Arcadia, Marion, Savannah, Walworth, and Williamson
The typescript of the list of deaths that took place in Wayne County in 1849 was donated to us by the Wayne County Historian's Office to help you better formulate questions when visiting the society or ordering mail searches. We all hope this list provides clues to ancestral location, surnames and perhaps a final death date. If you recognize anyone on this list, please drop a line to Martha so it can be noted next to their listing.
As you scan the listings you'll see unusual spellings. They're not typos we've made but can be attributed to the original typist's interpretation of old handwriting, or assumptions made by the registrars of the deaths. If a spelling differs from that of your ancestral surname, or deaths didn't take place in the townships you thought your ancestors were from, don't pass them by. Jot them down...just in case. A date and location can be used to search in the 1850 census or the info may turn out useful to others searching your surnames.
During years 1847 - 1850 some New York State counties officially recorded information about births, marriages and deaths. Then they just stopped. Not all counties preserved this early information so each county, and township within it, must be taken on a case-by-case basis in making inquiries of societies. Required birth registration didn't start in New York State until 1880, over 30 years after the 1847 - 1850 events were recorded, and wasn't really enforced until 1900. New York State death registration wasn't required until just after 1900. Marriage certificates were issued in the 1860s but kept by the couple and written down by the person performing the marriage.
*** Official death certificates were not given for New York State in 1849.***
*** Neither the team who are assisting in preparing the township death lists nor the coordinators have further info on the persons named below. ***
F. = Foreigner N. = Native M. = Married U. = Unmarried
ARCADIA DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| January 9 | Hannah Davis M.N. | Newark | 67 | Influenza | |
| January 14 | Peter Shufelt U.N. | Arcadia | 3 mo. | | |
| January 15 | Hiram Thompson M.N. | Newark | 42 | Labour | Chill fever |
| January 19 | Hannah Fisk M.N. | Arcadia | 56 | Dropsy | |
| January 19 | William Hacket U.N. | Lyons | 14 | Farmer | Consumption |
| January 23 | Esbon B. Grant U.N. | Newark | 1 | Enlargement of the kidney | |
| January 23 | Cyrus S. Button M.N. | Newark | 56 | Farmer | Consumption |
| February 1 | Stephen Fisk M.N. | Newark | 70 | Labour | Consumption |
| February 1 | Child U.N. | Lyons | 1 day | Poorhouse | |
| February 8 | Charlotte VanDerburgh | Newark | 4 | Croup | |
| February 10 | Austin Carpenter M.N. | Newark | 42 | Grocer | Consumption |
| February 15 | Horace Rifford U.N. | Lyons | 49 | Poor House | Intemperance |
| February 19 | Mary E. Comstock U.N. | Arcadia | Inflammation in bowels | ||
| February 26 | Harriet Speed U.N. | Arcadia | 13 | Dropsy | |
| March 1 | Francis Billingham U.N. | Newark | 1 | | Fall |
| March 2 | Ambrose Scotten U.N. | Arcadia | 2 | Inflammation in bowels | |
| March 4 | Hannah Rowe M.N. | Arcadia | 40 | Consumption | |
| March 7 | Elizabeth Robbins U.N. | Newark | 11 mo. | Consumption | |
| March 8 | Harvey Calkins U.N. | Phelps | 49 | Farmer | Consumption |
