Deaths in the 1880s
8,900+ memorials
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1807–1882 (age 75)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
One of the most popular American poets of the 19th century, author of Paul Revere's Ride and The Song of Hiawatha.
Karl Marx
1818–1883 (age 65)
Highgate Cemetery
Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist from Trier who developed the theo...
George Eliot
1819–1880 (age 61)
Highgate Cemetery
George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, one of the leading English novelists of the Victorian era, author of Mi...
Owen Johns
d. 1884
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Prominent New York City merchant who operated dry goods palaces, precursors to department stores, in Manhattan.
William P. Corcoran
1798–1888 (age 90)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Founder of Oak Hill Cemetery and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Eberhard Anheuser
1805–1880 (age 75)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Father-in-law of Adolphus Busch and president of Eberhard Anheuser and Company, predecessor of Anheuser-Busch.
Mary Odilia Berger
1823–1880 (age 57)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Founder of the Sisters of St. Mary in 1872 in St. Louis, which established hospitals throughout the Midwestern United St...
James A. Garfield
1831–1881 (age 50)
Lake View Cemetery
Assassinated 20th President of the United States whose memorial was erected at Lake View Cemetery in 1890.
Robert McClelland
1807–1880 (age 73)
Elmwood Cemetery
4th United States Secretary of the Interior.
Washington Bartlett
1824–1887 (age 63)
Mountain View Cemetery
Mayor of San Francisco and Governor of California.
Anthony Chabot
1816–1888 (age 72)
Mountain View Cemetery
The Water King and father of hydraulic mining.
Charles Crocker
1824–1888 (age 64)
Mountain View Cemetery
Railroad magnate and banker.
James Folger
1818–1889 (age 71)
Mountain View Cemetery
Founder of Folgers Coffee.
Zedekiah Purnell
1813–1882 (age 69)
Mountain View Cemetery
African-American activist and businessman.
John B. Guthrie
1807–1885 (age 78)
Allegheny Cemetery
Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1851 to 1853.
Lizzie M. Guthrie
1838–1880 (age 42)
Allegheny Cemetery
Missionary.
Alexander Hay
1806–1882 (age 76)
Allegheny Cemetery
Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1842 to 1845.
Robert McKnight
1820–1885 (age 65)
Allegheny Cemetery
United States Congressman.
James Kennedy Moorhead
1806–1884 (age 78)
Allegheny Cemetery
United States Congressman.
Jacob B. Sweitzer
1821–1888 (age 67)
Allegheny Cemetery
Pennsylvania lawyer and soldier who commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division/5th Corps at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Jane Swisshelm
1815–1884 (age 69)
Allegheny Cemetery
Journalist and abolitionist.
Jefferson Davis
1808–1889 (age 81)
Hollywood Cemetery
President of the Confederate States of America, initially buried in New Orleans before being reinterred to Hollywood Cem...
James Seddon
1815–1880 (age 65)
Hollywood Cemetery
Secretary of War for the Confederate States of America, buried at Hollywood Cemetery.
Clover Hooper Adams
1843–1885 (age 42)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington hostess and accomplished amateur photographer, wife of Henry Adams.
Montgomery Blair
1813–1883 (age 70)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln's Postmaster General.
Martin F. Conway
1827–1882 (age 55)
Rock Creek Cemetery
U.S. congressman from Kansas and consul to France.
William H. French
1815–1881 (age 66)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Major general during the American Civil War and the Mexican War.
James Barnett
1822–1887 (age 65)
unknown
Died suddenly of heart disease; born in Charlottesville, Virginia and moved to Kansas City where he was employed for fiv...
Arthur Porter
d. 1887
unknown
Son of Undertaker Wm M Porter; died of diphtheria.
Henry Stevenson
d. 1887
Allen Temple
Died of consumption and was buried from Allen Temple.
Arthur Quartley
1839–1886 (age 47)
New York City
Arthur Quartley was a Paris-born painter who lived from 1839 to 1886 and was buried in New York City.
Emperor Norton
1811–1880 (age 69)
San Francisco
Emperor Norton was an eccentric London-born resident of San Francisco who declared himself Emperor of the United States ...
James Irvine
1827–1886 (age 59)
San Francisco
James Irvine was an Irish-born businessman who lived from 1827 to 1886 and was buried in San Francisco.
Orson S. Fowler
1809–1887 (age 78)
Philadelphia
Orson S. Fowler was a phrenologist and author from Cohocton who lived from 1809 to 1887 and was buried in Philadelphia.
Frank Mason Brown
1845–1889 (age 44)
Colorado River
Frank Mason Brown was an American artist who died in 1889 and was buried along the Colorado River in Mexico.
Deborah Fisher Wharton
1795–1888 (age 93)
Philadelphia
Deborah Fisher Wharton lived from 1795 to 1888 and was buried in Philadelphia.
Henry Shutes
1804–1889 (age 85)
Philadelphia
Henry Shutes was a Baltimore-born resident who lived from 1804 to 1889 and was buried in Philadelphia.
Mary Frances Clarke
1803–1887 (age 84)
Philadelphia
Mary Frances Clarke was a Dublin-born religious figure who lived from 1803 to 1887 and was buried in Philadelphia.
Edward Harrison May
1824–1887 (age 63)
Philadelphia
Edward Harrison May lived from 1824 to 1887 and was buried in Philadelphia.
Joseph Gion
1826–1889 (age 63)
Pittsburgh
Joseph Gion was an Alsace–Lorraine-born immigrant who lived from 1826 to 1889 and was buried in Pittsburgh.
Thomas Dixon
1819–1886 (age 67)
Baltimore
Thomas Dixon was a Wilmington-born resident who lived from 1819 to 1886 and was buried in Baltimore.
David Stewart Courtenay
1799–1880 (age 81)
Baltimore
David Stewart Courtenay was a Baltimore-born resident who lived from 1799 to 1880 and was buried in his native city.
Joseph Duncan Putnam
1855–1881 (age 26)
Davenport
Joseph Duncan Putnam was a Jacksonville-born individual who lived from 1855 to 1881 and was buried in Davenport.
Thomas H. Osbourn
1820–1883 (age 63)
Prince George's County
Thomas H. Osbourn was a Maryland-born resident who lived from 1820 to 1883 and was buried in Prince George's County.
Jefferson P. Kidder
1815–1883 (age 68)
Saint Paul
Jefferson P. Kidder was a Braintree-born politician and judge who lived from 1815 to 1883 and was buried in Saint Paul.
Octavia Rogers Albert
1853–1889 (age 36)
New Orleans
Octavia Rogers Albert (1853-1889) was an American woman from Oglethorpe who died in New Orleans.
A. L. Child
1810–1889 (age 79)
Kansas City
A. L. Child (1810-1889) was a resident of Windsor County who was buried in Kansas City.
Patrick T. Moore
1821–1883 (age 62)
Richmond
Patrick T. Moore (1821-1883) was an Irish-born individual from Galway who was buried in Richmond.
John McClannahan Crockett
1816–1887 (age 71)
Dallas
John McClannahan Crockett (1816-1887) was a resident of Lancaster who was buried in Dallas.
James M. Goggin
1820–1889 (age 69)
Austin
James M. Goggin (1820-1889) was a resident of Bedford County who was buried in Austin.