Thanks to Enid Carter of the Presbytery of the Susquehanna Valley at Bainbridge for allowing me to make copies of the church records. --Clarence Putnam, March 14, 2003
SOUTH KORTRIGHT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
DEATH RECORDS 1810-1924
There is one page of death records from 1810-1818. The next page of death
records is from the ministry of Rev. F B Murch in 1887. There are some
additional deaths, for various years, listed under member lists. I will
include those as a separate list.
Date Name Disease Age
6/7/1810 John Grant Old Age 71y10m
6/25/1810 John Mcmurdy Old Age 73y
10/18/1810 Ann Grant Colera Morbus 55y
3/26/1812 Robt Forrest Typhus Fever 4y4m13d
9/ /1812 James Mcfarlane Consumption
/ /1812 Moses Burns Consumption
2/26/1813 Thom Bryce Consumption
5/ /1813 Eliser Wilson Fever
Jean Gray Fever
11/15/1813 Isabela Kilpatrick Old Age 76y
2/6/1814 Allis Dean 18y
/ /1814 Jas Cumming 69y
/ /1814 C Mitchel Fever 28y
3/1/1814 Ann Stewart 64y
12/29/1814 Jo S Dale 2y10m
5/18/1816 Adam Graham 10y1m
2/22/1818 John R Thomson Consumption 18y11d
Gap in records
4/14/1887 Jno Thomas 58
4/8/1887 Ellen McGilviarae 87
9/8/1887 J ? McDonald 92
5/7/1888 Allen Grant 82
1/21/1888 Wm Jno Moss 51
2/26/1888 Mary Russel 35
12/29/1888 E G King 52
2/4/1888 Jas McGilviarae 77
11/4/88 James? McMurdy 72
12/11/1889 John Cowan 2 1/4
5/4/1890 Wm Parker
2/8/1891 H S Smith 28
3/3/1891 Bertha Hillis 6mo
4/24/1891 Mary King 65
8/20/1892 Mrs Michial Dunn
1/3/1893 J D Gibson DD 77y Pastor SK
1/19/1893 Mrs Hait 80y Roses Brook
3/22/1893 Mrs P Lamb 56y
5/1/1893 Mrs D C Lamb 56y
2/21/1894 Mr Clark 78y Hobart
3/28/1894 Joseph McMurdy 86y Elder
3/6/1894 James Rich 76y
3/8/1894 Wm Silliman 63y West Troy
4/4/1894 E J(Katie) Kerr 20y
5/11/1894 Malcolm J McNaught 29y Hobart
12/25/1894 Mrs Abigal Brock 84y
10/13/1894 Mrs Sallie Gould 87y
6/20/1894 Miss Harriet Archer 87y
8/1/1894 Wm L Martin Infant
8/13/1894 James Hastings 96y9m Elder
8/24/1894 Henry Rich 75y
9/25/1894 Jennie McPherson 21y
2/20/1895 Mrs Charlotte Patterson 78y
9/ /1895 Mrs Esther McMurdy 78y
3/4/1896 Mrs D McGilvarie 84y
3/28/1896 Jno Scott 66?y
12/18/1893 Mrs Belle Stevenson 56y
5/18/1896 ----- Dibble 7d
5/3/1896 Abel Gould 73y
8/27/1896 Lillie Nesbitt 6y
7/6/1897 ---- Martin Infant
12/11/1897 John Mitchell 64y
10/27/1898 Cora Rodgers 20y
11/ /1898 John Bush 65y
There follows a few entries with double dates. There is no explanation,
but it appears the first date is the death date and the second date
is the burial date.
