Deaths Reported by the "Long Islander" 1891-1900

Abstracted by David Roberts

“D” Surnames

DAILY Dennis

d. 15 August 1898 at Commack at home of Victor Smith; resident of Brooklyn

DALE Agnes J.

d. 1 May 1893 at Trenton, New Jersey; widow of Robert G. Dale; Woodbury item

DALEY Michael

d. 29 September 1893 at Glen Cove; native of Ireland (b. 1830); immigrated to USA ca. 1863; worked for a time for National Starch; later was hotel keeper; member of St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Glen Cove; long obit in 7 October 1893 paper

DALTON Mrs. 37 years

d. 20 November 1896; funeral M. E. Church, Glen Cove; interment at Locust Valley; survived by husband and Atwo small

children@

DALY Augustin

d. 7 June 1899 at Paris, France; heart disease; theatrical manager; proprietor of Daly=s Theatre, Broadway and 13th Street, New York, and Daly=s Theatre, Leicester Square, London; former drama critic for the New York Sunday Courier; native of Plymouth, North Carolina, b. 1838

DALY Charles P.

d. 19 September 1899 at Sag Harbor; native of New York City, b. 1816; former member of the state legislature and Chief Justice of Court of Common Pleas; served on the bench from 1844 to 1885 Awhen he was forced to retire on account of reaching the age limit of 70@

DALY Marcus

d. 12 November 1900 at New York City; Bright=s disease; ACopper King@; native of Ireland; went West as a miner and in 1880 Apurchased the famous Anaconda mine in Montana, which has turned out a wonderful amount of copper, making vast fortunes for its owners@; he was very involved in horse racing; Aat the time of his death he owned one of the most valuable collections of trotters in the world@

DALY Michael

funeral 3 April 1899 at St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Glen Cove; had been killed July 1898 at the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War; remains shipped from Cuba; member of Company M, 71st Regiment; resident of Glen Cove

DALY Mrs. Michael 54 years

d. 13 February 1897 at Glen Cove; funeral St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Glen Cove; interment at Brookville

DANA Charles Anderson 78 years

d. 16 [17 per Glen Cove column] October 1897 at Ahis fine country seat at West Island, near this village [Glen Cove]@; funeral at St. Paul=s Episcopal Church, Glen Cove by Rev. Huntington of Grace Church, New York City, and Rev. Gammack of St. Paul=s, Glen Cove; interment at St. Paul=s Churchyard, Glen Cove; editor of the New York Sun; long and favorable biography in 23 October 1897 paper; account of will filed for probate at Jamaica in 13 November 1897 paper

DANBY infant

death reported 2 March 1895 paper; Farmingdale item; daughter of Henry Danby

DANDA Emma

d. 18 July 1897; typhoid fever; niece of Mrs. Ernest Liebke of Hicksville; resident of Brooklyn who was Awell known@ in

Hicksville

DARCEY Thomas 55 years

d. 11 October 1896 at Lloyd=s Neck; pneumonia; funeral St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Huntington, Aof which he was a devout member@; survived by unnamed widow and Aseveral@ children; Aforeman on a large farm on the Neck .... formerly employed for many years in the Crossman family@

DARLING infant 3 months

d. 13 July 1894; Northport item; child of William Darling

DARLING Mrs. Albert M. 52 years

d. 1 February 1898; nervous prostration; Aa woman of sweet disposition and a person of whom her neighbors spoke highly@; Northport item

DARLING Catharine C. 59 yrs 13 days

d. 10 January 1899 at Huntington; bronchitis; funeral at Huntington M. E. Church by Rev. Walter; daughter of Peter Hallock, who kept the Lloyd=s Neck lighthouse, and Deborah Hallock; widow of Lester Darling; mother of Alice Darling of Huntington and Capt. El. Darling; sister of George Hallock, Edward Hallock, Mrs. Oscar Brush of Greenlawn and Alvin Hallock, Awho was drowned at sea@; native of Smithtown; Aconsistent member of the Methodist church@

DARLING Mrs. Edgar

funeral 25 March 1898 at the M. E. Church, Kings Park

DARLING Mrs. Capt. Elvin H.

