1855 DEATHS
Anderson Co., Kentucky
Thanks to David Misenheimer, former Anderson Co. Coordinator, who submitted this material.
| Name | Age | Sex | Married/Single | Occupation | Birth | Residence | Parent or Owner | Time & Place of death | Cause |
| Samuel Petty | 9y | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Salt River | Samuel & Mary Petty | Salt River Oct. 6, 1855 |
Typhoid fever |
| Bartlett Searcy | 68 | M | Widow | Farmer | Anderson | Madison | Richard Searcy | Bear Creek Aug. 11, 1855 |
Gravel |
| Not named | n/a | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Puncheon Creek | Mason & Margaret Case | Puncheon Creek Apr. 9, 1855 |
Not known |
| Not named | n/a | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Puncheon Creek | Mason & Margaret Case | Puncheon Creek Apr. 9, 1855 |
Not known |
| Not named | n/a | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Puncheon Creek | Mason & Margaret Case | Puncheon Creek Apr. 9, 1855 |
Not known |
| Rebecca Worford | 1m | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Big Beaver | George & Ellen Worford | Big Beaver Jul. 18, 1855 |
Not known |
| Sarah A. Fennel | 1 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Big Beaver | William & Mary Terrell | Big Beaver Sep. 1855 |
Not known |
| Mary E. Redmon | 2-- | M | Single | n/a | Nelson Co. | XXXX | Thomas & Martha Redmon | Big Beaver Aug. 15, 1855 |
Not known |
| George S. Wash | 2y2m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Washington | A W & Margaret Wash | Big Beaver Oct. 28, 1855 |
Not known |
| Sarah A. Samuel | 93 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Big Benson | R M & Eliza Samuel | Fox Creek Feb. 19, 1855 |
Disease of lungs |
| Calvin Dewitt | 47 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Bedford, Va | Calvin Dewitt | Little Willow Sep. 22, 1855 |
Consumption |
| Sarah M.Smith | 74 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Marion Cty, KY | Joseph & Louisa Smith | Noble Town Aug. 2, 1855 |
Fever |
| John W.Simpson | 3m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Richland Cty | Joseph & Louisa Simpson | Noble Town Oct. 18, 1855 |
Not known |
| Not Named | n/a | n/a | Single | n/a | Anderson | Willow Creek | John & Elizabeth Burgen | Big Willow Jun. 25, 1855 |
Not known |
| Amanda Sparrow | 17 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Salt River | Thomas & Susan Franklin | Wats Run May 14, 1855 |
Not known |
| Mary Sparrow | 22 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Spencer Cty | Smith & Mary Ramsey | Wats Run Jan. 13, 1855 |
Not known |
| Nancy J. Sparrow | 6m | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Watts Run | John & Martha Sparrow | Wats Run July. 18, 1855 |
Not known |
| John Cozine | 6 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Mercer Cty | James & Sarah Cozine | Big Willow Apr. 25, 1855 |
Killed by accident |
| Abraham Cozine | 9 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Mercer Cty | James & Sarah Cozine | Big Willow Nov. 18, 1855 |
Yellow jaundice |
| Barbra Burgen | 16 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Washington Cty | Thomas & Margret Burgen | Big Willow Mar. 1855 |
cold |
| H---Sea | 12 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Washington Cty | Abraham & Sirena Sea | ---lick Aug. 12, 1855 |
Not known |
| Not named | 1 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Washington Cty | David & Susan Utterback | Fox Creek Mar. 5, 1855 |
Not known |
| Martha Egbert | 14m | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Salt River | James & Eliza Egbert | Salt River Nov. 9, 1855 |
Inflammation of lungs |
| Ellick R.Woodard | 39 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Not known | George & Mary Woodard | Scrub Creek Sep. 9, 1855 |
Consumption |
| Elizabeth Montgomery | 74 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | With (Wythe)Cty, VA | Joseph Montgomery | Salt River Nov. 1855 |
Fever |
| James B.Rice | 48 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Shelby Cty | Robert & Elizabeth Rice | Salt River Oct. 7, 1855 |
Paralets |
| Serrelda Jordan | 40 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Madison Cty | Bartlet & Margaret Searcy | Lawrenceburg Aug. 5, 1855 |
Fever |
| Henry Driskill | 29 | M | Married | Cabinetmaker | Anderson | Anderson | David & Mary Driskill | Lawrenceburg Aug. 11, 1855 |
Cholera |
| John | 16 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Virginia | Henry & Mary Driskill | Lawrenceburg Aug. 19, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Mary A.Gilpin | 34 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Mercer Cty | William & Ann Pattens | Indian Creek Apr. 18, 1855 |
