Death Records
Kenton County, Kentucky 1857
Transcribed by Lisa Alexander

1857 Kenton County Deaths

Name of Deceased	Color	Age	Sex	Condition	Occupation	Residence		Place of Birth		Name of Parents or Owners of Slaves	Place of Death		Time of Death	Cause of Death		Remarks
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Mary E. Pool		w	28	f	married				Kenton Co., Ky		Independence, Ky	Hugh & Mary Graham			Kenton Co., Ky		Jan 10, 1857	Consumption	
Mary D. Petty		w	5m 2d	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Dudley & Ohanan M Petty			Kenton Co., Ky		Jan 30, 1857	Inflamation of brain	Cephalitis
Israel H. Schroder	w	54	m	widower				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Fred & May Schroder			Kenton Co., Ky		Feb 7, 1857	unknown	
Robert			b	65	m					Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Tyency? A Dollins			Kenton Co., Ky		Feb 1857	Dropsy	
Letha			b	6m	f					Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Albert Urbater?				Kenton Co., Ky		Feb 20, 1857	unknown	
Malinda Butts		w	3	f					Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Christian & Martha Butts		Covington, Ky		Feb 1857	Lung fever	
J W Pugh		w	43	m	married		merchant	Covington, Ky		Virginia		Jos & Mary Pugh				Covington, Ky		Feb 1857	Abcess of brain		Cephalitis
Chas. Dugan		w	18m	m					Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Jos & Mary Dugan			Covington, Ky		Feb 4, 1857	Inflamation of brain	Cephalitis
Chas. Richards		w	7m	m					Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		G & --- Richards			Covington, Ky		Feb 12, 1857	Congestion of lungs	
Belinda C. Finnell	w	18	f	single				Covington, Ky		Lexington, Ky		W L & --- Finnell			Covington, Ky		Feb 18, 1857	Consumption	
A Senour		w	60	f	widow				Covington, Ky		Kentucky		not known				Covington, Ky		Feb 1857	Pneumonia	
Ellen Dudlinger		w	35	f	married				Covington, Ky		Ohio			not known				Covington, Ky		Feb 26, 1857	Inflamation of bowels	Enteritis
Saml Clark		w	28	m	single		laborer		Covington, Ky		Ireland			Jos & Mary Clark			Covington, Ky		Mar 8, 1857	Consumption	
John Morrisay		w	60	m	widower				Covington, Ky		not known		not known				Covington, Ky		Mar 27, 1857	Burns	
Mary Glidden		w	29	f	married				Covington, Ky		Ohio			--- Robinson				Covington, Ky		Mar 10, 1857	Consumption	
Wm Perry		w	52	m	married				Kenton Co., Ky		Woodford Co., Ky	Robt & Elizabeth Perry			Kenton Co., Ky		Mar 4, 1857	Interpurance	
Caroline Beckhold	w	3	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Geo & Rosa Bechtold			Kenton Co., Ky		Mar 30, 1857	Croup	
Melinda A. Rich		w	5m 28d	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		near Covington		Ethan & Louisa Rich			Kenton Co., Ky		Mar 13, 1857	Hydrosephalus	
Harriet Hathaway	w	20	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		state of New York	E & P Hathaway				Kenton Co., Ky		Mar 1857	Consumption	
Woodford O Hock		w	4	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Saml C. Sayers				Kenton Co., Ky		Mar 28, 1857	Whooping cough	
Joshua Dunkard		w	79	m	married				Kenton Co., Ky		state of Virginia	Wm R & Amen Dunkard			Kenton Co., Ky		Mar 9, 1857	Old age	
--- Atkins		w	1m	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Wm. & Demanius Atkins			Kenton Co., Ky		Mar 4, 1857	unknown			child not named
John Huller		w	11m	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		M & L Huller				Kenton Co., Ky		Apr 1857	Scarlet fever		child not named
Sophia Huller		w	27m	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		M & L Huller				Kenton Co., Ky		Apr 1857	Scarlet fever	
--- Bell		w	10d	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Jos & Maria Bell			Kenton Co., Ky		Apr 19, 1857	Croup			not named
--- Walker		w	24d	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Jos & Sarah Walker			Kenton Co., Ky		Apr 1, 1857	unknown			not named
Mary Kevan		w	20m	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Wm & Caroline Kevan			Covington, Ky		Apr 10, 1857	Small pox	
Frank Sunderman		w	33	m	married		laborer		Covington, Ky		Germany			Henry & Eliza Sunderman			Covington, Ky		May 26, 1857	Fever	
