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1860 Mortality Schedule of Beaver County Pennsylvania

A list of the deaths that occurred in Beaver County
12 months prior to June 1, 1860

Beaver Borough
Big Beaver Township
Borough Township (Vanport)
Bridgewater Borough
Brighton Township
Chippewa Township
Darlington Borough
Darlington Township
Economy Township
Fallston Borough
Frankfort Borough

Franklin Township
Freedom Borough
Georgetown Borough
Greene Township
Hanover Township
Harmony Township
Hookstown Borough
Hopewell Township
Independence Township
Industry Township

Marion Township
Moon Township
New Brighton Borough
New Sewickley Township
North Sewickley Township
Ohio Township
Phillipsburg Borough (Monaca)
Pulaski Township
Raccoon Township
Rochester Borough
Rochester Township

Big Beaver Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Name	Age	Sex	Md.	Birth Place	Death Month	Occupation	Cause of Death
Thomas Horn	38	M	M	Ireland	June	Railroad hand	Collision hand cart wood
Daniel G. Graham	27	M	M	Pa.	Dec.	Laborer	Consumption
Luke Rigney	3	M		Pa.	Oct.		Croup
Sarah J. M’Clure	27	F	S	Pa.	Sept.		Intermittent Fever
Martha M’Clure	25	F	S	Pa.	Nov.		Intermittent Fever
Mary Anne M’Clure	22	F	S	Pa.	Oct.		Intermittent Fever
Robert Chapman	50	M	M	Pa.	Oct.	Farmer	Unknown
Catharine Powers	84	F	W	New York	Jan		Paralysis
Elizabeth Johnson	51	F	M	Pa.	Oct		Typhoid Fever

Chippewa Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Name	Age	Sex	Md.	Birth Place	Death Month	Occupation	Cause of Death
James Pennell	77	M	W	Unknown	Feb.	Farmer	Apoplexy
Araadna Rhodes	23	F	W	Pa.	Sept		Chronic Diarrhea
Appolona Loomis	22	F		Pa.	May		Typhoid Fever
Margaret A. Loomis	12 ?	F		Pa.	June		Typhoid Fever
William E. Scott	1/12	M		Pa.	April		Erysipelas

Brighton Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Elisabeth Scott	32	F		Pa.	Feb.		Consumption

Industry Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Johanna Murray	1/2	F	Pa.	March	Unknown
Robert Hoyl	66	M	Pa.	August	Old Age

Darlington Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Margaret A. Anderson	4	F	Pa.	Oct.		Inflammation Lungs
Benjamin L. Irvin	21	M	Pa.	Sept	Clerk	Consumption
Laura V. Boyd	11/12	F	Pa.	Jan.		Lung Disease
Samuel Jackson	60	M	Pa.	Jan.		Unknown
Mary Jackson	40	F	Pa.	Jan		Unknown
Walkup McGlaughlin	62	M	Pa.	June	Trader	Brain Fever

Darlington Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Robert F. Williams	9/12	M		Pa.	April	Lung Fever & Croup
John McConnell	91	M	S	Ireland	Feb.	Old Age
Mary Veon (?)	4	F		Pa.	August	Scarlet Fever
Polly McMinn	63	F	W	Pa.	August	Dropsy
Samuel V. Reed	3	M		Pa.	August	Croup
Thomas M. W. McCown	8	M		Pa.	Dec.	Inflam. Stomach
James Fitsimmons	4	M		England	Feb.	Scarlet Fever
(infant) McCown	1/12	M		Pa.	June	Spasms
David M. Best	5	M		Pa.	Dec.	Lung Fever
Bridget Carna (?)	1/12	F		Pa.	Sept.	Unknown

Freedom Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Elizabeth Shaner	3	F		Pa.	Jan.	Scarlet Fever
Margaret McCollough	33	F	M	Pa.	April	Consumption
Charles McCollough	3	M		Pa.	Oct.	Disease of Spine
Daniel Shillinger	83	M	W	Pa.	March	Palsy
Annie Honecker	5/12	F		Pa.	Dec.	Influenza

