Obituaries H-J

PUBLISHED IN THE PIOCHE DAILY RECORD 1872 - 1878

HAGGARTE, Chris
Died April 17, 1876
Near Monterey
Captain of the Schooner Oscelo bound for Monterey from Santa Cruz. Believed knocked overboard by a Jib boom.

HAGGERTY, Michael
Died June 5, 1876
Near Raymond and Ely Mine.
Worked in Utah and Virginia City. Native of Ireland.

HALL, Child
November 25, 1874
Not buried because of rosy skin color. Parents refuse to bury although she is death like. Father Henry. Age 2.

HALLE, Joseph J.
Suicide January 24, 1876
Age 25. Suicide by morphine.

HALLER, John
Died September, 1876
Ward City
He was 46 and a native of Ohio. The first to die in this camp.

HAMILTON, Earl
Died March 12, 1876
Age 42. Native of Meadville, PA. Father was a cousin to Alexander HAMILTON and a descendant of John RANDOLPH. Stabbed for telling off J. H. RICE for had a passion for women, for bringing a woman of ill-repute to a ball.

HAMILTON, Earl
Exhumed March 27, 1876
The body was exhumed and removed to a zinc lined coffin to be shipped to Davenport, Iowa. By I. O. O. F. Lodge.

HAMMER, Thomas
November 1874
L. B. MYERS Ranch, Maysville.
Killed while trying to save a horse.

HANAGAN, Patrick
Suicide November 7, 1874
Eureka
Miner at Richmond Mine on Ruby Hill.

HANLEY, K. S.
Died November 7, 1874.
Pioche
Age 9 months. Son of T. F. and Hattie.

HANNAVAN, Catherine
Died June 30, 1876
San Francisco
Age 68. Ran over by a car.

HANRAHAN, Jack
Died July 5/6, 1876
Pioche
Inflammation of the bowels. Age 32. Native of Ireland.

HANSON,
Died March 1, 1876
Off Vmatilla Scot
Explosion victim.

HARMON, Mrs.
Died June 30, 1874
Luka, Mississippi
F. H. HARMON’s mother.

HARRIS, John
Died December 4, 1876
Virginia City
He was killed in mine accident at the Yellow Jacket Mine. Native of Cornwall. Age 35.

HARRIS, Lenor
Died April 17, 1874
Placerville
Killed in min cave-in at the Robinson Mine, Prospect Flat.

HARRIS, Lizzie P.
Died January 8, 1872
Native of Louisville, Kentucky.

HARRINGTON, Rosanna
Died may 10, 1873
Gold Hill, Nevada
Infant of Jerry HARRINGTON.

HART,
Killed August 21, 1873.
Chloride, Wallapi.
Killed.

HARTMAN, Charles
Died May 23, 1873
San Francisco, California
Age 73.

HASKELL,
Killed January 14, 1876
Shot. J. P. of Mohave Co., AZ. Resident of Mineral Park. Respected in whole area. The news was received from Arizona.

HASTINGS, Zelia
Died February 4, 1876
Paris
Husband Judge S. C. HASTINGS.

HATCH, Infant
Died May 30, 1873
Virginia City, Nevada
Child of George and Kate HATCH.

HATHAWAY,
Died March 1, 1876
Off Vmatilla Scow.
Explosion victim.

HATHAWAY, J. T.
Suicide August 7, 1876
He was charged with setting fire to a hay stack at edge of town. he shot himself. Left a note. Formerly of Austin.

HATT, Seth P.
Died June 11, 1874
James Webster Ranch, Steamboat Valley.
From NY and Iowa. Adopted by Mrs. WEBSTER. Note said tired of life. He said he was innocent of a paternity suit.

HAUPT, Charles
Killed October 1/2, 1876
Stabbed in a drunken brawl by Ike BALLINGE.

HAYE, Charles B.
Suicide January 17, 1876
Oakland
Fired three shots before he killed himself. Age 51. Born Bangor, Maine.

HAYS, John
Died June 18, 1876
Near Camp Halleck
Died suddenly, heart. He was a rancher.

HEALLY, Andrew
Died August 24, 1876
Mariposa Mine
Killed in a mine explosion.

HEALY, Andrew
Died April 22, 1880
Pioche, NV
Native of Ireland.

HEALY, James
Died May 8, 1873
San Francisco, CA
Son of Charles B. HEALY. Brother John D. died same day.

HEALY, John
Died May 8, 1873
San Francisco, CA
Father Charles B. HEALY. Brother James died the same day.

HEFNER, Mike
Died December 9, 1874
Near Belcher Mine
Accidentally killed by a train. He was the bartender at McIntyre Saloon. He was Irish.

HENDERSON, Capt. W. H.
Died December 27, 1872
Near Pioche, Nevada
Native of New York. Age 64. An "Old Mountaineer".

HENDERSON, Mrs. Godfrey
May 1, 1876
San Francisco
Husband Godfrey HENDERSON, an engineer at American Flag Works.

