1855 Deaths in the Scioto Gazette an Index

Ross County Ohio Deaths

• Mary M. Appler 7 Jun 1855
• colored child (4th st./scaled) 2 Apr 1855
• German child (water st./scalded) 2 Apr 1855
• James Baker 19 Mar 1855
• John W. Bangs 26 Apr 1855
• Mr. Barnes (an irishman) 7 Mar 1855
• Conrad Baum 9 Aug 1855
• Persilla A. Beck 3 May 1855
• Annie Bennett 21 Aug 1855
• John Briney (71 years) 20 Sep 1855
• Betty Brink (Green Twp.) 15 Nov 1855
• Mary A. Campbell 8 Jan 1855
• John Cherry (adelphia) 4 Dec 1855
• Isaac Parker Clarke 6 Feb 1855
• Anna Dunton (daughter of Thomas and Elleanor McDougal) 9 Jan 1855
• Sarah W. Ely 8 Jun 1855
• Sammy Ewing 23 Jan 1855
• Patrick Finy (irishmen/not expected to recover) 20 Apr 1855
• Rev. Henry F. Green (Bainbridge) 8 Jun 1855
• Jacob Graffner (a german) 29 Jun 1855
• Melissa Guiher (Frankfort) 1 Jun 1855
• Catharine Gunning 25 Jun 1855
• Cutlip Hartman 20 Jan 1855
• Daniel W. Hearn 20 Jul 1855
• John Henry 23 Apr 1855
• Snowden Rankin Howard (Bainbridge) 19 Sep 1855
• Nannie T. Jordan 23 and 24 May 1855
• Mike Kelly (Irishman at Monroe Station) 23 Oct 1855
• James Kirkpatrick 15 Mar 1855
• Child of Frederick May 17 Mar 1855
• Dr. W.G. Long 16 Apr 1855 (also of interest 20 Oct and Nov 1st 1855)
• Mary Mahon 19 Dec 1855
• Mr. McCreary (drowned Walnut Cr. near Jnes Frd. Londonderry Rd) 20 Nov 1855
• John McLain (early settler) 27 Oct 1855
• Archibald McFarland Sr. 29 Mar 1855
• Walter G. McLean 6 Apr 1855
• Kate Miller 17 Feb 1855
• Isaac Morris (colored) 17 Feb 1855
• Mary Motter 20 Apr 1855
• Lizzie Worthington Pomeroy 21 Sept 1855
• David Reese (near slaughterhouse drowned) 26 Jul 1855
• Anna Ringson 15 Jan 1855
• George Ritchey 2 Feb 1855
• Miss Schafer (5 yrs old burned to death little german girl) 4 Dec 1855
• Elizabeth Thompson 8 Sep 1855
• Mr. Trumph (a german railroad accident) 14 Dec 1855
• 2 little boys drowned in Paint Creek near Bournville 3 Jul 1855
• unidentified boy of sunstroke on the Charles Darby farm 2 Jul 1855
• unidentified Irishman on eastern end of railroad near a dyke 24 Jul 1855

Athens Co. Deaths

• daughter of O.W. Brown (Athens, OH) 25 Apr 1855
• Sarah Ellen Carlisle (Athens) 16 Jun 1855

Butler Co. Deaths

• Isaac Lindsey (Oxford, OH?) 28 Jun 1855

Clark Co. Deaths

• Margaret Stuart (near Springfield of New York) 13 Mar 1855
• General Robert Young (Early pioneer Piqua OH) 6 Nov 1855

Cuyohoga Co. Deaths

• Margaret H. Carlisle (in Cleveland of Chillicothe, OH) 20 and 21 Sept 1855
• Margaret O'Donnell (Cleveland) 23 Mar 1855

Fairfield Co. Deaths

• Col. William Crook (Berne Twp. War of 1812, Pioneer) 21 Aug 1855
• George B. Edward (of Cincy in Lancaster) 8 Aug 1855
• M.Z. Kreiter also Kreider (Lancaster) 21 Jul 1855 also 8 Dec 1855
• Michael Nigh (Clearcreek Twp. 70 Yrs. Pioneer) 6 Aug 1855

Fayette Co. Deaths

• Alexander McCoy Sr. (Bloomingfield) 28 Jul 1855

Franklin Co. Deaths

• Elijah Backus (Columbus) 12 Nov 1855
• Joseph Barbee (son of Col. Barbee Columbus?) 12 Jun 1855
• Henry Foster (Columbus Oh) 6 and 9 July 1855
• orphan boy named JONES (17 yrs. drown in the Scioto) 13 Jun 1855
• Ms. Neville (Columbus) 11 Dec 1855
• Samuel Wilson 20 Jan 1855

Gallia Co. Deaths

• Merritt Atkinson (Gallipolis) (papermill accident) 22 Jun 1855
• Jolin Loucks (Gallipolis) 20 Jan 1855

