DEATH AND ADMINISTRATION NOTICES JOLIET, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 1849-1854 The following death and administration notices were extracted from the Joliet Signal newspaper, published each Tuesday in Joliet, Illinois. It is available on microfilm from the Illinois State Historical Library. In the case of administration notices, only the appointment of administrator or executor is given for the deceased. The last date given in all entries is the date the notice first appeared in the paper. All places are Will County, Illinois unless otherwise noted. inst. = instant, or current month ult. = ultimate, or previous month ABRAMS, Francis; Sarah Abrams Cook, admrx.; 2/6/1849. ADAMS, Alice Sophia; age 3y 3m, dau. of M. L. Adams, 11/25/1850 in Plainfield; 12/31/1850. ADAMS, Jane C.; age 32y, consort of William Adams, 25th inst. in Joliet, consumption; 5/3/1853. ADAMS, Mrs. M. L.; age 28y, 2nd inst, in Joliet, cholera; 8/7/1849. ALDRICH, Levi C., Esq.; age 53y, formerly of Downers Grove, DuPage Co., 10/18/1850 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., Calif.; 12/31/1850. ALEXANDER, Jane; age 15y 9m, dau. of John and Elizabeth Alexander, 5th inst., in Channahon; 12/16/1851. ALLEN, Elizabeth; age 31y 9m 9d, wife of Edmund Allen, Esq., dau. of Mrs. Catharine SHOEMAKER, mother of two, 10/29/1854 in Wilmington; 11/28/1854. ALLEN, Julia; age 5m 10d, dau. of Benj. F. and Priscilla W. Allen, 29th inst. in Vernon, pneumonia; 4/30/1850. ARNOLD, Levi F.; Lucean F. Sanger, Maria S. Arnold, admrs.; 6/26/1849. AULSBROOK, Mrs. Philena L.; 6/3/1850 in Plainfield [resolution followed]; 6/25/1850. BAILEY, Harriet Adelia; age 2y, dau. of Peter and Nancy Bailey, 12/23/1852 in Sacramento City, Calif., small pox; 1/25/1853. BAILEY, Nancy; age 24y, wife of Peter Bailey, dau. of Joseph Zumwalt, 9/30/1851 in Marysville, Calif., left Joliet in 1848 with husband and parents, died on return to Joliet after working in California mines; 3/9/1852. BAIRD, Abiram; Wm. C. Baird, admr.; 12/21/1852. BAKER, William; Joseph A. Baker, admr.; 8/12/1851. BALCH, Martha A.; age 26y, wife of M. A. Balch, dau. of Daniel Curtis, Esq., 15th inst. in Joliet; 10/25/1853. BANNON, Bernard; age 18y, son of Patrick Bannon, Esq., 4th inst. in Joliet, dysentery, arrived that morning coming from Ireland via New York; 8/27/1850. BARBEE, Joseph; Alvin Wilbur, admr.; 12/23/1851. BARBER, Ellen Elizabeth; age 26y, wife of R. E. Barber, Esq., dau. of Mrs. E. R. Crowley, teacher, 9/2/1850 in Joliet, cholera [obituary followed]; 9/17/1850. BEEBE, William; Phebe Beebe, Jason Rugg, admrs.; 6/29/1852. BEERMAN, Christian; Augustus Herbert, Henry Datars, Bernard Sheridan, execs.; 10/31/1854. BEESE, Joseph R.; Sally Beese, admrx.; 3/25/1851. BELL, George E.; age 26y, formerly of Sandusky City, Ohio, 10th inst. in Joliet; 4/13/1852. BELL, James B.; 1st inst. in Wallingford; 1/17/1854. BELL, John B.; age 33y, Joliet resident one year, 12th inst. in Mason Co. Ill.; 