Newport Barracks Deaths

 

This list was compiled from post returns in the National Archives in Washington, D. C.,  from letters sent and received there, from newspaper accounts and from records of Evergreen Cemetery.  It is by no means a complete list.

US Registers of Deaths in the Regular Army 1860-1889

 

Name Death Date Notes
     
Allen, Marshall 17 Nov 1865 Epilepsy
Allison, Robert 4 June 1874  
     
Bartels, Fred 27 June 1859 Drowned
Bartlett, William 24 Sep 1867 Disease of the lungs
Bell, William 31 Aug 1842  
Black, Thomas 3 Aug 1854 Recruit; died of cholera morbus
Blair, Joseph 3 Jan 1809 Captain Jarvis Co. F
Blakley, Thomas 30 Mar 1873  
Blanruth/Blanvelt, Isaac 13 Aug 1873  
Bonne, John 9 Aug 1862 b. Toronto, Canada; died of typhoid
Bonneau, R V Lt. 15 Feb 1853 2nd Dragoons
Bonie, Frank 20 Jan 1874  
Bonker, Sam Pvt. 16 June 1807 small Pox
Booner, Sergeant 10 Aug 1862 typhoid
Bourke, Michael 17 Feb 1873  
Breslin, P H Captain 28 Feb 1876 4th U.S. Infantry
Brown, William P 12 Dec 1872  
Bryan, Lance Corporal 20 July 1845 permanent party
Bryson, Elizabeth Sellman 1809  
Byrano, George O Pvt. 19 July 1846 age 19
Buckert, William-musician 8 Feb 1884 G Battery 2d Artillery; died of drowned
Burke, Edmund 8 Jan/June 1861  
Burnett, Eli 1 Apr 1848 4th Ohio Regiment
Burns, --- 10 Mar 1865  
     
Cain, Richard 2 May 1852 Recruit-typhoid
Caldwell, Mathew 13 Jul 1846 6th Infantry
Campbell, Arch 8 Apr 1848  
Cavela, William H 20 Aug 1854 Recruit; died of drunkenness
Chandler, Hanibal 28 Sep 1851 Mountain Rifles; died of cholera
Clair, John 18 July 1857 Recruit
Clark, Isaac Major 5 Nov 1842 from the Licking Valley Register; buried in Newport Cemetery
Clark, J J 8 Aug 1870  
Clarke, Pat 25 Sep 1851 Mountain Rifles; died of cholera
Cline, Andrew 23 Feb 1848 Recruit
Coates, Phil 27 Jan 1813 Drowned
Cobb, A L 1 Oct 1862 23 years old; died of ulcers
Cooper, John 23 Sep 1851 Mountain Rifles-cholera
Cox, Taylor 20 Nov 1872  
Craft, Russel B 5 Jun 1848 Recruit
Creamer, John 15 Oct 1851 Mountain Rifles
Cummins, Pat 25 Jan 1868 3rd Infantry Co. C
Cutler, William 17 May 1864 Co. G 13th Infantry miasmatic dis.
     
Darke, Leroy 18 Oct 1873  
Davis, James B 4 Jan 1849 Recruit
Denk, John 17 Oct 1868  
Derby, James 17 July 1848  
Dill, ----- 5 May 1868  
Dise, John 19 Jan 1861 Drowned
Dixon, Adam 23 Jan 1849  
Dixon, Isaac General Service 7 Sep 1870 Dysentery
Donnally, Edward Sgt. General Service 2 July 1869 Suicide
Doughtery, A C 1 Sep 1848  
Dow, Joseph    
Drake, Warren General Service 6 Apr 1870 died of small pox in Cincinnati
Durham, George 30 Mar 1848  
     
Eden, Elvis 4 May 1863 b-Germany; died of apoplexy
Ehrman, Karl 19 Sep 1851 Diarrhea
Eiscle, Charles 28 Jun 1849 Cholera
Emmons, H 3 Oct 1851 Cholera
Erwin, John 10 Aug 1867  
     
Fanning, ---- 18 Aug 1846 Lt. Colonel-apoplexy
Fisher, Ernst 13 Oct 1872  
Fisher, William 14 Dec 1865  
Fitch, Mrs.   removed to Evergreen 3 June 1875
Fraekler, Eli 11 Oct 1851 Dysentery
     
Gambols, Thomas 12 Aug 1866 22 years old-cholera
Garver, Abe 2 Sep 1850  
Gaston, Hugh 17 Mar 1874 farmer from Pennsylvania
Gerhart, ---- 2 Feb 1862 a rebel prisoner
Gibbins, William Sep 1874 1st Infantry
Gibson, James 6 Oct 1846  
Golden, James 7 Nov 1864 Pvt. Co. K, b-Ireland
Green, M H 17 Sep 1850  
Griggs/Triggs, --- 4 Feb 1861 b-England-signed Lt. J D Wilkins
Grimm/Krim, Dan 1 June 1867 b-Germany-drowned
     
