Lassen Advocate
Susanville, California
Obituary Index for 1896 through 1899

Important Note: The issues from January through mid September 1896 are missing.

*Denotes death occurred outside of Lassen County, whether a resident, former resident or relative of a Lassen County resident.

This index was compiled by Tim I. Purdy

-A-
Adams, Mary – 8 June 1899 3;1
Adams, Mrs. Charles – 16 February 1899 3;1
Allen, George – 16 December 1897 3;4*
Allenwood, Joe – 21 December 1899 2;2*
Anthony, Kate – 19 August 1897 3;5
Arnett, John W. – 6 October 1898 3;4
Arnold, Mark Eugene – 12 May 1898 3;1

-B-
Baer, Fannie (Nathan) – 17 March 1898 2;2*
Bagwell, James W. – 5 May 1898 3;2
Barber, Joseph B. – 8 June 1899 3;4
Barnes, Amos Hutchinson – 15 July 1897 3;2*
Barnes, B.W. – 15 April 1897 3;1*
Barnes, Edward – 5 May 1898 3;1*
Bass, William Bidwell – 2 November 1899 3;2
Bennett, Eliza R. – 9 February 1899 3;3
Bereman, Henry – 18 February 1897 3;3*
Berg, Gus – 5 January 1899 3;3*
Biggs, James – 5 November 1896 3;1
Bonta, Clarissa – 5 October 1899 2;1*
Bouchard, John – 8 December 1898 3;3
Bovard, C.M. – 2 March 1899 3;2
Broadwell, Julia – 20 October 1898 3;5
Brockman, infant son of W.C. – 2 November 1899 3;5
Brooks, Frank – 30 September 1897 2;2
Bull, Moses – 7 January 1899 3;4*
Bunselmeier, Mertie – 17 December 1896 3;1
Burns, Robert – 21 July 1898 3;1

-C-
Cain, Amelia – 10 March 1898 3;2
Campbell, William A. – 14 September 1899 3;2
Carman, Myrtle – 28 September 1899 3;4
Chamberlain, Dr. P. – 18 November 1897 3;1*
Chapman, Dennis H. – 23 November 1899 3;4*
Chase, George P. – 22 December 1898 3;1
Clark, Opal Irene – 17 March 1898 3;5
Clarke, Gertie (Lord) – 23 December 1897 3;3*
Coates, Veck – 16 March 1899 3;5*
Cole, Jesse – 3 March 1898 3;2
Collins, Elizabeth – 3 March 1898 3;5*
Conkey, Elizabeth – 24 February 1898 3;4*
Conklin, Frances L. – 11 March 1899 3;4
Conklin, Neioma P. – 26 November 1896 3;2
Cornell, Heiro Keneda – 5 October 1899 3;1
Cottingham, James – 24 March 1898 3;4*
Crabtree, Otto – 10 June 1897 3;1*
Crowley, Nancy Bell – 19 August 1897 3;5*
Curtis, William “Shorty” – 5 August 1897 3;2

-D-
Davis, Aaron – 24 June 1897 3;1*
Davis, Mrs. C.W. – 5 January 1899 3;2
Dean, Frank – 15 December 1898 2;2*
DeWitt, Frank – 15 April 1897 3;5
Dillon, William Benjamin – 19 May 1898 3;4
Dixon, Howard – 24 November 1898 3;5
Dixon, infant son of J.F. – 6 January 1898 3;5
Dorrity, Arthur – 7 September 1899 3;2*
Dunn, John F. – 22 July 1897 2;2*

-E-
Easton, Mrs. G.B. – 6 October 1898 3;4*
Edwards, Earl Thaxter – 27 January 1898 2;2 & 3;5*
Ehrensperger, Henry – 1 October 1896 3;2
Evans, Orlando – 26 August 1897 3;5

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Faulkner, Charles – 5 August 1897 2;2*
Flournoy, William S. – 21 January 1899 3;5*
Ford, S.S. – 15 July 1897 3;3*
Forkner, Charles A. – 5 January 1899 3;1
Frost, Lowell Leland – 5 January 1899 3;1
Fulcher, Joseph Clinton – 5 May 1898 3;5
Fulcher, Kitty A. – 31 August 1899 3;4

-G-
Gannon, Vincent – 24 December 1896 3;4
Garig, William – 24 February 1898 3;4
Gibbins, William Bird – 9 February 1899 2;2 & 3;3*
Glascock, Matilda Eleanor – 17 February 1898 3;3*
Godat, Mrs. A.N. – 29 December 1899 2;2
Goering, John – 14 October 1897 2;2 & 3;5*
Goodwin, John Haymond – 1 July 1897 3;5*
Gordon, Mrs. R.A. – 19 August 1897 3;5
Goumaz, Philip Stanwood – 20 January 1898 3;5
Graves, C.C. – 9 February 1899 2;2
Greeno, Annie F. – 5 August 1897 3;4 & 12 August 1897 3;4
Greer, Joseph Tipton – 25 November 1897 3;5
Groves, J.R. – 24 November 1898 3;5*
Gutenberger, William – 23 September 1897 3;2*