6/29/1852. BENNEDICT, Mrs. Margaret Ann; age 29y, 23rd inst. in Channahon, pulmonary consumption; 2/28/1854. BEVINGTON, James C.; age 28y, 16th inst. on Hickory Creek, lung fever; 4/27/1852. BLOOM, Polly A.; age 55y, at the residence of her son, Henry S. Bloom, Bloomville, Kankakee Co., Ill. [no date given]; 12/19/1854. BOARDMAN, Barney; Cynthia Boardman, admrx.; 12/23/1851. BOUGHTON, Warren W.; Reuben W. Smith, Mary S. Boughton, admrs.; 8/9/1850. BRAGAN, George H.; age 5y 2m 25d, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bragaw, 25th inst. in Joliet; 1/31/1854. BRASEE, David; Wm. Smith, admr.; 2/19/1850. BRODIE, James; George W. Alderman, Mariett N. Brodie, admrs.; 10/16/1849. BROWN, Albert; age 2y 6m, son of R. D. and Eleanor Brown, 5th inst. in Joliet; 3/9/1853. BROWN, Clark; Margaret Brown, admrx.; 11/7/1854. BROWNSON, Susannah; D. C. Brownson, admr.; 4/20/1852. BUCK, Frank M.; age 3y, son of I. N. and S. A. Buck, 25th ult., lung fever; 3/2/1852. BURKE, Bridget; age 45y, wife of Richard Burke, born County Longford, Ireland, 2nd inst. in Joliet; 7/11/1854. BURKE, Catharine; age 7y 2m, dau. of Richard and Bridget Burke, 21st inst. in Joliet; 8/27/1850. BURKE, John; age 4y 6m, son of Richard and Bridget Burke, 4th inst. in Joliet; 8/9/1853. CAGWIN, Charles Frederick; age 15m 6d, son of Francis L. and Mary F. Cagwin, 9/23/1852 in Joliet; 9/28/1852. CAGWIN, Mary Fay; see Doolittle, Mary Fay. CAGWIN, Mary Jane; age 21y, consort of M. C. Cagwin, 29th ult. near Joliet; 8/9/1850. CALAIS, Sarah; age 1y 9m, dau. of Joseph and Mary Jane Calais, 21st inst. in Joliet; 8/26/1851. CANFIELD, Armond W.; age 31y 2m 3d, formerly of Columbia, Morris Co., NJ, 10th inst. in Joliet, pleurisy; 3/13/1849. CANFIELD, Armond W.; S. W. Bowen, Caroline Canfield, admrs.; 5/22/1849. CARTER, Adaline Maria; age 15m, dau. of Mrs. B. Carter, 9th inst. in Joliet; 1/14/1851. CARTER, Ira Franklin; age 34y, 6th inst. in Joliet; 7/17/1849. CASSADY, Philip; age 18y 2m 15d, son of Francis and Ann Cassady, 27th ult. in Joliet; 10/3/1854. CLAY, David; A. H. Shreffler, J. C. Dillman, admrs.; 11/7/1854. CLAYES, Peter; age 74 y, 21st ult. in Chelsea; 6/5/1849. CLAYES, Peter; Levi M. Clayes, admr.; 10/23/1849. CLEAVLAND, Elizabeth Sarah; age 24y, formerly of Joliet, 6/30/1852 in Washington Island, Dore [sic] Co. Wisc., dropsey on the heart; 7/20/1852. CLEAVLAND, Wesley; Sally Cleavland, LeRoy Cleavland, admrs.; 4/20/1852. COLE, Levi; age 88y, son of John Cole, born 1/10/1762 Westmoreland, Chester Co. NH, moved to Watertown NY 1813 and united with M. E. church, moved to Illinois 1844, 20th inst. in Joliet, old age; 9/24/1850. CONNELLY, Michael James; William Bardwell, Margaret Connelly, admrs.; 9/23/1851. COOK, Alice Adelle; age 5y, 8m 8d, only dau. of M. L. and Flavilla Cook, 17th inst. in Joliet, inflammation of the lungs; 9/24/1850. COTTON, Susannah; age 20y 6m 7d, wife of N. Cotton, dau. of J. F. Noel, 7th inst. near Joliet; 4/18/1854. CRAWFORD, Samuel; age 35y, 24th inst. at residence