Lenawee County Michigan Death Notices

This data was extracted from microfilm copies of various Adrian Michigan Newspapers found at the Library of Michigan by Barbara Hammond and Cheri Shaner of Tresearch, 514 N. Main, Paris, IL. 61944; ©1988. Printed here with permission from Barbara Hammond.

Abbreviations commonly found in death notices:

• d = died
• b = born
• md = married
• w/o = wife of, f/o = father of, s/o = son of, d/o = daughter of
• res = residence
• surv = survived
• ch = child/children
• bd = buried

MRS. SARAH HARTMAN - d 1 Jun 1853, age 42, at res. near Muscatine, IA., family from Edgar Co., IL. her mother died 2 months earlier, a 2 yr old dau. surv.

MARY OSTRUM - d 5 Jun 1853, of Somerset, struck by lightening.

JONATHON GIBBS - d 21 Jun 1853, Hillsdale, a res of Adrian.

DESIRE HOAG - d 26 Jun 1853, age 73, in route from Adrian to Ogden, w/o BEMAN HOAG

WILLIAM HENRY CROSS - d 6 Jul 1853, age 11, Fairfield, s/o EBENEZER CROSS

MRS. C. HAMLIN - d 17 Jul 1853, Medina, husb & children surv.

SAMUEL HOPPER - d 4 Aug 1853, age 54, res in Adrian more than 20 yrs. (Ontario, NY papers to copy)

REMINGTON TAYER - d 5 Aug 1853, age over 60, Madison

SARAH CLEGG - d 5 Aug 1853, ---, b 27, Feb 1819, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Eng. eldest d/o JOHN &CHARLOTTE MILLS of Adrian, w/o RICHARD CLEGG. husb & 4 ch surv.

FANNY WEBB - d 30 Aug 1853, age 63, Raisin, res there for 23 years. Funeral at Friends meeting house.w/o DR. EZEKIAL WEBB

JAMES OLIVER - d 1 Sep 1853, Raisin Valley

CHARLES J KEEBAUGH - d 26, Sep 1853, age 8, Adrian, s/o late JOHN A. KEEBAUGH, mother surv.

CORNELIUS A. STOUT - d 21 Oct 1853, age 56 or 36 (hard to read), Adrian

MARY ELLA JERMAIN - d 17 Oct 1853, age 8m 11d, ---, d/o ALANSON & JANE C. JERMAIN

ELENOR BAKER - d 13 Nov 1853, ---, eldest d/o W.M. BAKER, Moscow

JOSEPH BOWEN - d 4 Nov 1853, age 10, Tecumseh, s/o HENRY BOWEN

ELEANOR MURPHY - d 13 Dec 1853, age 20, Palmyra res of father, d/o JOHN & MARY MURPHY

FRANCIS HENRY TEMPLETON - d 20 Dec 1853, age 5m, and GEORGE THOMAS TEMPLETON on 22 Dec 1853, age 2y 9m, sons/o MR. & MRS. THOMAS TEMPLETON

C. WOODBURY - d 26, Dec 1853, age 80, res of his son in Adrian.

S. H. LANE - d 12 Dec 1853, age 41, Addison, w/o JACOB LANE res of Adrian for 7 years.

CORDELIA GIBBS - d 3 Jan 1854, Adrian, wid/o JONATHAN GIBBS

WM. H. LEE - d Jan 1854 (p.d.) age 28, at res of father in law, Hon. A.R. TIFFANY, Palmyra, s/o NOAH LEE of Albany, N.Y.

THOMAS D. LANE - d 3 Jan 1854, age 26, Lenawee Co. of Typhoid
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MRS. ANN BEAMAN - d 4 Jan 1854, age 23, typhoid, w/o JOHN BEAMAN, & dau/o JACOB LANE. husb and 2 ch surv.

Judge HOAG - d 6 Jan 1854, age 65, Tecumseh, came from Otsego Co., N.Y. 25 yrs ago.

JOSEPH MERRICK - d 9 Jan 1854, age 81, old resident of Adrian.

PHEBE ALLEN - d 10 Feb 1854, age 18, at res of father near Adrian, youngest dau/o STEPHEN & DEBORAH ALLEN

DAVID RANDOLPH - bd. 17 Feb 1854, age 61, Adrian

S. ANNA NORTON - d 15 Mar 1854, age l8y6m, res of her uncle Dr. P.J.. SPALDING Adrian, only child of HARLOW & LAURA JANE NORTON of Oswego, Tioga, N.Y.

