Deaths, 1834-1876 from the History of Cohoes, New York by Arthur H. Masten.

These types of death records are especially important in New York State, as they predate official vital records. They were originally taken from newspaper columns of the Cohoes Advertiser, Cohoes Cataract, Cohoes Daily News, and the Troy Times. Note that the names are exclusively male. I abbreviated some of the longer entries, and I also did not include the flowery language describing some people as upstanding citizens with kindly manner and upright character who were beloved by all that knew them etc. Abstracted by Rebecca Rector in November, 2005.

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DATE	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	AGE	OTHER
19 Sept 1862	Abbott	Col. George I.	50 (about)	Died in Newark, Licking Co., OH. Charter member of Cohoes Lodge F&AM
15 May 1852	Abel	James	54
20 Feb 1864	Ackley	Oscar L.		Mbr of 115^th Reg’t NY Vols., killed in battle at Olustee, FL
6 Jul 1857	Adam	Dr. Henry	70	Father of Hon. Charles H. Adams; born 6 July 1787 Coxsackie, NY; moved to Cohoes 1849; member of Dutch church; buried in Coxsackie
16 Jan 1873	Alexander	Benjamin M.	26
4 Nov 1871	Almy	Joseph	36	Died in San Francisco
6 Apr 1876	Archambault	Joseph	40
18 May 1875	Ardron	Richard	59
1 June 1869	Ashworth	Henry	55
13 Apr 1869	Atheson	Joseph	37
4 Dec 1876	Atridge	Timothy	65
17 Aug 1868	Atwood	Joseph		Died in Quincy, IL, formerly of Cohoes
27 Feb 1867	Ayres	Edward	40
19 Dec 1872	Ayres	Isaac D.		Died in Lansingburgh, one of founders of Cohoes Advertiser in 1847, and Newark Mercury. Published Lansingburgh Gazette also
23 Sep 1851	Badgley	Phillip	27
16 Jan 1853	Bailey	Joshua Sr.	90	Rev. soldier; father of Joshua & Timothy; born 1763 East Hampton CT; moved to Meredith Delaware Co. NY in 1803; moved to Cohoes in 1835 and lived with son Joshua;
20 Sept 1855	Bailey	Milton	28	Son of Joshua; secretary of Bailey Manuf. Co.
21 Jan 1875	Bailey	Joshua	75	Connected with early history of knitting business, died in Waterford
26 July 1863	Ball	Daniel	80
12 Aug 1871	Ballantyne	William	65
17 Oct 1870	Ballard	Joseph E.	22
26 Apr 1875	Bannon	Matthew	22
20 Jun 1858	Barclay	James	36
8 Dec 1873	Barclay	Thomas	17	Printer
30 Oct 1875	Barton	Robert	51
1 Feb 1869	Bayard	Willard A.	27	Soldier, died of disease
21 Dec 1866	Bell	Alexander	89
15 June 1875	Belville	John	36
13 June 1869	Benson	Charles L.	36
11 May 1870	Benson	Ebenezer	77
11 Aug 1875	Bindewald	William	20
2 Aug 1868	Bingham	Rev. A. Judson	40 (about)	Came to Cohoes in March 1865 to become pastor of Baptist Church. Resigned in Feb 1867 to become Principal of Egberts Institute. Left a wife and 3 children.
