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1861 Lynn Deaths










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by Shaun Cook
Volume 183, pages 202-223

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Surname Name Date Yrs Mts Dys Birthplace Cause Parents Parents Birthplace
Aborn James 8/5/1861 84 11 6 Lynnfield Old Age James Aborn Salem
Acres George H. 9/29/1861 1 3 Lynn Consumption John W. & Eliza Ann Acres Boston/Boston
Adams (Ingalls) Mary L. 7/23/1861 35 27 Lynn Consumption Jonathan B. & Sophia Potter Ingalls Lynn/Ipswich
Agen Thomas 12/21/1861 2 11 18 Lynn Accident - Burned Richard & Catherine Agin Ireland/Ireland
Alger Frederick A. 10/11/1861 6 9 Lynn Brain Dropsy James L. & Theresa I. Alger Bridgewater/Springfield
Allen Susan H. 11/6/1861 59 Lynn Consumption Joseph & Sarah Stetson Wiscasset, ME/Marblehead
Alley  Eliza E. 6/28/1861 2 6 1 Lynn Lung Fever Francis E. & Margaret Alley Lynn/Nova Scotia
Alley  Henry W. 1/19/1861 45 11 Lynn Brain Fever Jacob & Abigail Alley Lynn/St. George, ME
Alley  John L. 9/18/1861 64 Lynn Dysentary John A. & Elizabeth L. Alley Lynn/Lynn
Armstead female 10/5/1861 Stillborn Francis M. & Ellen Armstead Charlestown/Ireland
Ashton Ernest Gale 8/10/1861 4 26 Lynn Cholera Infantum Samuel Gale & Martha Mudge Ashton Lynn/Lynn
Ashton James F. 10/11/1861 1 10 22 Lynn Head Dropsy Samuel A. & Charlott Ashton Lynn/Nova Scotia
Atkins Martha   3/9/1861 77 Marblehead Consumption Joseph & Elizabeth Atkins England/Marblehead
Attwill Nelson R. 12/30/1861 63 4 Lynn Paralysis John D. Martha Attwill Lynn/Lynn
Babb Charles W. 10/22/1861 8 24 Lynn Consumption Charles & Caroline A. Babb Epsom, NH/Lynn
Bacheller (Williams) Anna 3/14/1861 69 11 Lynn Lung Fever Thomas & Jerusha Williams Maryland/Lynn
Baldwin Lizzie F. 5/18/1861 8 20 Lynn Scarlet Fever Horace C. & Ellen Baldwin Putman, NH/Ireland
Barker James 12/4/1861 21 11 England Consumption William & Sarah Barker England/
Barker James H. 12/15/1861 6 Lynn Consumption Horatio & Mary A. Barker England/Lynn
Barker (West) Mary A. 10/17/1861 18 9 Lynn Consumption Hiram & Elizabeth West
Barlow Royal J. 12/15/1861 70 6 Brighton, Mass Bowel Inflamation John & Eliza Barlow England/
Barnes male 12/21/1861 Lynn Stillborn John H. & Lizzie B. Barnes Danvers/Granville, VT
Barrett William   4/20/1861 47 Newburyport Consumption Joseph E. & Nancy Barrett N Y/Gloucester
Barry Idia Zelia 4/20/1861 1 1 2 Lynn Consumption Edward A. & Sarah E. Barry Lynn/Gloucester
Barry John 4/3/1861 10 19 Lynn Brain Fever Edmund B. & Mary Barry Ireland/Ireland
Bartlett Benjamin F. 10/7/1861 4 16 Lynn Brain Dropsy Thomas R. & Catharine Bartlett Marblehead/Marblehead
