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Wife of Davy Crockett dies in 1860 at the age of 74.

Mary Taylor Key was the wife of Francis Scott Key, the man who wrote "Star Spangled Banner". She was also the mother of P. Barton Key. Francis and Mary's son, a U.S. Attorney was murdered and became part of historic court case.

As famous as Madame Tussaud is today, her obituary does not say as much in 1850.

The obituary for First Lady Martha Washington May 22, 1802 as published by The Washington Federalist Newspaper. Her husband, George Washington had passed away three years earlier in 1799. While she and George did not have any children of their own, Martha had been married before to Daniel Parker Custis (m. 1750-1757). They had four children: John, Martha, Frances, and Daniel. Her eldest son had died in 1781 at age 26, leaving behind four children, Martha's grandchildren. Mart

The author of "The Rights of Women" and the mother of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein was given a most unremarkable obituary.

"Yesterday evening, about six o'clock, a free black woman, named Linda Davis, who followed the trade of a baker, though in apparent good health, suddenly dropt down dead, as she was putting a batch of bread into an oven."

"Last Lord's Day died Phillis Peters, formerly Phillis Wheatly. Known to the literary world by her celebrated miscellaneous poems."

December 23, 1783 – Lady Dinah, the African Queen. “Last Thursday died in this town, Lady Dinah, aged 90 years, an African Queen of the Ebo nation, was kidnapped and brought to this town 56 years ago, the king, her husband, being killed in an engagement with some other nation, and she brought off, leaving two children behind her to lament to the loss of a father killed and a mother sold to an American Captain. She was afterward purchased by Captain Adino Bulfinch and in that