This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ANDERSON, McFADDEN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1125 Message Board Post: Are there any surviving Freestone County newspapers or other published sources that might include the death dates or obituaries for the persons below? Oliver Hazard ANDERSON died Saturday, 23 Mar 1889 Wm English ANDERSON died Monday, 12 July 1909 Pinckney ANDERSON died Friday, 02 Dec 1910 My GG-Grandpa William English Anderson and his 3 brothers Pinckney, Oliver Hazard, and Felix Grundy moved to Freestone County in the late 1860's where they lived until their deaths. They were the sons of Bailey Anderson Jr & Elizabeth Ann [McFadden] who came to "Texas" in 1818. 3g-Uncle Felix was living with his brother Oliver in the Rehobeth area per the 1880 Freestone County census and died before 1893. My GG-Grandpa William died in Winkler and 3g-Uncle Pinckney died in Wortham. They were all Baptists. My heartfelt thanks for any information you might share with me. Kathye [Payne] Upham

Hi Kathye, Obituary Lookup Volunteers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/ The state may have death certificates for those that died after 1903. Scroll to the bottom of the TSLAC web page and e-mail you lookup request to them. Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Vital Statistics: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/vitalfaq.html If the state doesn't have their death certificate, contact the county clerk of Freestone County. Freestone County Vital Records Office Freestone County Clerk P.O. Box 1017 (or Freestone County Courthouse, Room 307) Fairfield, TX 75840 (903) 389-2635 Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> kupham@neto.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > Are there any surviving Freestone County newspapers or other published sources that might include the death dates or obituaries for the persons below? > Oliver Hazard ANDERSON died Saturday, 23 Mar 1889 > Wm English ANDERSON died Monday, 12 July 1909 > Pinckney ANDERSON died Friday, 02 Dec 1910 > > My GG-Grandpa William English Anderson and his 3 brothers Pinckney, Oliver Hazard, and Felix Grundy moved to Freestone County in the late 1860's where they lived until their deaths. They were the sons of Bailey Anderson Jr & Elizabeth Ann [McFadden] who came to "Texas" in 1818. > 3g-Uncle Felix was living with his brother Oliver in the Rehobeth area per the 1880 Freestone County census and died before 1893. > My GG-Grandpa William died in Winkler and 3g-Uncle Pinckney died in Wortham. They were all Baptists. > My heartfelt thanks for any information you might share with me. > Kathye [Payne] Upham