Deaths Reported by the "Long Islander" 1891-1900

Abstracted by David Roberts

“P” Surnames

PAFF James

interment 19 March 1891 at Hempstead; fell from 4th story of a building in Brooklyn; resident of Brooklyn; formerly of Hempstead

PAHDE Charles 47 years

d. 31 May 1900 at Jersey City, New Jersey; funeral at Hicksville by Rev. Matschat; survived by an unnamed widow and one adopted child

PAHDE William 45 years

d. 17 March 1897 at Hicksville; Acomplication of diseases@; interment at Hicksville; never married; life-long resident of Hicksville (b. 11 December 1851); Acarpenter by trade@

PAINTER Isabella ca. 30 years

d. 11 February 1892 at Oyster Bay; interment at Locust Valley; daughter of Dr.Jaynes; wife of John Painter

PAINTER Naomi

d. 24 March 1900 at Oyster Bay; funeral at Oyster Bay M. E. Church; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor; wife of Job Painter

PAINTER William Edgar

d. 28 August 1893 at Glen Cove; apoplexy; found dead sitting under a tree on Pearsall Avenue

PALAIO Domenico

d. 9 July 1892 at Roslyn; jumped in front of train at East Williston to save son who was on tracks; account of mishandling of the body by undertaker Thorne of Roslyn in 16 July 1892 paper Note: surname is spelled in various ways in different accounts of the event.

PALLISTER Thomas

body found 17 May 1893 in Hudson River opposite Sing Sing, N. Y.; interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside; escaped from Sing Sing Prison 20 April 1893 with F. W. Roehl, who may have murdered Pallister and then committed suicide

PALMER Mrs.

funeral 5 December 1892 at East Orange, N. J.; mother of Huldah (Mrs. Fred W.) Pennoyer; former resident of Huntington

PALMER Eugene P. 60 years

d. 23 August 1897 at Sea Cliff; heart and lung trouble; funeral at New York City; resident of New York City

PALMER Jacob Williams

d. 8 August 1897; cholera infantum; interment at Westbury; child of Frank Palmer; Mineola item

PALMER John

d. 1 March 1897 at Brooklyn; unnamed widow and three sons survive; resident of Woodbury Afor a number of years@

PALMER General John M. 83 years

d. 25 September 1900 at Springfield, Illinois; [interment at Carlinville, Illinois]; [native of Scott County, Kentucky]; [served in the Illinois legislature and as a Republican elector for Lincoln in 1860]; Aone of the great generals of the Civil War@; Governor [of Illinois, as a Republican, 1869-1873] and U. S. Senator [from Illinois, as a Democrat, 1891-1897]; Ahe was the candidate of the Gold Standard Democrats for President in 1896@

PALMER S. A.

d. 11 January 1895 at Coxsackie, New York; native of Coxsackie, but for many years as resident of Syosset; went back to Coxsackie for a visit after an absence of twenty years, took sick and died

PALMER Walter 73 years

d. 23 May 1895 at Somers, Westchester County, N. Y.

PALMER Mrs. Wilson

d. 17 March 1898 at Arlington, Massachusetts; wife of former editor of the Oyster Bay Pilot; mother of Mrs. Henry W. Bullard of Arlington; former resident of Oyster Bay for fourteen years and, at that time, a member of the Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church and the Ladies= Literary Circle

PARISH Mrs. Roswell 93 years

d. 22 September 1896 at Littleton, New Hampshire; interment at Littleton, N. H.; daughter of Capt. Thomas Smith; mother of Mrs. J. Hutchinson of Littleton, N. H.; native of Smithtown, b. 1803; long-time resident of Hartford, Connecticut, Abut spent the last years of her life with her daughter@; Smithtown item

PARKER Emma

d. 22 December 1892; interment at Mount Sinai; daughter of Lewis M. Rowland; wife of Wallace Parker

PARLIMAN Alice 26 years

d. 25 August 1896 at Brooklyn; funeral Glen Cove, by Rev. Gilman of the M. E. Church; daughter of John H. Parliman of Glen Cove

PARLIMAN Mrs. J. H.

d. 19 March 1895; resident of Glen Cove Landing

PARNELL Delia Tudor Stewart

d. 27 March 1898 at Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland; clothing caught fire the day before; daughter of Admiral Charles Stewart [of the U. S. Navy]; wife of John Howard Parnell; mother of Charles Stewart Parnell, late Irish political leader; native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PARRAGA Mary Louise 38 years

d. 29 March 1896 at Huntington Harbor; interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City; wife of J. L. Parraga

