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Shelby County, KY
Early Deaths
(Kentucky Death Records - 1852-1953)
Cause of Death Entered when readable
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|
Name |
Maiden
Name |
Death
Date |
Age |
Occ |
Birth
Place |
Father |
Mother |
Notes |
|
(?), Alfred |
- |
31 Jul
1852 |
18mo |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Leroy, Benjamin |
(?) |
slave |
|
(?), Amy |
. |
8 Jul
1852 |
100 |
- |
Va |
Fore, Joshua |
(?) |
slave |
|
(?), Cloe |
. |
29 Dec
1852 |
68 |
- |
Va |
Tucker, Benjamin |
(?) |
slave |
|
(?), Eliza |
. |
Jul
1852 |
7 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Brown, A. C. |
(?) |
slave |
|
(?), Emily |
- |
May
1852 |
16 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Blaydes, Wm |
(?) |
slave |
|
(?), Mariah |
. |
23 Feb
1852 |
8 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Venable, Samuel |
(?) |
slave |
|
(?), Mary |
- |
Mar
1852 |
23 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Blaydes, Wm |
(?) |
slave |
|
(?), Virgil |
. |
Jun
1852 |
5 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Henry of R. Meriweather |
(?) |
slave |
|
(?), George |
. |
Sep
1852 |
7 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Missick, John |
(?) |
slave |
|
Adcock, Catherine |
Adcock |
30 Apr
1852 |
9mo |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Adcock, Aaron |
(?), |
. |
|
Adcock, James |
. |
3 May
1852 |
4 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Adcock, Amos |
(?), Martha |
. |
| Aldrage, Ebenezer | . |
5 Jun 1935 |
75 |
farmer |
Henry Co |
Aldrage, Burk | Wallace, Polly | acute endo carditis |
| Aldrage, Elliott |
8 Aug 1915 |
3mo |
- |
Ky |
Aldrage, Anthos | Nevell, Belle | . | |
| Aldrage, George F | . |
26 Sep 1939 |
79y 7m 4d |
farmer |
Franklin Co |
Aldrage, Riley | Peyton, Elizabeth | cardio vascular disease |
| Aldridge, Georgie A | Shuck |
27 Oct 1950 |
75 |
housewife |
Ky |
Shuck, John G | Bolin, Susan | cerebral thrombosis |
| Aldrage, George W | . |
6 Jul 1934 |
75 |
farmer |
Ky |
Aldrage, John | Carter, Salle | strangulated hernia |
| Aldridge, Alex F | . |
14 Apr 1923 |
1mo |
. |
Ky |
Aldridge, Ambers | Terrell, (?) | pneumonia? |
| Aldridge, Howard | . |
18 Mar 1914 |
10mo |
. | Simpsonville | Aldridge, Arthur | Nevell, Bell | infantile paraylsis |
| Aldridge, John | . |
29 Jan 1919 |
18y 0m 13d |
farmer |
Shelby Co |
Aldridge, Sol | Roach, Sarah | double pneumonia |
| Aldridge, Louise | Guther |
16 Sep 1943 |
56y |
housewife |
Oh |
Guther, Charles | Plymuth, Christine | cardiac thrombosis |
| Aldridge, Lucy | Winsworth |
7 Jun 1934 |
53 |
housekeeper |
Ky |
Winsworth, Link | (?), Isabelle | pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Aldridge, Sarah E | Roach |
21 Jan 1919 |
51 |
housekeeper |
Franklin Co |
Roach, Joe | Mills, Eldora | double pneumonia |