Catherine White		w	38	f	married				Covington, Ky		Ireland			---- Stanton				Cincinnati		May 4, 1857	Consumption	
Emily Hunston		w	38	f	widow				Covington, Ky		not known		Alexander & N Humston			Covington, Ky		May 11, 1857	Consumption	
Markina Huller		w	4	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Martin & Francis Huller			Kenton Co., Ky		May 6, 1857	Scarlet fever	
Lewis			b	14	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Jemima Yeager				Kenton Co., Ky		May 20, 1857	Consumption	
John W. Glove		w	19	m	single		farmer		Kenton Co., Ky		Lawrenceburg, Ind	--- & --- Glove				Kenton Co., Ky		May 2, 1857	Consumption	
Ed Atkins		w	2	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Pendleton Co., Ky	Wm. & Demanius Atkins			Kenton Co., Ky		May 11, 1857	Worms	
Henry Schlickman	w	28	m	single		laborer		Kenton Co., Ky		Germany			Hanns & Schliklmann			at Henry Good's res	Jun 1857	Consumption	
Lloyd			b	28	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Townsend Petty				at T Petty's res	Jun 15, 1857	Consumption	
Nancy Marshall		w	77	f	widow				Kenton Co., Ky		Virginia		Wm & Elizabeth Marshall			at Squire Marshall's	Jun 5, 1857	Old age	
Susannah Whitaker	w	1	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Jas & Olive Whitaker			Covington, Ky		Jun 22, 1857	Summer complaint	Cholera infant
Frances Ellis		w	10	f	single				Covington, Ky		Maysville, OH		Jas & Marm Ellis			Covington, Ky		Jul 28, 1857	Not known	
Mary Kinslow		w	14m	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Michael & Ann Kinslow			Covington, Ky		Jul 13, 1857	Summer complaint	Cholera infant
John Busken		w	30	m	married		laborer		Covington, Ky		Germany			Henry & Mary Busken			Covington, Ky		Jul 25, 1857	Brain fever		Cephalitis
Richd Rankin		w	16m	m	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		L C & C B Rankin			Covington, Ky		Jul 14, 1857	Flux	
Bridget Mack		w	23	f	married				Covington, Ky		Ireland	J		as & Bridget Harley			Covington, Ky		Jul 18, 1857	Child birth	
John Calplaugh		w	8m	m	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Jas & Elizabeth Calplaugh		Covington, Ky		Jul 15, 1857	Cholera 	
S Handell		w	4m	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		John & Mary -----			Covington, Ky		Jul 24, 1857	Measles	
Lizzie Grifflin		w	8	f	single				Covington, Ky		Bath?			S S & S Grifflin			Covington, Ky		Jul 13, 1857	Abscess
Wm. Orr D D		w	53	m	married		teacher		Kenton Co., Ky		Ohio			Wm. & Margarett Orr			Kenton Co. near Cov.	Jul 8, 1857	unknown			? On his body sting by bee
John Gomby		w	6m7d	m	single				West Covington		Kenton Co., Ky		Jno & Mary A Gomby			Kenton Co., Ky		Jul 27, 1857	Flux	
David P Cain		w	4	m	single				Bank Lick		on Bank Lick		Jas & Elizabeth Cain			Kenton Co., Ky		Jul 24, 1857	Consumption	
Elizabeth Ellison	w	6m7d	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		A & E H Ellison				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 5, 1857	unknown	
Meranda Labarrs		w	17m	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Jas & ? Labarrs				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 20, 1857	Inflamation of brain	Cephalitis
Wm. F. Hoch		w	1m	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Joseph & E Hoch				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 10, 1857	Flux	
Mary Nolan		w	1m	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		In Ludlow		M & C Nolan				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 1857	Pneumonia	
W S Tindall		w	7m	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Cincinnati, OH		G H & Amelia Tindall			Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 27, 1857	Drowned	
Mablan Mathias		w	1m	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		S & E Mathias				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 2, 1857	Flux	
Henry Lucking		w	46	m	married		gardner		West Covington		Germany			--- & --- Lucking			Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 16, 1857	Flux	
Penelop McCarty		w	14	f	single				Hollow ?		Kenton Co., Ky		Wm & L McCarty				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 1857	Consumption	
