Evangelical Messenger Obituary Index
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Key to Abbreviations:
- * = name of deceased
- ae = age
- assn = association
- asst = assistant
- b = born
- bapt = baptized
- bro = brother
- bur = buried
- ca = circa
- cem = cemetery
- ch = child
- ch = church
- Ch = church
- chren = children
- co = county
- conf = conference
- corr = corrected/correction
- CW = Civil War
- d = died
- dau = daughter
- ds = days
- Evan. = Evangelical
- grfa = grandfather
- grmo = grandmother
- hosp = hospital
- husb = husband
- inf = infantry
- Luth. = Lutheran
- md = married
- memb = member
- Meth. Epis. = Methodist Episcopal
- mge = marriage
- mi = miles
- MIA = missing in action
- min = minister
- mo = month
- mos = months
- Msngr = Messenger
- nr = near
- obit = obituary
- pars = parents
- poss = possibly
- prev = previously
- Prov. = Province
- recd = received
- Ref. = Reformed
- regt = regiment
- res = resides/resided
- res prev = resided previously
- ret = returned
- Rev. = Reverend
- S.S. = Sunday School
- sic = exactly as printed
- sis = sister
- tp = township
- vol = volunteers
- w/ = with
- wk/wks = week/weeks
- yrs = years
- -- in the PLACE or AGE column indicates information not given
and could not be determined - ----- = surname not stated
The word "converted" denotes the act of a person who agreed to accept and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. It does not mean a move from a Protestant to a Roman Catholic church.
Standard postal codes are used for state names.
Canadian provinces and foreign countries are designated by the first three or four letters of the name.
When place of death is not stated, an effort was made to locate the residence of the minister who officiated for the funeral
and submitted the obituary, giving some indication where the deceased might have resided at time of death or where funeral occurred.
Date | Page | Decedent or Spouse | Age | Maiden Name | Spouse or Decedent | Locale | Location (Event) | Place of Death or Last Known Residence/Notes |
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07/11/1861 | 112 | BUZARD, Francis [sic] Louisa* | 19 | OH | OH: Mahoning Co.: North Lima (d Jun 20th age 19y, 17d); dau of Geo. & Mary; converted ca 2+ yrs ago; putrid sore throat 9 days | |||
07/11/1861 | 112 | ECHARD, Sophia* | 8 | IL | IL: Lee Co.: Lee Center (d Jun 22 age 8y, 8m, 7d); dau of Henry & Martha; death caused by a bad scald 5+ wks ago | |||
07/11/1861 | 112 | DAUB, Henry* | ca 50 | OH | GERMANY (b 1810) | OH: Richland Co (d 21 Mar); to AMER 1836; converted 2yrs later; postmortem revealed 2 cancers in stomach, nearly closing passage from stomach; remaining is wife, who lost her sight 4yrs ago. Sub. by "A FRIEND." [NOTE: date of death, delay in publication] | ||
07/11/1861 | 112 | MILLER, Sylvester* | 3 | -- | --: Minister: SUMMERS, H. B.; d Jun 6th age 3y, 2m, 20d; son of Christopher & Catharine; cholera morbus 24 hrs | |||
07/11/1861 | 112 | LORANS, Susan* | 39 | OH | OH: Mahoning Co. (d Jun 18 age 39y, 3m, 21d); converted age 15, joined Evan. Assn.; husb, 7 chren remain; consumption | |||
07/11/1861 | 112 | STOVER, John* | 19 | OH | OH: Wyandot Co. (d Jun 21 age 19y, 22d); son of Jacob (deceased) & Barbara; converted ca 4 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; bequeathed $100 left him by his father to missionary cause of Evan. Assn. | |||
