Deaths Reported by the "Long Islander" 1891-1900
Abstracted by David Roberts
“J”
Surnames
JACK Charles 28 years
d. at
funeral
JACKSON Mr.
funeral at
JACKSON
Rev. Anthony *
funeral
JACKSON
Charlotte * 9
mos 11 days
d.
late resident of East Rockaway; will proved at Nassau County
Surrogate=s Court; sister of Phebe A. Weekes of New York City and Louisa Bond and Clara Discoll, both of Oceanside; 29 April 1899 paper
JACKSON
Georgina 65 years
murdered
JACKSON
Irene 7 y 1 m 20 d
d.
JACKSON
James Edward ANed@ * 35 years
d. 18 August 1894 at Greenlawn; interment
at Huntington; Aemployed by ex‑Supervisor Elbert Arthur ever since he was
eight years of age@; Aindustrious, honest and frugal@; Aowned several acres of valuable land near the [Greenlawn]
railroad station@; survived by wife and three children
d. 24 August 1900 at Halesite; stricken
with apoplexy while bathing on the afternoon of 23 August 1900; died the next
morning at Archer=s Hotel, Halesite; head of W. Jackson=s Son,
mantel manufacturers of 246 Front Street, New York City
JACKSON Mrs. Lewis * 22
years
d.
JACKSON
Lizzie
d.
JACKSON M. Franklin 25
years
d. 3 November 1895 at Jericho; Aconsumption of the kidneys@; interment at Jericho; son
of Sidney W. Jackson; son-in-law of Ansel T. Jackson;
Aassociated with his father as a farmer and stock raiser@; Avery quiet
disposition and very fond of home and the association of older people rather
than to be among the young people@; survived by unnamed widow
JACKSON
Thomas S.
funeral
JACKSON
Townsend
d. at
JACKSON
William
d. Asix weeks ago@; Hempstead item; resident of Oceanville;
member of Moses A. Baldwin Post, G. A. R. Hempstead; 14 February 1891 paper
JACKSON
William
d. 28
April 1895 at Holbrook; pneumonia; funeral Episcopal Church, Sayville; native
of Scotland who left his money and farm to Charles Neilson of Patchogue, who
had befriended him; had been valet to General [Winfield] Scott Aof Mexican
War fame@
JACKSON
Mrs. William
d.
JACKSON
William L. 86
years
d.
JACKSON
Willie 10 years
d.
JACOBS Andrew 82
years
d.
JACOBS
William 70
y 2 m 18 d
d.
JAEGLE
Christopher 80
years
d. 22 May 1897 at Hicksville; funeral at German Lutheran Church,
Hicksville, which was Aone of the largest ever held in that church@; survived by three daughters and one son; born
28 April 1817 at Elmendinger, Baden, Germany;
immigrated to America ca. 1840 and settled in Hicksville in 1849, when there
were only three houses in the village; Aone of the first settlers of the village of Hicksville@; Aone of the
original organizers of the German Lutheran church in this village [Hicksville]
and a liberal supporter of the same@; memorial notice from German Lutheran Aid Society in 19 June 1897
paper
JAEGLE
Sophie
d. 10 May 1894 at Hicksville; heart failure; wife of Christopher Jaegle; immigrated
to the U. S. about 1840 and Ahas spent 47 years on the old homestead here at Hicksville
respected and beloved by everyone who knew her@
JAMES
Bernice
d. 15 October 1895 at Oyster Bay; paralysis; funeral Christ
Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay; maiden name was Bernice Holmes; sister of Sylvester Holmes, William Holmes, Mrs. John
Walters, Mrs. George Townsend and Mrs. William Higgins; first husband was
Charles Johnson, Awho died some years ago@; wife of Stephen James, who she married Aabout a
year ago@
JAMES
Catharine R. 57
y 10 m 5 d
d.
JAMES
Fannie * 47
years
d. 7 May 1898 at East Norwich; Asuddenly@ of heart disease; funeral at A. M. E. Church, Oyster Bay;
interment at Pine Hollow; wife of James James,
coachman for Mr. Boyce of East Norwich
JAMES John 63
y 11 m 26 d
d.
JAMES
Louisa C.
funeral 21 June 1895 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Northport; interment
at East Northport; daughter of William G. Gardiner of Huntington; wife of D. W.
James of Orange, New Jersey
JAMES
Stephen 53 years
d.
JAMES Mrs. Stephen
d. 6 January 1893; funeral at Oyster Bay; interment at Cold Spring;
Awell known in Oyster Bay, Cold Spring and other places@
JAMIESON
Mrs. Capt. 18
years
drowned 4 August 1894 in Long Island Sound on board a steam canal
boat towing a boat when it collided with a schooner east of Execution Light;
Mrs. Jamieson was knocked overboard and drowned; her body was found floating in
the water near Glen Cove on 6 August 1894; native of Canada who had been
married only 6 months; resident of Rouses Point, N. Y.; long account of accident in 11 August
1894 paper; account of inquest in 18 August 1894 paper
JANDER
infant
d.
