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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01/08/1850 | 3 | BROWN, Isaac* | 46 | IN | PA: Lancaster Co. (res prev, converted there 21 yrs ago) | IN: Kosciusco Co. (d Nov 14th last, age 46y, 9m); widow, 9 sm chren remain; very sickly the last 2 yrs from jaundice [IA is abbreviation for Indiana at this time; IN is being used here now to avoid confusion] | ||
01/08/1850 | 3 | BARTEH [sic], Elizabeth* | 81 | PA | GERMANY: Wuertemburg (b) | PA: Sullivan Co.: Cherry Tp. (d Oct 11, 1849 age 81y, 2m, 11d); to AMER Jul 1819; memb Evan. Assn. ca 15 yrs; 2 chren remain; 6 chren dead | ||
01/08/1850 | 3 | BOYER, Jonathan* | 27 | PA | PA: Somerset Co. (d Oct last [no date stated]); he & bro Samson the only two sons of Benjamin & Elizabeth; typhus fever | |||
01/08/1850 | 3 | BOYER, Samson* | 19 | PA | PA: Somerset Co. (d Oct last [no date stated]); he & bro Jonathan the only two sons of Benjamin & Elizabeth; typhus fever | |||
01/22/1850 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, | |||||||
02/08/1850 | 10 | BISHOP, John (Rev.)* | 22 | PA | PA: Bedford Co. (d the 13th inst. at house of John GEBHART); caught cold several times crossing the Alleghany Mtns., terminating in typhus fever; better than 30 sleds & sleighs held people attending burial [lengthy obit & poem] | |||
02/22/1850 | 15 | FULTON, James* | 78 | PA | PA: Fayette Co. (d Dec 27th last, age 78y, 3m, 29d); memb Evan. Assn. 32 yrs; widow, 7 chren remain, two of whom are preachers; dropsy | |||
02/22/1850 | 15 | SHALL, Bastian* | 83 | NY | NY: Herkimer Co.: Van Starck Tp. (d Dec 9th last); many yrs devoted to virtue & piety; Luth. minister named SMITH preached funeral. Submitted by J. G. BOSCH | |||
03/04/1850 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, | |||||||
03/22/1850 | 23 | HASTING, Elizabeth* | 39 | PA | PA: Lancaster Co.: Earl Tp. (d Jan 25, 1850, age 39y, 11m, 18d); converted ca 10 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; husb, 5 chren remain; bur Evan. grave-yard in Earl Tp.; pulminary [sic] consumption. Minister: D. HAMBRIGHT | |||
03/22/1850 | 23 | ALSBAUGH, John* | -- | PA | PA: Clarion Co. (d Feb 1st); converted 13+ yrs ago; class-leader a number of yrs; his house was a home for ministers; widow, 7 chren remain; remittent fever 3 mos. Minister: G. CUPP | |||
03/22/1850 | 23 | HOY, Elizabeth* | 73 | HOY, Philip | OH | PA: Union Co. (res prev) | OH: Fairfield Co. (d Feb 18th age 73y, 1m, 4d); converted 34 yrs ago, joined the Evan. Assn.; her house many yrs a meeting place; husb dead; consumption several yrs | |
03/22/1850 | 23 | HOY, Philip | -----, Elizabeth* | |||||
03/22/1850 | 23 | BOWMAN, Rachel* | 28 | PA | PA: Somerset Co. (d the 19th ult., age 28y, 3m, 29d); dau of Peter & Mary; church memb 14 yrs; bur nr her father's house; mentions 2 bros; consumption [poem] | |||
04/08/1850 | 27 | BACHMAN, John* | 39 | NY | NY: Seneca Co. (d Dec 18th last, age 39y, 4m, 10d); son of Abraham; converted several yrs ago; widow, 2 chren remain; consumption | |||
04/08/1850 | 27 | BACHMAN, Samuel* | 44 | NY | NY: Seneca Co. (d [no date] age 44y, 9m, 24d); "likewise a son of A. Bachman"; converted ca 14 yrs ago; widow, 5 chren remain; consumption. Minister: L. JACOBY | |||
04/08/1850 | 27 | JURY, Ann Mary* | 49 | JURY, Jacob | PA | PA: Dauphin Co.: Upper Paxton Tp. (d Mar 9, 1850 age 49y, 7m); worthy & consistent memb of Evan. Assn. some yrs; funeral preached by George KNERR. Submitted by Joseph GROSS | ||
