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Good Morning Joyce,
Attached are 480 names mentioned in Elmira Telegram  in the year 1890.  At the end of the year the paper did a review of the year.  I have typed this in Excel. Most of these are deaths but some other incidents are also mentioned. Hope you can find good use for this on the site. The site is looking wonderful!
Sharron Vossoughi
Modesto, CA

Surname	1st Name	Date	Place of Death	Comments on Incident
CATLIN	Thomas	6/19/1890		Death
TERRY	Mrs. Charles A.	6/23/1890		Death
KILLAIN	Miss Sarah E.	6/24/1890		Death
ENOCH	Mrs. Hiram	6/24/1890		Death
CHAPMAN	Mrs. Herbert	6/24/1890		Death
PERRY	Andrew J.	6/25/1890	Near Addison	Fatally injured.
WILCOX	Col. E. M.	6/27/1890		Death
Barker,Rose& Gray		6/30/1890		Gutted by fire.
FRANCIS	Thomas	6/30/1890		Death
HYDE	Mrs. Mary	6/30/1890		Death
GILES	Joseph W.	7/2/1890		Death
WISNER	Mrs. Col Edw M	7/2/1890		Death
HAMMOND	Mrs. Jason E.	7/2/1890	Rochester	Drowned
FURMAN	Jane	7/4/1890		Commits suicide.
Unknown man		7/5/1890	Near Big Flats	Killed by cars near Big Flats.
WALL	Mrs. Margaret	7/7/1890		Death
HULL	Harry S.	7/8/1890	Rochester	Editor of the the Bath Courier dies.
MILLER	Mrs. Maria M.	7/10/1890		Death
ROGERS	Mrs. John	7/10/1890	Elmira NY	Killed by falling from window of bldg cor Market & State St.
Five women		7/10/1890	Owego, NY	Unnamed women killed by trains at Owego.
BELL	William	7/15/1890		Commits suicide. Of Wellsburg.
WARREN	Herbert	7/16/1890		Held of charges of 1st degree murder in Elmira.
WANNICK	Frank	7/16/1890	Elmira	Train #12 kills him and John Howter
HOWTER	John	7/16/1890	Elmira	Train #12 kills him and Frank Wannick.
ENGLIS	Miles	7/16/1890		Death. Of Van Ettenville.
LUCY	Timothy F.	7/17/1890		Death
SPIER	John	7/17/1890	Near Elmira	Drops dead while at work near this city.
COLEMAN	Harvey	7/18/1890		Shot by Simon Tinklepaugh.
BUTLER	Mrs. Bosa	7/18/1890		Death. Of Pine Valley.
CARPENTER	Mrs. Julia	7/20/1890	Buffalo	Death. Formerly of Elmira
GREEN	Mrs. E. J.	7/21/1890		Death
RHINESMITH	Godfrey	7/21/1890		Death
MERITHEW	George B.	7/21/1890	Elmira	Killed in Northern central yards.
EDGETT	Martin L.	7/24/1890		Sudden death.
HENDRIE	R. C. S.	7/25/1890		Death
BIGGS	John Sr.	7/25/1890		Death
PALMER	M. W.	7/27/1890		Death
BROOKS	John Quincy	7/27/1890		Death. Of Horseheads.
SHOEMAKER	J. M.	7/28/1890		Resigns as fire commissioner
VAN NORT	J. F.	7/28/1890		Appointed fire commissioner.
SKINNER	C. W.	7/28/1890		Death
MARSHALLS	Hannah H.	7/28/1890		Death
JENKS	Mrs. Charles	7/29/1890		Death
LYON	Silas B.	7/31/1890		Death
LUNDERGAN	John	7/31/1890		Death
SMITH	James	8/1/1890		Death. Of Wellsburg
WEAVER	Mrs. Mary	8/1/1890		Death
VOORHEES	Andrew	8/1/1890		Death
BILLETTE	Mrs. J. Frank	8/1/1890	Middletown, NY	Death. Of Elmira.
GROOM	Mrs. Lucinda	8/1/1890		Death.
SMITH	Mrs. Arad T.	8/2/11890		Death
MULFORD	Frank	8/3/1890		Death. Of Horseheads.
GROOM	Mrs. Andrew	8/3/1890		Death
HANSON	George B.	8/3/1890		Commits suicide. Of Van Ettenville.
AYRES	A. W.	8/4/1890		Death
DOBELL	De Yalson	8/4/1890		Death
NORMAN	Mrs. Mary A.	8/5/1890		Death
BIGGS	Mrs. John	8/6/1890		Death
SMITH	E. J.	8/6/1890		Death
EDSALL	David A.	8/6/1890	Arnot-Ogden Hospital	Death
DENSON	Prof. Bennett S.	8//6/1890	Washington DC	Death. Formerly of Millport.
