Sodus, Walworth, Wolcott, Savannah, Palmyra and Rose
The typescripts of the several lists of deaths that took place in Wayne County in 1848 were donated to us by the Office of the County Historian to help you better formulate questions when visiting the society or ordering mail searches. We all hope these lists provide clues to ancestral location, surnames and perhaps a final death date. If you recognize anyone on this list, please drop a line to co-coordinator Martha (address on front page of this site) so it can be noted next to their listing. Be sure to put 1848 Wayne County NY Deaths as the subject line of your email so that it won't be summarily deleted as junk mail!
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 you'll someday encounter who're researching 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 1848.***
*** 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
SODUS DEATHS: prepared by Dorathy Hardie of Thousand Oaks, CA
SODUS DEATHS 1848
| March 30 | George Lund | Sodus | 5 | ||
| May 7 | Nathan Warner M.N. | Sodus | 73 | Farmer | Apoplexy - fit |
| July 22 | John S. Fellows M. | Sodus | 62 | Farmer | Consumption |
| October 27 | Philip Mink M.F. | Williamson | 29 | Farmer | Consumption |
| October 7 | Alice Wride M. | Sodus | 77 | Old age | |
| February 20 | Mary Allcock U.F. | Sodus | 93 | Old age | |
| January 8 | Hood Mockridge U.N. | Lyons | 17 | Blacksmith | Congestive fever |
| December 2 | Prince Fulton (Negro) | Sodus | 80 | Laborour U.F. | Found dead in the road. Verdict of the jury- to his death from exp to the weather. |
| September | Elizabeth Harper M.F. | Sodus | 36 | Consumption | |
| September 7 | Maria Skinkle M. | Sodus | 48 | Summer complaint | |
| September 12 | Susan M. Skinkle U. | Sodus | 4 | Summer complaint | |
| April 7 | Benjiman Osborn M.N. | Sodus | 70 | Farmer | Fever |
| December 22 | Richard Manchester M.N. | Sodus Ctr. | 64 | Mason | Affection of the heart |
| Nov. 10 | (female) | Sodus Ctr. | 10 days | Not known | |
| May 4 | Patience Hughson U. | Sodus | 20 | Congestive fever | |
| June 13 | Jerusha Orton M.N. | Sodus | 51 | Jaundice | |
| September 3 | Charles W. Featherly M.N. | Sodus | 26 | Mason | Dysentery |
| July 31 | Edward H. Poucher U.N. | Sodus | 7 months | Iresipilus | |
| September 22 | Samuel Snyder U.N. | Sodus | 8 | Scarlet fever | |
| September | Charlotte A. Snyder U.N. | Sodus | 1 | Dysentery | |
| February 7 | Henry Allen U.N. | Sodus | 17 | Worms | |
| February 27 | Edmund Reed U.N. | Sodus | 18 | Lung fever | |
| August 25 | James Waugh U.N. | Sodus | 16 | ||
| March 4 | Cornelia Lathrop | Sodus | 9 | Congestion of brain | |
| May 26 | Robert Crage M.N. | Huron | 48 | Currier | |
| Oct 23 | Holly St. John M.N. | Sodus | 84 | Farmer | Old age |
| August 20 | Abraham Brethern M.F. | Sodus | 96 | Farmer (Negro) | Old age |
| August 22 | W. M. Noble M.N. | Sodus | 60 | Farmer | Billious fever |
| February | Turner (male) M.N. | Macedon | 50 | Farmer | unknown |
WALWORTH DEATHS: prepared by Kathy Mott of Jasper, IN
WALWORTH DEATHS 1848
| February 29 | Ichabod Love M.N. | Walworth | 65 | Cancer | |
| April 23 | Porter Gardner U.N. | Walworth | 19 | Consumption | |
| August 28 | Isabel Simmons N. | Walworth | 1 | Summer Complaint | |
| July 12 | Harriet Thompson M.N. | Walworth | 29 | Congestive fever | |
| December 15 | Aurelia W. Hibbard M.N. | Walworth | 2 | Scarlet fever | |
| October 1 | Elbert Yeomans N. | Walworth | 8 months | Inflamation on the brain | |
| December 27 | Medorah H. Drake N. | Walworth | 4 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 27 | Mary Ross M.N. | Walworth | 33 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| February 8 | Ebenezer Still M.N. | Walworth | 83 | Farmer | Gravel |
| August 27 | Mariah Loniza N. | Walworth | 5 | Dysentary | |
