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(CHURCH) JONAS, 9180 County Farm Rd., Parma, MI 49269 e-mail; D50j100@aol.com SOME SHAFTSBURY, BENNINGTON CO., VERMONT DEATHS, 1885 These records were photocopied for me on a trip to Bennington Co., Vermont, in the Town Clerks Office of Shaftsbury, back in 1976. These are only the pages to which referred to my ancestors, the HARRIS and CHURCH families. At the time they photocopied a whole page if you wanted a printout of one of your ancestors, so consequently, I got a page of 40+ different Deaths. Some of the writing is hard to read but I copied it as it looks. Page 16, Deaths Registered in the Town of Shaftsbury for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1885. Rec.#; Date of Death; Name & Surname of Deceased; Age; Place of Death; Disease or Cause of Death; Sex & Condition; Occupation of Male over 15 yrs.; Place of Birth; Parents. 1, Oct. 27, 1885, Daisy PATTEN, no age given, Dist.#15, strangulation, female, blank, Shaftsbury, George & Rhoda (HAWKINS) PATTEN. 2, Mar. 4, 1885, John MORSE, 82yrs., 5mos., 17days, Dist.#15, old age, male-widower, farmer, Petersburgh N.Y., John (dec.) & Catharine (dec.) (BRIMMER) MORSE. 3, June 26, 1885, Susan R. LYONS, 1mos., 5days, Dist.#17, congestion of lungs, female, blank, Shaftsbury, Frederick L. & Martha C. (KENNON) LYONS. 4, Dec. 27, 1885, Georgianna MILLINGTON, 3yrs., 3mos., 27days, Dist.#17, worms, female, blank, Shaftsbury, Edward & Lottie (HARRINGTON) MILLINGTON. 5, Feb. 28, 1885, Josephus ROCKWOOD, 75yrs., 8mos., 10days, Dist.#1, diptheria, male, gardener, Newfane VT., Samuel (dec.) & Sarah (dec.) (--) ROCKWOOD. 6, Feb. 9, 1885, Josephus DONNELLY, no age given, Dist.#1, still born, male, blank, Shaftsbury VT., Philip & Ann (LEONARD) DONNELLY. 7, Mar. 7, 1885, Elizabeth A. HALL/ HOLL(?), 8mos., 18days, Dist.#1, disease of brain, female, blank, Shaftsbury, Hiram & Elizabeth A. (CONNIE(?)) HALL/HOLL(?). 8, July 18, 1885, Josiah ROBERTSON, 72yrs, 9mos., 12days, Dist.#1, paralysis, male-widower, blacksmith, Jackson N.Y., Thomas (dec.) & Lydia (dec.) (NELSON) ROBERTSON. 9, Oct. 11, 1885, Kattie MC GUNNISS, 17yrs., 11mos., 15days, Dist.#1, fever, female, blank, Shaftsbury, Brian & Catharine (DARNORAN(?)) MC GUNNISS. 10, Dec. 7, 1885, Adaline (CASE) MATTISON, 73yrs., 1mos., 27days, Dist.#1, disease of spine, female-married, blank, Williamstown Mass., Hezikiah (dec.) & Clarissa (dec.) (CAREY) MATTISON. 11, July 4, 1885, Lucia A. HULING, 15yr., 5mos., 5days, Dist.#6, consumption, female, blank, Shaftsbury, Hiram & Ella S. (STONE) HULING. 12, Apr. 26, 1885, Hannah ( PERCY) BUDDINGTON, 58yrs., 6mos., 15days, Dist.#2, dropsy, female-married, blank, Hoosick N.Y., John (dec.) & Sarah (dec.) (SWEET) PERCY. 13, June 26, 1885, James T. MATTISON, 68yrs., 4mos., 17days, Dist.#2, heart disease, male-married, farmer, Shaftsbury VT., Asa (dec.) & Rachel (dec.) (SLYE) MATTISON. 14, June 29, 1885, Asher PRENTISS, 86yrs., 4mos., 17days, Dist.#2, old age, male-married, carpenter, Whitingham VT., Asher (dec.) & Sarah (dec.) (--) PRENTISS. 15, Apr. 14, 1885, Charles W. PRATT, 7mos., 5days, Dist.#2, pneumonia, male, blank, Shaftsbury, Joseph & Ida M. (BAKER) PRATT. 16, Jan. 19, 1885, Rhoda (STRATTON) HARRINGTON, 93yrs, 7mos., 23days, Dist.#13, exhaustion, female-widowed, blank, Bennington VT., Joel & Rhoda (BEMON) STRATTON. 17, Feb.(?) 2, 1885, Hiram L. GREEN, 64yrs., 4mos., 9days, Dist.#13, cancer on liver, male-widowed, farmer, Shaftsbury, Gideon & Betsey (HARRINGTON) GREEN. 