Deaths Reported by the "Long Islander" 1891-1900

Abstracted by David Roberts

“M” Surnames

MACKENZIE Helen I. 78 years

funeral 19 September 1898; Glen Cove item

MACKEY J. W.

d. 18 October 1895; Athrown from his horse and killed ... at his chateau in France@; son of John W. Mackey, the Bonanza King of San Francisco; short obit in 26 October 1895 paper

MACKEY John 82 years

d. 5 July 1896 at Port Washington; native of Glen Cove, b. 7 May 1814; Apassed his youth and early manhood in this place [Glen Cove]@; long-time resident of Port Washington

MAGAM Alfred K.

death reported; resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado; former member of Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church; Oyster Bay item, 4 March 1899 paper

MAGORY John

d. 20 August 1894 at Riverhead; struck by railroad train while crossing tracks train hit Magory=s wagon and threw him 60 feet; resident of Aquebogue

MAGOUN Mr.

Awealthy banker@ who left $120,000 in real and $700,000 in personal property; summer resident of Babylon; 13 January 1894 paper

MAGUIRE Thomas

d. 27 September 1897 at Roslyn; hit by train while walking on the tracks; Abody was badly mangled and was not found until early Tuesday morning@; employed by Josiah L. Pearsall, proprietor of the hotel near the Roslyn station

MAHAN Mary Eliza Bishop 63 years

d. 27 December 1894 at Cold Spring; funeral at Cold Spring Baptist Church; wife of Henry Mahan; mother of Mrs. Smith Gardiner of Cold Spring and Mrs. Alarkus Jones of Brooklyn; native of Huntington

MAHAN Sarah Howard 78 y 3 m 17 d

d. 5 January 1892 at Monmouth Junction, N. J.; widow of Francis H. Mahan

MAHLER Henry 32 years

d. 8 November 1892; consumption; interment at Long Island City; son of Mrs. John Clause; Hicksville item

MAHON Hattie 21 years

d. 14 March 1895 at Northport; Ahas been in ill health for a long time and her death was not unexpected@

MAHON Joseph 54 years

d. 20 April 1898 at Oyster Bay; Aafter a long illness@; funeral at St. Dominick=s R. C. Church, Oyster Bay; survived by unnamed widow and three children

MAHONEY Michael 25 years

d. 8 September 1891 at Oyster Bay; brakeman on L. I. R. R. train; killed when boiler exploded; funeral at Roslyn; interment at Westbury; resident of Roslyn

MAHONEY Peter

d. 8 June 1891 at Garden City Park; interment at Westbury; digging cistern, which caved in on him

MAIDMENT William

funeral 23 January 1898 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Sea Cliff; interment at Roslyn; badly torn obit in 29 January1898 paper

MALCOLM Phebe U. Jackson 57 years

d. 15 March 1895 after a Along and painful illness of cancer@; funeral Friends= Meetinghouse at Jericho; wife of James Malcolm

MALLABY Francis B. 47 years

funeral 19 January 1894 at Glen Cove; son of Rev. Thomas B. Mallaby, former rector of Episcopal Church at Glen Cove; veteran of Civil War and member of Daniel L.Downing Post # 365 G. A. R.

MALLISON Henry 54 years

d. 21 March 1899 at Oyster Bay; pneumonia; funeral at Oyster Bay M. E. Church by Rev. Estes; interment at Locust Valley; sexton at Oyster Bay M. E. Church and janitor at Oyster Bay public school; former resident of Glen Cove

MALLISON Martha

late of Oyster Bay; letters of guardianship graned to James H. Ludlum of Oyster Bay by Nassau County Surrogate=s Court; 3 August 1900 paper

MALLISON Sarah 75 years

pneumonia; funeral 7 January 1899 at Reformed Church, Locust Valley; interment at Locust Valley; wife of Matthew Mallison

MALLOY William H. 64 y 10 m 16 d

d. 2 July 1893 at Northport; deacon of Northport Baptist Church; AHis funeral was attended ... by a large number of friends at the Presbyterian Church, which was kindly opened by the trustees, as it was larger than the Baptist Church@

