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