Norway Deaths, 1853-1872

Source: Charles Foster Whitman, A history of Norway, Maine: from the earliest settlement to the close of the year 1922 (Lewiston, Me.: Lewiston Journal Printshop and Bindery, 1924).

The following deaths are taken from that section of Whitman's History of Norway called "Annals from 1826 to 1875." I have included only those deaths which occurred after 1852. For earlier deaths, see Mercy A. Whitman's record of deaths, which was Whitman's source, and Deaths in Norway, 1789-1819.

1876-1900 · 1901-1922

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1853

Deaths: Jan. 31, Daniel Knight, a soldier in the Revolution, aged 93; Sept. 29, Franklin Manning, 45; Jonathan B. Smith, 53; Austin Buck, 72; Nov. 24, in Michigan, James Bickford, 84.

1854

Deaths: May 6, Mrs. Nancy Mixer, 72; July 4, Stephen Greenleaf, 75; Aug., Darius Holt, the last of the Rev. soldiers who settled in Norway, aged 89.

1855

Deaths: Feb. 23, Titus O. Brown, 90; Aug. 22, Eben Hobbs, 65.

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1856

The notable death this year was that of Dea. John Horr at nearly 90.

1857

Deaths of old people: Nov. 1, Daniel Town, 70; November 13, Amos Ordway, 83; Dec. 18, Solomon Millett, 88.

1858

Deaths: Jan. 5, Charlotte (Churchill) Barrows, 90; March 26, Esther Bartlett, 83; Oct., Phebe Pratt, 63; Dec. 28, Simon Noble, 61.

1859

Jonathan S. Millett, who was returning home from the gold diggings in California, died on the passage to New York, at the age of 31.

Deaths: Jan. 7, Henry Hayden, 72; Aug. 1, Mrs. Sarah D. (Penley) Crockett, 40; Sept., Lewis Crockett, 64; Dec. 6, Wm. Clark Whitney, 94.

1860

Deaths: Feb. 8, Mercy P. Jordan, 76; [no date given] James M. Buck, 76; March 23, James Flint, 82.

1861

John S. Henley, born in Norway, a grandson of John Henley the pioneer, died at the Relay House, Md., Dec. 8, at the age of 23. He was a soldier in the Norway Co. G, 10th Maine, from Otisfield.

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1862

Deaths: March 10, Simeon Noble, 71; March 19, George W. Verrill, 51.

1863

Deaths: March 9, Isaac Bolster, 66; April 22, John Bird, 88; June 3, Henry Rust, 80; July 15, William Pingree, 75; Dec. 4, Olive Stevens, 91; Dec. 31, James P. Shedd, born in Norway, Co. C, 5th Maine, on quota of Greenwood, 27.

1864

[No deaths listed.]

1865

[No deaths listed.]

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1866

Charles Thompson, who was a brother-in-law of and served in the Union Army with Gen. George L. Beal, died here Oct. 5, at the age of 29.

1867

[No deaths listed.]

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1868

Mrs. Lucinda Judkins died Nov. 28, aged 95.

1869

Deaths: Feb. 28, Maj. Henry W. Millett, postmaster, about 70; Aug. 13, Miss Joanna Pike, 81; Oct. 3, Dr. Willard C. George, 57; Oct. 31, Jeremiah Hobbs, son of Amos Hobbs, the pioneer, at 85.

1870

[No deaths listed.]

1871

Notable deaths this year were those of Horatio G. Cole, Aug. 29, at the age of 69, and Ezra F. Beal, Dec. 19, in his 75th year.

Other deaths were: May 14, Peter Kimball, 78; Aug. 26, John Needham of Bethel, 80; Sept. 27, Joshua Damon, 87.

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1872

George J. Ordway, a former Norway resident, died in Boston, Mass., Oct. 12, at 61. His remains were brought here for burial.

Other deaths: June 16, Solomon Millett, 79; Aug., Widow Lydia (Chase) Barton, in Minneapolis, Minn.; Dec. 1, John Witt, 80.

1873

[No deaths listed.]

1874

[No deaths listed.]

1875

[No deaths listed.]