Hall, William 20 Feb 1852 Bronchitis
Hart, F G 3 Feb 1862  
Harvey, William 3 Apr 185-  
Haverur, Joseph 19 Feb 1853 suicide
Hayes, James funeral 25 Apr 1862 killed at Shiloh
Hellenbolt, --- 24 Jan 1842 Pvt. permanent party
Hildel, John 23 Aug 1860 48 years b-Bavaria
Hill, Benjamin 12 Jun 1847 Pvt. Co. A 1st Infantry
Hirsh, John 21 Sep 1851 Cholera
Hoffman, Fred 21 July 1852 drowned
Hollis, Taylor 11 Jan 1873  
Houverbee, William 20 Feb 1862 a rebel prisoner-typhoid
Houvert, John 3 Aug 1848  
Huig, Charles 17 Dec 1872  
Humble, Leebert 18 June 1849 cholera
     
Jacobs, Horace Oct 1845 recruit
Jefferson, Thomas (colored) 7 Dec 1872 small pox; Colored Regiment General Service
Johnson, William 20 July 1861 b-Ireland
Johnson, William 18 July 1861 hepatic abscess
Johnston, William 21 July 1861 Sgt.
Jones, Charles 30 Dec 1865 from the Cincinnati Enquirer
Jones, Thomas 11 Nov 1869 Inflammation of the lungs; General Service
Jumper, Jeremiah 23 Jan 1849 chronic diarrhea
     
Kassel, George 28 July 1865  
Keenan, John 6 Oct 1848  
Keith, James 9 Oct 1866 30 years old; died of cholera
King, David 5 Oct 1851 recruit; died of cholera
King, John Pvt. 19 Nov 1888 Battery B 3rd Artillery; drowned
Kingsbury, H H 16 Feb 1855 pneumonia
Koch, Louis 4 June 1858  
Kothe, John 5 July 1848  
Krim/Grim, Dan 1 June 1867 drowned
Kroch, Lewis 25 July 1871  
     
Lewis, Hiram 18 Jan 1868  
Lewis, Thomas 7 Feb 1868 17th Infantry
Lickert, Jacob 27 Feb 1880  
Little, Robert 4 Nov 1850 recruit; died from an injury of spine
Logue, Henry 9 July 1842 drowned; from the Licking Valley Register
Lord, William 28 Apr 1868 removed from ship at Wilmington, Del
Lowery, William 6 June 1850  
     
Mahoney, Thomas 23 June 1849 recruit-cholera
Marshall, Charles 21 Oct 1866  
Martin, Thomas Major 18 Jan 1819 Military storekeeper
Massey, James 17 Apr 1814  
Masters, William h 6 Jan 1865 b-Indiana-cause of death "spic"
Mathews, James 1 May 1848 deserter
Mathews, Richard 13 July 1846 6th Infantry
Mayall, William Aug 1814 28th Infantry-Capt Belt's Co. C
Mayers, John 29 June 1848  
McCombs, James 3 Jan 1809  
McDermot, J 25 Apr 1850  
McDonough, Michael 23 Sep 1851 cholera
McFarland, --- 11 Dec 1873  
McKinsey, Alex 23 Mar 1854 Corporal
Mewell, James K 4 June 1850 recruit
Miles, William 13 Apr 1814  
Moore, Eda 8 Nov 1888 20 months; son of musician Moore
Morsel, Louis 4 Mar 1850 drowned
Morrill, Frank 31 May 1868  
Morrison, George 2 Dec 1866 died of fever
Mitchell, --- 5 July 1871  
Muller/Mueller, Joseph 14 July 1849 Mountain Rifles
Murray, Davis 1848 Pvt. 16th Infantry
Murray, Louis 27 Sep 1876  
Murray, Michael 22 May 1850 E Co. 2nd Infantry
Murty, John 8 Jan 1852 typhoid
     
Nelson, E 27 Mar 1868  
Northcut, N 5 Oct 1847 recruit
Nowles, Lewis 13 Apr 1848 5th LA Volunteers
     
O'Keefe, Patrick 2 Sep 1873  
O'Neal, John General Service 19 Aug 1870 Inflammation of the brain
Oueshee, William H 19 Feb 1862 USA prisoner-signed Lt. George Burns
Overbee, William 20 Feb 1862 POW rebel; died of typhoid
Owen, H A 20 Apr 1848  
     
Page, George 6 Oct 1851 typhoid
Painter, Leonard 3 Dec 1866  
Palmer, Zalmine 1842 buried at Jefferson Barracks
Patterson, John 28 June 1814 Pvt.
Patterson, Joseph R 1 Feb 1848  
Pennington, John 4 Oct 1851 chronic diarrhea
Phelps, Rolophus b-Wisc. 9 Oct 1862 32y 13th US Regulars; died of typhoid
Plan, John   28 years-15th Infantry
Plummer, S M 17 Oct 1851 Captain 1st Infantry; died of typhoid
Primrose, ---- 11 Jan 1864 32 years-Sgt.-b-Canada
Prine, John-of Eastport N J 17 May 1865 drummer 2nd Infantry-drowned
     
