This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Monroe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GJB.2ACE/996 Message Board Post: Need 1867 Meridian Mercury newspaper obit lookup for James J Monroe, lawyer, MS state senator in 1864. He died March 25, 1867 of pneumonia, at his home in Decatur, Newton Co. MS, leaving wife and 13 children. This is the only newspaper I can find that may have served the Decatur area at that time period. Could possibly be Eastern Clarion that served Newton Co. Thank you, Fran