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O’BRIEN,
Killed June 17, 1876
2 days ride from Ft. Laramie.
Pvt. 2nd Cav., Co. I. Seriously wounded in the battle with the Sioux along the Bluffs No. Creek, Montana/Wyoming Terr.
O’BRIEN, P. H.
Died March 4, 1873
McAlpanes Boarding House
Middle age man. Miner.
O’BRIEN, Patrick
Died June 24, 1877
Greenwood, Arizona
He was a native of Ireland. Age 32. He had a temper when drunk. He shot FLYNN.
O’DONNEL, Mrs. Margaret
Died May 21, 1873
San Francisco, California
O’DONNELL,
Killed June 17, 1876
2 days ride from Ft. Laramie.
Sgt. 2nd Cav. Co D. Seriously wounded in the battle with the Sioux along the Bluffs No. Creek, Montana/Wyoming Terr.
O’GRADY, James
September 16, 1874
Near Savage Works.
Hit by train. Railroad charged for gross negligence. Son took body to San Francisco home.
O’GRADY, Mary
Died June 17, 1876
San Francisco
She and three or four men were killed when building collapsed.
O’HARE, Thomas
Died February 20, 1873
Pneumonia. Age 40. Not a man of family. Cared for an orphan nephew whom he adopted and who was attending school in San Francisco.
O’KEEFE, Owen
Killed September 12, 1874
Shot by Ed COFFINS in the right of challenging voter’s argument.
O’LEARY, J.
Died June 30, 1876
Once the proprietor of the Sacramento Daily Bee. He was an old journalist.
O’NEAL, Michael
Died September 18, 1873
Brother Patrick O’NEAL. Native of Ireland. He was age 35.
O’NEIL,
Killed December 10, 1874
Bismark
Shot by HALL.
O’NEIL, John
Killed February 4, 1876
St. John, New Brunswick
Killed by in-laws as they persuaded his wife to leave him.
O’NEILL, Peter
Died February 13, 1876
White Pine Mt.
He was killed in a tunnel explosion.
O’ROURKE, John
Died June 7, 1874
Hit by train while returning from Emmet Home Guard picnic.
O’TOOLE, Cecilia
Suicide January 4, 1876
Los Angeles
A double suicide. She married E. G. FOSTER without divorcing her husband. Her husband refused to claim her body.
OBERMAYER,
Suicide January, 1876
Near Santa Cruz
Suicide by tying kerchief around his neck and then turning a lever until death. Lost love.
OHNEEMAR, Fred
Died September 30, 1873
St. Helena, California
Age 31. Resident of Austin, Nevada since 1868.
OLDS, Edwin
Died June 8, 1873
Pioche, Nevada.
OLIVER, William
Died February 16, 1872
OREAMUNO, Mateo
Suicide November 13, 1872
Native of Central America. Suicide.
ORR, John
Killed August, 1876
Between Deadwood City and Laramie.
He was killed by the Sioux. He had a check for $7000 on him. He was a very wealthy man. Brother Henry of Glendale.
ORTEGA, Elijo
Killed July 30, 1876
Red Bluff
He was killed by a young Spaniard named Alberto SALADO. ORTEGA was of Mexican descent.
OSWALD, Henry
Died October 27, 1874
Out of Reno
Virginia and Truckee Railroad employee. Working drunk and ran over by a yard car.
OTTMAN, Fredricko
Died January 6, 1876
Pioche, Nevada
Wife of Fred OTTMAN, saloon proprietor. Episcopal services.
PAGE, M. B.
Died May 21, 1876
San Francisco
He was thrown from his carriage when it collided with another carriage while he was speeding at Golden Gate Park.
PARKER, Martin
Killed December 24, 1873
Holden, Millard Co., Utah
By bursting of a cannon. Age 28. Left wife and three children.
PARKER, O. H.
Died December 12, 1872
From Maine. Age 54. Brother H. G. PARKER.
PARKER, Willie
Killed May 15, 1876
Near Stockton, California
He was accidentally shot in front of his mother at home. He was age 14.
PATTEN, Child
Died June 25, 1872
Bullionville, Nevada
Child of Joseph E. PATTEN.
PAYNE, Carrie
Died September 24, 1873
Carson City, Nevada
She was the infant daughter of Carrie PAYNE.
PELTIER, John C.
Suicide July 23, 1874
Austin, Nevada
Shot self. Left a wife and three children.
