Suffolk County Obituaries and Death Notices Died - Mr. James A. Allen, merchant, aged 44 (Essex Register, 13 Oct 1823, Salem, Mass., sub. by K. Torp) Charles H. APPLETON,  age 45, died in Baltimore Co., Md., Sept. 29. He was a native of Boston, but for many years a resident of Baltimore. (Oct. 4, 1831) [Source: *National Intelligencer, Washington DC, as pub. in the NGSQ, vol 55, No. 1, March 1967, submitted by K. Torp] BARRELL, Nathaniel, died at York, Maine, April 4, age 98. He was born in Boston, Mass., August 2, 1732. At an early age, he joined the army, then organizing for the Conquest of Quebec, obtained a commission, and was present at the taking of that city. He was promoted from Ensign to Capt. He afterwards married the only child of Judge SAYWARD. Going to England, he assisted at the funeral of George II, and was present at the coronation of his successor, George III. By this Monarch, he was appointed one of the Council for the Province of N.H. He became a convert to the Sandemanian religion. He leaves 74 children and grandchildren, and one of the 5th generation. (May 3, 1831) [Source: *National Intelligencer, Washington DC, as pub. in the NGSQ, vol 55, No. 1, March 1967, submitted by K. Torp] Liberty Bigelow - died, Melrose, Boston, Mass., May 1, 1890, a. 75. (1843 Chicago City Directory, reprinted in 1896 with death info. Sub. by K. Torp) Died - Norman D. ("Tony") Boeckel, 30, third baseman of the Boston National League Baseball Club; in San Diego, from injuries received in an automobile accident. (Time Magazine, Monday, Feb. 25, 1924, sub. by K. Torp) Bonfils, Lucinda, infant daughter of S. F. Bonfils, died recently at Boston. (National Intelligencer, 14 Aug. 1828) Died - At Boston, Mr. Nathan Boynton, 79 (Essex Register, 13 Oct 1823, Salem, Mass., sub. by K. Torp) Died - Mrs. Bathsheba, wife of Mr. Andrew Campbell, aged 74 (Essex Register, 13 Oct 1823, Salem, Mass., sub. by K. Torp) George Cabot Died at Boston, on th 18th ult, the Hon. George Cabot, in the 72d year of his age. This gentleman was President of the Hartford Convention, which has just received its fair trial and formal condemnation by the People of Massachusetts. Mr. C. was, politics out of the question, a gentleman of the highest respectability. In his death, the community in which he lived, and his connections and friends in particular, have sustained a loss, which to the latter is irreparable. – ib. [May 7 1823, Page 3, Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Penn.), submitted by Nancy Piper] Clark, Bohan, was drowned at Boston 12 June 1832 (18 Jun 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) CLARK, Joseph, age 19, was killed in Boston, Sept. 24. (Oct. 11, 1831) [Source: *National Intelligencer, Washington DC, as pub. in the NGSQ, vol 55, No. 1, March 1967, submitted by K. Torp] COLLINETT, Thomas, was executed at Boston July 1. (July 7, 1831) [Source: *National Intelligencer, Washington DC, as pub. in the NGSQ, vol 55, No. 1, March 1967, submitted by K. Torp] Coombs, George W., age about 25, died 17 May 1832 at Boston while digging a well. He leaves a wife and child. (26 May 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) CUTTING, Dr. John Browne, died Feb. 3, age 76 years. He was a native of Boston and during the Revolution, filled the station of Asst. Apothecary General. (Feb. 4, 1831) [Source: *National Intelligencer, Washington DC, as pub. in the NGSQ, vol 55, No. 1, March 1967, submitted by K. Torp] Davis, John Brazier, late ed, the Boston Patriot, died in Boston 18 Dec 1832 (24 Dec 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) In Boston, drowned by falling out of a boat, Mr. J.G. Dawes, aged 23, son of the Hon. Judge Dawes, an estimable young man. He was one of the volunteers in the defence of Baltimore during the late war. [The North American Review, Sept 1815, sub. by K. Torp] John Cabot Dodge - From the 1843 Chicago City Directory, reprinted in 1896 with death info: "Parker & D., res Wolcott St. n.-w. cor Ontario St.. died, insane, near Boston, Mass., February 11, 1889" (Sub. by K. Torp) Gen. Henry G. R. Dearborn - From the 1843 Chicago City Directory, reprinted in 1896 with death info: "Died, Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 21, 1884, aged 75" (Sub. by K. Torp) Emerson, William , was drowned at Boston 12 June 1832 (18 June 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Died, at Boston, Mass., on the 13th inst. William Eustis, Governor of that state. For the remainder of his term of office, the duties devolve on Marcus Morton, the lieutenant governor. (February 25, 1825 The Ohio Repository, Canton Ohio, contributed by Shauna Williams) Farmer, Thomas, was drowned 31 July 1832, at Boston after the boat he was in upset. (6 Aug 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Died, In Boston, Mass., on the 10th instant after a short illness of 24 hours, Thomas Green Fessenden, Esq., aged 65.