Deaths in the 1870s

George Bacon Wood

1797–1879 (age 82)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

George Bacon Wood was a physician and medical educator who lived from 1797 to 1879 in Greenwich.

Franklin Peale

1795–1870 (age 75)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Franklin Peale was a Philadelphia-based naturalist and museum curator who lived from 1795 to 1870.

Henry A. Adams

1833–1878 (age 45)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Henry A. Adams was a Pittsburgh resident who lived from 1833 to 1878.

Hugh Lenox Hodge

1796–1873 (age 77)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Hugh Lenox Hodge was a prominent Philadelphia obstetrician and medical professor who lived from 1796 to 1873.

Jane Cooper Sully Darley

1807–1877 (age 70)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Jane Cooper Sully Darley was an artist and member of the prominent Sully artistic family who lived from 1807 to 1877.

Winthrop Sargent

1825–1870 (age 45)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Winthrop Sargent was a merchant and civic leader who lived from 1825 to 1870.

Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson

1811–1870 (age 59)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson was a Philadelphia resident and member of the prominent Bouvier family who lived from 1811 ...

George Washington Norris

1808–1875 (age 67)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

George Washington Norris was a Philadelphia resident who lived from 1808 to 1875.

George Pepper

1841–1872 (age 31)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

George Pepper was a Philadelphia resident who lived from 1841 to 1872.

Rebecca Taylor Bacon

1826–1878 (age 52)

Grove Street Cemetery

Rebecca Taylor Bacon (1826-1878) was a woman of the 19th century whose life spanned the antebellum and post-Civil War er...

Elizabeth Cogswell Davenport

1782–1877 (age 95)

Grove Street Cemetery

Elizabeth Cogswell Davenport (1782-1877) lived nearly a century, witnessing the founding and early development of the Am...

Thomas J. Dryer

1808–1879 (age 71)

Lone Fir Cemetery

Thomas J. Dryer (1808-1879) was an Ulster County resident who lived through most of the 19th century.

George Law Curry

1820–1878 (age 58)

Lone Fir Cemetery

George Law Curry (1820-1878) was a Philadelphia-connected individual who lived during the Jacksonian and Reconstruction ...

Francis Gurney Smith

1818–1878 (age 60)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Francis Gurney Smith (1818-1878) was a 19th-century figure whose life coincided with major American industrial and socia...

Stephen Colwell

1800–1871 (age 71)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Stephen Colwell (1800-1871) was a Charles Town resident who lived through the first seven decades of the 19th century.

Bradford Ripley Alden

1811–1870 (age 59)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Bradford Ripley Alden (1811-1870) was a Meadville-based individual of the 19th century.

Sarah Brooks Felt Pettingill

1810–1877 (age 67)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Sarah Brooks Felt Pettingill (1810-1877) was a woman who lived for 67 years during a transformative period in American h...

William Cramp

1807–1879 (age 72)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

William Cramp (1807-1879) was a Kensington resident involved in 19th-century American life.

E. E. Adams

1813–1871 (age 58)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

E. E. Adams (1813-1871) was a Concord resident who lived during the antebellum and Civil War periods.

John A. Brown

1788–1872 (age 84)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

John A. Brown (1788-1872) was a Ballymena-connected individual who lived 84 years spanning the late 18th and 19th centur...

David Sands Brown

1800–1877 (age 77)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

David Sands Brown (1800-1877) was a Strafford County resident whose 77-year lifespan encompassed major American historic...

W. H. W. Darley

1801–1872 (age 71)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

W. H. W. Darley (1801-1872) was a 19th-century individual who lived through seven decades of American history.

John Hazard Reynolds

1819–1875 (age 56)

Kinderhook Cemetery

John Hazard Reynolds (1819-1875) was a Moreau resident whose life spanned the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction ...

Thomas Beekman

1790–1870 (age 80)

Kinderhook Cemetery

Thomas Beekman (1790-1870) was a Kinderhook resident who lived 80 years from the early republic through the post-Civil W...

Jubal Harrington

1803–1877 (age 74)

Hope Cemetery

Jubal Harrington was an American resident of the 19th century buried in Hope Cemetery.

Julia Gardiner Tyler

1849–1871 (age 22)

Hollywood Cemetery

Julia Gardiner Tyler was the second wife of U.S. President John Tyler.

William Barksdale Myers

1833–1873 (age 40)

Hollywood Cemetery

William Barksdale Myers was a 19th-century American whose remains were interred at Hollywood Cemetery.

