Butler, Galen, Rose and Lyons
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 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 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
BUTLER DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| October 11 | John Westcott M.N. | Butler | 50 | Farmer | Summer complaint |
| October 13 | Martha Hall U.N. | Butler | 95 | ---- | Summer complaint |
| May 22 | Louisa A. Scott U.N. | Butler | 5 | ---- | Scarlet fever |
| August 12 | Antha Bishop U.N. | Butler | 1 | ---- | Hooping cough |
| July 7 | Sarah E. Carter U.N. | Butler | 7 mo. | ---- | Dropsy |
| August 1 | Martha Frederick M.N. | Butler | 81 | ---- | Old age |
| February 28 | Tamer Burghdurf M.N. | Butler | 65 | ---- | Information of lungs |
| August -- | Peter Wendover M.N. | Butler | 69 | Farmer | Fit of apoplexy |
| August -- | Rufus Bacon M.N. | Butler | 78 | Farmer | Consumption |
| September -- | Harriet P. Terbush U.N. | 25 days | ---- | Summer complaint | |
| August -- | Maryann Terbush M.N. | Butler | 24 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| November -- | Alonzo Smith U.N. | Butler | 14 | Farmer | Rheumatism |
| November -- | Amy Smith M.N. | Butler | 32 | ---- | Disease unknown |
| November 30 | George A. Miller U.N. | Butler | 21 | Cooper | Consumption |
| May 25 | Lany Miller U.N. | Butler | 79 | ---- | Cancer |
| July 28 | Cornelius E. Herring M.N. | Butler | 34 | ---- | Cholera |
| September 24 | Joseph Southwick M.N. | Butler | 57 | Farmer | Summer complaint |
| September 25 | Lavinna Franca -- | Butler | 67 | ---- | Summer complaint |
BUTLER DEATHS 1849: prepared by Kathy Mott of Jasper, IN
ROSE DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| September 6 | Frank Adelbert Town -- | Rose | 4 mo. 17 days | --- | Disentary |
| March 17 | Squire B. Craft -- | Rose | 2 | --- | Congestive fever |
| January 15 | Martin Chas. Dickerson -- | Rose | 1 | --- | Inflamation on the brain |
| April 23 | Mary Closs M.N. | Rose | 19 | --- | Fever |
| July 7 | Thomas Tabor M.N. | Rose | 62 | Farmer | Congestive fever |
| September 1 | John Mitchell N. | Rose | 17 | --- | Killed by the rolling of a log over body |
| September 26 | Catharine Haviland N. | Rose | 12 | --- | Congestive fever |
| April 2 | Sarah Elsworth M.N. | Rose | 79 | --- | Consumption |
| December 11 | James M. Baldwin U.N. | Rose | 3 | --- | Croup |
| July 20 | Phila Lyon U.N. | Rose | 27 | Teacher | Consumption |
| May 30 | Margaret Christler U.N. | Rose | 17 | --- | Consumption |
| August 3 | James V. Rich -- | Rose | 3 mo. | --- | Dropsy on the brain |
| June 28 | Sarah Ann Casterline M.N. | Rose | 33 | --- | Congestion of the brain |
| March 11 | Lydia Bailey M. | Rose | 65 | --- | Asthma |
| May 21 | Jos. G. Lackey N. | Rose | 1-1/2 | --- | Inflamation of the bowels |
| June 15 | Nancy Langley M.N. | Rose | 45 | --- | Inflamation of the bowels |
| March 12 | Orrin T. Aldrich U.N. | Rose | 20 | Farmer | Consumption |
| April 23 | Jos. Boynton M.N. | Huron | -- | Farmer | Dropsy on the heart |
| July -- | Charlotte Drown -- | Huron | -- | --- | Inflamation |
| May 16 | Selden Borden M.N. | Rose | 51 | Pedler | Consumption |
| December 21 | Wm. Dismond M.F. | Rose | 42 | Farmer | Bleeding at the lungs |
| July 9 | Braman Jeffery N. | Rose | 5 | --- | Scarlet fever |
| October -- | John P. Chatterson M.N. | Rose | 56 | Carpenter | Apoplexy |
| January -- | Wm. Winters N. | Rose | 22 | --- | Consumption |