DAVIDSON	Joseph B.	8/7/1890		Death
CLARK	Rev. Francis	8/8/1890	Buffalo	Death. Formerly of Elmira
CAHILL	Rev. John T.	8/11/1890	Masilsion, Ohio	Death. Formerly of Elmira
BRILES	Edward	8/13/1890		Death
KONHONSKI	Mrs. Mary	8/13/1890		John Plaski murderously assaults and almost kills her.
DEMPSEY	Miss Ella	8/16/1890		Death
CARNEY	Mrs. Mary	8/16/1890		Death
CLINE	Mrs. Ellen	8/17/1890	Rathbun House	Falls 3 stories thru a doorway to ground at Rathbun Hs & killed
BARNES	Mrs. Naoma W.	8/18/1890		Death. Of Van Ettenville.
PRATT	Mrs. Ransom	8/20/1890		Death.
HOLKE	Albert	8/20/1890	Elmira	Thrown from wagon and killed. Of East Elmira.
FINLEY	Mrs. Michael	8/21/1890		Death. Of Pine City.
NICHOLS	Mrs. Malinda	8/21/1890	Austinville, PA	Death. Formerly of Elmira
ARMSTRONG	William A.	8/21/1890		Death
JOHNSON	Mrs. Oliver	8/21/1890	Elmira, NY	Stricken w/paralysis and dies. Of Big Flats.
BIRMINGHAM	Mrs. Mary	8/22/1890	Elmira, NY	Death. Of Penn Yan
HARMAN	James	8/23/1890	Cleveland, OH	Death. Formerly of Elmira
HOYT	Mrs. Louisa	8/23/1890		Death
FITZPATRICK	Mrs. Hugh	8/25/1890		Death. Of Corning.
BEERS	Mrs. Alice	8/25/1890		Death
DALYRAMPLE	Dennis Sr.	8/26/1890		Commits suicide.
SIMPSON	Jacob	8/27/1890	Hornby, NY	Death. Formerly of Elmira
McDONOUGH	James	8/28/1890		Death
GETCHELL	Mrs. Edward	8/28/1890	Detroit, MI	Death. Formerly of Elmira
TUBBS	Miss Hattie S.	8/28/1890	Hornellsville	Death. Formerly of Elmira
ROCKWELL	Mrs. Phoebe	8/29/1890		Death
Electric railway		8/30/1890		Railway opened.
BOPP	Mrs. Jacob	8/30/1890		Death.
BIRMINGHAM	Mrs. Mary	8/31/1890	Buffalo	Death. Formerly of Elmira
CONEILY	Patrick	8/31/1890	Near Baden Baden	Killed by the cars. Of Newark Valley, NY.
CLAIR	Pierce	8/31/1890		Death. Of Pine Valley.
MATHEWS	Fletcher H.	9/1/1890	Brockport	Death. Formerly of Elmira
NORTH	Mrs. H. B.	9/1/1890		Death.
THOMPSON	Mrs. Emeline	9/2/1890	Williard	Death. Of Elmira.
HOLLY	William	9/2/1890		Shot by John Murray
WIGHTMAN	A. M.	9/2/1890		Death. Of Horseheads.
REESE	Burton E.	9/2/1890		Death
LINDSEY	Ebenezer S.	9/3/1890		Death
VAUGHAN	Mrs. Eliza H.	9/4/1890		Death
JARDINE	Miss Lizzie	9/5/1890	Denver, CO	Death. Formerly of Elmira
STRADER	John	9/5/1890	Pueblo, CO	Death. Formerly of Elmira
FASSETT	Truman	9/5/1890	Canton PA	Death. Brother of N. P. Fassett
JONES	Munn	9/7/1890		Death
O'BRYON	Mrs. Lida A.	9/7/1890		Death
SLAGHT	Louis	9/8/1890		Death
DEVINE	Mary J.	9/9/1890	Middletown, NY	Death. Of Elmira.
AVERY	William	9/9/1890	Nr Oak Ridge	Killed by the cars nr Oak Ridge Crossing of Lehigh
Chemung River		9/10/1890		Flooding does much damage ot property.
POWELL	Thomas	9/11/1890		Death
BURNS	Mrs. Bridget	9/13/1890		Death
SQUIRES	N. M.	9/14/1890		Death
CROSS	Mrs. Margaret	9/14/1890		Death
LILLIS	Miss Margaret	9/15/1890		Death
RZEMINSKI	Mrs. Joseph	9/17/1890		Death
MORSE	Dr. B. W.	9/17/1890		Stabbed by Hiram B. Locke over a line fence.
