Lancaster County PA Obituaries and Death Notices
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James Allen
Bedford Gazette, January 20, 1806
Died December 11, 1805, James Allen of Little Britain, Lancaster Co.
[Source: Bedford County and Huntingdon County newspapers. Unknown author, 1900 - Transcribed by Nancy Piper]
Mathias Ault
The Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, PA
October 3, 1821
Died on Wednesday, the 13th ult., in Bart township, Lancaster county, Mr. Mathias Ault, in the 105th year of his age. Mr. Ault came to America in 1752, a servant to General Deshee. He was a shoemaker by trade; and we are creditably informed, that 3 years before his death, he made five pair of shoes a week with ease. - Paradise Hornes
Russell Otis Bender
Boy Is Fatally Crushed Between Farm Wagon, Post
Lancaster, PA, Today (AP) Ten year old Russell Otis Bender died yesterday in Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital of injuries sustained Tuesday when he was crushed between a farm wagon and a post on a farm near Mt. Joy, Pa. Deputy Coroner Dr. Charles P. Stahr said the boy died as a result of a ruptured stomach. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bender of Mt. Joy. [Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania) Friday Evening, September 3, 1948 - Contributed by Nancy Piper]
Gunning B. Bedford
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) May 10, 1826
Died in the city of Philadelphia, on Sunday, the 30th ultimo, Mr. Gunning B. Bedford, Editor of the Lancaster Intelligencer in the 26th year of his age.
-Contributed by Nancy Piper
Joseph Denlinger
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
May 28 1823 Page 2
Lancaster, Pa., May 19
Suicide - On Wednesday last, Joseph Denlinger, of Mt. Pleasant, between this city and Columbia, in a state of mental derangement, put a period to his existence by cutting his throat with a razor. - Free Press
William Dickson
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
January 22 1823 Page 3
Died in the city of Lancaster Pa, Mr. William Dickson, editor of the Lancaster intelligencer, in the 59th year of his age, after an illness of 8 or 9 days. The deceased, who was the editor of the Intelligencer for upwards of 20 years, was truly a good man.
Thomas Duncan
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), November 28 1827
Died on Friday the 16th instant, at Lancaster, Thomas Duncan, Esq., one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Christian Frederick Ludwig Endress
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), October 10, 1827
Died on Sunday the 30th ult., between the hours of one and two o'clock, pm, after a short but severe illness, in the 53d year of his age, Christian Frederick Ludwig Endress, D.D. for the last twelve years Pastor of the German Lutheran Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Taken from the Reading Eagle dated December 23, 1899
Contributed by Vicki Hartman
Out of Town Deaths: Mrs. Harry Eschback, near Millersville, Lancaster County, aged 45 years, leaving one daughter.
Samuel Givler
Reading Eagle, Reading, Pennsylvania 27 Dec 1899
Contributed by Vicki Hartman
Sam'l Givler, of West Earl, Lancaster Co., aged 74 years, leaving his widow and 3 children. Deceased was a retired farmer and took much interest in the good roads movement.
John I. Hartman
Reading Eagle, Reading, Pennsylvania 27 Dec 1899
Contributed by Vicki Hartman
John I Hartman, president of the Lancaster Trust Co., and until recently a member of the wholesale grocery firm of Miller & Hartman, died Tuesday night, at Lancaster, after a long illness from Bright's disease.
The Centinel, Gettysburg, PA, May 8, 1811
Died in Lancaster on the 15th of April, in the 53d year of his age, John Joseph Henry, Esq., late President of the 3d Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
Mary (Reifsynder) Hoffman
Contribured by Christine Walters
Mary (Reifsynder) Hoffman
Mary Hoffman, 96, formerly of Morgantown, died Saturday of natural causes at Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center Inc., where she was a resident.
She had been the oldest member of St. John's Center Lutheran Church, East Earl. She was a member of a fire company auxiliary and a Morgantown senior citizens group. Born in Churchtown, she was a daughter of the late Martin and Mary (Coldren) Reifsnyder. She was married to the late George S. Hoffman.