HENLEY, C. W.
Killed June 9, 1876
Santa Rosa County
Vigilantes hung him for taking over J. ROLAND’s Swine Ranch after shooting him and letting the swine eat him.

HENRY,
Killed June 17, 1876
2 days ride from Ft. Laramie
Capt 2nd Cav, Co. I. Seriously wounded in the battle with the Sioux along the Bluffs No. Creek, Montana/Wyoming Terr.

HENRY, Louis M.
Suicide January 23, 1876
Shot at wife three times and made threats. He had two sons, eldest Lorenzo, and one daughter. From Illinois.

HERBER, H. A.
Died October/November 1874
Humboldt River bank.
Found dead. Believed to have starved to death or died of exposure.

HERREN, Michael
Died November 24, 1874
Virginia City area
Fatally injured at HALE’s and NORCROSS.

HETCHER, W. S.
Died January 28, 1876
Hollister, California
Formerly of San Jose.

HICHOCK, James B.
Killed August 2, 1876
Deadwood Saloon
"Wild Bill" was killed by Bill SUTHERLAND who alleged Bill killed his brother at Fort Hayes, Kansas years ago.

HICKEY, Charles
Killed October 7, 1872
Shot to death. Age 33. Killed by M. HOLLAND.

HICKEY, Child
Died April 8, 1876
Near Silver City.
Fell in new shaft at the Jusive Hoisting Works.

HICKOCK, J. B.
Killed August 2, 1876
Tombstone
"Wild Bill" a brave man was murdered by the assassin, Jack MCCALL. HICKOCK was 48 years old.

HILL, James
Died December 28, 1876
Gold Hill
Mine accident. Left wife and six children. The family was left destitute.

HILL, S. W.
Suicide June 27, 1876
Silver City
Died from Morphine. Left a wife and small child. Native of Michigan.

HILTON, John
Suicide September 7, 1876
Gold Hill
He was found dead in his bed at the Sapphire Saloon. He was the former engineer of the closed Petaluna Mill.

HILTON, Robt.
Died November 24, 1872.

HINCH, John
Killed July 10, 1876
Gayville
After being a spectator in a card game he said CARTY and MCCARHY were cheating. He was stabbed and shot in his bed.

HINCH, John
Killed July/August, 1876
Near Deadwood City
He was killed by Indians in the Black Hills. He was a former Pioche resident.

HITCHINS, Joseph
Died about April 13, 1876
Near Garden Pass Eureka
He disappeared two weeks previous from the Hay Ranch.

HOCKEY, William
Died November 15, 1873
Austin, Nevada
Native of Cromwell, England.

HOFFMAN, J. J.
Died March 22, 1874
Pioche, Nevada
Rupture of aneurysm formed in pericardium. Dropped dead while doing business in the office of FELSENTHAL.

HOGKING, Frederick
Died October 19, 1876
Pioche
He was 45 and a native of Cornwall, England.

HOLCOMBE, James
Died June 7, 1873
Yorktown Co., New York
He shot his wife and then killed himself. The motive was jealousy.

HOLLAND, Thomas
Died March, 1885
Bakers Spring, Utah
Drowned. Age 50. He left a wife and six children.

HOLMES, Peter M.
Died October 27, 1873
Gold Hill, Nevada
Age 39.

HONAN,
Killed December, 1875
He was killed by four to five Indians.

HOOD, James
Died July 10, 1873
Heart.

HOPKINS, Hopkin
Died July 10, 1873
Heart.

HORAN, Timothy
Died May 19, 1873
Silver City, Nevada
Age 37.
NOTE: Seems this should be MORAN

HORST, Williser
Died August 15, 1874
Pioche
Son of H. HORST. Age 5 months.

HOSEMAN, Emil A.
Died January 26, 1876
Sister Hospital in Salt Lake
Age 26. Native of Colma, Alsac. Died of Typhoid. Pianist with Charles VIVIAN Troupe. Funeral at St. Mary Church.

HOSKING, James
Died June 20, 1874
Eureka Cons. Mine
He was crushed in the Lawton shaft.

HOSKINS, Henry
Died November, 1876
Pottsville
He had coughed up blood, given 30 drops of Laudanum, 20 drops of ealvolatile and 15 drops of ether just before he died.

HOWE, George N.
Died January 26, 1874
Dayton
Age 14. Short illness. Had shown talent as an artist.

HOWE, James
Died June 1, 1872.

HOY, John
Died February 19, 1876
Pequop near Wells, Nevada
Burned to death in a train car.

HUBBARD, Frank H.
Suicide January 16, 1976
San Francisco
Suicide by morphine. He was a dentist.

HUBBS, Col. Paul K.
November 16, 1874
Vallejo
California 1849. Died at home.

HUBLER, James
Killed 1876
Edward M. GILES got 15 years for murdering him in Humboldt Co. He wept like a child when Sheriff HAYES took him away.