| June 18 | Egbert Lovejoy N. | Rose | 2 | --- | Scarlet fever |
| June 20 | Elenor M. Parker F. | Rose | 1 | --- | Scarlet fever |
| October 21 | Catharine Robinson N. | Rose | 23 | Teacher | Consumption |
ROSE DEATHS 1849: prepared by Kathy Mott of Jasper, IN
GALEN DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| January 6 | George Clark U. N. | Galen | 8 | Scarlet Fever | |
| January 7 | Hannah Vosburgh U. N. | Galen | 2 | Croup | |
| January 7 | Solomen Ford U. N. | Galen | 86 | Farmer | |
| January 9 | Gilbert Hooker M. N. | Galen | 91 | Old Age | |
| January 15 | Phebe Jane Thomas U. N. | Galen | 13 | Inflammation of the brain | |
| January 26 | George Darwin Moon U. N. | Galen | 2 | Croup | |
| January 31 | Lydia Barker M. N. | Galen | 27 | Child birth | |
| February 20 | Sarah Ann ------ U. F. | Galen | 1 | Scarlet fever | |
| March 14 | Calvin D. Harper U. N. | Galen | 24 | Laborer | Consumption |
| March | Maria Strong U. N. | Galen | 7 mo. | Fitts | |
| March 21 | Lydia Bruin M. N. | Galen | 72 | Inflamation of the lungs | |
| March 21 | Elizabeth F. Breah U. N. | Galen | 15 months | Measles | |
| March 21 | Ribrant Pincheon U. N. | Galen | 11 | Measles | |
| March 22 | John Stevens U. N. | Galen | 2 | Congestion of the lungs | |
| March 25 | Luke Morley M. F. | Galen | 66 | ||
| March 25 | Mary Comins M. N. | Galen | 51 | Consumption | |
| March 26 | Maria Lape N. | Galen | 93 | ||
| April 5 | Cordelia Crawford M. N. | Galen | 36 | Pleurisy | |
| April 11 | W. N. Myres U. N. | Galen | 25 | accident-sawing machine | |
| April 21 | Bethuel Munn M. N. | Galen | 46 | Cabinet maker | Affection of the lungs |
| May 9 | Fanny Cady U. N. | Galen | 62 | Farmer | Appoplexy |
| May 21 | Ruth Skinner M. N. | Galen | 82 | Old age | |
| June 1 | Jeremiah Bacus (Negro)U.N | Galen | 4 mo. | Inflamation on brain | |
| June 5 | Susan Childs M. N. | Galen | 23 | Dropsical Consumption | |
| June 7 | Ananias Wells M. N. | Galen | 72 | Dropsy | |
| June 12 | Philip Wurty Jr. U. N. | Auburn | 24 | Shoemaker | Dropsical Consumption |
| June 13 | Cornelia Becker M. N. | Galen | 57 | Dropsical Consumption | |
| July 10 | Lucy Jane Stowe U. N. | Galen | 4 | Croup | |
| July 14 | Alfred Griswold M. N. | Galen | 43 | Farmer | Typhus fever |
| July 14 | Thomas Drakeford M. N. | Rose | 26 | Farmer | Cholera |
| July 21 | Emeline McMullen M. N. | Galen | 25 | Fever | |
| July 22 | Chs. M. Terry U. N. | Galen | 1 | Congestion on the brain | |
| August 1 | Temperance Weed M. N. | Galen | 58 | Consumption | |
| August 14 | Levina Hendrix M. N. | Galen | 76 | Dropsy | |
| August 17 | Angelica Olmsted M. N. | Galen | 20 | Consumption | |
| August 24 | John W. Cross U. N. | Galen | 11 mo. 27 days | Inflamation of the bowels | |
| August 24 | Irena Vanderbilt U. N. | Galen | 1 | Darriah | |
| August 29 | Tunis Conkling M. N. | Galen | 66 | Consumption | |
| August 29 | Sarah M. Stocking M. N. | Galen | 32 | Phelgmata cholerus | |
| August 29 | Mary Tripp M. N. | Galen | 53 | Consumption | |
| September 1 | Josephine Magee U. N. | Galen | 1 | Inflamation of the head | |
| September | Sarah Maria Shorter (Negro) U.N. | Galen | 1 | Inflamation of the bowels | |
| September 2 | Thomas B. Stowe M. N. | Galen | 38 | Farmer | Jaundice |
| September 11 | Hariet Sherman M. N. | Galen | 27 | Consumption | |
| September 19 | Albert Stocking U. N. | Galen | 1 mo. 19 days | Debility | |
| October 12 | Franzina Burr N. | Galen | Summer complaint | ||
