1854 Breathitt County Deaths
These people died in Breathitt County during 1854.
Gwin, Nancy; age: 13; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: John and Sary Gwin; Died: North Fork, May 11, unknown.
Hargis, Franklin P.; age: 8 mos.; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: John and Eliza Hargis; Died: Jackson, March 12, croup.
Hackney, Jacob; age: 22; Male, Single; Residence: Knox County, TN; Born: Knox County, TN; Parents: Burton Hackney; Died: Cut off, accidental self-shooting, October 14.
Cope, Leander; age: 9; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: A. B. and Sabina Cope; Died: Frozen, December 19, scarlet fever.
Cope, William D.; age: 29; Male, Single; Residence: Perry County; Born: Perry County; Parents: James D. and Elizabeth Cope; Died: Frozen, March 28, consumption.
Not named; age: 1 day; Male, Single: Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Adam and Eliza Burchfield; Died: Frozen, November 25, consumption.
Crawford, Nancy; age: 65; Female, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Unknown; Parents: Unknown; Died: Holly, July 28, consumption.
Hollon, John; age: 78; Male, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: William and Rebecca Hollon; Died: Holly, December 10, scarlet fever.
Pence, Matilda; age: 9 mos.; Female Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: John and Sarah Pence; Died: Holly, November 22, scarlet fever.
Pence, Sarah Jane; age: 3; Female Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: John and Sarah Pence; Died: Holly, December 10, scarlet fever.
Kidd, Perlina; age: 36; Female, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Missouri; Parents: Samuel and Sarah Rose; Died: Holly, March 10, measles.
Hollon, Ibby Jane; age: 3; Female, Single: Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Simon and Nancy Hollon; Died: North Fork, September, burned to death.
Hollon, Ambrose; age: 1; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Simon and Nancy Hollon; Died: North Fork, December, flux.
Maloney, John; age: 45; Male ?; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Estill County; Parents: John and Susan Maloney; Died: North Fork, March 15, flux.
Banks, William; age: 6; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: John and Katherine Banks; Died: Holly, October 15, consumption.
Sheffield, Mary; age: 77; Female, Widow; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Washington Co, TN; Parents: David and Mary Job; Died: North Fork, September 7, unknown.
Day, Nancy Jane; age: 3; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: William and Ellen Day; Died: Frozen, March 16, drowned.
Shackelford, Cerilda; age: 2 mos; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: A. T. and Anna Shackelford; Died: North Fork, January 26, croup.
Angel, Franklin; age: 16; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Perry County; Parents: Adron and Elizabeth Angel; Died: North Fork, January, plague.
Deaton, Rence; age: 13; Male Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Madison County; Parents: Mary Deaton; Died: Breathitt Co, January 16, cause unknown.
Eliza (colored); age: 11; Female Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Perry County: Owner: Robert Davidson; Died: North Fork, May, fever.
Riley, Eliza; age: 7 mos; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: John and Lydia Riley; Died: Longs Creek, November, fever.
Overbee, Jesse; age: 10 mos; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: A. H. and Lucinda Overbee; Died: Stray Branch, October 28, fever.
Angel, Jane; age: 11; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Clay County; Parents: Joseph and Katherine Angel; Died: Middle Fork, March 1, dropsy.
Spurlock, William; age: 43; Male, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Unknown; Parents: Jesse and Jane Spurlock; Died; North Fork, November 14, flux.
Ward, Mary Jane; age: 20; Female, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Washington County, VA; Parents: Joseph and Mary Vance; Died: Troublesome, December 11, childbirth.
Combs, Tempy; age: 39; Female, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Perry County; Parents: Evan and Elizabeth Davis; D: Troublesome, December 5, childbirth.
Campbell, Lucinda; age: 5; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Alen and Tempy Combs; Died: Troublesome, May 1, burned to death.
Turner, Ellis; age: 4; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Roger and Sarah Turner; Died: Middle Fork, May, flux.
Jack (colored); age: 9; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born; Breathitt County; Owner: Jesse Johnson; Died: Turkey Creek, March 15, fever.
Combs, Eliza Jane; age: 3; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Joseph and Delila Combs; Died: Turkey Creek, March 15, fever.
Not named; age: 1 day; Male; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Nathan and Sary Arrowood; Died: Twin Creek, January, unknown.
Not named; age: 2 days; Male; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Owner: Clayborn Crawford; Died: Twin Creek, December 16, unknown.
Haddix, Amelia; age: 39; Female, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Perry County; Parents: Stephen and Haney Miller; Died: Cane Creek, Nov 5, hives.
Noble, Abner; age: 2; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Henry and Isobel Noble; Died: Lost Creek, December 1, flux.
Back Mary Ann; age: 11; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Isaac and Rachel Back; Died: Quicksand, January 14, fever.
McQuinn, Elizabeth; age: 16; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Charles and Esther McQuinn; Died: Quicksand, February 24, fever.
Smith, John; age: 34; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Perry County; Parents: Ben and Nancy Smith; Died: Quicksand, September, fever.
Noble, July Ann; age: 12; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: G. W. and Sarah Noble; Died: Quicksand, September, fever.
Allen, William; age: 71; Male, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Patrick County, VA; Parents: Samuel and Sarah Allen; Died: Quicksand, February 8, found dead in woods.
Gearhart, William; age: 59; Male, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: VA; Parents: Adam and Margaret Gearheart; Died: Frozen, July 25, fever.
Mann, John; age: 2; Male, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Thomas and Eliza Mann; Died: Breathitt County, January 25, fever.
Calhoun, Barthena; age: 2; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Evan and Diancy Calhoun; Died: Quicksand, July 25, croup.
Clemons, Fanny; age: 35; Female, Married; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Perry County; Parents: Samuel and Bitha Miller; Died: Quicksand, July 15, cold.
Not named; age: 6 hours; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: B. F. and Nancy Ann Sewell; Died: Frozen, June 16, unknown.
Cockrell, Susan Elizabeth; age: 2; Female, Single; Residence: Breathitt County; Born: Breathitt County; Parents: Harrison and Fanny Cockrell; Died: North Fork, September, cholera.