Ontario, Marion, Galen and Lyons
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 Tim 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 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
ONTARIO DEATHS 1848
| DATE | NAME | CODE | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| Jan. 4 | Caleb GURNEE | U.N. | Ontario | 15 | Farmer | Morbid inflamation |
| Jan. 15 | Merit Duane SHARP | U.N. | Ontario | 5 | Scrofula | |
| Feb. 7 | Amasa SAGE | M.N. | Webster | 62 | Farmer | Swelling |
| Feb. 26 | Betsey BROWN | M.N. | Ontario | 75 | Housewifery | Inflamation of the lungs |
| Feb. 29 | Rosaman LANE | U.N. | Ontario | 1 | Inflamation of the lungs | |
| Mar. 7 | Edward SWAN | U.N. | Ontario | 72 | Farmer | Disease of the lungs |
| Mar. 12 | Infant (female) | U.N. | 13 days | | Inflamation of the lungs | |
| Mar. 16 | Mary Ette SABIN | M.N. | Ontario | 7 months | Scarlet fever | |
| Mar. 18 | Sharlotte NORTON | U.N. | Ontario | 24 | Housewifery | Consumption |
| Mar. 28 | Judson WADE | U.N. | Ontarion | 7 | Inflamation of the brain | |
| Apr. 1 | Dorothy CONE | M.N. | Ontario | 80 | Consumption | |
| Apr. 17 | James WELCH | M.F. | Webster | 72 | Farmer | Broken hip |
| Apr. 20 | Casper DOUGLASS | U.N. | Ontario | 6 months | Diarhea | |
| May 3 | Maria HELISTER | M.N. | Ontario | 52 | Housewifery | Erysipelos |
| May 4 | Sally Maria WEST | M.N. | Ontario | 18 | Housewifery | Erysipelos |
| May 7 | Infant male | Ontario | ||||
| May 13 | George LYNCH | U.N. | Ontario | 16 | Farmer | Inflamation of the lungs |
| June 3 | Infant male | Ontario | ||||
| June 5 | Rhoda Allen | M.N. | Ontario | 22 | Housewifery | Consumption |
| June 5 | Mercy GAGE | U.N. | Ontario | 6 | Erysepelos | |
| July 1 | Fanny HOLISTER | U.N. | Ontario | 21 | Housewifery | Consumption |
| July 30 | F. F. STRAIGHT | U.N. | Ontario | 2 | Fever | |
| Aug. 23 | Thomas HARRIS | M.F. | Ontario | 47 | Farmer | Inflamation |
| Aug. 30 | Margaret LOUCK | U.N. | Webster | 71 | Housewifery | Fever |
| Sep. 2 | Abram LOUCK | M.N. | Webster | 73 | Farmer | Fever |
| Sep. 3 | William GRANT | M.N. | Ontario | 48 | Farmer | Consumption |
| Sep. 8 | William LOLLY | M.F. | Ontario | 75 | Farmer | Inflamation of the brain |
| Sep. 12 | Cornelia JOBSIE | U.N. | Ontario | 1 | Diarhea | |
| Sep. 20 | Elizabeth BENZ | M.N. | Ontario | 75 | Housewifery | Dropsy |
| Oct. 14 | Axey TRUMBLE | M.N. | Ontario | 33 | Housewifery | Chronic Y.H.Z. |
| Oct. 22 | George COOPER | U.N. | Ontario | 5 | Hydra Thoax | |
| Nov. 8 | Orpheus THOMPSON | U.N. | Ontario | 22 | Farmer | Fever |
| Nov. 29 | Lucy RICHMOND | U.F. | Ontario | 16 | Housewifery | Consumption |
| Dec. 1 | Jas. A. SWEET | U.N. | Walworth | 20 | Farmer | By the fall of a tree |
| Dec. 24 | Marrit H. DURFEE | U.N. | Ontario | 6 | Scarlet fever | |
| Dec. 24 | Julia P. DURFEE | U.N. | Ontario | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| Dec. 30 | James WOODWORTH | M.N. | Ontario | 54 | Farmer | Liver complaint |
