The Lincoln Courier, Courier Bldg, Lincoln, IL. 217 732-2101. Copies of those papers [microfilm] are in the Lincoln Public Library. It is possible that the obit would have been printed in the Bloomington Pantagraph and/or the Springfield Journal [not sure the exact name these days]. Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Coordinator, Logan County, ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Harding mailing list> HARDING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas