Lamora, Per Memorable Happenings in the Grant Co. Herald Newspaper, 1870-1879: Blewett, Jas., born 1814, died 10 Nov 1876, Beetown. Recorded in the 23 Nov 1876 issue of the Herald. Hard to say what else might have been recorded. The GC Herald is available via interlibrary loan from the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison: http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/library/services/obtaining_copies.html I didn't find anything on Absolom McCormack. Dave Taft