-Editor of the New England Farmer (November 28, 1837 Huron Reflector, Norwalk Ohio, contributed by Shauna Williams) Boston MA, Jan 4, 1904 Gallagher, Daniel J. - died at Revere as the result of injuries recevied in a basket ball game. He was a member of the Revere Athletic association team, which went to Chelsea on the evening of Dec. 26, where a game was played with a team representing that city. Gallagher received a blow in the abdomen and peritonitis developed. An operation was decided upon, and he was taken to Frost hospital in Chelsea, but died just after reaching there. He was well known as a lover of athletics. He formerly played in the foot ball team representing Revere high school. (Walnut Valley Times, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas, Front Page, January 8, 1904 Submitted by Peggy Thompson) Boston, Jan 3. Died: suddenly, on Monday last, Wm Gamage, M D, in his 76th yr; driven over by a sleigh from the country, driven without bells; he survived the accident but half an hour [Daily National Intelligencer, JAN 9, 1821 - Submitted by K. Torp] Gardiner, Rev. John Silvester, Rector of Trinity Church, Boston, died 29 July at Harrowgate, England, aged 65. (17 Sep 1830, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Green, Gardiner, died in Boston 19 Dec 1832, age 79 (25 Dec 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) FREDERICK HARTT, ART HISTORIAN AND RENAISSANCE SCHOLAR; AT 77 Boston Globe, The (MA) November 2, 1991 WASHINGTON -- Renaissance scholar and art historian Frederick Hartt died Thursday at a Washington hospital of a heart ailment. He was 77 years old. Mr. Hartt was chairman of the art department at the University of Virginia from 1967 to 1976 and art department chairman at the University of Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1965. He worked at galleries at Yale University and Smith College and was a lecturer on fine arts at New York University's Washington Square College. He was on the art history faculty at Washington University in St. Louis and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, Franklin and Marshall College and Baylor University. Mr. Hartt wrote 13 books on art history and, at the time of his death, was working on three books on Michelangelo. He spent much of his life studying the Renaissance master and had already written five books on the subject. One of Mr. Hartt's most recent accomplishments was writing the text for a $1,000-per-copy book on the restored Sistine Chapel ceiling, featuring detailed color photographs of Michelangelo's frescoes. (sub. by Carole Dick) Hall - In Dorchestor, Stephen Hall, Esq. (North American Review, May 1815 - sub. by K. Torp) Hartt , Mr. John died at Cambridge 5 Aug. at the age of 71 of paralysis. He was born at the North End, Boston, was educated at Andover Academy and was for thirty years a respected member of the wholesale shoe business, from which he retired in 1871, since which time he had led a quiet life at his home in Cambridge. He leaves a widow and four children. (Boston Weekly Journal, Thursday, Aug. 6, 1885, sub. by Carole Dick) Hooker, James Louis - clerk in Chicago in 1843; died, Boston, Mass., September 20, 1892, aged 72-7-5. (1843 Chicago City Directory, reprinted in 1896 with death info. Sub. by K. Torp) Howard, Abraham was drowned at Boston 12 June 1832 (18 June 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Ivers, James Esq., aged 88 years, a worthy citizen (The North American Review, July 1815 - sub. by K. Torp) Jackson, Ann, colored, aged 36, froze to death in Boston 30 Jan (11 Feb 1830, , National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Col. T. Benton Kelley Henry Republican, Henry IL May 13, 1915 Col. T. Benton Kelley Dies At The Age of 70 Years Took Part in 82 Engagements in Civil War, Serving Three Years. The death of Col. T. Benton Kelley, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George A. Brigham of the Creek road yesterday morning, removed another interesting Civil war figure from the life of the vicinity. Col. Kelley had a varied career and a good record as a soldier in the great conflict. He had been for many years until last September living in Boston, and acting as custodian of the Vermont association of that city, with headquarters in the Westminster Hotel. Col. Kelley had been ill for a long time. He received his title while a member of the national staff of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is survived