4/2/5/1899 Mathew H Kerr Blood Poisoning 69y
4/19/21/1899 Mrs Wm Barlow Measles 45y Hobart
4/22/25/1899 Miss Caroline McGilvarie Old Age 88y11m
12/1/3/1899 Miss Jane Mitchell Cancer 63y
Mrs Ella Sharpe Consumption
6/10/12/1900 W T Miller Heart Disease 65y
6/21/23/1900 Ezra Hait Heart Disease 75y
10/20/22/1900 Miss Tillie Beesmer Appendicitis 16y9m23d
1/30/31/1901 Jesse G Cowan Appendicitis 15y
4/28/29/1901 Mrs Robt Orr Apoplexy 77y
7/19/20/1901 Duncan Maynard Heart Disease 68y
9/7/9/1901 Mrs Jno C Thompson Apoplexy 72y
5/5/7/1902 Rosa(Polish girl at D C Sharpe's) 32y
Pneumonia
5/11/1900 Robt Nesbitt Measles 75y
3/7/1901 Vanclete's infant Bronchitis 7m
7/5/1902 Mrs Wm Brock Heart Disease 47y
6/9/1902 Mrs Isabel G Palmer Apoplexy 75y
7/2/1904 Miss Margaret McGilvarie Consumption ---
2/12/1905 Mrs Adam Young Diabetes 40y
2/17/1905 Miss Nell Gould Insanity 70y
Mrs Tuttle Consumption
6/8/1905 Mrs Harrison Gould Heart Disease
11/22/1905 Miss Elizabeth Andrews 78y10m9d
3/10/1906 Mrs Jane Cowan Kidney Disease 74y
3/21/1906 Miss Nancy Mitchell Heart Disease 75y
7/8/1906 Mrs Helen M Kerr Paralysis 80y
7/ /1906 Ireanus? Jenkins Typhoid Fever 19y
8/12/1906 Harold Dunham Cholera Infantum 2y
9/7/1906 Mrs Craig Heart Disease
11/17/1906 James Gemmel Heart Disease 72y
12/29/1906 Mrs Sarah Rich Acute Indigestion 79y
4/3/1907 Eleanor Gemoung? Consumption 10y15d
4/18/1907 Mrs Herman Dibble Gangrene
4/24/1907 Mrs Jane Stott Gould Gangrene & Dropsy 80y
7/7/1907 Mrs Evertsen Old Age
11/29/1907 Miss Jane Rich Apoplexy 86y9m7d
12/9/1907 Mrs Elizabeth M Rockwell Heart Disease 79y10m
& Dropsy
2/14/1908 Mr C W Wetmore Heart Disease 82y
6/12/1908 Mrs J C McMurdy Enterocolitis 58y8m1d
9/18/1908 Alexander Reynolds Bowel trouble 72y Meridale
9/21/1908 E H Rose Paralysis 54y
12/30/1908 Cyrus Gemmel Exposure & Heart Disease 59y
4/11/1909 Mrs D Spencer Gastritis 84y
4/21/1909 John D Thompson Paralysis & Heart Disease 76y
6/25/1909 James H Johnson Apoplexy 58 Died in
N Mexico Funeral 7/6/1909
1/5/1910 Mrs Roxy Rich Pneumonia 88y
3/27/1910 Samuel B Keator 79y20d
7/16/1910 John J Andrews Killed by Train 70y
Accidently
7/29/1910 Mrs J J Thomas Urinemia Convulsions 21y
7/29/1910 Alexander Watson Cancer of the liver? 39y
10/25/1910 Wm Cleveland Heart failure 50y
4/22/1911 Miss Elizabeth Strangeway Rheumatism 46y
4/21/1911 Ira Heber Parrish Apoplexy 62y9m11d
4/27/1911 Mrs Frank Armstrong Heart failure
6/1/1911 Wm Archer Apoplexy? 61y
6/21/1911 Thomas Mitchell Old Age 93y Cahoes, NY
7/27/1911 Mrs Jennie M Thompson Spinal Trouble 62y
& Paralysis
7/31/1911 Thomas Shaw Insanity Shot himself 36y
12/22/1911 Joshua W Blish Pneumonia & Stroke 78y
1/30/1913 Mrs Ida Rose Apoplexy
5/25/1912 Mrs Annabella Rose Apoplexy 42y
12/11/1913 Mrs S B Keator Apoplexy 76y
12/8/1914 Charles T Wetmore Measles 53y
1/20?/1916 Mrs Sarah Thomas Pneumonia
10/4/1916 Mrs Effie S Kerr General Debility 78y
10/24/1917 William Hoag Tuberculosis 52y
12/31/1917 Mrs Tenant Pneumonia 83y
10/16/1918 Walter Davidson Pneumonia 20y
/ /1915 Mrs J E Graham
1/9/1919 Idabel Gemmel Tuberculosis 32y
11/25/1918 Samuel Hamilton Cancer of Stomach 43y
6/25/1919 Mrs W S McClure Myocarditis 66y
10/10/1920 Miss Sophia Murphy Paralysis 70y
4/10/1921 John H Stailey Abscess on ? 36y
6/14/1921 Miss Belle King Brights
10/27/1921 Mrs H K Rose Pneumonia 75y
11/17/1921 Jerome Whipple Brights 68y
4/13/1922 Mary Helen Lane? Weak Heart 3 weeks
2/22/1923 Mrs Estes Hillis ? Cancer 75y
3/11/1924 James H Miller Pneumonia 79y