The Muncie Daily News of December 18, 1882, published an exerpted version of the diary of David Gharkey. Deaths included have been posted below. Although printed chronologically there, they are included alphabetically here. The rest of the published article remains verbatim.


EXTRACTS From the Diary of David Gharkey We are permitted to copy from the biography of David Gharkey a few extracts of his diary. Mr Gharkey was a large land owner in this neighborhood, and lived in Muncie the most of the time from 1840 to 1850. He was a queer old gentleman, and was a sufferer nearly all the time with a sore legs and other complaints. His diary consists prinicpally of sentences, written from day to day, telling the condition of his leg, the medicine he swallowed, walks and rides he took, and other personal matters. From time to time he also jotted down occurrences of a public nature. The extracts we make are principally references to persons and incidents of that time, and will, we think, be interesting to all our old residents:"

EXTRACTS
From the Diary of David Gharkey
We are permitted to copy from the biography of David Gharkey a few extracts of his diary. Mr Gharkey was a large land owner in this neighborhood, and lived in Muncie the most of the time from 1840 to 1850. He was a queer old gentleman, and was a sufferer nearly all the time with a sore legs and other complaints. His diary consists prinicpally of sentences, written from day to day, telling the condition of his leg, the medicine he swallowed, walks and rides he took, and other personal matters. From time to time he also jotted down occurrences of a public nature. The extracts we make are principally references to persons and incidents of that time, and will, we think, be interesting to all our old residents:"

LAST	FIRST	DATE	NOTES
Adams	John F	Feb 23 1848
Andrews	Aretta	Jul 18 1849
Anthony	Baby of Jos	Feb 26 1846
Armitage	Caleb	Mar 19 1947
Artitage	Wife of Caleb	Oct 30 1846
Barber	John	Jul 16 1849	Cholera
Baxter	Child	Jan 3 1945	Died in last week
Bishop	Baby	Jul 9 1849	Funeral
Boldman	Eliza	Jul 18 1849
Burt	Son of Mr	Jul 5 1849
Clark	Doctor	May 12 1847
Davis	Child of Jo	Jan 3 1945	Died in last week
Eby	Mike	Mar 18 1846
Eby	Moses	Apr 13 1845
Gallager	Child	Jan 3 1945	Died in last week
Gates	Wilson	Aug 5 1849	Aged 57
Howell	Child of Widow	Mar 2 1846
Howell	Lemuel	Feb 6 1846
Keasby	Child	Jan 3 1945	Died in last week
Keasby	Unknown	Mar 27 1847
Kennedy	Andrew	Jan 1 1848	Buried at Indianapolis
Kennedy	Unknown	Jul 15 1847	At Wabash city
Lockwood	Child	Jan 3 1945	Died in last week
McVey	Wife of J L	Aug 4 1849
Miller	Mr	Nov 23 1848	Buried by Free Masons
Moore	Child of Jesse	Jul 23 1849
Moore	Spencer	Oct 7 1846
Noel	Andrew	Aug 22 1846
Norris	Isaac	Mar 19 1847
Nottingham	Hannah	Feb 22 1849
Nottingham	Sarah	Jun 27 1848
Nottingham	Wife of Jan	Mar 24 1846
Osborn	Son	Jun 15 1849	Funeral
Osborn	Unknown	Dec 10 1849	Smallpox
Russey	John	Dec 9 1849
Sample	Child	Oct 11 1847	Stillborn
Sayre	Father of Col	Apr 25 1846
Scott	Child of Olney	May 29 1847
Shafer	Wife of George	Aug 9 1848
Smith	Dent	Jul 15 1849	Cholera
Smith	John	Apr 3 1849
Smith	John F	Aug 22 1846
Stockman	Aaron	Jul 16 1849	Cholera
Sutton	Phoebe	Mar 19 1848
Thompson	Granny	Oct 22 1848	Aged 98 years
Unknown	3 Children	Jul 11 1846	Buried
Unknown	Man	Nov 11 1849	Milk sickness
Wachtell	Jonathan	Mar 18 1850
Walling	Wife of William	Dec 1 1848
Wilcoxon	Caleb	Jul 11 1849
Wilcoxon	John	Jul 17 1849	Cholera
Willard	Frances	Sep 26 1847
Williamson	Jos	Jul 16 1849	Cholera
Williamson	Son of Thos	Jul 18 1849