Fairfield County CT Archives History .....Deaths In Hiram Fairchild Diary, Brookfield 1824-1837
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Hiram Fairchild, Diary, Brookfield, 1824-1837
     Hiram Fairchild was born in Newtown and married Sarah Northrop of 
Brookfield on Jan. 20, 1824.  The diary begins on May 5, 1824, when they moved 
to Brookfield.  The events listed below are deaths, except where otherwise 
noted.

Dec. 6, 1824   Father Northrop, ae 59; typhus fever
Jan. 15, 1825  wife of Deac. (torn) Sherman
Feb. 5, 1825   brother and sisters William ____ (torn) ae 11 ____ (torn) 16
Feb. 1825      old Mr. (Mrs? - torn) Platt
Mar. 4, 1825   Mrs. Andrews, ae 40
Mar. 25, 1825  Aunt Benedict, wife of Deac. F. Benedict of Bethel
Apr. 17, 1825  Deac. Samuel Sherman
June 5, 1825   Frederick Fairchild, ae 5; whooping cough & canker
June 12, 1825  Homer Northrop, ae 25; complaint in head
July 18, 1825  Ezra Keeler died in the field
July 28, 1825  Mr. Eliud Starr
Aug. 2, 1825   child of Dennis Lobdell
               Elias Osborn
Aug. 15, 1825  Andrew Northrop, ae 67; typhus
Sept. 6, 1825  John Guire; dysentery
Sept. 7, 1825  Mr. Lewis Osborn; typhus
Sept. 10, 1825 Mr. Read Wheeler; typhus
Sept. 11, 1825 Mrs. Susannah Northrop, ae 89; old age
Sept. 25, 1825 Mr. Amos Hubbell; typhus
Sept. 29, 1825 Henrietta Hull and Amelia Hull, daughters of Mr. E. Hull; typhus
Oct. 2, 1825   Joseph Smith; typhus
Oct. 9, 1825   wife of Abel Foote; typhus
Oct. 20, 1825  Mrs. Read; typhus
               Mrs. Lebbeus Wildman; typhus
Nov. 1825      David Betts, state pauper, died from a fall
Nov. 9, 1825   Mary Wildman; typhus
               child of Mr. Hurlbut
Nov. 28, 1825  wife of Col. Hawley; typhus
Dec. 2, 1825   Orville Pomeroy; typhus
Dec. 31, 1825  Mrs. Barlow; typhus
Jan. 1826      child of Mr. L. Gregory
               child of Ira Stevens
               Mrs. Hibbe__ (torn)
               Mrs. John Stevens
Feb. 8, 1826   Mr. Daniel Hawley; epidemic (influenza)
Feb. 12, 1826  Mr. Jonathan Read; epidemic
Feb. 13, 1826  Mrs. James Starr; old age
Feb. 16, 1826  Mrs. James Anderson; epidemic
Feb. 19, 1826  Mr. Gilman, a hatter and a stranger; epidemic
Mar. 8, 1826   wife of Capt. William Meeker, ae 36; inflammation of bowels
               infant of Mr. D. Holly
Mar. 23, 1826  wife of Daniel Holly, ae 43
Apr. 5, 1826   Miss Betsey Bradley; typhus fever
Apr. 7, 1826   Mr. Sylvester Bostwick; typhus
Apr. 8, 1826   Mr. Nelson Thorp, ae 19; consumption
Apr. 20, 1826  son of Mr. Corning, ae 5
Apr. 1826      child of Mr. Jackson; infammation of bowels
May 2, 1826    widow Benedict
May 3, 1826    Capt. Levi Benedict
May 4, 1826    George, son of Joseph Bostwick
May 14, 1826   Roxy Barlow; consumption
Nov. 17, 1826  Dr. Canfield; typhus
Nov. 17-Dec. 31, 1826: 13 other deaths, persons unnamed
Jan. 11, 1827  wife of Dr. Azer Canfield
Jan. 15, 1827  wife of Joseph Smith 2nd
Nov. 6, 1827   Mother Northrop, ae 57 years 3 months; consumption
Dec. 20, 1830  Sarah, wife of Hiram Fairchild (the diarist)
Feb. 6, 1831   Mr. George Clark Smith, ae 74
Apr. 2, 1831   Mr. Joseph Smith, ae 77
Apr. 14, 1831  child of Henry L. Peck; disease of the brain
June 1831      Mr. Herman Peck, ae 31; dyspepsy & consumption
July 1831      Mr. Liverius Dunning
Dec. 27,. 1831 Hiram Fairchild married Betsey Gelston, daughter of Rev. Maltby
                  Gelston, in Sherman, Ct.
Jan. 4, 1832   Mary Town, ae ca 19 years; very suddenly
Feb. 6, 1832   Eli Baldwin; suddenly
Feb. 8, 1832   old Mrs. Rood
               child of Mr. Hiram Lake; scalded
Feb. or Mar. 1832  old Mrs. Booth
                   child of Mr. Isaac Babbitt
Apr. 1832      Mr. Isaac Babbitt
May 6, 1832    child of Mr. Isaac Burr; occasioned by burning
June 30, 1832  Clark Stevens; death by taking opium
Nov. 13, 1832  Mrs. Anna N., wife of Charles Hawley and sister of the late Mrs.
                  Sarah Fairchild
Nov. 28, 1832  Clement P. Fairchild, son & only child of the diarist, ae 5 
                  years 6 months; typhus
Apr. 30, 1834  Elmore B. Northrop, brother of late Mrs. Sarah Fairchild & Anna N
                  Hawley; consumption
Apr. 7, 1837   diarist removed with his family to the home of widow Lucy 
                  Northrop

               


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