| March 12 | Dorr Becker M.N. | Arcadia | 26 | Boatman | Consumption |
| March 15 | Martha J. Hyde U.N. | Canandaigua | 1 | Dropsy on the brain | |
| March 15 | George H. Hays U.N. | Newark | 14 | Brain Fever | |
| March 24 | Angeline Johnson U.N. | Newark | 1 | Worms | |
| April 4 | Mary Jane Fuller U.N. | Arcadia | 1 | Dysentery | |
| April 6 | Hannah Howell M.N. | Arcadia | 75 | | Affection of the heart |
| April 6 | Jane VanDusen M.N. | Arcadia | 23 | Farmers wife | Fever |
| April 18 | Lyman Olmsted 2nd M.N. | Arcadia | 28 | Farmer | Consumption |
| April 20 | E. Flowers U.N. | Arcadia | 3 | Inflammation on the brain | |
| April 21 | Silas W. Burdick U.N. | Arcadia | 7 | Scarlet fever & dropsy | |
| April 24 | Susan R. Burdick U.N. | Arcadia | 6 | Scarlet fever & dropsy | |
| April 24 | George Deitz U.F. | Lyons | 1 | Poor House | Inflammation on lungs |
| May 2 | Aaron VanDerKarr M.N. | Arcadia | 77 | Farmer | Palsy |
| May 7 | Elman Mugridge U.N. | Newark | 1 yr. 9 mo. | | Dropsy on brain |
| May 8 | Oscar Palmer U.N. | Arcadia | 4 | Croup | |
| May 9 | Martha McMannis M.N. | Arcadia | 43 | Labour wife | Consumption |
| May 15 | Esbon R. Blackmar U.N. | Newark | 9 | Congestive fever | |
| May 20 | Jeremiah Williams M.N. | Arcadia | 55 | Farmer | Erysipelas |
| May 21 | Alfred Wilcox U.N. | Arcadia | 2 | Scarlet fever & Dropsy | |
| May 26 | Alice St. John U.N. | Arcadia | 10 mo. | Scarlet fever | |
| May 27 | Abby Frits U.F. | Arcadia | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| June 1 | Henry Frits U.F. | Arcadia | 11 | Scarlet fever | |
| June 6 | Caroline Duel U.N. | Frankfort, Herkimer City. | 17 | Consumption | |
| June 11 | Harriet F. Coleman U.N. | Arcadia | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| June 23 | Balzora Whitbeck U.N. | Arcadia | | Scarlet fever | |
| July 1 | Thomas McCarver U.N. | Arcadia | 22 | Boatman | Consumption |
| July 3 | Elizabeth VanValkenburgh M.N. | Arcadia | 29 | Consumption | |
| July 10 | William Calkins U.N. | Phelps | 79 | Farmer | Old age |
| July 11 | Fanny M. ------ U.N. | Arcadia | 3 mo. 25 days | Summer complaint | |
| July 15 | Reuben Pulver U.N. | Lyons | 8 | | Scarlet fever |
| July 18 | Margaret Manchester U.N. | Arcadia | 15 | Brain tumor | |
| July 19 | Naoma Carpenter M.N. | Arcadia | 92 | Farmers wife | Old age |
| July 20 | Jacob Whitmore M.N. | Arcadia | 39 | Grocer | Cholera |
| July 20 | Adelia Snyder U.N. | Arcadia | 9 | | Scarlet fever |
| July 23 | Ann P. Brown M.N. | Newark | 40 | Farmers wife | Dysentery |
| July 24 | James L. Haight U.N. | Arcadia | 11 | Consumption | |
| July 26 | Licurgus Crippin U.N. | Newark | 22 | Labour | Consumption |
| July 29 | Lydia Norton U.N. | Lyons | 70 | Pauper | Consumption |
| August 1 | Jeremiah Mesick 2nd U.N. | Arcadia | 10 | Inflammation in the Bowels | |
| August 2 | James Thompson U.N. | Newark | 24 | Boatman | Small pox |
| August 4 | Nelson Waite M.N. | Lyons | 28 | Farmer | Cholera |
| August 9 | Cornelia Snyder U.N. | Arcadia | 6 | Scarlet Fever | |
| August 9 | Wessel A. TenBrook M.N. | Arcadia | 62 | Farmer | Consumption |
| August 11 | Clarion Allerton U.N. | Arcadia | 9 mo. | Bowel difficulty | |
| August 11 | Peter M. Everts M.N. | Arcadia | 36 | Farmer | Delirium tremens |
| August 12 | Monroe Bronk U.N. | Arcadia | 2 | Dysentery | |