of Wm. Cotton near Joliet, cholera; 7/31/1849. CROWLEY, John M.; age 27y, formerly of Boston, Mass., 6th inst. in Joliet, consumption; 10/22/1850. CURRAN, Michael; Reason Zarley, Lawrence Moran, execs.; 11/13/1849. CURTIS, Evaline; age 2y 5m 5d, 8/14/1851 in Joliet; 8/26/1851. CURTIS, Hellen Mar.; age 2y 6m, dau. of Newman and Oracy Curtis, 29th ult. in Joliet; 2/5/1850. CURTIS, Sally; age 64y, wife of Harvy Curtis, 11/24/1853 in Joliet; 12/6/1853. DALTON, Catharine; age 26y, 26th ult. in Joliet; 7/11/1854. DANCER, Nancy; age 1y 10m 14d, dau. of David and Rosalia Dancer, 6th inst. at Twelve Mile Grove; 11/15/1853. DANCER, Sen. William; age 75y 6m 19d, 23rd ult. in Wilton, dropsey; 10/5/1852. DARBY, Jedediah; J. A. Whiteman, admr.; 1/15/1850. DAVIS, Samuel; William Rantz, admr.; 11/25/1851. DEMMOND, Martin H.; Sophia Demmond, execx.; 10/17/1854. DEPUY, Jacob R.; L. Hamlin, admr.; 10/18/1853. DERRINGER, Henry; Isaac Courtright, admr.; 5/15/1849. DILLEY, Samuel W.; James Byrnes, admr.; 3/27/1849. DINKARD, Frederick; age 21y, 22nd inst. in Jackson Grove, struck by falling tree limb; 5/3/1853. DOOLITTLE, Elijah; age 57y, formerly of Jefferson Co. NY, came to Joliet 1834, 25th ult. in Joliet; 4/3/1849. DOOLITTLE, Mary Fay; age 33y, wife of Francis L. Cagwin, 10th inst. in Joliet; 7/18/1854. EAGAN, Bridget; age 56y, wife of James Eagan, sister of T. Kelly, Esq., 17th inst. in Joliet; 10/25/1853. EGELSTON, Sarah H.; age 15y 1m, 11th inst.; 11/18/1851. EIBE, Joseph Z.; son of George and Mary Ann Eibe, 28th ult. in Jackson; 11/14/1854. ELWOOD, Dow Julian; age 5y, 2m, 7d, son of Nelson D. and Juliet L. Elwood, 13th inst.; 5/24/1853. ELWOOD, Frank; youngest child of Nelson D. and Juliet L. Elwood, 1st inst.; 9/23/1851. FIDDYMENT, Wlter; Jane Fiddyment, admrx.; 7/29/1851. FILER, Charles O.; age 3y 9m, son of Philip and Roxana Filer, 21st ult. in Joliet, lung fever; 2/3/1852. FITCH, Cynthia; Jonathan Hager, admr.; 8/16/1853. FITZGIBBONS, James; Mary Fitzgibbon, admrx.; 1/24/1854. FOSTER, Lucien B.; Lyman Foster, exec.; 12/20/1853. FOX, DeWitt B.; age 13m 26d, son of Charles H. and Amanda Maria Fox, 10th ult. in Joliet; 9/9/1851. FRANKLIN, Samuel; Betsey Franklin, admrx.; 2/3/1852. FREEMAN, Sarah; age 17y 11m, dau. of M. J. and Kegrah Freeman, 25th ult. in Troy; 12/18/1849. GARDNER, Annie A.; age 32y, wife of Charles Gardner, Esq., 11/19/1850 in Middleport, Ill., “Lake Co., Ill. and Chattauque Co. N. Y. papers please copy”; 12/31/1850. GEORGE, Sidney; age 20y, son of Joel George, member of Order of the Sons of Temperance, Aurora Div., 1/9/1849 in Aurora, fractured skull; 1/16/1849. GERMAN, Charles E.; age 1y 9m, son of William and Elizabeth German, 6th inst. in Joliet; 2/12/1850. GERMAN, William; Squire Brown, admr.; 7/11/1851. GLAZIER, Nancy; age 24y, formerly of Warren Co., N. Y., 1st inst. in Joliet; 1/11/1853. GONDER, Henry; age 32y, 11th inst. near Joliet; 12/21/1852. GOODING, Oliver F.; age 34y, 18th inst. in Lockport; 1/29/1850. GOODSPEED, Esther