The 1879 deaths are from the "Richmond Disptach," Richmond, Va., Thursday, January 1, 1880 issue.
1879
January.
1st. James Phillips; aged 68 years.
3d. Patrick McNamara; aged 60 years.
4th. William Smith; aged 68 years.
7th. Robert H. Allen.
10th. Mrs. Magdalen Miller, wife of Henry Miller; aged 75 years.
12th. Mrs. Geraldine Shell, wife of Thomas N. Shell; aged 64 years. Mrs.
Jane R. Taylor, wife of Thomas J. Taylor; aged 77.
14th. Mrs. Frances E. Dunlevy; aged 77.
16th. Mrs. Sophia Hexter, mother of Levi Hexter.
20th. Mrs. Mary Franklin, wife of the late Fleming Franklin; aged 67.
21st. Miss Julia A. Magruder, sister of General Magruder; aged 66. Mrs.
Sarah Gompf; aged 83. S. Lisberger.
23d. Mrs. Robert B. Lyne. John Henry Eustace.
26th. Judge James D. Hallyburton; aged 76. Rev. M. J. Michelbaeber.
28th. Mrs. Judge George L. Christian. Mrs. Catherine Hunt; aged 65.
31st. William J. Bell; aged 60. Edgar M. Porter; aged 77.
February.
1st. Captain James H. Henery. Mrs. Nancy Ann Smithers; aged 80.
2d. John C. Johnson; aged 68.
3d. Mrs. Julia Wildt, wife of William Wildt; aged 62.
5th. James P. Boswell; aged 61.
6th. Henry L. Destler; aged 64.
10th. John M. England.
11th. Mrs. Mary A. Ellett, consort of the late James C. Ellett; aged 63.
12th. Mrs. Mary E. Alvey, wife of the late Richard T. Alvey . Miss Elizabeth
E. Bryant; aged 82.
16th. Mrs. Catharine Marvin; aged 86.
21st. General Robert H. Chilton; aged 64.
22d. Miss Margaret A. McFall; aged 65.
26th. Mrs. Eliza Mears; aged 77.
March.
5th. Mrs. Catharine Matthews; aged 75. M. C. Heggarty, killed by premature
explosion of nitro-glycerine at Dutch Gap.
15th. John D. Blair; aged 65.
16th. Mrs. Molly B. Crouch, wife of the late Thomas Crouch; aged 80.
17th. Milly Dandridge; aged 87.
21st. Mrs. A. M. Pettus, relict of the late Hugh Pettus; aged 81.
22d. Mrs. Margaret C. Fisher; aged 69. Mrs. E. S. Claiborne, mother of the
late Judge A. B. Guigon; aged 78.
23d. Mrs. Jean Mackie; aged 69. Mrs. Mary Eliza Hillyard; aged 77. Dr.
Charles B. Smith.
24th. Daniel J. Hartsook.
25th. Martha R. Franklin; aged 73. Patrick Fogerty; aged 64.
29th. Mrs. C. C. Stiles, widow of Rev. J. C. Stiles, D. D.
31st. Henry Nolte; aged 60.
April.
2d. Mrs. Mary A. Houseman, widow of the late F. E. Houseman; aged 66.
4th. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Spraggins; aged 64.
5th. Robert V. Priddy.
6th. Shelton C. Davis, clerk of Senate; aged 61.
7th. Captain J. B. Strong; aged 66.
9th. Mrs. Maria Allen; aged 74.
10th. Major Samuel H. Boykin, Surperintendent of Public Buildings.
15th. Mrs. Sarah E. S. Cary, relict of the late Colonel Gill A. Cary; aged
89. William Freeman; aged 75.
17th. Mrs. Julia Jackson; aged 62.
18th. Mrs. Martha Eubank; aged 89. Miss Rebecca Edmonds; aged 64. Mrs. Susan
M. Pendleton, wife of Dr. E. S. Pendleton.
19th. Samuel M. Price; aged 63.
20th. Mrs. Sarah S. Powell, wife of Charles H. Powell; aged 76.
