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AARON, Joseph
Birth May 19, 1893, Daughter
San Francisco, California
ABBOTT, A. W.
Killed April 15, 1876
Benton, Esmeralda Co
Was a peace maker. Shot in a fight between Robert COMON and E. P. ROBINSON in Dan ASHLEY’s Saloon.
ABLE, William
Died May 10, 1873
Austin, Nevada
ABRAHAM, T. W.
Died April 28, 1875
Cleveland, Ohio
Age 40. Consumption
Postmaster of Pioche. Printer, publisher, miner.
ACHISON, Daniel
Died June 24, 1876
Spring Valley
Age 22. Father John ACHISON
ADAMS, Amelia A.
Died May 22, 1873
San Francisco, California
Age 24
ALEXANDER
Died Oct 6, 1873
Austin, Nevada
Son of H. ALEXANDER
ALLEN
Killed June 17, 1876
Pvt. 3rd Cav. Co I. Seriously wounded in the battle with the Sioux along the Bluffs No. Creek, Montana-Wyoming Territory.
ALLEN, David
Killed August 17, 1876
San Diego District
Killed at Cajon in a shoot out among sheepherders.
ALLEN, E. W.
Died July 28, 1876
Gold Hill
Overcome by gas in Bullion Mine and fell down shaft.
ALLEN, William
Died November 18, 1874
Reno
Heart. Found dead in his bed in the rear of Western Telegraph Office.
ALPHIN, Burneta
Died July 27, 1874
Pine Valley, Utah
Age 57
ANDERSON, Thomas
Died January 14, 1876
San Diego
Hemorrhage, Native of Great Britain
ANDERSON, William
Died September 29, 1876
Grass Valley
Age 85 at County Hospital. Was a soldier at Waterloo with WELLINGTON. Pauper’s grave.
ANTHONY, James
Died January 4, 1877
San Francisco
Owner of Sacramento Union
ARGAIL, William
Killed October 1, 1876
Austin
Killed by son John who was defending his mother.
ARMSTRONG
Died July 15, 1876
San Francisco
Died suddenly after checking into the Brooklyn Hotel. She said she was from Gold Hill but Police are not sure.
ARMSTRONG, James
Killed January 4, 1873
Elko, Nevada
Stab Wounds
ARNOLD, Amie Lubbock
Died September 17, 1877
Pioche
Infant daughter of George W. and Adelle ARNOLD
ARTMAN, David
Died December 23, 1877
Pioche
Age 36. Native of Randolph County, Missouri. Died from Pneumonia
ASH, Robert
Died July 14, 1873
County Hospital at Pioche, Nevada
Stabbed at County Hospital where he worked as a cook.
ASHER, H. Mrs.
Died May 22, 1873
San Francisco, California
Age 50
ASHLEY, D. H.
Died February, 1876
Disorder occurred 1864 and blamed for death. Was involved in Nevada and California politics.
ASHLEY, D. R. Hon.
Died July 1873
Former Senator
AVERY, B. P.
Died January, 1876
Late Minister to China.
AVERY, Col. D. E.
Died September 12, 1872
Virginia
Miner and millman
AVERY, John
Died December 22, 1874
San Francisco, California
Lumber fell on him. Age 4.
AVILA, Cipriana
Suicide August 27, 1876
Virginia City
Spanish, age 26.
AYERS, Johnny
Died July 18, 1876
Oakland
Child was run over by a streetcar. Father David AYERS who owns Eureka Livery Stable.
BAILY, Louis
Killed January 2, 1876
Phoenix, Arizona Territory
Shot with a shotgun by drunken George YOUNG who was later found hung in a tree.
BAKER, Henry
Died May 24, 1873
San Francisco, California
Age 44
BAKER, Capt S. C.
Died January 20, 1873
Injured in Spring Mt. tunnel, premature blast. Leg amputated. Native of Boston
BALANE, Charles H.
Died May 26, 1876
Out of Berkley, California
Drowned during a sailboat excursion to the oyster beds. A squall upset the boat.
BALDWIN, Edward F.
Died January 4, 1876
Winnemucca, Nevada
Heart attack. Mrs. MOSHER considered him like a son. Had a brother in Truckee.
BALDWIN, Pamelia C.
Died June 5, 1873
San Francisco, California
Husband: Capt. C. H. BALDWIN
BALES, Infant
Died October 14, 1873
Crystal Peak, Nevada
Infant son of Edward BALES
BANK, John
Died December 16, 1874
Oakland.
