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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01/08/1852 | 8 | McFARREN, Adam* | 53 | OH | OH: Stark Co. (d Dec 3, 1851 age 53y, 6m, 26d); converted ca 14 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; widow, 6 chren remain; consumption some yrs. Minister: J. KANAGY | |||
01/08/1852 | 8 | BALSBAUGH, Valentine (Rev.)* | 96 | PA | PA: Dauphin Co.: South Hanover Tp. (d Nov 26th last, aged 96y, 9m, 12d); preacher of Ger. Baptist denomination 46 yrs; 3 wks before death exhorted at a meeting ca 15 min.; oldest in co.; had 11 chren, 79 grchren, 169 gt-grchren | |||
01/21/1852 | 16 | EISENHART, I. H.* | 25 | PA | PA: Montgomery Co. (d Nov 8th ult., aged 25y, 5m, 11d); small-pox | |||
01/21/1852 | 16 | OBERHOLSER, Isaac* | 51 | PA | PA: Montgomery Co. (d Nov 30th age 31y, 6m, 20d); converted ca 12 yrs ago, joined our [Evan. Assn.] church; small-pox | |||
01/21/1852 | 16 | BISHOP, J.* | 65 | PA | PA: Franklin Co.: Fayetteville area (d [no date] age 65y, 6m, 28d); memb Evan. Assn. 36 yrs, first Evan. in Adams Co. where he resided; gave ministers a hearty welcome to comforts of his house | |||
01/21/1852 | 16 | LIND, Ellen + dau* | 32 | LIND, Daniel | PA | PA: Somerset Co. (d Oct 10th last, age 32y, 3m, 28d); converted 12 yrs ago; husb, 6 chren remain; dysentery--one dau has since died, age 12y, 6m, some days | ||
01/21/1852 | 16 | LIND, Daniel | -----, Ellen* | |||||
02/04/1852 | 24 | MENDELL, Belinda + child* | 23 | GIESEY | MENDELL, ----- | OH | OH: Cincinnati (d Nov 28th last); dau of John; moved there w/ husb & child 6 wks before death; had res NY during the summer; converted ca age 15; child died 7 days before her [poem] | |
02/04/1852 | 24 | GIESEY, Belinda* | 23 | MENDELL, ----- | OH | OH: Cincinnati (d Nov 28th last); dau of John; moved there w/ husb & child 6 wks before death; had res NY during the summer; converted ca age 15; child died 7 days before her [poem] | ||
02/04/1852 | 24 | MENDELL, ----- | GIESEY, Belinda* | |||||
02/04/1852 | 24 | GLOSS, Barbara* | 78 | PA | PA: Bedford Co. (d Jan 9th last, supposed to be age 78); converted ca 18 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn. 2 yrs later | |||
02/18/1852 | 32 | WERTZ, Mary* | 78 | WERTZ, Henry | PA | PA: Lancaster Co. (d Dec 23, 1851 age 78y, 8m, 11d); md nearly 60 yrs; not a memb of the church, but housed many early preachers of the Gospel; husb, 7 sons, 4 daus, 78 grchren, 2 gt-grchren remain; affection of lungs | ||
02/18/1852 | 32 | WERTZ, Henry | -----, Mary* | |||||
02/18/1852 | 32 | FULTON, Elizabeth* | 76 | CREMER | FULTON, James | PA | PA: Fayette Co. (d Jan 13th age 76y, 11m, 19d); dau of Adam; husb dead; has 7 chren, all are converted except one; 2 of her sons are preachers. [Unclear if she d Jan 13th or 14th] | |
02/18/1852 | 32 | CREMER, Elizabeth* | 76 | FULTON, James | PA | PA: Fayette Co. (d Jan 13th age 76y, 11m, 19d); dau of Adam; husb dead; has 7 chren, all are converted except one; 2 of her sons are preachers. [Unclear if she d Jan 13th or 14th] | ||