Ann			b	17	f	single				Bank Lick		Kenton, Ky		Joab Scales				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 1857	unknown	
--- Bagby		w	2m	m	single				Covington, Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		W A & E Bagby				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 24, 1857	Croup	
Geo H. Kilgore		w	7	m	single				Cave Creek		Kenton Co., Ky		J & A Kilgore				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 1, 1857	Scarfella	
Harriet A. Rector	w	3	f	single				Cave Creek		Kenton Co., Ky		Joel & S H Rector			Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 24, 1857	Croup	
Elisha H. Riggs		w	2m11d	m	single				on ? Road		Kenton Co., Ky		B & S Riggs				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 23, 1857	unknown	
Peter Monk		w	5m18d	m	single				Delem? Creek		Campbell Co., Ky	E & C Monk				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 4, 1857	unknown	
Edmund A Falafene?	w	1m6d	m	single				on Licking R		Kenton Co., Ky		P & M Faliaf?				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 14, 1857	unknown	
Squire L Sebastian	w	5m	m	single				on Licking R		Grant Co., Ky		E D & R Sebastian			Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 7, 1857	Measles	
Rust			w	7d	m	single				in Covington		Kenton Co., Ky		W D & A Rust				Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 17, 1857	unknown	
Aaron B W Fisk		w	3m17d	m	single				near Independence	Kenton Co., Ky		Jas W & Mary E Fisk			Kenton Co., Ky		Aug 11, 1857	Consumption	
Saml Ellis		w	4m	m	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Jas & Francis Ellis			Covington, Ky		Aug 29, 1857	Water on the brain	Hydrocephalitis
Rosa Daxall		w	1	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		David & Elizabeth Daxall		Covington, Ky		Aug 30, 1857	Flux	
John Waddell		w	30	m	married		engineer	Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		D & A Waddell				Covington, Ky		Aug 25, 1857	Strain by lifting	accident
Josephine Holden	w	2	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Saml & Ann Holden			Covington, Ky		Aug 15, 1857	Scarlet fever	
Albert Holden		w	2	m	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Saml & Ann Holden			Covington, Ky		Aug 11, 1857	Scarlet fever	
Mary Lawless		w	9m	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Jas & Ann Lawless			Covington, Ky		Aug 11, 1857	Inflamation of brain	Cephalitis
Aldrich Detmann		w	42	m	married		box maker	Covington, Ky		Germany			not known				Covington, Ky		Aug 15, 1857	Sun stroke	
S Mathews		w	5m	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Henry & Mary ---			Covington, Ky		Aug 23, 1857	Whooping cough	
Mary Timberlake		w	18	f	married				Covington, Ky		Kentucky		C & H Blackburn				Covington, Ky		Aug 12, 1857	Inflamation of bowels	Enteritis
Hester Ann Ister	w	46	f	widow				Covington, Ky		Ireland			Danl & Caroline McMullen		Covington, Ky		Sep 1857	Consumption	
Jas W Pyle		w	20m	m	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		J M & Jane Pyle				Covington, Ky		Sep 15, 1857	Teething	
Betty V Wise		w	20m	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		F A & S M Wise				Covington, Ky		Sep 30, 1857	Fever	
Benj Williams		w	2	m	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Benj & Sarah Williams			Covington, Ky		Sep 1, 1857	Measles	
Elizabeth M Marquis	w	65	f	married				Covington, Ky		Virginia		M & M Gasbey				Covington, Ky		Sep 18, 1857	Consumption	
Mary Ellen Humble	w	16m	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		W C & Ann Humble			Covington, Ky		Sep 5, 1857	Summer complaint	Cholera infant
L B Buschker		w	35	m	married		stone maker?	Covington, Ky		Germany			not known				Covington, Ky		Sep 24, 1857	Typhoid fever	
Ann M Dickman		w	27	f	married				Covington, Ky		Germany			--- & --- Kiesling			Covington, Ky		Sep 20, 1857	Dropsy	
Josphine Cook		w	27	f	married				KentucKy		Pendleton Co., Ky	Saml & Margaret Noe			Kenton Co., Ky		Sep 15, 1857	Congestive liver	Pertussent
Bruse P Wayman		w	2	m	single				Independence		Kenton Co., Ky		H & J Wayman				Kenton Co., Ky		Sep 7, 1857	Consumption	