07/11/1861 | 112 | RISINGER, Mary Magdalena* | 26 | OBERDORF | RISINGER, Jacob | PA | PA: Indiana Co.: Brushville Tp. (d May 25th age 26y, 11m, 1d); dau of Jacob; converted 12 yrs earlier; had some chronic disease. Minister: E. BEATTY | |
07/11/1861 | 112 | OBERDORF, Mary Magdalena* | 26 | RISINGER, Jacob | PA | PA: Indiana Co.: Brushville Tp. (d May 25th age 26y, 11m, 1d); dau of Jacob; converted 12 yrs earlier; had some chronic disease. Minister: E. BEATTY | ||
07/11/1861 | 112 | RISINGER, Jacob | OBERDORF, Mary Magdalena* | |||||
07/11/1861 | 112 | SHOOKMAN, Geo.* | 47 | IN | IN: Allen Co. (d Jun 21 age 47y, 2m, 5d); res 12 mi from Fort Wayne; church memb 19 yrs; wife, 9 chren, mother, bros, sisters remain; he & Thomas PATRICK struck by mail train when crossing the Toledo & Wabash Valley R.R. | |||
07/11/1861 | 112 | PATRICK, Thomas* | -- | IN | IN: Allen Co. (d Jun 21st; was w/ Geo. SHOOKMAN, when both struck by mail train crossing the Toledo & Wabash Valley R.R. [mentioned in obit of Geo. SHOOKMAN, Jul 11, 1861 p 112] | |||
07/11/1861 | 112 | EVANS, Charles Willard* | 7 | PA | PA: Columbia Co.: Evansville (d [no date] age 7y, 3m, 24d); son of George & Rebecca | |||
07/25/1861 | 117 | THATCHER, Mary* | 21 | KS | Not an obit, but mentioned as a lonely grave in KS from 1859 Journal to Pike's peak by S.J.H. SNYDER: "Died May 31, A.D., 1852, Aged 21 Years, From Knox Co., KY" | |||
07/25/1861 | 128 | SHAFER, Maria* | 81 | PA | PA: Jefferson Co. (d Jun 5th age 81y, 9m, 19d); suffered infirmities of old age for 7 yrs, the last 4 being bedridden [pagination skips from 119 to 128; no whole # 345 [Aug 8] on microfilm, yet pages numbered consecutively on from 128 to end of reel] | |||
07/25/1861 | 128 | ENTERLINE, Lucinda* | 43 | ENTERLINE, Daniel (Rev.) | PA | PA: Dauphin Co. (b) | PA: Jefferson Co. (d Jul 10th age 43y, 10m, 8d); w/ husb to this co. in 1840; husb, 11 chren remain, the youngest age 17 ds; 4 chren dead; bur Ringgold [pagination skips from 119 to 128; no Aug 8 issue on film; pages numbered consecutively on from 128] | |
07/25/1861 | 128 | ENTERLINE, Daniel (Rev.) | -----, Lucinda* | |||||
07/25/1861 | 128 | PRICE, Catherine* | 75 | PRICE, Christian [CORR to RICE Sep 5, 1861 p 144] | PA | PA: Adams Co.: Bendersville area (d Jul 19th age 75y, 11m, 6d); converted 40+ yrs ago; husb dead; dropsy [pagination skips from 119 to 128; no Aug 8 issue on film; pages numbered consecutively on from 128] [CORR to RICE, Elizabeth Sep 5, 1861 p 144] | ||
07/25/1861 | 128 | PRICE, Christian | -----, Catherine* [CORR to Elizabeth Sep 5, 1861 p 144] | [CORR to RICE Sep 5, 1861 p 144] | ||||
07/25/1861 | 128 | RICE, Elizabeth* | [CORR from PRICE, Catherine Sep 5, 1861 p 144] | |||||
07/25/1861 | 128 | RICE, Christian | -----, Elizabeth* [CORR from Catherine Sep 5, 1861 p 144] | [CORR from PRICE Sep 5, 1861 p 144] | ||||
07/25/1861 | 128 | STOVER, Henry* | 23 | OH | OH: Wyandot Co.: Timochty [sic] Tp. (d Jul 8th age 23y, 5m, 27d); wife, infant child, mother, 3 sis, 1 bro remain; bro John d 2 wks before; measles [pagination skips from 119 to 128, & consecutively on from 128; no Aug 8th issue on film] | |||
07/25/1861 | 128 | WEIDEL, Caroline* | 22 | PA | PA: Erie Co.: Walnut Creek area (d Jul 20th); converted age 13; mother, bros, sisters remain; consumption 3+ yrs [pagination skips from 119 to 128, & consecutively on from 128; no Aug 8th issue on film] | |||
07/25/1861 | 128 | CAMPBELL, Sarah Rebecca* | -- | KS | KS: Atchison Co.: Monrovia (d Jul 15th); dau of Prof. CAMPBELL, lay-missionary to KS, of Am. Bible Soc. [pagination skips from 119 to 128, & consecutively on from 128; no Aug 8th issue on film] | |||