Hamilton Co. Deaths

• Robert Cameron (Cincinatti) 8 Aug 1855
• John T. Chambers (Cincinatti) 8 Aug 1855
• Ross Chenowith (Cincinatti) 21 Aug 1855
• H.B. Curtis (Cincinatti) 8 Aug 1855
• Michael Donaheen (an Irishman in Cincinatti) 8 Aug 1855
• James Gillan (an Irishman in Cincinatti) 8 Aug 1855
• William Grows??? (Cincinatti) 8 Aug 1855
• S.B. Hayman (Cincinatti) 31 Aug 1855
• Ann M. Hurtmann (Cincinatti) 4 Dec 1855
• G.B. Monroe (of Indiana in Cincinatti) 5 Apr 1855
• Mrs. Thomas Spooner (Cincinatti) 4 Dec 1855
• Rebecca Thomas (Mulatto Cincinatti/murder) 14 Jul 1855
• Henry Tymmann (Cincinatti) 8 Aug 1855
Balzer Walden (of Jamestown KY in Cincy) 8 Aug 1855

Highland Co. Deaths

• Dr. A.S. Dwyer (Greenfield) 1 Jun 1855
• Samuel Hills (Hillsborough) 5 Nov 1855
• Mr. Lynch (Irishmen East Monroe OH) 30 May 1855

Hocking Co. Deaths

• John H. Friste 11 Apr 1855
• Caroline B. Officer (Logan) 10 May 1855

Jackson Co. Deaths

• William Reed 1 Sep 1855
• Luke Whaley (Liberty Twp.) 6 Apr 1855

Lawrence Co. Deaths

• James O. Willard (Ironton) 24 May 1855

Licking Co. Deaths

• Minerva Rankin (Newark) 27 Oct 1855
• Capt. Charles F. Thomas (Lockport OH) (Vet. of Napoleon's Army) 19 Nov 1855

Madison Co. Deaths

• Col. H. Brush (formerly of Ross Co.) 27 Jan 1855

Mahoning Co. Deaths

• Caroline C. Barber (in Mahoning co. of Chillicothe, OH) 29 Sep 1855

Montgomery Co. Deaths

• Samuel Rouzer (Dayton) 15 Sep 1855

Pickaway Co. Deaths

• wife of W. Marshal Anderson 3 Sep 1855
• Martha June Cheatham (Darbyville) 3 Jan 1855
• Miss Mundell (by lighting) 7 Aug 1855
• Francis Delano Renick (Circleville) 28 Jul 1855
• Joseph Shoots 13 Jun 1855
• Dr. Henry Timmons (New Holland) 29 Sep 1855

Pike Co. Deaths

• James Davis 6 Mar 1855
• Daniel Smith (near Waverly a German) 4 Sep 1855
• John Smith (Waverly) 2 Jun 1855

Scioto Co. Deaths

• daughter of Ezekial Barr (Portsmouth Washington Furnace) 31 Jul 1855
• Andrew Crighton? Jr. (Portsmouth) 17 Mar 1855
• Margarer Maul (of Chillicothe in Portsmouth) 31 Jul 1855
• Rev. Mabee (of Columbus OH in Portsmouth) 26 Jun 1855
• Milton Noel (near Portsmouth) 10 Nov 1855
• Charles Oscar Tracy (near Portsmouth) 29 Oct 1855

Union Co. Deaths

• Otway Curry 27 Feb 1855

Vinton Co. Deaths

• Mary (Hamilton) Dillon (near McArthur) 26 Mar 1855
• wife of Peter Pierce (Swan Twp. Vinton Co. ????) 8 Sep 1855

Washington Co. Deaths

• William Rufus Putnam (Marietta) 12 Jan 1855

Alabama Deaths

• Dr. H. C. Hillhouse (in Prattville AL formerly of Chillicothe, OH) 16 Jun 1855

Arkansas Deaths

• John M. Butler (Little Rock) 27 Aug 1855
• Edward Marcus (Little Rock) 27 Aug 1855
• Edward H. Mills (at Napoleon ARK of Chillicothe, OH) 19 Sep 1855

California Deaths

• Amos Barrett (near Sacramento) 14 Sep 1855
• James McBride (formerly of Chillicothe OH) 2 Mar 1855
• Marcellas J. Porter (of Marietta OH) 6 Mar 1855
• Richard Yates (of Albany NY in California) 4 May 1855

Connecticut Deaths

• Jonathan Gillett (Cannan near Hartford/ Revolutionary War Vet) 30 Mar 1855

Florida Deaths

• Rev. Toney Proctor (Tallahasee Fl. Rev. War Vet. Colored) 23 Nov 1855

Illinois Deaths

• George W. Green (Chicago) 23 Feb 1855
• George Manley (in Illinois of Chillicothe, OH) 30 Jul 1855
• George Reed (Chicago) 20 Feb 1855

