Transcribed without making changes to spelling and grammar. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson From the January 1, 1881 edition of the Portsmouth Times: THE GRIM REAPER List of Local Deaths for the Year 1880 JANUARY 3d. Miss Maggie Wheeler, youngest daughter of Z. Wheeler 5th. Josephine Springel, aged 29 years; heart disease 10th. Esther Hitchcock, wife of John F. Hitchcock, at Sorghotown, Ky. 13th. Mrs. Martha A. Travis, daughter of J. W. Pardom, aged 22 years. 14th. Jesse G. Gibbs, of pulmonary disease, aged 27 years. 19th. Gustav, infant son of Peter G. Balmert. 19th. Miss Nannie Tompkins, daughter of Geo. Thos Shelby, near Lexington, Mo. 24th. Mrs. Jennie H. Street, daughter of David P?tten, at Riverside, Mo. 25th. Mrs. Chas. Voorhees, daughter of Nelson Vigus, aged 29 years. 28th. Martin Grisb?l, aged 59 years. 31st. John J. Gist, father of Capt. J. J. Gist, in Bloom township, aged 82 years. FEBRUARY. 4th. Mrs. Weaver, aged 63 years. 4th. Mrs. Margaret E. Ellis, wife of William Ellis, aged 33 years. 10th. Mrs. John Boylston, found dead, of heart disease, at her residence, on Bond street. 10th. Mrs. Lowly Lloyd, wife of Thos G. Lloyd, aged 66 years. 10th. Samuel S. Vorhees, at Ironton, aged 55 years. 11th. Margary McElbany, daughter of Marshall McElbany, of Clay twp, aged 15 years. 11th. Mrs. Sarah Batterson, daughter of Franklin Batterson, of Harrison township, aged 27, 13th. Sherman G. Johnson, aged 50 years. 13th. Mrs. Eliza A. Leadbetter, consort of Job Leadbetter, aged 68 years. 17th. Bartholemew Schmituze, aged 56 years. 18th. Alonzo Williams, of Nile township, aged 66 years. 19th. Mrs. Tague, aged 73 years. 24th. Louis, son of Frank Cloninger, aged 15 months. 24th. Emma Pool, daughter of Daniel Pool, of Madison township. 25th. Ferdinand Burks, aged 84 years. 26th. George Golz, son of William Golz, aged 12 years. 27th. Jacob Zottman, aged 54 years. 29th. Wm. T. Stephenson, of Cold Water, Mercer county, and formerly of this city, aged 36; paralysis of the brain. MARCH. 1st. Charles Thompson Pursell, son of Mrs. Amanda Pursell, aged 35. 9th. James D. McMullen, aged 20. 11th. Mrs. Maria K. Salsbury, wife of James Salsbury, aged 50. 16th Mrs. Dora Bell, wife of Robert Bellm Clerk of Common Pleas Court, aged 60. 21st. Captain Gilbert McMasters, aged 58, at Sandy Springs, Adams co. 23d. Mrs. Ann D. Miles, at Sciotoville. 25th. Bridget McLauglin, wife of Michael McLaughlin, of Union township. APRIL. 4th. Charles, son of William and Mary Hughes, aged 20 months. 8th. Mrs. Kelley, wife of Samuel Kelley, aged 60 years, at Manchester. 9th. Giles Gilbert Collett, aged 18; Vernon township. 10th. Wife of Thorton Kindell, of Brush Creek township, aged 84. 14th. Mrs. E. Bredwell, mother of M. T. and F. G. Burke, aged 91, at Bethel, O. 16th. Mary A., wife of Elias Correill, of Porter township, aged 35 years; lung fever. 20th. Capt. Wash Kerr, of Buskeye State, aged 67, at Ironton. 28th. Adam Frank, aged 67. 29th. Fred. L?gler, aged 48. MAY. 9. David Scott, aged 79. 10. Herbert Sutton, of Sciotoville, drowned in Little Scioto. 14. John Rhodes, Clay township, aged 64. 23. J. H. McCoy, lung disease, aged 48. 22. Mrs. Frost, at Pittsburg, mother of Chief Wilson of Portsmouth Fire Depasrtment. 31. Sarah A. Holt, of Union township, aged 78 years. JUNE. 6. Miss Mattie F. Wheeler, aged 43, a victim of the accident near Union Mills. 14. Hugh Rose, Jefferson township, aged 67 25. Mrs. Jennie Ricker, at Osford, N. H., wife of E. D. Ricker, formerly of this city. 26. John Lauter, aged 41. 29. Joseph E. and Eddie A., sons of Joseph Melcher; former aged 10 months, latter 3 years.