Lorah weds Miss M.A.Bauer.
28th Wm.Perry dies of consumption aged 30.

March 

7th Dr.Charles Wagner,formerly of Wilkes-Barre,dead in Germany. 
9th Steamers begin trips between Wilkes-Barre and Plymouth.
11th Mrs.Charles Shiber dead,aged 67.
12th Adolph Schmitt of Wilkes-Barre killed on railroad  near Drake’s Creek.
20th Mrs.Debby Ayars dead.
20th Mrs.Lawbaugh killed by L.V.train.
31st Mrs.Augusta Davis Green buried in Wilkes-Barre.

April 

1st Mrs.Mary A.Sharps of dorranceton dead aged 75.
1st Herman Clay Adams dead aged 24.
4th Hervey S.Rutter dead aged 32.
5th Walter S.Carpenter’s friends help him celebrate his 36th birthday.
9th Willie Hamilton killed by fall in ?ins of  broom factory.
9th C.B.Faux dead aged 53.
11th Catherine Rose burned to death at Five Points.
12th Funeral of Dr.Charles Wagner.
12th W.G.Sterling dead aged 64.
12th Death of William Fry aged 39.
15th Infant child of Prof.E.L.Scott dead.
16th E.P. Wilkinson shoots Thomas Gallagher.
17th Edward Jones of Nanticoke dead aged 66.
18th Death of  Mrs.Sarah Nesbitt aged 73.
19th Death of Col.Samuel Bowman aged 71 .
22nd Mathew McGuire dead aged 75.
23rd Carl Finger weds Miss Aurelia Ahlborn.
23rd Dr.and Mrs.H. N.Young celebrate 10th wedding anniversary.
23rd Corp.John Williams of Co.A Ninth Regiment,dead.
24th George A.Doty dead aged 75.
24th Harry M.Speece weds Miss Hattie Miles.
24th Mr.and Mrs.John Laning give masque party.
25th Death of Judge E.L.Dann aged 72.
25th Thomas Gallagher dies from Wilkinson’s bullet.

May 

2nd Mrs.Harriet Myers dead aged 82.
5th Daniel Metzger dead aged 81.
16th Daniel Ewards of Spruce St. down with small pox.
17th Death of Soi.Bunnell aged 50.
18th Warner Kohl dead aged 52.
 18th Morris Williams corner Hazle and Blackman Sts.,dies of small pox.
20th Joshua T.Davis dead aged 54.
21st Thos.W.Hart weds Miss Lizzie McCarty of Ashley.
22nd Robert P.Brodhead weds Miss Fannie V.Loveland at Kingston.
22nd M.E.Moore married to Miss Anna E.Harter
25th Rufus J.Bell dead aged 60.
28th Wedding of Alexander Dick and Miss Minnie Waddell of Kingston.


June

1st Mrs.Maria Math?as dead aged 73.
1st Dr.D.C.Scoville,a Wilkes-Barre physican in 1837,dies at Wyalusing.
1st Suicide of Nathan Bennett.
5th Nathan Bennett’s body found in the river.
5th Charles E.Morgan weds Miss Elizabeth Wood at Torresdale.
11th Death of Mrs.J.L.Pfouts aged 34.
12th W.G.Eno weds Miss Marion Borden at Pottstown.
12th Fred  Gates marries Miss Lillian M.Rhinehimer.
12th Dr.Charles W.Maloney of New York and Miss Lillian Mitchell married.
16th Death of Oliver Downey (colored)aged 79.
19th C.B.White weds Miss Lizzie Forsman of Ashley.
21st Death of Mrs.W.S.Jones aged 30.
21st Alexander McLean dies at Danville aged 68.
24th Dr.Wm.D.Shaver of Plymouth dead.
24th Chemical analysis shows arsenic in stomach of Mrs.Craihen of 
Pittston and McGlynns arrested.
26th John R.Jones of Wilkes-Barre and Miss Mamie Evans of Warrior Run married.
26th Death of Capt.W.L.Cook,formerly of Wilkes-Barre,at Washington aged 74.
28th George Sorrel of Jackson St.drowned opposite Dorrance breaker.
29th Death of Mrs.Julia A.B.Phumb aged 83.

July 

1st Death of Mrs.J.C.Tyrrellof Forty Fort aged 51.
2nd Calvin Williams fatally injured by falling from a tree.
2nd John G.Lloyd dead aged 72.
3rd Mrs.Lena Mahie dead aged 78.
7th Valentine Kraft dead aged 55.
7th Death of Edwin H. Morre aged 35.
8th Bodies of Mr.and Mrs.Glynn exhumed at Pittston.
11th Peter Scheidel dead aged 29.
12th Miss Elizabeth Dickson dead aged 70.
14th Ernest ?Floyd of Co.A,Ninth Regiment dies at Sugar notch.
14th Rev.?L.Jones receives call to Christ Church,Brooklyn.
15th Death of Mrs.C.E.Pabst.
15th Miss Frances Overton dead aged 24.
16th Thomas Podmore weds Miss Blanche Morgan.
20th Hon.H.B.Payne celebrated 50th anniversary at Harvey’s Lake.
23rd Principal McConnon’s son Edward dies of heart disease aged 12.
24th A.N.Wilking weds Miss Minnie Seitz of Easton.
27thDeath of Dr.J.L.Miner aged 33.
29th Death of Mrs.F.A.Sauer a bride of two months.