| August 16 | Josephine DeGraff (Negro) U.N. | Arcadia | 3 | | Cholera |
| August 17 | Melissa Payne M.N. | Arcadia | 23 | Consumption | |
| August 18 | Laura VanDerKarr U.N. | Arcadia | 10 mo. | Diarrhea | |
| August 18 | Charles Taylor (Negro) U.N. | 1 | | Summer complaint | |
| August 20 | Ann Eliza Lucas U.N. | Arcadia | 12 | Camp complaint | |
| August 20 | Henry Colburn U.N. | Wolcott | 84 | Farmer | Rupture |
| August 23 | Margaret Sears M.N. | Arcadia | 42 | Dysentery | |
| August 27 | Jane Tooles U.N. | Arcadia | 16 | Congestive fever | |
| August 27 | William H. Thayer U.N. | Arcadia | 2 | Diarrhea | |
| September 2 | Harriet Lyke U.N. | Arcadia | 81 | Dropsy on the heart | |
| September 15 | Revilo Socez U.N. | Arcadia | 16 days | | |
| September 16 | William Redder U.N. | Lyons | 6 | Pauper | Scarlet fever |
| September 16 | William Doane M.N. | Arcadia | 73 | Laborer | Erysipelas |
| September 18 | Roxana Blackmar U.N. | Newark | 1 | Dysentery | |
| September 21 | George Bridger U.N. | Arcadia | 1 | Summer complaint | |
| September 23 | Louisa Whiting M.N. | Newark | 41 | Consumption | |
| September 27 | Francis M. Hickey U.N. | Arcadia | 4 | Dropsy | |
| October 2 | Ezra Robinson M.N. | Phelps | 84 | Farmer | Old age |
| October 3 | Mary E. Wolfrom U.N. | Arcadia | 3 | Spinal complaint | |
| October 3 | George Cull U.N. | Arcadia | 2 | | Dysentery |
| October 4 | Amaziah Simmons U.N. | Arcadia | 1 1/2 | Dysentery | |
| October 6 | Oliver Edwards M.N. | Arcadia | 49 | Farmer | Inflammation of the Lungs |
| October 7 | Mary H. Clark M.N. | Newark | 29 | Merchant's wife | Dysentery |
| October 7 | Asa Hutchinson M.N. | Lyons, Mich. | 69 | Farmer | Dysentery |
| October 14 | Richard Alvord U.N. | Lyons | 19 | Boatman | Dysentery |
| October 24 | Charlotte Powell M.N. | Newark | 18 | Dysentery | |
| October 30 | Catharine Carr M.N. | Lyons | 65 | Pauper | Ship fever |
| November 3 | Russel B. Rathbone U.N. | Lyons | 54 | Intermittive fever | |
| November 4 | Robert H. Hoyt U.N. | Arcadia | 11 | Liver difficulty | |
| November 5 | Thomas Wilber U.N. | Arcadia | 2 | Scrofula | |
| November 5 | Joseph Lusk M.N. | Newark | 28 | Furnace Man | Brain Fever |
| November 22 | Dorcas Houghton M.N. | Arcadia | 48 | Consumption | |
| November 30 | Martha J. Simmons U.N. | Canandaigua | 25 | Seamstress | Consumption |
| December 18 | Laura A. McNeil M.N. | Arcadia | 35 | | Inflammation on the bowels |
| December 18 | Cordelia Payne U.N. | Newark | 11 | Diabetus | |
| December 24 | Joel Phillips M.N. | Arcadia | 45 | Grocer | Inflammation on the lungs |
| December 26 | Frances E. Miller U.N. | Arcadia | 1 | Inflammation on the brain |
Arcadia 1849: prepared by Tena Hanna of Elk Grove, CA
MARION DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| January 12 | Edgar Westervelt U.N. | Palmyra | 24 | Farmer | Consumption |
| January 20 | Bruce, (Male) U.N. | Marion | 6 | | Spinal Disease |
| January 27 | Sarah Newton U.N. | Marion | 5 | Inflamation on lungs | |
| February 10 | Lyman White U.N. | Marion | 19 | | Bronchetus |
| February 10 | Almyra Archer U.N. | Marion | 61 | | |
| February 22 | Stepen B. Culver M.N. | Palmyra | 69 | Farmer | Consumption |
| February 28 | Saly Atwater M.N. | Marion | 52 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| March 24 | Alexander Allen U.N. | Marion | 16 | | Axidental |