MARION DEATHS 1848
| DATE | NAME | CODE | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| Jan. 7 | Eddy WELCH | M.N. | Marion | 42 | Erysipelas | |
| Jan. 25 | Jacob RIKERT | U.N. | Marion | 1 | Inflamation in the head | |
| Jan. 25 | Emma L. SWIFT | U.N. | Marion | 1 1/2 | Inflamation in the head | |
| Feb. 6 | Hester Ann SKINNER | M.N. | Marion | 25 | Tailoress | Consumption |
| Feb. 11 | George WILCOX | U.N. | Marion | 25 | Farmer | Consumption |
| Mar. 4 | Mary NORRIS | M.N. | Marion | 50 | Consumption | |
| Mar. 6 | Benjamin DEAN | U.N. | Marion | 24 | Farmer | Consumption |
| Mar. 11 | Nancy SAWYER | M.N. | Palmyra | 37 | Consumption | |
| Mar. 12 | Christiana BENNET | M.N. | Marion | 40 | Consumption | |
| Apr. 5 | Harriett COGSWELL | U.N. | Marion | 3? | Erysipelus | |
| Apr. 5 | Clayton GREEN | U.N. | Marion | 3 | Erysipelus | |
| Apr. 23 | Samuel DEAN | M.N. | Marion | 26 | Farmer | Consumption |
| May 18 | Helen D. GREEN | U.N. | Marion | 16 | Dropsy on the brain | |
| June 20 | Julietta CROSS | U.N. | Marion | 8 | Congestive fever | |
| June 17 | Maria WHITE | U.N. | Marion | 1 | Fever | |
| July 5 | Jane PULVER | U.N. | Marion | 14 | Scarlet fever | |
| July 10 | Cathalina PULVER | U.N. | Marion | 17 | Scarlet fever | |
| July 13 | Martha PULVER | U.N. | Marion | 7 | Scarlet fever | |
| Aug. 15 | Samuel DGILBERT | U.N. | Marion | 11 | | Quick consumption |
| Aug. 30 | Hannah LYONS | M.N. | Marion | 68 | Choleramorbus | |
| Sep. 3 | Margrett COWEL | U.N. | Marion | 1 | Erysiplus | |
| Sep. 22 | Iseral JOHNSON | U.N. | Marion | 2 | Dropsy on the brain | |
| Sep. 27 | Ruth BROWN | M.N. | Marion | 73 | Old Age | |
| Dec. 5 | William CRANDALL | M.N. | Marion | 76 | Mason | Inflamation on the kidneys |
GALEN DEATHS 1848
| DATE | NAME | CODE | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| February 2 | Lester M. Lape | U.N. | Galen | 8 mos. | Inflamation on lungs | |
| February 7 | Mrs. Charles Sly | M.N. | Galen | 37 | Consumption | |
| February 12 | Emily Simmons | U.N. | Galen | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| February 12 | Mr. Ingersol's Child | U.N. | Galen | 1 day | Unknown | |
| February 22 | Eli Backman | U.N. | Galen | 2 | Malignant erysipelas | |
| February 22 | Olin P. Terbush | U.N. | Galen | 1 | Malignant erysipelas | |
| February 23 | Lewis B. Furling | U.N. | Galen | 4 | Scarlet fever | |
| February 26 | Edward Harper | U.N. | Galen | 62 | Laborer | Consumption |
| February 27 | Jon Q. Adams | U.N. | Galen | 3 mos. | Dysentery | |
| March 3 | Austin D. Emigh | U.N. | Galen | 4 | Scarleting | |
| March 5 | Mary F. Simmens | U.N. | Galen | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| March 10 | Augustus W. Marsh | U.N. | Galen | 4 | Croup | |
| March 14 | Rozette Potts | U.N. | Galen | 20 | Convulsion fits | |
| March 15 | Almira Coon | M.N. | Galen | 3 | Scarleting | |
| March 16 | Electa Clark | U.N. | Galen | 2 | Croup | |