MARY ELIZABETH GAGE - d 5 Apr 1854, age 4y8m, Adrian, only dau/o ANDREW & MARY GAGE

SARAH INGALLS - d l6 Apr 1854, age 99, Springfield, Otsego, N.Y., born 1755, Rehoboth, R.I. moved to Otsego 60-70 years ago. Among first to settle there. her husband, father & brothers served in Rev. War. wid/o STEPHEN INGALLS, m/o IRA INGALLS and Gr. M/o R.W. INGALLS of Adrian.

GEORGE B. HOLMES - d Apr 1854, age 22, at res of his mother, MRS. B.S. HOLMES Adrian.

LOUISA MARTIN - d 21 Apr 1854, age 24, Lansing, w/o JOHN MARTIN late of Dover.

MARY ELIZA WOODBURY - d 5 May 1854, age 33y2d, Chicago, w/o CALEB WOODBURY. The family was in process of moving to Minn. died on the steamer Arabia on the Miss. River 40 miles below Galena, Ill. husb. and family surv.

ROSILLA DAMON WHEELER - d 14 May 1854, Adrian, w/o DAVID WHEELER of Adrian

ALMYRA B. PALMER - d 17 May 1854, age 27, Adrian, w/o RANDALL PALMER inf. of few months surv.

SUSAN A. SMITH - d 14 May 1854, age 30y23d, w/o RANDALL W. SMITH, dau/o AMOS BIGELOW

DEBORAH KIMBALL - d 19 Mar 1858, age 74, Adrian, w/o DAVID KIMBALL

ABIGAIL DEAN - d 11 May 1858, age 77, Adrian, md. Jan 1802, w/o ISAAC DEAN.

Mrs. SARAH BENJAMIN - d 20 Apr 1858, age 114y5m3d, Mount Pleasant, Pa. born SARAH MATHEWSin Goshen, Orange, N.Y. on 17 Nov 1843, She md 1) WILLIAM REED who died in Virginia of wounds during the Rev. War. md 2) AARON OSBURN of Goshen, Orange, N.Y. who also served in the Rev. War. she joined her husband at camp and was with him at Kingsbridge on the Hudson and at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. md 3) JOHN BENJAMIN who died in 1816 and was of Mount Pleasant. She is the mother of five children. A Revolutionary Heroin.

CAROLINE BLACKMAN - d 29 May 1858, age 23, Adrian, w/o AUGUSTUS BLACKMAN

CHARLES L. KNOWLTON - d 29 May 1858, age 13m, Adrian, s/o CHARLES & MARGARET KNOWLTON

WILLIAM HENRY CROSS - d 26 Jun 1858, age 9m, only s/o A.J. & EMILY C. CROSS.

ROBT. CAMPBELL BROWN - d 2 Jul 1858, Adrian, inf. s/o J.R. & M.W. BROWN

SARAH M. MORSE - d 9 Jul 1858, age 23, Adrian, sis/o Mrs. Dr. Dodge

MARIETTA KNAPP - d 15 Jul 1858, age 37, Adrian, sis/o Dr. H. KNAPP

CARRIE LOUISA LOWN - d 13 Jul 1858, age 6, Flint, dau/o GEORGE AND CARRIE LOWN

GILBERT T. ALLEN - d 20 Jul 1858, age 26, Adrian, s/o STEPHEN ALLEN

LEVI H. SOPER - d 22 Jul 1858, age 56, Dover res for 25 years.

REINHARD JEANICHEN - d 23 Jul 1858 age 36, Adrian. a native of Dresden, Germany, Adrian res for 7 years. wife and 2 ch surv.

SAM BROWN - d 28 Jul 1858, age 43, Adrian

EMMA A. VAN BRUNT - d 26 Jul 1858, Seneca Falls, N.Y. dau/o the late T.B. VAN BRUNTAdrian

CORNELIA FITCH - d 30 Jul 1858, Detroit, w/o the Rev. A.M. FITCH of Adrian

M.E. BRIDGEMAN - d 26 Jul 1858, Hanover, N.H. at res of his father. He was a teacher in Adrian.

LILLIAN AUGUSTA THRALL - d 11 Aug 1858, age 9m, Adrian, only dau/o LEMUEL & LOUISA THRALL

JACOB W. RUNT - d 25 Aug 1858, age 42, Adrian, born Florida, Montgomery, N.Y.

LYMAN RANDALL - d 22 Aug 1858, age 23, West Adrian, wife and child surv.