23d. Mrs. L. P. Anthony, widow of the late J. H. Anthony.
24th. Mrs. Selina A. C. Irvine; aged 78. Rev. Scott Gwathmey.
25th. Rev. F. M. Baker; aged 57.
29th. A. Monroe Bailey; aged 65.
May.
5th. Mrs. Louisa G. Poindexter; aged 66. J. Harvey Campbell.
9th. Mrs. Susan M. Rawlings; aged 89.
10th. Mrs. Bridget Cahill; aged 80.
12th. David M. Lea.
13th. Mrs. Elizabeth Synco; aged 76.
14th. Mrs. Mary Brady; aged 76.
16th. Patrick Cummins.
23d. George W. Dyer; aged 63.
24th. Mrs. Mary Jones, relict of David Jones; aged 70.
27th. Mrs. Jane Swords, wife of W. J. Swords.
29th. Mrs. Mary Wilson; aged 84.
June.
1st. Mrs. Martha A. Armistead, wife of Rev. R. A. Armistead; aged 69.
2d. Miss Sally Lambert, sister of the late General William Lambert; aged 80.
5th. John Harmer Gilmer; aged 68.
8th. Hannah Scott; aged 84. Mrs. Elizabeth Turner; aged 75.
16th. Mrs. Ellen Stansbury; aged 65.
17th. Pleasant E. Gentry; aged 62.
18th. Mrs. Fannie D. King; aged 75.
21st. Chastain White; aged 56.
22d. Mrs. Martha D. Richardson; aged 69.
July.
2d. Mrs. Mary R. Ricker; aged 74.
3d. Miss Louisa M. Bolling, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Bolling, Sr.,
from the effects of burns. Peter Reynolds; aged 67.
4th. Mrs. Rebecca W. Robinson, widow of the late Anthony Robinson; aged 84.
5th. Douglas Branch.
8th. Robert B. Bagby; aged 78.
13th. Mrs. Anne Gilliam Smith, wife of Dr. E. H. Smith.
18th. Mrs. Imogen Warwick Bolling, wife of Charles N. Bolling.
22d. Mrs. Alice Walsh; aged 82. Miss Eliza Riddle; aged 81.
23d. Mrs. Mary R. Griffin, widow of the late Fleming Griffin; aged 68.
28th. John Maben; aged 80 years.
August.
10th. Mrs. Gertrude L. M. Evans, wife of James Evans; aged 75.
17th. Mrs. Ann Mercer Williams, relict of the late Charles Bruce Williams;
aged 80.
21st. W. A. J. Martin; aged 64.
30th. George E. S. Netherland; aged 59.
31st. John W. Camp; aged 63.
The 1887 deaths are from "The Richmond Dispatch," Richmond, Va.,
Sunday, January 1, 1888 issue.
1887
January,
2d. Dr. Edward M. Seabrook; aged 56. Funeral of Mrs. Mary Ann Hobson, wife
of Julius Hobson, formerly City Collector; aged 74.
4th. John Koppenhaffer; aged 61.
5th. Mrs. M. V. Johnston; aged 62.
7th. John E. Reams; aged 71.
8th. Mrs. James W. Rountree, of Manchester; aged 67.
9th. John Wesley Cardwell; aged 67. Thomas O. Keesee; aged 46.
11th. Mrs. Mary E. Hobbs, of Manchester; aged 67.
15th. William H. Briggs found dead in bed; aged 54.
18th. Colonel E. C. Mosby; aged 85.
26th. Mrs. Mary E. Lockett, of Manchester; aged 69.
28th. Mrs. Elizabeth Atkins; aged 89.
31st. Major Isaac H. Carrington; aged 67. Dr. William M. Withers; aged 58.
February,
3d. Peyton Johnston, Sr.; aged 77. Mrs. Ann E. Crowley; aged 73.
5th. Mrs. Mary Emergene Rogers; aged 65.
6th. Mrs. Hunter Marshall; aged 67. Mrs. R. Alonzo Brock{no age listed}.
7th. Mrs. Jane W. Clemmitt; aged 65.