|
Allen, Ike |
- |
10 Jan
1912 |
70 |
laborer |
Ky |
James, Ike |
Chinn, Pegie |
infirmity of age |
|
Beard, William F |
- |
9 Jan
1913 |
77y 4m
4d |
physician |
Fayette
Co, Ky |
Beard, Joseph M |
Forn, Sarah P |
uremic poison |
|
Beasley, Maria |
(?) |
17 Dec
1876 |
80 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
(?) |
(?) |
old age |
|
Bohannon, Wm |
- |
24 Dec
1852 |
31 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Bohannon, Henry |
(?), |
. |
|
Booker, Annie L |
(?) |
30 Jan
1914 |
41y 8m
9d |
- |
Shelby
Co |
(?) |
Graham, Eliza |
myocarditis |
|
Booker, Mary |
Stone |
1 Jan
1920 |
85 |
cook |
Ky |
Stone, Robt. |
(?) |
senility |
|
Booth, Rebecca M |
Booth |
14 Mar
1852 |
19 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Booth, Elijah |
(?), Rebecca |
. |
|
Brown, Demarous |
. |
30 Nov
1852 |
67 |
- |
Va |
Brown, Barsilla |
(?), Francis |
. |
|
Brown, John H |
. |
13 Jan
1911 |
25y 8m
2d |
traveling
salesman |
Spencer
Co, Ky |
Brown, John W |
Neel, Mary E |
TB |
|
Brown, Martha |
Brown |
Aug
1852 |
5 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Brown, A. C. |
(?) |
. |
|
Brown, Morris A |
- |
24 Jan
1920 |
83y 2m
5d |
carpenter |
Ky |
Brown, Josh |
Elkin, Lucy A |
uremia |
|
Bush, Sallie |
|
22 Jan 1953 |
81 |
housewife |
Ky |
Adams, D. C. |
Barton, Mary E |
. |
|
Callett, Elizabeth |
- |
28 May
1853 |
81 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
(?) |
(?) |
old age |
|
|
- |
7 Jan
1913 |
78y
10m 24d |
farmer |
Shelby
Co |
|
Taylor, |
pneumonia |
|
Clark, Virgil P |
. |
2 Jan
1942 |
79y3m10d |
retired
farmer |
Shelby
Co |
Clark, Willett |
Sanders, Elizabeth |
. |
|
Coots, Mary E |
Coots |
2 Jan
1853 |
31 |
- |
Jefferson
Co |
Coots, Wm. P. |
(?), N. E. |
not known |
|
Crooms, Robert P |
- |
3 Jan
1920 |
11m |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Crooms, Geo. |
Clark, |
acute meningitis |
|
Cunningham, John C |
. |
27 Jan
1911 |
74y 4m
0d |
retired
merchant |
Fayette
Co, Va |
Cunningham, James |
Muir, Rosanna |
. |
|
Dape, Catharine |
Dape |
Feb
1853 |
22 |
servant |
Shelby
Co |
Dape, M. |
(?) |
consumption |
|
Davidson, Drusilla P |
Davidson |
31 Dec
1853 |
9 |
- |
- |
Davidson, J. N. |
(?), E. |
dropsey of brain |
| Devore, Ida | Aldridge |
10 Aug 1949 |
79y |
housekeeper |
Ky |
Aldridge, Bud | Spicer, Amanda | hypostatic pneumonia |
|
Ellis, Charles L |
- |
10 Jan
1912 |
10mo
24d |
- |
Ky |
Ellis, Ras |
Linton, Lula |
whooping cough |
|
Fore, Charles M |
. |
12 Feb
1852 |
3 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Fore, Joseph P |
(?), Mary P |
. |
|
Fore, Peggy E |
Fore |
Apr
1852 |
8 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Fore, P. M. |
(?), E. E. |
. |
|
Fore, Wm P |
. |
5 Feb
1852 |
5 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Fore, Joseph P |
(?), Mary P |
. |
|
Francis, Mollie |
