Deaths Reported by the "Long Islander" 1891-1900

Abstracted by David Roberts

“K” Surnames

KAISER Kate 24 years

d. 15 February 1900 at Kings Park; funeral at Northport; wife of John Kaiser; mother of one child; taken to Long Island State Hospital Aabout a month ago, her mind having been deranged by severe illness@

KALER George W. 72 years

d. 2 December 1900 at Centre Moriches; survived by an unnamed widow, six married children, and three brothers; former resident of Cold Spring; owned Athe old mill and pond at that place [Centre Moriches] and was well known to hundreds of summer guests who hired boats of him@

KANE John R. 50 years

d. 9 December 1896 at Brooklyn; interment at Oyster Bay Cove; native of Oyster Bay; moved to Brooklyn in 1868, where he became Aa prominent resident@

KANE John William 39 yrs 7 mos

d. 16 September 1897 at Brooklyn; paralysis of the throat; funeral at M. E. Church, Cold Spring; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery, Huntington; survived by unnamed widow and two children; son-in-law of Townsend Gardiner

KANE Mary T.

death reported in 2 March 1895 paper; wife of John P. Kane

KAREL Peter

d. Arecently@ at New York City; 6 August 1892 paper; Bohemian immigrant who formerly worked for J. A. Hewlett of Plain View; AThe man was given a decent burial by Mr. Hewlett@

KARMAN George 55 years

d. 3 October 1900 at Hicksville; Bright=s disease; funeral at St. Ignatius R. C. Church, Hicksville; survived by an unnamed widow, 2 sons and 4 daughters; resident of Hicksville for past 8 years

KARSTEN Edna Elizabeth 9 y 3 m 15 d

d. 1 September 1892; interment at Hicksville; daughter of Frederick Karsten

KASE Louis 22 years

suicide 13 October 1894 at Aiken, South Carolina; cut his throat; former employee of J. H. Hitcock, Jr.; Westbury item

KAUTZ Katie 4 years

d. 12 August 1891 at Cold Spring Harbor; killed in collapse of deck of excursion barge Republic; resident of Brooklyn

KAY Mrs. James 21 years

d. 13 June 1897 at Sea Cliff; daughter of Mrs. Alma Queen; survived by husband and six month old baby; member of St. Luke=s Episcopal Church, Sea Cliff

KEANE Edward

d. Alast week@ at Sheepshead Bay; 2 July 1892 paper; brother of Eugene Keane; former resident of Kings Park

KECK Josephine 51 years

d. 4 November 1896 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; funeral Glen Cove; interment at Locust Valley; wife of Henry Keck

KEEGAN Katie 14 years

d. 8 November 1891 at Cold Spring Harbor; interment at Huntington; scarlet fever; daughter of Joseph Keegan

KEIL Charles G. Alacked three days of being 80 years of age@

d. 26 July 1894 at Plain View; dropsey; interment at Bethpage; native of Germany who immigrated to U. S. in 1847 and Afor the past 35 years has resided at Plain View@; 4 August 1894 paper has account of Athe bloody affray which took place in his saloon about four years ago in which Keil killed Frederick Van Sise and broke the leg of the young man=s father, it is claimed in self‑defense .... Keil was indicted for manslaughter, but the case was never tried@

KELL Mrs. Francis

funeral 4 January 1891; Central Park and Hicksville item; thanks from Charles Kell to Hicksville Singing Society for its role in funeral services

KELLER infant 4 months

d. 14 July 1895; interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village; child of F. J. Keller; Farmingdale item

KELLER Louis 83 years

d. 15 May 1895 at New York City; funeral at Hicksville by Rev. Gutweiler; interment at Hicksville; father of Mrs. Louis Koerner and eight other children; survived by unnamed widow; native of Austria, b. 31 March 1812; soap maker; during 1840=s and 1850=s had soap and candle factory in New York City; moved to Hicksville in 1858; opened soap factory in Hempstead in 1868 and later one in Brooklyn; sold out to Queens County Soap Works of Hicksville and retired in 1874

KELLER Wenzel

d. 17 January 1893 at New York City; brother of Joseph Keller; nephew of Louis Keller of Hicksville; former resident of Hicksville

KELLEY Mary

funeral 27 April 1891 at Hauppauge

KELLUM Ebenezer

d. Alast week@ at Hempstead; 15 December 1894 paper; husband of Mary Townsend of Half Hollow Hills (m. 1842); ran a stove business in Babylon in 1848; served as supervisor of Hempstead Town

KELLUM George

d. 5 July 1897 at Long Swamp; funeral at Long Swamp; father of Fred Kellum of Oyster Bay, Smith Kellum of Babylon and Mary Kellum of Long Swamp; carpenter and farmer; Aborn in the same house in which he died@

KELLY Mrs. John

funeral 10 November 1898 at R. C. Church, Hauppauge; wife of Justice John Kelly of Kings Park

KELLY Michael

d. 25 April 1893 at Hempstead Town Poorhouse; thought to be case of typhus fever

KELSEY infant

interment 27 February 1894; Northport item; child of John Kelsey

KELSEY Charles 43 years

d. at County House, Yaphank; interment Alast week@ at Northport Rural Cemetery; resident of Centreport; 18 March 1899 paper