04/08/1850 | 27 | JURY, Jacob | -----, Ann Mary* | |||||
04/22/1850 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, | |||||||
05/08/1850 | 35 | DOMER, Mathias, Esq.* | 49 | PA | PA: Venango Co. (d Mar 8th age 49y, 10m, 10d); converted 15 yrs ago, church memb, class-leader a number of yrs; held in high esteem; killed by cave-in while working w/ his son in a coal bank | |||
05/08/1850 | 35 | DOMER, David W.* | 17 | PA | PA: Venango Co. (d Mar 8th age 17y, 4m, 21d); son of Mathias; mother, bros, sisters remain; killed by cave-in while working w/ his father in a coal bank | |||
05/22/1850 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, | |||||||
06/08/1850 | 43 | KING, Samuel* | 57 | PA | PA: Venango Co. (d May 7th aged 57y, 8m, 19d); converted 20 yrs ago at camp-meeting nr Orwigsburg, joined Evan. Assn.; wife, 11 chren remain; pleurisy nearly 30 yrs + fever last 12 days | |||
06/08/1850 | 43 | STICKEL, Susanna* | 11 | PA | PA: York Co.: Newberry Tp. (d Apr 29, 1850 age 11y, 10m, 29d); dau of David & Mary; memb of Sabbath school, diligent, punctual, led an exemplary life | |||
06/22/1850 | 47 | MAUER, David* | 53 | PA | PA: Shippensburg area (d Mar 1, 1850 age 53y, 1m, 10d); converted 24 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn., served 17-18 yrs as class-leader; widow, 8 chren remain; inflammation of brain | |||
06/22/1850 | 47 | BRAID, Molly* | 50 | PA | PA: Clearfield Co. (d Apr 1st ult., age 50y, 9m, 20d); converted 13 yrs ago, memb Evan. Assn.; husb, 4 chren remain. "These 2 sisters had ... influenza." [Are she & Hannah blood sisters or sisters in the church? Hannah's age incorrect?] | |||
06/22/1850 | 47 | YOUNG, Hannah* | 96 | PA | PA: Clearfield Co. (d Apr 16th ult., aged 96y, 5m, 24d); memb our church ca 13 yrs; husb, 9 chren remain. "These 2 sisters had one disease, namely the influenza." [Are they (she & Molly) blood sisters or sisters in the church? Hannah's age incorrect?] | |||
07/08/1850 | 51 | MILLIRON, Leah* | 31 | MILLIRON, Jacob | PA | PA: Armstrong Co.: Redbank Tp. (no date of death given); prev memb Germ. Ref. Ch., later Evan. Assn.; husb, 5 chren remain, the youngest 3 days old. "The mother of the deceased has also died sinceÉ." [very lengthy] | ||
07/08/1850 | 51 | MILLIRON, Jacob | -----, Leah* | |||||
07/08/1850 | 51 | SILL, Daniel* | 72 | PA | PA: Bedford Co. & Tp. (d Jun 6, 1850 age 72y, 4m, 1d); read, ate hearty supper, d 2:00 A.M.; dropsy in chest. [Unclear: in less than 2 yrs to become motherless & fatherless is a heavy stroke--pertain to him or to his chren?] Submitted by D. SILL, Jr. | |||
07/22/1850 | 55 | MILLER, Sibilla* | -- | MILLER, John | PA | PA: Somerset Co.: Friedensburg (d Jun 16th); her husb was a bro of George & Solomon, co-workers w/ Rev. Jacob Albright; she converted 40+ yrs ago; res w/ chren since husb died; old age | ||
07/22/1850 | 55 | MILLER, John | -----, Sibilla* | |||||
08/08/1850 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, | |||||||
08/22/1850 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, | |||||||
09/09/1850 | 67 | CONDERMAN, Abraham K.* | 29 | NY | NY: Steuben Co. (d Jul 25, 1850 age 29y, 3m, 25d); son of Jacob & Anna; had change of heart ca 1 yr ago; widow, 2 chren remain; consumption | |||
09/23/1850 | 71 | ALBERT, Uriah* | 19 | PA | PA: Northampton Co.: Bethel (d Aug 15th age 19y, 6m, 3d); son of John & Maria; memb Evan. Assn. ca 6 yrs; bur Mennonite church-yard; cholera 24 hrs [poem] | |||