Mary Israel Ellet

1780–1870 (age 90)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Mary Israel Ellet was an American woman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries buried in Philadelphia.

David Hunter Tucker

1815–1871 (age 56)

Hollywood Cemetery

David Hunter Tucker was a 19th-century American buried in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery.

Edward Scott Gay

1795–1874 (age 79)

Hollywood Cemetery

Edward Scott Gay was a Virginia resident of the early 19th century buried at Hollywood Cemetery.

Christopher Q. Tompkins

1813–1877 (age 64)

Hollywood Cemetery

Christopher Q. Tompkins was associated with Poplar Grove Mill and House and buried at Hollywood Cemetery.

James B. Taylor

1804–1871 (age 67)

Hollywood Cemetery

James B. Taylor was a 19th-century American from Barton-upon-Humber buried in Richmond.

Edwin Lockwood

1799–1878 (age 79)

Mill Hill Historic Park

Edwin Lockwood was a Norwalk resident of the 19th century buried in Mill Hill Historic Park.

David S. Jackson

1813–1872 (age 59)

New York City Marble Cemetery

David S. Jackson was a New York City resident buried in the New York City Marble Cemetery.

David Heaton

1823–1870 (age 47)

New Bern National Cemetery

David Heaton was a Hamilton resident who served in the military and was buried in New Bern National Cemetery.

Old Chief Joseph

1785–1871 (age 86)

Old Chief Joseph Gravesite

Old Chief Joseph was a Nez Perce leader and father of Chief Joseph the Younger.

W. W. Phelps

1792–1872 (age 80)

Salt Lake City Cemetery

W. W. Phelps was a Latter-day Saint pioneer from Hanover Township buried in Salt Lake City.

Lucian Rose Foster

1806–1876 (age 70)

Salt Lake City Cemetery

Lucian Rose Foster was a New Marlborough resident and member of the Latter-day Saint church buried in Salt Lake City.

Nathan Ryno Smith

1797–1877 (age 80)

Loudon Park Cemetery

Nathan Ryno Smith was a prominent American physician and medical educator of the 19th century.

Moses Job

1820–1875 (age 55)

Missoula Cemetery

Moses Job was a Pennsylvania resident who lived from 1820 to 1875 and was buried in Missoula Cemetery.

Prudent Mallard

1809–1879 (age 70)

Metairie Cemetery

Prudent Mallard was a French resident of Sèvres who lived from 1809 to 1879 and was buried in Metairie Cemetery.

Eugene Chassaignac

1820–1878 (age 58)

Metairie Cemetery

Eugene Chassaignac was a French physician and surgeon from Nantes who lived from 1820 to 1878 and was buried in Metairie...

Sarah Peter

1800–1877 (age 77)

New St. Joseph Cemetery

Sarah Peter was an Ohio resident from Chillicothe who lived from 1800 to 1877 and was buried in New St. Joseph Cemetery.

Lewis Este Mills

1836–1878 (age 42)

New St. Joseph Cemetery

Lewis Este Mills was a New Jersey resident from Morristown who lived from 1836 to 1878 and was buried in New St. Joseph ...

John W. A. Sanford

1798–1870 (age 72)

Memory Hill Cemetery

John W. A. Sanford was a Georgia resident from Milledgeville who lived from 1798 to 1870 and was buried in Memory Hill C...

Thomas Fitzgerald Green

1804–1879 (age 75)

Memory Hill Cemetery

Thomas Fitzgerald Green was a South Carolina resident from Beaufort who lived from 1804 to 1879 and was buried in Memory...

Iverson L. Harris

1805–1876 (age 71)

Memory Hill Cemetery

Iverson L. Harris lived from 1805 to 1876 and was buried in Memory Hill Cemetery.

Osborne Perry Anderson

1830–1872 (age 42)

National Harmony Memorial Park

Osborne Perry Anderson was an abolitionist and Harpers Ferry raider from West Fallowfield Township who lived from 1830 t...

Thomas R. Hawkins

1840–1870 (age 30)

National Harmony Memorial Park

Thomas R. Hawkins was a Cincinnati resident who lived from 1840 to 1870 and was buried in National Harmony Memorial Park...

Mary King Wheeler

1830–1876 (age 46)

Morningside Cemetery

Mary King Wheeler lived from 1830 to 1876 and was buried in Morningside Cemetery.