Deaths in the 1870s
7,400+ memorials
Jasper Ewing Brady
1797–1871 (age 74)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871) was a Sunbury resident who achieved sufficient prominence to be buried at Rock Creek Ceme...
John Wilson
1807–1876 (age 69)
Rock Creek Cemetery
John Wilson (1807-1876) was a 19th-century figure of note, as indicated by his burial at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Walter Lenox
1817–1874 (age 57)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Walter Lenox (1817-1874) was a Washington, D.C. resident and prominent figure of the era.
William Scott Ketchum
1813–1871 (age 58)
Rock Creek Cemetery
William Scott Ketchum (1813-1871) was a Norwalk resident who achieved prominence sufficient for burial at Rock Creek Cem...
Stephen Reed
1801–1877 (age 76)
Pittsfield Cemetery
Stephen Reed (1801-1877) was a 19th-century figure buried in Pittsfield Cemetery.
Wilmer Worthington
1804–1873 (age 69)
Oaklands Cemetery
Wilmer Worthington (1804-1873) was a West Goshen Township resident during the 19th century.
George Fairlamb Smith
1840–1877 (age 37)
Oaklands Cemetery
George Fairlamb Smith (1840-1877) was a West Chester native who died in his mid-thirties.
Edwin Augustus Abbott
1811–1876 (age 65)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Edwin Augustus Abbott (1811-1876) was a 19th-century figure of sufficient prominence to be buried at Rock Creek Cemetery...
Charles Hodge
1797–1878 (age 81)
Princeton Cemetery
Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was a Philadelphia-born theologian and prominent Princeton Seminary scholar.
Philip Stephen Van Rensselaer
1806–1871 (age 65)
Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Philip Stephen Van Rensselaer (1806-1871) was a member of the prominent Van Rensselaer family of New York.
Mary Rebecca Tallmadge
1817–1872 (age 55)
Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Mary Rebecca Tallmadge (1817-1872) was the wife of Philip Stephen Van Rensselaer and a member of the Tallmadge family.
Mary Phoenix
1810–1876 (age 66)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Mary Phoenix (1810-1876) was a resident of the Poughkeepsie area during the 19th century.
Sarah Helen Reade
1790–1879 (age 89)
Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Sarah Helen Reade (1790-1879) was a long-lived member of the Hudson Valley community.
Barton S. Alexander
1819–1878 (age 59)
San Francisco National Cemetery
Barton S. Alexander (1819-1878) was a soldier or military officer who served in the American West.
Bernard Taylor
1844–1875 (age 31)
San Francisco National Cemetery
Bernard Taylor (1844-1875) was a young man from St. Louis who died on the West Coast.
Howard B. Cushing
1838–1871 (age 33)
San Francisco National Cemetery
Howard B. Cushing (1838-1871) was a Milwaukee resident who died in San Francisco.
John C. Cremony
1815–1879 (age 64)
San Francisco National Cemetery
John C. Cremony (1815-1879) was a Boston-born figure who had connections to the American West.
Richard Realf
1832–1878 (age 46)
San Francisco National Cemetery
Richard Realf (1832-1878) was an English-born resident of San Francisco.
Eliza Violet Gist Blair
1794–1877 (age 83)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Eliza Violet Gist Blair (1794-1877) was a long-lived woman buried in Washington, D.C.'s prominent cemetery.
Charles P. Clever
1830–1874 (age 44)
Santa Fe National Cemetery
Charles P. Clever (1830-1874) was a Cologne-born individual associated with the American Southwest.
Anne Jacob Claude
1784–1871 (age 87)
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
Anne Jacob Claude (1784-1871) was an Annapolis resident connected to St. Anne's Episcopal Church.
William Tell Claude
1821–1873 (age 52)
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
William Tell Claude (1821-1873) was a member of the Claude family with ties to Annapolis.
Rachel Smith Whittington Tuck
1793–1873 (age 80)
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
Rachel Smith Whittington Tuck (1793-1873) was an Anne Arundel County resident of prominent family connections.
John S. Wright
1815–1874 (age 59)
Rosehill Cemetery
John S. Wright (1815-1874) was a Sheffield-born individual buried in Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery.
Anna Warren Marble
1815–1872 (age 57)
Rosehill Cemetery
Anna Warren Marble (1815–1872) was a woman of the early 19th century whose life spanned the antebellum period.
John H. Foster
1796–1874 (age 78)
Rosehill Cemetery
John H. Foster (1796–1874) was a Hillsborough resident who lived through nearly eight decades of American history.
Mary Wyman
1844–1877 (age 33)
Rosehill Cemetery
Mary Wyman (1844–1877) was a young woman whose life was cut short in the late 19th century.
William Duer
1805–1879 (age 74)
Silver Mount Cemetery
William Duer (1805–1879) was a New York City resident who lived a long life spanning most of the 19th century.
James H. Morgan
1840–1877 (age 37)
Woodside
James H. Morgan (1840–1877) was a New York man whose life ended in his mid-thirties.
Caesar Augustus Updike
1824–1877 (age 53)
Swan Point Cemetery
Caesar Augustus Updike (1824–1877) was a 19th-century American who lived through the Civil War era.
Mary Ann Olney
1803–1878 (age 75)
Swan Point Cemetery
Mary Ann Olney (1803–1878) was a woman who lived through the early decades of American independence.
Charles Henry Dabney
1807–1879 (age 72)
Swan Point Cemetery
Charles Henry Dabney (1807–1879) was a 19th-century American whose life spanned seven decades.
Gustav Schleicher
1823–1879 (age 56)
San Antonio National Cemetery
Gustav Schleicher (1823–1879) was a German-born immigrant from Darmstadt who settled in San Antonio.
Samuel Liebmann
1799–1872 (age 73)
Salem Fields Cemetery
Samuel Liebmann (1799–1872) was a German immigrant from Aufhausen who established roots in America.
Thomas Sinnickson
1786–1873 (age 87)
St. John's Episcopal Cemetery
Thomas Sinnickson (1786–1873) was a Salem resident who lived through the early American republic and Civil War era.
William A. Leech
1832–1870 (age 38)
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
William A. Leech (1832–1870) was a 19th-century American whose life ended in his late thirties.
John Joseph Abercrombie
1798–1877 (age 79)
The Woodlands
John Joseph Abercrombie (1798–1877) was a Baltimore resident who lived nearly 80 years through a transformative period...
John Corbe
1805–1872 (age 67)
Sisters of Providence Convent Cemetery
John Corbe (1805–1872) was a Breton-born immigrant who lived in America during the 19th century.
Robert Crouch Kinney
1813–1875 (age 62)
Salem Pioneer Cemetery
Robert Crouch Kinney (1813–1875) was a Belleville resident who lived through the antebellum and Civil War periods.
Chloe Clark Willson
1818–1871 (age 53)
Salem Pioneer Cemetery
Chloe Clark Willson (1818-1871) was a resident of Salem who was buried in Salem Pioneer Cemetery.
Edwin N. Cooke
1810–1879 (age 69)
Salem Pioneer Cemetery
Edwin N. Cooke (1810-1879) was an Adams resident who was buried in Salem Pioneer Cemetery.
Prince Romerson
1840–1872 (age 32)
San Antonio National Cemetery
Prince Romerson (1840-1872) was a notable figure from the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi who was buried in San Antonio National Cem...
Placidus Ord
1821–1876 (age 55)
San Antonio National Cemetery
Placidus Ord (1821-1876) was buried in San Antonio National Cemetery.
David P. Brewster
1801–1876 (age 75)
Riverside Cemetery
David P. Brewster (1801-1876) was a Cairo resident who was buried in Riverside Cemetery.
Thomas Jenckes
1818–1875 (age 57)
Swan Point Cemetery
Thomas Jenckes (1818-1875) was a Cumberland resident who was buried in Swan Point Cemetery.
John Gould Anthony
1804–1877 (age 73)
Swan Point Cemetery
John Gould Anthony (1804-1877) was a Providence resident who was buried in Swan Point Cemetery.
John McElroy
1782–1877 (age 95)
St. John's Cemetery
John McElroy (1782-1877) was an Enniskillen native who was buried in St. John's Cemetery.
James Thompson
1806–1874 (age 68)
The Woodlands
James Thompson (1806-1874) was a Butler County resident who was buried in The Woodlands.
Anna Claypoole Peale
1791–1878 (age 87)
The Woodlands
Anna Claypoole Peale (1791-1878) was a Philadelphia-based artist and member of the renowned Peale family.
Asa Whitney
1791–1874 (age 83)
The Woodlands
Asa Whitney (1791-1874) was a 19th-century entrepreneur and railroad promoter who was buried in The Woodlands.