C.; age 29y, 14th inst. in Joliet, heart disease; 6/21/1853. GOODSPEED, Esther C.; Richard S. Johnson, exec.; 8/2/1853. GOUGAR, Catharine; age 62y, wife of William Gougar, mother of ten, settled in Will Co.1831 when only six other families were here, 1/6/1854 in New Lenox, largest funeral in Will Co.; 1/10/1854. GOUGAR, George W.; age 23y, 12th inst. in Hickory Creek, consumption; 9/18/1849. GRABENSTEIN, Mrs. Anna; age 23y, 26th ult. in Joliet; 9/2/1851. GRABENSTEIN, Anna; Egelius Rathermacher, admr.; 9/2/1851. GRABENSTEIN, J.; age 30y, 21st inst. in Joliet; 8/26/1851. GROSH, Calpeh Dow; age 6w, son of John F. and Harriet B. Grosh, 9th inst.; 10/17/1854. HADSELL, Joseph; Abigal Hadsell, James Gould, execs.; 3/23/1852. HALL, Nancy M.; age 28y, dau. of Elizabeth Nelson, sister of Mary A. Nelson, 10/23/1852 in Wallingford, dysentery; 11/16/1852. HAMILTON, Oliver E.; E. K. Farmer, admr.; 9/11/1849. HAMLIN, Harrison; age 30y, 9/1/1852 in Florence; 9/7/1852. HARRER, Stephen; age 34y, 2nd inst. in Joliet, “old resident of this village”, killed “by having a wagon from which he fell pass over him”; 9/11/1849. HARRINGTON, Floretta Josephine; age 15m 17d, dau. of Albert B. and Eliza Harrington, 12th inst. in Joliet; 9/14/1852. HAVEN, Dr. Curtis; age 54y, 21st ult. in Joliet; 10/1/1850. HAWLEY, Hiram S.; age 18y 4m, of Wayne, Mich., son of Wm. Hawley, 21st ult. in Joliet, cholera; 8/1/1854. HEATH, Medora, E.; age 8y 10d, dau. of William J. and Mary E. Heath, 28th ult. in Joliet; 9/2/1851. HENDERSON, Joel; age 22y, formerly of Madison, N. Y., 7th inst. in Joliet; 1/18/1853. HENNESEY, Thomas; age 40y, 5th inst. in Joliet; 7/11/1854. HESTER, Robert; Isaac Courtright, admr.; 11/20/1849. HITCHCOCK, Ellen M.; age 23y, wife of Aaron E. Hitchcock, 4th inst. in Wilmington; 1/7/1851. HOAG, Dwight A.; age 8m 5d, son of Wm. H. and Amy Ann Hoag, 8/12/1853 in Joliet; 8/16/1853. HOFFMAN, Chauncy; Mary Hoffman, execx.; 1/9/1849. HOLDEN, William F.; 2y 3m 7d, son of David L. and Martha P. Holden, 29th ult. in Frankfort, chronic diarrhea; 11/7/1854. HOLLISTER, George; age 40y, 18th inst. in Joliet; 11/27/1849. HOLMES, Mr. A. S.; age 27y, engineer on Chicago and Rock Island railroad, 23rd inst. at residence of P. Filer in Joliet; 11/30/1852. HOLMES, Rush; age 16y 20d, youngest son of Myron and Sarah (deceased) Holmes, 7/14/1849 in Hickory Creek, erysipelas; 8/7/1849. HOLMES, Susan S.; age 19y 6m 23d, wife of J. E. Holmes, 15th inst. in New Lenox; 4/19/1853. HOMES, Asher, Esq.; age 57y 3m 26d, 24th inst. in New Lenox; 1/31/1854. HOPKINS, Jetur Riggs; age 9m, son of Charles B. Hopkins, 10th inst. in Joliet; 4/23/1850. HYDE, Sarah; age 35y, wife of Elias Hyde, dau. of late S. H. Woodward of Joliet, married 1834, 12th inst. in Tiffanyville, N. Y.; 6/5/1849. HYNES, James; Hepsibah Hynes, exec., Nathan Smith, admr.; 12/20/1853. INGHAM, Elizabeth; wife of Augustus T. Ingham, dau. of Isaac Sanford of Sugar Grove, Kane Co., Ill., 13th inst. in Joliet; 2/15/1853. INGHAM, George