| March 16 | Elizabeth Wells | U.N. | Galen | 26 | Consumption | |
| March 20 | Josephine Simmens | U.N. | Galen | 14 mos. | Scarlet fever | |
| March 20 | Elizabeth Bunnell | M.N. | Galen | 73 | Congestion of the heart | |
| March 29 | Benjamin Tripp | M.N. | Galen | 62 | Farmer | Inflammation on lungs |
| March 29 | James A. Andrus | U.N. | Galen | 6 | Remittant fever | |
| April 8 | Joel T. Rodgers | U.N. | Galen | 17 | Farmer | Consumption |
| April 19 | Henry Burt | U.N. | Galen | 22 | Laborer | Consumption |
| April 23 | Sally M. McBready | M.N. | Galen | 32 | Remittant fever | |
| May 12 | Female child | Galen | 1 day | Unknown | ||
| May 13 | Benjamin Shotwell | M.N. | Galen | 90 | Farmer | Old age |
| May 14 | Joseph Congden, Jr. | U.N. | Galen | 14 | Clerk in Grocery | Killed by accident |
| May 17 | Rensselear DeGolyer | M.N. | Galen | 51 | Laborer | Consumption |
| June 19 | Barbary Bastian | U.F. | Galen | 3 mos. | ||
| July 1 | John H. Wood | U.N. | Galen | 4 | Croup | |
| July 18 | Peter Moon | U.N. | Galen | 70 | Laborer | Appoplexy |
| July 22 | Phebe Bellamy | U.N. | Galen | 64 | Debility | |
| July 29 | Sarah Coats | M.N. | Galen | 40 | Cancer | |
| August 2 | Margaret Long | M.F. | Galen | 31 | Farmer's wife | Fever |
| August 10 | John Miller | M.F. | Galen | 48 | Farmer | Congestive fever |
| August 14 | Robert E. Huntly | U.N. | Galen | 16 | Laborer | Typhus fever |
| August 14 | James William Backer | U.N. | Galen | 5 | Dysentery | |
| August 28 | Nancy Braden | U.N. | Galen | 76 | Diareah | |
| August 28 | Jonah Hopkins | M.N. | Galen | 73 | Farmer | Bloody flux |
| August 29 | Charles Groescoph | U.F. | Galen | 9 mos. | Dysentery | |
| August 29 | Emma Louisa Batterson | U.N. | Galen | 8 | Drinking potash water | |
| August 29 | Charles Henry Bowles | U.N. | Galen | 11 mos. | Diareah | |
| September 1 | Alice Carpenter | U.N. | Galen | 6 | Asthma | |
| September 5 | Davis German | U.N. | Galen | 21 | Clerk | Typhus fever |
| September 10 | Jane Stell | U.N. | Galen | 9 | Fever | |
| September 11 | Elizabeth Halsted | U.N. | Galen | 56 | Cancer | |
| September 16 | Martin Shannon | U.N. | Galen | 6 mos. | Direah | |
| September 16 | Martin Shannon | U.N. | Galen | 2 | Direah | |
| September 16 | Stephen Avery | U.N. | Galen | 1 | Direah | |
| September 16 | John Wigh | M.F. | Galen | 65 | Farmer | Consumption |
| October 1 | Peter G. Furlong | U.N. | Galen | 2 | Croup | |
| October 2 | Michael Desmond | M.F. | Galen | 54 | Summer complaint | |
| October 7 | Byron Colvin | U.N. | Galen | 11 mos. | Dysentry | |
| October 7 | Female child | U.F. | Galen | 1 day | Unknown | |
| October 9 | Mary Desmond | U.F. | Galen | 13 | Summer complaint | |
| October 13 | Albert Clark Colvin | U.N. | Galen | 3 | Dysentery | |
| October 14 | Effa Maria Baker | U.N. | Galen | 4 | Typhus fever | |
| November 6 | George Henry Sayles | U.N. | Galen | 19 days | Diareah | |
| November 30 | Sarah Uretha Armitage | U.N. | Galen | Dropsy on brain | ||
