Sullivan County Deaths:
1885-1889
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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.
| Louis Maud West died Sept. 16,
1885 of membranous croup, age 10 months. |
| Thomas Jefferson Wisehart died
Oct. 29, 1886 of typho malarial fever, age 33 yrs., 10 mo., 9
days, born in Henry Co., Ind. |
| H. W. Wilson died Sept. 14, 1886
of chronic Brights Disease, age 39 yrs., 5 mo., 28 days. |
| Joseph R. Trentham of Pollock
died Nov. 12, 1887. |
| Norman Davis of Pollock died Dec.
28, 1887. |
| Jan. 13, 1888: died Miss Mollie
Melvin of consumption last Monday. |
| Dec. 31, 1887, Thos. Reed of near
Half Rock died of typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and small child. |
| Mrs. Mary Daze died Jan. 19, 1888.She
was born in New York June 10, 1816, daughter of Job Bailey. |
| Mr. M.S. Dover died Jan. 2, 1884.
He was born in Tenn., Jan. 29, 1884, but came to Sullivan county
over 40 years ago. |
| Jan. 26, 1888 died Essie Peters
infant daughter of George and Alda Peters. |
| Died Mar. 6, 1888, Miss Alice
daughter of Henry and Rebecca Shipley. She was 23 yr. old. |
| Died Mar. 9, 1888, Alfred Morris
age 35. He was the son of Robertson and Susanna Morris. He was
born Apr. 11, 1852 and married Eliza Coffman Apr. 11, 1852. |
| April 1, 188? died Jeremiah Tharp
at the home of his son. Jeremiah was born in Marion Co., Ky. nearly
81 years ago He came to Sullivan Co. in 1841. |
| April 6,1888, died Magdaline Caldwell
wife of Robert Caldwell, of consumption. |
| April 28, 1888: John Thompson
died Thursday of last week and was buried at the Mt. Zion Cemetery
on Friday. |
| May 4, 1888 One of Dr. Busicks
daughters died last week of consumption this makes three of daughters
that have died of consumption within the last three months. |
| May 11, 1888: Father J. H. McNeily
who formerly resided in Milan all winter but moved to his farm
west of town this last spring, died Monday evening from a strike
of Paralysis. |
| Died on Sat. April 28, 1888 of
cerebro spinal minigitis, Maud A., daughter of Henry and Sarah
A. Hardin after a brief illness of only five days. Aged 6 years
and 2 months and 17 days. |
| Sarah Ross daughter of James and
Nancy Ross departed this life the 8 of May, 1888 aged nineteen
years, eleven months and twenty nine days. The deceased had consumption
and was of brief duration. She was laid to rest in the Shatto
cemetery. |
| May 18, 1888. The infant son of
Mr. & Mrs. A. P. Miller, born some weeks ago died on Thursday
evening. Mrs. Miller is herself seriously ill. |
| May 18, 1888: Infant child of
Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Boyd of Milan died Monday evening at 7
o'clock. |
| Veda Myrtal Street infant daughter
of William and Amanda Street departed this life May 28, 1888,
aged 3 years, 7 months and 5 days. |
| Robert Daniel Morrison (b. Bedford
Co. Tenn. July, 24, 1813) died June 4, 1888 of inflammation of
the stomach and bowels. |
| Joseph McKinney, a young man 22
years of age who lived in south east Polk died last Wednesday
of Pulmonary consumption. He was interred at the Oak Grove Cemetery. |
| June 8, 1888: Mrs. Garrett, wife
of Harvey Garrett of Jackson Twp. died last Thursday, the 31 st.
