MISCELLANEOUS DEATHS FROM THE 1850’S

 

MISCELLANEOUS DEATHS FROM THE 1850’S 

            I found some data regarding seven people born in Ohio County that died in various counties during the 1850’s and I hope that this information might be helpful to someone out there.  There is no connection among these seven people except that they died in the same decade and that they were born in Ohio County. Of course hundreds of other people from Ohio County died in the same decade, so the following is just random information. 

1. Judith Mary (Phillips) Gabbert, born about 1832, Ohio County, daughter of Solomon Phillips & Judah Cooney; her siblings were Matthew, Elizabeth, Margaret, Silas, Daniel James, Nancy, Solomon, and Charles W. 

Judith married John Wesley Gabbert 3 Dec 1847 (she was age 15) and they had two children: Narcissa Hite b. 1850 & Infant d. 1853. 

Judith died 8 July 1853, at age 21, of typhoid fever; buried Phillips Cemetery, Taffy, Ohio County. 

2. Robert E. Smith, single; born near Fordsville about 1831; son of Thomas Smith (1800-1843) & Jane “Ann” Pate (1802-1838). 

Robert died at age 22 in Daviess County 13 Aug 1853 of scrofulo (tuberculosis). This ancient bacterial disease was also referred to as consumption and usually infected the lungs and lymph nodes. Before a cure was found this disease had killed one in seven people that had ever lived. There was no cure until the 1950s. 

3. Mary H. (Fields) Howard, born 31 Jul 1831, Ohio County, daughter of   Zachariah Fields & Amelia “Milly” Tanner. 

Married John M. Howard 21 Dec 1854 in McLean County. 

Mary died 22 Dec 1858, at age 27, in McLean County, of consumption, buried Downs Family Cemetery, Nuckols, McLean County, KY. 

4. William Jackson, born 8 Jan 1834 Ohio County, son of George Cessna Jackson & Sarah “Sally” W. Landrum. 

William, who was unmarried, died 10 May 1856, at age 21, in McLean County of “Epileptic fits” and he is buried in Tichenor Family Cemetery, McLean County, KY. 

5. John A. Jones, born about 1832 in Ohio County, son of William Jones and Paulina Hall. 

John, who was unmarried, died 4 Feb 1855, at age 23, in McLean County, of Desprehsia (probably Dyspraxia, a disease that affects coordination). 

6. Martin Crow Riley, born 16 Jul 1803, Ohio County, son of Michael Riley and Elizabeth Jackson. 

Martin married Elizabeth Smith 7 May 1838. They had eight children. 

 Martin died 21 or 26 Mar 1858, at age 53, in Buel, McLean County, and is buried in the cemetery at Pleasant Hope General Baptist Church, Livermore, McLean County. 

7. Elizabeth (Moore) Tanner, born about 1823, Ohio County, daughter of P. Tanner & Nancy Moore. 

Elizabeth married Charles A. Tanner 23 Nov 1844 in Ohio County and they had 3 children: Richard P., Frances E., & Sally A. 

Elizabeth died 19 Dec 1859 in Ohio County, at age 39, of consumption.