| March 26 | Laury Hill U.N. | Marion | 2 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 4 | Elizabath J. Cook U.N. | Palmyra | 9 | | fever |
| April 20 | James Howell M.N. | Marion | 40 | Farmer | Inflamation on lungs |
| April 28 | Josephen Vale U.N. | Marion | 3 | | Scarlet fever |
| April 29 | Chs. Durfee U.N. | Marion | 11 | | Conjestion fever |
| May Baldwin | Rowley U.N. | Palmyra | 16 | | Conjestion fever |
| April | Franklin Rowley U.N. | Palmyra | 6 | | Conjestion feever |
| June 15 | Betsy Knapp M.N. | Marion | 60 | housekeeper | Consumption |
| June 14 | Julia Tiffany U.N. | Marion | 4 | | Scarlat feever |
| June 1- | Lorenzo McKintire U.N. | Marion | 19 | | Scarlat feever |
| June 1- | Harriet Brown U.N. | Marion | 7 | Inflamation brain | |
| June 16 | Caroline Kinyan U.N. | Marion | 6 mo. | Dropsy in head | |
| June 19 | Clarisa Parks M.N. | Marion | 58 | Housekeeper | Small pox |
| June 20 | Caroline Trumble U.N. | Marion | 10 yr. 2 mo. | Consumption | |
| July 20 | Lydia J. Hutchins U.N. | Marion | 14 | Inflamation of head | |
| July 30 | Rachel Brock U.N. | Marion | 84 | Dropsy | |
| July 30 | Almyra Kinyan U.N. | Marion | 7 | Colery | |
| August 22 | Hannah Cogswell M.N. | Marion | 52 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| October 12 | Pheby Huff M.N. | Marion | 56 | Housekeeper | |
| October 28 | Jane Wilcox M.N. | Marion | 53 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| October | Eunice Sweezey U.N. | Palmyra | 60 | Bowel complaint | |
| October 27 | Daniel Twadall M.N. | Marion | 65 | Farmer | Disease of liver |
| November 9 | Elen Eddy U.N. | Williamson | 1 | Consumption | |
| December 13 | Emery Howell U.N. | Marion | 1 | Scarlott fever | |
| December 14 | Hiram Howell U.N. | Marion | 5 | Scarlott fever | |
| December 16 | Sary Ann Howell U.N. | Marion | 3 | Scarlott fever | |
| December 25 | Letty Ann Patrick M.N. | Williamson | 41 | Consumption |
MARION DEATHS 1849: prepared by Kathy Mott of Jasper, IN
SAVANNAH DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| January 20 | Lewis Haywood U.N. | Savannah | 2 | Croup | |
| February 26 | Imer Beadle M.N. | Savannah | 38 | Farmer | Consumption |
| March 27 | Deborah Smith | Galen | Dropsy on the head | ||
| May 10 | Martha A. Roberts U.N. | Savannah | infant | Measles | |
| May 12 | Mary Palmer U.N. | Savannah | 66 | Fever | |
| May 26 | Gilbert Conklin M.N. | Savannah | 73 | Farmer | Inflamation |
| May 27 | Charles H. Cronk U.N. | Savannah | 6 days | Fits | |
| June | Sarah J. Miller U.N. | Savannah | 2 | Runny abscess | |
| June 14 | Nancy J. Torrey U.N. | Savannah | 2 | Measles | |
| July 12 | John Ph---burgh M.N. | Savannah | 61 | Farmer | Typhus fever |
| August 24 | Anderson (male) U.N. | Savannah | 1 | Consumption | |
| August 29 | Eunice Sedore U.N. | Savannah | 26 | Consumption | |
| September 6 | Horrace Hall U.N. | Butler | 1 | Dysentary | |
| September 12 | Almira Anderson M.N. | Savannah | 25 | Farmer | Consumption |
| September 15 | William O. Guthrie U.N. | Savannah | 18 mo. | Worms | |
| October 1 | Matilda Cummings U.N. | Savannah | 17 | Miliner | Consumption |
| October 22 | Mary Parks U.N. | Savannah | 59 | Housekeeper | Inflamation induced by ? |
| November 4 | John Selfridge U.N. | Savannah | 93 | Farmer | Old Age |
Savannah 1849: prepared by Kathy Mott of Jasper, IN