02/18/1852 | 32 | FULTON, James | CREMER, Elizabeth* | |||||
02/18/1852 | 32 | HOFFMAN, Mary* | 57 | HOFFMAN, John | PA | PA: Union Co.: New Columbia area (d Jan 20th last, age 57y, 3m, 5d); memb Evan. Assn. ca 14 yrs; 2 chren remain; husb, 1 child dead; consumption | ||
02/18/1852 | 32 | HOFFMAN, John | -----, Mary* | |||||
03/03/1852 | 40 | DETWEILER, David* | 18 | PA | PA: York Co. (d the 7th inst., age 18y, 5m, 22d); son of John & Sus. [sic], who remain; converted ca 2 yrs ago; consumption w/ the "white-swelling" | |||
03/03/1852 | 40 | HUGHES, Anna Maria* | 27 | HUGHES, B. W. | -- | --: Minister: BUSSE, Henry A.; d Jan 28th last, age 27y, 20d; dau of J. & Margaret; w/ husb left home to visit friends in Northumberland Co. for health reasons; taken ill at Petersburg; died [exact place of death unclear] | ||
03/03/1852 | 40 | HUGHES, B. W. | -----, Anna Maria* | |||||
03/03/1852 | 40 | HARDENSTINE, Sarah* | 26 | HARDENSTINE, Nathan | -- | --: Minister: BUSSE, Henry A.; d Feb 1st age 26y, 9m, 18d); converted 12 yrs ago; consistent church memb | ||
03/03/1852 | 40 | HARDENSTINE, Nathan | -----, Sarah* | |||||
03/17/1852 | 48 | HEUCH, Elizabeth* | 31 | HALL | HEUCH, Conrad | PA | PA: Perry Co. (d Feb 18th age 31y, 7m, 15d); converted when young; a sis to B. F. HALL, who submitted the obit [poem] | |
03/17/1852 | 48 | HALL, Elizabeth* | 31 | HEUCH, Conrad | PA | PA: Perry Co. (d Feb 18th age 31y, 7m, 15d); converted when young; a sis to B. F. HALL, who submitted the obit [poem] | ||
03/17/1852 | 48 | HEUCH, Conrad | HALL, Elizabeth* | |||||
03/17/1852 | 48 | HERING, Solomon* | 27 | OH | OH: Trumbull Co. (d Feb 7th last, age 27y, 21d); consumption, being confined ca 3 mos | |||
03/17/1852 | 48 | DEININGER, Azima Lindemay* [male] | 1 | -- | --: Minister: LEAS, Isaac; d Feb 22nd age 1y, 8m, 11d; son of Rev. C. F.; scarlet fever / croup | |||
03/31/1852 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, | |||||||
04/14/1852 | 64 | KETNER, Elizabeth* | -- | KETNER, Wm. | PA | PA: Union Co. (res prev) | PA: Venango Co. (d Jan 24, 1852); joined Evan. Assn. ca 23 yrs ago; husb, 1 son, 8 daus remain; her sufferings in life were great | |
04/14/1852 | 64 | KETNER, Wm. | -----, Elizabeth* | |||||
04/14/1852 | 64 | WEAVER, Charles* | 33 | PA | PA: Venango Co. (d Feb 26, 1852 age 33y, 27d); converted & joined Evan. Assn. ca 14 yrs ago; widow, 4 chren remain | |||
04/14/1852 | 64 | MILLIRON, Abraham* | 63 | PA | PA: Jefferson Co. (d Feb 3rd last); memb Evan. Assn. 17-18 yrs; first camp-meeting in this area in 1835 was held on his land; a pillar of the church, lived an exemplary life of piety | |||
04/14/1852 | 64 | M'COY, Benj.* | 45 | OH | PA: Cumberland Co. (b) | OH: Morrow Co. (d Mar 19th last, age 45y, 8m, 19d); converted age 18, joined Evan. Assn.; class-leader a number of yrs; to OH ca 3 yrs prior to his death; widow, 6 chren remain; consumption | ||