beside Mrs. Brigham, by one daughter, Mrs. John Rolley of Boston. He was born in Castleton, Oct. 10, 1838, the son of David Kelley of Danby and Zanna Dixon Jones Kelley. He was a great grandson of Capt. John Stark, the Vermont Revolutionary hero. Col. Kelley moved with his family to Illinois when he was 7 years old and entered the printing office of John Wentworth in Chicago in 1853. He entered Wheaton college tow years later, attending the institution until 1856. He was then for a time station agent at a town in his state. He entered the service of his country in September, 1861, in the 8th Illinois cavalry, serving for three years with the Army of the Potomac. He was in 82 battles of varying importance, being sabred three times, shot four, besides losing five horses shot under him. In September, 1862, he figured in the capture of a number of Virginia cavalrymen, and it is part of the tradition of the sentry at Gettysburg gave the alarm which heralded that great struggle.Col. Kelley joined Robert post, G.A.R., in 1867. a charter member, afterward serving as chaplain, and taking a great interest in the activities of the post. Col. Kelley married in Rutland, in 1860, Mary A. Kelley, daughter of Smith F. Kelley and Seviah Round. He had lived much in Vermont, having been for 16 years foreman and millwright of West Rutland Marble co. of West Rutland. For six years he was mill foreman for Strutchers & Sons of Philadelphia, and was in the United States mail service for eight years under Harrison and McKinley. The Grand Army man heard the great joint debate between Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, and was a Lincoln supporter when the latter received the nomination for president in Chicago. – Rutland (Vt.) Herald. [Submitted by Nancy Piper] Larkin, John S., cashier of the Boston Commercial Bank, died 10 Nov 1832 (10 Nov 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Lathrop, Samuel In Boston. Rev. Samuel Lathrop, D.D., aged 76. Dr. Lathrop had officiated in the sacred duties of his profession near half a century. He was the senior member of the corporation of the Harvard University, and lived and died most highly beloved and respect. [The North American Review, Jan 1816 - Sub. by K. Torp] Lombard, Achsah, of Boston, but for many years a resident of this city (Washington,DC), died 7 Sept 1832, age 66. (8 Sept 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) McGilvary, Capt. Patton War Flyer Found Dead Boston, Mass.-Capt. Patton McGilvary, hero of several notable bombing raids as an American flyer with Italian forces in the world war, was found dead in the rear of a garage in the Back Bay district. He had been shot over the left eye. As automatic pistol lay nearby. Medical Examiner Leary said the circumstances indicated suicide. (May 18, 1921 The Ruthven Free Press, Ruthven Iowa, contributed by Shauna Williams) Melville, Major Thomas, age 82, a hero of the Revolution, and one of those concerned with the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, died in Boston. (26 Sept 1832, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Parker, Hon. Isaac, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, died in Boston 25 July, aged 63 (31 July 1830, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Parker, John Esq., BENEVOLENCE - one of the oldest, wealthiest and most respectable citizens of Boston, Mass., who died a few days since, has left the enormous sum of $311, 500, in charitable bequests. (January 23, 1845 Guernsey Jeffersonian, Washington Ohio, contributed by Shauna Williams) Died: recently, at Boston, Capt Jas Pratt, of the 5th regt US Infantry.  [Daily National Intelligencer, JAN 22, 1821 - Submitted by K. Torp] Ryerson, Martin - capitalist, died, Boston, Mass., Sept. 6, 1887, a. 69 2/3 (From the 1843 Chicago City Directory, reprinted in 1896 with death info. Sub. by K. Torp) Smith, Abiel - In Boston, Abiel Smith, Esq. aged 69. After bequeathing an ample fortune amongst his relations, he gave a sum to the University to found a Professorship of French, and also a sum to aid the African school in Boston. [The North American Review, Jan 1816 - sub. by K. Torp] Smith, Anson - In Boston, Dr. Anson Smith, of Upper Canada [The North American Review, Nov 1815 - sub. by K. Torp] Mrs. Mary P. Staples.      San Francisco, Cal., April 29. - Mrs. Mary P. Staples, wife of the president of the Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, died yesterday afternoon.  Mary Pratt Winslow was her maiden name and she was born in Newton, Mass., on April 14, 1830.  She was a direct descendant of one of the Puritan fathers who landed at Plymouth Rock from the Mayflower, and of Edward Winslow, first Governor of Massachusetts.  