Consumption |
| Sarah | 58 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Franklin Cty | Martha McBrayer | Lawrenceburg Apr. 10, 1855 |
Not known |
| Not named | 3 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | Sarah Myers | Lawrenceburg July 10, 1855 |
Not known |
| Pompey | 10m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | LW Chambers | Lawrenceburg Jul. 15, 1855 |
Scrofula |
| Not named | 2d | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Indian Creek | Sanford & Fanny Brown | Indian Creek Jan. 3, 1855 |
Scrofula |
| John T.Young | 1y1m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Little Benson | Wm & Elizabeth Gee | Little Benson Sep. 27, 1855 |
Summer complaint |
| Catherine Brisco | 64 | F | Widow | n/a | Anderson | Virginia | John Everly | Crooked Creek May 9, 1855 |
Consumption |
| Not named | 1m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Little Willow | Alvan & Mary Threlkeld | Little Willow Dec. 10, 1855 |
Not known |
| Dennis C. Burgen | 4m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Big Willow | David & Martha Burgen | Big Willow Feb. 11, 1855 |
Hives |
| Mary Malear | 39 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Hammons Creek | Nelly Jewell | Hammons Creek Feb. 2, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| William Newton | 9m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Crooked Creek | William & Margaret Newton | Crooked Creek Nov. 15, 1855 |
Diptheria |
| Archibald Harris | 58 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | North Carolina | Nathaniel Harris | Crooked Creek Feb. 3, 1855 |
Not known |
| Not named | 4d | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Salt River | J H Howell | Salt River Oct. 16, 1855 |
Not known |
| Nancy J.Temples | 1y | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Little Beaver | Soloman & Emeline Temples | Little Beaver Sep. 10, 1855 |
Chills |
| William | 17 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Hammons Creek | James Littlepage | Hammons Creek Sep. 25, 1855 |
Inflammation |
| JohnHarrison | 19 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Shelby Cty | John & Elizabeth Harrison | Indian Creek Oct. 20, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| Margaret Sutherland | 23 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Salt River | McCasey & Nancy Sutherland | Salt River Feb. 17, 1855 |
Consumption |
| John B.Gordon | n/a | M | Married | n/a | Anderson | n/a | John & Maria Jordon | Lawrenceburg Aug. 11, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Almedia J.Jordan | 18 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Anderson | John & Elizabeth Walker | Lawrenceburg Aug. 20, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Rebecca Simpson | 15 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Lincoln | Joseph & Nancy Redden | T-- Creek Oct. 15, 1855 |
Cancer |
| John B.Hart | 34 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Franklin | Jacob & Joanna | Salt River Sep. 20, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| Emaline Searcy | 24 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Anderson | William & Sarah Perry | Indian Creek Nov. 18, 1855 |
Not known |
| Not named | n/a | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Indian Creek | William & Sarah Perry | Indian Creek Nov. 18, 1855 |
Not known |
| America Williams | 11 | F | Single | n | Anderson | Crooked Creek | William & Joicy Williams | Crooked Creek Sep. 25, 1855 |
Croup |
| Bletcher Watts | 24 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Big Benson | Edmond & Alpha Watts | Big Benson Oct. 14, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| J.C.Fousner | 57 | M | Married | Toll Gate Keeper | Anderson | Virginia | Ben & Mary Fousner | Lawrenceburg Aug. 20, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Not named | n/a | n/a | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson | Not known | Not known | Not known |
| Not named | n/a | n/a | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson | Not known | Not known | Not known |
| Thomas T.Phire? | 38 | M | Married | Merchant | Anderson | Chamber Co. PA | Margaret Phire | Lawrenceburg Aug. 17, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Richard (black) | 24 | M | n/a | n/a | Anderson | Not known | James Laffel | Lawrenceburg Aug. 14, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Lucinda (black) | 35 | F | n/a | n/a | Anderson | Virginia | Geo. W.Matthews | Lawrenceburg Aug. 10, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Mary E. Kavanaugh | 1y | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | D.W. & Harriet Kavanaugh | Lawrenceburg Aug. 14, 1855 |