Bartlett Thomas R. 9/13/1861 1 Lynn Canker Thomas R. & Catherine Bartlett Marblehead/Lynn
Bartlett (Sawyer) Hannah S. 3/8/1861 58 7 Watertown, MA Heart Disease
Bates Addie M. 6/8/1861 7 8 Lynn Scarlet Fever David & Lydia M. Bates Lynn/Lynn
Berry Thomas Hun 9/25/1861 1 1 Lynn Consumption Thomas H. & Catherine Berry Lynn/Lynn
Billows Mary 3/20/1861 1 8 Lynn Croup James & Letitia Billows British Prov/Newburyport
Black Ellen M. 10/4/1861 19 6 Lynn Typhoid Fever Alexander & Elvira M. Black Boston/Lynn
Bowler Nicholas G. 3/24/1861 60 11 9 Saugus Consumption William & Elizabeth Bowler Saugus/
Brackett Henrietta P. 6/22/1861 1 8 Saugus Diphtheria Henry L. & Mary A. Brackett England/Saugus
Bradstreet (Shaw) Abigail 3/6/1861 63 8 Beverly Brain Fever Peter & Abigail Bradstreet          /Roxford
Brady Hugh 11/1/1861 50 Ireland Consumption John & Bridget Brady Ireland/Ireland
Breed Fredrick 6/27/1861 78 11 26 Comsumption of the blood Frederick & Sally (Mansfield) Breed Lynn/Lynn
Breed Ira 4/30/1861 61 Heart Complaint Benjamin N. & Anna (Parrott) Breed Lynn/Lynn
Breed Joanna E. 11/13/1861 66 10 Marblehead Consumption Knot & Mary Patrick
Breed Lydia M. 12/16/1861 4 4 Lynn Croup Allen B. & Mary Breed Lynn/Lynn
Bresnahan Ellen 8/13/1861 1 5 Lynn Dysentary Maurace & Mary Bresnahan Ireland/Ireland
Bresnahan Ellen 11/23/1861 5 6 Lynn Croup Maurice & Ann Bresnahan Ireland/Ireland
Bresnahan male 11/2/1861 Lynn Stillborn Maurice & Mary Bresnahan Ireland/Ireland
Bresnahan Mary 9/22/1861 1 3 13 Lynn Dysentary Maurice & Ann Bresnahan Ireland/Ireland
Briody Barnard F. 6/18/1861 6 Lynn Imperfect closure of heart Patrick & Catherine Briody Ireland/Ireland
Broad Charles H. 6/8/1861 13 2 Brighton, MA Consumption Francis W. & Harriet Broad Needham/Roxbury
Broad Emeline A. 4/25/1861 25 6 Lynn Blood Ves. Rupture Nathaniel & Loisa Lewis Lynn/Lynn
Brown Ebenezer 9/14/1861 65 Lynn Brain Congestion Ezra & Jenny Brown Lynn/Lynn
Brown  Charles F. 4/26/1861 3 4 14 Lynn Scarlet Fever Benjamin F. & Eliza E. (Green) Brown Salem, NH/Lynn
Brown  female 9/27/1861 Lynn Stillborn Nestor & Mary E. Brown Lynn/Lynn
Brown (Williams) Lydia 5/30/1861 Lynn Dropsy John & Hannah Williams Lynn/Lynn
Bruce Edwin H. 10/29/1861 28 Lynn Consumption Jeduthan & Sarah A. Bruce Peru, VT/ New Market
Bubier Christopher E. 1/17/1861 6 5 Lynn Heart Complaint John & Elizabeth Bubier Lynn/Lynn
Bulfinch Mary Ann 5/30/1861 36 8 Lynn Brain Congestion Daniel & Sarah Tilton Booth Bay/Plymouth
Burke James 2/28/1861 36 Ireland Consumption Ireland/Ireland
Burke Nellie 8/13/1861 1 3 4 Lynn Bowel Complaint James & Ellen Burke Boston, MA/Ireland
Burrill Henrietta 1/5/1861 24 8 31 Lynn Brain Disease Alanson & Betsey Burrill Lynn/Lynn
Byham male 5/10/1861 4 Lynn Canker John & Hannah Byham Ireland/Ireland