Surviving are a daughter, Dorothy M., married to James F. Harner of Morgantown. A sister and three brothers preceded her in death.
Source: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster PA 1 Jun 1999
Mrs. Jacob Kimmel
Bedford Gazette, January 20, 1806
Died the 4th inst., Mrs. Kimmel, wife of Jacob Kimmel, Representative of Lancaster County.
[Source: Bedford County and Huntingdon County newspapers. Unknown author, 1900 - Transcribed by Nancy Piper]
John William Kittia
The Adams Centinel, Gettysburg, PA
June 24, 1801
Died in the borough of Lancaster, on Sunday the 7th inst., in the 49th year of his age, after a lingering illness, John William Kittita, Esq., late representative from that county, in the Congress of the United States.
John Lorenz
Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
November 20 1822 Page 1
Lancaster, Pa. Nov. 7
Another Distressing Accident
John Lorenz, a young man residing a few miles from this city, accidentally shot himself, on Saturday last. He was endeavoring to frighten a rabbit from a thicket, and forcing the butt end of his gun in for that purpose, something touched the trigger and lodged the contents of the gun in his breast. He has been married but about three months. His parents reside in this city. - Free Press
Infant Daughter Macsfiarran
The Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, PA
September 1, 1819
We are sorry to hear that an infant daughter of Mr. James Macsfiarran, in Little Britain, was killed by lightning on the 13th inst., while playing with an iron chain, before the door of her father's dwelling. It is remarkable, that no rain was falling within some miles of the place, at the time of this fatal occurance - Lan. Intel.
James Maise
Huntingdon Gazette, September 6, 1810
Died Saturday last at the home of William Simpson, James Maise of Maytown, Lancaster County.
[Source: Bedford County and Huntingdon County newspapers. Unknown author, 1900 - Transcribed by Nancy Piper]
John M'Anneny
Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
November 13 1822 Page 3
Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 7
Melancholy Accident. On Monday last, while John M'Anneny, of Strasburg township, was employed in loading logs on a wagon, his head was unfortunately forced between two logs, which produced a fracture of the scull. He survived but a few hours. He was an industrious man, about 35 years of age. - Free Press.
John McGinley
August 28 1811
Died on Friday last, in Lancaster county, John McGinley, Esq. of this borough. Mr. McGinley's disease was a consumption with which he had been afflicted a long time. He left this place a few days before his decease for Long Beach in hopes of a restoration of his health.
Samuel Mohler
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), December 12 1827
Died on Wednesday the 28th ultimo, Samuel Mohler, Esq., one of the Representatives elect in the State Legislature for Lancaster county.
Hon. Jesse Moore
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) January 5 1825
Died At Meadville, on the same day, the Hon. Jesse Moore, President of the sixth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, in the 59th year of his age.
The Adams Centinel, Gettysburg, PA
June 24, 1801
Died in the borough of Lancaster, on Thursday the 4th inst., Frederick Augustus Murlenberg, Esq., Receiver General in the Land office Department of Pennsylvnia
George Price
The Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, PA
October 10, 1821
Died on Monday morning, the 1st instant, Mr. George Price, Editor of the Free Press, Lancaster, Pa., in the 29th year of his age.
The Lycoming Gazette, Williamsport, PA
October 16, 1821
Died in Lancaster, on the morning of the 1st inst., Mr. Geo. Price, printer and editor of the Free Press, in the 29th year of his age.
Thomas H Reifsnyder
Contribured by Christine Walters
Thomas H Reifsnyder
Death from Small Pox --
With pain, surprise and sorrow, we are compelled to chronicle the death of Prof. Thomas H. Reifsnyder, of Churchtown, from that loathsome and fatal disease, smallpox. He lately attended the Reading market and there contracted the disease, from which he died on Thursday morning and was buried in the afternoon by undertaker Weaver, of Churchtown, at Centre Church, without any ceremonies.