She was about sixty years of age. |
| June 18, 1888: A daughter of Bob
Johnsons who live near Green City died the first of the week. |
| Amelia Vos, daughter of Henry
Vos living 2 miles north of Sticklerville died Sunday of consumption. |
| Melva May, infant daughter of
J.C. and M.J. Strode aged 4 months and 7 days died at her grandparents,
Mr. & Mrs. Judge Addison Payne's June 9, 1888. |
| June 22, 1888: Died Robert Sterling,
living 6 miles northwest of Milan, June 15, 188?. He died of dropsy. |
| Johnnie Smith, a son of William
Smith, living at Terre Haute, this county, was drowned on the
8th. |
| Mrs. Mary A. Troxell (b. England,
May 22, 1881) died July 1, 1888, age 47 years, 1 month, 9 days. |
| Rebecca J. Miller of near Owasco
died last Friday of Consumption. |
| The widow of Samuel Smart in the
vicinity of Pollock died Monday night, She ate a hearty supper,
retired as usual, but soon after took sick and died about 10 o'clock.
Her death is supposed to be heart trouble. |
| July 20, 1888: Jonnie Stewart
4 year old son of Mr. & Mrs. Jas. Stewart died Saturday night
and was buried Sunday at 3 o'clock. This is two little ones taken
from the family circle in the last few days. |
| T.B. Rouse who lived north of
Pennville was run over by the caboose of the Q.O. and K.C. freight
train going east at 9:33, Thursday morning. The train had got
under headway and was probably 30 feet from the platform when
the accident occurred. Verdict, intoxicated. The wheels passed
diagonally across his shoulders. |
| Aug. 21, 1888: Died at the home
of its grandparents in Milan, Little Pearl, infant daughter, of
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Eddy. She was one year of age. |
| Died Patrick Edmond, son of Mr.
& Mrs. Thomas Daily, Aug. 8, 1888, born Mar. 25,1887. He had
suffered untold agony for one week with the "bloody flux." |
| Aug. 22, 1888: died Iva May daughter
of Elbert & Emma Stone aged 2 yrs., 3 months. |
| Mary Potts daughter of Laura and
Peter Potts died Aug. 14, 1888 aged 17 months. She died of the
flux. |
| Died Sept. 1888. Jane wife of
Wm. Isacs, age 47 yrs., 6 months., 2 days. She died of consumption,
and was the mother of ten children. |
| Elizabeth VanWye, died Aug. 6,1888
from heart trouble. She was 44 yrs., 3 months and 16 days. She
was the mother of 7 children, all who survive, five being under
15 yrs. of age. |
| Died Isaiah Drake, son of Thomas
and Fannie Smith near Scottsville, Aug. 9, 1888, of flux. |
| Died Carl Van Wye, July 22, 1888,
age 2 yrs., nine months and 15 days, and Belva Van Wye died Aug.
1, 1888, aged 9 months and 19 days. They were the children of
Mr. & Mrs. F. Van Wye. |
| Died Sept. 27, 1888, Alice I.
Harty, of Milan, age 10 years, of Spasmodic Diphtheria. She was
the daughter of Nathan and Mary Harty. |
| Oct. 5, 1888 Mrs. James Shaw died
at her home near Mr. Zion, on Wednesday last. She had been sick
of cancer for 3 years on her right side. She was Elmira Crowdis
b. Jan. 14, 1824, Marion Co. Ky. |
| Died in Humphreys Sept. 21,1888,
John Meekins, born in Va. Mar. 7, 1836 and came to Mo. in 1845. |
| Oct. 19,1888: Died Capt. J. W.
Dewett, Tuesday evening at his home northwest of town, of heart
disease. The captain was in town until after noon on the day of
his death. |
| Wm. H. Smith of Milan died Sunday
evening, in the 38th year of his life. He had an illness of only
two days. |
| Died Hardin Guinn, b. Apponoose
Co., Ia., Jan. 29, 1857, died Nov. 8, 1888. |
| Nov. 23, 1888: A daughter of John
Haley died last Saturday and he has another child quite sick. |
| Mrs. J. B. Lockhart of Browning
died last Monday. |
| Jan 18,1889: Mrs. Mary George
died Thursday morning, b. Oct. 11, 1825. She came to Sullivan
County in 1845. |
| George Yardley died Jan. 23, 1889
at the age of 75 years, 8 months and 22 days. |
| Died in Humphreys, Feb. 7, 1889,
Charles Wesley and Lizzie May, children of Rev. W. A. and Margaret
Smith. Lizzie was born Aug. 22, 1886 and Charles Aug. 20, 1888.
