Wed., Feb. 2, 1842 Lancaster Examiner & Herald, No Deaths Wed., Feb. 9, 1842 Lancaster Examiner & Herald, Deaths, p. 3: FISHER.-At Chambersburg, Pa., on Wednesday last, after a short illness, Mrs. Hellen FISHER, consort of Rev. Samuel R. FISHER, junior Editor of the Weekly Messenger of the German Reformed Church. WEAVER.-At Williamsville, on the 11th ult., Geo WEAVER, Esq. in the 82d year of his age, of appoplexy[sic], after an illness of a few hours, formerly of Earl township, Lancaster co., Pa. SIMPSON.-At the residence of his grandfather, Mr. George KING, on the 6th inst., George Lafayette [SIMPSON], eldest son of Ross and Maria SIMPSON, in the 17th year of his age. CARPENTER.-On the 17th ultimo, at her residence in Earlville, Lancaster county, Mrs. Mary CARPENTER, relict of Christian CARPENTER, Esq., dec'd. in the 65th year of her age. Wed., Feb. 16, 1842 Lancaster Examiner & Herald, Deaths, p. 3: EABY.-At his residence in Leacock township, on the 14 inst., Jacob EABY, in the 66th year of his age. MOORE.-Died, in Baltimore, on the 4th inst., Mrs. Ann MOORE, (formerly Post Mistress of this city,) in the 73d year of her age. This venerable lady was well known to the citizens of Lancaster, among whom she had a large circle of acquaintance. Mrs. MOORE had charge of the Post Office in this city for a number of years, and was the first female ever appointed to office under the Federal Government; although the precedent established in her case has since been followed in several other instances. The facts which led to her appointment were these. The husband of Mrs. MOORE had been Post Master at this place for a considerable time before his death; but during the latter years of his life being unable to attend to business, it of course devolved upon her. Mrs. MOORE's management of the office gave such a general satisfaction, as well to the citizens as to the legislature, which then held its sessions at Lancaster, that on the decease of her husband, she was proposed as a candidate for the vacant place. Although the application was a novel one, the government was at length induced, by the urgency and respectability of those who pressed the claims of Mrs. MOORE, to grant her a commission. Her accounts with the General Post Office were always so regularly and accurately settled, that on several occasions she received the thanks of the department, conveyed in the most complimentary manner. For the last ten of twelve years, Mrs. MOORE has resided with her son in Baltimore. The memory of this excellent woman will always be cherished by her friends with affectionate respect; and her character is deserving of notice as displaying the talent, energy and capacity that belong to the female mind which, when necessity requires, may assume the habits of business, without relinquishing those gentle virtues peculiar to her sex. Wed., Feb. 23, 1842 Lancaster Examiner & Herald, Deaths, p. 3: RINGLAND.-On the 16th inst., in this city, John RINGLAND, in the 73d year of his age. KRUG.-In Philadelphia, on the 14th inst. Martha C. KRUG, daughter of Frederick V. KRUG, in the 14th year of her age. McCLUNE.-In Columbia, on the 9th inst., Mary [McCLUNE], daughter of Wm. McCLUNE, aged 25 years. ------- The digital version of the Lancaster Examiner & Herald 1834-1854 can be browsed here: http://www.accesspadr.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fslchs-leh01&CISOSORT=date|f Other Lancaster County newspaper transcriptions can be searched in the list archives by inserting either Examiner OR Intelligencer in the subject. The matches can be narrowed by searching the body for a particular surname: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search?path=PALANCAS