Vital Records - Deaths

(A new law was passed in December 1877 requiring all physician assisted births and all deaths be reported. The Henry Republican listed reported births, deaths and marriages starting in January 1878)

1878 / 1879 / 1880 / 1881 / 1882

February 28, 1878
Taken From the Henry Republican

Vital Statistics for January - Deaths
The following lists were reported to the county clerk in January, as required by law:

• LaPrairie, Richard Vetterie, Jan. 4, age 2 years

• Henry, David Watkins, Jan. 16, age 30 years

• Henry, Catharine Klein, Jan. 16, age 53 years

• Steuben, Albert Casper, Jan. 21, age 40 years

• Lacon, Catharine Connolly, Jan. 25, age 60 years

March 21, 1878

Vital Statistics for February - Deaths

• Katie Hill, LaPrairie, aged 2 years

• William F. Hall, Lacon, aged 63 years

• Elisha P. Green, Henry, aged 34 years

• Infant, Lacon

• William Oerdering, Varna, aged 1 year

• Amanda M. McLaughlin, Steuben, aged 1 year

• Mary Thompson, Henry, aged 59 years

• James Blackburn, Henry, aged 3 years

• Cary Bell Gray, Henry, aged 9 years

• Robert Wesner, Roberts, infant

• Martha B. Ramsey, Roberts, aged 25 years

• William Cornell, Steuben, aged 34 years

• Albert Cooper, Steuben, aged 40 years.

May 30, 1878

Vital Statistics - April

Died

• In Wenona, April 29, Wm. keeling, aged 50 years.

• In Wenona, March 28, Lilly Hoovalt, aged 10 month.

• In Henry, April 1, of old age, Ann Shurts, aged 84 years.

• Steuben, April 12, John A. Hurlbut, aged 7 months

• Lacon, April 15, Mary Elizabeth Macbeth, of consumption, aged 30 years.

• Lacon, March 30, Joseph M. Carmichael, of typhoid pneumonia, aged 27 years.

June 27, 1878

Vital Statistics - May, June

Died

• In LaPrairie, April 22, Isaac H. Reynolds, 25 years.

• In Richland, May 5, Emanuel Welty, 50 years, 7 months, 5 days.

• In Sparland, may 14, Mary Emler Caldwell, 24 years.

• In LaPrairie, may 5, George Hastings, 63 years.

August 1, 1878

Vital Statistics - Deaths

• Wenona, June 24, Lucy Jane Parker, aged 32 years.

• Saratoga, June 19, John Malone, aged 24.

• Belle Plain, June 1, Mary M. Bennington, aged 30.

• Whitefield, June 18, John W. Neal, aged 27.

• Roberts, June 11, Mary C. Cornell, aged 49.

• Hopewell, June 15, Joshua Sloneger, aged 1 year.

• Evans, June 21, Wm. F. Hall, aged 40.

• Hopewell, May 21, Lenora H. Ramsey, aged 1 year.

• Henry, May 9, Mary V. Wikoff, aged 26.

• Belle Plain, June 20, Wm. H. Ebright, aged 1 month

October 10, 1878

Vital Statistics - Died

• In Varna, September 24, Mordecai Bane, aged 52 years

• Saratoga, August 10, Nicholas Torry, 86

• Lacon, August 29, Edward L. Turner, 65

• Lacon, September 15, Daniel Fickus, 20.

• Lacon, August 15, Bertie Osburn, 1.

• LaPrairie, August 5, Gracie Wilson, 1 month

• Lacon, August 9, Adrain Truett, 1 month

• LaPrairie, September 4, Thomas Hastings, 20 months

• Henry, August 29, Margaret Snyder, 78

November 14, 1878

Vital Statistics - Died

• LaPrairie, Sept. 1, Mrs. Mary Trunbull, aged 80 years

• Lacon, Sept. 11, Joseph Crane, 42

• Bell Plain, Sept. 11, Mary E. Sharp, 3.

• Lacon, Sept 3, Matthew Wiley, 61.

• Steuben, Sept. 13, Peter Teats, 80

• Bennington, Sept. 14, Lane, 7 days

• Henry, Sept. 16, Abigail J. Welton, 46.

