Lewis County, West Virginia
Death Register 1
Pages 7 and 8
1854
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
Isaac Ratliff   Limestone   M   W   May 20   Dropsey   61 4 22   Farmer   Wm & Catharine Radcliff   Hardy Co, Va   Catherine Keskendall   Catherine Ratliff   head of family
Hannah Jarvis   Limestone   F   W   October 6   Flux   56       Farmer       Harrison Co, Va   Joseph Jarvis   Elizabeth Jarvis   daughter-in-law
James Bankhead   Limestone   M   W   October 29   Flux   82 5 13   Miner   Tho Bankhead   Scotland   Mary Anne Consen   Jennett Spiers   daughter
Newton Lockard   Hd Murphys Creek   M   W   July 10   Consumption   17 11 5   Farmer   Thos & Delila Lockard   Polk Creek   unmarried   Margaret Lockard    
an infant   Sandfork   F   W   March 15   unknown     7 7   same   Michael Collins   Sandfork   same   M. Collins   father
James Collins   Hd Waters Sandfork   M   W   March 5   Old Age   70       same   unknown   Ireland   unknown   John Hayden   friend
Patrick White   same   M   W   November 3   Killed by the fall of a tree   47 9     same   Patk & Mary White   Ireland       James White    
C A Columbia Lockard   Lime Stone of Murphys   F   W   September 18   Flux   4 2 7   same   John & Elizabeth Lockard   Limestone       John Lockard   father
John Riffle   Oil Creek   M   W   November 10   Dispepsia   44 6     same   Francis & Eve Riffle   Kanawha River   Sarah A Cox   Sarah A Riffle   consort
Hd of Clover fork  Samuel & 
Elizabeth Blake   of Oil Creek   F   W   June 11   Palpitation of heart   35       same   Nancy A Walton   Pochaonta Co   Joseph T Blake   Alexander Brake   brother
Mary E Connell   Rush Run   F   W   April 23   unknown     9     same   John & Catherine Connell   Rush Run   Mary E Connel   Katherine Count   the mother
Allisploe Fornash   Big Skin Creek   F   W   January 26   Hooping Cough       14   same   Isaac & Melly A Fornash   Big Skin Creek   unmarried   Miliy A Fornash   the mother
Elizabeth Smith   same   F   W   May 10   In Child Bed   30 7 7   same   Jacob & Hannah Fornash   Middle fk of Buckhannon   John C Smith   Hannah McCaudle   the mother
William Davis   Hd Big Run   M   W   August 19   Old Age   88 8 27   same   unknown   Rockingham Co, Va   unknown   Owen Warner   the son-in-law
Job Bland   Hd Wt fork River   M   W   December 28   Billows Fever   42 7 17   same   Thos & Rachel Bland   Pendileton Co, Va   consort   Margaret Bland   the wife
Benjamin Hefner   Gladyfork of Kanawha   M   W   September 2   Typhoid Fever   50 9 21   same   Lewis & Isabella Hefner   same   Eliza Hefner   Eliza Hefner   the wife
Elizabeth Bennett   same   F   W   May 6   Pneumonia   28 11 22   same   Wm & Serah Louden   Harrison   Joseph Bennett       the husband
Joseph & 
Margaret M Bennett   same   F   W   May 7   same   1 10 21   same   Elizabeth Bennett   Glady fork       Joseph Bennett   the father
Mary A Warner   Gladyfork Skin Creek   F   W   February 19   Burned   20       same   Wm J and Mary Smith   Glady fk Skin Creek   consort   Adam Warner   the husband
an infant   Westfork River   M   W   April 14   unknown     1 9   same   Robt & Hester Crawford   Westfork river       Robt Crawford    
Harriett Fifer   same   F   W   July 17   Canser   55       same   unknown   unknown   unmarried   J.C. Wilkinson    
an infant   Weston   F   W   December 8   Pneumonia     6 9   Hatter   P.M. & H.E. Hall   Weston   an infant   P.M. Hale   the father
Arthur Bastable   Weston   M   W   July 24   same   47 1 18   Carpenter   George & Lucy Bastable   Faquir Co, Va   consort   Jane Bastable   the wife
Weston
Brock   (J.M. Bennett)   M   slave   June   same   40           unknown   unknown   Peggy   J.M. Bennett    
Weston
Ben   (J.M. Bennett)   M   slave   November   Cold     10         Brock & Peggy   Weston   unmarried   same    
Mortimore Hays   Murphy Creek   M   W   April 6   unknown   35       Farmer   unknown   Ireland   same   Benj. Owen    
Weston
Melinda   (John M Hamilton)   M   slave   January   Burned   15           unknown   Greenbriar Co, Va   same   J.M. Hamilton   physician
Cornelius P Duvall   Westfork River   M   W   September 25   Consumption   23 5 2   Farmer   George & Polly Duvall   Westfork River   same   G.T. Duvall   father
Harriett Johns   Cap Run   F   W   January 20   Killed by fall of a tree   15 5 21   Farmer   Harry & Mary Johns   Bath County, Va   same   Harvey Johns   the father
(John P. Jennings)
Susan   Rush Run   F   slave   February 18   Hooping Cough   unknown             Rush Run       J.P. Jennings   the owner
James Allen   Sandfork   M   W   February 5   same       29       Nicholas & Margaret Allen   Sandfork   an infant   N.B. Allen   the father
Elliott G Morrison   Branch of S. Kreek   M   W   September 3   T. Fever   7 4 4   Blacksmith   Jacob & Margaret Morrison   Skin Creek   unmarried   Jacob Morrison   the father
Elizabeth Linger   Little - do -   F   W   November   unknown   26           P.M. & Serah Linger   Buckhannon Up       P.M. Linger   the father
John R &
Virginia Helmick   same   F   W   April 12   same       1   Farmer   Virginia E. Helmick   Little Skin Creek       Virginia E. Helmick   the mother
Abraham Clark   Hughes fork Skin Creek   M   W   October 5   Dysentery   27 11 28   Farmer   John and Margaret Clark   Stone Coal   Margaret Elizabeth   Margaret Clark   the mother
Margret E Clark   same   F   W   October 3   same   21       Farmer   George & Mary P Walden   Greenbriar   Abraham Clark   same   the mother-in-law
Adam & 
Marcella Atchison   Weston   M   W   July 15   Cutting Teeth   1 1     Carpenter   Elizabeth Atcheson   Weston       A.A.    
Susanah Harris   Skin Creek   F   W   October 10   Consumption   19       Farmer   John & Serah Warner   Skin Creek   Perry Harris   Hannah Harris   the mother-in-law