Fell from aloft on board ship.
BARKLEY, Henry
Died March 15, 1876
Bay off of Meiggs Warf
Drowned when his skiff overturned.
BARNE, E. D.
Suicide September 15, 1874
Enroute to California from Reno. Shot self in the head twice on the train.
BARNERT, Mary
Died August 20, 1873
Virginia City, Nevada
Age 4
BARNES, George
Died October 15, 1872
BARNES, Parke
Birth June 4, 1873
Son. Dayton
BARNETT, William
Died May 1876
Crown Point Mine
Smothered in mine accident. Left a wife and three children
BARNEY, Reuben
Died November 25, 1876
New York
Engaged in Merchandising in White Pines 1869-1870 with his brother.
BARNUM, Mrs. Marcella W.
Died September 2, 1872
BARRY, Mary C.
Died October 14, 1872
Infant
BARTER, Mary
Died July 1, 1877
Meadow Valley Wash
Age 33. Husband E. BARTER. Native of Ireland.
BARTLE, William
Died January 3, 1876
Silver Mt., California
Buried in a snow slide with Joseph FISHER and John J. MITCHELL who freed themselves.
BASCON, Louis Summerfield
Suicide May 15, 1876
San Jose, California
Killed himself at the residence of N. H. A. MASON where he asked Ursula MASON to marry him. She said No. She was 15.
BAUCHET, T.
Died September 24, 1874
Age 45. Native of France. Miner for New York Consolidated Mine.
BAUDRY, Edward
Died February 22, 1874
Killed in Eureka Cons. Mine
BEACHY, Hill
Died May 1875
San Francisco
California pioneer. Then to Idaho 1861. Sheriff of Boise. Captured murderers of MAGRUDER party.
BEAN, Matt
Died August 12, 1876
North of Virginia City
Had been in charge of the race track. 2 weeks earlier a horse fell on him and he was seriously injured.
BECK, Charles
Died October 9, 1873
Virginia City, Nevada
Age 36. Native of Germany.
BECKLUND, N. P.
Suicide August 15, 1876
BECKLUND alias BROWN killed a woman and himself. Member of the Scandinavian Society.
BEDELL, Oscar
Died March 14, 1876
Cedar Pass
Derailment due to snow storm. Father tried to help son and had both feet amputated from being frozen.
BEEBEE, P. D.
Died December 1874
Former policeman in Virginia City.
BEECHER, Henry Ward
Died June 22, 1876
Meadow Valley Street. Run over by wagon.
BELL, Doc.
Killed May 1876
Salt Lake
Executed by gun fire for murder. (unconfirmed).
BELLINGER, Arthur
Died August 1874
Son of Peter BELLINGER. Drowned in water barrel. Toddler.
BENNET
Killed June 17, 1876
2 days ride from Laramie.
Pvt 3rd Cav. Co L, wounded in battle with the Sioux along the Bluff No. Creek, Montana/Wyoming Hdqts.
BENNETT, Jennett
Killed September 16, 1876
Murdered
BERGHER
Killed March 17, 1876
Utah Prison
Was the prison warden and was killed when three prisoners escaped. Reward was offered for CAINE, PATTERSON and WILLIAMSON.
BERNDT, Lewis
Killed August 28, 1876
San Francisco
Was a quiet, estimable man who was murdered by his wife who also killed herself. Jealousy was the motive.
BERNDT, Mrs. Lewis
Suicide August 28, 1876
San Francisco
Had violent ungovernable passions, unbridled tongue. She murdered her husband and shot self. Jealousy was the motive.
BERRY, Sarah
Died January 12, 1873
Pioche, Nevada
Father Donald M., mother Clarrisa.
BERRY, Sarah Clarissay
Died January 12, 1873
Masonic Cemetery
BEVIS, George W.
Killed May 28, 1874
Mountain Spring Ranch
Shot by H. SEDWICK in land dispute. Brought to Pioche by his mother, Mrs. McLAUGHLIN on a buckboard but died on the way.
BILLINGS, James
Died May 23, 1874
Gold Hill, Nevada
Mine fire victim
BINGHAM, Luvia
Died October 11, 1873
San Francisco, California
Age 10. Father W. G., mother Mendora Owens. Father deceased.
