Deaths in the 1870s

Mary Murray

1788–1872 (age 84)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mary Murray (1788-1872) was a woman who lived through the early American period and was buried at Allegheny Cemetery.

Elizabeth Sterret Crawford Washington

1802–1877 (age 75)

Allegheny Cemetery

Elizabeth Sterret Crawford Washington (1802-1877) was a member of the Washington family who lived in Pittsburgh.

Narcissa Knox

1849–1876 (age 27)

Allegheny Cemetery

Narcissa Knox (1849-1876) was a young woman who died in her twenties and was buried at Allegheny Cemetery.

William Borrett Scaife

1812–1876 (age 64)

Allegheny Cemetery

William Borrett Scaife (1812-1876) was a Pittsburgh resident of the 19th century.

Mary Harden Hays

1812–1871 (age 59)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mary Harden Hays (1812-1871) was a woman who lived in the 19th century and was buried at Allegheny Cemetery.

Byron Hays Painter

1837–1870 (age 33)

Allegheny Cemetery

Byron Hays Painter (1837-1870) was a young man who died in his early thirties.

Lewis Woodson

1806–1878 (age 72)

Allegheny Cemetery

Lewis Woodson (1806-1878) was a 19th-century resident buried at Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.

Charles Cushing Paine

1808–1874 (age 66)

Granary Burying Ground

Charles Cushing Paine (1808-1874) was a New England resident buried at the historic Granary Burying Ground.

Albert Smith

1805–1870 (age 65)

Forest Home Cemetery

Albert Smith (1805-1870) was a Cooperstown resident buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Andrew G. Miller

1801–1874 (age 73)

Forest Home Cemetery

Andrew G. Miller (1801-1874) was a Carlisle resident who lived into his seventies.

Don A. J. Upham

1809–1877 (age 68)

Forest Home Cemetery

Don A. J. Upham (1809-1877) was a Weathersfield resident of the 19th century.

Levi Hubbell

1808–1876 (age 68)

Forest Home Cemetery

Levi Hubbell (1808-1876) was a Ballston Spa resident who lived for nearly seven decades.

Samuel Brown

1804–1874 (age 70)

Forest Home Cemetery

Samuel Brown (1804-1874) was a Belchertown resident who lived through much of the 19th century.

Increase A. Lapham

1811–1875 (age 64)

Forest Home Cemetery

Increase A. Lapham (1811-1875) was a Palmyra resident and notable 19th-century figure.

James B. Cross

1819–1876 (age 57)

Forest Home Cemetery

James B. Cross (1819-1876) was a resident of Phelps who was buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Daniel H. Richards

1808–1877 (age 69)

Forest Home Cemetery

Daniel H. Richards (1808-1877) was a Burlington resident buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Mary Mortimer

1816–1877 (age 61)

Forest Home Cemetery

Mary Mortimer (1816-1877) was a Trowbridge resident buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Joseph Schlitz

1831–1875 (age 44)

Forest Home Cemetery

Joseph Schlitz (1831-1875) was a Mainz-born resident buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Fritz Anneke

1818–1872 (age 54)

Forest Home Cemetery

Fritz Anneke (1818-1872) was a Dortmund-born resident buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Isaac P. Walker

1815–1872 (age 57)

Forest Home Cemetery

Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872) was a Wheeling resident buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

James S. Brown

1824–1878 (age 54)

Forest Home Cemetery

James S. Brown (1824-1878) was a Hampden resident buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Byron Kilbourn

1801–1870 (age 69)

Forest Home Cemetery

Byron Kilbourn (1801-1870) was a Granby resident buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Charles Veale

1838–1872 (age 34)

Hampton National Cemetery

Charles Veale (1838-1872) was a Portsmouth resident buried at Hampton National Cemetery.

Josephine Sophia White Griffing

1814–1872 (age 58)

Hebron

Josephine Sophia White Griffing (1814-1872) was a Hebron resident and women's rights advocate.