They died in less than 6 hours of each other. |
| Feb. 6, 1889 died Mrs. L. P. Crowdus
of Browning. |
| Died, Carrie Grace Smith in Humphreys
Feb. 15, 1889. She was born Aug. 20, 1888 and died just eight
days before her twin brother and 2 year old sister died. The funerals
of the three children were preached Sunday at the Humphreys M.E.
Church by Rev. B.D. Sipple. |
| Mary Baker daughter of Samuel
and Elizabeth Baker age 17. |
| Mar.15, 1889: Mrs. Isral Holt
of near Harris died of lung fever last Monday night. |
| W.A. Smith's children (Humphreys)
were buried last week. This is the fifth that has been taken from
the family, within four weeks. |
| Died of whooping cough, Mar. 3,
1889, Annie 4 yr. old daughter of C. H. McCully and wife. |
| Died at Humphreys Feb. 26, 1889,
Cora Florence, daughter of Rev. Wm. A. and M. C. Smith age 8 yrs.,
7 days. |
| Mar. 7, 1889, died Minnie, the
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Smith, age 6 yrs., 1 mo., 14 days. In
28 days they lost 5 children. |
| Mar. 2, 1889: Mrs. Palmer living
3 or 4 miles east of Harris died last week. |
| Thos. Saulberry of near Boynton
died Mar. 16, 1889, of consumption, aged 17 years. |
| Mar. 29, 1889: ___ Reger a young
farmer of near Judson vicinity died one day this week of consumption. |
| Mar. 29, 1889: Miss Ryle Watson
daughter of D. P. Watson died last Monday evening, age seventeen
years and five months. |
| April 6, 1889: The little child
of Jas. Lafever, was kicked by a horse causing a fractured skull.
The child died. |
| Mary, daughter of Lewis W. Pilcher,
died Thursday of last week of quick consumption and was interred
in Oak Grove Cemetary. She was 28 years of age. |
| The little daughter of Mr. &
Mrs. Hanley died Sunday night, Mar, 31, 1889. (Osgood) |
| The four year old son of Wm. Hill
living west of Green City died Mar. 31, 1889. He had whooping
cough, and measles terminating in lung fever. |
| Wm. V. Doak aged 29, son of S.
A. and Margaret Doak died April 13, 1889. |
| Susannah Morris, wife of Robert
Morris, died April 13, 1889, with typhoid pneumonia. She was 74
yrs. old and the mother of 9 children. |
| April 26,1889. Cash Graham died
at the home of R. H. Cochrane. He was 17 years of age. |
| Daniel Baldridge died April 11,
1889, aged 76 years, 5 months and 10 days. |
| Died Warner Lavelle, April 26,
1889, in his 21st yr. at the home of his father 3 miles northwest
of Milan. He had been married but a few months. |
| Ninian Beall of Green Castle died
Apr. 14, 1889, aged 66 years and 27 days. |
| May 10, 1889: Ada Miller, daughter
of Widow Miller, died in Green Castle the first of the week. |
| May 5, 1889, Samantha Riggins
wife of Thomas Riggins of Moris Twp. She suffered from ulceration
of the stomach complicated by abdominal dropsy. She was born Oct.
20, 1858. She leaves four children. |
| A Pioneer Gone: Armstead C. Hill
died in this city Thursday evening, May 9, 1889, aged 85 years
after a lingering illness of some weeks. His funeral took place
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Baptist Church, the funeral
sermon was preached by J.J. Rome, which was a short, concise,
and appropriate one, pronounced in a beautiful and impressive
way. Uncle Armstead Hill had been an earnest and consistent member
of the Baptist Church for many years. Out of respect every business
house closed, and the largest concourse of people, almost in the
history of Milan, attended the funeral. The burial was under the
management of the G.A.R. boys, the funeral possession was headed
by the cornet Band who led to the cemetery playing the funeral
march, "Peaceful Slumber." |
| May 31, 1889: Died Elsie, daughter
of E.C. and Rachel Eastwood. |
| Died June 1.1889, Pros. L. R.