BISHOP, Frank
Died March 30, 1872
BITINGER, John
Died January 1, 1873
Pioche, Nevada
Buried by the Odd Fellows
BLAKE
Suicide April 17, 1876
Stanford
Suicide by Opium overdoes. Professional mind reader. Wife and child in the east.
BLAKE, Grant
Died June 24, 1877
Greenwood, Arizona
Age 35. Native of Fall River, Mass. He was a Nevada resident.
BLAKE, Henry
Died May 28, 1873
San Francisco, California
Age 45.
BLANCO
Killed about July 28, 1876
Was a half-breed blamed for troubles in Jacumba. Mexicans in Tecart Valley accused of his death.
BLOCK, Infant
Died June 3, 1873
Virginia City, Nevada
Father Harry, mother Jenniels.
BLOSS
Died May 1876
Little Miami RR
Well known editor of Cincinnati Esquire
BLUM, J.
Died March 23, 1876
Sacramento River
Disappeared March 23. Found in river at Princeton on April 7. He was a well know merchant. Accidental drowning.
BLYE, John
Died November 1874
Found dead. Left home in Dayton, Nevada to go to the Mountain to sober up.
BOELIN, Infant
Died May 9, 1876
Carson City, Nevada
Scalded at Mr. Ed RAY’s residence. Father Henry BOELIN. Infant was age 2.
BOLES, Infant
Died May 26, 1873
Genoa
Father, A. B.
BOLSON, John
Died December 16, 1873
Pneumonia. Age 37.
BOLTZ, Frank
Killed April 28, 1875
He was shot.
BONE, Samuel
Died March 17, 1876
Dollar Hide Mine.
Killed by delayed blast, when he went to check fuse. Leander Hill
BOOTH, Charles W.
Died November 11, 1873
Eureka
Age 52
BORRIS, Daniel
Died July 27, 1876
Near Big Bend
Was drowned trying to ford the Carson River on horseback.
BOSKEY
Killed June 17, 1876
2 days ride from Ft. Laramie.
Pct 2nd Cav Co I. Seriously wounded in the battle with the Sioux along the Bluffs No. Creek, Montana/Wyoming Territory.
BOURCIER
Died May 1875
Near Virginia City
By fall in shaft of Consolidated Virginia Mine.
BOURNE, W. B.
Burial July 25, 1874
of San Francisco
BOUSCHE, Mathew
Died June 20, 1876
National Brewery
Mathew fell through the hatchway from the 3rd floor to the basement. Killed instantly. Age 26. Native of Alsace.
BOWERS, Persia
Died July 17, 1874
Reno, Nevada
The funeral held at the BOWERS Mansion. Greatly attended by the ladies of Franktown, adjacent valley and Reno.
BOWMAN, George W.
Died September 1874
Puyallup, Wyoming Territory
Mine injury.
BOYLE, Adelia
Died February 10, 1876
San Francisco, California
Husband Henry. She had been unsound for several days and was found in the nursery well.
BOYLE, C.
Died August 24, 1876
Mariposa Mine
Killed in an explosion.
BOYLE, Kate
Died September 23, 1873
Gold Hill, Nevada
From County Donegal, Ireland. Age 28
Husband Edward BOYLE
BRACKEN, Elizabeth
Died June 1876
Spring Valley
Age 85
BRAEG, Joseph
Died April 29, 1876
San Francisco
Accidentally fell into a caldron of boiling tallow. Native of France. Age 16.
BRANNAN, John
Killed June 16, 1874
Eureka, Nevada
Gunshot wound. Made money fighting in saloons.
BRAY, R. D.
Died August 17, 1874
Belcher Hoisting Works, Virginia City. Hit by fly wheel, dead in seconds.
BRIGGS, Henry
Suicide August 9, 1876
San Francisco
Died from poison.
BRITTON, Mary Estella
Died September 28, 1873
Eureka, Nevada
Infant
BROADWATER, W. B.
Died September 22, 1873
Yellow Jacket Mine
He was a Mexican War Veteran.
BROADWATER, W. S.
Died September 1873
Age 50
BROTHERSON
Killed June 1876
2 days ride from Ft. Laramie
Pvt 3rd Cav. Co F, wounded in battle with the Sioux along the Bluff No. Creek, Montana/Wyoming Hdgts.
BROWN
Suicide August 15, 1876
San Francisco
It was a possible murder, suicide, as his companion, Sara SLOAN, died minutes after him.
BROWN, B.
Died April 12, 1876
Near Cascade Bridge
He was found near the Summit, with a card from the Cambridge House on Broadway, S. F., addressed to Mrs. Emma BROWN.
