Deaths Reported by the "Long Islander" 1891-1900

Abstracted by David Roberts

 

“R” Surnames

 

RACKETT   Edna                                                    8 years

drowned 10 September 1899 at Rowayton, Connecticut; fell into the water while carrying her father=s lunch to him; daughter of Richard Rackett and Mary Ott; mother was a former resident of Huntington Harbor

RACKOW   Andrew                                                10 years

                        d. 17 November 1899 at Eastport; he and his brother were playing with a gun, while out hunting; the gun went off Ahitting Andrew in the chest and inflicting a terrible wound@; son of Jacob Rackow

RALSTON   Mrs. David

d. at New York City; pneumonia; interment 16 February 1900 at Northport; husband and two daughters survive; daughter of David Wood of Northport

RAMSHARDT  Louis

                        d. 11 January 1892 at Syosset

RANDALL  Mrs.                                                                      79 years

d. 31 January 1895 at Glen Cove; interment in Herkimer County, N. Y.; mother of Mrs. Dr. Hall

RANDALL  Henry                                                   55 years

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

RANDALL   Marian                                                 6 mos 14 days

d. 22 March 1899 at Brooklyn; spinal meningitis; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Seem; daughter of Edward Randall; granddaughter of Samuel George of Huntington

RANDELL   Edward                                               26 years

d. 11 December 1900 at Brooklyn; pneumonia; funeral at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington; son of David Randell of Asheville, North Carolina, formerly a conductor on the L. I. R. R.; son-in-law of Samuel George of Huntington; employed by the L. I. R. R. as the assistant superintendent of tracks at Long Island City; Atrusted .... and highly esteemed@

RANKINE   Laura B.                                               12 y 6 m 14 d

d. 6 March 1900 at Huntington; Aill for several months@; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Aitkins; interment at Canandaigua, N. Y.; daughter of James L. and Nellie J. Rankine

RANSOM  Mary A.                                                  86 y 3 m 9 d

                        d. 15 June 1893 at Fresh Pond

RAPELJE  Stewart                                                 54 years

d. 8 October 1896 at Northport; capillary bronchitis; funeral Northport; interment at Sing Sing, N. Y.; survived by unnamed widow, two daughters and one son; brother-in-law of the Hon. Benjamin W. Bonney; native of New York City; lawyer and author; graduate of Yale College; Aemployed for several years in the law publishing house of the Edward Thompson Company in this village [Northport]@; Acontributor to several law magazines and the author of seven or eight books that have become standard works in their line@

RAPELYEA  Simon [*]                                            70 years

                        d. 25 November 1894 at Oyster Bay; Afuneral was attended .... at the colored church@

RASMUSSEN  Henry

                        d. 21 April 1895; funeral Glen Cove M. E. Church

RAU  George                                                           79 years

d. 15 September 1896 at [Oyster Bay] Town Poorhouse; interment at Westbury; Ahad become helpless and having no one to look after him it was thought proper to send him to the poor house ... as far as known, he has no relatives in this country@

RAVENSBURG  Grace                                          18 years

d. 2 September 1896 at Milton-on-Hudson, N. Y.; funeral New York City; resident of New York City; former summer resident of Huntington

RAY   Clara F.                                                          63 years

d. 10 October 1899 at Huntington; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Seem; interment at Litchfield, Connecticut; widow; mother of Mrs. Vincent Ford and Clara B. Ray, both of Huntington; native of Cincinnati, Ohio; former resident of Litchfield, Connecticut; resident of Huntington for past eight years; member of Central Presbyterian Church, Huntington

RAY  Louisa

d. 18 October 1891; consumption; funeral at Oyster Bay; interment at Green‑Wood, Brooklyn

RAYMOND  Mrs. Dr.                                               50 years

interment 24 March 1898 at Genola Cemetery, East Northport; Aremains ..... were brought up from the city@; daughter of William Gardiner of Northport

RAYNOR   Bessie                                                   78 years

d. 2 November 1900; funeral at Manorville Methodist Protestant Church by Rev. Cady; widow of Isaac Raynor; mother of Mrs. Edwin F. Arthur of Huntington and 8 other children

RAYNOR   Charles L.                                             69 years

d. 11 May 1899 at Sayville; Bright=s disease; unnamed widow and six children survive; Methodist; Republican; former Suffolk County Superintendent of the Poor