• Lacon, Sept. 17, Davidson, 60

• Whitefield, Sept. 19, Jennie McFaddon, 18.

• Henry, Sept. 24, Ellen G. Pool, 49

• Whitefield, Sept. 23, Edna Worley, 5 months

• Steuben, Sept. 26, Freddie A Dodge, 6 months

• Sparland, Sept. 27, Louise Hamilton, 45.

• Bennington, Sept. 7, Mary L. Twist, 2.

January 16, 1879

Reprinted from the Lacon Journal.

Vital Statistics - Died

• Lawn Ridge, Dec. 20, Evelyn McVicker, aged 63 years

• Sparland, Dec. 9, of typhoid fever, Catherine Hoadly, 36.

• LaPrairie, Dec. 21, of diphtheria, Kaie Agnes Donavan, 11.

• Lacon, Nov. 22, Sarah Wiley, 53

• Lacon, Oct. 15, John D. Coutlett, 65

• LaPrairie, Dec. 6, of diptheria, Ellen Donavan, 13.

• Lacon, Dec. 16, Enoch Gibbons, 59.

• Hopewell, Dec. 15, Michael Schwadiskie, 32.

• Hopewell, Oct. 12, of whooping cough, Ida Locker, 11.

• Hopewell, Oct. 12, of whooping cough, John Locker, 3 weeks.

• Henry, Dec. 15, of pneumonia, Sampson Rowe, 63.

• Henry, Dec. 10, of typhoid pneumonia, Frederick F. Toendly, 68.

• Lacon, Nov. 30, Robert W. McMurtrie, 50

• Hopewell, Nov. 21, of gun shot wound, George Jason, 23.

• Hopewell, Nov. 24, of cancer, Carl Cross, 6.

• Richland, Nov. 17, Maggie Calvert, infant.

February 27, 1879

Vital Statistics - Died

• In Lacon, Jan. 1, Martha P. Beadle, aged 40 yrs.

• Laon, Jan. 24, Harry Owen, 1

• Sparland, Jan. 29, infant child of Michael Rogers

• LaRose Jan. 7, infant daughter of Peter Stevens

May 29, 1879

Vital Statistics - Died

Reprinted from the Lacon Home Journal

• Wenona, Feb. 21, O. M. Southwell, 43

• Lacon, Feb. 21, S. P. Henthorn, 73

• Lacon, Feb. 23, Ezra Tuttle, 80

• Lacon, Feb. 24, Martha Myers, 2

• Lacon, Feb. 9, Phoeby Beeby, 42

• Lacon, Feb. 7, Ida Thomas, 21

• Lacon, Feb. 3, Rhoda Whitaker, 77

• Whitefield, Feb. 5, J. D. Underwood, 77

• Saratoga, Feb. 19, Andrew F. Campbell, 3

• Evans, Feb. 27, Clara D. Kemp, 5

• LaRose, Feb. 24, Andrew J. Andrews, 2

• Lacon, March 2, Robert O'Hara, 26.

• Lacon, March 3, Barney Conley, 23

• Belle Plain, March 7, John Winkel, 10 months

• Belle Plain, March 8, Rosa Malone, 2 months

• Belle Plain, March 12, Mattie J. Haener, 21

• Steuben, March 22, Minnie Sanders, 39

• Bennington, March 1, Estella Rithmiller, 3 months

• Evans, March 27, Johannah Burroughs, 63

• Lacon, April 11, Thomas J. Sumner, 58

• Lacon, April 23, Wm. Haws, 78

• Roberts, April 1, Matilda Uidine, 28

• Roberts, April 20, Thomas E. Ryane, 2 months

• Roberts, April 10, Elizabeth Myers, 50

• Roberts, April 21, Mary L. Walker, 58

• Evans, April 1, Elizabeth Judd, 76

August 21, 1879

Reprinted From the Lacon Journal

Vital Statistics - Died

• Bell Plain, June 28, John McKinney, aged one month

• LaPrairie, June 22, Hattie Edminster, 2

• Steuben, July 4, John Davidson, 64

• Whitefield, July 5, Zeruiah Hunt, 38

• Whitefield, July 7, __ Brasfield, 2 days

• Wenona, July 10, Anna E. Haas, 77.