04/28/1852 | 72 | ORWIG, George* | 71 | OH | OH: Sandusky Co.: York (d Feb 1, 1852 age 71y, 14d); memb Evan. Assn. 25+ yrs; aged widow, 7 chren remain [mentions a son]; fever of lungs + old age [poem] | |||
05/12/1852 | 80 | LONG, Nathan* | 61 | PA | PA: Fayette Co. (d the 22nd inst.); housed Evan. preachers ca 24-25 yrs ago, when res in Somerset Co., PA; wife remains; fever + disease of lungs "The Bible was the man of his counsel." | |||
05/12/1852 | 80 | KUHNEY, Saraphian* [male] | 70 | PA | GERMANY (born & raised) | PA: Perry Co.: Fishing Creek Valley (d Apr 16, 1852 age 70y, 2m, 13d); to AMER ca 35 yrs ago; converted ca 24 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; in a dream 15 mos earlier was foretold of his death; mentions chren & grchren who remain | ||
05/26/1852 | 86 | PETERSON, Harriett* | 53 | CLAYTON | PETERSON, H. W. (husb #2); md 1831; co. registrar for 3 cos. | ONT | DE: Sussx Co. (b May 6, 1798) | ONT: Guelph (d the 18th inst.); funeral in Meth. Ch., att by one of largest congregations ever collected together in Guelph [a two-column obit for a very prominent woman] |
05/26/1852 | 86 | CLAYTON, Harriett* | 53 | DOUGLAS, Walter, Esq. (husb #1), md 1813, d 1826; 1 son in US Navy, 1 dau md to attorney in DE remain; 1 child dead | ONT | DE: Sussx Co. (b May 6, 1798) | ONT: Guelph (d the 18th inst.); funeral in Meth. Ch., att by one of largest congregations ever collected together in Guelph [a two-column obit for a very prominent woman] | |
05/26/1852 | 86 | DOUGLAS, Harriet* | 53 | CLAYTON | PETERSON, H. W. (husb #2); md 1831; co. registrar for 3 cos. | ONT | DE: Sussx Co. (b May 6, 1798) | ONT: Guelph (d the 18th inst.); funeral in Meth. Ch., att by one of largest congregations ever collected together in Guelph [a two-column obit for a very prominent woman] |
05/26/1852 | 86 | DOUGLAS, Walter, Esq. | CLAYTON, Harriett* | |||||
05/26/1852 | 86 | PETERSON, H. W. | DOUGLAS, Harriett CLAYTON* | |||||
06/09/1852 | 96 | YOST, Joseph* | 23 | PA | PA: Lycoming Co.: White Deer Hole Valley (d May 13, 1852); converted ca 10 yrs ago "while his father was yet living in Bucks co., Pa." Parents remain; affection of the heart | |||
06/23/1852 | 104 | SOWERS, Catharine* | 31 | MILLER | SOWERS, Frederick H. | -- | PA: York Co. (b) | --: Meehanicksburgh [sic] (d May 11th last, age 31y, 9m, 4d); dau of C. MILLER, who w/ his fam moved to Indiana Co.; she memb Evan. Assn. ca 17 yrs; husb, 4 chren remain, one ch age ca 4 wks |
06/23/1852 | 104 | MILLER, Catharine* | 31 | SOWERS, Frederick H. | -- | PA: York Co. (b) | --: Meehanicksburgh [sic] (d May 11th last, age 31y, 9m, 4d); dau of C. MILLER, who w/ his fam moved to Indiana Co.; she memb Evan. Assn. ca 17 yrs; husb, 4 chren remain, one ch age ca 4 wks | |
06/23/1852 | 104 | SOWERS, Frederick | MILLER, Catharine* | |||||
06/23/1852 | 104 | MILLER, Elizabeth* | 6 | -- | --: Minister: BROWN, L. D.; d May 11th age 6y, 6m, 23d; ch of John & Sarah Ann; scarlet fever | |||