10th. Mrs. Sarah F. Blair; aged 77.
11th. Mrs. M. E. Rider; aged 63.
12th. Mrs. Jane L. Cowles; aged 70.
13th. John A. Lacy, Sr.; aged 87. Major Willis S. Dance, of Powhatan; aged
65.
15th. Dr. John G. Wayt; aged 77.
18th. Mrs. Caroline E. Coonley; aged 63.
21st. William P. Munford; aged 68.
24th. Mrs. Leonora Carter Loth; aged 33.
25th. Thomas W. Brockenbrough; aged 71. Mrs. Jane McIntosh Place; aged 80.
March,
2d. William G. Toler; aged 50.
4th. Joseph F. Cottrell; aged 50.
7th. Miss Caroline K. Bulington; aged 88.
8th. Mrs. Pauline F. Brown; aged 60.
16th. William Brunt; aged 66.
18th. Benjamin Cary Nelson died suddenly{no age listed}. Mrs. Catherine
Pemberton; aged 83.
19th. Charles W. Purcell; aged 70.
22d. Mrs. Lena Augusta Jurgens; aged 61.
26th. Mrs. Harriet Graves; aged 83.
29th. James Blackwell Foster;aged 77.
30th. Mrs. Sarah A. Bacon, of Manchester;aged 72.
April,
4th. Dr. James B. McCaw, Jr.{no age listed}.
5th. Rueben M. West (colored); aged 83.
6th. James M. Tanner; aged 79.
12th. W. G. Forbes{no age listed}. Mrs. Sallie E. Norvell{no age listed}.
13th. Mrs. Anna G. Burgwyn{no age listed}.
15th. Josiah Clarke; aged 69.
16th. Mrs. Mary Frances Bancalari; aged 60. Joseph C. Jacobs; aged 63.
17th. Mrs. Mary Wingler; aged 79.
19th. William West; aged 75.
20th. William Wildt, Sr.; aged 73. Mary E. Westcott, of Manchester; aged 72.
22d. Mrs Louisa Webb{no age listed}.
25th. Mrs. Caroline Arsell;aged 79.
26th. Mrs. Martha Goolsby; aged 71. Mrs. Margaret Keilev; aged 79. Mrs. Jane
E. Wingfield; aged 64.
May
3d. Frank H. Alfriend; aged 46.
4th. Claiborne Burnett; aged 76.
6th. Charles Hartwell; aged 70.
16th. Mrs. Sarah Winston Miles; aged 73.
17th. Mrs. Mariah J. Belknap; aged 81. Mrs. E. R. Cosby; aged 75. Mrs. Nora
Downs; aged 76.
19th. Robert Rose; aged 81.
21st. Mrs. Sarah A. Nicholson; aged 71.
22d. Mrs. Adaline Pollard; aged 73.
23d. Mrs. Margaret Haibleib; aged 78.
31st. Mrs. H. Bentley (Henrico county); aged 61.
June
2d. Miss Mary Bowen, of Manchester; aged 77.
10th. Rev. W. F. C. Gregory{no age listed}.
12th. George W. Booker; aged 78. Mrs. W. R. Pemberton; aged 62.
14th. John Fountain Ford; aged 69.
16th. John Graeme; aged 58. Mrs. J. P. Magruder; aged 64. William H. Scott;
aged 64.
18th. Henry A. Phillips; aged 61.
19th. Mrs. Catharine Hackett; aged 61. Furman Tupper{no age listed}
25th. Peyton S. Coles; aged 58.
July
2d. Patrick McCreen; aged 60.
5th. Cornelia Wayles Leigh; aged 68.
6th. Benjamin H. Conner; aged 74. Patrick Reidy; aged 73.
7th. Mrs. Fanny Johnson; aged 90. Mrs. Virginia K. Weitcomb{no age listed}
12th. Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Cox; aged 78.
13th. Mary Mahoney; aged 63. Mrs. Catharine Leonhauser; aged 72. Mrs. Martha
A. Crafton; aged aged 82.
16th. Mrs. Jeanette Nachman; aged 70{?}.
