Below is the report of necrologist Wm. H. Lay to the Washtenaw County Pioneer society for Ypsilanti that was submitted to the Ann Arbor Courier-Register. Information that is listed is: location, date of death, age and the years of residence in the county.
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Year ending 1900
Necrology Report of Ypsilanti
During the year 1900 there occurred in the city of Ypsilanti 94 deaths as against 101 for the year previous. The first death occurred on the first day of the year and the last one the last day. The average has been about one death every four days during the year.
The name, date of death, age, nativity, and occupation of thosewho joined the silent majority during the closing year of the centuryare as follows:
Louis B. Littlefield; Jan 1; 55 years; New York; Politician
Earle Schaffer; Jan 4; 6 years; Michigan
Roe M. Goodfellow; Jan 4; 9 months; Michigan
Willie Lytle; Jan 8; 10 years; Ypsilanti; school boy
Mrs. Mary J. Davis; Jan 11; 41 years;New York; housewife
William Schaner; Jan 12; 36 years; Canada; clerk
---- Crosby; Feb 5; 2 months; Ypsilanti
Mary E. Loedkea; Feb. 7; 21 years; Germany; housewife
Harold P. Keusch; Feb. 10; 6 months; Michigan
Wm. M. Smith; Feb. 18; 58 years; Ireland; blacksmith
George Knight; Feb. 20; 15 days; Michigan
William Wortley; March 1; 90 years; England; boot and shoe dealer
James Emerson; March 5; 16 years; Michigan; student
Mrs. Phoebe Ann Beaver; March 9; 77 years; New York; housewife
Frederic Smith; March 12; 80 years; Germany; farmer
May S. Phillips; March 14; 75 years; New York; farmer
Mrs. Fannie Perrel; March 18; 54 years; Kentucky; housewife
Mrs. A.C. Brown; March 20; 74 years; New York; housewife
Clara Pearl Nash; March 22; 9 months; Michigan
Geo. H. Gilmore; March 28; 66years; Michigan; painter
Irene Perry;March 23; 92 years; New York; housewife
Mrs. Emma Fullerton; March 23; 49 years; Massachusets; housewife
Mrs. B. A. Thompson; April 2; 73 years; New York; housewife
Frank Bogardus; April 2; 73 years; Pennsylvania; postmaster
Cynthia M. Amaden; April 4; 61 years; Michigan; housewife
Kate M. Hechstadt; April 6; 35 years; housewife
Francis H. Childs; April 8; 58 years; Massachutes; housewife
John Holden; April 13; 55 years; Canada; mason
Elizabeth L. Read; April 14; 91 years; Connecticut; housewife
Charles McCormick; April 14; 75 years; New York; retired merchant
W.J. Esslinger; April 20; 10 months; Michigan
Charles A. Moon; April 23; 29 years; Michigan; Farmer
Caroline Y. Sterling; April 25; 69 years; New York; housewife
Rebecca Nancy Jackson; April 25; 36 years; Canada; housewife
George Laidlaw; April 26; 29 years; Scotland; clerk
Isabelle Wollsey; May 4; 38 years; Ohio; housewife
Caroline Nagel; May 9; 58 years; Germany; housewife
Alfred Lloyd; May 11; 4 years; Michigan
Harriet E. Hart; May 12; 81 years; Pennsylvania; housewife
Ellen Cosgrove; May 14; 50 years; Ireland; housewife
Louis White; May 13; 18 years; Michigan; laborer
Eliza Augustine; May 15; 87 years; New York; Housewife
James Near; May 18; 78 years; New York; merchant
Baby Kearns; May 17;1 4 days; Michigan
Baby Campbell; May 28; 2 days; Michigan
O.B.Bradley; May 28; 76 years; New York; merchant
Mary L. Spaulding; May 31; 79 years; New York; housewife
P. Burke; June 6; 83 years; Canada; farmer
Henry S. Simpson; June 19; 63 years; England; farmer
Henry P. Ralston; June 21; 71 years; Pennsylvania; carpenter
Gerald Vincent; July 4; 21 years; Michigan; railroader
Anne Bromley; July 6;7 3 years; England; housewife
Wm. A. Whitman; July 12; 4 months; Michigan
Alfred Schmidt; July 23; 10 years; Michigan; schoolboy
John Engel; July 27; 64 years; Germany; shoemaker
Gabriel Muir; August 2; 46 years; Michigan; Carpenter
Lucy F. Beadle; August 6; 3 years; Michigan
Thos. Winfrey; August 9; 97 years; had been a slave
Ernest Schrader; August 11; 72 years; Germany; railroader
Beverly Norris; August 11; 99 years; Kentucky; laborer
Mary Surride; August 19; 74 years; Ireland; housewife
James W. Case; August 22; 71 years; New York; manufacterer
Amelia B. Perkins;August 28; 66 years; Michigan; housewife
Katherine Cope;August 31; 60 years; Rhode Island; housewife
Cynthia E. Webb; Sept. 4; 29 years; Michigan; housewife
Hephzibah P Manning; Sept 6; 82; Massachusetts; housewife
Margaret Smith Dalson; Sept. 9; 71 years; Ontario; housewife
R.E. Allen; Sept. 12; 28 years; Michigan; paper maker
Mrs. Lucy Norton; Sept 10; 71 years; New York; housewife
Anna Lewis;Oct. 10; 40 years; Michigan; housewife
Abigail Cromie; Oct. 13; 23 years; Michigan; student
Geo. Ward Wood; Oct. 13; 22 years; Michigan; student
Catherine A. Canfield; Oct. 21; 61 years; New York; housewife
Genevieve Hall; Oct. 31; 3 months; Michigan
Geo. Ziegler; Nov. 6; 3 months; Ypsilanti
Loraine B. Stevens; Nov. 13; 11 months; Ypsilanti
Rachel King; Nov. 17; 59 years; Michigan; housewife
Louise Meyers; Nov. 20; 70 years; Germany; housewife
Wm. Cook; Nov 22; 65 years; England; minister
Nathan Reed; Nov 27; 81 years; New York; farmer
Wm. Corbett; Dec 1; 67 years; England; farmer
Helen Irene Cowell; Dec 1; 15 years; Michigan; student
Grace C. Francis; Dec. 7; 3 years; Michigan
Mary Ann Case; Dec. 6; 68 years; Michigan; housewife
Robert N. Trebilcox; Dec. 10; 28 years; Michigan; bookkeeper
Bertha Augustine Jarrendt; Dec. 12; 24 years; Germany; housewife
Thos. C. Easton; Dec. 13; 64 years; Michigan; painter
Verna Olds; Dec. 14; 7 years; Michigan
Wm. P. Blair; Dec 17; 55 years; Ireland; agent
Chas. P. Daman; Dec 23; 76 years; Massachusetts; tinsmith
Julia Ann Slauson; Dec 26; 82 years; New York; housewife
Thomas Frick; Dec. 26; 70 years; Germany; laborer
May Bayhan; Dec. 31; 48 years; Ireland; housewife
Of the 94 deaths during the year 49 were males and 45 females.
Only 16 of the number were children and infants. All were white except 9.
Thirty-eight were married, 26 were widows, one was divorced and theremainder had never married. The oldest of the list was 99 and was of course colored,while the youngest was but two days old.