Francis |
11 Jan
1912 |
39 |
cook |
Ky |
Francis,, Andrew |
Van Dyke, Lucy |
heart failure |
|
Gentry, George |
- |
22 Jan
1914 |
38y 5m
12d |
farm
hand |
|
Gentry, Owen |
Jordon, Mahaley |
acute indigestion |
|
Glass, Hugh M |
. |
15 Apr
1852 |
43 |
- |
Scott |
Glass, Saml |
(?), Mary |
. |
|
Green, Henry |
- |
7 Jan
1912 |
65y
11m 6d |
laborer |
Shelby
Co |
Green, Frank |
(?) |
consumption |
| Hall, Annie M | Aldridge |
30 Oct 1938 |
64y 9m 4d |
housekeeper |
Ky |
Aldridge, John | Wallace, Jane | cerebral hemorrhage |
|
Hall
, |
Wade |
4 Sep
1852 |
65 |
- |
Va |
Wade, Robert |
(?), Rebecca |
. |
| Harp, Elizabeth | - |
30 Oct 1905 |
?2 |
- |
Ky |
(?) | (?) | pneumonia |
|
Hawkins, Thomas W |
- |
29 Jan
1853 |
11 |
- |
Jefferson
Co |
Hawkins, T. W. |
(?), A. J. |
|
|
Hazzard, Patsey |
- |
6 Sep
1852 |
26 |
- |
- |
(?) |
(?) |
. |
|
Hedden, Isabella |
McQuaid |
Aug
1853 |
23 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
McQuaid, James |
(?), E. |
consumption |
|
Hedden, Wm. E. |
- |
21 Nov
1853 |
5 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Hedden, John S |
(?), J. |
not known |
|
Hedges, Chas. W. |
- |
28 Jan
1920 |
78 |
farmer |
Shelby
Co |
Hedges, Jno. |
Spaulding, (?) |
bronco pneumonia |
|
Helm, Daniel |
- |
28 Jan
1913 |
48y 5m
23d |
tobacco
rehandler |
Gallatin
Co, Ky |
Helm, John |
Mussett, Lucinda |
urascoma? |
| Henderson, H. | - | 19 Jan 1920 |
65 |
farmer | Ky | Henderson, Sonnie | Breckenridge, Rosa | apoplexy & paralysis |
|
Hulett, John |
- |
26 Jan
1920 |
(?) |
painter |
Shelby
Co |
(?) |
(?) |
prostate cancer |
| Huss, Frank | - |
27 Apr 1878 |
6 |
- |
Shelby Co |
Huss, W. L. |
(?), Eliza J | measles |
|
Jackson, |
|
8 Jan
1920 |
26 |
housekeeper |
Ga |
(?) |
(?) |
beaten |
|
James, Clarence |
- |
27 Jan
1913 |
39 |
laborer |
Ky |
James, Daniel |
Dupree, Millie |
natural causes |
|
Jenkins, George W |
- |
15 Jan
1913 |
64y 5m
22d |
farmer |
Ky |
Jenkins, Abel |
Sampler, Susan |
apoplexy |
|
Jessie, Mary E |
Figg |
3 Jan
1914 |
70y 8m
6d |
housewife |
Shelby
Co |
Figg, W. T. |
Taylor, Lucinda |
arteriosclerosis |
|
Johnson, Rosamond |
Ridgley |
6 Sep
1852 |
- |
- |
- |
Ridgley, (?) |
(?) |
. |
|
King, Peggy |
- |
Mar
1852 |
70 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
(?) |
(?) |
. |
|
Lean, Martha F |
Lean |
10 Feb
1913 |
7m 7d |
- |
Shelbyville |
Lean, John |
Horbock, Bertha |
meningitis |
|
Lee, |
Lee |
24 Jan
1911 |
- |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Lee, Charlie |
Jewell, Viola |
stillborn |
|
Logan
, |
(?) |
10 Jan
1912 |
55 |
cook |
- |
- |
- |
abdominal dropsy |
|
Long, Martha A |
Pool |
15 Dec
1852 |
20 |
- |
Nelson
Co |
Pool, Vincent J |
(?), C. |
. |
|
Long, Mary H |
Mason |
19 Jan
1913 |
86y 7m
17d |
housewife |
Shelby
Co |
Mason, Peter |
Hat, |
pneumonia |
|
Marshall, |
. |
15 Jan
1911 |
27y 0m
15d |
gen.