Economy Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Abijah Hull	73	M	M	Connecticut	April	Farmer	Old Age
Thompson Hull	25	M		Pa.	May	Nail Manufacturer	Suicide (deranged)
William A. Gibb	5	M		Pa.	July		Heart Disease
George H. Davis	7/12	M		Pa.	March		Catarrh Fever
James Buckley	48	M	M	Pa.	March	Carpenter	Apoplexy
William Minis	89	M	W	Ireland	Dec.	Farmer	Old Age
Mary McGuire	19	F		Pa.	April		Scarlet Fever
James McGuire	15	M		Pa.	April	Farmer	Scarlet Fever
Elizabeth McPherson	50	F	M	Pa.	Jan.		Diarrhea & Cholera
S. (?) Rosinbauer	4	M		Pa.	April		Measles
John Shafer	68	M	M	Germany	May	Farmer	Paralysis
Adolphus Breitenstein	3	M		Pa.	March		Convulsions
Agnes Porter	8	F		Pa.	March		Scarlet Fever

Harmony Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Eve Schnable	75	F	W	Wirtemburg	June		Old Age
Rosna Leffler	81	F	W	Wirtemburg	July		Old Age
Frolena Herman	62	F		Wirtemburg	August		Cancer
Elizabeth Waldman	79	F	W	Pa.	Nov.		Old Age
Elizabeth Shriver	69	F	W	Pa.	Dec.		Dropsy
Lonena Pfeil	17	F		Wirtemburg	Feb.		Scarlet Fever
Mary Aigner	80	F	W	Wirtemburg	March		Old Age
Jacob Stahl	56	M	M	Wirtemburg	May	Stone Mason	Inflam. Of Lungs

Rochester Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Peter Martin	36	M	M	Ireland	Nov.	Laborer	Consumption
Melissa Gray	2	F		Illinois	March		Scarlet Fever
Lena Lapp	1	F		Pa.	Feb.		Brain Fever
Henry Eber	21	M		Pa.	Jan.	Clerk	Hip Joint disease
Morris Eber	18	M		Pa.	Feb.	Ship Carpenter	Measles & Lung disease
James Borland	45	M	M	Pa.	Feb.	Riverman	Drowned
Sarah Croxton	4	F		Pa.	March		Scarlet Fever
Joseph Bean	30	M		Pa.	Feb.	Steam Engineer	Consumption
Levi Lafferty	5	M		Pa.	April		Lung Disease
Samuel Gilliland	3	M		New Jesery	June		Brain Fever
F. Brinkman	43	M		Germany	Sept.	Brickmaker	Typhoid Fever
William Reno	66	M	M	Pa.	March	Farmer	Erysipelas
Sophia Reno	64	F	W	Pa.	April		Decay of Bone
B. F. French	1	M		Pa.	March		Catarrh Fever
Jane Edmund	6	F		Pa.	April		Scarlet Fever
William Graham	47	M	M	Pa.	April	Baker	Consumption
Isabella Meyer	2	F		Pa.	Oct.		Brain Disease
John M. Cook	44	M	M	New York	May	Clerk	Congestion of Lungs

Fallston Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Anna Burns	7	F		Pa.	Oct.		Consumption

Marion Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Baby Getman	1/365	F		Pa.	March	Convulsions
Sarah Thomas	41	F	M	Pa.	July	Inflam. Brain
Esther Hickey	76	F	W	Pa.	April	Palsy

Bridgewater Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Wm. B. Boies	47	M	M	Pa.	Jan.	Steamboat Capt.	Typhoid Fever
James D. Hinds	21	M		Pa.	Feb.	Glass Blower	Typhoid Fever
John Hinds	18	M		Pa,	Dec.	Glass Blower	Typhoid Fever
Laura Brotherton	1	F		Pa.	July		Scarlet Fever
Louisa M. Angel	2	F		Pa.	July		Measles & Lung Dis
Helena A. Angel	11/12	F		Pa.	August		Measles & Lung Dis
John Stein	81	M	M	Pa.	July	Wagon Maker	Accidental Fall
John Blake	37	M	M	Virginia	Nov.	Rail Road Contractor	Typhoid Fever

Borough Township (Vanport) Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Hettie Morrison	55	F	M	Maryland	July		Paralysis of Throat
William Stuck	7/12	M		Pa.	March		Billious Diarrhea
David Quigley	36	M	M	England	April	Clerk	Drowned
Stephen Stone	64	M		Connecticut	Feb.	Farmer	Bronchitis
John Mulvanon	66	M	M	Ireland	Nov.	Farmer	Palsy
George Hodill	34	M	M	Germany	Nov.	Stone Mason	Consumption
Benj. McElhose	32	M	M	Ireland	April	Farmer	Consumption
Lorilla Morton	30	F	M	Pa.	Dec.		Consumption
Thomas M. Thurston	1	M		Pa.	Sept.		Brain Disease
Robert M. Miner	10/12	M		Pa.	August		Summer Complaint

