Deaths in the 1870s
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Elbert Adriance Brinckerhoff
1786–1875 (age 89)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Elbert Adriance Brinckerhoff (1786-1875) was a notable New York family member of the 19th century.
Mary Pierrepont
1842–1879 (age 37)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Mary Pierrepont (1842-1879) was a young woman of the late 19th century buried in Brooklyn.
Leopold von Gilsa
1824–1870 (age 46)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Leopold von Gilsa (1824-1870) was a German-born resident of Erfurt who was buried in New York.
Martin E. Thompson
1786–1877 (age 91)
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Martin E. Thompson (1786-1877) was a long-lived 19th-century New Yorker of architectural or artistic prominence.
Mary Cheney Greeley
1811–1872 (age 61)
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Mary Cheney Greeley (1811-1872) was the wife of notable editor Horace Greeley.
Sarah Crocker Conway
1834–1875 (age 41)
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Sarah Crocker Conway (1834-1875) was a Connecticut woman of the mid-19th century.
Sarah Platt Doremus
1802–1877 (age 75)
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Sarah Platt Doremus (1802-1877) was a prominent New York philanthropist and women's rights advocate.
Sidney Edwards Morse
1794–1871 (age 77)
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Sidney Edwards Morse (1794-1871) was an inventor and geographer known for his contributions to American cartography.
Silas Stringham
1798–1876 (age 78)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Silas Stringham (1798-1876) was a U.S. Navy admiral who served during the Civil War era.
James Lick
1796–1876 (age 80)
Lick Observatory
James Lick was a wealthy American philanthropist and real estate magnate whose fortune funded the construction of Lick O...
Sarah Helen Whitman
1803–1878 (age 75)
North Burial Ground
Sarah Helen Whitman was an American poet and literary critic known for her intellectual contributions to 19th-century Am...
Douglas H. Cooper
1815–1879 (age 64)
Bryan County
Douglas H. Cooper was a 19th-century American landowner and community figure in Mississippi.
John Hopkins Clarke
1789–1870 (age 81)
North Burial Ground
John Hopkins Clarke was an American merchant and civic leader in early 19th-century New Jersey.
Alexis Caswell
1799–1877 (age 78)
North Burial Ground
Alexis Caswell was an American educator and college administrator who served as president of Brown University.
Orson S. Head
1817–1875 (age 58)
Kenosha
Orson S. Head was a 19th-century American businessman and community leader in the Paris and Kenosha regions.
Alfred H. Piquenard
1826–1876 (age 50)
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Alfred H. Piquenard was a 19th-century American of French descent whose life spanned the mid-1800s.
John Carter Brown
1797–1874 (age 77)
North Burial Ground
John Carter Brown was a prominent American merchant, collector, and bibliophile whose library became a major research in...
Andrew Foss
1803–1871 (age 68)
Valley Cemetery
Andrew Foss was a 19th-century American resident whose life and occupation remain largely undocumented in historical rec...
Aleathea Elizabeth Dorsey Dawkins
1824–1878 (age 54)
St. Mary's County
Aleathea Elizabeth Dorsey Dawkins was a 19th-century American woman from Maryland's prominent Calvert County family.
John Endicott
1806–1878 (age 72)
Green-Wood Cemetery
John Endicott was a 19th-century American whose life and career details are not well documented in available historical ...
Daniel C. Kingsland
1798–1873 (age 75)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Daniel C. Kingsland was a 19th-century American whose specific occupation and achievements are not clearly documented.
William Fenwick Beekman
1809–1872 (age 63)
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William Fenwick Beekman was a 19th-century American from a prominent New York family with mercantile connections.
Henry Rutgers Remsen
1809–1874 (age 65)
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Henry Rutgers Remsen was a 19th-century American descended from prominent New York families with business interests.
Susan DeForest
1799–1879 (age 80)
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Susan DeForest was a 19th-century American woman whose life details and occupation remain largely unknown to historical ...