Ida E Richardson	w	1	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		M & H A Richardson			Kenton Co., Ky		Sep 22, 1857	Flux	
America L Wadkins	w	2	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		F S & P Wadkins				Kenton Co., Ky		Sep 30, 1857	Congestion of lungs	Pneumonia
Luther Ross		w	67	m	married		farmer		Kenton Co., Ky		New Jersey		--- & --- Ross				Kenton Co., Ky		Sep 27, 1857	Flux	
Stephen L Fields	w	1	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Boone Co., Ky		A & C Fields				Kenton Co., Ky		Oct 1857	Not known	
John J Wershaw		w	2	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		A J & I Wershaw				Kenton Co., Ky		Oct 5, 1857	Disease of lungs	Organ ? Of resp.
Robt H Scales		w	7m21d	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Jas & M J Scales			Kenton Co., Ky		Oct 17, 1857	Scalded	
Emma Striger		w	3d	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		M & C K Striger				Kenton Co., Ky		Oct 11, 1857	unknown	
Harriet Wilson		w	2	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		W W & Sarah Wilson			Kenton Co., Ky		Oct 9, 1857	Pneumonia	
Chas M Wilson		w	1	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Wm A & Lucy Wilson			Kenton Co., Ky		Oct 4, 1857	Quimsey?	
Francis Ann Conley	w	37	f					Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		F B C & A Conelly			Covington, Ky		Oct 3, 1857	Not known	
Ann McManara		w	40	f	married				Covington, Ky		Ireland			Jno & Mary Osborne			Covington, Ky		Oct 1, 1857	Asthma	
Reuben Marshall		w	98	m	married				Covington, Ky		Virginia		David ---				Covington, Ky		Oct 14, 1857	Old age	
Thos Reiley		w	33	m	married		laborer		Covington, Ky		Ireland			not known				Cincinnati		Oct 13, 1857	Not known	
Chas W. Ross		w	11m	m	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Ed P & Amanda Ross			Covington, Ky		Oct 15, 1857	Measles	
Mary Julius		w	45	f	married				Covington, Ky		Germany			Frank & Mary Dowdy			Covington, Ky		Oct 24, 1857	Not known	
Mary Ritter		w	8m	f	single				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Henry & Caroline Ritter			Covington, Ky		Oct 15, 1857	Fever	
Wm Thomas		w	23	m	married		potter		Covington, Ky		New Jersey		Wm & Elizabeth				Covington, Ky		Oct 28, 1857	Overflow of blood in brain	Cephalitis
Lukas Detman		w	36	m	married				Covington, Ky		Germany			not known				Covington, Ky		Oct 13, 1857	Consumption	
Michael Winslow		w	30	m	married		laborer		Covington, Ky		Ireland			Pat & Ellen Winslow			Covington, Ky		Nov 5, 1857	Consumption	
Nancy C Merrell		w	21	f	married				Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		G N & Sarah Hasley			Covington, Ky		Nov 18, 1857	Child birth	
Ann Graham		w	36	f	married				Covington, Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Jno & Maria Hathaway			Covington, Ky		Nov 17, 1857	Consumption	
Margaret Detman		w	3	f					Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		A & F Detman				Covington, Ky		Nov 16, 1857	Consumption	
Elizabeth Carroll	w	29	f	married				Covington, Ky		Pennsylvania		Joseph & Mary				Covington, Ky		Nov 10, 1857	Inflamation of bowels	Enteritis
Mary A McConnack	w	32	f	married				Covington, Ky		Ohio			Jas & W Rachel Dremell			Covington, Ky		Nov 11, 1857	Consumption	
Lydia Kreylick		w	68	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Maryland		J & A Kreylick				Kenton Co., Ky		Nov 8, 1857	Paralysis		Palsy
Barry Klintmeier	w	23	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Germany	J		ohn H & --- Klintmeier			Kenton Co., Ky		Nov 1857	unknown	
Martin Calahan		w	1d	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Pah & Mary Calahan			Kenton Co., Ky		Nov 11, 1857	unknown	
Susan Cornelius		w	1	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		N & J Cornelius				Kenton Co., Ky		Nov 7, 1857	Croup	
Mary J Fleming		w	32	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Robt & Mary E Bagly			Kenton Co., Ky		Nov 6, 1857	Rheumatism	
Windfield Culbertson	w	1	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Geo & A M Culbertson			Kenton Co., Ky		Nov 2, 1857	Disease of brain	? Ox disease?
