Death Records for Douglas County Oregon
I will be including here any mention of deaths in newspapers, death certificates, coroners reports etc...
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1 The children of Mr. Clinkinbeard of Wilbur,
Douglas county, were poisoned by eating the berries of the deadly
night shade. Only one of the children, the youngest has died, the
others at last accounts were likely to recover.
August 2, 1870 Morning Oregonian ©Shauna Williams |
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2Mr. Churchill who was badly hurt by getting
caught in the machinery of a thresher near Roseburg a short time
ago, died form the effects of his injuries last week.
September 15, 1875 Morning Oregonian ©Shauna Williams |
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3 James Suitor, a man residing on the South
Umpqua beyond Canyonville, was killed on Monday last by a tree
falling on him, which he was engaged in chopping down. our informant
says the man's body was literally mashed to a jelly. The deceased
was a single man.
August 28, 1876 Morning Oregonian ©Shauna Williams |
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4 The wife of G.W. Kimball, of Roseburg died
on the 29th(?) ult.
February 2, 1880 Morning Oregonian ©Shauna Williams |
| MRS WONNELL DEAD Lakeside, Dec. 26-Word was received here of the death of Mrs. T.J. Wonnell at the home of her daughter, Mrs. I.N. Park in Roseburg, Oregon, on the 12th. Mrs. Wonnell accompanied her daughter to Oregon in the early part of November. She was aged about 74 years. December 26, 1919 Sandusky Star Journal, Sandusky Ohio ©Shauna Williams |
| The sad news has
reached Summit of the death of Mrs. Hattie Hill, nee McMullen,
formerly of this place but who died at Roseburg, Oregon.
June 20, 1900 Newark Daily Advocate, Newark Ohio ©Shauna Williams |
MARVIN TRACY HOWLETT Marvin Howlett Dies At Home In Oregon Prophetstown: - Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Howlett have received word of the death of the former's brother, Maravin Howlett, of Roseburg, Ore. Marvin Tracy Howlett was the son of Frank and Elizabeth Klobes Howlett and was born Sept. 1, 1918, in Thomas, Ill. He passed away Monday, July 23, at his home after an extended illness. He had lived in Roseburg for the past 18 yers. Surviving are his wife, Stella; one daughter, Sandra at home; one son Dwayne, Roseburg, his father, Frank Howlett, Sterling; three brothers, Wayne, Rock Falls; Oran, Davenport; and Leonard, Prophetstown; and two sisters, Mrs. Leona Girton, Sterling and Mrs. Irene Fagens, Roseburg. He was preceded in death by his mother, his first wife Violet and two sistes, Mrs. Sylvia Wiscott and Vietta Howlett. Services and burial will be at Roseburg, Ore The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois July 25, 1956 - Wednesday, pg 2 col 3 ©Melva Taylor |
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