PARRISH Richard L. 87 years

d. 16 February 1893; funeral at Matinecock

PARSELLS George 92 years

d. Alast week@ at Long Island City; Athe oldest public official in Queens County@; first Long Island City justice of the peace when city was incorporated; previously Recorder of Village of Astoria and Town of Newtown official; 9 January 1892 paper

PARSONS Ambrose

d. at Peekskill, N. Y.; proprietor of Eagle Hotel at Peekskill; died after hearing his landlord had been shot in Brooklyn Alast Thursday@ by a jealous husband. AThe shock was too great for him@; son of W. P. Parsons; former resident of Huntington 7 November 1891 paper

PARSONS John G. 67 years

d. 24 April 1894 at East Northport; peritonitis; interment at Evergreens, Brooklyn; brother of Fred S. Parsons of East Northport; former resident of community near Buffalo, N. Y.; secretary of a building & loan association

PATON small child

d. 20 July 1900 at Oyster Bay; complication of diseases; interment at East Norwich; child of Mrs. James Paton of Brooklyn; grandchild of Mrs. A. Hawxhurst of Oyster Bay

PATTEN child 2 years

d. 9 August 1898 at Oyster Bay; bronchitis child of Mrs. James Patten, former resident of Oyster Bay; grandchild of Abraham Hawxhurst of Oyster Bay

PATTERSON George *

drowned 16 October 1896 at Mill Neck Creek;; Asome persons near by heard his cries for help but could not get to his assistance in time@

PATTERSON John

d. 24 July 1894 at Middletown, N. Y.; interment at Glen Cove; former Glen Cove resident who was an inmate at Middletown Insane Asylum

PATTON Thomas 80 y 4 m 27 d

d. 17 February 1891 at Huntington; husband of Charlotte W. Scudder, who he m. 1843; brother‑in‑law of Rev. Moses L. Scudder; father‑in‑law of A. B. Gildersleeve; active Methodist; b. Boston, Massachusetts 21 January 1810; resident of Huntington since 1845

PAUL Charles

d. 10 October 1891 at Hicksville; resident of Hicksville for the Apast 15 years@; in cigar business

PAULDING Anna Maria 85 y 5 m 27 d

d. 7 January 1894 at Huntington; widow of Rear Admiral [Hiram] Paulding; mother of Anna Paulding, Emma Paulding and Hiram Paudling, all of West Neck, Tattnall Paudling of Philadelphia, Rebecca (Mrs. Commodore Richard W.) Meade and Mary (Mrs. Major Robert L.) Meade; about 1837, Admiral Paulding purchased a farm on West Neck as a home for his family while he was away at sea and Mrs. Paulding resided at West Neck for most of those years; in recent years, due to ill health, she remained at home on her farm

PAUSEL Elizabeth 69 years

d. 9 November 1895 at Oyster Bay; Asuddenly...heart disease@; interment at Cold Spring Harbor; wife of A. H. Pausel; mother of 1 son and 1 daughter; member of Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church; former resident of Northport; Aa lady highly esteemed for her quiet, unassuming, but earnest Christian character@

PAYNE infant son

funeral 22 January 1897 at South Glen Cove; interment St. Paul=s Episcopal Churchyard, Glen Cove; son of Edward T. Payne

PAYNE Frank ca. 80 years

d. at Long Island City; funeral 6 May 1897 at Smithtown Landing M. E. Church; father of Mrs. John Moir; Aspent nearly all his life as a resident of Smithtown@

PAYNE Mrs. Jonas

d. 24 May 1892; cancer; interment at Northport; Smithtown item

PAYNE Oscar *

interment 22 July 1894; Ayoung colored man who has been in the employ of A. T.Jackson at Jericho@

PAYNE Sophie E. 61 years

d. 24 November 1899 at Brooklyn, from caring for her brother during his final illness; funeral at Brooklyn; sister of the late Rev. Thomas Webb, former pastor of the Northport Baptist Church; mother of four, two of whom, Mrs. Andrew Mitteaur and Alice Payne, are residents of Northport; former resident of Northport

PEARSALL Frank

funeral 14 October 1897 at Friends= Meetinghouse, Searingtown; Astricken with paralysis .... and never recovered consciousness@; resident of Mineola