drowned during shipwreck of schooner James E. Bayles; Mrs. Darling was buried at sea; husband and other survivors were rescued and taken to Norfolk, Virginia; native of Canada, who married her husband in Maine; resident of Huntington; account of the shipwreck in 25 February 1899 paper

DARLING Frances Anearly@ 70 years

d. 3 July 1897; hemorrhage of the lungs; found dead in her room by her brother; funeral at Smithtown Landing M. E. Church; interment at Methodist Cemetery, Smithtown Landing; member of Smithtown Landing M. E. Church Afor over forty years@

DARLING Frances

Alate of Smithtown@; decree entered at Suffolk County Surrogate=s Court, 29 October 1900; heirs: Almaron Darling, Emmet Darling, John S. Huntting, George F. Huntting, and E. E. Brush; perhaps the same person as the above Frances Darling, who died 3 July 1897

DARLING Frederick F. 70 years

d. 22 January 1898 at Port Jefferson; native of Smithown; Awealthy merchant@ at Port Jefferson

DARLING Herbert 29 years

d. 15 February 1896 at Alleghany, Pennsylvania; pulmonary hemorrhages; interment at Johnstown, Pennsylvania; son of Oscar Darling; husband of Mary F. Young (m. 1891); son-in-law of late Emanuel Young of Johnstown; father of Mary Darling and Walter Y. Darling; native of Huntington, who studying surveying with his father; went to Johnstown, Pa., ca. 1887 to work as a civil engineer; returned to Huntington in 1893 and soon moved to Babylon; in 1894 moved to Alleghany, Pa., to work as civil engineer for Fort Pitt Traction Company of Alleghany

DARLING Jeremiah

d. 17 January 1894 at Stony Brook; pneumonia; ship builder Afor many years@

DARLING Joseph J. 56 years

d. 25 July 1899 at Smithtown Branch; funeral at Smithtown Landing M. E. Church; unnamed widow survives; father of one son; uncle of Postmaster Hawkins of Huntington; mechanic

DARLING Susan Emeline 62 years

d. 13 February 1899; quinsy throat and diphtheria; funeral at Smithtown Landing M. E. Church by Rev. Smith; widow of Benjamin T. Darling; sister of Alanson Hallock and Leonard Hallock; Ahas always lived in this vicinity [Smithtown]@

DARLING Tabitha 78 years

d. 13 April 1891 at Smithtown; widow of James Darling

DARNEY Mrs. Daniel

d. 19 October 1896 at Plain View; interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside; fell down stairs and broke her hip

DAUCH Lizzia

d. 27 February 1899 at East Meadow; consumption; wife of Adam Dauch of East Meadow; sister of Mrs. August Hauser of Hicksville

DAVENPORT Fanny 48 years

d. Duxbury, Massachusetts; enlargement of the heart; Anoted actress@; wife of actor Melbourne McDowell, with whom she acted in various plays; [date of paper not copied - fall 1898]

DAVEY Mr.

d. Aone day last week@; concussion of the brain; funeral at Bridgeport, Connecticut; interment at Chickopee Falls, Massachusetts; father of Will Davey of Greenlawn; 28 September 1900 paper

DAVIDSON David 33 y 9 m 15 d

d. 17 August 1896 at Huntington; Astricken with the intense heat of last week while working@; father of six small children; native of Scotland

DAVIDSON Robert A.

late of Wantagh; estate admitted to probate at Nassau County Surrogate=s Court; heirs were his unnamed widow, George W. Davidson, Queens County District Attorney, Alfred T. Davidson and Mabel D. Bentley; 9 December 1899 paper

DAVIS Mrs. A.

d. 10 February 1891 at Hempstead; mother of Rev. J. A. Davis of Hempstead Presbyterian Church

DAVIS Amy 84 years

d. 24 March 1900; grip; funeral at St. James; widow of Scudder Davis; mother of Mrs. Obadiah Smith of St. James and

two sons

DAVIS Angeline A. 64 y 4 m 8 d

d. 17 December 1895 at West Neck; daughter of Elbert and Phebe Titus Sammis; sister of Su[ ] Sammis; widow of Charles Homer Davis; mother of Addie Davis, Gertrude Davis and Julia (Mrs. Edwin W.) Sammis; native of Huntington, b. 9 August 1831; husband was a member of Davis & Loper, Adealers in building materials and real estate, in which business Mr. Davis amassed a fortune@; early in married life resided in New York City and summered in Huntington; later moved to West Neck, where Athey erected the present handsome residence when they occupied continuously@