CALISTA BUDLONG - d 1 Jul 1858, age 62, res of her late father,

CAPT JONATHAN BROWNELL of Ledyard, Cayuga, N.Y. and w/o late LONSON G. BUDLONG of Mi.

MARGARET MURPHEY - d 12 Sep 1858, age 25, Adrian, unmd.

Mrs. MARY NICHOLSON - d 21 Sep 1858, early res of Tecumseh, husb. died several years ago at Tecumseh.

GERSHAM ALDRICH - d 11 Jan 1859, age 68, Adrian, bd 13 Jan 1859, emigrated 1833 from Worcester Co., Mass. w/large fam.

WILLIAM MANUEL REYNOLDS - d 5 Feb 1859, age 2, Adrian, s/o PETER & HANNAH LENORA REYNOLDS

CHARLOTTE WOODFORD - d 20 Feb 1859, age 43, Adrian, w/o NOAH N. WOODFORD.

JAMES M. SMITH - d 16 Feb 1859, age 22, Adrian, s/o JOHN G. SMITH of Medina. bd. 19 Feb 1859 Morenci.

LYDIA WHEELER - d 10 Mar 1859, age 79, Adrian, wid/o WILLIAM WHEELER, who d Adrian in 1846. both originally from Conn. both bd in same grave, Oakwood Cem., 3s & 4dau surv.

JOHN WILLIAMS - d 16 Mar 1859, age 42, Adrian.

JOHN P. AIKEN - d 16 Mar 1859, age 21, Adrian, formerly Yates Co. N.Y.

ETTIE JENE CHILSON - d 17 Apr 1859, Leeds, Wisc. inf.dau/o OLIVER G. & LYDIA M. CHILSON.

JOHN JERMAIN - d 27 Apr 1859 , age 5y4m, Milwaukee, Wisc. bd. Oakwood Cem. only s/o T.D. & MARY J. JERMAIN.

HENRY WATSON - d 4 May 1859 , Adrian, wife/ch surv.

AUGUSTUS H. WHITNEY -d 10 May 1859, age 19, Adrian, only s/o ABEL WHITNEY

MARCELLUS B.DARLING - d 7 May 1859, age 39y1m, Adrian, w/2 ch surv.

P. CLARK ANGEVINE - d 15 May 1859, age 19y4m8d, Adrian ?.

MARGARET E. HOWARD - d 17 May 1859, Port Chester, N.Y., w/o CHARLES HOWARD.

CHARLES CORNELL - d 10 Nov 1859, nearly 50, Adrian, suicide, formerly of Rome, ch. sur.

NATHANIEL COOPER - d 5 Nov 1859, age 50, Walton, Eaton Co., Mi.

SAMUEL STUMBAUGH - d 3 May 1860, age 35, Seneca, w/6ch surv.

Mr. VAN STONE - d 5 May 1860, age abt 35, Hillsdale, wife/2ch surv.

LEVINIA CYRENE HASKIN - d 3 May 1860, age 2y11m24d, at home of gr.f in Auburn, N.Y. dau/o OBED J. & CAROLINE HASKIN.

BETSY BEEBE - d 7 May 1860, age 42, Hudson, W/O GIDEON BEEBE.

AMOS L. ALDRICH - d 11 May 1860, age 31, res/bro in Jackson.

ADELA WADSWORTH - d 7 May 1860, age 54y5m15d, Adrian, w/o J.E. WADSWORTH.

RICHARD CALVIN SPENCER - d 19 May 1860, age Sy8m, Hudson, s/o DAVID H. & PRUDENCE SPENCER.

HARRIET WILKINSON - d 30 May 1860, age 23, Blissfield, w/o JAMES WILKINSON, h/3ch surv.

ANN ELIZA PAGE - d 23 May 1860, age 33, Houlton, Me., w/o GEORGE B. PAGE, dau/o JOHN H. KIMBALL, Adrian,

MYRON A. KINNEY - d 10 Jun 1860, age 5, Seneca, s/o AMOS A. & LUCINDA KINNEY.

HARRIET BURGESS - d 6 Jun 1860, age 20, Hudson, w/o WILLIAM D. BURGESS.

ELIZABETH THOMPSON - d 17 Apr 1860, age 72, Palmyra, w/o JEREMIAH D. THOMPSON.

CYNTHIA DEMING BEECHER TOWER - d 28 Jun 1860, age 44, res/A. Howell, Adrian, w/o Rev. PHILO TOWER, of Rochester, N.Y.

REUBEN LUCAS - d 9 Jul 1860, age 52, Hudson.