WALWORTH DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| January 8 | Lucius Caldwell U.N. | Walworth | 16 | Consumption | |
| January 23 | Gilbert Yeomans M.N. | Walworth | 73 | Inflamation of the brain | |
| February 6 | Eleaner Brown U.N. | Walworth | 26 | Consumption | |
| February 8 | Margaret Mitchell M.N. | Walworth | 63 | Consumption | |
| February 21 | Elisha Buttolph M.N. | Walworth | 77 | Farmer | Dropsy |
| February 28 | Theron S. Buckley U.N. | Walworth | 3 | Inflamation of brain | |
| March 1 | Jane E. Hagaman N. | Macedon | 3 | Fever | |
| March 15 | Namah Foskett M.N. | Walworth | 67 | Consumption | |
| April 30 | Edgar A. Smith M.N. | Walworth | 26 | Consumption | |
| May 11 | Noadiah Dickinson M.N. | Walworth | 80 | Farmer | Pleurisy |
| May 15 | Deborah Dickinson M.N. | Walworth | 77 | Farmer's wife | Old age |
| June 7 | Infant | Walworth | 2 days | ||
| June 15 | Betsey A. Edwards U.N. | Walworth | 16 | Spinal affection | |
| June 19 | Edgar A. Boynton U.N. | Walworth | 20 mo. | Inflamation of lungs | |
| July 11 | Tammy Gardner M.N. | Walworth | 45 | Consumption | |
| July 16 | Loren B. Gardner | Walworth | 1 | Dropsy on brain | |
| July 19 | Job Stedman U. | Walworth | 84 | Farmer | Old age |
| July 22 | Mary Smith U.N. | Ontario | 12 | Inflamation of brain | |
| August 27 | Nancy M. Parker M.N. | Walworth | 34 | Farmer's wife | Consumption |
| August 29 | Hamline McKinstry | Walworth | 4 mo. | Dysentery | |
| September 2 | Alzera Findley U.N. | Walworth | 22 | Farmer's Dau. | Dysentery |
| September 14 | Reuben S. Finley N. | Walworth | 7 | Dysentery | |
| September 19 | James Warren N. | Macedon | 4 | Dysentery | |
| September 27 | Mary J. Gildersleeve | Macedon | 1 | Disease of heart | |
| September 29 | Ann Warren N. | Macedon | 2 | Dysentery | |
| October | Francis Camburn M.N. | Walworth | 63 | Farmer | Unknown |
| October 15 | David Foskett M.N. | Walworth | 72 | Farmer | Inflamation of lungs |
| December 15 | Margarett Webb N. | Walworth | 4 mo. | Fits | |
| December 26 | Benjamin F. Cowell N. | Walworth | 5 | Croup |
Walworth 1849: prepared by Debra Wiegand of Macedon, NY
WILLIAMSON DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| June 8 | John R. Spoor M.N. | Williamson | 37 | Preacher | Consumption |
| August 26 | Carlton Underwood U.N. | Williamson | 1 | Dysentery | |
| August 27 | John Burdon N. | Williamson | 3 | Cholery | |
| September 11 | John C. Vanwinkell U.N. | Williamson | 17 | Farmer | Dysentery |
| September 12 | Hannah Curtis U.N. | Williamson | 3 | Dysentery | |
| September 21 | Content Curtis U.N. | Williamson | 63 | Tayloress | Dysentery |
| October 1 | Sarah Augstus Leroy U.N. | Williamson | 2 | Dysentery | |
| October 4 | Elizabeth Stoddard M.N. | Williamson | 25 | Domestic | Consumption |
| October 5 | Minerva R. Lee U.N. | Williamson | 12 | Scarlet fever | |
| October 12 | Lydia Nye M.N. | Williamson | 44 | Housekeeper | Dysentery |
| October 18 | Sarah Bedford M.F. | Williamson | 28 | Housekeeper | Quick consumption |
| October 24 | Wm. S. Parkhill M.N. | Williamson | 39 | Physician | Congestion of the blood |
| November 12 | Daniel Russell M.N. | Williamson | 81 | Farmer | Spinal complaint |
WILLIAMSON DEATHS 1849: prepared by Debra Wiegand of Macedon, NY
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