JANSEN
Stephen
d. after a Afew days= illness
with pneumonia@; funeral
JARVIS
child
d. Athis week@; [
JARVIS
Capt. Alonzo 68
years
d. 6 December 1899 at Centreport; Asuddenly@ of
neuralgia of the heart; funeral at the Protestant Methodist Church, Centreport; widower; father of Eugene Jarvis, Grant Jarvis,
Mrs. Frank Morris and Stella Jarvis; native of West Neck; Aspent
greater part of his life on the water@; captain of Aseveral sailing vessels, among them the schooner Martha King, A. J. Miller and
D. C. Foster. His last position
was that of captain of the sloop yacht Corsair,
owned by Elbert Arthur of Northport@; Astaunch Republican,@ serving on the Huntington Town Republican Committee; served as
postmaster of Centreport
JARVIS
Anna 45 years
d. 18 February 1894 at Centreport;
interment at Northport; widow of Ira Jarvis mother of Rosa Jarvis and Herbert
Jarvis; native of Maryland and Afirst became acquainted with Capt. Jarvis during the War of the
Rebellion. He was left wounded on one of the battle fields and was founded and
cared for by this lady who afterwards became his wife@
JARVIS
Carrie L. 22
y 10 m 9 d
d.
JARVIS E. Franklin 33
y 11 m 3 d
d. 13 August 1899 at West Hills; brief illness; funeral at Melville
Presbyterian Church by Rev. Schwartz; son of Henry Jarvis; husband of Bertha
Jarvis, who survives; native of West Hills; Awell known in this village where he had a milk route ... resided on
the farm celebrated as the birthplace .... of Walt
Whitman@
JARVIS
Ebenezer 77 years
d.
JARVIS Edith 20
years
d.
JARVIS Edna Sammis 10 yrs
6 mos
d. 19 November 1895 at Huntington; typhoid fever; daughter of Capt.
Joseph R. Jarvis and the late Emily H. Jarvis; Huntington native, b. 22 May
1885; attended Second Presbyterian Church Sunday School
JARVIS Elizabeth 72
years
d. 8 April 1899 at West Hills; funeral at Melville Presbyterian
Church by Rev. Schwartz; daughter of Jesse and Hannah Oakley; widow of Henry
Jarvis; mother of Mrs. Homer Totten of West Deer
Park, Mrs. Seaman Post of Farmingdale, Alice Jarvis, Jesse Jarvis and E.
Franklin Jarvis, all of West Hills, George Jarvis of Connecticut and Charles
Jarvis of Nebraska; resident of the Walt Whitman Homestead; member of the
Melville Presbyterian Church; lifetime resident of West Hills; Aa kind
wife and mother and an agreeable neighbor@
JARVIS George*
d.
JARVIS
Hannah 83
years
d. 12 January 1894 at Huntington; widow of Moses Jarvis; Afor a
number of years blind and almost entirely deaf@; Aesteemed
Christian, a member of the Second Presbyterian Church@ (13
January 1894 paper); Afond of attending the services of God=s house in
the Huntington Baptist Church of which she was a consistent member and of which
she was a constituent at its organization over twenty‑five years ago@ (20 January 1894 paper)
JARVIS Hannah M. 59
years
d.
JARVIS
Henry 74 years
d. 18 October 1898 at West Hills; paralytic stroke; funeral at
Melville Presbyterian Church by Rev. Carter of Huntington; son of Carlton
Jarvis and Susan Everett; native of Melville, b. 21 November 1824; husband of
Elizabeth Oakley (m. 1845); son-in-law of Jesse Oakley; father of four
daughters and three sons; uncle of Baylis brothers of
Woodbury; member of Melville Presbyterian Church
JARVIS Capt. Henry 65
years
d.
JARVIS
Herbert 22 yrs 11 days
d.
JARVIS
Herbert 40 years
d.
JARVIS
Jesse 80 years
d. 4 July 1897; funeral at Northport; father of Mrs. Charles K. Sammis; Mrs. J. W. Bell; Mrs. Charles Ackerman; J. Udall
Jarvis; James Jarvis and Benjamin Jarvis; Afor many years the proprietor of one of the largest ship building
yards in our village [Northport] and employed a large number of men. He retired
from the business when steam vessels took the place of sailing vessels in the
coasting trade@
JARVIS
John 83 years
d. 14 April 1893 at Central Park; interment at Bethpage; father of
Whitson Jarvis; native
of Melville, b. 10 September 1810; resident of Central Park over sixty years;Athe
[Hempstead] plains at that time [1830s] were not covered with farms as now ...
Mr. Jarvis could stand on the plains at Central Park and see as far as
Hempstead as there were no houses or fences to obstruct the view@
JARVIS Capt. Jonathan 97
y 1 m 13 d
d. 14 May 1899 at Huntington; following the recent death of AUncle
Tommy@ Scudder, Capt. Jarvis was the oldest person in Huntington; funeral
at Huntington by Rev. Seem (Presbyterian) and Rev. Walter (M. E.); son of Simon
Losea Jarvis and Keturah
Conklin; husband of Ann West of Middletown Point, New Jersey (m. 28 May 1829),
she d. Atwenty years ago@; father of Emilous Jarvis of Huntington
and late Sarah W. (Mrs. Frederick) Manson; brother of Emilous
Jarvis, age 83, and William H. Jarvis, age 81; of his deceased siblings, many
reached very old ages Esther d. at 80, Phebe d. at
91; Philetus d. at 84 and Almira
d. at 80; native of Centreport, b. 1 April 1802;
learned blacksmith trade from his father; resided briefly at Commack; moved to
Huntington, where he lived ever since; captain of a packet line between
Huntington and New York City; afterwards, he owned two very good coasting
vessels, Mary Howell and Standard, and was engaged in the
coasting trade; following his retirement from the sea, he operated an ice cream
and candy saloon; a Astaunch Democrat@ ... who cast Ahis first vote ... for Andrew Jackson ... and it is said that he
has voted for every succeeding Democratic candidate@
JARVIS
Capt. Lemuel
d. Alast week@ at