07/25/1861 | 128 | GRAMLY, Anna Maria* | 66 | GRAMLY, Geo. | PA | --: Walborn (b) | PA: Centre Co.: Rebersburg (d Jul 24 age 66y, 8m); converted ca 30 yrs ago; husb, 9 chren remain; cancer in the face [pagination skips from 119 to 128, & consecutively on from 128; no Aug 8th issue on film] | |
07/25/1861 | 128 | GRAMLY, Geo. | -----, Anna Maria* | |||||
08/08/1861 | NO ISSUE WITH THIS DATE, | pagination skps from 119 to 128, & consecutively on from 128 | ||||||
08/22/1861 | 136 | ORWIG, Rosannah* | 80 | OH | OH: Sandusky Co.: York Tp.: Bellevue area (d Aug 6th age 80y, 6m, 26d); converted nearly 40 yrs ago; 6 chren remain; very feeble, had also lost her eye-sight | |||
08/22/1861 | 136 | ATKINSON, Martha* | 38 | CW | CW: York Co.: Vaughan (d Aug 2nd age 38y, 1m, 4d); converted ca 7 yrs ago; collected money for pulpit Bible & hymn-book; husb, 4 chren remain; cholera morbus | |||
08/22/1861 | 136 | RUHL, Catharine* | 71 | OH | OH: Wayne Co.: Bristol (d Aug 18th age 71y, 2m, 3d); converted ca 30 yrs ago; 4 chren remain; dropsy 2+ mos. Minister: H. LONGBRAKE | |||
08/22/1861 | 136 | CRANDEL, Reuben* | 6 | IL | IL: Lee Co. (d Aug 2nd age 6y, 6m); son of J. & S. | |||
08/22/1861 | 136 | BUZZARD, Irvin Dawson* | 11 | OH | OH: Mahoning Co.: North Liberty (d Jul 30 age 11y, 11m, 9d); child of Geo. & Mary; putrid sore throat | |||
08/22/1861 | 136 | BUZZARD, Henry Upton* | 1 | OH | OH: Mahoning Co.: North Liberty (d Jul 31 age 1y, 4m, 11d); child of Geo & Mary; putrid sore throat | |||
08/22/1861 | 136 | BUZZARD, Richard Jacob* | 14 | OH | OH: Mahoning Co.: North Liberty (d Aug 1 age 14y, 1m, 8d); child of Geo. & Mary; putrid sore throat | |||
08/22/1861 | 136 | EVES, Lemon* | 21 | PA | PA: Columbia Co.: Pine Tp. (d Jul 17th age 21y, 9m, 15d); inflammation of bowels 2 wks [descriptive paragraph follows this information] | |||
09/05/1861 | 144 | REINHOLD, Jacob M.* | 2 | OH | OH: Circleville (d Jul 26th age 2y, 4m); son of Rev. C. M.; bur Ebenezer graveyard | |||
09/05/1861 | 144 | SOLLADAY, Jane* | 40 | ROHLAND | SOLLADAY, George | IL | IL: Stephenson Co.: Cedarville (d Aug 15th); sis of Rev. H. ROHLAND; converted ca 10 yrs ago; husb, 7 chren remain; 4 chren dead; chronic liver disease | |
09/05/1861 | 144 | ROHLAND, Jane* | 40 | SOLLADAY, George | IL | IL: Stephenson Co.: Cedarville (d Aug 15th); sis of Rev. H. ROHLAND; converted ca 10 yrs ago; husb, 7 chren remain; 4 chren dead; chronic liver disease | ||
09/05/1861 | 144 | SOLLADAY, George | ROHLAND, Jane* | |||||
09/05/1861 | 144 | WEST, Mary Jane* | 20 | OH | OH: Columbiana Co. (b) | OH: Cuyahoga Co.: Independence (d Aug 21st age 20y, 4m, 17d); moved w/ pars to Independence; mentions her mother; typhoid & lung fever | ||
09/19/1861 | 152 | DISSINGER, Sarah* | 23 | DISSINGER, Franklin | PA | PA: Lebanon Co.: Heidelberg Tp. (d Aug 28 age 23y, 9m, 2d); converted 6 yrs ago; husb, 3 chren, pars, bros, sisters remain; funeral at Shaferstown, Leb. Co.; consumption several yrs | ||
09/19/1861 | 152 | DISSINGER, Franklin | -----, Sarah* | |||||
09/19/1861 | 152 | FERENBACH, Joseph* | 86 | PA | PA: Cumberland Co. (d Sep 4 age 86y, 8m, 16d); converted ca 18 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; 7 sons, 1 dau remain; 6 chren profess religion, 2 are yet unconverted | |||
09/19/1861 | 152 | REESMAN, Maria* | 76 | REESMAN, John | PA | PA: Centre Co.: Millheim (d Sep 10th age 76y, 1d); feeble for some yrs; periodical attacks of asthma caused her death | ||