Mr. Reifsnyder was a man that stood as a prominent and shining light in this world, before all who came in contact with him. He was known throughout the eastern end of the county for his moral and good influence that he exerted in all spheres of life; whether in church, in the school room, or on the farm, he was always, the same, a model for others to copy. He was a devout member of the Reformed (Center) Church, and the leading member of the Sunday school. Many were the lessons of Holy Writ that he taught there to the young mind in whose estimation he stood high as a Christian and scholar and who now mourn his untimely death in the prime of life, and yet, cut down by a contagious disease, it made it impossible to pay due respect and honor to his remains. For a number of years he had been engaged in teaching school, and being very successful, he became principal of the Churchtown Academy, where he taught a long time, and many are living to-day who can testify as being once his students, and the kindness and instruction which they received during their school days, he being always willing to solve and explain all knotty and difficult questions.
May his good deeds, his noble acts and his moral influence that he left behind, live forever as the proudest monument ever erected in memory of one who is no more. A wife and three children, who have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement, are left of the once happy household to mourn the death of a husband and father.
Source: Jodi Reifsnyder Adrian
Mrs. Mary Reigart
Bedford Gazette, January 20, 1806
Died Thursday the 9th, Mrs. Mary Reigart, consort of Adam Reigart Junior of Lancaster County.
[Source: Bedford County and Huntingdon County newspapers. Unknown author, 1900 - Transcribed by Nancy Piper]
Mrs. Ann Ross
Bedford Gazette, September 21, 1805
Died at the home of W. Coleman in Lancaster County Friday the 13th Mrs. Anne Ross, consort of James Ross Esq. of Pittsburg in her 34th year.
[Source: Bedford County and Huntingdon County newspapers. Unknown author, 1900 - Transcribed by Nancy Piper]
Mrs. Catharine A. Snyder
The Centinel, Gettysburg, PA, March 28, 1810
Lancaster, March 17
Died on Thursday morning last, at Lancaster, Mrs. Catharine A. Snyder, (wife of Simon Snyder, Esq., Governor or this commonwealth in the 33d year of her age. Her complaint was of the consumptive kind. … On Saturday her remains were interred in the cemterey of the German Reformed Church, at Lancaster, attended by the Speakers and Members of both Houses of the Legislature, and a vast concourse of citizens.
Huntingdon Gazette, March 22, 1810
Died at Lancaster the 15th Mrs. Snyder, consort of the Governor of Pennsylvania.
[Source: Bedford County and Huntingdon County newspapers. Unknown author, 1900 - Transcribed by Nancy Piper]
George E. Steiger
LANCASTER
Fatally Wounded
York, Pa., Today (AP) George E. Steiger, 25 of near Lancaster was fatally wounded while hunting near here late yesterday. His gun fell from his hands and discharged. [Lebanon Daily News, Thursday Evening, November 5, 1931, Page 4 - Transcribed by Nancy Piper]
Mrs. Sarah Stober
Reading Eagle, Reading, Pennsylvania 27 Dec 1899
Contributed by Vicki Hartman
Mrs. Sarah Stober, at Schoeneck, Lancaster county, aged 82 years, leaving one son, Senator J. A. Stober.
Henry News Republican, Henry IL May 5, 1881
In Bart, Lancaster county, Pa., April 24, Elizabeth Stouffer, 63.
Mrs. Stouffer was the mother of 15 children, 12 of whom, with the husband, survive to mourn hr loss. Five reside in this vicinity, three sons, John, Isaac and Gabriel, and two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Anthony of this city, and Mrs. J. B. McIlwain who resides on the Rollins farm.
Young Man Commits Suicide
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania May 9, 1827
Suicide - A young man, who was employed in the capacity of ostler by Mr. Russel of this city, on Sunday morning, the 29th ultimo, put a period to his existence by hanging himself. There is no cause assigned for this rash act, but little doubt can be entertained, but that the deceased at the time he committed the act, labored under mental derangement. - Lancaster Intelligencer.
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