Donoho of Milan. He had been ass't Principal and Principal of
the Milan Schools. He was born June 16, 1860. |
| Jesse Tucker Sr. died Sunday morning,
June 2nd, 1889, at the home of his son Jno. W. Tucker, age 82
years. |
| Miss Minnie Callihan, daughter
of Bailey and Elizabeth Callihan, died May 31, 1889. |
| Ida Baker died Sunday April 28,
1889, age 21 years, 7 months and 21 days. She was the daughter
of Samuel and Elizabeth Baker. |
| Died, May 21, 1889, John Fremon,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Yardley of Milan, aged 6 years, 22 days.
He took measles, took a cold and was finally carried off by dropsy.
He was laid to rest in the Elmwoods cemetary. |
| Died G. W. Auxier, April 24, 1889.
He was born in Johnson Co., Ky. March 15, 1820. He married Miss
Nancy Prater Oct. 3rd, 1839. He had been afflicted with paralysis
for about 6 years. |
| Died July 16, 1889, Mrs. Eunice
M. Fields, (nee Jessee) aged 24 years, 7 months and 14 days. |
| Died July 23, 1889. of cancer,
Mrs. Rebecca Paterson in the 70th year of her life She died at
the home of J. S. Alexander and was buried in Knifong cemetary. |
| Mr. Samuel Miller died at the
home of Caleb Addlesparger. |
| John W. Boyd, son of Robert F.
and Nancy Boyd departed this life July 22, 1889,. aged 22 years,
6 months and 20 days. He married Emma Miller, Sept. 1882 and leaves
his widow and 3 small children. |
| Died Mrs. Polk Crouch, of Lindley. |
| Aug. 9, 1889. Died Mr. W. L. Watson
of Pollock last Thursday. He was a member of the Pollock G. A.
R. |
| Died Aug. 10, 1889, Mrs. Nancy
R. Payne, wife of Enoch Payne and was interred at the Oak Grove
Cemetery. |
| She was the daughter of James
Frazier and was 63 yrs., 5 months, and 15 days. Death resulted
from malarial fever and paralysis. |
| Died Mrs. Eizabeth Bailey in the
79th year of her live, of nervous prostration. |
| Sophie E. Stall, widow of Joseph
Stall died Oct. 6, 1889. Born in Steputery Germany June 2, 1836.
She was buried at Mt. Olivet cemetery. |
| Mart Smith's little girl, a child
of 2 years was buried at Cemetery near Lemons Station Sat. (Oct.
18, 1889). |
| Oct. 25, 1889, died Josephus M.
Hamilton, born Sondersburg, Lancaster Co. Penn.. May 24, 1803.
Sept. 8, 1828 he married Elizabeth Vandersaal of Shippensburg
Penn. |
| Nov. 8, 1889. Martin Stone of
Green City died last Sunday and was buried in the Green City Cemetery. |
| Nov. 15, 1889: Oliver H. Bennett
died at his home 3 miles east of Boynton, last Tue. |
| Nov. 22, 1889: Last Friday Mrs.
J.D. Smart died with typhoid on Sunday night; her son Dale age
25 died of the same disease. |
| Nov. 29, 1889: Mrs. James Boney
died last Thursday. |
| Dec. 6, 1889: James McClaskey
died Tue. night, of hemorrage of the stomach. He was born in Ind.
in 1821. In 1849 he married Elizabeth Shatto. |
| Dec. 20, 1889: Chloe Smith, Little
daughter of Jake Smith's drank a bottle of paragoric last Monday,
which resulted in her death, She was 2 yrs., 5 months and 15 days
old. |
| Margaret J.M. Watson, b. Green
Co., Tenn., Dec.13, 1806, died Dec. 18, 1889. She married Wm.
Roach, 1823, came to Sullivan Co. in 1868. |
| Dec. 27, 1889: Mr. Washington
Morland died last Monday and was buried at the old Baptist Cemetery. |
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