| December 1 | Bathshaba Shotwell | M.N. | Galen | 86 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| December 10 | Female | U.N. | Galen | 10 days | Fitts | |
| December 18 | Stephen Owens | U.N. | Galen | 22 | Laborer | Consumption |
| December 19 | Maranda Sedore | U.N. | Galen | 16 | Scrofula consumption |
LYONS DEATHS 1848
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| January 2 | James C. Norton | Lyons | 26 | Intemperance | |
| January 7 | Anna Harrington | Lyons | 63 | Inflamation of lungs | |
| January 22 | Geo. W.Taft | Lyons | 18 | Consumption | |
| January 23 | John G. Metz | Lyons | 2 | Dysintery | |
| January 23 | Ambrose Spencer | Lyons | 83 | Lawyer | Old age |
| February 20 | Daniel Vislin | Lyons | Action of liver | ||
| March 1 | Mrs. Cook | Lyons | 87 | Old age | |
| March 11 | Elizabeth Fletcher | Arcadia | 56 | Not known | |
| March 16 | Hannah Burch | Lyons | 34 | Cancer | |
| March 17 | Zemmerman | ||||
| March 18 | Brush | ||||
| March 19 | Elizabeth VanBalkinburgh | Lyons | 84 | Old age | |
| March 26 | John M. Holley | Lyons | 45 | Lawyer | Absess of lungs |
| March 27 | Hanah Fellers | Lyons | 49 | Affection of throat | |
| March 29 | Stephen V. Hartman | Lyons | 19 | Hurt by a horse | |
| April 12 | Mrs. Gould | Lyons | 87 | Old age | |
| April 14 | Chs. Treadway | Lyons | 1 | Dysintery | |
| April 15 | Mary Swan | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 20 | Porter | Lyons | 4 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 24 | Porter | Lyons | 6 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 24 | Abraham Smith | Arcadia | 21 | Consumption | |
| April 27 | David S. Barrick | Phelps | 21 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 29 | Allen C. Swan | Lyons | 2 | Scarlet fever | |
| May 1 | Porter | ||||
| May 6 | Stephen V. Leach | Lyons | 19 days | Inflamation of brain | |
| May 9 | Williams | Lyons | 2 | Congestion of brain | |
| May 11 | Susan White | Lyons | 46 | Gallstones | |
| May 17 | Ebeniser Shaw | Lyons | 74 | Consumption | |
| May 22 | Elija Whiting | Lyons | 90 | Old age | |
| May 20 | Phebe Shaw | Lyons | 70 | Old age | |
| May 25 | Cosart | Lyons | 8 | Congestion of brain | |
| May 26 | Charity VanWickle | Lyons | 27 | Consumption | |
| June 1 | Mrs. J. M. Jennison | Lyons | 46 | Insanity | |
| June 15 | Fransis A. Udilla | Lyons | 1 | Murasamus | |
| June 26 | Sylvester Calhoun | Lyons | 1 2/3 | Dropsy on grain | |
| June 26 | Han (female) | Lyons | 1 | Cholera infantum | |
| June 26 | Rosina Bastian F. | Lyons | 20 | Chill fever | |
| July 18 | Phebe Jewel | Lyons | 26 | Consumption | |
| July 23 | Sarah A. Whitlock | Lyons | 28 | Consumption | |
| July 26 | Amanda M. Moore | Lyons | 17 | Consumption | |
| July 27 | Althan | Lyons | 1 | Cholera infantum | |
| July 30 | Jeremiah Ricken F. | Lyons | 54 | Intemperance | |
| July 30 | Epalona Hauck F. | Lyons | 88 | Fever & ague | |
| July 30 | Ebineser Lee | Lyons | 26 | Congestion fever | |