Ohio Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Joseph Sherer	37	M	M	Pa.	April	Farmer	Congestion Brain
Silas Caughey	35	M	M	Pa.	May	Farmer	Cestie Rheumatism

Beaver Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Nancy Barclay	49	F	M	Pa.	May		Palpitation of Heart
Eudora Campbell	1	F		Pa.	March		Putrid Sore Throat
Emma F. Wynn	1	F		Pa.	June		Cholera Infantum
John C. Clark	3/12	M		Missouri	July		Brain Fever
Rebecca Anderson	24	F	M	Pa.	March		Hemorrhage of Lungs
Caroline E. Wade	1	F		Pa.	Sept.		Spasms from Teething
John R. Shannon	73	M		Pa.	March	Attorney at Law	Unknown

North Sewickley Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Mary Miller	3	F		Pa.	Jan.		Pneumonia
Joseph Jones	34	M		Pa.	August	Carpenter	Consumption
Thomas Kaike	28	M		Pa.	August	S. Boatman	Consumption
Lucy Coleman	84	F	M	England	June		Old Age
Rachel Piersol	64	F	W	Pa.	March		Accident Fell down stairs
George H. Boots	11	M		Pa.	Feb.		Bilious Pleurisy
Sophia McCullough	8	F		Pa.	Dec.		Accident clothes caught fire from stove
Flora Cunningham	5	F		Pa.	Sept.		Scarlet Fever
John J. Rouser	8	M		Pa.	Nov.		Scarlet Fever
Ellis A. Rouser	3	F		Pa.	Dec.		Scarlet Fever
Susannah Funkhouser	48	F	M	Pa.	Oct.		Cander Stomach
Baby Horner	1/356	M		Pa.	June		Unknown
Alvira Marshall	2/12	F		Pa.	May		Unknown
G. H. Ashaubaugh	3/12	M		Pa.	July		Whooping Cough
Nancy Wilson	25	F		Pa.	March		Consumption
Mary Eakin	74	F	W	Maryland	April		Colic
Nancy Yoho	5/12	F		Pa.	March		Sore Throat
John Leuhy (?)	1	M		Pa.	Feb.		Lung Fever
Alvan G. Leanz	3/365	M		Pa.	Nov.		Convulsions
Eliza J. Freed (?)	2	F		Pa.	March		Lung Fever
Mary J. Thompson	8	F		Pa.	Dec.		Scarlet Fever
James Thompson	6	M		Pa.	Dec.		Scarlet Fever
Margaret Thompson	65	F	W	Pa.	Sept.		Plathis (?)
David Thompson	7	M		Pa.	Jan		Scarlet Fever
Louisa J. Whitman	3	F		Pa.	Jan.		Scarlet Fever

Pulaski Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Catharine Whisler	75	F	W	Pa.	Oct.		Dropsy
Frank J. Aldham	1/12	M		Pa.	Nov.		Unknown
Mary Myers	25	F	M	Pa.	March		Childbirth
Rebecca Welsh	45	F	M	New Jesery	Sept.		Consumption
John Squire	56	M	M	England	August	Laborer	Inflam. Bowels

Hookstown Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Robert O. Gibb	3	M		Pa.	Oct.		Croup
William Carothers	3/12	M		Pa.	August		Inflam of Bowels
George N. Carothers	1	M		Pa.	April		Unknown
John Wallace	36	M	M	Pa.	Dec.	Farmer	Diabetes

Phillipsburg Borough (Monaca) Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Henrietta Blasm__ (?)	7/12	F		Pa.	April		Whooping Cough
Ferdinand Cimmotti (?)	23	M	M	Pa.	June	Silversmith	Consumption
William Balen (?)	25	M		Pa.	August	Cabinet Maker	Consumption
Louisa Foster	11/12	F		Pa.	Jan.		Teething
George R. Nags	1	M		Virginia	Jan.		Whooping Cough
Elizabeth A. Merryman	2	F		Pa.	Dec.		Scarlet Fever

Georgetown Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Sarah W. Hamilton	2	F		Pa.	Feb.		Croup