| October 14 | Martha Coon U. N. | Galen | 9 mo. | Whooping cough | |
| October 19 | Robert A. Tellou U. N. | Galen | Measles | ||
| October 24 | Mary Kelly U. F. | Galen | 24 | Dropsy | |
| October 24 | Geo. Lapham M. N. | Galen | 31 | Consumption | |
| October 27 | Wm. Growbech U. F. | Galen | 27 | Bleeding of the lungs | |
| October 30 | Agnes T. Stratton U. N. | Galen | 1 | Measles | |
| October | Oscar Forbes U. N. | Galen | 3 mo. | ||
| October 31 | John McRorie M. F. | Galen | 81 | Old age | |
| November 7 | Moses Munn M. N. | Galen | 71 | Fever | |
| November 17 | Eveline Gilbert M. N. | Lyons | 27 | Dropsy on the brain | |
| November 26 | James Sickman U. N. | Galen | 19 | Consumption | |
| November 28 | Eve Gantz U. F. | Galen | 13 | Nervous fever | |
| December 3 | Dorathy Barnard U. F. | Galen | 54 | Dropsy | |
| December 12 | Seeley Jewell M. N. | Galen | 79 | Carpenter | Gravel |
| December 22 | James Houghtaling M. N. | Galen | 69 | Farmer | Appopexly |
| December 22 | Shuball Cornell U. N. | Galen | 24 | Farmer | Congestive fever |
| December 29 | Hellen M. Vogle U. N. | Galen | 7 | Dropsy on the brain |
GALEN DEATHS 1849: prepared by Patti Norton of Baldwinsville, NY
LYONS DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| January 6 | Elizabeth Connell M. N. | Lyons | 33 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| January 16 | Laura Curtis U. N. | Lyons | 19 | Seamstress | Consumption |
| January 20 | Rachel Cary U. N. | Alloway | 5 | Quinzy | |
| January 21 | Sarah Adams N. | Lyons | 45 | Found dead | |
| January 21 | Harriet Curtis M. N. | Lyons | 50 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| January 21 | William Hacket U. N. | Lyons | 14 | Contestion of liver | |
| January 21 | Mary Leeds U. N. | Lyons | 11 | Unknown | |
| January 25 | Catharine Bartlet U. N. | Lyons | 7 | Inflamation of the brain | |
| January 28 | Carmmilla T. Woodruff U. N. | Lyons | 22 mo. | Disease of the heart | |
| January | Not named U. N. | Lyons | 1 mo. | Convulsions | |
| February 2 | Mary Polhamus U. N. | Lyons | 2 | ||
| February 15 | Frank Whitney N. | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| March 2 | Unknown Burnet Male U. N. | Lyons | 2 | Scarlet fever | |
| March 4 | Alice Palmeter U. N. | Lyons | 7 mo. | Fits | |
| March 7 | Charles Wakeley N. | Lyons | 6 | Drowned | |
| March 9 | G. H. Walhizer U. N. | Lyons | 6 mo. | ||
| March 21 | Lewis Coburn M. N. | Lyons | 42 | Farmer | Consumption |
| March 23 | Mr. Levins M. N. | Lyons | 78 | Unknown | Consumption |
| March 26 | Eliza Ann Gould U. N. | Lyons | 10 | Scarlet fever | |
| March 27 | Alleta Harrington U. N. | Lyons | 2 | Scarlet fever | |
| March 29 | Mariah Francisco U. N. | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 4 | Phinney Harrington U. N. | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 5 | William Welch N. | Lyons | 1 | Consumption | |
| April 8 | E. T. Stillson U. N. | Lyons | 1 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 9 | Walter Harrington U. N. | Lyons | 7 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 9 | T. C. Kingsbury M. N. | Lyons | 56 | Shoemaker | Cronic dysentary |
| April 9 | ------ Suez U. N. | Lyons | child | Scarlet fever | |
| April 15 | Dennis Knapp U. N. | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 15 | Sarah Knapp U. N. | Lyons | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 18 | Jane M. Stuver U. N. | Alloway | 3 | Consumption | |
| April 25 | Mary June N. | Lyons | 7 | ||