Geo W Elliott		w	8	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		Ed & Nancy Elliott			Kenton Co., Ky		Nov 14, 1857	Sore heart		Dropsy
Leanna Holliday		w	21	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Virginia		Saml & Mary Holaday			Kenton Co., Ky		Nov 1, 1857	Consumption	
Isaac Riggs		w	62	m	married		farmer		Kenton Co., Ky		Pennsylvania		S & V Riggs				Kenton Co., Ky		Dec 25, 1857	Pneumonia	
Thos J Plummer		w	40	m	married		blacksmith	Kenton Co., Ky		Campbell Co., Ky	Henry & J Plummer			Kenton Co., Ky		Dec 9, 1857	Consumption	
Thomas Timberlake	w	62	m	married		farmer		Kenton Co., Ky		Carolina Co., VA	--- & --- Timberlake			Kenton Co., Ky		Dec 28, 1857	Dropsy	
Saml G Griffith		w	60	m	widow		laborer		Kenton Co., Ky		Scott Co., Ky		Isaac & Mary Griffith			Kenton Co., Ky		Dec 2, 1857	Inflamation of bowels	Enteritis
Henry P Klutz		w	1	m	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		A G & Sarah Klutz			Kenton Co., Ky		Dec 2, 1857	Scarlet fever	
Roosa Petty		w	23	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		T & A Petty				Kenton Co., Ky		Dec 18, 1857	Consumption	
Ann Mary Petty		w	5	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Kenton Co., Ky		T & A Petty				Kenton Co., Ky		Dec 30, 1857	Typhoid fever	
Anna B Bryson		w	2	f	single				Kenton Co., Ky		Independence, Ky	Wm A & M Bryson				Kenton Co., Ky		Dec 26, 1857	Scarletina ?		Scarlet fever
Jas G Stevens		w	23	m	single		farmer		Kenton Co., Ky		Licking, Ky		Saml & C Stevens			Kenton Co., Ky		Dec 17, 1857	Hung himself		Suicide
Andrew Jacobs		w	42	m	married		laborer		Covington, Ky		Germany			not known				Covington, Ky		Dec 24, 1857	Rheumatism	
John Blexem		w	37	m	married		laborer		Covington, Ky		Canada			not known				Covington, Ky		Dec 23, 1857	Consumption	
Ella Jane Boyl		w	3	f					Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		David & Mary Boyle			Covington, Ky		Dec 18, 1857	Croup	
Geo Kell		w	21	m	married		butcher		Covington, Ky		Baltimore		Geo & Caroline Kell			Covington, Ky		Dec 3, 1857	Not known	
Henry Thomas		w	22	m					Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		John & E Thomas				Covington, Ky		Dec 15, 1857	Drowned	
--- Porter		w	12	m					Covington, Ky		Covington, Ky		Jas C & --- Porter			Covington, Ky		Dec 18, 1857	Drowned	
--- Moebley		w	6m	f					Covington, Ky		Portsmouth, Oh		A & B Moebley				Covington, Ky		Dec 31, 1857	Overflow in brain	Cephalitis

						att E. J. Bayless clerk