ANNA RANDALL - d 19 Jul 1860, Adrian, W/O EDWIN RANDALL, dau/o R.L & MATILDA HANDLIN of Pontiac.

Mrs. DIXIE BURLINGAME - d 17 Jul 1860, age 60, Tecumseh.

Mrs. BENJ. TURNER - d 25 Jul 1860, Adrian, bd. Hudson, w/o BENJAMIN TURNER, Co. register.

EDWIN THEODORE WOOD - d 31 Jul 1860, age 4m, Tecumseh, s/o EDWIN B. & HARRIET B. WOOD.

Mrs. ESTHER A. WISE - d 2 Jul 1860, Adrian.

Dr. TOMPKINS C. DELEVAN - d 6 Aug 1860, age 88y6m, Jonesville, b. Dover Plains, Duchess Co., N.Y., to Ovid, Seneca, N.Y. in 1783, to Adrian in 1835.

JARED ERASTUS GRIDLEY - d 3 Aug 1860, age ly3m, Hudson, s/o E. GRIDLEY.

GEORGE BRADEY BAILEY - d 7 Aug 1860, age 3y8m, Hudson, res/gr-f, B. HARRINGTON ,s/o WILLIAM H. & SARAH BAILEY.

JENNIE STONE - d 19 Aug 1860, age lyllml6d, Rome, dau/o DEWITT CLINTON & ELVIRA M. STONE.

MARY KNAPP - d 23 Aug 1860, age 65, Adrian, w/o RICHARD KNAPP, late of Danby, Tompkins Co, N.Y.

ABIRAM 0. HOLMES - d 22 Jul 1860, age 62, at home of son JULIUS HOLMES, placerville, Calif., recently of Adrian, w/surv.

SARAH JANE WILSON - d 27 Aug 1860, age 9, Raisin, dau/o AMOS & ANNA WILSON

C.D.Y. ALEXANDER - d 5 Sep 1860, age 35, Madison, s-i-l/o STEPHEN ALLEN

JOHN C. DUNHAM - d 11 Sep 1860, age 58, Adrian.

HENRY HART WHITNEY - d 22 Sep 1860, age 20m, s/o R.H. & DORCAS WHITNEY.

PARKER DUDLEL HOWEL - d 20 Sep 1860, age 3m27d, Macon, s/o ANDREW & MARY ADELIA B. HOWELL.

JOHN LEWIS SR. - d 12 Oct 1860, age 75, Adrian

HATTIE A. THOMPSON - d 13 Oct 1860, age 18, Adrian, dau/o WALTER B. & ASUBAH THOMPSON.

LYDIA ELIZABETH ABRAMS - d 18 Oct 1860, age 2y7m, Adrian, dau/o NOBLE & MARY E. ABRAMS.

EDGAR ALLIS - d 31 Oct 1860, age 20, Cambridge, s/o THOMAS W. ALLIS

Mrs. NELLIE THURSTON MILLER - d 30 Oct 1860, age 23, Adrian, md. 1859, dau/o IRA S. THURSTON.

FREDERICK JAMES ABRAMS - d 16 Nov 1860, age 4y6m6d, Adrian, only ch/o MARY E. & NOBLE ABRAMS.

WILLIAM W. FAIRFIELD - d 27 Nov 1860, age 22, res/o A. WORDEN, Adrian.

Dr. CHALES DE MOTT - d 25 Nov 1860, age 39, Tecumseh.

JAMES KNAGGS SR. - d 23 Nov 1860, age abt 80, Monroe Co. b. Maume, near the Maume River, youngest of 5 brothers most of which served in War of 1812, Father was Indian trader. Father of large family.

JOSEPH A. GILMORE - d 24 Nov 1860, age 20, Tecumseh, s/o ASA GILMORE.

MARY ROBERTSON THOMPSON - d 8 Dec 1860, age 8, Adrian, dau/ JAMES & MARGARET THOMPSON.

SAMUEL LOTHROP LINNELL - d 14 Dec 1860, age 6m, Adrian, s/o U. LOTHROP & LUCY LINNELL.

ELIZA ANDERSON - d 18 Dec 1860, age 51, Adrian, w/o WILLIAM ANDERSON.

JOEL R. CHURCH - d 5 Mar 1860, age 40y1m24d, Dover. * appeared in paper dated 20 Dec 1860.

Mrs. G.W. BONNAX - d 26 Dec 1860, age 45, Adrian.

MARY G. STOUT - d 20 Dec 1860, age 57, Fort Wayne, wid/o C.A. STOUT, bd. in Friends burial ground, Adrian.