Range, Philip Private 5 Nov 1871 Suicide
Ready, Patrick 11 May 1867 67 years-inflammation of lungs
Recker, August 15 July 1868  
Redding, Henry 5 Mar 1869  
Reuther, Lambert 8 Nov 1858 drowned; Newport Barracks Band member; from Free South
Reyder, Cassimer 1 June 1850 Pvt. Co K 2nd Infantry
Richardson, Robert L 28 Apr 1862 born on ocean; died of typhoid
Rielly, Michael 27 July 1865  
Rielly, Michael 20 Dec 1861 Co B Rifles; died of diarrhea
Rourke, Edmund 8 June 1861 recruit
Ryan, James 6 Apr 1875  
Ryan, Thomas 20 Feb 1868  
Ryan, William 10 Feb 1848  
     
Sabley, Henry 9 Apr 1849 recruit Mounted Rifles
Schloukowsky, --- 8 Oct 1857 recruit-suicide
Schmidt, Wendelin 11 June 1858 drowned
Schoemaker, --- 19 Sep 1848 Pvt. Co B 2nd Bn 2nd Infantry
Scott, Slyvanus 5 Apr 1883 removed to soldiers & sailors lot-1885
Seifert, Charles 8 Aug 1860  
Shalkelford, George 28 Sep 1848 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry
Sheehy, Jonathan 12 Aug 1881  
Shelby, Lewis H 23 Feb 1865 19 years old-Indiana Infantry
Slater, John Sgt. 23 May 1858 phthisis pulmonary
Slaters, John Sgt. Aug 1810  
Slatterly, James 31 Jan 1855  
Smeal, John 11 Feb 1862 26 years old; b-Penn; d-of typhoid fever
Smith, Henry 20 Feb 1871 Inflammation of the lungs
Snyder, John 26 May 1863 23 years/13th Regiment
Speers, William 5 Apr 1855 Pvt. Co F 6th Infantry; d-of pneumonia
Stall, G W 6 Feb 1819 Lt.
Stembel/Sternbel, John 17 May 1856 delirium tremens
Studerbecker, Dan A   112th Ohio Regiment; d-of intermittent fever
Sullivan, Thomas J Jr. 9 Feb 1854 Consumption
     
Talbot, Jonathan B 4 Dec 1845 Pvt. Co C 3rd Infantry
Taylor, Hollis 11 Jan 1873  
Thomas, John W 12 Dec 1849 recruit
Thompson, A O 8 Jan 1873 Lt. died of small pox
Thompson, John 4 Apr 1864 16 years; b-Rhode Island; died of consumption
Thompson, Lt. 28 Aug 1875 from The Ticket
Thompson, Richard 21 Mar 1875  
Tibbatts, General John W   Cincinnati Enquirer Notice of 24 April 1889
Tibbatts, Stephen 29 Dec 1839 suicide-moved to Evergreen 3 June 1875
Trigg, Richard 4 Feb 1861 recruit
Turner, Alex 21 Feb 1818  
Turner, Rowland 23 Aug 1814 17th Infantry
Tuttle, Dan 28 Sep 1851 cholera
Tuttle, Isaac 22 May 1814 Pvt. 4th Infantry
Tueschmann, Henry 10 Oct 1865 17 years
     
Unknown 2 Feb 1868  
Unknown 7 Feb 1868  
Unknown 6 Mar 1865  
Unknown   Battle of Cynthiana
Unknown   Battle of Cynthiana
Unknown 31 Jan 1862 rebel prisoner from Humphrey Marshall's gang
Unknown   British subaltern
     
VanHorn, B F 24 Apr 1851 cholera
     
Walker, Charles  b-Baden Germ Concussion of brain; signed by O D Wilkerson
Walker, Charles 12 Apr 1861 Pvt. Co F 5th Infantry
Wallinber, William 14 June 1856 drowned
Watson, Benjamin 4 Oct 1827 Major 3rd Infantry/moved to Evergreen 3 June 1875
Weber, Otis 31 Jan 1877  
Weibel, George 27 Mar 1869 Soldier U.S. Volunteers
Weimer, Andrew General Service 13 Dec 1870 Consumption
Welsh, William-Captain

 

25 Aug 1811

 

"an amiable officer of the 4th Infantry and buried with full military and Masonic honors"
West, Patrick C 17 Apr 1869  
Wetherton, William A 27 Dec 1882  
Whiteside, George W 25 Apr 1848  
Willey, Michael 14 May 1848 2nd Ohio Volunteers
Williams, ---- 13 Oct 1866 cholera
Wright, Patrick 16 July 1849 recruit/cholera
Wymer, Andrew 14 Dec 1870  
     
Yough, John 7 Jan 1848 Ohio Volunteers
Young, John   Pvt. Co E 13th Infantry
     
Zehle, Herman 13 Aug 1866 22 years/cholera


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