Callaghan Sims 2/5/1861 80 Ireland Old Age Edward & Catherine Callaghan Ireland/Ireland
Carroll Charles E. 9/12/1861 1 Lynn Canker Charles & Ella Carroll Lynn/Lynn
Carter Ann Maria 8/20/1861 3 6 5 Lynn Scarlet Fever Eugene & Mary Carter Ireland/Ireland
Cash male 8/31/1861 Lynn Stillborn Daniel & Julia Cash Ireland/Ireland
Chamberlain John 8/11/1861 57 5 Danvers Chlorea Morbus John & Theresa Chamberlain Danvers/Danvers
Chamberlain Oren 3/23/1861 20 Danver Cancer John & Mary Chamberlain Danver/Lynn
Chandler Caray E. 1/25/1861 1 8 16 Portland, ME Croup Robert & Mary Chandler Ireland/Ireland
Chandler Georgie E. 2/11/1861 1 6 Lynn Croup Edward W. & Lucy W. Chandler Ireland/Portsmouth, NH
Chase Charles W. 7/14/1861 6 1 4 Lynn Scar. Fev./Thrt. Distemp. Wesley F. & Mary A. Chase Lynn/Lynn
Chase Susan 12/5/1861 64 2 Ipswich Paralysis William & Sally  Ipswich/Ipswich
Churchill Fredrick S. 5/25/1861 4 5 Lynn Scarlet Fever Edward B. & Araverta Churchill Duxbury/Lynn
Churchill Ida Blake 6/24/1861 3 7 Lynn Scarlet Fever Edward B. & Araverta Churchill Duxbury/Lynn
Clarage female 3/9/1861 Lynn Stillborn William & Margaret Clarage Lynn/Nova Scotia
Clarage (Witherel) Mary W. 3/15/1861 25 6 West Townsville, NH Consumption Edward Witherel West Townsville, NH
Clark Ellen E. 9/15/1861 11 Lynn Dysentary George & Mary A. Clark England/Scotland
Clark George 11/27/1861 56 8 Lynn Consumption Mary B. Clark         /Lynn
Clark Hannah 12/18/1871 64 8 Lynn Consumption Moses & Hannah Goodrich West Newbury/Lynn
Cleary Margaret 11/1/1861 3 21 Lynn Water on Chest Timothy & Elizabeth Cleary Ireland/Ireland
Clifford Ada 6/3/1861 28 Lynn Lung Congestion L. N. & Serima Clifford Lynn/Lisbon, NH
Clough Joseph H. 7/2/1861 27 9 Lynn Consumption Josiah R. & Phebe A. Clough Brunswick/Lynn
Clough Joseph R. 8/6/1861 1 2 Rochester, NH Cholera Infantum Josiah E. & Mary E. Clough Lynn/Rochester, NY
Colby Anna M. 1/18/1861 1 11 13 Lynn Fever Stephen P. & Ellen M. Colby Wendall, NH/Lynn
Collins James 9/15/1861 14 Lynn Canker William & Ann O. Collins Ireland/Ireland
Collyer Robert S. 11/17/1861 53 Marblehead Billious Fever Samuel & Grace Collyer Marblehead/Marblehead
Colman (Smith) Ann 10/5/1861 39 Ireland Diarrhea
Condon David 5/7/1861 65 Ireland Dropsy David & Mary Condon Ireland/Ireland
Condon male 5/4/1861 Lynn Stillborn Edward & Margaret (Hayes) Condon Ireland/Ireland
Connelly Ann 4/6/1861 1 3 2 Lynn Scarlet Fever Michael & Bridget Connelly Ireland/Ireland
Connor  John F. 12/29/1861 1 8 28 Lynn Scarlet Fever John & Hannah Connor Ireland/Ireland
Cordis Charles Frederick Comey 8/3/1861 3 1 Milwaukee, WI Brain Dropsy Thomas S. & Editha E. Comey Cordis Boston/New York