26 Mar 1870	Biscornette	Joseph	45(about)	Proprietor of Union Hotel
Sept 1862	Blake	Dr.		Died in England, was Medical Dr. in Cohoes
3 Dec 1855	Blakeley	Charles H.	24	Son of Guy; died in St. Louis, MO
23 Dec 1873	Blakely	Guy	71	Mbr of St. John’s church
8 Apr 1849	Boley	Thomas	44
21 Oct 1863	Bordwell	Allen	45 (about)
27 June 1876	Boudrias	Dr. William	25	Dentist in Philadelphia, eldest son of Dr. Louis Boudrias of Cohoes
11 Dec 1876	Bowler	William	25
10 Dec 1867	Brennan	Edward	25 (about)	Collector of the village
28 June 1875	Brennan	Michael	65
2 July 1863	Brierly	John		Killed at Gettysburg, mbr of 76^th Reg’t NY Vols.
2 July 1863	Brodt	Wesley		Killed at Gettysburg, mbr of 76^th Reg’t NY Vols.
3 Feb 1857	Brooks	William	21	Printer; died in Richmond, VA; formerly of Cohoes
2 Nov 1858	Brooks	Henry	25	Son of Paschal Brooks, M.D.; engaged in drug business with brother Thomas; died in La Crosse, WI
20 Dec 1857	Brown	Thomas	62
3 July 1861	Brown	Jenks	50	Died in Indian Orchard, MA. Agent of the Ogden Mills; President of the village in 1859
15 Jun 1873	Brown	James	39
14 Oct 1874	Brown	Peter A.	30	Printer, apprenticed in the Cataract Office, served in Civil War, taken prisoner at Andersonville, died of disease contracted during that time
22 Jan 1862	Bryant	A. C.	46	Foreman at D. Simmons axe factory
2 Jan 1867	Buchanan	William	44
25 Apr 1871	Buchanan	Lt. William	45	Mbr of 30^th NY Vols, fought at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, taken prisoner at Wilderness, sent to Andersonville, escaped while being transferred, reached Knoxville, then discharged from Wash, DC.
1 Jan 1861	Bullock	John R.	54
2 Oct 1864	Bullock	Edward	21
21 Jan 1876	Bulson	John	44
9 July 1875	Burke	Patrick	45
28 Mar 1875	Burns	James	36
31 May 1872	Cahill	Henry	40
30 Apr 1870	Campbell	John	37
2 July 1874	Campbell	James M.	17
10 Nov 1864	Cannon	Charles T.	33	Son of Tracy Cannon
27 May 1876	Carpenter	Asahel	69	Resident for 34 yrs., worked at Simmons axe factory
3 Feb 1865	Carroll	John C.	28	Mbr of Co. M 6^th NY cavalry, killed near Lovelville VA
22 Aug 1866	Carter	William F., MD	54	Born in Newburyport MA, apprenticed at drug store of Dr. David Kimball in Portsmouth NH, studied with Dr. Timothy Upham who was moving to Waterford, graduated Dartmouth in 1834, began practice at Hagaman’s Mills in Montgomery Co., came to Cohoes 1835. “Eccentric, brusque, but tender”. His father had “reverses of fortune by losses at sea…”
24 Feb 1868	Carter	Isaac S.	28	Son of Thomas C. Carter
17 Jan 1874	Carter	Charles T.	64	Born in Newburyport, MA in 1810, twin brother of Thomas C. Carter; sailor at first, then came to Cohoes in 1835 and worked at Simmons axe factory, then in 1857 station agent of Albany Northern R.R., then went into the drug business
9 Apr 1875	Carter	Charles W.	25	Son of Charles T. Carter
10 July 1876	Carter	Thomas	38	Son of Thomas C. Carter
12 May 1875	Casey	Peter	74	Lived in Cohoes 42 yrs.
18 Nov 1874	Cavenaugh	Edward	28
1 Aug 1864	Caw	William G.	48	Came to Cohoes in 1846, formed partnership with Isaac Quackenbush (grocery business); town supervisor, trustee etc.
12 Nov 1870	Chubb	Hiram	37
28 May 1868	Clark	John	25
2 Nov 1870	Clark	John Jr.	21	Entered Rochester Theological Seminary
9 Jan 1876	Clark	Richard	78
15 Aug 1856	Clements	Wm. J.	35 (about)	Clerk of Cohoes Co. for many years
30 Sept 1867	Clow	Philip L.	51
29 Sept 1862	Clute	Lt. Hiram		Mbr of Co. A, 22 Reg’t NY Vols, wounded at a battle before Manassas, died at hospital in Washington DC, left wife and 2 children
21 Dec 1865	Clute	Abram D.	41
13 Aug 1873	Coakley	John	66
10 Nov 1860	Cole	Octavius	50
June 1864	Cole	James		Killed during the war
18 July 1876	Collier	Thomas	68
15 Mar 1873	Collins	Michael J.	27
22 Mar 1876	Connaughty	Edward	22
16 Apr 1875	Connors	John	28
5 May 1875	Connors	Thomas	63
27 Nov 1875	Copeland	John	65	Came to Cohoes in 1860, was a slate roofer, mbr of Friendly Soc. of Friends of Scotia, and Caledonian Club of Cohoes