PENSO, Mrs. John
Died May 29, 1873
Sacramento, California
Age 41. Husband John.
PERKINS, George
Died May 8, 1873
San Francisco, California
PERLEY, Mr.
Died September 8, 1874
PERRAULT, Howard
Died December 23, 1874
Revenue Mine, Owyhee (Elko)
PETERSON, Chris
Died March 31, 1874
Meadow Valley Shaft No. 7
Timbers crushed his leg. He died in surgery.
PETERSON, Fannie
Killed July 12, 1872
Killed by Perry FULLER.
PETERSON, O.
Died October 28, 1873
Eureka, Nevada
Suddenly at Pete ESTERLEY’s Dance House. Native of Sweden. Age 40.
PFORTSTEINER, Joseph
Died May 11, 1876
Eureka
The result of having been gored by an ox two weeks previous.
PHELPS,
Killed March 18, 1876
Near Cottonwood
Escaped convict was killed by Deputy Sheriff J. D. HOLLIDAY.
PHELPS, Mart.
Died August 28, 1876
7 miles west of Reno
He was the head brakeman on the #8 Freight on the Central Railroad. He was found lying on the track.
PHILLIPS, Charles A.
Died March 20, 1876
Gold Hill
Age 35. Harvard Graduate. Major in the US 5th Army Corps Mounted Cavalry. Served in the Rebellion. Native of Massachusetts.
PHILLIPS, Joseph
Died October 24, 1873
Virginia City, Nevada
Native of Cornwall, England. Age 45.
PIERCE, John
Died July 14, 1872
PILKINGTON, William
Died October 28, 1874
Eureka, Nevada
PIPER,
Killed May, 1876
Executed for murder of Mable YOUNG.
PITTMAN, Sylvester
Killed July 22, 1876
Found dead "tied to the track, his feet inside, his head outside the rail". Foul play was suspected.
PIXLEY, Matt
Killed September 17, 1872
In prison break by Charles JONES.
PLEASANT, Harrison
Killed March, 1873
Muddy River Valley, Lincoln Co., Nevada
POLLAND, Infant
Died September 8, 1874
Pioche
Infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. POLLAND.
POOR,
November/December 1874
Between Aurora and Genoa
Mail rider, a boy. Body found shot and burned. Charles JONES accused.
PORTERFIELD, Thomas
Died July, 1876
He was thrown from a bucking horse and injured his spine. "He will not survive."
POST, L. L.
Died March 5, 1874
7 miles from White River, Nye Co., Nevada
He died in a snow storm.
POTTER, Sheldon D.
Killed May 8, 1873.
POTTER, Thomas B.
Died January 30, 1876
Age 55. Black porter at International Hotel at Gold Hill in 1863.
POTTS,
Killed June 17, 1876
2 days ride from Ft. Laramie.
Pvt. 3rd Cav. Co. L. Wounded in battle with the Sioux along the Bluff, No. Creek, Montana/Wyoming hdqts.
POYLE, Mrs. Kate
Died September 23, 1873
Gold Hill, Nevada
Native of County Donegal, Ireland. Husband Edward.
PRESTON, Richard S.
Died May 26, 1874
Bald Mt. near Forrest City, Sierra Co.
Killed in mine cave-in. Former City Constable.
PRICE,
Died June 27, 1876
Belleville
Morphine overdose. He left an aged mother in Orleans County, Maine and a family of his own in Illinois.
PRICE, Mrs. William
Died May 16, 1873
Lake View House, Washoe County.
Wife of William PRICE.
PRITCHARD, Child
Died November 30, 1874
Palisades
Age 6. Scarlet Fever. Daughter of W. L.
PRITCHARD, William P.
Died September 23, 1873
One of the former property owners of the Grand Hotel in San Francisco.
PROUT, John
Died October 4, 1874
Kossuth Mine
He had been crushed in a mine accident.
PROUT, John
Died July 1, 1876
Gold Hill
Killed in an accident at Rock Island Mine. Two cousins live on the flats.
PRYOR, Thomas
Died June 23, 1873
Illness. Miner at the Imperial Empire. Native of Cornwall, England. Age 23.
QUINN,
Killed December 18, 1874
Kelton, Utah
QUINN, a ranchman, was shot by Joe in a drunken brawl. Joe was stabbed before QUINN died. Joe was a stocktender for stage line.
