Monroe County PA Archives Obits.....1860-1865 Obituary abtracts from The Monroe Democrat, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie Perry gwyllian53@gmail.com ************************************************ Obituary Abtracts from The Monroe Democrat, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa. SURNAME FIRST NAME DATE OF DEATH PUBLICATION DATE PLACE OF DEATH AGE CAUSE COMMENTS Alleger Matthew George 06-Aug-1863 13-Aug-1863 battle at Gettysburg 26y 33d chest wound 142nd Reg.P.V. under Capt.Haviland Andre Jane (Mrs.) 13-Oct-1863 15-Oct-1863 77y son -in-law E.T.Crosdale, Duttotsburg; service M.E. church Stroudsburg. Augusta Kate 24-Oct-1860 1-Nov-1860 Stroudsburg 3y 3m 3w 4d dau James A and Julia Pauli Barry John Oliver 17-Dec-1862 8-Jan-1863 Stroudsburg 22y 11m 5d consumption Batzlar Sarah Jane 16-Dec-1864 02-Feb-1865 15y 11m 1d diptheria daughter of Andrew and Juliana Bisbing Gervis 20-Apr-1865 4-May1865 Hospital at New York Harbor son of Peter Bisbing of Pocono Twp. Bittenbender Eleanora 3-Oct-1863 15-Oct-1863 9m 20d twin dau of William and Amelia E. Bittenbender Bitting Charles 1-May-1865 11-May-1865 Chestnuthill twp (his residence) 33y 29d Blair Nancy D. 15-Feb-1865 23-Feb-1865 East Stroudsburg 47y widow of Robert Blair of Hope, N.J. Bower Florindina 22-Sep-1861 1-Oct-1861 Plainfield twp, Northampton Co.Pa 47y 11m wife of Jacob Bower Boys Sarah (Miss) 2-Aug-1861 8-Aug-1861 61y 10m 26d at residence Daniel Boys Stroud twp. Boys Hannah S. 12-Nov-1861 14-Nov-1861 Stroudsburg 50y 2m 23d Paralysis wife of John Brock Emma 06-Aug-1863 13-Aug-1863 2y 9m 3d Brodhead Richard 17-Sep-1863 24-Sep-1863 Easton brief illness Statesman, former senator Brown Minnie 30-Apr-1863 21-May-1863 Tannersville 1y 10ddaughter Charles and Catherine Brown Brutzman Davis 27-Oct-1864 19-Jan-1865 8y 5m 18d diptheria son of Henry and Rachel Brutzman Burke John J. 12-May-1865 18-May-1865 Leonardtown, Lehigh lumber region poss.heart disease "well known citizen of our town -Easton Argua" Burnett Freddy 4-Mar-1865 9-Mar-1865 Stroudsburg infant son of Charlton and Jane C. Burnett Bush Harriet A. 29-Oct-1864 19-Jan-1865 14y dropsy daughter of Samuel L. and Mary Ann Bush Caffery John Tuesday last 10-Aug-1865 Stroudsburg chronic diarrhea soldier Cameron William Jr., Esq 29-Nov-1861 12-Dec-1861 Lewisburg 25th year congestion of brain only son of William Cameron Esq., Pres.Lewisburg Bank; leaves wife and two children Christman Thomas 12-Dec-1864 15-Dec-1864 Ross township gunshot to head unmarried deserter; shot by soldiers Compton Stephen Saturday last 17-Aug-1865 Stroudsburg House hospital 30y blood loss husband, father 3 small children Coolbaugh Jane 22-Feb-1863 19-Mar-1863 39y brief illness consort of W. F. Coolbaugh Dailey James Tuesday last 10-Aug-1865 Stroudsburg chronic diarrhea soldier Davis James 03-Aug-1863 13-Aug-1863 Dutottsburg 