06/23/1852 | 104 | MILLER, July Ann* | 10 | -- | --: Minister: BROWN, L. D.; d May 13th age 10y, 6m; ch of John & Sarah Ann; scarlet fever | |||
06/23/1852 | 104 | MILLER, Jacob* | -- | -- | --: Minister: BROWN, L. D.; d May 13th, no age stated, but "little bro" to July Ann [cause of death not stated] | |||
06/23/1852 | 104 | HERR, Barbara* | 20 | PA | PA: Adams Co. (d Mar 20th last); converted ca 2 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; mentions her sis who embraced religion shen she did [poem] | |||
07/07/1852 | 112 | SCHWARZ, Salome* | 44 | SCHWARZ, Henry | OH | OH: Fairfield Co. (d Jun 12th age 44y, 10m, 21d); memb Evan. Assn. nearly 16 yrs; md nearly 23 yrs; husb, 12 chren remain; painful sickness lasted 8 mos | ||
07/07/1852 | 112 | SCHWARZ, Henry | -----, Salome* | |||||
07/07/1852 | 112 | DAVIS, Mary Ann* | 31 | PA | PA: Luzerne Co.: Hollanback Tp. (d Feb 27, 1852 age 31y, 4m, 10d); converted ca 1 yr ago; husb, 6 chren remain; d in child-bed | |||
07/07/1852 | 112 | FUNK, Henry* | 54 | PA | PA: Bucks Co.: Springtown area (res prev) | PA: Milton area (d Jun 25th age 54y, 4m, 5d); esteemed memb of Baptist Soc.; a warm friend to the Evan. Assn.; his house a home for our preachers; wife, 6 chren remain; ill 5 mos, d of apoplexy | ||
07/21/1852 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, | |||||||
08/04/1852 | 128 | BAKER, Elizabeth* | 46 | BAKER, Joseph | PA | PA: York Co. (d Jul 15th last, age 46y, 9m, 3d); converted ca 8 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn; husb, 6 chren remain; infection of liver, confined 8 wks, suffered most excruciating pain | ||
08/04/1852 | 128 | BAKER, Joseph | -----, Elizabeth* | |||||
08/04/1852 | 128 | KUHNEY, -----* [+ husb] | 71 | PA | PA: Perry Co.: Fishing Creek Valley (d Apr 26, 1852 age 71y, 6m, 13d); worthy memb Evan. Assn. ca 23 yr; husb d 11 days before her | |||
08/04/1852 | 128 | PAUL, Jacob* | 37 | PA | PA: Cambria Co.: Richland Tp. (d Jul 4th age 37y, 11m, 19d); converted ca 18 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; widow, 1 child remain; typhoid fever. Minister: L. D. BROWN | |||
08/18/1852 | 136 | FISHER, M. W.* | 32 | PA | PA: Perry Co.: Rye Tp. (d May 14, 1852 age 32y, 5m, 3d); converted ca 2 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; widow, 3 chren remain | |||
08/18/1852 | 136 | WALHAVER, John* | 45 | PA | PA: Clearfield Co. (d Jul 12th aged 45y, 3m, 2d; embraced religion in youth, joined Evan. Assn.; wife, 4 chren remain; consumption. Minister: L. D. BROWN | |||
09/01/1852 | 144 | DERSHAM, Clarissa* | 25 | HIGH | DERSHAM, John | PA | PA: Union Co. (d Aug 12th age 25y, 8m, 16d); dau of John & Elisabeth; converted ca 14 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; funeral sermon in both German & English, held on camp ground nr New-Columbia; consumption ca 6 mos | |
09/01/1852 | 144 | HIGH, Clarissa* | 25 | DERSHAM, John | PA | PA: Union Co. (d Aug 12th age 25y, 8m, 16d); dau of John & Elisabeth; converted ca 14 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; funeral sermon in both German & English, held on camp ground nr New-Columbia; consumption ca 6 mos | ||