RAYNOR  Daniel                                                     80 years

                        d. 9 March 1894 at Yaphank; [Suffolk] County [Alms] House

RAYNOR  Daniel

                        d. 25 November 1898 at Brooklyn; brother of John F. Raynor of Huntington

RAYNOR  Ellen                                                       65 years

d. 12 July 1898 at Huntington; fell down cellar stairs; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Walter of M. E. Church; widow of Jesse Raynor (d. 1866); mother of David E. Raynor of Greenport and George Raynor of Riverhead; maiden name was Webster; native of Oyster Bay who spent most of her life in Huntington; housekeeper for the Henry Ireland family; member of the Huntington M. E. Church; Aof kindly and sympathetic nature@

RAYNOR  Jesse                                                      Anearly@ 5 years

d. 11 August 1897; interment at Northport Rural Cemetery, Northport; son of William H. Raynor, proprietor of Raynor=s Hotel in Northport

RAYNOR  John

d. 6 January 1896 at Hicksville; train wreck one mile east of Hicksville; three cars jumped the track; Raynor, a brakeman on one of the cars, was Ainstantly killed@ and Ahorribly mangled@; the wreck blocked the track for eight hours, Aas the wrecking train had to be brought from Long Island City to remove the wrecked cars from the track@; Raynor was the third crew member of train #510 of the L. I. R. R. to be killed within a year; resident of Wading River; widow and three children survive

RAYNOR  William H.

                        d. at Hempstead; funeral 29 October 1892; Aan old war veteran@

REARDON  John

                        funeral 12 October 1894; interment at Brookville; Oyster Bay item

RECK   Charles                                                                      80 years

d. 24 February 1900 at Hicksville; Aafter a short illness@; funeral at German Lutheran Church, Hicksville; his first wife d. ca. 23 years ago [ca. 1876]; he m. his second wife ca. 10 years ago [ca. 1889]; she survives, as does one son; carpenter; Aa great many of the older houses [in Hicksville] were erected by him@; resident of Hicksville Anearly half a century@

REDDY  Elizabeth                                                  1 year

                        d. 23 December 1897 at Huntington

REDDY  Michael

d. 13 July 1891 at Hempstead; interment at Westbury; Afor many years a resident of Westbury@

REDEHAN  Bertha

suicide 25 June 1894 at Amityville; hanged herself; Ait is alleged that seven times she attempted her life@; inmate of Long Island Home Asylum;  resident of Hicksville

REED  Jemima                                                        74 years

                        d. 7 August 1894 at Oyster Bay; interment at Albany, N. Y.

REED  John A.                                                        65 years

                        d. 30 June 1891 at Brooklyn

REED  Mrs. Joseph

                        funeral 9 March 1894; interment at Westbury; resident of Roslyn

REED  William Francis                                          69 years

                        d. 23 December 1896 at Brooklyn; pneumonia; interment at Foxboro, Massachusetts; survived by unnamed widow and two daughters; treasurer of Glen Cove department of the National Starch Company; Aconnected with the Duryea Starch Company for many years@; native of Easton, Massachusetts

REEVE   Lucy J.                                                     50 years

d. 7 February 1900 at Echo; wife of John Reeve; mother of John Reeve and Louis Reeve; former resident of Northport

REEVES  child                                                                       3 years

d. Alast week@; funeral 17 March 1895 M. E. Church, Northport; interment at Middleville; child of John Reeves; 23 March 1895

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REEVES  Edna                                                                      40 years

d. 29 March 1895 at Vernon Valley; killed in a house fire; interment at East Northport; daughter of Israel Higbie; sister of Mrs. William Call; wife of Floyd Reeves; mother of Harriet Reeves, also killed in fire; member of M. E. Church at Northport

REEVES   Egbert                                                    54 years

                        d. 4 May 1900 at Brooklyn; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; first wife was Sarah Eaton; son-in-law of Albert Eaton; second wife was Emma Rowland; father of Marie (Mrs. Edward) Specht and Albertina Reeves, both of Brooklyn, by his first wife, and Paul Reeves of Brooklyn, by his second wife; native of Cold Spring Harbor; clerk in a store and later proprietor of the Northside House, before moving to Brooklyn, about 1880, where he worked for Westcott Express Company; during the Civil War, he served with the 127th New York

REEVES  Harriet                                                     15 years

d. 29 March 1895 at Vernon Valley; killed in a house fire; interment at East Northport; daughter of Edna Reeves, also killed in fire, and Floyd Reeves; granddaughter of Israel Higbie; had been baptized and joined the M. E. Church at Northport on probation, Sunday, 3 March 1895

REEVES   Ruth A.                                                  75 years

d. 21 May 1899; funeral at Northport; widow of Smith Reeves; mother-in-law of Oakley Rowland

REEVES  William T.                                               78 yrs 7 mos

                        d. 22 June 1896 at Centreport

REEVES  Willie                                                                      12 years

