Deaths in the 1890s
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John Hudson Hall
d. 1894
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Highly successful paper manufacturer and developer of New York's elevated railroad system who commissioned Augustus Sain...
James G. Blaine
1830–1893 (age 63)
Oak Hill Cemetery
U.S. Secretary of State and Speaker of the House who was a leading Republican figure in the Gilded Age.
Charles Balmer
1817–1892 (age 75)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
German-born American musician.
George I. Barnett
1815–1898 (age 83)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Prominent St. Louis architect.
Don Carlos Buell
1818–1898 (age 80)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
U.S. Army general who led Union armies in the battles of Shiloh and Perryville.
William Seward Burroughs
1857–1898 (age 41)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Inventor of the mechanical calculator and founder of Burroughs Corporation.
Isidor Bush
1822–1898 (age 76)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Intellectual, publisher, and viticulturalist.
Jeptha Wade
1811–1890 (age 79)
Lake View Cemetery
Co-founder of Lake View Cemetery and Western Union Telegraph Company, honored by Wade Memorial Chapel completed in 1901.
Philip St. George Cooke
1809–1895 (age 86)
Elmwood Cemetery
U.S. Civil War General.
Bela Hubbard
1814–1896 (age 82)
Elmwood Cemetery
Geologist and surveyor.
Margaret Mather
1859–1898 (age 39)
Elmwood Cemetery
Victorian actress.
Hiram Walker
1816–1899 (age 83)
Elmwood Cemetery
Entrepreneur and founder of Hiram Walker and Sons Distillery.
Romualdo Pacheco
1831–1899 (age 68)
Mountain View Cemetery
Governor of California in 1875.
Bella Swisher
1837–1893 (age 56)
Mountain View Cemetery
Writer.
John Pomeroy
1822–1895 (age 73)
Mountain View Cemetery
Law professor at Hastings College of the Law.
Francis B. Brewer
1820–1892 (age 72)
Allegheny Cemetery
United States Congressman.
Jared M. Brush
1814–1895 (age 81)
Allegheny Cemetery
Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1869 to 1872.
Joseph Horne
1826–1891 (age 65)
Allegheny Cemetery
Founder of Pittsburgh department store Horne's.
Alfred E. Hunt
1855–1899 (age 44)
Allegheny Cemetery
Co-founder of the company that became Alcoa.
William McClelland
1842–1892 (age 50)
Allegheny Cemetery
United States Congressman.
James McCord
1822–1894 (age 72)
Allegheny Cemetery
Millionaire owner of the oldest hattery west of the Allegheny Mountains and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting...
John Strother Griffin
1816–1898 (age 82)
Evergreen Cemetery
Pioneer physician and founder of East Los Angeles.
Biddy Mason
1891–1891 (age 0)
Evergreen Cemetery
Nurse and philanthropist who was a prominent figure in early Los Angeles.
Amanda Ruter Dufour
1822–1899 (age 77)
Rock Creek Cemetery
American poet of the 19th century.
Susan Ann Edson
1823–1897 (age 74)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Personal physician to President James A. Garfield.
Stephen Johnson Field
1816–1899 (age 83)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Frank Hatton
1846–1894 (age 48)
Rock Creek Cemetery
U.S. postmaster general and editor of the Washington Post.
John Jacob Astor III
1822–1890 (age 68)
Trinity Church Cemetery
Financier and philanthropist of the Astor family.
H Baker
d. 1891
Unknown Cemetery
Oldest member of the church whose funeral was preached by H.H. Upthegrove.
H Dewey
1811–1892 (age 81)
Unknown Cemetery
H.M. Dewey, an old citizen, died after several months of illness with pleurisy, leaving a wife, three daughters, and one...
Prince Albert
d. 1892
Unknown Cemetery
The only colored man ever adopted into the Osage tribe of Indians, died recently at an advanced age.
Maturin Murray Ballou
1820–1895 (age 75)
Boston
Maturin Murray Ballou was a Boston-born author, editor, and publisher who founded the Boston Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-...
Anne Eliza Foster Buchanan
1812–1891 (age 79)
Philadelphia
Anne Eliza Foster Buchanan was a 19th-century woman from Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.
Samuel J. R. McMillan
1826–1897 (age 71)
Saint Paul
Samuel J. R. McMillan was a Minnesota politician and U.S. Senator from Brownsville.
Moses Wright Hannon
1827–1897 (age 70)
Leon County
Moses Wright Hannon was a Baldwin County resident of the 19th century.
George G. Bywater
1828–1898 (age 70)
Salt Lake City
George G. Bywater was a Welsh-born resident of Bedwellty who emigrated to the United States.
Albert Alonzo Durham
1814–1898 (age 84)
Portland
Albert Alonzo Durham was a New York-born 19th-century figure.
Sarah Emma Edmonds
1841–1898 (age 57)
Houston
Sarah Emma Edmonds was a Canadian-born Civil War nurse and author known for her memoir about serving as a Union Army nur...
David Orbansky
1843–1897 (age 54)
Columbus
David Orbansky was a Lidzbark-born immigrant who settled in Columbus, Ohio.
William Doolen
1841–1895 (age 54)
Cheyenne
William Doolen was an Irish-born immigrant who settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Dyer Lum
1839–1893 (age 54)
Northampton
Dyer Lum was a Geneva-born anarchist, labor activist, and author of the 19th century.
Freeman Walker Compton
1824–1893 (age 69)
Little Rock
Freeman Walker Compton was an Orange County resident and 19th-century figure.
Charles Stearns
1818–1899 (age 81)
Weymouth
Charles Stearns was a Greenfield, Massachusetts-born abolitionist and social reformer.
Edward A. O'Neal
1818–1890 (age 72)
Florence
Edward A. O'Neal was a Madison County, Alabama-born Confederate general and politician.
Santiago Andrade
1846–1891 (age 45)
San Juan
Santiago Andrade was a San Juan, Puerto Rico-born 19th-century figure.
Joseph O. Shelby
1830–1897 (age 67)
Kansas City
Joseph O. Shelby was a Lexington, Missouri-born Confederate cavalry general known for his leadership during the Civil Wa...
Thomas Thompson Land
1815–1893 (age 78)
Shreveport
Thomas Thompson Land was a 19th-century resident of Rutherford County who lived from 1815 to 1893.
Catharine Webb Barber
1823–1893 (age 70)
Smiths Station
Catharine Webb Barber was a woman from Charlemont who lived from 1823 to 1893.
George Taylor
1830–1893 (age 63)
Paragould
George Taylor was a Watertown resident who lived from 1830 to 1893.
John G. Cullmann
1823–1895 (age 72)
Cullman
John G. Cullmann was a Frankweiler resident from 1823 to 1895 after whom Cullman, Alabama may have been named.