09/23/1850 | 71 | DREISBACH, Elizabeth* | 26 | OH | OH: Pickaway Co. (d Aug 29, 1850, age 26y, 9m, 19d); dau of Henry & Mary DREISBACH; converted age 15, joined Evan. Assn.; teacher at Sabbath-school; chill & fever, then mortification & death. Submitted by A. E. DREISBACH | |||
10/08/1850 | 75 | SCHNEIDER, Anna Barbara* | 10 | PA | PA: York Co. (d Sep 11, 1850 age 10y, 16d); dau of George & Susannah; converted age 8; dysentery & enlargement of heart; obit one column in length | |||
10/08/1850 | 75 | VALLERCHAMP, Eliza* | 19 | -- | PA: Columbia Co.: Roaring Creek Tp. (b Aug 20, 1831) | --: d Sep 17, 1850 age 19y, 27d; dau of Azima & Ruthanna; converted ca age 11; pars, bros, sisters remain; fever of a nervo-billious character, confined to bed ca 4 wks; J. M. YOUNG & B. DEININGER conducted funeral [lengthy obit] | ||
10/08/1850 | 75 | HOLLAND, Rebecca Eliz.* | 17 | PA | PA: York (d Sep 21, 1850 age 17y, 3m, 8d); dau of T. & E.; memb prev Evan. Assn., had "yielded to the vanities of this world," but died reconciled; consumption 6 wks, bed-ridden 4 days | |||
10/22/1850 | 79 | BOYER, Cyrus D.* | 18 | OH | OH: Dark [sic] Co.: Greenville (d the 3d inst., age 18y, 3m, 20d); son of Rev. J. K., of New Bedford area, Coshocton Co., OH; res Greenville only a few mos. [poem]. Submitted by J. K. BOYER | |||
11/08/1850 | 83 | CONDERMAN, Elizabeth* | 73 | CONDERMAN, Adam | NY | NY: Steuben Co. (d Sep 14, 1850 age 73y, 9m, 2d); converted ca 15 yrs ago, joined the Evan. Assn.; husb, 11 chren remain; palsy ca 3 yrs. Minister: L. JACOBY | ||
11/08/1850 | 83 | CONDERMAN, Adam | -----, Elizabeth* | |||||
11/22/1850 | 87 | DOWNY, Catharine* | 15 | OH | OH: Seneca Co. (d Aug 2, 1850 age 15y, several mos); dau of Rev. Henry; billious fever. Father away preaching, reached home as funeral procession was not far from the house | |||
11/22/1850 | 87 | LEHMAN, Agnes* | 75 | PA | PA: Montg. Co.: Worcester (d Jul 13th age 75y, 6m, 8d); last 7 yrs of life devoted to service of God; protracted illness | |||
11/22/1850 | 87 | BARTCH, Mary Magdalene* | 44 | STINER | BARTCH, John G. | PA | GERMANY (b) | PA: Sullivan Co.: Cherry Tp. (d Oct 13th age 44y, 9m, 20d); dau of John; to AMER bet ages 13 & 14; md 23y, 1m during which they had 11 chren, 10 of whom are living; bur in cem nr Evan. Assn. meetinghouse |
11/22/1850 | 87 | STINER, Mary Magdalene* | 44 | BARTCH, John G. | PA | GERMANY (b) | PA: Sullivan Co.: Cherry Tp. (d Oct 13th age 44y, 9m, 20d); dau of John; to AMER bet ages 13 & 14; md 23y, 1m during which they had 11 chren, 10 of whom are living; bur in cem nr Evan. Assn. meetinghouse | |
11/22/1850 | 87 | BARTCH, John G. | STINER, Mary Magdalene* | |||||
11/22/1850 | 87 | THOMAS, Peter* | 24 | -- | --: Minister: GREGG, W. B.; d Sep 15th last, age 24y, 2m, 5d; enjoyed religion 2 yrs; mother, several sisters & brothers remain; lingering consumption | |||
12/09/1850 | 91 | SCHLABACH, Charles H.* | 21 | PA | PA: Columbia Co.: Briar Creek Tp. (d Aug 8th last); son of Daniel; converted last yr; generally beloved; fever prevalent in neighborhood | |||
12/09/1850 | 91 | SCHLABACH, Mary* | 41 | SCHLABACH, D. | PA | PA: Columbia Co.: Briar Creek Tp. (d Oct 18th); mother of Charles H.; memb Evan. Assn. ca 8 yrs; husb, chren remain; fever prevalent in neighborhood | ||
12/09/1850 | 91 | SCHLABACH, D. | -----, Mary* | |||||
12/23/1850 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, |
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