QUINN, John
Died October 27/28, 1874
Yellow Jacket Mine
Broken back. Worked there two weeks.
RADDON, Joseph H.
Died April, 1876.
Salt Lake Emporium.
He was among five victims killed by an explosion of the Salt Lake Emporium. He was the son of James RADDON, 20th Ward.
RAIL, T.
Died April 1, 1876
The Summit
Found mutilated on ties of Nevada Central Railroad. "Told this was a joke!" April Fool’s Day?
RANFT, John
Died July 24, 1874
Eureka, Nevada
Flood victim. Saloon keeper. Body not yet recovered.
RANOKE,
Died January 5, 1876.
He has a wife in Alta.
RAWSON, Meredith
Killed 1877
14 miles from Stockton.
Murdered in his cabin.
RAY, Edward
Died August 14, 1873
Columbus
Age 30.
RAY, Jimmy
Died June 14, 1876
Virginia City
Died in the rear room of the Black Hills Saloon. "Old"
RAYMOND,
Conviction May 6, 1876
He killed an innocent bystander, TWIGG, in shooting exchange with MOONEY at the Reno Fair Grounds. He got ten years.
REAGAN, J. M.
Killed January 16, 1876
Marysville
Shot by Frank SELBY in card dispute. Had mother and sister.
REDINGTON, Alfred
Died May 22, 1875
Sacramento, California
Age 73. Native of Maine. Many years agent of California Steam Navigation Co.
REED, Jake
Suicide June 18, 1876
Shot self. Liquor and depression blamed. Clerk in Quartermaster’s Dept. Native of Scotland.
REED, John
Died October 13, 1881
St. Thomas
He died of Paralysis.
REGAN, Thomas E.
Died 1876/1877
San Francisco
He dropped dead after being ejected from a San Francisco Saloon. He was the proprietor of the Comstock Record.
REICHE, Carl
Died November 6, 1873
Virginia City, Nevada
REID, Henry
Suicide June 18, 1876
Kemler’s Stables
Six months earlier discharged from Capt. WAGNER’s Company. Shot self.
REILLY, John
Died May 18, 1873
County Hospital, Virginia City, Nevada
Died of old age. Never missed a meal until the day before he died. When he failed to show up, Doctors predicted he died.
REILLY, William "Big Billy"
Died July 1, 1874
Virginia City, Nevada
Prize fighter. He was knifed after a friendly scuffle became heated, by Mr. HUFF.
REILY,
Killed October 3, 1874
Silver City, Nevada
Miners dispute at Waller’s Defeat Mine. Manny Killed. Left wife and family in Gold Hill.
RICE,
Died May 13, 1885
Spring Mountain
Buried in Panaca leaving four sons and two daughters.
RICE, Joseph
Died November 20, 1874
Age 19. Oiler Richmond Smelter Works. Had planned on quitting soon. He had saved enough to enter California college.
RICE, Joseph G.
Died March 20, 1872
Remains sent to California for internment.
RICHARD, James
Died May 23, 1874
Gold Hill
Mine fire victim. Age 25. Native of Cornwall.
RICHARDS,
Died March 9, 1876
Near Blue Canyon
Railroad accident with a Chinaman. He was a foreman out of Truckee.
RICHARDSON,
Killed April 21, 1874
Virginia City, Nevada
Killed by Chinaman in racial retaliation. He was black.
RICHARDSON,
Killed July, 1876
He was a News Correspondent killed in the line of duty by the Sioux. His father was A. D. RICHARDSON.
RICHARDSON, Joseph
Died April 21, 1874
Virginia City, Nevada
Shot by Am LUM, Chinese. RICHARDSON, a cook at Brooklyn restaurant.
RIGDON, Sidney
Died August, 1876
Friendship, Allegheny Co., New York
He was 84 years old and was born in Piney Fork, New York.
RIGGS, Washington B.
Died May 2, 1873
Pahranaghat Valley, Lincoln Co., Nevada
Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Age 21.
RIPLEY, Thomas
Died September 26, 1874
Near TAYLOR’s place below Chinese camp.
Fell 85 feet down shaft. From Lynn, Mass. where body was shipped.
ROACH, David
Killed March 13, 1876
Ruby Hill
Shot by Lawrence LYNCH.
ROACH, Jack
Killed August 5, 1874
Near Elko
Lynched with "Dutch John". Celebrated card shark.
