This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AcB.2ACE/1510.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Sandy, I'm glad to be of help to you. As much as I wish there were better obituaries from that time period, what I posted from the Lewistown True Democrat newspaper was the extent of an obit. There is no where else to look for a more complete obituary. In the 1800's, unless you were extremely well off, or well-known, or died from an extreme circumstance, what you read from the paper (about 1-2 lines) is all that there would be of your death. Many people I research didn't even get a 1 line mention of their passing, nothing at all...Not much to show for a lifetime... just doesn't seem fair. I did look for other items and found these "bits" from the Lewistown True Democrat newspaper. I copied these as they are, some Garrett's have 1T, some have 2T's... (* are my notes to you) "Garret, John C.of Vinton County,Ohio, married Fanny S. McManigal of Milroy, on Jan.27,1859 by Rev. J. W. White" .newspaper dated Feb.3,1859...(* Milroy is in Armagh Twp, Mifflin County) "Garret, John H., of Derry Twp (*Mifflin County), to Rebecca Gill of Mill Creek, Huntingdon County,on Oct.11, by Rev. M L Smith" .newspaper dated Nov.7, 1866 "Garrett, John S. to Mary E. Peters both of this borough* on Dec.25, by Rev.Monroe" .newspaper dated Jan.1,1868 (*borough not identified, but I interpret this as Lewistown Borough) "Garrett, Samuel Henry, son of John S. and Mary E. Garrett, age 4years,16 days,died in Lewistown on January 16" .newspaper dated Jan.30,1873 I wasn't surprised at the different birth dates, as accuracy seems to fade the further you go back in time. Unless you can find the church records for births (and even they can be wrongly transcribed or translated), it's all dependent on someone's memory. I hope these new "bits" are of some help to you. I know it isn't much , but I have dealt with less to go back my lines. If I see anything else that belongs to Garrett, I'll send it along. *E*