Joseph; age 18m, son of Augustus T. and Elizabeth Ingham of Wilton, Ill., 13th inst. in Sugar Grove, Kane Co., Ill.; 10/28/1851. JACOBS, William; Charles Jacobs, admr.; 6/24/1851. JESSUP, Col. Isaac; age 66y, formerly of Schodack, Renssalaer Co., N. Y., resident of Will Co., Ill. 19 yrs., 26th inst. in Channahon; 5/3/1853. JONES, Ellen; age 26y, wife of James Jones, 2nd inst. at Hickory Creek; 8/7/1849. KEARNS, Mary A.; age 16y 6m, 11/22/1854 at residence of Henry S. Bloom in Bloomville, Kankakee Co., Ill.; 12/5/1854. KEEGHAN, Wm.; age 40y, 5th inst. in Joliet, cholera; 8/7/1849. KEGAN, Michael; age 35y, 1st inst. in Joliet; 4/6/1852. KELLOGG, Alfred; Oliver S. Newell, admr.; 8/20/1850. KELLY, Patrick B.; age 22y, 23rd ult. in Joliet, cholera; 7/3/1849. KELPATRICK, John; G. J. Kelpatrick, admr.; 1/31/1854. KENNEY, William; Willard Wood, admr.; 1/15/1850. KERCHEVAL, Lewis; Robert Stevens, exec.; 2/13/1849. KIDDER, John L.; age 28y 3m, 2nd inst. in Joliet; 10/14/1851. KILLMER, Chastina Evanda; age 13y, youngest dau. of George and Harriet Killmer, 2/27/1853 in Joliet; 3/8/1853. KIMBALL, Jonathan J.; M. F. Tilden, admr.; 12/19/1854. KING, Amos; Ruth M. King, admrx.; 10/21/1851. KING, Andrew; age 44y, one of the forst settlers of Will Co., 13th inst. near Joliet; 10/16/1849. KING, Andrew; Margaret King, Thomas Harless, admrs.; 10/30/1849. KING, Justin; age 4y, 20th inst. neat Joliet; 10/23/1849. KIRK, Mary; age 36y, wife of Phillip Kirk, 30th ult. near Joliet; 9/2/1851. LAMPING, Mary; age 36y, wife of Robert Lamping, 23rd inst. in Joliet; 11/29/1853. LAMPSETT, Peter; Henry Starr, admr.; 7/17/1849. LAWRENCE, John, Esq.; age 57y, father of Mrs. W. C. Wood of Joliet, 9/3/1853 in Brooklyn, N. Y.; 10/11/1853. LAYTON, William; Reason Zarley, admr.; 3/20/1849. LETTS, William W.; age 19y 1m 11d, 9th inst. in Hickory Creek, consumption; 7/26/1853. LEYMENS, Ann; age 32y, wife of C. L. Leymens, 9th ult. in Joliet; 8/15/1854. LEYMENS, Leonard James; age 9m, son of C. L. Leymens, 12th inst. in Joliet; 8/15/1854. LISH, Henry; age 45y, 25th inst. in Joliet, drowned; 5/26/1849. LITTLE, William E.; Daniel Curtis, Amos Fellows, admrs.; 10/18/1853. MALONE, James; age 22y, 28th ult. in Joliet, consumption; 8/1/1854. MALONE, James Mervin; age 7m, son of Patrick and Helen E. Malone, 7th inst. in Joliet; 12/23/1851. MAPPS, James William; age 7m 14d, only son of Thos. A. and Mary A. Mapps, 21st inst. in Nw Lenox; 5/30/1854. MARSH, Quartus; age 67y, 24th inst. in Endor, Ill.; 1/29/1850. MARTIN, James; Catharine Martin, admrx.; 3/30/1852. MAXON, David; age 31y, 6th inst. in Joliet, consumption; 12/31//1850. McALLISTER, Edward King; age 3m, son of Archibald and Ann McAllister, 6th inst. in Plainfield; 4/19/1853. McCOWLIFF, John; age 1y 8m, son of John and Mary McCowliff, 5th inst. in Joliet; 8/9/1853. McGREGOR, Charles; youngest son of John and Margaret McGregor, formerly of Lockport, 29th ult. in Limestone Pct., Iroquois Co., Ill.; 11/25/1851. McLARNEY, James; Daniel