09/19/1861 | 152 | REESMAN, John | -----, Maria* | |||||
10/03/1861 | 160 | SALICH, Elizabeth* | 51 | SALICH, Geo. | OH | OH: Wayne Co. (d Sep 16 age 51y, 3m, 20d); converted ca 35 yrs ago; husb, 2 chren remain; billious fever ca 2 wks | ||
10/03/1861 | 160 | SALICH, Geo. | -----, Elizabeth* | |||||
10/03/1861 | 160 | GRAUER, Mary Elizabeth* | 22 | SHAFER | GRAUER, Adam | NY | NY: Niagara Falls area (d Sep 12 age 22y, 4m, 13d); dau of Wm. SHAFER of Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., NY; bur in same grave w/ son who d an hr before her; diptheria [sic] | |
10/03/1861 | 160 | SHAFER, Mary Elizabeth* | 22 | GRAUER, Adam | NY | NY: Niagara Falls area (d Sep 12 age 22y, 4m, 13d); dau of Wm. SHAFER of Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., NY; bur in same grave w/ son who d an hr before her; diptheria [sic] | ||
10/03/1861 | 160 | GRAUER, Adam | -----, Mary Elizabeth* | |||||
10/03/1861 | 160 | GRAUER, William Daniel* | 2 | NY | NY: Niagara Falls area (d Sep 12 age 2y, 8m, 12d); son of Adam & Mary Elizabeth; d an hr before his mother of same disease; bur in same grave as mother | |||
10/17/1861 | 168 | HARTMAN, Geo.* | 57 | PA | PA: Columbia Co.: Benton (d Sep 1st); had att church the prev day; converted ca 5 yrs ago, joined the Evan. Assn.; large circle of friends mourn [page number says 160, should be 168] | |||
10/17/1861 | 168 | OVENDORFF, George* | 14 | PA | PA: Indiana Co. (d Sep 9th age 14y, 5m, 6d); son of Daniel & Louisa; diptheria [sic] [page number says 160, should be 168] | |||
10/31/1861 | 174 | KEGEL, Henry (Rev.)* | 59 | LEBENGUTH, Maria | IA | PA: Perry Co. (b) | IA: Linn Co.: Otter Creek Tp. (d Sep 13 age 59y, 3m, 19d); md 1829; widow, 10 chren remain; bur Evan. graveyard 1 mi from his home; abdominal excresence 2 yrs [lengthy obit] | |
10/31/1861 | 176 | HOWARD, Lucinda Catharine* | 7 | PA | PA: Brush Valley Tp. (d Oct 16 age 7y, 4m, 4d); dau of Peter & Lucinda; diptheria [sic] [page number says 168, should be 176] | |||
11/06/1861 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, | |||||||
11/13/1861 | 192 | SECRIST, Israel S.* | 2 | OH | OH: Richland Co. (d Sep 21 age 2y, 11m, 6d); son of George & Mary | |||
11/13/1861 | 192 | BOWMAN, Peter* | 78 | PA | PA: Somerset Co.: Stoystown area (d [no date] age 78y, 7m, 2d); converted ca 30 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; widow, 9 chren remain; inflammation of bowels 1 wk | |||
11/13/1861 | 192 | HARPSTER, Alice Samantha* | 8 | -- | --: Minister: BAUGHMAN, J. G.; d Nov 6th age 8y, 8m, some days); dau of Lewis & Elizabeth; asked to be bur beside her 2 little bros; diptheria [sic] 16 days | |||
11/13/1861 | 192 | YOUTZ, Elizabeth* | 84 | YOUTZ, John | OH | OH: Stark Co.: Mapleton (d Oct 21st age 84y, 3m, 11d); joined Evan. Assn. ca 35 yrs ago while res in eastern PA; house a home for some older preachers now living; number of chren remain; husb d ca 10 yrs ago; could not walk since fell [nee SHARE?] | ||
11/13/1861 | 192 | YOUTZ, John | -----, Elizabeth* | |||||
11/13/1861 | 192 | MILLER, Margaret* | 21 | PA | PA: Clinton Co.: Hamburg (d Oct 13th); dau of Wm. & Harriet; converted ca 6yrs ago; had no enemies; typhoid fever ca 3 wks | |||
11/20/1861 | , | BEGINS BEING PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THIS DATE | ||||||
11/20/1861 | 200 | MILLIRON, David H.* | 12 | PA | PA: Jefferson Co.: Huron Tp. (d Sep 16th age 12y, 10m, 4d); child of Henry & Sarah; diptheria [sic] | |||