MALONE Mrs. David

d. 7 January 1897; Ahad been sick for a long time and the end was looked for at any time during the last few months@; daughter of William Nelson; sister of Edward Nelson; mother of five children, the youngest being nine years old; native of Cold Spring (b. 1854); Oyster Bay item

MALONE James

found dead 29 May 1899 at Poverty Hollow, Oyster Bay; father of two sons and one daughter; gardener

MALONE Mrs. James 65 years

d. 22 April 1894 at Oyster Bay; Catholic funeral; interment at Brookville

MALONE Rev. Sylvester 78 years

d. 29 December 1899 at Brooklyn; pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul R. C. Church, Brooklyn; native of Ireland; ordained a priest 15 August 1844; his first church was a Asmall congregation@ in Williamsburgh, which became Sts. Peter & Paul; Aa fine edifice was reared in 1848@; AFather Malone was a bitter enemy of slavery and always had the courage to speak his convictions..... Probably Brooklyn contained few broader minded men as far a religion goes than the good old priest@; replaced by Father John L. Belford of St. Dominick=s R. C. Church, Oyster Bay

MALONEY Daniel 75 years

d. 21 February 1897 at Spring Hill, East Norwich; found dead in bed; neuralgia of the heart; funeral Westbury R. C. Church; interment at Westbury; survived by unnamed widow; Alived in this neighborhood [East Norwich] for many years@

MALONEY Margaret

d. Asome two weeks ago@; Woodbury item; Aaged and highly respected Irish woman@; Awell informed on the topics of the day .... she kept posted in current events@; 30 April 1892 paper

MALTON infant 10 months

funeral 13 April 1899; parents residents of East Norwich

MANCHESTER Bertha 22 years

murdered; dateline 31 May 1893 at Fall River, Massachusetts; account of murder in 3 June 1893 paper

MANGOLD Catherine E. 52 years

d. 6 January 1891 at Comac

MANLEY John A. 87 yrs 7 mos

d. 18 September 1893 at Northport

MANLEY John F. 51 years

d. 17 April 1894; interment at Hicksville; son‑in‑law of Mrs. Laurie

MANN infant

d. 28 July 1891 at Hicksville; one twin of Dr. John Mann

MANN Robbie

funeral 18 April 1899; interment at Westbury; drank a bottle of whiskey; son of John Mann of New Cassel

MANNIE Rebecca D. 79 years

d. 25 March 1897 at Morrisania; Abeen sick but a few days@; funeral at Northport by Rev. Adams of the M. E. Church; widow of Capt. Mitchell Mannie, Aat one time captain of a steamboat running between this village [Northport] and New York@; mother of 11 children of whom 5 survive: George A. Mannie of Brooklyn, Frank Mannie of Richmond Hill, Mrs. Louisa Smith of Morrisania and Mrs. Josephine Hartt and Mrs. Rose Burt, both of Northport

MANNY Ann Lee 75 years

d. 6 June 1895 at Philadelphia, Pa.; mother of Maria Kelsey; former resident of Huntington

MANNY Michael 60 years

d. 13 November 1891 at Huntington

MANNY Mitchell 74 yrs 6 mos

d. 15 June 1892 at Northport; father of Mrs. Oliver Hartt; Aveteran sea captain and at one time was master of the steamer Craton ..... and later was on the D. R. Martin@

MANSFIELD William G.

death reported 3 August 1895 paper; resident of London, England; uncle of Ellen E. Berry, formerly of Huntington, who inherited $25,000 from her uncle

MANSON Frederick O. 85 y 2 m 10 d

d. 24 June 1894 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington; husband of Sarah Jarvis son‑in‑law of Jonathan Jarvis; Afor a number of years in business in Washington Market in New York City@ and later in business in Brooklyn

MANTON John 82 years

d. 8 August 1900 at Sayville; heart failure; Athe old hermit@ whose brother Michael Manton died and left him $50,000 worth of property, which was contested by relatives