On April 20, 1848, she was married to David Jackson Staples, who a short time after came to the new Eldorado, arriving in 1849.  In January, 1851, the couple moved to the Staples ranch near Stockton, where Mrs. Staples established the first Sunday school in California.  The ranch was on the line of the overland trail, and hundreds of weary immigrants, often sic and wasted by disease, were welcomed there and the ranch became a household word along the entire coast.  Mrs. Staples was the projector of the Lick Home for Old Ladies and the Children's Hospital. (The Daily Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois - dated 1895-04-30 - Vol. XXIV No. 37)     Governor James Sullivan Died on Saturday, the 10th inst., at his mansion house in Boston . His Excellency James Sullivan, Governor and Commander in Chief of the commonwealth of Massachusetts , in the 64th year of his age.  He was a eminent lawyer, and at different times had sustained the offices of Attorney General, Judge of Probate, Judge of the Supreme Court, member of Council, National Commissioner, and lastly Chief Magistrate of that state.   [The Centinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) December 28, 1808, submitted by Nancy Piper] Thompson, Francis, colored, aged 65, froze to death in Boston 30 Jan (11 Feb 1830, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Torrey, Samuel - In Boston, Samuel Torrey, Esq., aged 57, a respectable merchant. (July 1815, The North American Review, contributed by K. Torp) Tudor, William, Esq., of Boston, Mass. American Charge d’Affaires at the Court of Rio Janeiro, died suddenly at that place about the 1st of March. (June 1, 1830 Huron Reflector, Norwalk Ohio, contributed by Shauna Williams) Tyler, Catherine Cecilia, of Boston (Sister Mary James) died 24 Nov in this city (Washington DC) at the Vincent's Orphan Asylum, aged 19 (25 Nov 1830, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Warren, John Boston, John Warren, M.D., aged 63. Dr. Warren was a younger brother of General Joseph Warren, who fell at the battle of Bunker Hill; he felt like him the same generous ardour to espouse the cause of his country, when that cause was attended with danger, not with profit. He retained through the war a principal appointment in the Hospital department. He was in the year 1789 elected the first professor of anatomy and surgery on the Hersey foundation, in Harvard University; and first organized a medical school, which has been constantly increasing in usefulness and extent. He possessed great skill in surgical operations, great decision and rapidity. Perhaps no physician was ever more indefatigable, or regardless of his own repose and convenience. Though he seldom meddled wit politicks, he came forward on some particular occasions, when the soundness and integrity of his character always had its influence on publick sentiment. He was a citizen pure and incorruptible. His funeral was attended by the whole body of the University, and a most respectable concourse of his fellow-citizens. A eulogy was delivered in the Stone Chapel by Dr. James Jackson, and an appropriate sermon preached the following Sunday by Professor McKean, both of which are printed. (North American Review May 1815 - Sub. by K. Torp) Warren, Wm. - actor, died, Boston, Mass., Sept. 21, 1888, aged 75¾. (1843 Chicago City Directory, reprinted in 1896 with death info. Sub. by K. Torp) Wetmore, William aged 81, died 18 Nov in Boston. He was educated at Harvard and graduated in 1770. He was a distinguished counsellor in Essex Co., afterwards removed to Boston and held the office of Judge of Probate, Associate Justice, and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the latter in Suffolk Co., He was an early Whig during the Revolution and contributed no small share by his writings and legislative exertions in that period. (30 Nov 1830, National Intelligencer, contributed by K. Torp) Williams, Jonathan - In Philadelphia, Brigadier General Jonathan Williams, aged 64, born in Boston. He was for many years at the head of the corps of Engineers, a vice-President of the American Philosophical Society, and recently elected a Member of Congress. [The North American Review, July 1815 - sub. by K. Torp] Williams, Thomas - At Roxbury, suddenly, while on a visit to a patient, Dr. Thomas Williams, aged 79. [The North American Review, Nov 1815 - sub. by K. Torp] Wolcott, Henry D., of Boston, was found drowned 21 Aug., in one of the bathing houses (30 Aug 1830, National Intelligencer, contributed by K Torp) Back to the Obituary Index   All data on this website is © Copyright 2009 by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.