• Bennington, July 14, Emma Coffman, 23.

• Poor Farm, July 16, Michael Carey, 92.

• Henry, July 18, C. W. Leffingwell, 70.

• Whitefield, July 20, H. T. Hunt, 2 months

November 6, 1879

Vital Statistics - Died

• In Roberts, oct. 12, Delia May Miller, aged 4 months
• Belle Plain, Sept. 22, Lucy Ellen Watt, 19
• Wenona, July 21, Adolph E. Cahn, 6
• Belle Plain, Sept. 8, Charles N. Robinson, 10 mos.
• Whitefield, Aug. 31, Smith L. Porter, 8 mos.
• Whitefield, Sept. 13, Martha J. Traver, 10 mos.
• Sparland, Sept. 10, Elizabeth Robinson, 62
• Whitefield, Aug. 26, J. H. Smith, 8 mos.

December 18, 1879

Reprinted from the Lacon Journal.

Vital Statistics - Deaths

• Evans, Aug. 5, Lavina J. Foster, aged 25

• Lacon, Sept. 18, Catherine Boylen, 75

• Henry, Sept. 20, Sylvia Stone, 67

• Henry, Sept. 28, Carrie Deyoe, 6

• Sparland, Oct. 4, Mary Ann Sayen, 24 days

• Henry, Oct. 5, Henry Schick, 8

• LaPrairie, Oct. 15, Adam Burns

1880

March 4, 1880

Vital Statistics - Died

• Jan. 5, Rachel Miller, aged 61

• Jan. 5, Clarissa Barnes, 63

• Jan. 6, Annie Olena Chosa, 3

• Jan. 10, Doffiee Dillie Guyer, 1.

• Jan. 12, Rebecca Guyer, 5.

• Jan. 20, Ida Guyer, 6

• Feb. 4, Ephriam Vogelsang 21

1881

September 8, 1881

Vital Statisics - Died

• July 28, Adolph Klein, 64, Saratoga. Reported by Dr. J. Fieldhouse.

• July 30, Edna Roberts, 2 years, 3 months old, at La Rose. Reported by Dr. L. J. Sherwood.

• Aug. 10, Ray Kohler, 9 months, Evans township. Reported by Dr. W. A. Smith.

• Aug. 17, Elmer T. Hodge, 19, at Belle Plain. Reproted by Dr. N. V. Maloney.

September 15, 1881

Vital Statistics - Died

• July 29, At Lawn Ridge, Nelson Halstead, 29 years, 3 months. Reported by Dr. J. L. Hoover

• Aug. 29, in Henry Township, Edward R. Bourdette, 29 days. Reported by Dr. Wh. H. Jones

September 22, 1881

• Died Aug. 28, at Varna, Mary Ella Monroe, 10 years, 11 months.  Reported by Dr. J. W. Evans

October 6, 1881

Vital Statistics - Died

• Sept. 4, at Lacon, Mary Agnes Kingsley, 41 years, 4 months. Reported by Dr. F. C. Gale.

• Sept. 16, at La Rose, Charles A. Anderson, 6 years 8 months. Reported by Dr. J. L. Sherwood.

• June 13, at Lacon, Bridget O'Connor, 15 years 3 months. Reported by Dr. I. H. Reeder

• Sept. 5, at Lacon, James Taylor, 9 years 7 months, 20 days.  Reported by Dr. I. H. Reeder

• March 27, at Steuben, Wm. E. Thompson, 36 years, 2 months 1 day. Reported by Dr. I. H. Reeder

October 20, 1881

Vital Statistics - Died

• Sept. 6, at Henry, Frank Lewis Stauffer, 9 mos., reported by Dr. W. H. Jones

• Sept. 10, at Henry, Margaret Virginia Henry, 26 days, reported by Dr. W. H. Jones

• Jan. 1, at La Rose, Caroline Shoof, 11 months, reported by Dr. E. R. Robinson

• Feb. 11, at Richland, John M. Iliff, 53 years 10 months, reported by Dr. E. R. Robinson

