1853-1854 Kenton County Deaths All deaths are assumed to be for 1853 except for where they are dated 1854. Name of Deceased Color Age Sex Condition Occupation Residence Place of Birth Name of Parents or Owners of Slaves Place of Death Time of Death Cause of Death Remarks ---------------------- ----- --- --- --------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------------------------- -------------- ------------- -------------- ------- Peggy B 1 F Kenton Co. W. Sayers Kenton Co., KY Mar. 8, 1853 Whooping cough R. M. Hightower W 3 M Kenton Co. Richard & Mary Hightower Kenton Co., KY Mar. 11,1853 Scarlet fever James Morris W 14 M single farmer's son Kenton Co. Kenton Co. Parker & Louisa Morris Bowman Sep. 22, 1853 Scarlet fever Jesse Rister W 4m M single farmer's son Kenton Co. Kenton Co. Florence & M. J. Rister Bowman Oct. 14, 1853 Fever Jesse Cilgore W 52 M married farmer Kenton Co. Kenton Co. Jno & Rosanna Kilgore Bowman Jan. 18, 1853 Milk sickness R. T. Lyons W 1m M single Kenton Co. Kenton Co. Jos & Mary Lyons Bowman July 19, 1853 Thrash Minerva Marshall W 4m F single Kenton Co. Kenton Co. Wm & Jane Marshall Bowman Oct. 20, 1853 Unknown Zach Taylor W 7 M single Kenton Co. Kenton Co. Dec. 22, 1853 Typhoid fever no name W F single Sep. 14, 1853 Mary McMeen W 6 F single Covington Covington Covington Nov. 30, 1853 Scarlet fever G. Goshorn W 1 F single Covington Covington Covington Dec. 6, 1853 Scarlet fever Willie Ellis W 3 M single Covington Covington Covington Dec. 17, 1853 Scarlet fever Lucy Ashbrook W F single Covington Covington July 1853 Whooping cough Peter Howe W 20 M single Covington Covington Jan. 29, 1853 Pneumonia Richard Portlow W 4 M Covington Covington Mar. 19, 1853 Scarlet fever Murrytine Rodeker W 3 M Covington Covington May 24, 1853 Scarlet fever G. Egleston W 1 M single Covington Covington May 10, 1853 Bronchitis Marcy B 22 F Dec. 10, 1853 P. Fever black Sarah Reed W 60 F Jan. 17, 1853 Consumption Nicholas B 10 M Covington Covington Jan. 19, 1853 Cardiac inf. black Eliza Cooker W 5 F Covington Covington Jan. 23, 1853 Scarlet fever Wm Hood W 15m M Covington Covington Jno & Mary Hood Covington July 1853 Measles Hood W 16m M Covington Covington Hood Covington July 1853 Measles James Munger W 16m M Covington Covington Wm. C & Josephine Munger Convulsions Halie Davis W 19 F Covington Germany Dec. 29, 1853 Inflm lungs George Buleel W 12 M single Covington Germany Feb. 20, 1853 Ship fever Carmen Buleel W 20 M Covington Germany Mar. 15, 1853 Ship fever Emma Morrison W 4 F Covington Ohio Mar. 16, 1853 Scarlet fever John Wesley W 9m M Sep. 17, 1853 Scarlet fever Taylor Leland W 6 M Covington Cincinnati, O Dec 12. 1853 Pneumonia no name W 6w Covington Dec. 22, 1853 Injury Josephine Watson W 9 F Covington New York City Nov. 20, 1853 Scarlet fever Mary Case W 5 F Covington Dec. 6, 1853 Scarlet fever Wm Roberts W 4 M Kenton Co. Cincinnati, O Oct. 2, 1853 Asthma Lizzie Wise W 4 F Kenton Co. Cincinnati, O Sep. 29, 1853 Convulsions Merrile W 18m Covington Covington Aug. 7, 1853 Cholera infantum Kinsler W 15m Covington Covington Aug. 3, 1853 Cholera infantum Herman Owens W 54 M Pennsylvania Aug. 8, 1853 Dysentery Jno Roach W 7 M Mason Co., KY May 27, 1853 Dysentery William W 3 M Wm Givings June 29, 1853 Cholera infantum Isaac Richards W 50 M Aug. 12, 1853 Pulmonary consumption Benjm Wilson W 5 M Kenton Co. T. A. & Lucy Wilson Sep. 6, 1853 Congestion of brain Anne Wilson W 27 F married Covington England Mar. 14, 1853 Consumption G. W. Wilson W 4m M single Covington Covington Richd & Ann Wilson Feb. 9, 1853 Consumption Peter Ryan W M laborer Covington Ireland Covington June 22, 1853 Cholera Rosanna W. W 12m F Covington Covington Matthew & Mankalma Stan Covington June 19, 1853 Inflm of bowels Louther Hardiston W 12m M Covington Covington Aug. 16, 1853 Convulsions no name 4 M slave Joshua Drinkard Apr. 1, 1853 Scarlet fever Hiram Hale W 4 M Kenton Co. Kenton Co. John & Angeline Hale Scarlet fever Anderson 7 slave Louisa Feb. 15, 1853 Appoplexy Hayden Nelson W 77 M married farmer Kenton Co. Osage Co., Vir Jno & Elizabeth Nelson Jan. 7, 1854 Disease of head Nancy A. Armstrong W 11m F single Kenton Co. Kenton Co. D J & Mary Armstrong Kenton Co. Mar. 30, 1854 Brain fever James C. Todds W 9m M single Kenton Co. Kenton Co. Julius & Frances Land Kenton Co. Sep. 9, 1854 Scarlet fever Elizabeth B 8m F single Kenton Co. Kenton Co. J. N. Williams Kenton Co. Feb. 1, 1854 Stomach disease black Peter B 8 M single Oct. 27, 1854 Spine complaint black B 27 Kenton Co. Kenton Co. J. K. Glenn Typhoid fever black Peggy B F Boone Co. Foster Jones Typhoid fever Commonwealth of Kentucky Kenton county I Napoleon B Stephens clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the registration of deaths for the year 1853 as returned to me by the assessor Given under my hand this 20th day of June AD. 1854 N B Stephens clerk by A G Cooper