ACGSI - Cholera and Other Deaths, 1849, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana

P.O. Box 12003
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46862

Cholera and Other Deaths, Jul.-Sep. 1849, Fort Wayne, Indiana

The following burials were reported in the Fort Wayne Sentinel during the cholera epidemic of 1849. This list also includes deaths due to other causes.

City Cemetery was the public burial ground on Broadway, the present site of McCullough Park. The Catholic cemetery was likely the old Catholic burial ground near Phenie St., Riedmiller Av., Wall St., and Swinney Av. which was purchased by Rev. Fr. Julian Benoit in Feb. 1849.

If a name on this list interests you, be sure to consult the 1850 Mortality Schedule.

For more information about the cholera epidemic of 1849, see Frontier Faith: The Story of the Pioneer Congregations of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1850-1860 by George Mather, pp. 87-88.

Name	Age	Burial Date	Cemetery	Cause of Death	Newspaper	Newspaper Date	Pg.
Appenzenner, Jacob		3 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Babcock, (child of G.)		7 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Bachus, Elizabeth		1 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Bachus, Francis		5 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Barger, Rudolph			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Beecher, (Dr.)		28 Aug 1849	City	not cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Brown, William		4 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Brunsich, Catharine		7 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Buer, John		6 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Bunnell, (Mrs.)				cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	28 Jul 1849	2
Claus, Peter		30 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Coleman, Harriet (Miss)			(Country)		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Corkran, (Irishman)				cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	28 Jul 1849	2
Dahman, Elizabeth	25		Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Dahman, Henry		27 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Deodorff, William		28 Aug 1849	City	not cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Deweese, (Miss)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Dinklage, Christian	28		Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Dressler, (Mrs.)		28 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Dressler, Wm.		3 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Fechtman, Mary (Mrs.)			Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Fechtmann, Henry	35		Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Foellinger, Fred.		28 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Gamble, (son of Andrew)		10 Sep 1849	City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	15 Sep 1849	2
Guenther, (child)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Guenther, (Mrs.)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Guenther, Lauretta		27 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Hineman, Henry		8 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Hitzfield, Louis (Mrs.)			(Country)		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Hubbell, A. (Mrs.)		28 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Jacoby, (daughter)		2 Sep 1849	City	not cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Johnson, (dau. of Jos.)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Johnson, (son of Jos.)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Keefer, (woman)				cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	28 Jul 1849	2
Kime, (child of John)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Kime, (child of John)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Kime, John (Mrs.)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Lamke, (dau.)		8 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Lamke, (Mrs.)		9 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	15 Sep 1849	2
Lamke, (son)		10 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	15 Sep 1849	2
Landers, Jacob		26 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Landers, John		30 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Landres, (Mrs.)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Lintz, Caroline		8 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Madden, (Mrs.)		6 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Menke, (Mrs.)		1 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Menke, Anna (Miss)		26 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Millar, David		7 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Morrow, Watson		12 Sep 1849	City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	15 Sep 1849	2
Nichols, (Mrs.)		8 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Nill, (child of John)		13 Sep 1849	City	not cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	15 Sep 1849	2
Parker, William		9 Sep 1849	City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	15 Sep 1849	2
Pierson, Stephen			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Radaker, (son of H.)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Radaker, H.			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Radaker, H. (Mrs.)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Raling, (Mrs.)		7 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Raling, William		11 Sep 1849	City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	15 Sep 1849	2
Rippe, Wm.		2 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Ross, Mary	28		Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Saunders, (Mrs.)		26 Aug 1849	City	not cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Schnelke, (Mr.)		8 Sep 1849	Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Schome, Elizabeth			Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Stockman, Charles		28 Aug 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Swain, (Mrs.)			City		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Walker, (child of C.R.)		27 Aug 1849	City	not cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Walters, (Rev. Mr.)		1 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Wefle, (dau. of A.)		6 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Wefle, (son of A.)		6 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Wefle, (son of Adam)		4 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Wefle, (son of Adam)		7 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Weseman, (child)				cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Weseman, (child)				cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Weseman, (child)				not cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Weseman, (German widow)				cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	1 Sep 1849	2
Winton, (child of John)		5 Sep 1849	City	not cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Witte, Anthony	4		Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2
Witte, Frederick		3 Sep 1849	City	cholera	Fort Wayne Sentinel	8 Sep 1849	2
Witte, Henry	6		Catholic		Fort Wayne Sentinel	25 Aug 1849	2