Hi folks, Having come up with a possible death date for my William Yoder, thanks to help from some of you, I am now trying to see if I can find an obituary and figure out why he died so young. According the the Catawba County GenWeb site, there were three papers in business at the time of his death (9 Apr 1884): Newton Enterprise Piedmont Press Western Carolinian However, not being local, I have no idea whether any of these papers would have covered news of William's death. I do not know exactly where he was living when he died. He and Mattie were married in a relative's house (Aj Seagle, I think it was) in Lincolnton in 1880, and the cemetery record sent me by Roy was from Salem/Lutheran Reformed Church cemetery. My only other clue is his residence prior to marriage in Jacob's Fork TWP. Is there anyone who knows the area well enough to know if any of these papers might be relevant? Thank you.
I compiled excerpts of the Newton Enterprise from 1881-1888, and I could have missed William Yoder's death. The Yoders became devout Lutherans after they left the Reformed Church, so I believe you can find William Yoder. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Lyson" <Carolyn_Lyson@aw.org> To: <CATAWBA-WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:57 PM Subject: [CATAWBA-WEST] Newspapers in 1880s > Hi folks, > > Having come up with a possible death date for my William Yoder, thanks to help from some of you, I am now trying to see if I can find an obituary and figure out why he died so young. According the the Catawba County GenWeb site, there were three papers in business at the time of his death (9 Apr 1884): > Newton Enterprise > Piedmont Press > Western Carolinian > However, not being local, I have no idea whether any of these papers would have covered news of William's death. I do not know exactly where he was living when he died. He and Mattie were married in a relative's house (Aj Seagle, I think it was) in Lincolnton in 1880, and the cemetery record sent me by Roy was from Salem/Lutheran Reformed Church cemetery. My only other clue is his residence prior to marriage in Jacob's Fork TWP. > Is there anyone who knows the area well enough to know if any of these papers might be relevant? > Thank you. > > > > ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== > ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== > Sharing info on the region West of the Catawba River, NC > For further info, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/ > Our thanks to RootsWeb for hosting this list and web page >