                        d. 29 September 1895; son of John Reeves; Northport item

REICHERT   Charles                                             57 years

d. 12 October 1900 at Long Swamp; Asuddenly from heart failure@; had a premonition that he would die that day; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; survived by unnamed widow, his third wife, and 2 sons and 1 daughter; former real estate dealer in Brooklyn; resided on the McMenomy Farm in Long Swamp

REICHMAN   Mr.

funeral 16 March 1899 at Melville Presbyterian Church; interment at Melville Cemetery; father of Rev. Mr. Schwarz=s son-in-law

REICHMAN  Helen                                                 2 1/2 years

d. 4 August 1897 in the Catskill Mountains, New York State; interment at Melville; daughter of Mrs. M. E. Reichman; granddaughter of Rev. Swartz of Melville Presbyterian Church

REICHMAN  Mrs. Martin

d. 2 December 1897 at New York City; consumption; funeral at Presbyterian Church, Melville by Rev. Carter, First Presbyterian, Huntington, Rev. Putnam, Second Presbyterian, Huntington, and Rev. Lounsbury, M. E. Church, Farmingdale; interment at Melville; daughter of Rev. P. A. Schwarz, pastor of Presbyterian Church, Melville; long obit in Melville column, 11 December 1897 paper

REID  Rev. John

death reported at Warsaw, New York; uncle of G. E. Lawrence of Farmingdale; preached at Farmingdale M. E. Church Alast summer@; 13 March 1897 paper

REID   John                                                              70 years

d. 10 October 1899 at Kings Park; apoplexy; funeral at Brooklyn; father-in-law of J. N. Burr of Kings Park

REID   John F.

d. 14 September 1900 at Sea Cliff; Aover exertion in rowing across Hempstead Harbor on Wednesday, September 12, during the gale@;

REID   Mrs. Joseph

funeral at New Haven, Oswego County, N. Y.; sister of Lambert Van Valkenburgh of Oyster Bay; 28 October 1899 paper

REIFF  C. A.                                                              63 years

d. 27 August 1897 at East Northport; interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village; father of Mrs. King

REILLY  Mary

d. 29 September 1893 at Westbury; Athe deceased son Thomas died three weeks ago@

REILLY  Richard J.                                                 5 y 2 m 11 d

                        d. 21 September 1892 at Brooklyn

REILLY  Thomas

                        d. 7 September 1893;  pneumonia; funeral at Westbury; son of Mary Reilly

REINHARD   Mrs.                                                    Aaged@

d. 17 April 1899 at Hicksvile; funeral at St. Ignatius R. C. Church, Hicksville; interment at Westbury; mother of Frank Reinhard of Hicksville; Aa resident of this village [Hicksville] for a long time and was highly esteemed@

REMENYI  Edouard                                               66 years

d. 15 May 1898 at San Francisco, California; Anoted violinist, fell dead on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre .... while playing his favorite instrument@; native of Poland; Ahas played in almost every city and town of importance in the United States@

REMP   Joel Smith

d. 25 March 1900 at Brooklyn; grip; funeral at Brooklyn by Rev. J. Watson Morris; unnamed widow survives; uncle of D. Woodhull Conklin and Mrs. Joseph Hendrickson, both of Huntington, and David R. Smith and Joel B. Smith, both of Greenlawn; native of Huntington (b. 1814); moved to Flatlands, Kings County, in 1836 to farm; later went into the commissions business at the Fulton Market, Aretiring with a snug competency@; account of will in 6 April 1900 paper

REMSEN   Catharine A.  AKate@

d. 4 February 1900 at Mill Hill, Oyster Bay; Asuddenly of paralysis@; funeral at St. Paul=s M. E. Church, Oyster Bay, by Rev. Estes; sister of Daniel Remsen and Sarah J. Sanderson; letters of administration granted to Mrs. Sanderson, 9 March 1900 paper

REMSEN  James B.                                               64 years

d. 22 July 1895 at Brooklyn; interment at Cypress Hills; father of J. Fred Remsen; former resident of Brookville, where he Aresided at the old Remsen homestead near the Reformed Church@

REMSEN  John H.

d. 3 February 1897; pneumonia; funeral Mill Hill, Oyster Bay; interment at Brookville; Ahighly esteemed by his neighbors .. resident of Mill Hill, near this village [Oyster Bay], for many years@

REMSEN  Wright H.

d. 28 February 1894 at Locust Valley; heart disease; interment at Jamaica;  survived by widow and three children; station master for L.I.R.R. at Locust Valley and Oyster Bay; member Matinecock Lodge F&A Masons and Locust Valley Hook & Ladder Company

REMSON  Mary