MANTON Michael over 90 years

Aan old miser who lived at Sayville, and upon his death left an estate of about $20,000@; account of contested will in 15 October 1898 paper

MAPES Agnes P. 56 y 4 m 12 d

d. 26 December 1892 at Northport; recently had a cancer removed; wife of Gideon Mapes

MAPES Capt. Gideon ca. 65 years

d. Aa few days since@ at New York City; a Sandy Hook pilot Aand was guiding a large ocean steamer into New York harbor when he was stricken down with paralysis@; interment at Northport; native and former resident of Northport; 25 May 1895 paper

MAPES Herbert 24 years

drowned 23 August 1891 in surf at Fire Island; brother of Charles Jay Mapes; former champion inter‑collegiate high jumper of USA; captain of Columbia College athletic team; Aheld college records in several of the short distance sprints@; Awas what may be called an all‑round good athlete@

MARGOT Henry Daniel 64 years

d. 31 March 1900 at Plain View; funeral at Plain View by Rev. Gutweiler of Hicksville; unnamed widow survives; father of one son; brother of Mrs. E. M. Grohmann of Plain View; former resident of California; came to Plain View Alast spring [1899]@

MARGOT Louis 47 years

d. 22 December 1896 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., at the insane asylum; consumption; funeral Plain View M. E. Church; survived by widow and a Afamily of children@; brother-in-law of Harry Jenkins of Hicksville; resident of Plain View who Aabout three months ago ... lost his reason and had to be conveyed to the asylum for treatment@

MARGOT Lucinda 70 years

d. 16 April 1900 at Plain View; pneumonia; funeral at Plain View M. E. Church by Rev. Gutweiler of Hicksville Reformed Church and Rev. Sands of Hicksville M. E. Church; wife of Ami Margot; member of Hicksville Reformed Church

MARLEY Sammie

death reported at New York City; father a former resident of Smithtown; 24 December 1892 paper

MARLEY Samuel

shad fishing in a boat on the Nissequogue River on 4 May 1898; intoxicated and fell overboard; rescued and Aput ashore to allow him to go home .... nothing more was seen of him@ until his body was found on the morning of 5 May 1898 in Rassapeague Trout Pond; inquest jury ruled Aaccidental drowning@; Smithtown item

MARSH Neil

d. 19 December 1900 at Nassau Hospital, Mineola; lineman of the New York & New Jersey Telephone Company; fell off as 40 foot pole in Hicksville when his strap broke

MARSHALL William ca. 24 years

d. 11 August 1892 at Long Island City; interment at Hicksville; injured Atwo weeks ago@ at Hicksville; Afell from a box car while switching cars east of the depot and one of the car wheels passed over his right leg@ which was amputated; resident of Hicksville since immigrating from England Aabout four years ago@; Ahas no relatives in this country@; account of funeral in 20 August 1892 paper

MARSLAND Ida P. 28 yrs 6 mos

d. 6 March 1893 at Cold Spring Harbor; five clergymen conducted funeral at Cold Spring M. E. Church; wife of Rev. Isaac A. Marsland; native of Brooklyn

MARTIN Anna Maria 76 y 11 m 7 d

d. 15 August 1896 [probably at Hicksville]; funeral R. C. Church, Hicksville; interment at Westbury; wife of Frank Martin, who she m. 46 years ago Aand they shortly after sailed for America@; mother of Mrs. Josephine Hasseman of Hicksville and Mrs. Adolph Stolz of New York City; native of Germany, who has resided in Hicksville Afor nearly thirty years@

MARTIN Henry A.

memorial gifts given to St. Paul=s School, Garden City; son of Henry I. Martin; Mineola item; 25 June 1892 paper

MARTIN Herman

d. 9 August 1897; measles and pneumonia; son of Charles Martin; Farmingdale item

MARTIN Joseph ca. 68 years

d. 17 March 1898 at Smithtown Branch; funeral at Smithtown Presbyterian Church; interment at Smithtown Branch