| September 8 | Rozannah Lasher U. | Walworth | 18 | Typhus fever | |
| August 4 | Richard Blackbourn U.F. | Walworth | 53 | Farmer | Erysipelus |
| August 22 | William B. Thacher U.N. | Walworth | 23 | Farmer | Erysipelus |
| July 24 | Elnora ----- U.N. | Walworth | 13 | | Inflamed throat |
| January 24 | John Winslow M.N. | Walworth | 82 | Farmer | Dysentery |
| April 11 | Benjamin Hoag M.N. | Macedon | 96 | ||
| December 28 | Mary Jones M.N. | Macedon | 32 | Consumption | |
| January 18 | Son of E. & J. Bullen N. | Walworth | 3 weeks | Erysipeles | |
| April 26 | Mary P. Lyon N. | Walworth | 2 10/12 | Croup | |
| April 19 | Caroline Strickland U.N. | Walworth | 20 | Farmers daughter | Erysipelas |
| October 15 | Infant of Saml. & Ellen Anson (female) | Walworth | 6 weeks | Erysipelas | |
| February 3 | (male) no name given | Walworth | Fits | ||
| November 5 | John Byron Bolster N. | Walworth | 4 months | Measles | |
| May 13 | Sarah Yeomans M.N. | Walworth | 66 | Disease of lungs |
WOLCOTT DEATHS: prepared by Kathy Mott of Jasper, IN
WOLCOTT DEATHS 1848
| January 18 | Thooda I. Easton U.N. | Wolcott | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| January 28 | Wm. Woodard M. | Wolcott | 65 | Farmer | Rheumatism |
| February 15 | Egbert Arne N. | Wolcott | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| February 15 | Joseph Kelley U.N. | Wolcott | 86 | Farmer | Old age |
| February 22 | Mary J. Gardner U.N. | Wolcott | 11 | Worms | |
| May 5 | James Clay U.N. | Wolcott | 89 | Farmer | Cause not known |
| May 15 | Emma Balcomb U.N. | Wolcott | 2 | Croup | |
| June 15 | Betsey Smith M.N. | Wolcott | 23 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| July 26 | Charles W. Hendrick N. | Wolcott | 1 | Consumption | |
| August 15 | Erasmus D. Knapp N. | Wolcott | 1 | Diarreah | |
| August 21 | Chas. H. Vanduesen N. | Wolcott | 7 | Scarlott fever | |
| August 22 | Hellen E. Holmes N. | Wolcott | 2 | Scarlott fever | |
| September 10 | Ellen Bennett N. | Wolcott | 2 | | Croup |
| September 16 | James A. Howard | 4 | Scarlott fever | ||
| September 18 | Mary Corbet N. | Wolcott | 2 | Choaked with a bean | |
| September 21 | James McBride N. | Wolcott | 1 | ||
| September 26 | Sarah Pierce N. | Victory Cayuga Cty. | 5 mos. | Consumption | |
| October 7 | Lucy Vandercook N. | Wolcott | 64 | Appoplex | |
| November 11 | Francis Madan N. | Wolcott | 1 | Cutting teeth | |
| November 15 | Timothy Smith N. | Wolcott | 1 | Scalded | |
| November 16 | Deborah Madan U.N. | Wolcott | 28 | Housework | Measles |
| December 4 | Geo. A. Drew N. | Sterling Cayuga Cty. | 3 yr. | | Bled to death |
| December 12 | Mary Woodruff U.N. | Wolcott | 94 | Old age |
SAVANNAH DEATHS: prepared by Kathy Mott of Jasper, IN
SAVANNAH DEATHS 1848
| June 6 | Amzry Green U.N. | Savannah | 64 | Labourer | Consumption |
| June 18 | Aby Forbs U.N. | Savannah | 94 | Labourer | Old Age |
| September 9 | Sally A. Smith M.N. | Savannah | 29 | Labourer | Consumption |
| March 29 | (male -not named) | Savannah | 2 months | Inflamation | |
| September 1 | Sylus Palmer U.N. | Savannah | 1 | Accidental | |
| May 15 | Lewis Carrier U.N. | Savannah | 1 month | Not known | |
| October 29 | Catharin O'Neil U.N. | Savannah | 1 month | Not known | |
| May 22 | Sarah Sulivan M.N. | Savannah | 28 | Farmer | Consumption |
| December 2 | Roda J. Bacon | Savannah | 5 | Fits | |
| April 14 | Charles Hall M.N. | Savannah | 26 | Mechanic | Consumption |
| May 25 | Medad Blaesdel M.N. | Savannah | 67 | Farmer | Dropsy |
| November 1 | John Stackus M.N. | Savannah | 66 | Farmer | Accidental |
| September 4 | James W. Bramer U.N. | Savannah | 6 months | Fits | |
| November 1 | Henrey Ingersoll | Savannah | 2 | Fits |
ROSE DEATHS: prepared by Tena Hanna of Elk Grove, CA
ROSE DEATHS 1848