DAVIS Catherine AGrandmother Davis@ 98 years

d. 21 October 1898; mother of Lorenzo G. Davis, Charles A. Davis and George E. Davis, all of Mount Sinai, Mrs. Mary Woodhull of Miller=s Place, John R. Davis of Setauket, and deceased child James W. Davis, late of Mount Sinai, and Mrs. Helen Victor Smith, late of Smithtown; b. 5 October 1800 Aonly about nine months subsequent to the death of George Washington@

DAVIS Cushman K.

d. 27 November 1900 at St. Paul, Minnesota; blood poisoning, nephritis and diabetes; [interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia]; native of Henderson, Jefferson County, N. Y. (b. 16 June 1838); [moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin, as a child]; served in the Union Army 1862-1864 [in the 28th Wisconsin]; [moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1865]; served in the Minnesota Legislature and as Assistant U. S. District Attorney for Minnesota 1868-1873; [served as Governor of Minnesota 1874-1875]; elected as U. S. senator from Minnesota and served Acontinuously from 1887@; Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1898, which ended the Spanish-American War

DAVIS Dillie 25 years

d. 24 March 1898 at New York City; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; Awarm personal friend of Mrs. Gilbert Scudder@ of Huntington; native of New Mexico

DAVIS Mrs. G. H.

d. 11 June 1898 at Stony Brook; mother of Mrs. Wilson Hallock of Smithtown Branch

DAVIS Mrs. Gilbert L.

funeral 20 March 1892 at Mount Sinai; interment at Port Jefferson

DAVIS James 36 years

d. 4 April 1900 at Kings Park; paralysis; funeral at Hauppauge M. E. Church; interment at Methodist Cemetery, Hauppauge; son of Daniel Davis

DAVIS James W. ca. 74 years

d. 16 March 1896 at Mount Sinai; cancer Aon the nostril, and it had rapidly spread towards the eye@

DAVIS John

d. 26 October 1899 at New York City; brother of Mrs. M. A. Service of Glen Cove; resident of Montreal, Canada

DAVIS Rev. John A. 57 years

d. 24 September 1897 at Nyack, N. Y.; funeral at First Presbyterian Church, Nyack, N. Y., of which he was the pastor; interment at Somerville, New Jersey; former pastor of Brookville Reformed Church; Aa man of acknowledged ability and devoted to his chosen calling@

DAVIS John Robert 2 years

d. 19 June 1893 at Jericho; chronic bronchitis; son of John Davis; family Ahas only recently arrived from Ireland and has lost two children since leaving there@

DAVIS Martha C. 80 yrs 9 mos

d. 8/9 April 1895 at Middleville; stricken with paralysis, Awas in a partially unconscious state@; interment at Huntington; mother of Mrs. Rinaldo Sammis and grandmother of Mrs. B. T. Williams of Smithtown

DAVIS Mary 83 years

d. 8 February 1895 at Hicksville; funeral Hicksville Reformed Church; Athe handsome Bible and communion table in her church [Hicksville Reformed] are lasting memorials of her interest and zeal for God=s house@

DAVIS Mary A. 93 yrs 10 mos

d. 20 June 1897 at East Norwich; interment at Bridgeport, Connecticut; mother of Mrs. Gilbert Landon of East Norwich and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie of Homestead, Pennsylvania

DAVIS Mary E.

interment 26 March 1891 at Riverhead; wife of Eugene W. Davis

DAVIS Mary E. 75 years

d. 2 June 1892 at Wheatley; found dead in bed; had heart trouble Aof long standing@; wife of Samuel Davis; mother of Louisa [? Davis] and Edgar Davis of Hicksville

DAVIS Nettie Pedrick

d. 1 Mary 1891 at Guilford, Connecticut; Mt. Sinai item

DAVIS Mrs