HUBLER, James
Killed November 5, 1876
Winnemucca, Nevada
He died 9 months after being shot by Ned WILLIS. The ball from the six shooter grazed the brain, he passed out.

HUDSON, Henry G.
Died November 9, 1873
Elko, Nevada
Age 41.

HUERTA, Mrs. Nueves
Died May 23, 1873
Virginia City, Nevada
Age 44. Native of Mexico.

HUGH, Scott
Died May 12, 1873
Lida Valley, Nevada
Age 26.

HUGHES,
Died December 24, 1874
Pacific
Capt. HUGHES’ wife and two children swept overboard in wreck of American Barge.

HUGHES, Francis
Died August 3, 1873
County Hospital, Pioche, Nevada
Age 40. Son attended college in Oakland, California. Relatives in Syracuse, NY.

HUNT,
Died August 24, 1876
Mariposa Mine
Killed in an explosion.

HUNT, John
Suicide February, 1873
He was a hog slaughterer. Shot himself.

HUNT, Minnie F.
Died May 29, 1873
San Francisco, California
Infant child of Dennis and H. E. HUNT.

HUNT, Thomas
Killed November, 1876
He was a desperado killed by a shotgun messenger. He had $1300 when killed. He was armed and masked. Previous record.

HURD, William
Died August 7, 1876
Ophir Mine
He was hit on the top of his head by the cage. He then fell between the cage and the shaft wall killing him.

HUTCHINGS, Joe
Died 1876.
One and one half mine from Station.
Body found late in May. He disappeared from Hay’s Ranch. The body was decomposed. He had tried suicide previously.

HUTCHINS, Charles H.
Died October, 1873.
Near Burch Creek
Accidental shooting. Age 14.

HUTCHINSON, A. J.
Suicide March 18, 1873.
Suicide Age 40.

HUTT, Robert M.
Died October 22, 1872.

HYDE, Thomas
Died October 18, 1873.
Pioche, Nevada
Crushed in accident at Raymond and Ely Mine.

INGERSOLL, Infant
Died June 2, 1873.
Virginia City, Nevada
Child of F. I. and Elsir INGERSOLL.

ISMERT, Peter
Killed January 12, 1876.
Grass Valley
Provoked into fight by Robert FRYER who killed him.

JACKS, John
Suicide July 3, 1876
Age 45. He had fasted 48 hours and took morphine. Note found. He was a six year resident of Bullionville. From Scotland.

JACOBS, Hattie
Died September 7, 1873
Pioche, Nevada
Daughter of Herman and Rosalie.

JAMES, John C.
Died January, 1874
Carson City, Nevada
Member of Territory Legislature. First gentile to sit in Utah Legislature. Brothers: W. H., Alfred, I. E. and Gov. Walter.

JENKINS, A. J.
Died January 18, 1874
Virginia City, Nevada
Pneumonia. The Yank, the blacksmith. Native of Ellicotville, Chatagua, NY.

JENNISON, Thomas
Died 1873.
140 miles SW of Pioche.
Found dead; pair of gray blankets and a half worn coat with book in side pocket with name Tom JENNISON, Erie, PA.

JESSUP, Alfred D.
Killed June 8, 1876
River Bend, Colorado
Shot in duel with DAVIS.

JOHN, Daniel
Died June 10, 1876

JOHNSON,
Died May 22, 1873
Sutters Creek near Josephine.
Bank caved in on him and co-miner CASEY.

JOHNSON, Child
Died April, 1874.
Drowned in the Carson River.

JOHNSON, F. Q.
Died September 7, 1886
Eagle Valley, Lincoln Co., Nevada
He was a native of Missouri, age 50.

JOHNSON, Hugh
Died September 20, 1873.
Winnemucca, Nevada

JOHNSON, Lewis
Died February 5, 1876
Virginia City
"French Lovely".

JOHNSON, Reverdy
Died February, 1876
Annapolis, MD.
Age 80. Found bruised, bloody. Probably fell in coal pile on way home. Senator and Attorney General.

JOHNSON, T. Rogers
Died January, 1876
San Francisco
Grand Secretary of I.O.O.F.

JOHNSTON, J.
Killed September, 1876.
Galena
He was kicked in the stomach by John FRINKMAN during an argument and died. "Kellogs Man".

JOHNSTON, Theophilus
Died May 21, 1873.
San Francisco, California
Age 52.

JONES, George F.
Killed September, 1876
Black Hills
Killed by Indians. He was the former Mayor of Virginia.

JONES, John Stephen
Died June 30/31, 1876
Orpha Mine
Fell 50 feet. He received injuries several weeks before. There was no hope.

JONES, William
Died November 6, 1874
Belcher Mine
Age 22. Burns received in Mine fire. Native of Cornwall, England.

JORDAN, John
Killed October, 1876
Near Lafayette Mills, Yreka
Shot, old grudge.

JOYCOAX, Agnes S.
Died July 3, 1876
Cypress Cove
Drowned. Body washed up July 6 at Castroville.

Transcribed and contributed 2001 by Patricia A. Scott