• Feb. 20, at La Rose, Mary Allie Taylor, 1 year, 5 months, reproted by Dr. E. R. Robinson

• March 24, at La Rose, Susan Elizabeth Rains, 5 years 8 months, reported by Dr. E. R. Robinson

• March 31, at La Rose, Johanna M. Zilm, 35 years 11 months, reported by Henry Zilm

• June 1, at La Rose, Clara Belle Stevens, 1 years 5 months, reported by Dr. E. R. Robinson

• June 4, at La Rose, Ralph Conway, 3 years 7 months, reported by Dr. E. R. Robinson

• Oct. 4, at Henry, Maggie Ellen Hall, 5 years 4 months, reported by Dr. S. O. Hendrick.

November 3, 1881

Vital Statistics - Died

• At Henry, Nettie R. Martin, 26, reported by Dr. W. H. Jones

• Sept. 30, at Lacon, Annie Hacker, 20 years, 7 months, reported by Dr. D. E. Thomas

• Oct. 1, at Lacon, Louis Boers, 6 years, reported by Dr. D. E. Thomas

• Oct. 3, at Henry, Robert Frederick Lowe, 9 months, 21 days, reported by Dr. W. H. Jones

• Oct. 6, at henry, Emma Belle Nicholson, 12 years, 5 months, reported by Dr. W. H. Jones

• Oct. 7, at Lacon, Josie Scoville, 2, reported by DR. D. E. Thomas

• Oct. 17, at Henry, Lucy Wolbert, 17 years 11 months, reported by Dr. J. C.Kalb.

November 10, 1881

Vital Statistics - Died

• Sept. 3, at La Rose, Olney Bertha Stephens, 5 months, 18 days, reported by Dr. J. Tweddale.

• Sept. 24, in Whitefield, Richard Hunt, 77 years, 5 months, reported by Dr. H. Reeder

• Oct. 10, in Richland, Grace McCulloch, 4 years 4 months, reported by Dr. J. Tweddale.

• Oct. 20, at Henry, Herbert B. Pechin, 4 years, 2 months, reported by Dr. S. O. Hendricks

• Oct. 10, at Sparland, Maria Gehr, 48 years, 9 months, reported by Dr. H. Tesmer.

• Oct. 28, at Sparland, Mary A. J. Lancaster, 10 years, 7 months, reported by Dr. H. Tesmer.

November 17, 1881

Vital Statistics - Died

• Oct. 8, in La Prairie, Eliza Talmadge, 35; reported by Dr. O. F. Thomas of Chillicothe.

December 8, 1881

Vital Statistics - Died

• Oct. 23, Mamie M. Klein, 15, Henry, Dr. A. H. Hattan in attendance, diphtheria.

• Oct. 30, Joseph Balleweg, 9 years 3 months, Henry, Dr. A. H. Hattan in attendance, typhoid fever.

• Oct. 28, Barbara Peterman, 9 years, 4 months 11 days, Henry, Dr. W. H. Jones in attendance, diphtheretic croup.

• Oct. 29, Charles M. Hoyt, 4 years 3 months 11 days, Henry, Dr. W. H. Jones in attendance, diphtheria.

December 22, 1881

Vital Statistics - Died

• March 5, Lacon, Chas R. White, 25 years, 4 months, reported by Dr. L. G. Thompson

• May 30, 1880, Lacon, Mrs. Cresense Dozier, 54 yearrs, reported by Dr. L. G. Thompson

• Aug. 23, Bennington, Klein, a female  child, 1 year 7 months, reported by Dr. W. O. Ensign

• Oct. 10, Lacon, Nellie Bane, 11 days, reported by Dr. L. G. Thompson

• Nov. 9, Bell Plain, an infant boy, 3 hours old, reported by Dr. N. V. Maloney

• Nov. 12, Lacon, Greenbury F. Crane, 25 years, 8 months, reported by Dr. D. E. Thomas

• Nov. 18, Lacon, Mollie McEntee, 10 years 8 months, reported by Dr. E. Thomas

• Nov. 29, Geo. P. Harlan, at Senachwine, Putnam county, 47 years, 10 months, reported by Dr. S. O. Hendrick, Henry