Edward Augustus Manice
1838–1877 (age 39)
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Edward Augustus Manice was a 19th-century resident of New York who lived from 1838 to 1877.
Nathan Burr Graham
1806–1870 (age 64)
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Nathan Burr Graham was a New York resident who lived from 1806 to 1870.
Richard Suydam Palmer
1834–1870 (age 36)
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Richard Suydam Palmer was a 19th-century New Yorker who lived from 1834 to 1870.
Elizabeth Dickson Aymar
1802–1875 (age 73)
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Elizabeth Dickson Aymar was a New York resident who lived from 1802 to 1875.
Julia Elizabeth Gaillard
1845–1876 (age 31)
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Julia Elizabeth Gaillard was a 19th-century woman who lived from 1845 to 1876.
Benjamin Aymar
1791–1876 (age 85)
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Benjamin Aymar was a New York resident who lived from 1791 to 1876.
Edmund Brandt Aymar
1833–1876 (age 43)
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Edmund Brandt Aymar was a 19th-century New Yorker who lived from 1833 to 1876.
Edward Sands Brooks
1821–1875 (age 54)
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Edward Sands Brooks was a New York resident who lived from 1821 to 1875.
Thomas Bangs Thorpe
1815–1878 (age 63)
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Thomas Bangs Thorpe was an American writer and artist known for his literary works, living from 1815 to 1878.
Louisa Dunmore Mums Mott
1798–1873 (age 75)
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Louisa Dunmore Mums Mott was a New York resident who lived from 1798 to 1873.
Robert Bayard
1797–1878 (age 81)
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Robert Bayard was a New York resident who lived from 1797 to 1878.
Kate Newton
1845–1873 (age 28)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Kate Newton was a 19th-century woman who lived from 1845 to 1873.
Lily Vining Davenport
1853–1878 (age 25)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Lily Vining Davenport was a woman who lived from 1853 to 1878, with connections to Glasgow.
Thomas De Witt
1791–1874 (age 83)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Thomas De Witt was a New York resident who lived from 1791 to 1874.
Cornelia Van Ness
1810–1876 (age 66)
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Cornelia Van Ness was a New York resident who lived from 1810 to 1876.
William Henry Sidell
1810–1873 (age 63)
Green-Wood Cemetery
William Henry Sidell (1810-1873) was a 19th-century American whose life spanned the early industrial era.
William Paterson Van Rensselaer
1805–1872 (age 67)
Green-Wood Cemetery
William Paterson Van Rensselaer (1805-1872) was a member of the prominent Van Rensselaer family of New York.
Abigail Sherwood
1798–1872 (age 74)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Abigail Sherwood (1798-1872) was a woman who lived through the early American republic and antebellum periods.
Henry Austin Tailer
1833–1878 (age 45)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Henry Austin Tailer (1833-1878) was a 19th-century American who came of age during the Civil War era.
Gideon Lee Knapp
1821–1875 (age 54)
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Gideon Lee Knapp (1821-1875) was a 19th-century American who lived through the Civil War period.
John Slade
1806–1873 (age 67)
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John Slade (1806-1873) was an American who lived during the early-to-mid 19th century.
Fannie Anderson Barnard
1840–1874 (age 34)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Fannie Anderson Barnard (1840-1874) was a woman who lived during the Civil War and Reconstruction era.
John Charles Gunther
1824–1876 (age 52)
Green-Wood Cemetery
John Charles Gunther (1824-1876) was a 19th-century American who witnessed the Civil War and its aftermath.
Margaret Taylor Johnston
1784–1879 (age 95)
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Margaret Taylor Johnston (1784-1879) was a long-lived American woman who spanned nearly a century of American history.
Oliver Charlick
1813–1875 (age 62)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Oliver Charlick (1813-1875) was a 19th-century American who lived through the antebellum and Civil War periods.
William Patton
1799–1877 (age 78)
Towanda
William Patton (1799-1877) was a resident of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania during the 19th century.