Curtis, admr.; 4/29/1851. McMASTERS, William Norton; age 35y, born in Maryland, moved to Virginia, moved to Joliet 1838, 6/29/1849, cholera, “Ohio papers please copy”; 7/3/1849. McROBERTS, Mary C. B.; age 1y 3m, dau. of J. and G. H. McRoberts, 14th inst. in Joliet; 8/26/1851. MILLER, John; Elizabeth Miller, admrx.; 4/15/1851. MILLER, Mr. W. G.; age 43y, 27th ult. in Joliet; 7/11/1854. MONTEITH, Duncan; age 42y, 28th ult. in Wilmington; 11/6/1849. MORAN, Martin; Rodney House, exec.; 8/1/1854. MOXLEY, Mrs. Ruby; age 78y, 1st inst. in Crete; 3/12/1850. NELSON, Abigail; age 25y, wife of S. G. Nelson, 29th ult. in Wallingford, member of Baptist church; 9/12/1854. NELSON, Elizabeth; age 61y, member of Presbyterian church, 10/9/1852 in Wallingford, dysentery; 11/16/1852. NELSON, Mary A.; dau. of Elizabeth Nelson, member of Baptist church, 10/12/1852 in Wallingford, dysentery; 11/16/1852. NOAKES, Thomas; M. K. Brownson, admr.; 8/12/1851. NOEL, Reason Zarley; age 2y 7m, only son of Gabriel and Elizabeth D. Noel, 4th inst. in Jackson Grove; 3/9/1852. NOEL, Sarah Rosanna; age 5y, dau. of Joseph and Mary Noel, 10th inst. near Joliet; 11/20/1849. NOEL, Sarah Sophia; age 13m, only dau. of Gabriel and Elizabeth D. Noel, 28th ult. in Jackson Grove; 3/9/1852. NORTON, Elijah; age 50y, formerly of Bennington, Vt., 26th ult. in DuPage; 5/2/1854. OAKLEY, Col. Charles; state trustee of canal board, 12/31/1848 at Tremont, congestive fever; 1/9/1849. O’BRIEN,John; Bridget O’Brien, John Hickey, admrs.; 12/21/1852. O’CALLAGHAN, James; age 10m 7d, son of Patrick and Mary Q. O’Callaghan, 30th ult. in Joliet; 9/9/1851. O’CALLAGHAN, Mary Ann; age 6y 4m 25d, dau. of Patrick and Mary Q. O’Callaghan, 5th inst. in Joliet; 9/9/1851. PADDOCK, Matilda; age 34y, consort of DeWitt Paddock, 7th inst. in Vernon; 4/23/1850. PARKER, Joseph; R. H. Peck, Ellen Hennessey, admrs.; 1/20/1852. PARKS, Bathsheba; age 50y, wife of Joel M. Parks, Esq., 25th ult. at home of N. L. Hawley, Esq., Lockport; 5/4/1850. PARSONS, Sophia; age 75y, consort of George Parsons, Esq., 16th inst. in Joliet; 7/24/1849. PATCHELL, Thomas; Michael Rodgers, admr.; 7/11/1854. PATRICK, Jacob; age 60y, Joliet resident 15 yrs., 19th inst. in Joliet; 11/22/1853. PEACOCK, Robert; age 50y, one of the earliest settlers of Grundy Co., Ill., 7/26/1851 in Morris, Grundy Co.; 8/12/1851. PECK, Hon. Wm. B.; age 71y, formerly of Columbi Co., N. Y., moved to Ill. 1835, 22nd inst. in Channahon, apoplexy [obituary follows]; 6/26/1849. PECK, William B.; Robert H. Peck, admr.; 1/15/1850. PETERS, Thomas C.; Z. Wood, admr.; 2/1/1853. PIERSON, Douglass; age 24y, 26th inst. in Plainfield; 4/30/1850. POLLOCK, David; age 73y, 9th ult. in Portamouth, Ohio; 8/23/1853. POLLOCK, Nancy; age 70y, wife of David Pollock, married two score years, 4th ult. in Portamouth, Ohio; 8/23/1853. POTTER, Hannah; age 18y, wife of L. Potter, 1st inst. in Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.; 3/9/1852. RAFFERTY, Bridget; age 68y 9m, mother