-H-
Hall, James Gilmore – 9 June 1898 3;5*
Hall, Joseph Sheppard – 28 January 1899 3;5*
Hallsted, Peter Lane – 5 May 1898 2;3 & 3;5*
Halpin, John J. – 9 November 1899 3;3
Hathaway, Hiram Jackson – 8 December 1898 3;5*
Healey, Matthew – 30 September 1897 3;4*
Henry, James – 5 May 1898 3;5*
Hockman, Jacob – 29 December 1899 3;5*
Hoffman, Mrs. E.R. – 6 April 1899 3;4 & 13 April 1899 3;4
Holmes, infant son of Mr. & Mrs. – 20 May 1897 3;4
Holmes, Nathaniel – 22 July 1897 2;4
Hooley, Fred – 31 December 1896 3;1 & 7 January 1897 3;3*
Hostetter, Francis M. – 11 February 1897 3;2 & 18 February 1897 3;2
Howard, Joseph 17 November 1898 2;2*
Hubbell, Ezra Sherman – 9 September 1897 3;5*
Hulsman, Ida – 20 April 1899 3;4
Hunsinger, Benjamin Franklin – 1 July 1897 3;2
Hurlburt, Claude – 5 August 1897 2;2
Hurlbut, Mary – 1 September 1898 1;3
Hyer, David R. – 4 February 1897 3;5*

-J-
Jack, Caroline – 17 September 1896 2;2
Jakobs, John – 14 April 1898 3;2
Jenison, Albert B. – 24 February 1898 3;3
Johnson, Samuel – 11 May 1899 3;4
Johnston, Robert – 31 March 1898 3;2
Jones, Anne – 29 October 1896 3;5*

-K-
Kahler, Dr. H.D. – 17 March 1898 3;4*
Keener, Nannie J. – 8 December 1898 3;5
Keiser, George – 14 April 1898 3;1
Kelley, Harriet N. – 9 September 1897 3;5
Kennedy, Eliza – 20 April 1899 3;4
Killey, A.M. – 10 June 1897 3;1*
Kingsbury, Cynthia – 31 August 1899 3;1*
Kingsbury, Gordon C. – 12 January 1899 3;4
Kingsbury, Edward 9 June 1898 3;4*
Kingsbury, W.C. – 12 January 1899 3;4*
Kirby, Henry – 23 September 1897 3;2
Kirkpatrick, Thomas – 17 December 1896 3;4*
Knudson, Albert – 25 November 1897 3;5
Knudson, Christina – 21 December 1899 3;5

-L-
Lanigar, Francis – 21 September 1899 3;2
LaPoint, Frank – 10 December 1896 3;3
Lemmon, Fielding – 26 May 1898 2;2*
Leonard, Ella – 24 November 1898 3;5
Lowe, Sarah A. – 7 July 1898 3;5
Lowry, Joseph F. – 8 June 1899 3;4*
Lutz, Dr. – 29 October 1896 3;2

-M-
Mankin, Samuel – 6 October 1898 3;4
Marker, John Hansen – 10 June 1897 3;2
Marlett, Mrs. P. – 7 September 1899 2;2*
Marstellar, Elsie – 4 May 1899 3;4*
Marty, M. – 2 December 1897 3;3
Maxwell, J.H. – 15 December 1898 3;1*
Maxwell, Lowell – 30 December 1897 3;4*
McBain, Elmer Ellsworth – 24 February 1898 3;4*
McCartney, J.W. – 19 October 1899 3;1*
McDonold, Edward – 26 October 1899 3;5
McDow, Lafayette Decodry – 16 December 1897 3;2
McDowell, Adin G. – 18 May 1899 2;2*
McGranahan, George L. – 8 December 1898 2;3
McKissick, Jennie L. – 26 January 1899 3;4
McKissick, Melissa – 24 December 1896 3;4
McNaughton, Dan – 25 February 1897 3;3*
Meikle, Billy – 28 April 1898 3;1*
Metcalf, Nancy R. – 16 September 1897 3;5
Metz, Hannah – 24 December 1896 3;4
Meylert, William – 18 May 1899 3;5*
Miller, infant daughter of D.E. – 22 June 1899 3;2*
Miller, Mrs. David – 5 August 1897 3;4
Mitchell, Dr. H.H. – 30 December 1897 3;2
Montgomery, Thomas – 10 June 1897 3;5
Morine, Mabel Amantha – 9 March 1899 3;5
Munroe, Mrs. T.L. – 26 August 1897 3;5*
Musick, Theodore – 1 October 1896 3;5*