work |
Ky |
Marshall, Joseph |
Mordecai, Katherine |
murdered |
| McBrayer, Joshua | - |
? Aug 1878 |
22y |
farmer |
Anderson, Ky |
McBrayer, H. G. | (?), Mary | consumption |
| McBrayer, Marietta | McBrayer |
1 Jan 1878 |
3m |
- |
Shelby
Co |
McBrayer, Joshua | (?), Marietta | consumption |
|
McKinley, Hannah |
- |
23 Sep
1853 |
68 |
- |
Jefferson
Co |
(?) |
(?) |
pneumonia |
|
McManima, John |
- |
1906 |
63 |
- |
- |
(?) |
(?) |
softening of brain |
|
McMenama, Paul |
. |
2 Jan
1911 |
30y 2m
27d |
farmer |
|
McMenama, John |
O'Neill, |
suicide |
|
Moore, Nancy J |
Steven? |
24 Jan
1913 |
73 |
housewife |
Ky |
Steven, T. |
(?), Shuck |
cancer of stomach |
|
Morgan. E. |
- |
6 Jan
1913 |
67y
10m 9d |
farmer |
Shelby
Co |
Morgan, Wm. |
Duncan, Sallie |
heart disease |
|
Neal, |
Stivers |
1 Jan
1915 |
22y 9m
22d |
- |
Henry
Co, Ky |
Stivers, Geo. W. |
Baker, Mary E |
ptomaine poison |
|
Nichols, William O |
- |
7 Jan
1913 |
24y 0m
14d |
farmer |
Shelby
Co |
Nichols, B. S. |
Poulter, Ella |
typhoid fever |
|
Patterson, Wade |
. |
15 Jan
1911 |
22y 7m
25d |
farm
hand |
Ky |
Patterson, Sam |
White, Fannie |
murdered |
|
Perry, |
- |
19 Dec
1853 |
31 |
farmer |
Ky |
Perry, Moses |
(?), |
consumption |
|
Petry, Henry |
- |
Jul
1853 |
8 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Vannatta, Sam |
(?) |
congestion of brain |
|
Petry, Sallie |
Petry |
11 Nov
1853 |
3 |
- |
|
Petry, John C |
(?), E. |
scarlet fever |
|
Petty, Charles R |
- |
8 Feb
1913 |
37y 1m
12d |
farmer |
Anderson
Co, Ky |
Petty, Charles W |
Coller, Elizabeth |
pernicious anemia |
|
Reason, John C |
- |
10 Jan
1910 |
68y 6m
10d |
barber |
|
Reason, Fred |
Westermeier, Elizabeth |
hardening of the arteries |
|
Reed, Emily |
Reed |
Nov
1852 |
15 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Reed, Thomas |
(?), Mary |
. |
|
Reese, Amanda F |
Kirk |
1 Jan
1913 |
71y 9m
8d |
- |
Mason
Co, Ky |
Kirk, Gideon |
Winter, Susan |
heart disease |
|
Roberts, Wm R |
. |
4 Sep
1852 |
56 |
- |
Va |
Robert, John |
(?) |
. |
|
Rodgers, Robert |
- |
7 Jan
1913 |
72y 4m
17d |
farmer |
Franklin
Co, Ky |
Rodgers, Eli |
Ellis, Fannie |
organic heart disease |
|
Scobee, Ruben S |
- |
12 Jan
1920 |
67y 5m
7d |
farmer |
Shelby
Co |
Scobee, Samuel |
|
nephritis |
| Shackelford, Annie | Quiggins |
4 Jan 1920 |
49y 7m 19d |
housewife |
Breckenridge Co, Ky |
Quiggins, Eli | Cummings, Kate | apoplexy |
|
Sharp, Mary E |
Sharp |
13 Jan
1914 |
49y 1m
16d |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Sharp, Thom |
McKinley, Mildred |
pneumonia |
|
Shean, John M |
. |
15 Apr
1852 |
33 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Shean, John |
(?), M. |
. |
|
Shean, Matilda |
(?) |
31 Oct
1852 |
34 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
(?), John G. |
Maddox, Mary |
. |
|
Sheckles, Mollie |
Sheckles |
30 Jan
1913 |
46y
10m 0d |
housekeeper |
Ky |
Sheckles, Granville |
Wells, Sarah |
epilepsy |
|
Shennick, Edward D |
- |
19 Jan
1920 |
65y 8m
18d |
editor |
Shelbyville |
Shennick, Wm. |
Casey, |
myocarditis |
|
Shouse, James G |
- |
25 Jan
1913 |
2y 2m
8d |
- |
Ky |
Shouse, Samuel W |
Yount, |
diphtheria croup |
