Lewis County, West Virginia
Death Register 1
Pages 1 and 2
1853
Age Name of Person giving Designation of
Full Name   Place of Death   Sex   Color   Date of Death   Cause of Death   Yrs Mons Days   Occupation   Name of Parents   Where Born   Consort of, or unmarried   information of death   Informant
Hackers Creek
John H Summers   Lewis Co, Va   M   W   January 11   unknown       15       Adam & Mary E Summers   In Lewis County       Adam Summers   father
Alexander
Francis Rains   In Lewis County   F   W   April 5   Old age   84 3 5       & Elizabeth McDonald   In Lewis County   John Rains   Wm R Stalnaker   son-in-law
Thomas Wolf   same   M   W   June 12   Kidney Complaint   64 3 17   farmer   Jacob & Anna Wolf   In Harrison Co, Va   Elizabeth   Abram M Wolf   son
Martin Hinzman   same   M   W   August 15   Hooping Cough     5 9   "   Jacob & E Hinzman   In Lewis Co, Va       Jacob Hinzman   father
Harrison M Straley   same   M   W   October 6   Dysentary   1 4     "   Nicholas & Sarah Straley   same       Nicholas Straley   "
Martha E Straley   same   F   W   October 12   same   7       "   same   same       same   "
Perry S Stalnaker   same   M   W   October 25   Typhoid Fever   8 8 12   "   Chas & Susan Stalnaker   same       Charles Stalnaker   "
Elizabeth Stalnaker   same   F   W   April 1   Measels   15 11     "   Wm P & Ellen Stalnaker   same       Wm P Stalnaker   "
David H Stalnaker   same   M   W   April 8   same   1 2     "   same   same       same   "
Francis Brake   same   F   W   July 24   unknown   61 5 24   "   Thomas & Mildred Reed   Harrison Co, Va   John J Brake   John J Brake   husband
Emanuel
Hamilton Butcher   same   M   W   April 19   same     10 10   "   & Manerva Butcher   Lewis County, Va       Emanuel Butcher   father
Drusilla Patterson   same   F   W   December 13   Fever   22 5 15   "   Eliza Bonnett   same   Wm T Patterson   Wm T Patterson   husband
Samuel B Hacker   same   M   W   October 9   Dysentary   1 3 1   "   Thos & Charity Hacker   same       Thomas S Hacker   father
Henry P 
Wm H Francis   same   M   W   March 2   Measles   1 6     "   & Margaret Francis   same       Margaret Francis   mother
Josiah
Eliza Buckbee   Franklin, Va   F   W   February 12   Typhoid Fever   27       "   & Margaret Buckbee   Penatton Co, Va   unmarried   Margaret Buckbee   same
Henry O M Hayley   In Lewis Co, Va   M   W   March 12   Fitts     6 14   "   Samuel & Jane Haley   Lewis Co, Va       Samuel Hayley    father
Thomas 
Uriah Hurst   same   F   W   July 27   Cramp Colick   67 4 17   "   & Elizabeth S Hurst   Northumberland Co, Va   John Hurst   John Hurst   husband
Ellen Bailey   same   F   W   September 13   Dysentary   50 5 8   "   Minter & Nancy Bailey   Warren, Fauquier Co, Va   Silas Bailey   Silas Bailey   husband
William E Taylor   In Brownsburg   M   W   August 14   unknown       17   "   John & Amanda Taylor   Lewis County, Va       John Taylor   father
Susan Jodon   In Lewis Co, Va   F   W   September 1   Pneumonia   83       "   John & Joanna McHenry   Frederick County, MD   Daniel Jodon   Benjamin Jodon   son
Matilda Lough   On Murphys Creek   F   W   April 3   Lung Complaint   29 1 9   "   Philip & Sally Lough   Westfork River, Lewis Co   unmarried   Philip Lough    father
Mansfield 
Olive McWhorter   In Lewis County   F   W   March 24   Measles     5 26   "   & Sarah Ann McWhorter   Lewis County, Va       Mansfield McWhorter   "
Barbary Garrett   On Jesses Run   F   W   June 14   Typhoid Fever   34       "   Richard & Milly Garratt   Fauquier Co, Va   unmarried   Louisa Garret   sister
Crab Bottom, 
Wm Jasper Gum   Limestone River   M   W   March 23   Pneumonia   18 4 23   "   Henry & Margaret Gum   Randolph Co, Va   same   Henry Gum   father
Marcellus D Hoover   In Gilmer Co, Va   M   W   April 23   Measles   1 8 20       John & Elizabeth Hoover   Troy, Gilmer Co, Va       John Hoover   "
Sarah Maxwell   On Stone Cole Creek   F   W   February 22   Arasypholus   56           John & Mary Haymond   Harrison Co, Va   Levi Maxwell   Levi Maxwell   husband
Charles McGee   On Westfork River   M   W   May 7   unknown   2 6         James & S.A.C. McGee   Weston, Lewis Co       James McGee   father
Charles Turk   On Jesses Run   M   Slave   November 20   Dropsey   61       farmer   not known   Harrison Co, Va       Jeremiah Cookman   owner
Nancy Beard   On Freemans Creek   F   Slave   June 15   Breast Complaint   26           Polly Dickason   Bath Co, Va   Charles Beard   Thomas McDonald   same
Mary Dickason   same   F   Slave   November 16   unknown   17           same   same   unmarried   same   same