Adolph von Steinwehr

1822–1877 (age 55)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Adolph von Steinwehr (1822-1877) was a Blankenburg-born military officer buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.

Ira Harris

1802–1875 (age 73)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Ira Harris (1802-1875) was a Charleston resident and political figure buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.

John V. L. Pruyn

1811–1877 (age 66)

Albany Rural Cemetery

John V. L. Pruyn (1811-1877) was an Albany resident and prominent businessman buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.

John Titcomb Sprague

1810–1878 (age 68)

Albany Rural Cemetery

John Titcomb Sprague (1810-1878) was a Newburyport resident buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.

Hugh White

1798–1870 (age 72)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Hugh White (1798-1870) was a Whitestown resident buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.

Erastus Corning

1794–1872 (age 78)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Erastus Corning was a prominent American industrialist and politician who served as mayor of Albany and a U.S. Congressm...

Henry Burden

1791–1871 (age 80)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Henry Burden was a Scottish-born inventor and industrialist known for developing the horseshoe-making machine and foundi...

Horace Webster

1794–1871 (age 77)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Horace Webster was an American educator and clergyman who made significant contributions to theological education in the...

Lyman Tremain

1819–1878 (age 59)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Lyman Tremain was an American politician and Union general who served in the Civil War and held various public offices i...

Peter Gansevoort

1788–1876 (age 88)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Peter Gansevoort was an American Revolutionary War officer and prominent Albany merchant and landowner.

Stephen Clark

1792–1871 (age 79)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Stephen Clark was an American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Singer Manufacturing Company and made sig...

William Buell Sprague

1795–1876 (age 81)

Albany Rural Cemetery

William Buell Sprague was an American Presbyterian clergyman, theologian, and prolific author of religious works.

James Harvey Armsby

1809–1875 (age 66)

Albany Rural Cemetery

James Harvey Armsby was an American agricultural chemist and educator who pioneered the study of animal nutrition.

William Arthur

1796–1875 (age 79)

Albany Rural Cemetery

William Arthur was an Irish-born Methodist clergyman and theologian who became a prominent religious leader in the 19th ...

Rufus Wheelwright Clark

1813–1877 (age 64)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Rufus Wheelwright Clark was an American Congregational minister and religious writer active in New England.

Stillman Witt

1808–1875 (age 67)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Stillman Witt was an American businessman and civic leader in Worcester, Massachusetts during the 19th century.

Henry Sanford Gansevoort

1835–1871 (age 36)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Henry Sanford Gansevoort was an American military officer and member of the prominent Gansevoort family of Albany.

Maria Gansevoort Melvill

1791–1872 (age 81)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Maria Gansevoort Melvill was the mother of author Herman Melville and a member of the distinguished Gansevoort family.

Edwin Weld Corning

1836–1871 (age 35)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Edwin Weld Corning was an American businessman and member of the prominent Corning family of Albany.

Harriet Elizabeth Bayard

1799–1875 (age 76)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Harriet Elizabeth Bayard was an American woman from a prominent family who lived during the early 19th century.

Charles Bailey Redfield

1818–1876 (age 58)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Charles Bailey Redfield (1818-1876) was an American merchant and philanthropist buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.

Frances Elizabeth Hansbrough

1817–1878 (age 61)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Frances Elizabeth Hansbrough (1817-1878) was a woman of the early 19th century buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.

Frederick J. Barnard

1795–1876 (age 81)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Frederick J. Barnard (1795-1876) was an American educator and university president buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.

Christopher Yates Lansing

1796–1872 (age 76)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Christopher Yates Lansing (1796-1872) was an American businessman and civic leader buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.

Abraham Van Buren

1807–1873 (age 66)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Abraham Van Buren (1807-1873) was the son of President Martin Van Buren from Kinderhook, New York.

Charles Scribner I

1821–1871 (age 50)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Charles Scribner I (1821-1871) was the founder of the prominent American publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons in New...