HERKIMER COUNTY, NY DEATHS 1847 - 1849 |
This original transcription of the vital records of the Town of Columbia, 1847 - 1849, was made by Kathy Huxtable, Town of Columbia editor. Reading through and transcribing these from the original took Kathy a long time to do and we really appreciate her effort to bring more official records to the site. We hope this list provides clues to ancestral location and helps you better formulate questions when visiting Mohawk Valley societies or ordering mail searches. If you recognize anyone on this list, please drop a line to Martha so we can note it on this page.
As you scan the listings you'll see unusual spellings. They're not typos but can be attributed to well-known difficulties in reading fragile records with old handwriting, as well as 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 town you thought your ancestors were from, don't pass them by. Jot them down...just in case. A date and location from these vital records 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 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 the 1880s, over 25 years after the 1847 - 1849 events were recorded, and wasn't really enforced until 1900. New York State death registration wasn't required until just after 1900.
*** Official death certificates did not exist in New York State in 1847 - 1849.***
*** Neither Kathy nor I have further info on the persons named below. ***
Feb.1 | Samantha VanDeusen U.N. | Columbia | age 8 | -- | Congestion of the Brain |
Feb.7 | Clement Woodart U.N. | South Columbia | age 12 da. | -- | Convulsions |
Feb.21 | Elizabeth P. Hewitson M.N. | Columbia | age 32 | Tailoress | Consumption |
Apr.5 | Dorcas Eddy M.N. | Richfield Otsego Co. | age 84 | -- | Old Age |
Apr.12 | Catharin France U.N. | Columbia | age ? | -- | Malformation |
Apr.19 | Mary E. France U.N. | Columbia | age 1 | -- | Disease of the Bowels |
Apr.24 | Haggerty (female) U.N. | Columbia | age ? | -- | Unknown |
May 2 | Anson Kaple M.N. | Columbia | age 64 | Carpenter | Organic Afflection of the Heart |
May 29 | Jarutha Ayers M.N. | South Columbia | age 90 | -- | Paralysis |
June 1 | Jeremiah A. Myers U.N. | South Columbia | age 18 mo. | -- | Disease of the Nervous System |
June 4 | Almira Brown M.N. | South Columbia | age 40 | -- | Unknown |
June 28 | Aaron M. Getman U.N. | South Columbia | age 21 | Farmer | Consumption |
Aug.24 | Jacob Christman Jr. | So. Columbia | age 52 | Farme | r Billious |
Aug.31 | Walby (male) U.N. | South Columbia | age 4 mo. | -- | Diarrhea |
Sept.12 | Almira Young M.N. | South Columbia | age 34 | -- | Maglignant Dease of the Ovaria |
Nov.1 | Emily Lee U.N. | South Columbia | age 7 mo. | -- | Measels |
Nov.18 | Peter Fyke M.N. | Columbia | age 80 | Farmer | Old Age |
Nov.18 | Emma Jane House U.N. | South Columbia | age 4 mo. | -- | Convulsions |
Dec.23 | Charles Smith U.N. | Columbia | age 25 | Farmer | Typhoid Fever |
Jan.5 | Henry Helmer M.N. | Columbia | age 78 | Farmer | Old Age |
Jan.30 | Darvin Shaver U.N. | Columbia | age 14 | Farmer | Ague in the Face |
Feb.29 | Maryett Bort M.N. | Columbia | age 35 | Housekeeping | Consumption |
Mar.3 | Lana Miller M. N. | Columbia | age 81 | Housekeeping | Old Age |
Mar.7 | William Smith (colored) U.N. | Columbia | age 8 mo. | -- | Inflamation in the Lungs |
Mar.8 | George F. Clapsaddle U.N. | Columbia | age 2 | -- | Burnt |
Mar.16 | Catharine Terpaning U.N. | Columbia | age 1 | -- | Inflamation on the Heart |
Apr.13 | Elizabeth Harwick M.N. | Columbia | age 40 | Housekeeping | Consumption |
Apr.16 | Haggerty (not given) --N. | Columbia | age ? | -- | Unknown |
Apr.25 | Sarah Morrison M.N. | Columbia | age 68 | -- | Consumption |
May 6 | Elizabeth Tyler M.N. | -- | age 29 | -- | Unknown |
June 19 | Festus Williams M.N. | Columbia | age 81 | Farmer | Inflamation of Stomach & Bowels |
July 5 | Mary Barger M.N. | Columbia | age 55 | Housekeeping | Dropsy |
July 18 | Clarisa Burrell M.N. | Columbia | age 23 | -- | Inflamation of the Bowels |
Aug.14 | Elias Benedict M.N. | Columbia | age 83 | Farmer | Diabetis |
Sept.8 | John Clapsaddle M.N. | Columbia | age 72 | Farmer | Liver Complaint |
Oct.18 | Mary Helmer U.N. | Columbia | age 20 | -- | Consumption |
Nov.7 | Abel Hannah M.N. | Columbia | age 65 | Physician | Ulceration in the Stomach |
Nov.22 | Dorothy Miller M.N. | Columbia | age 81 | Housekeeping | Dropsy |
Dec.6 | Harvey House M.N. | Columbia | age 21 | Farmer | Fever |
Dec.16 | F.E.S. Burrell (male) U.N. | -- | age 5 | -- | Disorder of the Heart |
Jan.27 | Elizabeth Clapsaddle U.N. | Columbia | age 21 | Farmer's Daughter | Inflamation of the Lungs |
Feb.11 | (female) U.N. | Columbia | age ? | -- | Measels |
Feb.14 | Francis Brown U.N. | Richfield Otsego Co. | age 18 | Farmer's Daughter | Consumption |
Feb.25 | Ema Jane Hoke U.N. | Columbia | age ? | -- | Dropsy on the Brain |
Feb.27 | Charles Storing U.N. | Columbia | age 6 | -- | Unknown |
Mar.12 | James Haggerty -- | Columbia | age 79 | -- | Consumption |
Apr.16 | James K. Rounds M.N. | Columbia | age 40 | Farmer | Consumption |
Apr.19 | Phebe Van Vookis M.N. | Columbia | age 84 | -- | Inflamation on the Lungs |
June 14 | Mary Jacobson M.N. | Columbia | age 63 | -- | Irecipolas |
Aug.12 | Mary Jane Casler U.N. | Columbia | age 6 | -- | Summer Complaint |
Aug.30 | Elizabeth Barringer U.N. | Columbia | age 6 | -- | Inflamation of the Bowels |
Sept.4 | Maryett France U.N. | Columbia | age 1 | -- | Disease of the Bowels |
Sept.11 | Ruena West M.N. | Columbia | age 21 | -- | Consumption |
Sept.23 | Catharine Wollaber M.N. | Columbia | age 39 | -- | Inflamation of the Bowels |
Sept.- | Polly Hudson (colored) M.N. | Columbia | age 80 | -- | Consumption |
Oct.6 | Susan Griffith M.N. | Columbia | age 38 | -- | Derangement of the Stomach & Bowels |
Oct.18 | Mary Getman M.N. | Columbia | age 85 | -- | Old Age |
Oct.26 | Mary A. Reynolds M.N. | Columbia | age 24 | Domestic | Scrofulous Consumption |
Nov.24 | Henry Passage M.N. | Columbia | age 44 | Farmer | Inflamation of the Bowels |
Nov.29 | Orrin Wilkerson U.N. | Columbia | age 23 | Farmer | Consumption |
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