2 July 1863	Cranston	William H.	26	Killed at Gettysburg, mbr of Co. A, 76^th NY Vols.
7 Feb 1874	Cranston	James L.N.	39	Killed by the cars of the Renss. & Saratoga R.R. near Ft. Edward
19 Nov 1874	Crawford	William N.	50
12 Feb 1876	Cropsey	Gabriel	70	Manufacturer of flour, died in Hibernia, Dutchess Co.
15 Jan 1870	Crossley	Thomas	40 (about)
16 July 1872	Daley	John		Mbr of Howarth Engine Co., died from injuries while attending fire at Clifton Mill
3 May 1876	Daly	Michael	48
12 Dec 1869	Damon	John E.	29
13 Mar 1873	Davis	N.B.	73
13 Apr 1876	Davis	John	77	Resident for 29 yrs., superintendent of Cohoes Cemetery
27 May 1876	Daw	Peter F.	67	Resident for nearly 30 yrs., Justice of the Peace, Assoc. Justice, Post Master, Deputy U.S. Marshall
30 Mar 1876	DeGraff	Joseph	60
1 Feb 1875	Dennin	Patrick	77
17 Jan 1876	Derocher	Joseph Sr.	75
6 Dec 1858	Dickey	William	52	Contractor
2 May 1866	Dickey	James R.	22	Printer, apprenticed at the Cataract
7 Aug 1874	Dickson	John M.	19
5 May 1864	Diehl	George		Mbr of 77^th NY Vols., killed at one of the battles of the Wilderness
15 Sept 1874	Dillon	James	19
9 Apr 1851	Dodge	James	63
7 Jan 1875	Doolittle	Lucius	83
22 Sept 1859	Downs	John	41
11 May 1875	Downs	John	27
26 Jan 1872	Driscoll	James	46
17 Nov 1870	Drysdale	John	71
4 Dec 1876	Duquette	Moses	29
16 July 1863	Durham	James	30	Mbr of 3^rd Reg’t NY Vols.
10 Dec 1875	Durrant	James	49	Went to Calif. with his son on 29 Nov, but was killed by accident towards the end of the journey; was master builder
21 Mar 1875	Eagan	William R.	24	Policeman
2 June 1864	Eastham	Thomas		Mbr of Battery I, 7^th NY heavy artillery, killed at one of the battles of the Wilderness
3 Dec 1858	Eastwood	John	43	Fireman
9 Dec 1866	Eastwood	John Jr.	22	Mbr of 22^nd Reg’t NY Vols., wounded in VA but died of disease
10 Sept 1874	Eastwood	William H.	19
12 Sep 1876	Eastwood	Justus	45 (about)
Oct 1864	Ebah	John		Died at Andersonville prison
27 Mar 1869	Egberts	Egbert	78	Born at Coeymans, Albany Co., father was Anthony who was an officer in the Revolution. In 1812 Egbert was in mercantile business in Albany with brother Cornelius, came to Cohoes in 1831 where he introduced the power knitting frame. Candidate for Whig party of Congress in 1852. President and organizer of Bank of Cohoes in 1858; gave $20,000 to Egberts Institute; member of Reformed Church
21 Aug 1872	En Earl	Henry	86	Moved from Troy in 1824
20 Sep 1876	Englestoff	John	32
10 May 1876	Enos	William	40
1 Oct 1875	Evers	William	69
16 Dec 1863	Fairbank	Sherman D.	50	Businessman, mbr of Cohoes Lodge F&AM, director of Bank of Cohoes
26 Jun 1874	Falardo	Louis	73
9 Nov 1874	Fallon	Michael	88
13 Oct 1876	Farrell	John	55
31 Mar 1863	Farrelly	Michael	79
13 Feb 1857	Ferguson	Charles F.	28
14 Nov 1860	Ferguson	Aaron L.	69	Contractor, builder
17 Nov 1869	Ferguson	William	55
31 Mar 1876	Ferguson	William	23
13 Apr 1875	Fielding	John	30	Musician
7 Oct 1867	Finney	Oscar O.	33	Member of Masonic Fraternity, proprietor of Cohoes Hotel
19 Nov 1859	Fitzpatrick	Matthew	53	One of oldest residents of 3^rd ward
11 Aug 1873	Fitzpatrick	Rev. John	26	Just finished 3^rd year of his ministry at Pompey, Onondaga Co., died of disease, ceremonies at St. Bernard’s in Cohoes and interment in Cohoes