09/01/1852 | 144 | DERSHAM, John | HIGH, Clarissa* | |||||
09/01/1852 | 144 | POWELL, Sally* | 45 | POWELL, Samuel | OH | PA: Northampton Co. (b 1806) | OH: Hancock Co. (d Aug 16th age 45y, 9m, 24d); md Apr 1825; md27 yrs, had 14 chren, one of whom died; converted 16 yrs ago; dropsy of heart 3 days. Submitted by J. POWELL | |
09/01/1852 | 144 | POWELL, Samuel | -----, Sally* | |||||
09/15/1852 | 152 | SHIP, John T.* | 14 | VA | VA: Thordy [sic] Co. (d Jun 29th last, age 14y, 11m, 23d); embraced religion ca 2 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn. Minister: W. B. POLING [poem] | |||
09/15/1852 | 152 | SCHULER, Mary M.* | 16 | PA | PA: Lebanon (d Aug 2, 1852 age 16y, 5m, 25d); dau of Michael & Catharine; converted ca 4 wks before death; consumption | |||
09/29/1852 | 157 | SOWERS, Isaac, Esq.* | 50 | ONT | PA (b) | ONT: from PA 25 yrs ago, res Galt last 19 yrs; property & money left to Meth. New Connexion; other land sold & money divided bet Wesleyan Meth., Meth. New Connexion, & Evan. Assn. all of Canada; wife remains | ||
10/13/1852 | 168 | NIEDRAUER, Caroline* | 31 | PA | PA: Bucks Co. (d Sep 15th last, age 31y, 5m, 21d); a memb of the church; dysentery. Minister: H. BUCKS | |||
10/27/1852 | 176 | EMANHEISER, -----* [female] | 39 | PA | PA: York Co. (d the 3d inst., age 39y, 6m, 16d); embraced religion ca 3 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; husb, 8 chren remain; liver-comnplaint | |||
10/27/1852 | 176 | KEEFER, Elizabeth* | 56 | PA | PA: York (d Sep 28th last, aged 56y, 6m, 4d); blood-cancer 2 yrs | |||
11/10/1852 | 184 | RUMMEL, Immanuel* | 3 | -- | --: Minister: HAMMER, W.; d Oct 8th age 3y, 1m, 6d; son of Jonathan H. & Elizabeth; cholera morbus [poem] | |||
11/24/1852 | 192 | RICHARDSON, Jeremiah* | 19 | PA | PA: Huntingdon Co. (d Oct 9th last, age 19y, 10m, 2d); son of Alexander; converted ca 8 mos ago; some wks after, left Indiana Co., PA, & went to Huntingdon Co.; acute rheumatism which settled in his head. Minister: W. HAMMER | |||
12/08/1852 | 200 | LILLITSON, James* [colored] | ca 88 | PA | PA: York Co.: Lower Winsor [sic] Tp. (d the 3rd inst.); widow, 3 chren remain; bur at New Salem Ch. "'It is about 52 years since I set out for glory; 36 years of that time I have been under the sensible influence of the Holy Ghost.'" [detailed] | |||
12/08/1852 | 200 | WENHOLD, Charles* | 37 | PA | PA: Northampton Co.: Nazareth (d Oct 27th age 37y, 11m, 24d); converted 8 yrs ago; class-leader at Nazareth; many inhabitants of Nazareth & Shoeneck (Moravian villages) att funeral; wife, 7 chren remain; typus [sic] fever 5 wks | |||
12/08/1852 | 200 | DIEHL, Joseph* | 36 | PA | PA: Monture [sic] Co.: Danville (d Oct 11th age 36y, 5m, 21d); converted 8 yrs ago, joined Evan. Assn.; wife, 1 child remain; sick 2 wks | |||
12/24/1852 | NO OBITUARIES THIS ISSUE, |
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