ROBERTS,
Killed September, 1874
Humbug Creek, near Arizona
Murdered in his camp.
ROBERTSON, Hugh
Died July 11, 1875
Oakland
Age 17.
ROBINETTE, Roger
Died July 24, 1874
Eureka, Nevada
News reporter. Flood victim.
ROBINSON,James
Died August 8, 1876
Honolulu
He arrived in the Islands in 1822 where he was in the firm of Robinson and Lawrence. He was 98 years old, English.
ROBINSON, W. G.
Killed June 10,1873
Beaver
Shot at Beaver.
ROCHE,
Killed April 12, 1876
Eureka
Larry LYNCH was found not guilty of killing ROCHE.
RODENCK, Robert
Died October 13, 1873
Carson City, Nevada
Native of Nova Scotia. Age 20.
ROE,
Killed June 17, 1876
2 days ride from Ft. Laramie.
Pvt. 3rd Cav. Co. F. Seriously wounded in the battle with the Sioux along the Bluffs No. Creek, Montana/Wyoming Terr.
ROE, Daisy Maud
Died November 3, 1874
Pioche
Age 2. Daughter of C. L. and S. E. ROE.
ROEDER, Nevada Mary
Died August 1, 1873
She was age 3 months.
ROGERS, George N.
Died October 19, 1873
Austin, Nevada
Wife Jessie.
ROGERS, Mathew
Died June 29, 1881
Pioche
He was a native of England. Age 39.
ROLAND, James
Killed May, 1876
Santa Rosa
Shot by C. W. HENLEY and fed to swine. HENLEY claimed they were partners and took over the ranch belonging to ROLAND.
ROONEY, Michael
Died January, 1885
Bristol
Age 63. West coast pioneer, furnace engineer. Death from alcohol DT’s. Irish. Catholic.
ROOT, W. C.
Died April 6, 1871
Schooner Fredia
Killed by sail boom while on deck. He was well known in Cas Mare Island.
ROSECRANS,
Died May, 1876
NewYork
Father Gen. ROSECRANS at White Pines.
ROSEVEAR, Jack
Killed November 28, 1874
16 miles north of Kelton, Utah.
Shot by son-in-law W. J. GRAVES.
ROSS, Mrs. Mary E.
Died November 16, 1873
Eureka, Nevada
Age 43.
ROSSETTER, Edward J.
Died August 20, 1873
Schellbourne
Age 24. Father Capt. E. J. ROSSETTER.
ROSSETTI, Felice
Died May 23, 1874
Virginia City, Nevada
Native of Clasca, Italy, of elephantiasis.
ROUCH,
Died April 17, 1874
Near Markelville, Alpine Co.
Hung by mob for his reportedly shooting of ERICKSON. Sheriff moving him to Bridgeport and mob lay in waite.
ROUSSIN, Z.
Died September 20, 1876
Silver City
He died from pneumonia. He was the president of the Silver City Miners Union.
ROVER,
Killed June 16, 1876
Winnemucca, Nevada
Hung for murder of SHARP.
ROVER, J. W.
Conviction April 20, 1876
Winnemucca, Nevada
Guilty of murder in the first degree. To be hung June 16, 1876.
ROWE, Samuel
Died August 9, 1876
Near Virginia City
He was killed in a mine accident at the Utah Mine. He was a native of Liskeard, Cornwall. Age 22.
RULE, Alfred
Killed December 21, 1874
Virginia City area.
Shot by John SKEWERS, miner, at the Washington House on the divide.
RUSSELL,
Suicide November 4, 1874
Age 55. Suicide by morphine.
RUSSELL, William
Died March 22, 1876
Dry Canyon
He was crushed by a car at the Mono Mine. He was a foreman.
RYAN, John
Died April 14, 1874
Eureka, Nevada
Going down shaft with coffee. Age 55. Native of Ireland.
RYAN, Mrs.
Died February 14, 1873
Catholic.
RYAN, Thomas
Killed December 28, 1872
Killed by gunshot through the head in fight between Raymond and Ely and the Pioche Phoenix Mines. Had come to get rich.
RYAN, Thomas
Died July 22, 1876
Virginia City
Killed in a mine accident at the Washington Mine.
RYLAND, Mrs. Richard
Died September 25, 1873
Eureka
Transcribed and contributed 2001 by Patricia A. Scott
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