18th. Joseph Brockenborough; aged 70.
19th. James Andrews; aged 69.
21st. Mrs. L. A. Floyd; aged 76. William Hancock; aged 64.
22d. Edward Major; aged 73.
23d. John Phillips; aged 63.
29th. William Norwood; aged 81. Mrs. Ann F. Bolling; aged 88.
31st. Willie Ann Baker; aged 65.
August
2d. Mrs. Susan A. Lawrence; aged 77.
4th. V. M. Jones; aged 64.
8th. Richard T. redford; aged 67.
9th. Mrs. Margaret Baben; aged 67.
11th. Charles Gennet; aged 81.
12th. Mrs. Ellen C. Burns; aged 63.
14th. Henry Wallerstein; aged 69.
21st. Mrs. Ellen O'Keefe; aged 69.
22d. John L. Baron; aged 68.
26th. Richard Bastin; aged 80.
September
1st. Nicholas Kiebert; aged 80.
4th. Mrs. Lucy A. Cardwell; aged 63.
6th. Mrs. Christina M. Haffner; aged 79.
7th. Mrs. Elizabeth Hennessey; aged 66.
8th. John A. Chevalle; aged 68.
11th. Mrs. Adeline S. Carrington; aged 71.
13th. John Dearborn; aged 88.
14th. J. H. Oliver; aged 63. Mrs. Susan J. Richardson; aged 64.
17th. Mrs. Harriet Blankenship; aged 84. John Beirne; aged 71.
18th. Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan; aged 68.
20th. Miss A. M. Ford; aged 69. Benjamin F. Ladd; aged 68.
23d. David Bridges; aged 77. John Ford; aged 61. James M. Thompson, Sr.;
aged 64.
24th. Mrs. M. C. Jeter; aged 64.
26th. W. J. Barker; aged 63.
30th. John E. Johnston; aged 63. Nathaniel Upsher; aged 65.
October
1st. Mrs. Selathia A. Puckett; aged 73.
5th. William H. Powers; aged 70.
8th. Sanitary Officer John N. Hobson; aged 63.
10th. Mrs. Emily Timberlake; aged 72. Mrs. A. M. Ragsdale; aged 62.
12th. Mrs. Harriet Wicks; aged 64. Mrs. Mary A. Lyddane; aged 82.
13th. Mrs. Judith Watson(colored); aged 87.
20th. C. H. G. Lohmeyer; aged 63. Mrs. Susan A. Clements; aged 71. William
M. Page; aged 82. James Arthur Snell; aged 67.
26th. Frederick W. Dunkel; aged 63. Mrs. Ann E. Gates; aged 79.
November
2d. A. G. Phillips; aged 62.
10th. Colonel Lloyd J. Beall; aged 81.
11th. John Chesia; aged 63.
17th. Thomas G. Crump;aged 73.
18th. William G. Valentine; aged 67.
19th. Mrs. Jane Hudgins; aged 79. Henry G. Taylor; aged 71.
21st. E. B. Spence; aged 82.
24th. Hulday J. Jackson(colored); aged 70.
25th. Miss Catherine M. Harris; aged 66. Mrs. Margaret Hanna; aged 84.
26th. Thomas S. Deuel; aged 84.
29th. F. W. Wagner; aged 68.
December {note:they have the 6th listed twice}
6th. John M. Young; aged 56.
6th. Thomas G. Watson; aged 40.
7th. Joseph H. Saunders; aged 70.
10th. Mrs. Mary Briel; aged 66.
16th. Louis Dill; aged 71. John C. Murry; aged 73.
19th. Mrs. Mary Crawford; aged 76.
20th. Mrs. Eliza Lyos; aged 93.
21st. Mrs. Catherine Delarne; aged 83.
22d. Alexander H. Sands; aged 60.
23d. John McCauley; aged 67. Mrs. Hannah Potter; aged 83.
27th. Mrs. Emily Pilkinton; aged 64.
28th. Marlene Lanzarone; aged 65.
29th. Mrs. Mary M. Burnett; aged 68.