Sullivan
County Deaths: 1878-1884
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These death records are not complete
for the county, but do constitute the death records as they appeared
in the Sullivan Standard and the Milan Republican. Often
the dates given were vague, as "last week", "a few days ago", "sometime
back", "recently" etc. If the exact date was not given, but a remark
as "last Tuesday", "Sunday back", and similar expressions used, the
date of the newspaper and a perpetual calendar were used to try to ascertain
the exact date. The wording concerning these deaths is as it appears
in the news item.
| Died January 8, 1878, in Morris
Township, Mr. Greenbury Summers, a native of Maryland, being 88
years old. |
| John D. Call aged about 20, living
in Clay Twp. died recently of liver disease. |
| Died, Mr. Edward Downing, age
16, by his own hand. He lived with his mother about 5 miles north
of Kiddville. |
| Feb.18, Mr. James Spray of Morris
Township died on Tuesday of last week. |
| March 22, 1878. Mr. Shannon Beard
living near Green Castle died one day last week. |
| Mrs. Michael Wright died March
16, 1878, at her home, four or five miles east of Milan. |
| Mrs. Rebecca Clarkson died April
2, 1878. |
| Mrs. Wm. Westlake of Buchanan
died on Monday, April 20, 1878, and was buried Tuesday. She died
of consumption. |
| Mrs. Sanford Duckwarth died Sunday,
May 19, 1878, at her home two miles west of Scottsville in Duncan
Township. |
| Died of consumption, on the 22nd
of May 1878, at her home near Birdseye Ridge, of this county,
Mrs. Martha Ellen Cole, wife of George Cole and daughter of Col.
Oliver P. and Maria C. Phillips. She was aged 22 years. |
| Mr.-- Edwards, father of Mrs.
M.D. Shearer died June 2, 1878, of consumption. |
| Mrs. Dr. Franklin of Pleasant
Hill Twp. died a few days ago. |
| Mr. Jacob Shearer of Green Castle,
was found dead in his chair June 15, 1878. |
| Died at her home three miles east
of Milan on the 7th inst. July 1878, Mrs. Foster, of flux. She
had been a citizen of this county for over 30 years. |
| July 26, 1878, Judge E. Hartzler
of Sticklerville, died very suddenly one day last week from the
effects of extreme heat. |
| Died at his home in Duncan Twp.
of consumption, on Friday, July 19, 1878, Mr. F. M. Fields. |
| Billy Boyd died July 26, 1878.
He had become overheated about a week before his sickness and
this is supposed, led to his death. |
| Mr. N. M. Bonham, living three
miles east of Milan died Wednesday night August 7,1878. |
| Mr. William E. Straley living
in Duncan Township died at his own hands Aug. 11, 1878. Verdict
of inquest jury: - "Wm. E. Straley committed suicide by shooting
himself with a revolver." He came from Pennsylvania in 1869. He
left a wife and 11 children. |
| Died in Union Twp. on Aug. 7,
1878, Mrs. Daniel T. Beck. |
| Died, Bell eldest daughter of
W. J. and A. A. Dennis, aged 9 years, 5 months and 11 days, on
Aug. 11, 1878. |
| Aug. 23, 1878. Mrs. Josie Bennett
of Bowman Township died one day last week. |
| A little daughter of Mr. Josiah
Rasser died Aug. 24, 1878. |
| Died Susie R., daughter of James
and Lizzie Morris, aged 16 years, 7 months and 27 days on August
28, 1878. |
| Oct. 29, 1883, died Sarah Allen,
age 63 yrs., 4 mo. and 11 days. Born in North Carolina, of pneumonia. |
| Died Nov. 1, 1883, Lora Hattie
Adkins, age 1 mo. 10 days. |
| April 3, 1884, died Olive Ann
Addlesbarker, age 16 yrs. |
| John C. Adams died Jan. 14, 1885,
of membranus croup. |
| Dec. 18, 1885, died Marcelus Preston
Archer, overdose of opium, so supposed, age 53 yrs., 2 mo., 2
da. He was born in Whitehall, Ill. |
| April 13, 1886, died 4 year old
Mark J. Atkins of heart disease. |
| Annie F. Allen died Aug. 5, 1886
of fracture of the skull, age 7 yrs., 9 mo., 23 days. |
| Oct. 6.1883 died Wm. C. Baker
of tonsillitis, age 6 yrs., 7 months, 5 days. |
| Dec. 30, 1883 died Susan Berry
of pneumonia, age 25 yrs., 3 mo., 10 days. |
| Larry E. Brookshire died Aug.
8, 1883 of cholera infantum, age 10 months, 8 days. |
| Gracy B. Bumgarner, Feb. 3, 1884,
of pneumonia age 1 yr., 3 mo., 6 days. |
| Died Ross Berry Feb. 22, 1884
of Lobular pneumonitis, age 8 months, 11 days. |
| 12
Mar 1884, page 5 col 1, 2 (Milan Republican)
Col 1. "It is said that David Mullins has
taken a change of venue" Col. 2. "David Mullins passed
away to the land of the unseen on Tuesday night at about 9 pm.
He was unconcious for a long time before his death. He was unfortunate
and was the victim of circumstances and malign influence"
[David was shot just south of Reger by Fletcher
Franklin about 25 Feb 1884 and died 5 Mar]
Contributed by Neil Smith (sieben((a))prodigy.net)
|
| Died James Bunnell, April 12,
1884, of croup age 2 years. |
| Miles Burchett died May 27, 1884
of consumption, born in Ohio, age 61 yrs., 3 mo., 1 day. |
| Died Norman Barker, Aug. 12, 1884,
age 6 months, 4 days. |
| Died Babe Bolinger, Oct. 9, 1884,
of colic, age 2 mo., 29 days, born in Montana. |
| Jonathan Bolinger died Oct. 6,
1884 of dysentery, age 3 yrs., 7 mo., 6 da., born in Virginia
City, Montana. |
| Mary Ann Boone died Aug. 1, 1884,
of consumption, age 30 yrs., 8 mo., 24 days. |
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