The Evening Star June 11, 1860 pg 3 In this city, on the 9th instant, after a short but painful illness, PEYTON WELLS, formerly of Fairfax county, Va., in the 45th year of his age. *********************************** The obit was very hard to read. I put how it "looks" to me. "this" is this city had the h missing but a space was there for it. The 4 in 45 was half gone, but looks enough like a 4 to feel confident that is what it said. You might consider ordering this obit thru inter-library loan and viewing. Thanks Bill for the date. He didn't show up in the search engine. Margy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:19 AM Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] 1860-1865 > I am looking for Payton/Peyton Wells that apparently was murdered in > District of Columbia (Washington DC) sometime between 1860 to 1865. That > is quite a long time frame and I would be grateful if anyone had any idea > of what newspapers existed then and where they could be found for the > search. > It would be a big help if he could be located in the City Directories > for that period. > Any suggestions would be welcome. > > Evans