Craig male 1/8/1861 Lynn Stillborn John & Margaret Craig Ireland/Ireland
Cross Margaret 2/8/1861 64 2 England Paralysis John & Mary Canny England/England
Currier male 5/18/1861 1 Lynn Infantile Debility Benjamin & Ellen Currier Lynn/Lynn
Curtin Enoch 6/20/1861 24 1 Lynn Consumption              & Roxey Curtain Lynn/Portsmouth
Curtin Maria E. 8/10/1861 25 11 10 Lynn Consumption Ezra & Rebecca Curtin Lynn/Marblehead
Curtin Rooksby H. 6/18/1861 48 5 Portsmouth, NH Consumption William & Abigail Bartlett Portsmouth/Portsmouth
Curtis William H. 4/2/1861 29 1 Boston Consumption Samuel & Mary B. Curtis Boston/
Curtis (Harris) Rebecca H. 5/2/1861 58 Marblehead Consumption John L. & Rebecca H. Harris Ipswich/Marblehead
Davis Gertrude 6/20/1861 3 8 Lynn Consumption Addison & Emily L. Davis Gloucester/ Boston
Davis Olive V. 10/3/1861 1 6 9 Lynn Dysentary Nathaniel W. & Louis M. Davis Lyman/Weston
Day (Fillebrown) Elizabeth 10/10/1861 49 5 Orington, Mass Drowned Samuel S. & Dorcas Fullebrown Cambridge/Wellfleet, MA
Delano female 3/30/1861 1 Lynn Infantile Debility Filmore & Mary (Currier) Delnow Lynn/Newburyport
Delnow Mary Elizabeth 6/18/1861 20 9 23 Newburyport Consumption of the blood Thomas E. & Mary C. Currier Newburyport/Newburyport
Dergan Margaret E. 4/11/1861 9 5 Lynn Convulsions Mortimer & Mary Dergan Ireland/Ireland
Dolan John Edward 1/10/1861 3 2 Lynn Brain Dropsy Thomas & Margaret Dolan Ireland/Ireland
Donahue John 8/18/1861 2 Lynn Infantile Debility Margaret Sullivan
Dorman Lois V. 10/29/1861 13 7 Lynn Scarlet Fever Jonathan & Mary Dorman Bedford, Mass/Haverhill, Ma
Dougherty Anna   1/23/1861 25 Ireland Consumption Thomas & Bridget Dougherty Ireland/Ireland
Dow John 8/31/1861 25 Dysentary Patrick & Ellen Dow Ireland/Ireland
Dow (Gibson) Caroline A. 8/27/1861 31 6 Lynn Consumption John Gibson & Mary Lewis Boston/Lynn
Draper Richard T. 10/15/1861 3 29 Lynn Scarlet Fever Alonzo & Sarah Draper Brattleborough/Boston
Drummond James 11/29/1861 46 7 14 Bristol, ME Typhoid Fever James & Jane Drummond Bristol/Newcastle
Dwyer Sarah E. 6/8/1861 1 4 Salem Scarlet Fever Edward A. & Sarah E. Dwyer Salem/Lynn
Eagan Bridget 3/20/1861 6 4 Lynn Brain Dropsy Edward & Ellen Egan Ireland/Ireland
Edmonds female 8/25/1861 Lynn Stillborn William & Jane (Keefe) Edmonds England/England
Edwards Rachel M. 6/13/1861 49 Salem Spine Disease John & Nancy Bird England/Rockford
Egan John 5/7/1861 1 10 Lynn Lung Fever Edward & Ellen Egan Ireland/Ireland
Emerson Daniel 11/14/1861 63 Dublin, Ireland Paralysis William & Catherine Emerson Ireland/Ireland
Evans John E. 8/6/1861 6 Lynn Dysentary Alonzo D. & Lucy M. Evans Lynn/Lynn
Farley Catherine   3/21/1861 2 4 Lynn Consumption Patrick & Margaret Farley Ireland/Ireland