CAMPBELL	Abijah	9/17/1890		Death
BOLAND	Mrs. Mary	9/18/1890		Death
TINKLEPAUGH	Simon	9/20/1890		Returns to this city and is arrested.
WALL	John	9/20/1890		Killed by the cars.
BOWMAN	Mrs. Bertha	9/24/1890	Denver, CO	Death. Formerly of Elmira
JENKINS	Mrs. Jonathan	9/25/1890		Death
HARRIS	Walter	9/25/1890	Tacoma, WA	Death. Formerly of Elmira
VAN GORDEN	Jeremiah	9/26/1890		Death. Of Breesport.
DECKER	David	9/27/1890		Death
HART	William D.	9/28/1890		Death
WELDNER	Mrs. William J.	9/28/1890		Death
LOVELL	John	9/29/1890		Death. Of Horseheads.
ROCKWELL	H. H.	10/1/1890		Nominated for member of assembly in this district by democrats.
BISSELL	Mrs. Mary	10/3/1890		Death
DOLAN	Mrs. Margarette	10/5/1890		Death
MARVINS	Mrs. Eliza B.	10/5/1890		Death
O'DANIELS	Mrs. Jane	10/6/1890		Death. Of Southport
CHERRY	Charles	10/7/1890		Death.
WOOD	John N.	10/7/1890		Death. Of Chemung.
GOLDSMITH	Stephen	10/8/1890		Death. Of North Chemung
SLATTERY	Mrs. William	10/8/1890		Death.
HAMER	Howard S.	10/9/1890	Buffalo	Professor. Death.
OWENS	Morris	10/9/1890		Death
DOUGHERTY	James M.	10/9/1890		Death. Formerly of Elmira
LLOYD	Dr.	10/9/1890		Mary Anderson's insane admirer kills Dr. Lloyd of Kings Co. LunaticAsy.
RIFFE	Mrs. James	10/9/1890		Death
MAXWELL	Billy	10/10/1890	Bath Soldiers' Home	Death
ROBINSON	Mrs. N. H.	10/11/1890		Death
O'DEA	William S.	10/12/1890		Death
DEMPSEY	Mrs. Richard	10/14/1890		Death
SHERRY	Charles	10/14/1890		Death
SHEIVE	Leeman B.	10/16/1890		Death. Of Job's Corners
CLARK	Mrs. William	10/16/1890		Death
BURKHART	John	10/16/1890	Arnot-Ogden Hospital	Died of injuries rec'd on railroad near Big Flats.
SMELTZER	Harry	10/17/1890		Death
BENNETT	Mrs. L. B.	10/18/1890		Death
EILENBERGER	Mrs. Mary E.	10/18/1890		Declared innocent of murder of William R. Edwards.
BRIDGEMAN	Mrs. Henry S.	10/18/1890		Death. Of Wellsburg.
WHITE	Jerome B.	10/19/1890		Death
ENNIS	Mrs. Harriett B.	10/19/1890		Death
BAKER	Richard	10/20/1890		Death
Samuels Bottling		10/20/1890		Destroyed by fire
FAIRCHILD	Mrs. E. B.	10/21/1890	Oklahoma O. T.	Death. Formerly of Elmira
EDWARDS	Miss Lyn	10/23/1890		Death
FRENCH	Robert	10/23/1890		Police Constable. Commits suicide.
CONNELLY	Jeremiah	10/23/1890		Death
STATES	H. C.	10/27/1890		Death
TROUT	A. J.	10/28/1890	Williamsport, PA	Captain. Death. Formerly of Elmira.
WELLS	Henry B.	10/30/1890	Mesilla Park, NM	Death. Of Elmira.
FOSTER	Mrs. Nellie M.	10/31/1890		Murdered by William E. Decker
GIBSON	William L.	10/31/1890		Death
BOWMAN	Nelson	10/31/1890		Death. Of Big Flats.
HOWELL	Mrs. Mary	11/1/1890		Death
BUDD	Helen	11/2/1890		Death. Of Southport Corners.
LaFRANCE	Lem	11/3/1890	Middletown, NY	Death. Of Elmira.
BILLINGS	David	11/4/1890		Commits suicide.
SHAY	Robert	11/4/1890		Arrested as accessory in Foster murder for secreting Wm Decker
SHAY	Benjamin	11/4/1890		Arrested as accessory in Foster murder for secreting Wm Decker
RUTAN	Joel	11/4/1890		Arrested as accessory in Foster murder for secreting Wm Decker
CALL	Miss Jeannie	11/5/1890	Millville NJ	Death. Of Elmira.
