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Death Notice transcriptions from various Adams County newspapers from the 1850s.
Transcribed and contributed by Flora McCarty


CHOLERA DEATHS from ADAMS COUNTY NEWSPAPERS

June 26, 1851
Francis Shinn

Jul 1851
July 2, George Shinn
July 6, Mrs. Elizabeth Lytle
July 7 Francis A. G. Shinn
July 9 H. N. Cole
July 10 Mrs. Margaret B. Buchanan
July 11, Mrs. Mary Lafferty
July 12, John Buchanan
July 13 Thomas Prather
July 14 Ann Olevis Prather
July 19 Jeremiah Grant, 6 yrs (measles)
23 Jul 1851
  Daggy, Rev
  Ellis, widow
  Gordon family – 6 members
July 24 Mary A. Prather
July 26 George Grant
July 27
   Margaret McCauly
   William Santee
   Mrs. Catharine McCanly
   Louis Sanders
July 29
   Miss Caroline Lafferty
   Allice Brooks Prather
July 30
  Mrs. Jane Crawford
  Sophia Grant, 6 yrs. (measles)
  Mrs. Mary Hitchins
  Francis M. Hayslip
  Miss Margaret A. Hayslip
July 31,
  Andrew Haines
  Cornelia Santee
  Arthur McFarland, sen.

August 1851
Aug 1, Mrs. Elizabeth Meider
Aug 2,
  Gen. Joseph Darlinton
  Mrs. Sanders
  Robert Jackson, Esq

No Date
Parker Y. Young
Miss Mary Young,
Mrs. Mary Owen
Miss Eliziannah Owen

JUNE 1852
June 14
  Miss Collins, age 6
  John Barrows, age 5
  Nancy Pitts, age 11
  Mary Rusk, age 20
  Lizzie Rusk, age 12
  Joseph Bramble, about 30
June 15
  Mrs. Kusk, age 40
  Rebecca Rusk, age 16
  Caroline Rusk, age 10
  Mrs. Cromwell, age 50
  Mrs. Richie, age 36
  Mrs. Moore, age 46
  Mr. Ramsley, age 12
  Nicholas Pitts, age 20
  Mary King, age 10
  Sanford Williams, age 45
  Mrs. Catherine Crannock, age 25
  M. Connor, age 10
June 16, 1852
  Mr. H. Johnson, age 50
  Son of Mr. Pitts, age 10
  James Taylor, age 40
  Miss Julia Connel, age 25

After June 16
  Lewis King
  Mr. Conner
  Mrs. Kennedy
  Miss Susan Rusk
  Maria Rusk, infant
  Son of Mrs. Moore, age 10
  Mrs. Drue
  3 other Rusk children at risk
27 July1855
  Dr. John McFarland
  Smith Rose
  Son of Mr. James Pixley
  Mr. Pixley
  Mrs. James Abbott and 3 of her children
  Mrs. Dr. Holderness
  Jesse Wikoff
  Mr. Rose