Hanover Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
John M. Irwin	4	M		Pa.	June		Dropsy
Jonathan Hoge	39	M		Pa.	Feb.	Farmer	Consumption
William Hoge	71	M	M	Pa.	August	Farmer	Piles
Martha McDole	66	F	M	Pa.	Feb.		Inf. Rheumatism
Martha Minesinger	25	F	M	Virginia	July		Consumption
Samuel Rinull (?)	26	M		Pa.	May	Day Laborer	Bleeding of Lungs
Ruth Yardly	73	F	W	Pa.	Dec.		Dropsy
Amanda S. Little	5/12	F		Pa.	Nov.		Putrid Sore Throat
Angelina Tomaca (?)	32	F	M	Pa.	Jan.		Lung Disease
John Little	3	M		Pa.	Nov.		Putrid Sore throat
Matilda Leeper	66	F	M	Maryland	Oct.		Lung Disease
Mary Lance	60	F		Pa.	Feb.		Cancer
Sarah Reed	28	F		Pa.	Oct.		Consumption
Sarah Gemsadis (?)	44	F	M	Pa.	Nov.		Dropsy
Margaret J. Purdy	24	F		Pa.	July		Lung Disease
Thomas A. Purdy	2/12	M		Pa.	Nov.		Scarlet Fever
David H. Carothers	16	M		Pa.	Oct.	Farmer	Brights Disease of Kidney

Greene Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Allen W. Sands	2	M		Pa.	Dec.		Unknown
Flora B. Townsand	1	F		Pa.	Feb.		Lung Disease
John N. Stewart	2	M		Illinois	June		Poisoned by Strychnine which was purchased to kill rats and the child got it and swallowed it.
Chrystina Sneddew	5	F		Pa.	July		Water on the Brain
Benjamin Potts	4	M		Ohio	June		Unknown
Martha Cairy	36	F	M	Pa.	Dec.		Consumption
Mary Evans	88	F	M	Pa.	March		Old Age
Thomas Calhoun	38	M	M	Pa.	May	Farmer	Consumption
Emma Scott	5	F		Ohio	April		Croup
David Campbell	1	M		Pa.	June		Scarlet Fever
David Wigly	37	M		England	April	Riverman	Drowned under the influence of rot gut lay down on the bank of the Ohio and the water rose over him.
David M. Gordon	5	M		Pa.	Oct.		Worms

Raccoon Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Catharine Christler	79	F	M	Pa.	April		Cramps & Colic
George Kennedy	3	M		Pa.	May		Unknown
Elizabeth Gamble	70	F	W	Pa.	April		Disease of Lungs
Jacob Clear	72	M	W	Pa.	June	Farmer	Disease of Kidney
John A. Wiggerat (?)	4/12	M		Pa.	August		Cholera Infantum
Amelia Hartford	24	F		Pa.	Dec.		Consumption
James Todd	64	M	M	Pa.	April	Farmer	Inflam. of Lungs
James B. Dobbs	15	M		Pa.	August	Farmer	Consumption
James Braden	17	M		Pa.	Feb.	Farmer	Dropsy of the chest

Independence Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Edmond B. Thompson	15	M		Pa.	March		Occult Hernia
Joseph Crook	40	M	M	Pa.	Feb.	Farmer	Lung fever
Baby McCoy	1 day	M		Pa.	May		Disease of heart
Oliver Obany	3	M		Pa.	April		Worms
Alexander Asdale	48	M	M	Ireland	March	Merchant	Consumption
Margaret Glasser	1 day	F		Pa.	Feb.		Unknown
William W. Lockhart	26	M		Pa.	May	Farmer	Asthma
Margaret Harper	1	F		Pa.	Sept.		Unknown

Moon Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Mary M. Rambo	73	F	W	Pa.	Dec.		Paralytic stroke
Samuel J. Baily	19	M		Pa.	Feb.	Day Labor	Brain Fever
Elizabeth Glasser	6	F		Pa.	April		Scarlet Fever
William Cochran	7/12	M		Pa.	May		Inflam. of Bowels
Altha B. Erwin	3	F		Pa.	April		Putrid Sore Throat

Hopewell Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Andrew Echal	93	M	W	Pa.	March	Farmer	Old Age
Alexander N. Shrodes	4	M		Pa.	May		Putrid Sore Throat
Henry Davis	73	M	M	Pa.	July	Surveyor	Lung Disease
Catharine Bruce	4	F		Pa.	Feb.		Putrid Sore Throat
James K. McConnell	17	M		Pa.	August	Farmer	Consumption
William McClure	71	M	M	Ireland	Sept.	Farmer	Liver Complaint
George Forsythe	11/12	M		Pa.	April		Whooping Cough

Frankfort Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Mary C. McCutcheon	6/12	F		Pa.	May		Disease of Bowels

