These death records are not complete for the county, but do constitute the death records as they appeared in the Sullivan Standard and the Milan Republican.
Often the dates given were vague, as “last week”, “a few days ago”, “sometime back”, “recently”, etc. If the exact date was not given, but a remark as “last Tuesday”, “Sunday back”, and similar expressions used, the date of the newspaper and a perpetual calendar were used to try to ascertain the exact date. The wording concerning these deaths is as it appears in the news item.
| Date | Information | Surnames |
|---|---|---|
| Between 1878 & 1884 1878 is assumed. |
John D. Call aged about 20, living in Clay Twp. died recently of liver disease. | CALL |
| Between 1878 & 1884 1878 is assumed. |
Died, Mr. Edward Downing, age 16, by his own hand. He lived with his mother about 5 miles north of Kiddville. | DOWNING |
| 1878-01-08 | Died January 8, 1878, in Morris Township, Mr. Greenbury Summers, a native of Maryland, being 88 years old. | SUMMERS |
| 1878-02-12 | Feb.18, Mr. James Spray of Morris Township died on Tuesday of last week. Note from Sullivan County Coordinator: If death was in 1878, Tuesday was Feb. 12th. |
SPRAY |
| Between 1878-03-10 & 3-16 | March 22, 1878. Mr. Shannon Beard living near Green Castle died one day last week. | BEARD |
| 1878-03-16 | Mrs. Michael Wright died March 16, 1878, at her home, four or five miles east of Milan. | WRIGHT |
| 1878-04-02 | Mrs. Rebecca Clarkson died April 2, 1878. | CLARKSON |
| 1878-04-20 | Mrs. Wm. Westlake of Buchanan died on Monday, April 20, 1878, and was buried Tuesday. She died of consumption. | WESTLAKE |
| 1878-05-19 | Mrs. Sanford Duckwarth died Sunday, May 19, 1878, at her home two miles west of Scottsville in Duncan Township. | DUCKWARTH |
| 1878-05-22 | Died of consumption, on the 22nd of May 1878, at her home near Birdseye Ridge, of this county, Mrs. Martha Ellen Cole, wife of George Cole and daughter of Col. Oliver P. and Maria C. Phillips. She was aged 22 years. | PHILLIPS, COLE |
| 1878-06-02 | Mr.____ Edwards, father of Mrs. M.D. Shearer died June 2, 1878, of consumption. | EDWARDS |
| Between 1878 & 1884 1878 is assumed. |
Mrs. Dr. [Stet.] Franklin of Pleasant Hill Twp. died a few days ago. | FRANKLIN |
| 1878-06-15 | Mr. Jacob Shearer of Green Castle, was found dead in his chair June 15, 1878. | SHEARER |
| 1878-07-07 | Died at her home three miles east of Milan on the 7th inst. July 1878, Mrs. Foster, of flux. She had been a citizen of this county for over 30 years. | FOSTER |
| Between 1878-07-14 & 7-20 | July 26, 1878, Judge E. Hartzler of Sticklerville, died very suddenly one day last week from the effects of extreme heat. | HARTZLER |
| 1878-07-19 | Died at his home in Duncan Twp. of consumption, on Friday, July 19, 1878, Mr. F. M. Fields. | FIELDS |
| 1878-07-26 | Billy Boyd died July 26, 1878. He had become overheated about a week before his sickness and this is supposed, led to his death. | BOYD |
| 1878-08-07 | Mr. N. M. Bonham, living three miles east of Milan died Wednesday night August 7,1878. | BONHAM |
| 1878-08-07 | Died in Union Twp. on Aug. 7, 1878, Mrs. Daniel T. Beck. | BECK |
| 1883-08-08 | Larry E. Brookshire died Aug. 8, 1883 of cholera infantum, age 10 months, 8 days. | BROOKSHIRE |
| 1878-08-11 | Died, Bell eldest daughter of W. J. and A. A. Dennis, aged 9 years, 5 months and 11 days, on Aug. 11, 1878. | DENNIS |
| 1878-08-11 | Mr. William E. Straley living in Duncan Township died at his own hands Aug. 11, 1878. Verdict of inquest jury: - “Wm. E. Straley committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver.” He came from Pennsylvania in 1869. He left a wife and 11 children. | STRALEY |
| 1878-08-23 | Aug. 23, 1878. Mrs. Josie Bennett of Bowman Township died one day last week. | BENNETT |
| 1878-08-24 | A little daughter of Mr. Josiah Rasser died Aug. 24, 1878. | RASSER |
| 1878-08-28 | Died Susie R., daughter of James and Lizzie Morris, aged 16 years, 7 months and 27 days on August 28, 1878. | MORRIS |
| 1880-12-21 | Died, Solomon Poole, Dec. 21, 1880, supposedly of heart disease. He was born in London. England in 1827. He came to America in 1849. He came to Sullivan Co. in 1858. He was married to Margaret Webb in 1855. | POOLE |
| 1883-10-06 | Oct. 6, 1883 died Wm. C. Baker of tonsillitis, age 6 yrs., 7 months, 5 days. | BAKER |
| 1883-10-29 | Oct. 29, 1883, died Sarah Allen, age 63 yrs., 4 mo. and 11 days. Born in North Carolina, of pneumonia. | ALLEN |
| 1883-11-01 | Died Nov. 1, 1883, Lora Hattie Adkins, age 1 mo. 10 days. | ADKINS |
| 1883-12-30 | Dec. 30, 1883 died Susan Berry of pneumonia, age 25 yrs., 3 mo., 10 days. | BERRY |
| 1884-01-02 | Mr. M.S. Dover died Jan. 2, 1884. He was born in Tenn., Jan. 29, 1884, but came to Sullivan county over 40 years ago. | DOVER |
| 1884-02-03 | Gracy B. Bumgarner, Feb. 3, 1884, of pneumonia age 1 yr., 3 mo., 6 days. | BUMGARNER |
| 1884-02-22 | Died Ross Berry Feb. 22, 1884 of Lobular pneumonitis, age 8 months, 11 days. | BERRY |
| 1884-03-05 | 12 Mar 1884, page 5 col 1, 2 (Milan Republican)
Col 1. “It is said that David Mullins has taken a change of venue.“ Col. 2. “David Mullins passed away to the land of the unseen on Tuesday night at about 9 pm. He was unconcious for a long time before his death. He was unfortunate and was the victim of circumstances and malign influence.“ [David was shot just south of Reger by Fletcher Franklin about 25 Feb 1884 and died 5 Mar] Contributed by Neil Smith (sieben((a))prodigy.net) |
MULLINS |
| 1884-04-03 | April 3, 1884, died Olive Ann Addlesbarker, age 16 yrs. | ADDLESBARKER |
| 1884-04-12 | Died James Bunnell, April 12, 1884, of croup age 2 years. | BUNNELL |
| 1884-05-27 | Miles Burchett died May 27, 1884 of consumption, born in Ohio, age 61 yrs., 3 mo., 1 day. | BURCHETT |
| 1884-08-01 | Mary Ann Boone died Aug. 1, 1884, of consumption, age 30 yrs., 8 mo., 24 days. | BOONE |
| 1884-08-12 | Died Norman Barker, Aug. 12, 1884, age 6 months, 4 days. | BARKER |
| 1884-10-06 | Jonathan Bolinger died Oct. 6, 1884 of dysentery, age 3 yrs., 7 mo., 6 da., born in Virginia City, Montana. | BOLINGER |
| 1884-10-09 | Died Babe Bolinger, Oct. 9, 1884, of colic, age 2 mo., 29 days, born in Montana. | BOLINGER |
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