A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Illinois > Hamilton http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1351 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=57528 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Daily Inter Ocean Article Date: December 13 1895 Article Description: Death of E. W. LEDBETTER. Article Text: McLeansboro, Ill., Dec. 12. E. W. LEDBETTER, one of the most prominent merchants of Southern Illinois, died in this city at 1 o'clock today. Mr. LEDBETTER was born in Providence, Ky., in 1860. He came to this city in 1880, and with his brother in law, John C. ASHER, has ever since conducted one of the largest dry goods houses in Southern Illinois. He leaves a widow and three children ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com