DAVIS
At Great Falls, 4th inst., Mr. Daniel F. DAVIS, formerly of Lebanon, N.H., aged 35
[Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politice, Oct. 6, 1838 - Sub. by C. Horton]

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PLUMBLY
April 25th was burned to death in Ludlow, Mr. Alexander Plumbly, of Hanover, N.H., aged 62. Mr. Plumbly was burning a piece of new land with a number of others. The fire passed the intended bounds, but by exertion it was quelled. When the company collected Mr. P. was missing, but his remains were soon discovered at a small distance burnt in a shocking manner, his clothes were nearly all consumed, he lay on his back and it appeared he had greatly exerted himself in contending with the fire and fainted and fell backward from a place where he was digging the earth with a hoe and in this position the fire in all probability passed over him.
[September 11, 1811, The Centinel, Gettysburg, PA - Submitted by Nancy Piper]

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WILLEY FAMILY
From the Haverhill (N.H.) Intelligencer....
The whole Willey family, with two hired men, making nine in number, perished by an avalanche which slid from the West side of the Gap of the White Mountians on the night of the 28th ultimo viz: Samuel Willey Jr. and his wife, Polly, aged about 30 years; Elizabeth Ann, 13 years, Jeremiah, 12 years; Alanta, 10 years, Elbridge Gerry, 8 years, Sally, 5 years; David Allen, hired man, 40 years; David Nicholson, hired man, 20 years.

The Willey family had probably after the rain had ceased, retired to rest; but awakened and alarmed by the crash of the barn, they rushed out of doors and while flying for the Camp,*(which Mr. Willey, after the slide of the 23rd of June Last, had built as a place of refuge,) in the extreme darkness they ran directly into one of the avalanches, and were swept into the flood below to instant destruction.

The next day, several hundreds of People assembled and the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Willey and Mr. Allen were found about 50 rods from the house in the meadow amid drift wood, naked, bruised and disfigured. The body of Mr. Willey was found about 30 feet from those of Mrs. Willey and Mr. Allen. One of the hands of Allen was clinched around a small tree. None of the other bodies had been found as late as the 3d instant. The searchers were directed to the spot where the bodies were found, partly by the flies and the scent of (..?...).

*This Camp was entirely destroyed and in fact, the house and a few feet of land in front of it was the only spot where they could have been safe. Death was everywhere around them.
["Republican Compiler" (Gettysburg, Pa) September 20, 1826 - Submitted by Nancy Piper]

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WILLIAMS
At Woodstock, Mrs. Urania Williams, consort of Capt. Oliver Williams, aged 49 [Political Observatory, 2 Jan 1807 - Sub. by D. Goosinow]

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