Joliet, Illinois DEATH NOTICES 1840-1858 © Karen Hutten ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ The following were extracted from three Joliet newspapers: the Currier, Signal, and True Democrat. They were published weekly and are available on microfilm from the Illinois State Library. The last date given in each entry is the date the notice appeared in the paper. JC - Juliet (later Joliet) Currier JS - Joliet Signal TD - True Democrat inst. - instant, or current month ult. - ultimate, or previous month ADAMS, Jane C.; age 32, wife of William Adams, 25th inst. in Joliet, consumption; JS 5/3/1853. ALLEN, Wilmot Bennett; age 5m 5d, only son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Allen, 29th ult. in Juliet, scarlet fever; JC 2/2/1842. ANDERSON, Mrs. Hannah; age 63, 19th inst. in Joliet, heart disease; JS 6/26/1855. ANDERSON, Mrs. Samuel; age 70, 18th ult. at residence of Mr. W. S. Hill near Joliet; JS 12/2/1856. ARMSTRONG, Sarah A.; age 29, wife of Wm. E. Armstrong, 3/7/1848, “severe and long protracted illness,” at her residence in Morris; JS 3/14/1848. BAGLEY, Ann; age 43, wife of Runon Bagley, 24th inst.; JS 9/30/1856. BEARSS, Miss H. E.; age 18y 6m, 9th inst. in Joliet [poem followed]; JS 9/21/1858. BRINKERHOOF, Mr. J.; 9/9/1856 in Joliet, apoplexy; JS 9/16/1856. COLE, Mrs. Chloe S.; age 77, consort of Levi Cole, formerly of Westmoreland, N. H., 13th inst. in Joliet, short illness; JS 3/14/1848. CURTIS, Oren; age 2y 6m, son of James Curtis, 12th inst.; JS 1/19/1847. DINKARD, Frederick; age 21, 22nd inst., Jackson Grove, struck by falling tree limb; JS 5/3/1853. FENN, Nancy; age 25, wife of Julius Fenn, formerly of Plymouth, Litchfield Co., Conn. 19th inst., consumption; JS 3/16/1847. HARRER, Stephen; 2nd inst., killed “by having a wagon from which he fell, pass over him”, “old resident of this village”; TD 9/13/1849. HAVEN, Amanda; age 27, wife of James M. Haven, 26th inst., consumption; JS 9/30/1856. HAVEN, Eliza M.; age 26, 8/1/1843 in Juliet [short obituary followed]; JS 8/23/1843. HAVEN, Philo Walter; age 4m 11d, son of James M. and Amanda E. Haven, 5th inst.; JS 9/16/1856. HAWLEY, James M.; age 23, 2/26/1855 in Joliet; JS 3/13/1855. HAYES, 2 girls; daus. of Mr. Hayes of Wilmington, drowned in Fork Creek [no date given]; JS 3/23/1856. HOWE, George M., Esq.; age 39 of Joliet; 17th ult., formerly of New York City, one of the first settlers of LaSalle Co.; JC 5/29/1841. JESSUP, Col. Isaac; age 66, 26th ult. in Channahon, formerly of Schodack, Renssalaer Co., N. Y.; JS 5/3/1853. JOHNSON, Jane; age 24, wife of John M. Johnson, 7th inst. in Joliet, liver complaint; JS 3/14/1848. KE(?)NY, Clarissa; age 43, consort of William Ke(?)ny, 1/14/1844 in Thorn Grove, consumption; JS 3/27/1844. LISH, Henry; age 45, 25th inst. in Joliet, drowned; JS 5/26/1849. McCREA, Wm.; engineer, 8/14/1856, killed in railroad accident near Wilmington; JS 8/19/1856. NEWELL, Hugh, Esq.; 8th inst. at Middlewood, Iroquois Co., former clerk of circuit and county court; JC 5/29/1841. NICHOLSON, Sultana Elizabeth; age 2y 6m 15d, dau. of Francis and Mary Ann Nicholson, 12th inst.; JS 3/17/1846. PAGE, Charles; age 29y 10m 22d, 6/27/1856, New Lenox; JS 7/1/1856. PARKS, Bathsheba; age 50, wife of Joel M. Parks, Esq., 25th ult. at home of N. L. Hawley, Esq., Lockport; JS 5/4/1850, TD 5/7/1850. SCHERMERHORN, -----; age 10, son of Mr. Schermerhorn, drowned in canal, [no date given]; JS 8/4/1857. SMITH, David; age 41, 1/4/1842 at Plainfield, “papers in Vermont will please notice the above”; JC 2/2/1842. SMITH, Susan; age 42, consort of Col. W. Smith, 5/2/1850, “long time resident of this village”; TD 5/7/1850. SPENCER, Millie; age 70, wife of C. Spencer, Dupage, 24th inst., consumption; TD 3/27/1858. STONE, John; age 31, born in Ireland, 10th inst., executed by hanging [article followed] JC 7/16/1840. SUPPLE, Andrew; age 51y 9m 3d, 20th inst., Joliet; JS 10/21/1856. TAYLOR, Catharine; age 40, wife of J. J. Taylor, 24th inst., Joliet; JS 9/29/1857. TRYON, Harriet S.; age 33, wife of Geo. Tryon, dau. of Hon. W. Peck, at Channahon; JS 3/17/1846. WEBBER, Mary; age 18, 5/2/1856, Joliet, burned; JS 5/6/1856. WOOD, Alfred Willard; age 5m, son of Willard and Dyantha Wood of Thorn Creek, 1/20/11843; JC 3/27/1843. WOODWARD, Edwin; age 26, 30th ult. in Momence, inflammation of the lungs; TD 9/13/1849. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Hutten