If there is anything in the newspaper, it would be a one liner I am afraid... unless he was of some prominence in the county... I don't know about what papers are at Mason Co. Library,  I don't know if they have enough staff to handle lookups, you might contact them. Cheryl If a man cares not for his roots, then how can he care for his branches?   --Doyle Davis --- On Sun, 7/5/09, ruth white <ruthjan@yahoo.com> wrote: From: ruth white <ruthjan@yahoo.com> Subject: [WVMASON] Lewis To: WVMASON@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 2:48 PM I have a death date of 17 February 1871 for the death of Isaac E. Lewis.  He drowned in the Ohio River near Mason, West Virginia.  Can any one get me any information on this.   I can find no proof and have looked for several years.  I do not know if a body was found, if he was buried or where or why he drowned.  Accident, ship, work, fishing.  Feburary seems like an  odd time. Rj       PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMASON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message