11/20/1861 | 200 | MILLIRON, Margaret E.* | 11 | PA | PA: Jefferson Co.: Huron Tp. (d Sep 18th age 11y, 5m, 10d); child of Henry & Sarah; diptheria [sic] | |||
11/20/1861 | 200 | MILLIRON, Rhoda Ann* | 5 | PA | PA: Jefferson Co.: Huron Tp. (d Sep 18th age 5y, 9m, 7d); child of Henry & Sarah; diptheria [sic] | |||
11/20/1861 | 200 | BOWMAN, John D.* | 41 | IN | PA: Somerset Co. (b) | IN: Fulton Co. (d Oct 26th age 41y, 1m, 17d); converted 3 yrs before death; widow, 3 chren remain; 1 child dead; bilious intermittent fever | ||
11/20/1861 | 200 | ZIEGLER, Emanuel D.* | 39 | -- | --: Minister: CAROTHERS, M. J.; d Oct 28th; converted ca 3 yrs ago; left home in good health, on returning, the horse stumbled & threw him w/ such violence he d a few days later; family bereft of kind husb, affectionate father | |||
11/27/1861 | 208 | REAGART, Rosanna* | 26 | OH | OH: Trumbull Co.: Southington Tp. (d Oct 4 age 26y, 1m, 10d); converted ca 8 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn. | |||
11/27/1861 | 208 | PAULIN, Elizabeth* | 32 | PAULIN, Elias | OH | OH: Mahoning Co.: North Lima area (d Nov 15th age 32y, 11m, 29d); husb, 2 chren remain; diptheria [sic] | ||
11/27/1861 | 208 | PAULIN, Elias | -----, Elizabeth* | |||||
11/27/1861 | 208 | SHAEFER, Sabina Christina* | 7 | PA | PA: Jefferson Co.: Beaver Tp. (d Oct 8th age 7y, 3m, 4d); dau of Solomon & Elizabeth; diptheria [sic] | |||
12/04/1861 | 216 | KOUGH, Pheby [sic]* | 37 | KOUGH, Geo. | MI | MI: Berrien Co.: Portage Prairie (d Nov 12 age 37y, 7m, 27d); husb, 7 chren remain | ||
12/04/1861 | 216 | KOUGH, Geo. | -----, Pheby [sic]* | |||||
12/04/1861 | 216 | CORNER, James Monroe* | -- | KY | KY: Louisville (d [no date] while serving 3-yr enlistment in the war); pars remain; funeral in U. B. Ch., Flat Rock.; inflammation of stomach / bowels. Minister: J. G. BAUGHMAN | |||
12/11/1861 | 224 | McABEE, Wm. S.* | 5 | PA | PA: York Co.: Shrewsbury Tp. (d Nov 20th); scarlet fever | |||
12/11/1861 | 224 | ROBBERTS [sic], Robert* | 74 | OH | OH: Wyandot Co.: Tymochte [sic] Tp. (d Nov 15 age 74y, 7m, 4d); widow, 2 chren remain; consumption | |||
12/11/1861 | 224 | FAUL, Sarah* | 69 | OH | OH: Lorain Co.: Elyria area (d Oct 4 age 69y, 2m); husb, 14 chren remain; consumption a number of yrs | |||
12/18/1861 | 232 | HOWARD, Rebecca* | 32 | HOWARD, Geo. | PA | PA: Indiana Co. (d Nov 1st age 32y, 3m, 12d); converted ca 10 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; husb, 5 chren remain. Minister: J.Q.A. WELLER | ||
12/18/1861 | 232 | HOWARD, Geo. | -----, Rebecca* | |||||
12/18/1861 | 232 | DUNLAP, Lydia* | 8 | PA | PA: Indiana Co. (d Oct 3d age 8y, 8m); adopted dau of Daniel & Louisa; diptheria [sic]. Location determined by res of submitting minister, J.Q.A. WELLER | |||
12/18/1861 | 232 | EXAMPLE, Adopted dau | see Lydia DUNLAP, Dec 18, 1861 p 232 | |||||
12/18/1861 | 232 | HILL, Gordon Thomas* | 8 | PA | PA: Indiana Co. (d Nov 10th age 8y, 8m, 17d); son of Levi; pars, bros, sisters remain; diptheria [sic]. Location determined by res of submitting minister, J.Q.A. WELLER | |||
12/25/1861 | 240 | KERR, Joel* | 26 | KY | PA: Union "(now Snyder)" Co.: Centre Tp. (b Apr 18, 1835) | KY: West Point: Camp George (d Nov 17th "a little after midnight"); eldest son of Rev. Daniel & Rebecca; to Berrien Co., MI, 1855, md there; memb U.B. in Christ Ch; left Fort Wayne Oct 25th for KY; widow, 2 chren, pars, bros, sisters remain; typhoid fever |
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