| July 31 | Hellen B. Holmes | Lyons | 18 | Lumbar abscess | |
| August | John Patten | Arcadia | 6 | Congestion fever | |
| August 1 | Plumbley | Lyons | 2 | Fever | |
| August 1 | Wm. Hecox | Lyons | 6 | Putred sore throat | |
| August 4 | Green (male) | Lyons | 36 | ||
| August 9 | Child (male) F. | Lyons | 1 | Dysintery | |
| August 13 | Henry Boehmler F. | Lyons | 10 | ||
| August 14 | John Miller F. | Lyons | 49 | Dysintery | |
| August 14 | Geo. Perine | Lyons | 2 | Dysintery | |
| August 19 | Chs. T. Bailus | Lyons | Dysintery | ||
| August 22 | Stanley (male) F. | Lyons | 1 | Consumption | |
| August 23 | W. H. Starret | Lyons | 19 | Painter | Continued fever |
| August 25 | Wm. M. Sherman | Lyons | 2 | Congestion fever | |
| August 28 | Philip Peck | Lyons | 30 | Continued fever | |
| August 30 | Mary Picket | Lyons | 2 | Dysintery | |
| August 31 | Hannah Crater | Lyons | 19 | Consumption | |
| August 31 | Hellen P. Burnett | Lyons | 17 | Consumption | |
| August 31 | Easter Gardiner | Lyons | 60 | ||
| August 31 | Richmond (male) | Lyons | 2 | Dysintery | |
| September 3 | Infant female) | Lyons | |||
| September 5 | Francis Remmings | Lyons | 6 | ||
| September 5 | Edward Brady | Lyons | 8 | Dysintery | |
| September 5 | Edward A. Goodrich | Lyons | 2 | Dysintery | |
| September 6 | John Remsen | Lyons | 4 | Dysintery | |
| September 7 | Sophia Tindall | Galen | 3 | ||
| September 8 | Bastian | Lyons | 1 | ||
| September 12 | Henry Starret | Lyons | 45 | Ploughmaker | Dysintery |
| September 17 | Henry Smith | Lyons | 1 | Cholera infantum | |
| September 25 | Geo. Sany | Lyons | 2 | Dysintery | |
| September 26 | Brady (male) F. | Lyons | 45 | Dysintery | |
| September 30 | Dutch child | Lyons | |||
| October 3 | Cecelia White | Lyons | 18 | Dysentery | |
| October 7 | Elizabeth Fisher | Lyons | 50 | Consumption | |
| October 7 | James Walters | Lyons | 88 | Old age | |
| October 12 | Izabele Richardson | Rochester | 24 | Consumption | |
| October 12 | Sarah Barus | Lyons | 57 | Dropsy | |
| October 14 | Sarah Lemmon | Lyons | 3 | Kattles | |
| October 17 | Jane McCarthy F. | Lyons | 28 | Abortion | |
| October 18 | Geo. Carr | Lyons | 43 | Consumption | |
| October 25 | James Orman | Lyons | 50 | Intemperance | |
| November 12 | Cecelia Lane | Lyons | 1 1/2 | Crout | |
| November 13 | Irish child (male) F. | Lyons | 1 | ||
| November 23 | Laura Bennett | Lyons | 70 | 2nd fit of palsy | |
| December 4 | Oakleaf (male) | Lyons | 1 1/2 | Fits | |
| December 5 | Geo. C. Whitlock | Lyons | 6 1/2 mos. | Affection of brain | |
| December 9 | Michial Dee | Lyons | 30 | Fever | |
| December 16 | Robt. Holmes | Lyons | 74 | Old age | |
| December 18 | Dudly Watson | Lyons | 76 | Inflamation of kidney | |
| December 22 | Wm. Hooper | Lyons | 3 | Croup | |
| December 22 | Lucinda Tindal | Galen | 31 | ||
| December 24 | Henry Garvy | Galen | 42 | Consumption | |
| December 25 | Garnig (male) | Lyons | 44 | Consumption |