Farmer Catherine 9/27/1861 1 5 22 Lynn Cholera Infantum Patrick & Mary (Clarkin) Farmer Ireland/Ireland
Farrell female 2/27/1861 1 Lynn Infantile Debility Matthew & Bridget Farrell Ireland/Ireland
Farrell male 11/27/1861 1 Lynn Infantile Debility Matthew & Bridget Farrell Ireland/Ireland
Field William Henry 12/9/1861 4 7 Lynn Lung Fever Daniel & Laura Field               /Sanford, ME
Finn Richard 4/15/1861 27 Ireland Yellow Jaundice Richard & Bridget Finn Ireland/Ireland
Fisk (Wood) Ruth 5/2/1861 90 Burlington, Mass Old Age John & Dorcas Wood Woburn/Woburn
Fitz Catherine 4/15/1861 21 10 England Consumption
Fitzgerald James H. 9/18/1861 2 4 Lynn Croup Michael & Ann Fitzgerald Ireland/Ireland
Fitzgerald Margaret 4/2/1861 11 Lynn Stomach Inflamation Richard & Mary Fitzgerald Ireland/Ireland
Flanigan Mary Lexman 1/31/1861 28 Ireland Confinement John Flanigan Ireland
Flinn John 9/24/1861 52 3 Ireland Consumption John & Julia Flinn Ireland/Ireland
Foley Margaret A. 7/26/1861 18 Ireland Drowned
Foss George B. 2/14/1861 23 1 17 Limington, ME Consumption Joseph M. & Abigail Foss Limington/Limington
Foster Mary Ellen 2/2/1861 14 24 Lynn Diphtheria George & Alice (Phillips) Foster Danvers/Lynn
Frazer Kesia 10/5/1861 54 Essex, Mass Typhoid Fever Roberty & Lydia Grate Essex, Mass/Essex, Mass
Frothingham Samuel H. 1/1/1861 55 10 Lynn Typhoid Fever Thomas & Mehitable Frothingham Newburyport/Lynn
Frothingham (Tufts) Mary Jane 4/1/1861 34 5 24 Lynn Consumption Samuel & Anna Tufts Lynn/Lynn
Fuller Sarah J. 9/15/1861 6 4 Lynn Dysentary George T. & Caroline Fuller DuxburyWindsor
Gale Charles F. 11/19/1861 7 Lynn Consumption Charles J. & Harriet C. Gale Marblehead/Haverhill
Gale  Charles Edwin 8/21/1861 8 11 10 Lynn Scarlet Fever Samuel & Eliza Gale Marblehead/Lynn
Galeucia John A. 7/12/1861 61 29 Lynn Consumption Simon & Dorcas Galeucia Danvers/Danvers
Gallagher Martha M. 2/14/1861 3 14 Lynn Liver Disease Thomas & Ann Gallagher Ireland/Ireland
Gallagher Neal 1/24/1861 46 Ireland Consumption
Galvan Eugene H. 12/19/1861 5 11 Lynn Brain Fever Owen & Ellen Galvan Ireland/Ireland
Gibney Thomas 7/17/1861 1 6 Lynn Throat Distemper Matthew & Ann Gibney Ireland/Ireland
Gibson John 10/9/1861 61 5 5 Boston Dropsy James & Martha Gibson              /S. Reading
Gilman Charles H. 10/3/1861 4 Lynn Whopping Cough Henry & Rebecca Gilman Lynn/Lynn
Gilman Edward C. 11/13/1861 86 Meridith, NH Old Age John & Mary Gilman  Meridith, NH/Meridith, NH
Gilman John B. 1/26/1861 40 7 Marblehead Consumption Henry D. & N. H. Anna Gilman Meredith/Salem
Gilman Joseph W. 11/20/1861 1 8 Lynn Scarlet Fever Joseph & Louisa Gilman Mt. ?/Var?
Goldsmith male 11/28/1861 Lynn Stillborn Edward B. & Rebecca M. Goldsmith  Lynn/Phil?
