SOME RECORDS OF DEATHS
Montgomery County, NY
** Related Families of Contributor Nancy Robinson. **
1. James McKINLAY, age 73 d. April 17, 1884 at Port Jackson,
F. Peter McKinlay, M. Catheine McDermot,
Cause of Death: Paralysis (General Disability), Dr. F.O. Cornell
Place of Burial: Perth Center
2. Howard Eugene THOMPSON, age 1 yr. d. May 11, 1884 at Florida
F. John Thompson, M. Mattie McGregor
Cause of death: Acute Gastric Catarrh, Dr. A.V.H. Smythe
Place of Burial: Minaville
3. Jessie THOMPSON, age 8 months, d. May 24, 1884 at Florida
F. John Thompson, M. Mattie McGregor
Cause of death: Laryngitis & Bronchitis, Dr. A.V.H. Smythe
Place of Burial: Minaville
4. Alexander McDONALD, age 14 yrs, d. May 23, 1884,
Drowned in Canal, Port Jackson
F. John Mc Donald, M. Ann McKay
Cause of Death: Drowning, Dr. F.O. Cornell
Place of Burial: Amsterdam
5. Lewis B. CRANE, age 84 yrs, d. May 25, 1884 at Florida
F. - - - - - -, M. - - - - -
Cause of Death: Pneumonia, Dr. A.V.H. Smythe
Place of Burial: - - - - - -
6. Friby FOREMAN, age 3 months, d. June 7, 1884 at Port Jackson
F. Hernrick Foreman, M. Margarita Vranga
Cause of Death: Cholrea Infantum, Dr. F.O. Cornell
Place of Burial: - - - - -
7. Nancy MARSELLUS, age 99, d. June 11, 1884 at Port Jackson
F. Casper Van Wormer, M. Eva Van Dyke
Cause of Death: old age, Dr. F.O. Cornell
Place of Burial: Amsterdam
8. Earl McCLUMPHA, age 3 yrs, d. June 20, 1884 at Florida
F. Jacob McClumpha, M. Maggie McClumpha *
Cause of Death: Scarletina (Pneumonia), Dr. A.V.H. Smythe
Place of Burial: Minaville
* Margaretta "Maggie" McGregor, half sister of Martha Ann
"Mattie" McGregor listed above on 2. & 3.
9. Lyman C. LEWIS, age 39, d. July 31, 1884 at Port Jackson
F. Samuel Lewis, M. Mary Fullen
Cause of Death: Hemorage Lungs (Consumption), Dr. F.O. Cornell
Place of Burial: Amsterdam
10. Thomas H. BUCHANAN, age 62 yrs, d. Sept 3, 1884 at Wellsville
F. Alex. Buchanan, M. Margret Harmon
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Phisis (sp?), Dr. H.M. Leach
Place of Burial: Amsterdam
The photo of the tombstone of my grandfather, Alexander McGregor Thompson's brother & sister, Howard & Jessie Thompson, was taken at Chuctanunda Cemetery. 1884 was a sad year for my ancestors as little Earl McClumpha, my grandfather's cousin, also died a month after Howard & Jessie.
According to the 1900 US Census Amsterdam, Montgomery Co, NY, District 1, ED 73, SD 7 page 40A, Dr. Arthur V.H. Smythe, physician, b. Wales, Dec 1853, lived at 7 Division Street with his wife Mary C., and 3 sons, Edward S. S., Arthur V. H., Jr, and Ralph V. S. along with Elizabeth Schermerhorn & Helena Sarno, both women enumerated as "m-in law."
1880 US Census, Florida Twp. Montgomery County, NY, Page 13
F---- Cornell, Physician, age 24, b. NY was a boarder in the home of Wm H. Dunlap, a hotel keeper.
Names and causes of death were transcribed as typed and obviously contain errors in spelling. Some were nearly illegible. Copies of the original typed record are at the Montgomery County Dept of History and Archives in Fonda, NY.