1882

February 9, 1882

Died

• Jan. 6, at La Rose, Guy Clifford Carrithers, 5 years, 4 months, reported by Dr. J. L. Sherwood

• Jan. 15, in Henry township, Mary E. Allen, 28 years, 10 months, reported by Dr. S. O. Hendrick

March 2, 1882

Died

• Nov 2, in Lacon, Buskie King, 38, reported by Dr I H Reeder

• Dec 16, in Lacon, Reuben B Head, 77 years, 1 month, reported by Dr I H Reeder

• Dec 18, in Lacon, Ninetta Creswell, 7 years, 10 months, reported by Dr I H Reeder

• Dec 22, in Lacon, Benj Thomas, 41 years, 8 months, 26 days, reported by Dr I H Reeder

• Dec 28, in Lacon, Christine Miller, 55 years, 11 months 7 days, reported by Dr I H Reeder.

• Dec 29, in La Prairie, Ella R Bigelow, 23 years, 9 months, 25 days, reported by Dr J L Hoover

• Jan 12, in Sparland, Joseph Thompson, 27 years 9 months 18 days, reported by Mrs E Moffitt

• Jan 27, in Lacon, John Fitzgibbon, 82, reported by Dr D E Thomas

• Jan 31, In Bennington, Fannie Luella Dorsey, 1 year, 11 months, 1 day, reported by Dr J L Hoover

• Feb 8, in Richland, Edw Knave, 2 years, 9 months 18 days, and Mary Knave 7, reported by Dr I H Reeder

March 9, 1882

Died

• Jan. 8, at Henry, Geo. Austin Smith, 5 years, 2 months, reported by Dr. W. H. Jones

• Jan. 15, in Richland township, Samuel A Whitmer, 9 years, 2 months, reported by Dr. James Tweddale

• Jan. 23, at Henry, John A. Blackburn, 48, reported by Dr. S. O. Hendrick

• Jan. 25, at Henry, Frederick William Schamoni, 49 years, 9 months, reported by Dr. W. H. Jones

• Feb. 2, in Richland, Hattie G. Whitmer, 7 years, 20 days, reported by Dr. James Tweddale

• Feb 2 at Sparland, Frank Brasfeild, 4, reported by Dr. H. Teamer

• Feb 6 in Richland, Etta W. Whitmer, 11 years, 2 months, reported by Dr. James Tweddale

• Feb 7, in Belle Plain, Mattie M. Poundstone, 5 years, 5 months, reported by Dr. J. Tweddale

• Feb 14, in Steuben, Peter Wilber Oleson, 1 year, 3 months, reported by Dr H Tesmer.

• Feb 16, in Belle Plain, Leona P Poundstone, 2 years 6 months reported by Dr James Tweddale.

March 16, 1882

Died

• Feb 2, in Lacon township, Nancy P Carmichael 50 years 8 months, reported by Dr O F Thomas of Chillicothe.

• Feb 19, in Whitefield, Elizabeth Green, 66, reported by Dr H. Reader

May 4, 1882

Died

• April 19, at Belle Plain, Daniel S. Perry 39 years, 7 months reported by Dr. George G. Case

May 25 1882

Died

• Oct 15, in Hopewell, Mrs Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, 38 years 5 months, reported by DR L G Thompson

• April 17, in Saratoga township, Eva Mary Whitworth, 17 years 9 months, reported by H Reader

• April 17, in Whitefield township, Frank Marshall, 23, reported by Dr H Tesmer

• April 24, in Sparland, Annie Maloney, 41, reported by Dr H Tesmer

June 8, 1882

Died

• March 5, at Lacon, Mrs. Rebecca Wright, 82, reported by Dr. D E Thomas

• April 10, in Lacon, Mrs. Elizabeth Owen, 76, reported by Dr D E Thomas

• May 7, at Lacon, Francis Kaufman, 53, reported by Dr D E Thomas

• May 17, in Evans township, Mrs. Margaret E Wright, reported by Dr Franklin Potts

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