Diereah |
| Lucretia Arnstrong | 40 | F | Widow | n/a | Anderson | Jefferson Cty | Not Known | Lawrenceburg Aug. 11, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Elizabeth Armstrong | 20 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Jefferson Cty | Lucretia Armstrong | Lawrenceburg Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Mary Draffin | 42 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Mercer Cty | James & Nancy Robertson | Lawrenceburg Sep. 17, 1855 |
Consumption |
| Not named (black) | 1y6m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | Jefferson Searcy | Lawrenceburg Mar. 10, 1855 |
Not known |
| Not named | n/a | n/a | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson | Not known | Not known | Not known |
| Not named | n/a | n/a | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson | Not known | Not known | Not known |
| Andrew J.Cook | 24 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Shelby Cty | Andrew & Catherine Cook | Big Benson Jun. 2, 1855 |
Consumption |
| Ellen | 16 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Big Benson | Wm & Emily Williams | Big Benson Nov.18, 1855 |
Pneumonia |
| Elizabeth Young | 53 | F | Widow | n/a | Anderson | Woodford Cty | Sarah Young | Big Benson Aug. 7, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Cassey | 70 | F | n/a | n/a | Anderson | Virginia | Richard Lane | Big Benson May 14, 1855 |
Inflammation |
| Andrew J.Cook | 24 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Shelby Cty | Andrew & Catherine Cook | Big Benson Nov. 24, 1855 |
Not known |
| John T. Lane | 1 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Little Benson | Moses & Mary Lane | Big Benson Nov. 24, 1855 |
Not known |
| George Kelly | 4 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Ky River | David & Elizabeth Kelly | Ky River Dec. 2, 1855 |
Croup |
| Mary E. Portwood | 2y6m | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Ky River | Ambrose & Louisa Portwood | Ky River Sep. 11, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Joanna Neal | 1m | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Ky River | Thomas & Jane Neal | Ky River Mar. 5, 1855 | Cold |
| William Galt | 33 | M | Married | Carpenter | Anderson | Woodford Cty | Matthew & Lucy Galt | Ky River Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Jelf | 24 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Woodford Cty | Costlow Dawson | Ky River Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Pleasant | 80 | M | n/a | n/a | Anderson | Virginia | Costlow Dawson | Ky River Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Joseph | 5 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson Cty | Costlow Dawson | Ky River Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Willis | 2 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson Cty | Costlow Dawson | Ky River Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| May | 9m | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Woodford Cty | Costlow Dawson | Ky River Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Susan M.Houchens | 6m | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Gilberts Creek | John & Mary Houchens | Gilberts Creek Aug. 4, 1855 |
Not known |
| Almedia A. Adams | 26 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson Cty | Rueben & Ann Boston | Gilberts Creek Feb. 18, 1855 |
Convulsions |
| James M.Southern | 3 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Gilberts Creek | Allen & Sarah Southern | Gilberts Creek Oct. 14, 1855 |
Croup |
| Ann E. Irvin | 22 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Mercer Cty | Philip & Nancy Mosley | Gilberts Creek Sep. 3, 1855 |
Congestive chills |
| Jeremiah Walker | 12 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | Randal Walker | Lawrenceburg May 25, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| Thomas Bolton | 6 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lincoln | Robert & Elizabeth Bolton | Gilberts Creek Jan. 15, 1855 |
Inflamation of brain |
| Mary E. Lane | 20 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Mercer Cty | Joseph & Malind Lane | Lawrenceburg Sep. 14, 1855 |
Consumption |
| Thomas E. Menzies | 62 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Virginia | Samuel & Frances Menzies | Lawrenceburg Oct. 6, 1855 |
Debility |
| Maria Ellen | 16 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Rough &Ready | Benjamin Moring | Rough & Ready Oct. 10, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| James W.Cardwell | 3y6m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Rough &Ready | John & Ellen Cardwell | Rough & Ready Jan. 25, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| Thomas Bond | 18 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Fox Creek | John & Margaret Bond | Fox Creek Jan. 17, 1855 |