Indiana Deaths

• Miss M. Chitwood (Mount Carmel IN) 29 Dec 1855
• Mr. Rose (Lafayette IN formelry of Chillicothe, OH) 13 Jan 1855 also 26 Dec 1855
• Rev. S.J. Scott and wife (Henry Co.) 14 Mar 1855

Iowa Deaths

• David Bennett (Quebec Iowa by Lightning) 23 Jun 1855
• Joseph Bennett (Quebec Iowa by Lightning) 23 Jun 1855
• Benjamin Giles (In Eddyville Iowa form. of Chillicothe, OH) 17 Dec 1855
• William C. McCollister (at Burlington Iowa of Chillicothe?) 1 May 1855
• Jackson McMullen (in Madison Co. Iowa of Chillicothe, OH) 28 Jul 1855

Kentucky Deaths

• Dr. E. O. Bell (Flemingsburg) ( cholera epidemic) 28 August
• James Freeman (Shelby Co.) 24 Jan 1855
• William Hanning (Greenupsburg, Greenup Co. KY) 22 Jan 1855
• Dr. Hart (Flemingsburg) (cholera epidemic) 28 Aug 1855
• Mrs. Anne Jackson (of Kentucky 108 years old) 2 Jul 1855
• John Malone (Greenupsburg, Greenup Co. KY) 22 Jan 1855
• Andrew B. McFarland (Clinton Furnace Boyd co. KY) 22 Jan 1855
• William Shernhill (Breckenridge Co. KY REV. War Vet. age 103) 8? Feb 1855
• Stephen Short (Greenupsburg, Greenup Co. KY) 22 Jan 1855

Louisiana Deaths

• J. Smith (New Orleans) 24 Jan 1855

Maryland Deaths

• Col. Daniel Jenifer (Port Tobacco Maryland) 27 Dec 1855

Massachusetts Deaths

• George Gills (of Salem near Cambridge MA) 21 Apr 1855
• Elizabeth Jewett (Boston) 18 Dec 1855
• Abbott Lawrence (Boston) 20 Aug 1855
• Eldridge Levitt (Boston) 22 Jan 1855
• Franklin Rogers (Boston) 22 Jan 1855
• James W. Stowey (Worcester MA lived in Ross Co. at one time) 19 Feb 1855
• William Tuckerman (Boston) 1 Oct 1855
• Charles Waterman (Boston) 22 Jan 1855

Mississippi Deaths

• Franklin Carr (Homesville MS) 23 Jun 1855 and 20 Jul 1855

Missouri Deaths

• Mr. Buckner (Cape Girardeau Co.) 16 Feb 1855

New York Deaths

• Sarah Burling (New York NY) 7 Jul 1855
• Catharine J. Clinton ( Poughkeepsie NY) 10 Jul 1855
• Mr. Eming (a German from drinking 3 gallons of beer) (Buffalo NY) 20 Aug 1855
• Mary Girard 5 Apr 1855
• Mary Grace Haven (New York NY) 18 Jan 1855
• Sarah Haven (New York NY) 18 Jan 1855
• James Myers (Geneva NY) 2 Jul 1855
• John Robson (Geneva New York) 30 Jan 1855
• Mrs. Seller (Poughkeepsie NY) 20 Apr 1855

North Carolina Deaths

• Rev. Cyrus Johnson (Wilmington) 5 Feb 1855
• Mr. Smith (Spartanburg N.C. slave owner killed by slave) 13 Jun 1855
• Rev. A. S. Watts (Wilmington) 5 Feb 1855

Pennsylvania Deaths

• G.F. Arnold (Philadelphia) 13 Jun 1855
• Edward L. Cunningham (Pittsburgh) 10 May 1855
• Miss Russell (Philadelphia) 5 Feb 1855
• Charles S. Shinn (Philadelphia) 5 Feb 1855

Vermont Deaths

• Elisha Bartlett (Georgia VT) (Rev. War Vet. 100yrs) 3 Nov 1855

Virginia Deaths

• William S. Archer (Amelia Co.) 2 Apr 1855
• Dr. Averrett (Danville VA) 14 Jul 1855
• James Casey (of Hillsboro OH in Lynchburg) 23 Feb 1855
• Mr. Dubbs and wife (Norfolk, VA ) (Gravedigger of Yellow Fever) 17 Oct 1855
• Mr. Markham (Logan Co.) 8 Feb 1855

West Virginia Deaths

• George Armstrong (at Wheeling of Chillicothe, OH) 17 Sep 1855

Wisconsin Deaths

• John Mucher and wife (Milwaukie) 4 Aug 1855

Misc. Deaths

• Mary A. Black (Connersvill ??) 5 Feb 1855
• Rev. Dr. Bullard (Pacific Railroad Accident) 8 Nov 1855
• Sidney C. Burton 28 Dec 1855
• Michael Gorman (Irishman) (simply says near Charlston WV? VA?) 18 Dec 1855