11y 8d Decker Sarah A. 15-Oct-1861 31-Oct-1861 Newton twp.Luzerne Co. Pa. 26y 11d dau Henry S. Decker, died at res. of uncle Daniel Decker in Wallpack, Sussex Co., NJ Detrick Emma H. 11-Jan-1865 16-Feb-1865 6yrs croup daughter of Joseph and Mary H. Dietrick Elias 25-Jan-1862 6-Feb-1862 Middle Smithfield 77y 10m 26d Dreher Carrie Louisa 29-Apr-1861 2-May-1861 1y 3m dau of E. B. and Fannie Dreher Dunlap Rosanna 5-May-1862 22-May-1862 Stroud Twp 41y 11m 15d wife of Joel D.Dunlap Durling James N. Esq. 9-Dec-1861 12-Dec-1861 Stroud Twp 45y lingering illness Sheriff, Masonic ceremony Eilenberger Henry, Esq. 25-May-1863 28-May-1863 Smithfield twp 53y 5m 25d small pox treasurer of this county Erb Ann 6-Jan-1862 9-Jan-1862 Stroudsburg borough 81y nee Depue - formal obit Jan.16, 1862 Eylenberger Jacob, Esq. 28-Nov-1860 6-Dec-1860 Bushkill 51y 3m 4d Frantz Michael 14-Feb-1863 19-Feb-1863 Ross township accident broke neck falling from horse. Gearhart Margaret 28-Aug-1861 26-Sep-1861 Chestnuthill twp. 27y wife of E. R. Gearhart Gilbert Christiann 1-Sep-1863 10-Sep-1863 1y 4m 17dadopted daughter of Peter and Sarah Gilbert Gish John 24-Jun-1862 17-Jul-1862 Lancaster county 49th yr of agepioneer dealer of cheap literature Goetz William Henry 6-May-1862 8-May-1862 Chestnuthill twp., Monroe Co. 16y at residence of his father Goetz Jacob, Esq. 10-Oct-1863 15-Oct-1863 Stroudsburg 64y healthy, found dead in bed Gordon Stewart 12-Apr-1861 18-Apr-1861 Stroudsburg 7y 1m 15dson of Charles S. and Jane Gordon Greogery Sarah Jane 16-Sep-1865 5-Oct-1865 Polk twp. Monroe Co. 8y a daughter of Reuben Greogery and wife Griffin Martha Ann 26-Jul-1861 1-Aug-1861 13y 3m 1d Griffin Lewis L. 27-Jul-1861 1-Aug-1861 4y 7m 27d Groner Emanuel 27-Jul-1863 30-Jul-1863 Hospital at Beaufort, S.C. 38y 2m 7d funeral sermon Rev. Geo. F. Cain, Poplar Valley M.E. church Haviland Mary 18-Oct-1861 24-Oct-1861 Stroudsburg borough 24y 1m ?d wife of William Haviland, Esq.; leaves 8 month old baby Heffman(Hoffman) Samuel 16-Apr-1863 23-Apr-1863 Middle Smithfield 47y 6m 21d born Bucks co., Pa.; buried Craig Meadows Heistand Milton R. 18-Aug-1863 20-Aug-1863 Stroudsburg 7y 6m 26d son of Jacob and Rebecca Heller Arthur 23-Mar-1862 27-Mar-1862 Shawnee 3y 9m 16d eldest son of George Y. and Sarah M. Henry Robert Harrison 1-Mar-1862 6-Mar-1862 Henryville, Pa. 15y 20d severe & protracted illness son of James and Sarah Henry; brother to? Hoagland Ann Elizabeth 9-Oct-1863 15-Oct-1863 5m infant of Lewis and Sarah Hoagland Hoodmacher Elmira 20-Feb-1861 28-Feb-1861 1y 3m 4ddau Jeremiah and Mary Hough Rebecca 2-Dec-1861 2-Jan-1862 Middle Smithfield 81y 10m 25d at res.of son in law Rev.Isaac Tuttle, dau Capt.Timothy Jayne Revol.war vet Houser Margaret Mrs. 17-Mar-1863 26-Mar-1863 Dutotsburg, Monroe co., Pa. 76y 1m less 2 days published 3/16 & 4/2 - date & age differ Houser Margaret Mrs. 18-Mar-1863 