of N. S. Rafferty of Lockport, 4th inst. in Lockport; 12/16/1851. RAINFORD, Mariette; age 36y, wife of George Rainford, formerly of London, England, 7th inst. in Joliet; 10/14/1851. RANDALL, Sidney; age 20y, 16th inst. in Hickory Creek; 5/22/1849. REECE, Wm.; age 19y 4m 4d, 26th ult. in Troy; 12/7/1852. REED, Charles, Jr.; age 25y, 25th inst. in Reeds’ Grove, consumption; 8/31/1852. REED, Emily; age 25y 4m 23d, resident of Joliet, at father’s home in Plainfield, leaves husband and two children, consumption [no date given]; 1/25/1853. REED, Thomas W.; William Hogle, exec.; 1/9/1849. RICE, Adaline; age 21y 10m, wife of Orson Rice, 24th inst. in Joliet, funeral at Universalist Church; 2/25/1851. ROBINSON, Lucius R.; Olive Robinson, admrx.; 10/14/1851. ROSE, Minerva Jane;age 7y 9m 16d, dau. of Henry and Sabirna Rose, 5/26/1854 in Jackson; 6/13/1854. ROWLEY, Abijah; 7/28/1849 in Momence, cholera; 8/7/1849. RYAN, Catharine; Patrick J. Murphy, exec.; 8/1/1854. RYAN, Thomas; age 40y, 31st ult. in Joliet; 9/7/1852. SAFFORD, Mrs. Dyantha; formerly of Lamoille Co., Vt., 4/15/1849 in Crete; 5/8/1849. SAMPSON, Rev. Hollis; age 65y, 22nd ult. in Plainfield; 2/4/1851. SAYRE, Mrs. Clarisa; age 68y, 8th inst. in Joliet; 2/13/1849. SCURR, Joseph; age 29y, family in Europe, 18th inst. in Joliet, consumption; 12/23/1851. SHAW, Elenor; age 38y, wife of James Shaw, 6th inst. in Joliet; 3/16/1852. SHELDON, Michael; Sarah Sheldon, admrx.; 4/15/1851. SHOEMAKER, John; age 32y, 23rd ult. in Joliet; 4/2/1850. SHOEMAKER, Samuel; Sarah Shoemaker, admrx.; 7/31/1849. SMITH, James E.; Mary Ann Smith, W. E. Little, admrs; 3/6/1849. SMITH, Mary Adaline; age 3y 1m, dau. of Samuel W. and Sarah H. Smith, 1st inst. in Joliet; 2/7/1854. SMITH, Nelson Elwood; age 6y, youngest son of Col. Smith, 30th ult. in Joliet; 10/3/1854. SMITH, Persifer F.; age 5y, youngest son of Reuben W. Smith and Catharine B. Goodrich, 6th inst. in DuPage, lung congestion; 4/12/1853. SMITH, Susan; age 42y, consort of Col. W. Smith, long-time resident of Joliet, 5/2/1850, inflammation of the lungs; 5/21/1850. SMYDTH, David K.; Samuel W. Dunn, exec.; 6/22/1852. SPEIRS, William Daniel; age 18m, son of William R. and Abigal Speirs, 10/26/1852 in Troy; 11/16/1852. STEBBINS, Lucinda; age 53y, consort of Horace Stebbins, 24th ult. in Horse Creek; 4/6/1852. STEPHENS, Mary Ann; age 35y 4m 17d, wife of Oren Stephens, mother of infant 27 hrs. old, 9th inst. in Joliet, puerperal convulsions; 12/19/1854. STEVENS, Mary Ann; see Stephens, Mary Ann. STEWART, James S.; age 31y 3m 5d, 2/13/1851 in LaPorte, Ind., bilious pneumonia; 2/25/1851. STILLMAN, Alexander; Southmayd Stillman, admr.; 5/25/1852. STOEL, Permelin; age 34y, wife of Geo. M. Stoel, 30th inst. in Joliet; 7/31/1849. STORY, Mr. Z.; age 23y, 23rd ult. in Joliet; 7/3/1849. SUTLIEF, Silas; Almira Sutlief, admrx.; 9/12/1854. SUYBERT, James; John I. Basye, admr.; 3/20/1849. TAYLOR, John J.,Jr.; age 18y, 12th inst. in Joliet, cholera; 7/18/1854. TELL, Morris; George