Iowa News from across the Country
- 1846 -

Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, January 7, 1846

Married. On the 30th November, at the Wilcox Settlement, Clayton county, Iowa Territory, by the Rev. J.L. Elliott, Chaplain U.S. Army, Mr. George Vandom to Miss Amelia Messinger, both of Clayton county, I.T.

[transcribed by S.F., March 2017]

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Hartford Daily Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
January 27, 1846

Deaths.
At Burlington, Iowa Territory, on the 26th of Oct., after a severe illness of five days, Mrs. Electa B. Chapin, wife of Dr. David S. Chapin and daughter of Norman Bidwell, of Canton, Ct., aged 53.

[transcribed by S.F., February 2008]

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Hartford Daily Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
April 8, 1846

Marriages.
In this city, by Rev. R. Turnbull, Mr. Giles S. Buck, of Unionville, and Manon E. Smith, of this city; also Mr. John H. Francis, of Clayton county, Iowa, and Miss Larissa Spencer of this city.

[transcribed by S.F., April 2007]

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The Boston Daily Atlas
Boston, Massachusetts
Monday, April 20, 1846

Died. At Le Clair, Iowa Territory, 28th ult, Charles Ames, Esq., 38, a native of Vermont.

[transcribed by S.F., March 2017]

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New Hampshire Sentinel
April 22, 1846

DIED
In Burlington, Iowa Territory, March 7, Rev. Horace Hutchinson, a native of Sutton, Mass, and a graduate of Amherst College in the class of 1839, aged 29.
[see below April 23, 1846 - DOD conflict]

[transcribed by C.J.L., July 2005]

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Daily Sentinel and Gazette
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Thurs. April 23, 1846

Died. In Burlington, Iowa, March 17th, 1846, of consumption, Rev. Horace Hutchinson, late Pastor of the Congregational Church in that city, aged 29 years. Born at Sutton, Mass., a graduate of Amherst College, in the class of 1836, and of Andover Seminary.
[see above April 22, 1846 - DOD conflict]

[transcribed by S.F., March 2017]

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Vermont Chronicle
Bellows Falls, VT
August 19, 1846

Died. In Davenport, Iowa, June 28th, Adaline H., wife of James Grant, Esq., and daughter of Asahel Hubbard, late of Davenport, aged 24 years. Beloved in life and lamented in death. She united with the Baptist church in Davenport in May, 1843, and died in the hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave.

[transcribed by S.F, November 2016]

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Boston Daily Atlas
Boston, Mass.
Friday, August 28, 1846

Married. At Charlestown, 25th inst., by Rev. Mr. Humphrey, Mr. William Salter, of Burlington, Iowa, to Miss Mary Ann, only daughter of Dea. E.P. Mackintire.

[transcribed by S.F., March 2017]

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Boston Daily Atlas
Boston, Mass.
Thurs., September 24, 1846

Married, at Lowell, 22nd inst., by Rev. Mr. Edson, Rev. Charles Chauncey Shuckford, late of Burlington, Iowa, to Miss Martha G., daughter of Mr. Wait Bartlett, of Granby. [note: the New York City Emancipator also reported this marriage in the 9/30/1846 issue, but spelled the groom's surname Shackford]

[transcribed by S.F., March 2017]

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Boston Daily Atlas
Boston, Mass.
Friday, September 25, 1846

Married, at Charlestown, 23rd inst, at Winthrop Church, by the Rev. John Humphrey, Rev. William A. Keith, of Makoqueta [sic], Iowa, to Miss Sarah Skilton, of C.

[transcribed by S.F., March 2017]

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The Scioto Gazette
Chillicothe, Ohio
Wed., September 30, 1846

Died, at his residence, near Trenton, Henry county, Iowa, on the 7th Sept., James C. Robinson, eldest son of Joshua Robinson, of Ross county.

[transcribed by S.F., March 2017]

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New Hampshire Sentinel
October 14, 1846

DIED
In Dubuque, Iowa Territory, Sept. 21, of epidemic fever, after an illness of about one week, Mr. Thomas C. Ames, aged 32, son of Col. Thomas F. Ames of this town.

[transcribed by C.J.L., July 2005]

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Vermont Watchman and State Journal
Montpelier, Vermont
December 3, 1846

Died, at Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 2d, at his residence in that state, Jas Crawford, Esq., a distinguished lawyer, aged 48, son of Theophilus Crawford, Esq. of Putney, Vt.

[transcribed by S.F, November 2016]

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Vermont Chronicle
Bellows Falls, Vermont
December 30, 1846

Married, in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 19, by Rev. M. Hanks, Stephen E. Sargeant, Attorney at Law, late of Keosaqua, Iowa, to Miss Adeline A. Albee, formerly of Bradford, Vt.

[transcribed by S.F, November 2016]



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