26-Mar-1863 Dutotsburg, Monroe co., Pa. 78y 28d published 3/16 & 4/2 - date & age differ Huffman Eliza D. 29-Jan-1865 16-Feb-1865 M. Smithfield twp 42y 2m wife of Levi Huston John, Col. 1-Dec-1860 6-Dec-1860 Stroud Twp 70y 9m 20d apoplexy Huston Anne C. 24-Aug-1861 29-Aug-1861 72y 1m 20d widow of Col. John Huston at residence of son-in-law John S. Walter in Hamilton Twp Kerr Rachel 6-Nov-1860 15-Nov-1860 Stroudsburg 27y Kerr (nee Stroud) Eleanor DePuy 16-Jun-1865 20-Jul-1865 Stroudsburg 71y dau of late John Stroud, wife of Joseph Kerr. Kintner Adaline Catharine 1-Aug-1861 8-Aug-1861 Lower Smithfield twp. 22y wife of Daniel LaBar Edgar Sylvanus 11-Jan-1863 15-Jan-1863 Dutotsburg 2y 8m 11d son of Mannassah and Elizabeth LaBar James U. 6-Dec-1864 5-Jan-1865 Smithfield twp 25y 8m 19d lung inflamation soldier; nephew of Frederick Brutzman; long obit Learn Adain 2-Apr-1865 27-Apr-1865 Pocono (his residence) 34y 4m ?d chronic diarrhea prisoner 7mos Salisbury, N.C. returned 22 March Lessig Philip 24-Nov-1862 27-Nov-1862 Snydersville typhoid fever drafted soldier; leaves widow & family Marsh Warren 18-Jan-1863 29-Jan-1863 child son of George W. and Sarah Ann Marsh Metzger Catharine 22-Jan-1862 30-Jan-1862 Hamilton twp 73y widow of George Metzger Miller John 25-Mar-1862 10-Apr-1862 Jackson twp., Monroe Co. 56y 4m 17d Newhart John D. 24-Dec-1863 29-Jan-1863 Annapols, M.D. 22y 1m 16d typhoid fever son of Jacob & Mary A. Newhart; sergeant Co. G. 67th R., P.V. Newton Solomon 7-Jul-1863 23-Jul-1863 Stroudsburg 54y member M.E.church; had children Neyhart George not listed 3-Apr-1862 not listed 86y 1m 26d at residence of Peter Transue in Pocono twp. Overfield William (Hon.) 21-Nov-1862 24-Nov-1864 Middle Smithfield 80y ? Sheriff Pike Co., State senator Pauli Lewis J. 3-Jan-1862 9-Jan-1862 Stroudsburg borough 68y interred at Reading, Pa. Peters Jacob 12-Aug-1865 31-Aug-1865 Middle Smithfield 31y 4m 1d leaves young widow Porter James M. (Hon.) 11-Nov-1862 13-Nov-1862 Easton 70y sick several years at his residence at Easton, judge. Posten James 1-Mar-1862 13-Mar-1862 Stroud Twp 77y 6m 23d Posten Edward 30-Mar-1862 3-Apr-1862 Stroudsburg 74y 2m 20d esq. Quick Webb 8-Apr-1862 24-Apr-1862 Bushkill, Pike Co., Pa 40'ish consumption Justice of Peace; son-in-law of Hon.John HJ.Heller of Bushkill; masonic rite Ransberry Mary Etty 24-Feb-1861 7-Mar-1861 23y 3m 11d long affliction dau George C. and Ann B. Ransberry Ransberry George C. 16-Nov-1864 1-Dec-1864 Stroud Twp 63yrs typhoid fever esq.; father and husband Rees Laura Julia 22-Nov-1860 29-Nov-1860 Stroud Twp 4y 6m 21d membrane croup dau William S. and Esther K. Rees Reese Samuel Sr. 25-May-1861 13-Jun-1861 Hamilton twp 68y 3m 14d Shafer Oren D. 20-Mar-1861 28-Mar-1861 2y 4m 5d son of Charles and Anna Maria Shiffer James Irvine 15-Aug-1863 20-Aug-1863 Stroud Twp 2m 18d infant son of Rudolph and