| May 1 | Fanny Case | Lyons | 2 | Scarlet fever | |
| May 6 | Louisa Bailey U. N. | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| May 6 | Mrs. Cady M. N. | Lyons | 51 | Unknown | |
| May 6 | Frederick Roman N. | Lyons | 53 | Unknown | |
| May 6 | Mrs. Suez M. N. | Lyons | 32 | Housekeeper | Unknown |
| May 7 | Willy W. Geer U. N. | Lyons | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| May 11 | No name | Lyons | 12 days | Unknown | |
| May 14 | James Stanley | Lyons | 1 | Scarlet fever | |
| May 14 | Francis Yerrington U. N. | Lyons | 19 | Consumption | |
| May 28 | F. D. Cornell U. N. | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| June 1 | Not named | Lyons | 2 mo. | Convulsions | |
| June 6 | John ? | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| June 6 | Byron B Wood U. N. | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| June 7 | John Hoyt U. N. | Lyons | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| June 15 | Wm. Malcum | Unknown | Cholera | ||
| July 3 | Byron Turbush N. | Lyons | 2 mo. | Dysentary | |
| July 6 | Margaret Southard | Lyons | 3 mo. | ||
| July 9 | Stanley Turbush | Lyons | 2 | Inflamation | |
| July 18 | Wm. H. Demmon U. N. | Lyons | 7 | Cholera | |
| July 19 | Dennis L. Gerlanes F. | Lyons | 30 | Cholera | |
| July 20 | Elizabeth Powers U. N. | Lyons | 6 | ||
| July 24 | Emily Jones U. N. | Lyons | 2 mo. | ||
| July 24 | Catharine Ann Strope U. N. | Lyons | 22 | Chill fever | |
| July 24 | Henry Williams U. N. | Lyons | 7 | ||
| July 25 | Stephen Snyder M. N. | Lyons | 72 | Farmer | Cancer |
| July 29 | Bish twins (girl & boy) | Lyons | |||
| August 12 | George Barnhart | Lyons | 1 mo. | Unknown | |
| August 12 | Henry J. Beaty U. N. | Lyons | 1 | Dysentary | |
| August 16 | Mary Mariah Burns N. | Lyons | 4 | Dysentary | |
| August 26 | Benjamin Riggs M. N. | Arcadia | 82 | Farmer | Old age |
| August 30 | Mariah Churchill | Rochester | 1 | Fits | |
| September 5 | Elizabeth Smith U. N. | Lyons | 86 | Chill fever | |
| September 11 | Samuel F. Minkler U. N. | Lyons | 1 | Fits | |
| September 20 | Caroline Wesley M. N. | Lyons | 26 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| September 21 | No name U. N. | Alloway | 1 day | ||
| October 2 | George M. D. Burnett U. N. | Lyons | 11 mo. | Summer complaint | |
| October 4 | Mrs. Smith U. N. | Lyons | 85 | Old age | |
| October 5 | Penelope Dickeson U. | Lyons | 1 | Cholera | |
| October 12 | Mr. Hutchinson U. | Michigan | 69 | ||
| October 16 | Margaret Rosell U. N. | Lyons | 16 | Consumption | |
| October 16 | C. C. Williams U. N. | Lyons | 3 | ||
| October 26 | Elizabeth Angle U. N. | Lyons | 2 | Whooping cough | |
| October 26 | Sarah Fowler M. | Lyons | 46 | Dysentary | |
| October 26 | C. McVicker M. N. | Lyons | 52 | Consumption | |
| November 9 | Vandyke (male) | Lyons | child | ||
| November 14 | Jane McGown M. N. | Alloway | 36 1/2 | Consumption | |
| November 16 | Nicholas Hooper | Alloway | 65 | Rum consumption | |
| December 11 | Cornelia Vanwaggoner M. N. | Lyons | 55 | Housekeeper | Inflamation of the lungs |
| December 23 | Mrs. Ireland M. N. | Lyons | 33 | Housekeeper | Unknown |
| December 24 | Anna Mead N. | Lyons | 6 mo. | Unknown | |
| December 30 | Wright child (no name) | Lyons | 3 mo. |
LYONS DEATHS 1849: were prepared by Patti Norton of Baldwinsville, NY from copies of the Office of the County Historian's typescripts
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