The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-29
MORTALITY LISTS
OF BENNINGTON
FOR YEAR 1915
The Total Number Of Deaths In
The Town Was 145
% WERE At THE SOLDIERS HOME
Number of Births Was t47 For Same
Twelve Mcnths--Death Rate for
Town About 13 Per Thousand.


According TO the actual figures as
they appear on the records OF Health
Ofticer J. NJ. Ayres and Town Clerk f..
A. Booth, the town of Bennington dur
ing the year 1915 made a gain in pop
tilation OF just TWO. there having been
145 deaths and lat births during the
IL months ending on December 81
last OF the deaths reported, how
ever 2S we're OF veterans at the Yer
mont soldiers home and should not
be included in the consideration of
the towns growth from natural
causes. In 1914 there were 1G3 births
and only 1874 deaths. In 1913 there
were 145 deaths, the same number as
in 1916.
or the deaths reported during 1915.
only two were from diseases against
which quarantine restrictions are
made, one from whooping cough and
one from scarlet fever. There was
one death from cancer. six from grip
and six from pneumonia. Already
this month there have been eight
deaths from pneumonia. more than
the number reported for the entire
year preceding. Forty-nine of the
deaths reported were OF persons over
10 years of age and 22 of infants un-
der one year sis
Owing to epidemics OF chicken pox
and whooping cough, the number of
cases of contagious diseases reported,
230, was much larger than that Of pre-
ceding years. In 1914 there were but
SIS and in 1913 there were ST. or the
230 cases reported, Ill were chicken
pox and T3 were whooping cough
Following is the list of the names
of the persons who died in Benning-
ton during the year 1916
Jan. S--William R. Worthington, AZ.
1S--Emma Elizabeth White, 54
q l6-Fanny Amidon, Al
2s-Mrs. Bridget Powers, S.
26--Mrs. Henrietta Stratton
7
27--Mary Healy, 70.
Frank Bentley, SO.
27-Loren Langdon, 70.
2o--Mary Ruth Ferrin. Sc
2O--Nathan White
Feb. 11-Catherine Casey. 6s.
I)atr;nl- Cbn,,Ii,
23-Roxanna Ryan. 92.
81. O. Bangs, Sc.
Nancy E. Lapoint, So.
\ 5--John Willis Williams, Y.
*" ,5-Idelle MORN. 55, ss,
+ Il Z, l9---Nancy Melissa Chase, 70,
22---Hattie Catherine Wilkinson,
e "a. arg a4.e.,svs stf
g 2S--Mary A.Harwood, So.
/" 2l---Thomas Joseph Stapleton, l.
ia''' 4--Mary Elizabeth Gavin, 54.
= 6r-7Albee Buss. 10. tr.
:; l5-Mary Anna Rugg, SO.
Mar. 2--Charles Alfred Sausville
l'g 1l---Heen Bradford Wattles, so.
12-Henry Sharkey, As.
l2-Otis Healy, 81
12-Bridget Agnes Tracey, 65.
9--John Patrick Purcell, 81.
Apr John z. NORM, /,
25--Nicholas Petrie, mo.
12--Joseph Thebarge, 81.
17-Donald Goodrich Ferguson,
IL.
2--Bridget Mcnamara. 76.
2l--Thomas Enright, 54.
2-Elsie Mabel Baker.
4-Bridget Agnes Hogan.
5-Michael Lawrence Kelly.
Lizzie A. Spear.
Nellie Francis O'Donnell.
16-Catherine Drew. 6S
12-Cecilia Murphy. l.
15-Augustine C. West.
s-William Dubois Merchant,
g.
Amelia Rutan, 81.
l2-Jennie Cook Bartlett, G7.
May l4-Ann Phebe Barber. SO.
14-Katharine Marie Gorges, 10
1S-John Emo, so.
27-Bertha Francis Aldrich
2-Donald Eugene Gensler
1S-Edwin Truman Stratton, Go
2O-Edward Morgan Whitney,
81.
June 14-Esther Crawford, Ga.
15-Bridget Morrissey. a.
13-Sarah Caroline Snow, SO.
26-zachariah Paddock. II.
21-Emily A. Burt, 72.
22-William Riley Dodds, 60.
, 1G--Walter Rice. rs.