August 

2nd Mrs.Wm.P.Gardner dead aged 63.
3rd Van Camp Coolbaugh dead aged 61.
4th Death of Mrs.L.D.Shoemaker aged 63.
4th Mrs.Clarissa Price dies in Kingston aged 91.
7th Mrs.J.J.Carr dead aged 26.
8th H.S.Smith marries Lizzie B.Hollister.
12th Peter Selitsky killed on Whisky Hill.
13th Geo.W.Leas dead aged 77.
13th Carrie M.Mulligan of Reading dies in Wilkes-Barre.
14th Mrs.W.B.Carman of Wilkes-Barre dies at Town Hill.
19th Maggie Tudor of Edwardsville suicides.
19th Mrs.Gustav Hahn dies at Orange,aged 55.
20th Mrs.Elizabeth Morgans dead aged 85.
22nd William Law dies of apoplexy.
31st Peter Stump dead aged 69.

September 

4th Howard Fleming aged 14 drowned in river.
6th Death of Ben Tennant (Black Ben) at Pontiac,Mich,aged 90.
16th Death of Rev.Dr.W.H.Olin.
18th Willard P.Knapp weds Miss Camilia Hollenback.
19th Death of.Ben Johnson’s mother.
19th Willie Crissey dead aged 17.
20th Death of Horatio N.Bowmen in Alton,Ill.
22nd Jerry Brobst of Calawissa found dead in Luzerne Borough.
23rd Death of Otto J.Schmidt aged 33.
23rd Lewis Drake dead in a barn in Kingston.
24th Child of Mrs.Vreddeuburg scalded to death.
26th Harry Schmidt dead aged 24.
26th A.R.Roth weds Miss Ruby J.Dinsmore.
27th Death of Isanc Wood.
28th Rev.Father O’Haran  dead aged 60.
30th Geo.Barney killed by team aged 59.

October 

1st P.S.Croop of Factoryville dead aged 88.
2nd Mrs.E.L.Scott dead aged 28.
4th Death of Mrs.A.H.Bowman aged 77.
6th Death of Miles Johnson of Lathrop,Cal.,aged 73.
9th Mrs.Abram Marks dead aged 26.
9th Leslie S.Ryman weds Miss Louise Lynch.
9th Wm.H.Searing dead aged 40.
11th John W.Conardy dies at Wilkes-Barre hospital from railroad injuries.
15th Wm.E.Miller dead aged 35.
18th Wm.Slocum of Illinois aged 75 visits Wilkes-Barre after 66 years.
19th Death of E.P.Darling aged 58.
19th John H.Teets dead aged 74.
19th Mrs.Caroline S.Labar dies in New Haven.
20th David Frey dead aged 76.
22nd Mrs.Julia Jones dead at Newtown,aged 81.
23rd Sister Ontropia (Caroline Hellfrich) dies at Malinkrodtconvent.
23rd Harry M.Harding marries Miss Annie Leavenworth.
24th Frances a.Phelps weds Margueretta D.Drown at Weldon.
24th Ruth Yeager of Forty Fort burned to death.
24th Death of Mrs.Emily S.Prosser.
26th John B.Mills of Wilkes-Barre dies at Riverside aged 77.
28th Death of Hannah Cora Smith aged 73.
30th Arthur L.Stull of Harvey’s Lake weds Miss Mary A.Edie of York.
31st James E.Mack and Miss Lizzie Anzmann married.

November

1st Death from typhoid fever of Miss Emma Bergmaun.
6th Capt.Asher Miner weds Miss Hettie Lonsdale.
6th Jesse T.Morgan married to Miss Kate E.Miller.
6th Marriage of A.O.Lemeris and Nan L.Hutchison.
6th Byron Jones of Luzerne Borough jumps down Waddell’s shaft.
7th John T.Morgan and Miss Mary E.Jones married .
7th G.W.James weds Miss Minnie Oakly.
8th John G Lloyd dead aged 56.
11th Death of B.G.Carpenter aged 62.
12th Fred H.Paine of Williamsport weds Miss Marion B.Vaugh of Kingston.
14th Dorrance B.Headley dead.
14th Sindey D.Wilson dies aged 62.
16th Death of Mrs.W.W.Neuer.
18th Wm.Mead (colored) killed on the D.and H.railroad.
23rd Luther P.Frantz dies in Leadville,Col.,aged 37. 
23rd P.S.Bailey of  Wilkes-Barre dies in New York.
24th Death of Mrs.Eliza Praetorius.
27th Dr.Levi I.Shoemaker weds Miss Cornelia W.Scranton of Seranton.
28th Dr.D.F.Smith of Plymouth weds Miss Jeanette Weir.

December 

2nd Death of Caleb E.Wright in Doylestown,aged 79.
4th Three men killed at Hazle Street crossing of Jorsey Central R.R.
4th Lieutenant Charles J.Stevens,U.S.Army weds Miss Sarah C.Maffet.
5th Death of Mrs.Rosa Lindacher aged 83.
10th Collector T.Frank Penman marries Miss May Pugh of Scranton.
11th W.B.Payson weds Miss Mary Frisbie,of Potterville.
11th G.Palmer Steele,formerly of Wilkes-Barre,dies in West Pittston.
18th Death of Lauren Vosburgh,aged 36.
22nd Death of Mrs.David Stull of Bear Creek at Philadelphia.

Contributed by Patty Matthews and Pat Hillon