-O-
Oakes, Nathan – 27 April 1899 3;2
Odette, infant son of Chas. Jr. – 14 September 1899 3;4
O’Donnell, W. – 17 August 1899 3;1
Olinger, A.A. – 12 August 1897 3;5*
O’Neill, J.J. – 30 September 1897 3;5*
Orbell, George – 21 December 1899 3;4

-P-
Painter, Samuel H. – 16 November 1899 3;1
Palmer, T.J. – 7 October 1897 3;3
Patrick, Carl B. – 28 September 1899 3;3*
Peers, John T. – 19 January 1899 3;2*
Pennig, Edwin John – 25 November 1897 3;1 & 3;5
Phillips, Leo – 4 March 1897 3;4
Potter, Kittie (Barnes) – 1 June 1899 3;4*
Preece, H.H. – 31 March 1898 3;1
Preston, Mrs. E.B. – 18 November 1897 3;1*

-R-
Raker, William – 22 July 1897 3;4
Ralls, Morgan – 22 December 1898 2;2*
Raymond, Tom – 25 February 1897 3;3*
Reynolds, E. – 18 February 1897 3;4*
Roberts, Bedford – 22 September 1898 2;2
Robertson, Reita Susie – 30 March 1899 3;5
Ross, John – 28 December 1899 3;2
Rudee, William – 9 March 1899 2;3

-S-
Sanders, Mary J. – 12 November 1896 3;5
Sanders, T.B. – 11 May 1899 3;2*
Savercool, William W. – 28 January 1897 3;5*
Saxton, Charles P. – 30 November 1899 2;2*
Scammon, Josie May – 17 March 1898 3;5*
Schmidt, Alvin Marian – 7 October 1897 3;1
Shaw, Mary V. – 22 June 1899 3;5
Sheets, Mrs. L.P. – 3 November 1898 2;2*
Shipman, Marguerite – 25 March 1897 3;4*
Shoffner, infant son of S. – 26 October 1899 3;5
Sifford, Henry E. – 12 January 1896 3;4
Sifford, Mary F. – 2 September 1897 3;1 & 3;5 & 9 September 1897 2;3
Smith, infant son of W.J. – 28 September 1899 3;4
Smith, Mary J. – 12 November 1896 3;5
Snider, Andrew – 8 April 1897 3;2*
Spalding, Rev. Carlos – 3 June 1897 3;5*
Spalding, Dr. Zetus Newell – 19 May 1898 3;2
Spears, James – 2 November 1899 2;3
Spencer, Charles Reid – 6 May 1897 3;4*
Stenzel, August – 14 August 1899 3;2*
Stone, infant son of Henry N. – 1 June 1899 3;4
Stover, Ada – 3 March 1898 2;2*
Stover, Reuben – 14 October 1897 3;5*
Stratton, Gabriel McClain – 4 March 1897 3;4
Streshly, Mrs. Orlando – 7 October 1897 3;2*
Summers, infant daughter of Perry & Lillian – 14 December 1899 3;4

-T-
Tanner, Dennis – 17 March 1898 2;2 & 24 March 1898 3;4
Taylor, Clay W. – 6 May 1897 3;3*
Taylor, John – 17 November 1898 2;3*
Thomas, Sarah Ellen – 19 August 1897 3;1
Torrey, Derastus – 24 December 1896 3;4
Trussell, Henrietta Chatfield – 11 February 1899 3;3
Turner, J.F. – 31 August 1899 3;2*
-V-
Van Cleave, Andrew – 3 November 1898 3;1
Van Etten, Josie (Alexander) – 26 January 1899 3;4
Variel, —– – 29 December 1899 2;2*
Vickers, Jemima H. – 24 August 1899 2;2*

-W-
Wales, Mrs. G.R. – 27April 1899 3;5*
Walker, Harry Lewis – 28 April 1898 3;5
Walker, W.W. – 30 September 1897 3;5*
Wathan, William – 7 September 1899 3;2
Watson, David – 10 March 1898 2;2
Way, Willard Clark – 13 January 1898 3;5
Weller, O.D. – 29 October 1896 3;1*
Whiting, Fenton Berkley – 7 July 1898 3;5*
Williams, Sampson S. – 5 October 1899 3;2
Wilson, Joel – 12 October 1899 3;1
Winchell, Hiram – 29 July 1897 3;2
Wing, Emory – 6 May 1897 3;2*
Winters, Mrs. Theodore – 2 June 1898 2;2*

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