BROWN, Benjamin Hall
Died May 10, 1873
Stockton, California
Age 48
BROWN, Dick
Killed November/December 1876
Black Hills
Hung by Vigilantes. He reportedly killed SHAUGHNESSY of Deadwood on November 18. Had lived at Pioche, Elko and Reno.
BROWN, E. A.
Suicide November 6, 1874
BROWN, Edwin
Died July 28, 1883
Pioche
Young son of T. W. BROWN.
BROWN, H. E.
Killed April 24, 1876
Sage Creek Station.
Wounded at Red Canyon Massacre. Efforts made to bring him to S. L. He died. Body taken to Fort Laramie on to Cheyenne.
BROWN, Issac
Killed September 1876
Wyoming Territory
He was from Virginia City, and owned a claim that averaged $1,000.00 a day. Killed trying to catch murderer of SMITH.
BROWN, J.
Killed October 3, 1874
Silver City, Nevada
He was an innocent bystander, killed in mining dispute at Wallers Defeat Mine. Left wife and family in Gold Hill.
BROWN, Joseph
Died September 6, 1874
Yellow Jacket Mine
Caught in the machinery, killed almost instantly.
BROWN, Obadiah
Died December 31, 1872
Pioche, Nevada
Died from pneumonia. He was a millwright.
BROWN, Thomas
Suicide September 16, 1874
San Francisco, California
Shot self
BROWN, William
Died June 19, 1876
Near Elko
Lived in County along time, well known and respected. Age 30.
BROWNE, Benjamin
Died February 8, 1873
Hamilton City, Nevada
An old resident of Hamilton
BROY, Mrs. Charles
July 24, 1874
Flood victim. Body found 2 miles from town. Wife of Charles L. BROY.
BRUGGEMAN, F. W.
Suicide July 5, 1876
Santa Rosa
Found with shot in the temple and heart. A pistol was found next to him with 3 barrels empty.
BRUMNER, William
Died February 10, 1874
Pioche, Nevada
Died from consumption. Naive of Scotland. Stockbroker in Virginia City 1864.
BRUN, John D.
Died December 1874
San Francisco Bay
Believed he fell off the wharf while under the influence.
BRUNNER, H. A.
Died October 16, 1873
Native of Bavaria. Age 45
BRUNSEN, William
Killed September 1876
Near Fort Laramie
Killed by a professional gambler, John CASE.
BRYDER
Died March 1, 1876
Off Vmatilla Scow
Explosion victim.
BUCHANAN, Charles
Died January 31, 1873
Native of Cornwall. Age 34
BUCKINGHAM, John
Died April 1874
Dunderberg Mine
Injury in mine.
BUCKLEY, Michael
Died February 4, 1873
Pioche, Nevada
Catherine Cemetery. 18 months old.
BUMMERS, Minnie
Suicide October 28, 1873
Philadelphia
Suicide Age 25
BURCHFIELD, Belle Frances
Died October 6, 1873
Austin, Nevada
Infant child of A. D. and Eliza BURCHFIELD
BURCHFIELD, Charles A.
Died November 1876
Taunton, Mass.
Died of Typhoid. A native of Pennsylvania. Brother, A. D. of Gold Hill. He was a publisher for Nevada Journals.
BURCHFIELD, Frances
Died October 6, 1873
Austin, Nevada
Age 1 year, 8 months.
BURGESS, John
Died November 10, 1874
Age 32. Erysipelas from steel sliver in right arm on week previous.
BURGESSER
Killed April 24, 1876
Near Ft . Laramie, Wyoming
Killed at Red Canyon Massacre. Indian attack. Native of Virginia City, Nevada.
BURKE, Andy
Died June 1/4, 1876
Near Shoshone Point.
Found in Slough of the Humboldt.
BURKE, J.
Suicide September 23/24 1874
St. Charles Hotel, Carson City.
Suicide by poison.
BURLESON, James
Died January 1876
Miss C. LONG’s Hospital.
Died after prolonged illness. “49er”
Chlorider at Yankee Blade. Pioneer at Eureka.
BURN, James
Died July 1874
Small Pox, of Eureka Nevada
BYRNE, Andrew L.
Killed Aug 3, 1876
Cerbat, Arizona Territory
Shot by A. B. PATTERSON.
Native of Baltimore
Transcribed and contributed 2001 by Patricia A. Scott
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