KELSEY Edward 37 years

d. 5 December 1897; suddenly of pneumonia; Aup to the time of his illness on Saturday Mr. Kelsey had been in rugged health@; Ahis death was a great shock to his friends, many of whom had not heard of his illness@; survived by an unnamed widow; postmaster of Westbury Afor some time@ and Afor years kept the village general store here [Westbury]@

KELSEY Elbert 61 years

d. 8 January 1900 at Brooklyn; funeral at Northport; unnamed widow and two children survive; brother-in-law of David Bryant of Northport; Afor many years in the employ of the New York and Brooklyn Ferry Company@; former resident of Northport

KELSEY Ellen 2 mos 17 days

d. 12 April 1891 at Huntington

KELSEY Freelove 76 years

d. 29 November 1893 at Centreport; interment at Northport; mother of John Kelsey and Charles Kelsey

KELSEY Hannah E. 63 yrs 5 mos

d. 13 December 1893 at Huntington; wife of Henry Kelsey; member of Second Presbyterian Church

KELSEY Harriett D. 85 yrs 7 mos

d. 6 March 1900 at Bronx, N. Y.; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; sister of the late Mrs. Daniel Smith

KELSEY Jesse B. 79 y 5 m 22 d

d. 25 June 1896 at New Haven, Connecticut; funeral Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington; survived by unnamed widow; father of Rev. Joel Kelsey, Aa minister in the West@, Frank Kelsey of Waterbury, Conn., Jesse Kelsey of Queens, Mrs. Frank Adams of Hackensack, N. J., and Mrs. Harry Hicks of New Haven, Connecticut; brother-in-law of Andrew Codding of Fair Ground ; Aspent most of his life in this place@ [Huntington]

KELSEY Johnny ca. 3 years

d. 13 November 1894 at Centreport killed in accident while playing with a toy wagon; twin son of John Kelsey

KELSEY Katie 5 months

d. 20 June 1891 at Huntington

KELSEY Katie Welsh

d. 23 August 1894 at Huntington; explosion of kerosene lamp caused a fire; Mrs. Kelsey=s clothing caught on fire when she attempted to put out the fire; badly burned Ashe lay suffering in terrible agony@ until she died the following morning; widow of William Kelsey; member of St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Huntington; long account of accident in 25 August 1894 paper

KELSEY William C. 31 yrs 11 mos

d. 14 June 1892 at Huntington

KELSEY Woodhull 33 years

d. 18 January 1900 at Brooklyn; funeral at home of Mrs. Joseph Tillott, Halesite; unmarried; resident of Brooklyn

KENDRICK Lulu 15 years

d. 18 July 1891 at Cold Spring Harbor

KENDRICK Mary A. 76 years

d. 8 January 1891 at Northport

KENNEY Mary 64 years

d. 14 October 1898 at Oyster Bay; suddenly of heart disease; Ahad just returned from morning service at St. Dominick=s R. C. church when she was taken suddenly ill and expired@; funeral at St. Dominick=s R. C. Church, Oyster Bay; interment at Brookville; resident with Mrs. Albertson for 40 years

KENYON Whitman 83 years

d. 20 December 1896 at Smithtown; funeral Brooklyn

KEPPLER Joseph

d. 26 February 1894 [at New York City]; Afamous cartoonist and editor of Puck@; [native of Vienna, Austria]

KERBS Augusta 56 y 7 m 4 d

d. 12 August 1899 at Hicksville; funeral at German Lutheran Church, Hicksville; interment at Plain Lawn Cemetery, Hicksville; left a widow with five children when husband d. 15 years ago [ca. 1884]; Aa noble woman and mother@

KERBS Emil

d. 19 September 1899 at Hicksville; Alingering illness@; funeral at Brush Hollow M. E. Church by Rev. Matschat [Lutheran] of Hicksville; unnamed widow and three children sutvive; life long resident of Hicksville

KERBS John William 1 week

d. 25 April 1895; interment at Westbury; son of E. C. Kerbs; Hicksville item

KERBS William A. 24 years

d. 16 March 1898 at Hicksville; funeral at German Lutheran Church, Hicksville; interment at Plain Lawn Cemetery, Hicksville; Aeldest son of a widowed mother@

KERR girl 15 years

d. 21 May 1894 at Syosset; consumption; interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside; daughter of a German family who moved out from New York City to a farm in Syosset, hoping that a change of air would improve her health

KETCHAM infant

d. 23 May 1894 at Northport; son of Henry E. Ketcham

KETCHAM Alice G. 10 years

d. 24 April 1891 at Comac; daughter of David L. and Ruhama Ketcham

KETCHAM Amy 77 y 8 m 2 d

d. 21 January 1891 at Huntington; interment at Green‑Wood, Brooklyn; sister of Mrs. William Pearsall

KETCHAM Antoinnette 65 y 8 m 27 d

d. 17 December 1895 at Northport; funeral at M. E. Church, Northport; interment at Huntington; widow of Luther Ketcham of the 48th New York, who was captured by the Confederates and sent to Libby Prison, Awhere he suffered much until his removal to the prison at Belle Island where he died [Richmond, Va.]@; mother of Mrs. Alvin Lewis of Northport and Mrs. Newton Scudder of Washing- ton, D. C.; native of Huntington and Afor many years a member of the M. E. Church in that place@; the Samuel Ackerly G. A. R. Post of Northport and the J. C. Walters G. A. R. Post of Huntington attended her funeral

KETCHAM Arthur Ray

d. Alast week