Please reply to Ed through the email address below ----- Original Message ----- From: "EDWARD A SCRIVEN" <eascriv@msn.com> To: <PAMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 9:12 PM Subject: Mercer County Newspapers > What newspapers would be printing in early 1893 that might have run an > obituary or story about the passing of a person in Sandy Creek Township? > Are copies of these papers available to look for such a story/obituary? > My ancestor, Benjamin SCRIVEN, is buried in the Sheakleyville Cemetery, > and the records only show his life was 1804-1893. We know he was from > Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where he married Susannah VERGESON. She > died in Perry Township on 5 Oct 1900 at the age of 90. They came to > Crawford County between 1835 and 1838, and then they were in Mercer County > between 1848 and 1851, where they remained until they died. Mercer County > death records started in July or August of 1893, but Benjamin is not > listed. I figure that could mean he died between January and then. This > has been one of my missing bits of information for decades, and I would > really like to know when and where he died. Since he was 89 or so, I was > hoping that was noteworthy enough that even a small mention would be made > that he had lived so long. Any ideas, help, or even lookups would be MOST > APPRECIATED. > > Thanks > > Ed Scriven > >