Erhart, exec.; 9/11/1849. THOMAS, Marcus; Joseph Thomas, admr.; 3/27/1849. THOMAS, Miss S. E.; age 26y, 13th inst. in Joliet, cholera; 7/17/1849. THOMPSON, Anna; age 80y, relict of the late Rev. James Thompson of Durham, N. Y., 15th inst. at the residence of son-in-law Capt. Edward B. Crafts of Jackson; 11/21/1854. TOWNER, Francis S.; William Smith, Catharine H. Towner, admrx.; 11/20/1849. TUTTLE, George D.; age 19y, eldest son of Frederick B., Esq. and Lucia Tuttle, 1/18/1849 in Plainfield, heart disease; 2/6/1849. VanALSTINE, David D.; age 9y 17d, son of Burke and Elisabeth VanAlstine, 27th ult. in West Troy; 4/1/1851. VanBOSKERICK, James K.; age 17y, son of the late D. A. S. VanBoskerick, formerly of Painesville, Ohio, 17th inst. in Joliet, inflammation of the bowels; 12/31/1850. VanDUSER, Gilbert; age 32y 5m, early settler of Will Co., 11th inst. in New Lenox; 4/19/1853. VOLCK, John; Nicholas Volck, admr.; 1/10/1854. VORCE, William R.; Julius W. Smith, admr.; 8/9/1853. WALKER, James; Jane G. Walker, Nelson VanDyke, admrs.; 3/21/1854. WARD, Frances C.; age 25y, wife of Geo. H. Woodruff, 8th inst. in Joliet; 8/15/1854. WARD, Jeremiah; age 1y 8m, son of G. W. and Mary Ward, 2nd inst. in Joliet; 9/21/1852. WASHINGTON, Phebe Ann; wife of Geo. W. Washington, dau. of the late Hon. Wm. B. Peck of Will Co., 4th inst. in Milford, Ohio, consumption; 9/25/1849. WATSON, Mr. N. W.; age 58y, 9/17/1849 near Chicago, Cook Co., dropsey; 9/25/1849. WETHERBEE, Marcellon; age 31y, 8th inst. in Joliet; 2/17/1852. WHITE, Hiram M.; Egbert H. White, admr.; 4/13/1852. WHITE, Martha Ann; age 11m, dau. of T. K. and Catharine White, 30th ult. in Hickory Creek; 12/23/1851. WHITMORE, Joseph; David Whitmore, admr.; 6/10/1851. WIGENT, Ruth; mother of Wm. I. Wigent, 24th inst. in New Lenox; 4/27/1852. WILBUR, Merritt G.; Alvin Wilbur, admr. and exec.; 7/13/1852. WILCOX, Celina M.; age 20y 9m 7d, 13th inst. in Joliet, consumption; 8/23/1853. WILSON, George W.; age 2y 1m 25d, son of Wm. C. and Eliza Ann Wilcox, 20th inst. in New Lenox; 7/26/1853. WOODRUFF, Frances C.; see Ward, Frances C. WOODWARD, Edwin; age 26y, 30th ult. in Momence, inflammation of the lungs; 9/11/1849. WYATT, George; age 27y, 13th inst. in Joliet, cholera; 7/17/1849. WYATT, John; age 35y, 2nd inst. in Joliet, cholera; 8/7/1849. WYLIE, Rebecca; age 42y 5m 5d, wife of A. M. Wylie, 2nd inst. in Aroma; 9/14/1852. YANCE, Emily; age 2y 3m, dau. of Dudley and Mary Jane Yance, 16th inst. in Joliet; 2/19/1850. ZARLEY, Linton; age 25y, son of R. Zarley, 12/5/1850, bronchitis [obituary followed]; 12/31/1850. ZUMWALT, Almedia; age 9y dau. of Joseph and Mary Zumwalt, formerly of Joliet, 11/29/1851 in Sacramento City, Calif., small pox; 1/25/1853. ZUMWALT, Julian; age 11m, dau. of Joseph and Mary Zumwalt, formerly of Joliet, 11/28/1852 in Sacramento City, Calif., small pox; 1/25/1853. --------------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. 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