18, Feb. 12, 1885, Cynthia (FISHER) HON(?), 26yrs., 5mos., 3days, Dist.#13, inflamation of bowels, female-married, blank, Shaftsbury, Nathan (dec.) & Sophronia (KENYON) FISHER. 19, Mar. 19, 1885, Nathan FISHER, 55yrs., Dist.#13, consumption, male- married, laborer, Shaftsbury, Nathan & Betsey (MOSES) FISHER. 20, July 11, 1885, ----ROBINSON, 7days, Dist.#13, spasams, male, blank, Shaftsbury, Geo. & Maria (MADDEN) ROBINSON. 21, Sept. 28, 1885, ----YOUNG, no age, Dist.#12, still born, female, blank, Shaftsbury, Sidney & Semantha A. (YOUNG) YOUNG. 22, Oct. 26, 1885, Semantha A. YOUNG, 33yrs., 5mos., 26days, Dist.#12, child birth, female-married, blank, St. Thomas Canada, Jock & Lucy A. (REYNOLDS) YOUNG. 23, June 9, 1885, Mary Ann (BILLFIELD) BECKER, 73yrs., 2mos., 29days, Dist.#8, dropsy, female-widow, blank, Shaftsbury, Joseph & Pamelia (ASKEY) BILLFIELD. 24, Nov. 24, 1885, Elias MC INTOSH, 65yrs., 3mos., 21days, Dist.#8, heart disease, male-married, farmer, Shaftsbury VT., Benjamin & Helen (FREAR) MC INTOSH. 25, Mar. 20, 1885, Margaret (BRYNE) COLLINS, 90yrs., 3mos., 24days, Dist.#18, lung fever, female-widow, blank, Ireland, Timothy & Margaret (BRYN/ BRYRE(?)) BRYNE. 26, Sept. 8, 1885, Eliza (DEED) NEWELL, 51yrs., 11mos., 17days, Dist.#18, killed by accident, female-married, blank, Boston Mass., William & Maria (--) DEED. 27, Oct. 15, 1885, Robert BUSKE/ BURKE(?), 20yrs., 7mos., 4days, Dist.#18, killed by accident, male, blacksmith, Chicago ILL., Richard & Catharine (MCMAHON) BUSKE/ BURKE(?). 28, Jan. 30, 1885, Mary (STONE) ELWELL, 42yrs., 10mos., 4days, Dist.#10, pneumonia, female-married, Shaftsbury VT., Eli & Phebe (MARBLE) STONE. 29, Mar. 6, 1885, John ELWELL, 87yrs., 1mos., 28days, Dist.#10, pneumonia, male-widowed, farmer, Shaftsbury, John & Judah (--) ELWELL. 30, Mar. 28, 1885, George EDDY, 62yrs., 11mos., 21days, Dist.#14, appoplexy, male-widowed, carpenter, Woodford VT., Frederick & Lydia (PHILLIPS) EDDY. 31, Mar. 10, 1885, Lugun(?) M., (GEORGE) HALL, 37yrs., 3mos., 26days, Dist.#14, consumption, female-married, blank, Shaftsbury VT., Dennis & Lucy (MATTISON) GEORGE. 32, May 11, 1885, James W. ELWELL, 71yrs., Dist.#14, pneumonia, male- married, laborer, Shaftsbury, Clark & Mary (STODDARD) ELWELL. 33, May 18, 1885, Sarah M., (MORSE) ELWELL, 67yrs., 6days, Dist.#14, pneumonia, female-widow, blank, Sunderland VT., John & Mary (--) MORSE. 34, Mar. 31, 1885, Nellie M. PLEASANT, 15days, Dist.#14, exhaustion, female, blank, Shaftsbury, Henry & Elenor (CONE) PLEASANT. 35, June 14, 1885, Kittie MATTISON, 1yrs., 11mos., 17days, Dist.#14, cholera infantum, female, blank, Shaftsbury, Edgar & Bridget ( HORTON) MATTISON. 36, June 25, 1885, Lemisa H. (WHIPPLE) COLE, 37yrs., 11days, Dist.#14, blood poison, female-married, blank, Shaftsbury, Stephen & Eliza (HICKS) WHIPPLE. 37, June 29, 1885, ----AYOT, 1day, Dist.#14, exhaustion, male, blank, Shaftsbury, Ferdinand & Evelina (SELLAND(?)) AYOT. 38, Sept. 2, 1885, Napoleon ADEE, 64yrs., Dist.#14, insanity, male- married, laborer, blank, blank. 39, Dec. 12, 1885, Samuel S. CHURCH, 11yrs., 8mos., 27days, Dist.#14, spasms, male, blank, Shaftsbury, Isaiah & Julia (BROMLEY) CHURCH. 40, May 2, 1885, Lurena (MATTISON) LANE, 69yrs., 5mos., 6days, Dist.#3, blood poison, female, blank, Shaftsbury, Isaac & Phebe (OLIN) MATTESON. I Hereby Certify that the Foregoing Number of Deaths in the Several District are Correct from District Clerks to the Best of my Knowledge & Belief, Myron BARTON-Town Clerk.