Sarah Shiffer Shoemaker Mary 4-Jul-1861 13-Jul-1861 Middle Smithfield 68y about wife of John Shroeder Lewis 18-Aug-1863 3-Sep-1863 Stroud Twp 42y Simoason Jnstus 21-Sep-1861 26-Sep-1861 Buck twp., Luzerne Co., Pa. 98y Smith Aninetta 20-Aug-1863 3-Sep-1863 Stroud Twp 10m Spencer Elizabeth 1-Dec-1861 5-Dec-1861 70y wife of Thos. Staples Fanny Dreher 21-Mar-1865 23-Mar-1865 4y daughter of R. S. and M. A. Staples Storm Linford 17-Mar-1863 02-Apr-1863 Hamilton twp 18y 6m 18d Storm John 5-May-1863 14-May-1863 Hamilton twp 26y 4m 11d stroke of 'polsy' son of Hon. Andrew Storm who lost 2 sons last couple of months Storm Rudolph 05-Aug-1863 13-Aug-1863 Hamilton twp 36y 10m 29d leaves widow, son; son of Hon. Andrew Storm Stubbs Martha 8-Aug-1862 21-Aug-1862 Locust Ridge, Tobyhanna twp. 73rd yr of age consort of Joseph Stubbs Sutton Phebe Jane 4-Feb-1863 12-Feb-1863 at Oakland, Pa. 22y 1dbrief illness wife of Isaac W.; leaves 2 small children Sutton Matthias Brakely 8-Mar-1863 19-Mar-1863 at Oakland, Pa. 5y 6m 28d brief illness son of Isaac W. and Phoebe Jane Sutton Swink Frank 16-Sep-1861 10-Oct-1861 1y 10d son Charles and Sarah Swink Trach Linford (Capt.) 00-Jun-1863 23-Jul-1863 battle at Winchester, Va. shot - civil war Co.H, 67th Reg.P.V.; leaves widow, daughter; funeral sermon by Rev. T.A.Fernle Transue Charles 26-Mar-1861 28-Mar-1861 Buttermilk Falls, Smithfield twp.(news brief) suicide leaves a wife and two children' Vanauken Nelson S. 25-Nov-1862 11-Dec-1862 camp hospital at Brook's Station, Va. 31y typhoid fever Co.G, 142 Reg.P.V. corporal; attended by brother Vancampan Sarah 18-Jul-1862 14-Aug-1862 Middle Smithfield 26y 6m 15d dau of the late John Vancampan of Pahaquerry, Warren co., N.J.; at res of Solo Vanvliet Claude S. 14-Aug-1865 24-Aug-1865 11m 9d son of Sylvester and Hester M. Vanvliet Wagner David D. 15-Oct-1860 18-Oct-1860 68th yr Wallace William E. 23-Nov-1860 6-Dec-1860 Stroudsburg 2y 4m 14d son of Joseph and Mary Ann Weiss Mary 5-Jan-1863 8-Jan-1863 Chestnuthill twp., Monroe Co. 60y widow of Henry; 'dearest Mother' Werkheiser Frances? 6-Nov-1862 13-Nov-1862 late of King_?, Luzerne Co. 26y typhoid fever? wife of Reuben; leaves 3 small children Werkheiser Josiah 18-Sep-1865 28-Sep-1865 Post hospital Sherbume Barracks, Wash.D.C.19y typhoid fever late of Co. H, 214th Reg.Penna.Vol. Williams Jacob 06-Feb-1865 16-Feb-1865 Hatcher's Run 30y shot - civil war son of Peter Williams Williams James Madison 14-Sep-1865 21-Sep-1865 Hamilton twp 22y black measles, consumption home from army 4 weeks ago Wolf John Phillip 4-Oct-1860 18-Oct-1860 Stroudsburg 6m 25d son Edward L. and Mary G. Wolf Wolfe George 17-Aug-1865 31-Aug-1865 Stroud Twp 82y one of first settlers in that part of county Wyckoff William Henry 00-Jul-1863 13-Aug-1863 battle at Gettysburg son of Dr. Isaac Wyckoff of Easton; nephew of William Davis, Esq., Stroudsburg