PEARSALL Grant

d. Aonly a few years ago@ at Upola, Navigator=s Group, Fiji Islands; native of Pearsalls, who left Long Island Anearly 30 years ago@ on a whaling ship; deserted at Pago Pago in Samoa with a companion, ‑‑‑‑ Seaman of Sag Harbor; Afor years they lived a roving life among the islands of Polynesia, finally settling down at Upola .... where they took unto themselves native wives and adopted the manners and customs of the islands@; 4 August 1894 paper

PEARSALL Mrs. Hiram B. 34 years

d. 4 April 1896; typhoid fever; funeral Oyster Bay M. E. Church, conducted by Rev. Russell of Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church; daughter of late Charles Sammis of Oyster Bay

PEARSALL John B.

d. 26 January 1897 at East Amityville; native of Half Hollow Hills (b. 1831); Aquite extensively engaged in the charcoal burning business .... was about the last person to continue in that line of industry in this section@

PEARSALL Robert Frary infant

funeral 10 December 1893 at Glen Cove; son of Thomas Pearsall

PEARSALL Thomas Buchanan

d. 26 October 1897; funeral at St. Paul=s Episcopal Church, Glen Cove; son of General James B. Pearsall of Glen Cove; member of Royal Arcanum Council of Glen Cove

PEARSALL William 79 years

d. 28 December 1897 at Huntington; memorial notice from the Official Board of the Huntington Methodist Episcopal Church in 12 March 1898 paper

PECK Eliza Langdon 98 years

d. Aa few days since@ at Kensington, Connecticut; grandmother of Mrs. Thomas Pearsall of Glen Cove; 20 April 1900 paper

PECK Nancy H.

d. 3 January 1893 at Southold; widow of Israel Peck; mother of Mrs. J. G. Huntting of Huntington

PECKHAM Harold L. 4 years

d. 9 December 1900 at Cold Spring; diphtheria; son of Charles Peckham; memorial service for Harold and 3 other children who died of diphtheria on 23 December 1900 at Cold Spring Harbor Baptist Church

PEDRICK May B. 16 years

death reported in 15 June 1895 paper; resided with Mr. and Mrs. C. Donley; daughter of Emma Pedrick and granddaughter of the late Samuel Pedrick; Farmingdale item

PELL Marion

d. 13 March 1897 [probably at New York City]; Aaccidentally knocked a lamp from a mantel. It fell upon the stove and exploded, setting fire to her clothing immediately. She was alone .... was taken to the hospital where she died the following day@; aunt of Samuel George and John George, both of Huntington; resident of Harlem, New York

PENDERGAST Anthony

d. 29 March 1895 at Oyster Bay; funeral at R. C. Church, Oyster Bay; interment at Brookville

PENDERGRAST Mannie 20 years

d. 18 March 1892 at Oyster Bay; consumption

PENTON Samuel

d. 19 April 1900 at Brooklyn; interment at Northport; graveside service by Rev. Holden of Trinity Episcopal Church, Northport; summer resident of Northport; Amany years ago@ a resident of Huntington

PERKINS Mrs.

d. at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; mother of Dr. Perkins of Smithtown; Ashe had recently visited the doctor at his home in this village [Smithtown] and left here in good health@; 17 April 1897 paper; two grandchildren who had been in her care are now in care of Dr. and Mrs. Harold Perkins of Smithtown; 7 August 1897 paper

PERKINS Maria F. Beecher 94 years

d. 14 March 1900 at Hartford, Connecticut; sister of the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, who d. the same day, the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, [and the late Harriet Beecher Stowe]

PERKINS Marion 89 years

d. 14 April 1891 at Riverhead; widow of John Perkins; Athe first Methodist that appeared in this part of the County@ [Riverhead]

PERKINSON Marion

d. 25 February 1900 at Arlington, New Jersey; survived by widow, the former Mattie Pidgeon; father of three children; former resident of Northport

PERRY Mrs. Joseph 36 years

d. 6 June 1900 at Oyster Bay; heart failure; survived by her husband and nine children, the youngest of whom is Aan infant a week old@

PERRY Louisa

d. 5 October 1891 in New Jersey; run over by a horse car; interment at East Norwich; daughter of Isaac and Jane Bockus; native of Oyster Bay

PETER Mrs. Jacob