| January 15 | Evaline A. Closs U.N. | Rose | 22 | School Teacher | Consumption |
| January 20 | Levi Lumbert U.N. | Rose | Infant | ||
| February 17 | Horace Converse U.N. | Rose | 1 | Inflammation of the bowels | |
| February 24 | Joseph Snider U.N. | Rose | Infant | ||
| February 28 | Alanson Pease M.N. | Rose | 48 | Farmer | Inflammation of the bowels |
| March 9 | William Burt M.F. | Rose | 53 | Farmer | Accident |
| March 12 | Susan Havens M.N. | Rose | 64 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| March 26 | Mary Ladd M.N. | Rose | 39 | | Consumption |
| March 27 | Isaac Gilleo U.N. | Rose | 1 | Dropsy in the head | |
| March 29 | Elizabeth Winfield U.N. | Rose | 88 | Dropsy | |
| April 7 | Sophia L. Dickson M.N. | Rose | 37 | ||
| April 11 | Rodney Hendrick U.N. | Rose | 4 | Worms | |
| April 16 | John D. Winchell M.N. | Rose | 51 | Inflammation of the bowels | |
| April 18 | Jacob Clapper M.N. | Rose | 58 | Farmer | Cancer |
| May 3 | Marshall West U.N. | Rose | 3 | ||
| May 5 | Henry Deady U.N. | Rose | 17 | Farmer | Accident |
| May 14 | Damaris Wilson M.N. | Rose | 66 | | Pneumonia |
| May 25 | Asa Town M.N. | Rose | 66 | Farmer | Apoplexy |
| June 9 | Simeon Barrett M.N. | Rose | 84 | Farmer | Apoplexy |
| July 5 | Jenette Bennett U.N. | Rose | 17 | | Erysipelas |
| July 9 | Sarah Tungate M.F. | Rose | 50 | Fever | |
| July 16 | Henry Fosmire M.N. | Rose | 50 | Farmer | Congestive fever |
| July 27 | Margaret Pixley U.N. | Rose | |||
| August 19 | Luphina Otto U.N. | Huron | 2 | | Dysentery |
| September 6 | Elmira Hale M.N. | Rose | 37 | | Chill fever |
| September 9 | Henryette Pixley U.N. | Rose | |||
| September 10 | Fidelia Lamb U.N. | Rose | 5 months | ||
| September 31 | Elizabeth Cure M.N. | Rose | 52 | Consumption | |
| October 1 | (female) Pollock U.N. | Rose | 1 month | Inflammation of the bowels | |
| October 9 | Nancy C. Pixley M.N. | Rose | 39 | ||
| October 20 | Emery Bice M.N. | Rose | 27 | Farmer | Nervous debility |
| November 16 | Ruth Casterline M.N. | Rose | 74 | Old age | |
| December 3 | Polyette Mirick U.N. | Rose | 2 | Croup | |
| December 11 | Henry Potter U.N. | Rose | 19 | Miller | Inflammation of the bowels or camp dysentery |
| December 14 | Polly Mitchell M.N. | Rose | 47 | | Consumption |
| December 16 | Elmira Rich U.N. | Rose | 1 1/2 | ||
| December 25 | Roxana Nichols M.N. | Rose | 28 | Consumption |
PALMYRA DEATHS 1848: prepared by Tena Hanna of Elk Grove, Ca
PALMYRA DEATHS 1848
We're not sure if the Palmyra deaths for this year are all that are availablee.
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| October 2 | Mary A. Bortles U.N. | Palmyra | 13 | | Consumption |
| October 4 | Rhoades Sherman M.N. | Palmyra | 73 | | |
| October 8 | Lewis Foster M.N. | Palmyra | 48 | Farming | Consumption |
| October 12 | Betsey Terry M. | Palmyra | 84 | | Old age |
| October 16 | Anna Salisbury M.N. | Palmyra | 51 | | Dysentery |
| October 30 | Margaret Culver M.F. | Arcadia | 23 | | Inflammation from childbirth |
| November 1 | Jerusha Hudson M. | Palmyra | 24 | Childbirth | |
| November 8 | Jotham P. Gurney U.N. | Troy, Rens. C. | 22 | Apothecary | Consumption |
| November 21 | Lucy Townsend U.N. | Palmyra | 48 | Housekeeper | Disease of the brain |
| December 10 | Mariett McKewin U.N. | East Palmyra | 3 mos. 12 days | | Scarlet fever |
| December 17 | Tercena Alcorn M.N. | Palmyra | 28 | | Consumption |
| December 18 | Thomas Grinnel U.N. | Palmyra | 22 | Bilious cholic |
Infants who died during the year:
Returned thus by clerk of Union School District No. I, Village of Palmyra
Cray
Fergy
Rodney
P. Lee
C. Grayson
Shirtliff
Johnson
Adams
These returns of births, marriages and deaths have been transcribed "verbatim et liberatim" from
the returns of the district clerks.
Amos C. Sanford, Town Clerk
Back to Wayne County Vital Records