Dropsy |
| Edward Sherwood | 58 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Maryland Tolbero KY | Moses & Margaret Sherwood | Salt River Sep. 12, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| Rebecca Glass | 41 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Anderson Cty | John & Martha Busy | Salt River Feb. 14, 1855 |
--of lungs |
| Martha McCall | 18 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Woodford Cty | Armstedd & Mary Miller | Gilberts Creek Jun. 4, 1855 |
Paralysis |
| Rachel | 1 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson Cty | William & Susan Bond | Baleys Run Jul. 10, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Martha McClure | 18 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Hammons Creek | John & Elizabeth McClure | Hammons Creek Feb. 24, 1855 |
Epilepsy |
| Mary M. Smithy | 4 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Salt River | James & Elizabeth Smithy | Salt River Oct. 23, 1855 |
Not known |
| Not named | 1d | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | SH & Mary Crane | Lawrenceburg Oct. 28, 1855 |
Not known |
| Zerelda McKee | 40y | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Mason Cty | Robert & Emy McCoy | Big Benson Dec. 21, 1855 |
Childbirth |
| Enock Bolen | 12 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Franklin | William & Cintha Bolan | Big Benson Oct. 16, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| Carline | 4m | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Fox Creek | Woodford & Amanda Crossfield | Fox Creek Sep. 25, 1855 |
Suffocated |
| Margaret Street | 76 | F | Widow | n/a | Anderson | Garrett Cty | Abel & Martha Davis | Lawrenceburg Aug. 11, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Not named | 1m | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Little Benson | ---- | Little Benson May 10, 1855 |
From a fall |
| Sarah | 4y | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Little Benson | ---- | Little Benson Jun. 10, 1855 |
Eating dirt |
| Jane Wigginton | 64 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Culpepper VA | Daniel Kindrick | Hammons Creek Sep. 28, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| Edmond | 15 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson Cty | -R Baker | Rough & Ready Oct.. 15, 1855 |
Typhoid Fever |
| Not named | 3m | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | GB & Catherine Taylor | Lawrenceburg Aug. 10, 1855 |
Not known |
| Johnson Malone | 62 | M | Widow | Post Master | Anderson | North Carolina | Not known | Lawrenceburg Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Henry | 15 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson Cty | Johnson Malone | Lawrenceburg Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Susan Searcy | 48 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Virginia | Wm & Mary Mountjoy | Lawrenceburg Aug. 15, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Dolly | 3 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | Madison Searcy | Lawrenceburg Aug. 20, 1855 |
Cholera |
| James | 2 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | Madison Searcy | Lawrenceburg Apr.10, 1855 |
Drowned |
| Ellen Mountjoy | 16 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson Cty | Leroy & Lucy Mountjoy | Lawrenceburg Sep. 10, 1855 |
Consumption |
| Lydia Adkins | 61 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Washington | Galaway & Eliza Herr | Lawrenceburg Aug. 23, 1855 |
Cholera |
| U P Randall | 45 | M | Married | Merchant | Anderson | Fayette Cty | Brice & Susan Randall | Lawrenceburg Aug. 11, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Christopher Lillard | 60 | M | Married | Farmer | Anderson | Franklin Co | John & Agnes Lillard | Lawrenceburg Aug. 17, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Minerva J. Lillard | 40 | F | Married | n/a | Anderson | Mercer Cty | James Lillard | Lawrenceburg Aug. 19, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Ezekial | 50 | M | Single | n/a | Anderson | Lincoln | Christopher Lillard | Lawrenceburg Aug. 18, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Maria | 28 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Woodford Cty | Christopher Lillard | Lawrenceburg Aug. 17, 1855 |
Cholera |
| Elizabeth | 5 | F | Single | n/a | Anderson | Anderson Cty | Christopher Lillard | Lawrenceburg Aug. 21, 1855 |
Cholera |