15 Apr 1875	Fitzpatrick	Daniel	62
17 May 1875	Fitzpatrick	Martin	45
5 Oct 1875	Fitzpatrick	Frank	35
2 July 1875	Flannigan	Thomas B.	29
26 Apr 1876	Fleming	William	76	Born in Tipperary, Ireland, emigrated 40 yrs. ago, resident for 35 yrs.
30 Aug 1862	Fletcher	Leonard G.	22 (about)	Mbr of Capt. J.L. Yates Co., 22 Reg’t NY Vols., probably died at Sharpsburg
21 Nov 1863	Fletcher	Isaac F.	65	Mbr of Cohoes Lodge F&AM
Aug 1863	Flynn	John		Mbr of 10^th Reg’t NY Vols., died from malaria in swamps of Bonnet Carre, LA
20 Feb 1876	Fogarty	William	39
7 Feb 1875	Foley	Peter	32
19 Feb 1857	Fonda	Cornelius V.	17	Died at the Boght
6 Dec 1859	Fonda	Isaac	80
22 July 1864	Fonda	Sgt. Maj. E. Raymond	27	Mbr of 115^th Reg’t NY Vols., severely wounded on 7 May near Petersburg, VA, died in Lady’s Home Hospital in NY
15 May 1868	Fonda	Col. Dow	92
11 Aug 1864	Forbes	Peter	44	Foreman in Fuller & Safely’s iron foundery
18 Jan 1872	Forbes	John	27
20 Jan 1871	Foreman	John	29
10 Jan 1873	Forrest	Dr. J.B.	45 (about)
10 May 1866	Forrester	L.G.	45 (about)	Bookkeeper at Harmony Mills
8 Oct 1868	Foster	Samuel H.	52	Born in Rensselaerville, Albany Co., entered Williams College at age 18, began studying law at Office of Jonathan Jenkins at Rensselaerville and admitted to practice in 1841. Came to Cohoes in 1846. Member of Bd. of Educ. in 1866
5 Apr 1869	Fowler	Newton	22	Died at Wappingers Falls (Dutchess Co.)
1 July 1876	Frink	John Wesley	50	Mbr of firm of Alden, Frink & Weston (manufacturing)
Aug 1863	Frisby	Robert W.		Mbr of 10^th Reg’t NY Vols., died from malaria in swamps of Bonnet Carre, LA
31 May 1862	Galbraith	James		Killed in battle at Seven Pines near Richmond
16 Oct 1867	Garner	Thomas	62	Principal owner of Harmony Mills
31 Mar 1869	Garner	Thomas Jr.	30	At Harmony Co. for some years
27 Jan 1875	Garraghan	Owen	55
5 May 1847	Gay	Amos Russell	37
4 Dec 1876	Giard (could be Girard?)	Alexander	30
17 Nov 1852	Gill	E.D.	45	Foreman in Miles White’s axe factory
2 Nov 1876	Gill	James	30
8 Oct 1876	Girard	Alexis	20
21 Oct 1870	Gledhill	William	70
12 Apr 1855	Goffe	Asahel	74	Father of Demas and Augustus J.
14 Dec 1858	Golden	Thomas	45	Accident at D. Simmons & Co. axe factory
18 Sept 1864	Gooch	Thomas		Mbr of 7^th Reg’t NY heavy artillery, wounded at Ream’s Station, died in St. John’s hospital in Annapolis; son-in-law of John Land
28 Nov 1864	Gormley	Robert		Mbr of 7^th Reg’t NY heavy artillery, died in McClellan Hospital, Philadelphia
28 Jan 1857	Goss	Dr. C.F.	41	Died in Albany; former resident of Cohoes
30 Sept 1873	Gould	Mark H.	36	Resident for 4 yrs., manager of manufacturing establ. of Hon. Wm. T. Horrobin
13 Sept 1869	Grant	Haley R.	44	Merchant and public official, board of trustees, board of education, superintendent of water works, trustee of Cohoes Savings, mbr of Cohoes Lodge F&AM
19 July 1870	Grass	George	66
2 July 1863	Greason	Edward	31	Born at Hyde, Cheshire, England, enlisted from Cohoes in Co. A, 76^th NY Vols., wounded at Gettysburg, probably died there
14 Dec 1874	Greason	William	32 (about)
5 Oct 1875	Greason	George
31 Mar 1864	Green	Charles	23 (about)	Soldier
26 July 1871	Green	William	19
29 Mar 1874	Green	Elisha T.	62	Resided in Cohoes 23 yrs., overseer in Harmony Mills
Oct 1864	Greer	John		Died at Andersonville prison
22 June 1875	Gregory	Alexander M.	65	Engaged in knitting business in Cohoes (Gregorys & Hiller) but lived in Albany, died in Albany
