Updated 11/15/2023

Annual Meeting, 1885 Lenawee Co.
By F. A. Dewey
Memorial Report - Lenawee Co
List of Deaths
June 10, 1884-June 15, 1885

*Transcriber's note: This is not a complete list of the deaths in Lenawee County during this time period, but of the residents considered "Pioneers".

TownshipNameMonth/YearAge
FairfieldWilson, Mrs. PhiloJune, 188482
Adrian City Tourner, James " 71
MaconSkinner, Phoebe"80
TecumsehLebaron, Sirrel C."76
Adrian City Bouch, Lambert L. " 76
Franklin Butrick, John " 78
Tecumseh Brewer, Maria " 63
Clinton Johnson, Mr. " 72
Blissfield Crane, Mrs. S. B. July, 1884 77
Woodstock Joslin, Alvin " 63
Raisin Aldrich, Stephen " 82
Adrian City Hurley, James " 72
Ogden Rice, Samuel L. " 75
Seneca Mann, Price " 68
Blissfield Clark, Wm. A. " 68
Clinton Stevens, Orlando S. " 78
Adrian City Chandler, Mrs. J. A. " 81
Deerfield Ormsby, Mrs. L. " 71
Tecumseh Eddy, Mrs. Polly D. " 66
Dover Smith, Mrs. Harriet M. " 78
Rollin Comstock, John T. " 77
Raisin Chatfield, Phebe " 74
Macon Skinner, John August, 1884 81
Adrian City Stebbins, Elizabeth R. " 67
Tecumseh Rosacrans, Asa " 72
Franklin Campbell, Agnes " 79
Woodstock Turner, Mary " 91
Ridgeway Hathway, Philop " 96
Cambridge Dowling, John September, 1884 82
Tecumseh Snedicor, Prudence " 63
Addison Williams, Henry " 80
Hudson Main, Ansel " 83
Cambridge Brighton, Robert " 80
Adrian City Day, Asa " 91
Madison Pierce, Wm. F. " 82
Blissfield Wilcox, Emeline " 76
Woodstock Avery, Abram " 80
Woodstock Avery, Kern " 76
Rollin King, Wm. " 75
Hudson Power, Stephen " 80
Hudson Johnson, Edwin " 60
Hudson Montgomery, Wm. H. October, 1884 77
Cambridge Sherard, Mrs. " 87
Franklin Camburn, Mrs. Elsie " 82
Clinton Bartlett, Horation " 55
Blissfield Colyer, William " 76
Adrian City Dutton, Wm. " 72
Franklin Saviers, Mrs. November, 1884 70
Blissfield Hatheway, Adeline " 90
Clinton Parks, Lucretia " 90
Clinton Brooks, Mrs. Aaron " 68
Franklin Keeney, John " 74
Morenci Gifford, Jane " 58
Fairfield Vale, Permelia " 66
Dover Grant, Mrs. J. C. " 66
Rome Burns, Henry " 71
Fairfield Berry, Abraham O. " 89
Fairfield Wilber, William " 95
Clinton Severns, Mrs. J. R. " 75
Hudson Rose, Catherine December, 1884 79
Tecumseh Lawrence, Calvin " 79
Medina Phelps, Israel " 71
Hudson Bennett, William " 70
Hudson Schermerhorn, Wm. B. " 51
Adrian City Drew, Benjamin " 77
Adrian City Jermain, T. D. " 61
Woodstock Morley, Hila " 79
Woodstock Wilsey, Betsy " 79
Woodstock Wooster, John January, 1885 72
Adrian City Goodale, David H. " 75
Madison More, Thomas " 63
Seneca Foot, James W. " 80
Medina Joslyn, Mrs. " 90
Rome Ormsted, Geo. " 73
Adrian City Bowen, Mrs. Frank " 42
Franklin Camburn, Ira " 73
Seneca Powell, Jesse " 60
Fairfield Skinner, Henry " 94
Hudson Bovee, Jacob " 76
Medina Upton, Sally " 70
Rome Ross, Lucy " 80
Fairfield Lane, Lyman " 80
Palmyra Flowerley, Mr. " 80
Adrian City Bradley, R. J. " 70
Deerfield Clark, Daniel " 77
Deerfield Keegan, James February, 1885 79
Deerfield Ford, Elihu " 87
Adrian City Hayward, Isaac L. " 70
Adrian Wheeler, Nathaniel S. " 77
Tecumseh Everett, Allan " 78
Cambridge Keeney, Amanda " 63
Ridgeway Hause, Sanford " 80
Clinton Romeyn, Thomas T. " 86
Clinton Hendersho, Thomas " 48
Madison Crane, Catherine " 71
Madison Crane, Alfred " 75
Tecumseh Wood, Edwin P. " 60
Morenci Allen, E. D. " 62
Tecumseh Dewey, L. D.* March, 1885 77
Lake Ridge Harmon, Mrs. E. " 75
Franklin Eddy, Crowell " 68
Cambridge Wooden, Lydia S. " 72
Petersburg Dunkam, Mrs. F. S. April, 1885 79
Palmyra Fowler, Mr. " 84
Palmyra Flowler, Mrs. " 82
Fairfield Lowe, Mrs. I. " 73
Cambridge Fellows, Margaret " 72
Medina Scoot, Luther " 76
Franklin Langdon, Henry " 78
Hudson Bagley, Mrs. " 104
Clinton Broops, Charles " 70
Cambridge Russell, Jesse " 88
Cambridge Drake, Clarissa " 70
Fairfield Linesay, James H. " 74
Palmyra More, Alonzo " 82
Tecumseh Doke, William F. " 73
Palmyra Boulton, W. J. " 75
Raisin Cleveland, Almyra " 83
Tecumseh Spafford, Sumner F. " 77
Tecumseh Spafford, Maria " 82
Clinton Spafford, Mrs. C. K. " 44
Hudson Derby, Patrick " 84
Tecumseh Duel, TImothy May, 1885 75
Adrian City Vandewater, Peter " 96
Adrian City Edwards, Daniel S. " 78
Palmyra Robertson, Mrs. Rollin " 72
Macon Rogers, Mrs. Sarah " 96
Seneca Van Sickle, Andrew " 85
Tecumseh Boyd, Mrs. Robert " 73
Cambridge Johnston, Phebe " 85
Rome Bond, Emily June, 1885 70
Rome Johnson, Mrs. John " 88
Tecumseh Stocking, Amos " 85
Clinton Waldron, Peter " 70
Adrian City Brown, Mrs. Melora " 93
Tecumseh Turner, Elizabeth " 74
Morenci Trexler, Peter " 80
Seneca Wolf, Mrs. S. " 58

* indicates more information about this person.

The whole number that died during the year was 138, the average age begin seventy-five years. Of these 69 were over seventy years of age, 46 were over eighty years while one (Mrs.Bagley of Hudson) had reached the advance age of one hundred and four years. All had been residents of Lenawee county twenty-five years or more.

Source: Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol 8, 1885