| Shuck, Clarence L | . |
3 Nov 1918 |
25y 2m 19d |
farmer |
Shelby Co |
Shuck, G. W. | Aldrage, Nance K | lobar pneumonia |
|
Slone, Julis C |
|
6 Sep
1853 |
3 |
- |
|
Slone, Bryant |
(?), E. J. |
spinal affliction |
|
Stone, Hannah B |
Mason |
1 Jan
1952 |
60 |
housewife |
Ky |
Mason, Isaac |
Shelburne, Annie |
. |
|
Sutt, Curtis |
. |
27 Jan
1911 |
29y 8m
0d |
farmer |
Spencer
Co, Ky |
Sutt, Andy |
(?), Eliza |
. |
|
Talbot, Amp |
- |
8 Jan
1912 |
39 |
laborer |
Ky |
|
Turner, Charlotte |
consumption |
|
Tate, John C |
- |
6 Jan
1920 |
73 |
retired
brick mason |
Shelby
Co |
Tate, Z. |
(?) |
myocarditis |
|
Taylor, Paulina |
Walters |
1 Aug
1853 |
41 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Walters, J. |
(?), Mary |
consumption |
| Tinsley, Leorie B | Tinsley |
17 Oct 1878 |
13mo |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Tinsley, A. A. | (?), Bettie J | lung disease |
|
Todd
, |
Todd |
7 Jan
1914 |
21y 7m
21d |
cook |
Ky |
Todd, Louis |
Jackson, Grace |
pneumonia |
|
Tucker, Archibald |
. |
30 Mar
1852 |
71 |
- |
Va |
Tucker, Benjamin |
(?) |
. |
|
Tucker, Frances |
Tucker |
29 Dec
1852 |
62 |
- |
Va |
Tucker, Benjamin |
(?) |
. |
|
Vaughn, Susan |
Hulett |
4 Jan
1913 |
67 |
housewife |
Ky |
Hulett, A. J. |
|
paralysis & Lagrippe |
|
Venable, James C |
. |
19 Mar
1852 |
28 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Venable, Samuel |
(?), Louisa A |
. |
|
Venable, Robert |
. |
5 Jul
1852 |
11 |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Venable, Samuel |
(?), Louisa |
. |
|
Wade, Henry F |
- |
27 Jan
1913 |
37y 0m
16d |
farmer |
Ky |
Wade, |
Vernon, Anne |
|
|
Wade, |
Dorsey |
26 Jan
1914 |
17y 0m
11d |
domestic |
Ky |
Dorsey, James |
Duncan, Rachel |
puerperal fever/ abortion |
|
Waler, Nora |
|
25 Jan
1911 |
18 |
cook |
Ky |
|
Vandyke, Rosa |
pulmonary tuberculosis |
|
Walker, Richard J |
- |
8 Jan
1918 |
7m 10d |
- |
Ky |
Walker, Will |
Harris, Ella |
lobar pneumonia |
|
Walling, Pearly |
Richards |
29 Jan
1920 |
38y 9m
7d |
housewife |
Fleming
Co, Ky |
Richards, T. J. |
Johnson, Julia |
lobar pneumonia |
|
Wayne, Edward |
- |
30 Jan
1914 |
45 |
laborer |
Shelbyville |
Wayne, David |
(?) |
alcoholism & exposure |
|
Wells, Beatrance |
Wells |
5 Apr
1852 |
21 |
- |
Daviss
Co |
Wells, Haden |
(?), Nancy G |
. |
|
Whitlock, Richard |
- |
28 Dec
1915 |
52 |
laborer |
Ga |
Whitlock, David |
(?) |
pneumonia |
|
Whitman, Sylvester |
. |
19 Jan
1911 |
54y 7m
17d |
farmer |
Ky |
Whitman, Jas. M |
(?) |
. |
|
Whittaker, Rachel A |
Short |
13 Jan
1920 |
52y 1m
4d |
- |
Shelby
Co |
Short, W. S. |
Nutgrass, Sallie |
liver cancer |
|
Wilson, James C |
. |
12 Jan
1911 |
76y 3m
24d |
inmate
|
(?) |
(?) |
(?) |
. |
|
Wimp, J. D. (Jr) |
- |
5 Jan
1914 |
5y 4m
4d |
- |
Hardin
Co, Ky |
Wimp, W. D. (Sr) |
Morrison, Cassie |
tuberolsis? brain |
|
Woolfolk, Christopher |
. |
4 Jan
1911 |
40 |
farm
hand |
Ky |
(?) |
(?) |
. |
| Young, Lois | Young |
11 Feb 1920 |
28d |
- |
Ky |
Young, Roma | (?), Whitehouse | whooping cough |
|
Yount, Isaac W |
- |
1 Jan
1920 |
53y 8m
26d |
farmer |
Ky |
Yount, Isaac (Sr) |
Armstrong, Luisa |
carcinoma of neck |