29 Feb 1876	Gregory	George H.	28
14 Aug 1871	Griffin	Patrick	37
3 May 1859	Groves	James	28
11 Sept 1875	Hall	Thomas A.	32 (about)
18 Jun 1849	Harris	James	69
15 Mar 1851	Harrison	John B.	48	Village tax collector
14 June 1869	Harrison	John	85	Born in Ireland, came to US in 1851, mbr of M.E. Church for 68 yrs.
2 Dec 1874	Harrison	William	64
Dec 1863	Harvey	James		Mbr of 128^th Reg’t NY Vols., died en route to home
23 Mar 1857	Hastings	Jonathan	35
18 Apr 1864	Hastings	Herbert	30 (about)	Mbr of 7^th NY heavy artillery, died suddenly in camp from heart disease. Was a dentist.
1 Mar 1866	Hay	John	76	Native of Scotland, emigrated to Cohoes in 1836; left a family of 10 children, 50 g’children, 3 grt g’children. Sons are John, James, Charles, Alex
12 May 1873	Hayden	James	60
15 Dec 1876	Hayden	James	27
18 Sept 1875	Hayward	James M.	56	Came to Cohoes in 1850, was in the flour & feed business
27 Nov 1874	Hemphill	Thomas	32 (about)
11 May 1872	Henthorn	James	45 (about)
10 July 1875	Hicks	Charles	32
16 Aug 1864	Himes	James K.	18	Mbr of 115^th Reg’t NY Vols., killed in battle at Deep Bottom, VA
28 Nov 1862	Hitchcock	William B.	77
29 Mar 1876	Hobart	William	70
11 July 1874	Hogben	William
17 Feb 1864	Holley	William	54	Capt.
6 Mar 1876	Holloran	Patrick	65
4 Apr 1869	Horan	John	55
14 May 1866	Horner	James	42
20 Nov 1860	Houlihan	Jeremiah	68
26 Mar 1864	Howard	Willie H.	21
25 Feb 1875	Howarth	John Wesley	32	Eldest son of Henry Howarth, contractor & builder
23 Sept 1872	Howe	Hezekiah	89	Born 9 July 1782 in Killington, CT where his family resided since 1709, 5^th in family of 10 children, married Lydia Wilkinson and moved to Pawtucket, RI, went into bsns with brother-in-law David Wilkinson. Later establ. Bsns at Wilkinsonville, CT but lost a lot in financial troubles of 1829. Hezekiah came to Cohoes with Wilkinson, arrived 1 May 1831. Contracts for construction of canals of Cohoes Co., founder of First Episcopal Church of Pawtucket and St. Johns in Cohoes
27 Sept 1856	Howell	Elias	44	Only son of Dea. Maltby Howell
16 Nov 1862	Howell	Dea. Maltby	77
27 Feb 1862	Howes	George M.	32 (about)	News dealer
18 Nov 1876	Howes	Dr. Thomas C.	53	Removed from Troy to Cohoes in 1872, proprietor of drug store at Remsen & White St., mbr of St. John’s Episcopal Church
4 Feb 1868	Hubbell	Charles L.	45 (about)	Mechanic
7 Dec 1870	Hudson	George	19
8 Jun 1857	Hutchins	Benjamin	32	Died in Shaftsbury, VT; former resident of Cohoes and clerk
2 Dec 1871	Hutchins	George W.	58
7 Oct 1865	Ingraham	C.F.	42 (about)	Principal of Depot School, superintendent of Baptist Sunday School
4 Jan 1849	Jackson	John	78	Native of Glasgow Scotland
17 Sept 1865	Jackson	William B.	45 (about)	Mbr of 91^st Reg’t NY Vols.
28 Jan 1867	Johnson	Michael H.	28