O'BRIEN	Daniel	11/5/1890	Chicago, IL	Death. Formerly of Elmira
DECKER	William E.	11/6/1890		Captured in the town of Catlin for murder of Nellie Foster
GALLIVAN	James	11/6/1890	Pittsburg, PA	Death. Formerly of Elmira
TAYLOR	Edward	11/7/1890		Death
ANDRES	Mrs. Mary	11/8/1890		Death
WHEATON	Calvin S.	11/9/1890		Exonerated by meeting of conductors of charges by Wm P Daniels
GOHRING	Louis	11/11/1890	Jamestown	Commits suicide. Of Elmira.
WOODWARD	Mrs. Emeline	11/11/1890		Death
ROCKWELL	Mr.	11/12/1890		Elected to Congress
REEDER	Gideon A.	11/12/1890		Killed by a fall from his wagon. Of Big Flats.
BENSON	C. A.	11/13/1890	Elmira, NY	Killed at Water St crossing of the Erie RR. Of Pine Valley
ALLEN	W. S.	11/13/1890		Erie Station Agent at Corning suspended for financial crookedness.
SWAYZE	Miss Mary A.	11/13/1890		Engaged to Prof.Wm.Bishop,elopes w/Lewis Erumback of Brooklyn
SATTERLEE	A. S.	11/17/1890		Appoionted street commissioner.
ANDERSON	Wesley	11/18/1890		Death
PIERCE	Arthur L.	11/19/1890	nr Willawanna PA	Dead body of he and Lou Woodward found in woods.
WOODWARD	Louis	11/19/1890	nr Willawanna PA	Dead body of he and Arthur L. Pierce found in the woods.
MILLER	Tony	11/19/1890		Polander. Attempts suicide by cuting his own throat.
MAINEY	Patrick	11/20/1890	Wood Demarest's Farm	Found dead in pool on Demarest's farm.
BEARDSLEY	Mrs. Calista J.	11/20/1890	Perth Amboy NJ	Death. Of Elmira.
LEAVITT	Mrs. Clarissa	11/21/1890	Elmira, NY	Death. Of Waverly.
AGAR	Wilson W.	11/23/1890		6 wks previous on death bed confessed to murder of Pittsburg gambler
BATEMAN	Mark J.	11/23/1890		Sudden death.
FLYNN	Thomas	11/24/1890		Death
FISH	Mrs. Sarah J.	11/25/1890		Death
WILLIAMS	John	11/25/1890		Death. Convict at Reformatory.
HOWARD	Thomas	11/25/1890		Death
HOPPE	Mrs. Louise	11/27/1890	New York (City?)	Death. Of Elmira.
SHEPPARD	Mrs. David	11/27/1890		Death
SHEPPARD	John	11/27/1890		Death
HAWKES	Nicholas	11/28/1890		Death
LANGDON	Mrs. Jervis	11/28/1890		Death
KLINE	Henry	11/29/1890		Death
BENT	Edward P.	11/29/1890	Gloversville, NY	Death. Formerly of Elmira
MOTLEY	Mrs. Thornton N.	11/30/1890	New York (City?)	Death. Formerly of Elmira.
MEAD	Jennie	12/2/1890	Arnot-Ogden Hospital	Death.
BROWN	John	12/2/1890		Death
NICKERSON	Mrs. Rhoda	12/2/1890		Death. Of North Chemung
PIERCE	Arthur L.	12/4/1890		Coroner's jury find victims came to death by means unknown.
WOODWARD	Louis	12/4/1890		Coroner's jury find victims came to death by means unknown.
HAMILTON	Mrs. Eva	12/5/1890		Charged for passing off waif as child of late Robert Ray Hamilton.
MANN	Joshua	12/5/1890		Charged for passing off waif as child of late Robert Ray Hamilton.
SWINTON	Mrs. A.	12/5/1890		Charged for passing off waif as child of late Robert Ray Hamilton.
HENDY	Guy	12/6/1890	Napoleon, MI	Death. One of oldest families in this valley.
WORRALL	George	12/6/1890	Ogden, UT	News rec'd of his death.
NICHOLS	Draper	12/7/1890		Death
PITIHEE	Lyman	12/8/1890		Death
DEPEW	H. S.	12/8/1890	St. Louis, MO	Death. Formerly of Elmira.
Mattress Factory		12/10/1890		Mattress factory on W. Clinton St. destroyed by fire.
KEATING	Daniel	12/11/1890		Found guilty in slaying of Wm. Joslyn. Sentenced to 5 yrs.
FITZSIMMONS	Mrs. Alice	12/11/1890		Sudden death.
Metzer's Packing Hs		12/11/1890		Destroyed by fire
GROOM	Andrew	12/12/1890		Death.
MOREHOUSE	Joseph	12/12/1890		Death. Of Wellsburg.
FINN	Daniel	12/12/1890	Bath Soldier's Home	Death. Of Elmira.
THORN	John	12/13/1890		Death

Chemung County NY

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