Graham Susannah 11/26/1861 29 Ireland Consumption John & Ann Burden Ireland/Ireland
Graves Anna Jennette 8/19/1861 1 17 Lynn Heart Complaint Isaiah & Susan Ann Graves Lynn/Lynn
Gray (Kimball) Sarah J. 8/26/1861 26 10 Lynn Consumption Moses & Eliza Kimball Salem/Salem
Green Fredrick H. 9/3/1861 5 Lynn Cholera Infantum Benj. F. & Hannah Green Otisfield, NH/Otisfield, NH
Griffin female 2/26/1861 1 Lynn Infantile Debility Margaret Griffin Ireland
Hale Hannah S.   8/17/1861 66 14 Bradford, Mass Dropsical Consumption John & Hannah Savory Bradford, MA/Bradford, MA
Haley Cornelius 10/8/1861 7 4 17 Lynn Consumption Bartholemew & Mary (Driscoll) Haley Ireland/Ireland
Hall Edwin 9/30/1861 16 Lynn Canker Cyrus H. & Susan E. Hall Sandwich/Strafford, NH
Hamley Eveline 12/3/1861 4 6 Lynn Scarlet Fever Frederick C. & Mary Hamley England/England
Hamley Isabella F. 12/16/1861 1 6 23 Lynn Scarlet Fever Frederick C. & Mary Hamley England/England
Hanker Margaret 3/5/1861 5 Lynn Canker William & Ellen Hanker Ireland/Ireland
Harewell Elizabeth 12/5/1861 42 Lynn Diabetas Ebenezer & Huldah Holder Lynn/Lynn
Harrington James E. 9/25/1861 1 24 Lynn Dysentary John & Catherine Harrington Ireland/Ireland
Hasey James 9/23/1861 3 2 Lynn Scarlet Fever William & Elizabeth Hasey Ireland/Ireland
Haskell Frederick 8/11/1861 1 1 Lynn Cholera Infantum John & Phebe Haskell Hamilton/Nova Scotia
Hassett Michael 9/23/1861 14 Lynn Consumption Thomas & Bridget Hassett Ireland/Ireland
Hastings (Rhodes) Caroline W. 5/6/1861 36 Lynn Typhoid Fever Jesse & Pamelia Rhodes Lynn/Lynn
Haven (Carey) Elizabeth M. 7/4/1861 31 11 Liverpool, England Canker in stomach William & Mary Jane Carey England/England
Hawkes (Pratt) Hannah P. 5/31/1861 64 7 13 Lynn Uracucia John & Lydia Pratt Lynn/Lynn
Heath Edward E. 3/17/1861 11 10 Lynn Consumption Loring H. & Almira Heath St. George/Lynn
Heath George L. 4/13/1861 1 5 12 Lynn Typhoid Fever Loring H. & Almira Heath           /Lynn
Heath (Lewis) Almira A. 6/30/1861 30 9 Lynn Insanity Stephen & Dolly Lewis Lynn/Tewksbury
Hefferman Edmund   10/18/1861 1 Lynn Bowel Inflamation William & Margaret Hefferman Ireland/Ireland
Hefferman (Ladring) Mary 6/4/1861 60 Ireland Lung Fever
Heffernen Catherine E. 2/14/1861 2 Lynn Infantile Debility John & Catherine Heffernen Ireland/Ireland
Henessey Mary 1/29/1861 44 2 Ireland Convulsions
Herlihy Mary 11/26/1861 61 Ireland Consumption Cornelius & Margaret Carroll Ireland/Ireland
Hill Otis 1/21/1861 43 Woburn Consumption James & Nancy Hill Reading/Woburn
Hitchings Francis 7/9/1861 2 7 13 Lynn Disentery Ezra & Catherine Hitchings Lynn/Ireland
Holland Zelah 10/18/1861 33 Ireland Dropsy Michael M. & Mary Glofering Ireland/Ireland
Hood Julius L. 12/21/1861 21 2 14 Lynn Consumption George & Hermion Hood Lynn/Lynn
Horton Charles Otis 9/20/1861 7 8 Lynn Teething Russel & Adaline Horton Gill, MA/Lynn
Horton Freeman 3/3/1861 44 5 8 Eastham, MA