Rochester Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
David Dripps	5/12	M		Pa.	Dec.	Croup
Sarah Dripps	40	F	M	Pa.	Dec.	Liver Complaint
Sarah Davison	5/12	F		Pa.	Oct.	Croup
Baby Welsh	1/365	M		Pa.	March	Unknown

New Brighton Borough Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
A. G. Scott	50	M	W	Maryland	May	Trader	Fracture Skull
Charles H. Higby	55	M	M	New York	May	Physician	Effect Insanity Became insane-cause spiritualism. While insane he struck A.G. Scott with a poker from which he died.
Mary A. Kennedy	21	F		Pa.	June		Consumption
Joseph Alexander	3	M		Pa.	June		Drowned
Joseph Rees	33	M	M	Italy	August	Blacksmith	Consumption
Charles S. Hartman	2	M		Pa.	July		Consumption
Abraham Lourimer	76	M	W	Pa.	Dec.	Farmer	Kidney Complaint
Thomas Johns	19	M		Pa.	Feb.	Invalid	General Debility
Elizabeth Stacy	14	F		Pa.	Jan.		Typhoid Fever
Elma Hunter	3/12	F		Pa.	August		Cholera
Alex Cumming	45	M	M	Ireland	April	Innkeeper	Consumption
David Abercrombie	1	M		Pa.	Dec.		Diarrhea
Baby Riefe	1/12	M		Pa.	Jan.		Croup
James Magaw	87	M	W	Pa.	Oct.	Farmer-Retired	Typhoid Fever
Grace Champion	70	F	W	Pa.	Dec.		Consumption
Susan E. Elliott	6	F		Pa.	Sept.		Typhoid Fever
Samuel Osborn	85	M	W	Pa.	Jan.	Farmer-Retired	Apoplexy
James F. Arnias (?)	4	M		Pa.	Dec.		Catarrh Fever
Emily Couch	55	F	M	Pa.	Sept.		Consumption
Warren Waddle	10/12	M		Pa.	Oct.		Dysentery
George R. Glass	4/365	M		Pa.	May		Convulsions
John Pugh	82	M	M	Pa.	May	Merchant	General Debility
-------- Bellas	28	F	M	Pa.	March		Consumption

Franklin Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Rosanna Thompson	74	F	M	Pa.	Feb.		General Debility
Florence Lorain	1	F		Pa.	Jan.		Croup
Eliphas Shagal	5	M		Pa.	Jan.		Croup
Jacob Young	50	M	M	Germany	Feb.	Physician	Fell on Ice
Juliana Powell	31	F	M	Pa.	March		Dyspepsia
Baby Pander	1/365	F		Pa.	March		Unknown
Isaaz Ziegler	1	M		Pa.	April		Catarrh Fever
William Potter	32	M	M	Pa.	Jan.	Farmer	Smallpox

New Sewickley Township Return to top of the Beaver County 1860 Mortality Schedule Page
Baby Hesson	7/365	F		Pa.	March		Unknown
Elizabeth Freshcorn	18/ 365	F		Pa.	July		Convulsions
John Cashner	1	M		Pa.	May		Scarlet Fever
George W. Powell	1	M		Pa.	Jan.		Scarlet Fever
William Gordon	1/12	M		Pa.	March		Croup
Erros Hill	1/12	M		Pa.	March		Erysipelas
Baby Goehring	6/365	F		Pa.	Jan.		Convulsions
Henry Metz	14/ 365	M		Pa.	Jan.		Consumption
James Nooner	30	M	M	New York	Oct.	S. Boatman	Consumption
Samuel Mace	24	M	M	Pa.	Feb.	Farmer	Constipation of Bowels
Eliza Mooney	27	F	M	Pa.	May		Consumption
Isaac White	20	M		Pa.	Nov.	Farmer	Fell from house top
Mary Nell	58	F	M	Hesse Cassel	Dec.		Unknown
Charles A. Nickel	2	M		Pa.	August		Diarrhea
John Magers	13	M		Pa.	June		Infl. Of Lungs
John H. Helche	1	M		Pa.	Feb.		Sore Throat
George Helche	6	M		Pa.	March		Sore Throat
John Ripper	30	M	M	Darmstudt	Sept.	Saddler	Infl. Bowels
Eliza Moore	47	F	M	Pa.	Feb.		Consumption

This article originally appeared in the Beaver County Genealogical Society Newsletter,
Gleanings, Vol. IX No. 1, 2, 3

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