"Mrs. MOORLAND, mother of Mrs. John LYONS died last Wednesday a week and was buried from the M.E. Church on Friday" - The Morgan Messenger, 04 March 1897 NOTE: This is the obituary for Mary Margaret MCBRIDE MORELAND. "Mrs. John Lyons, who had been ill for some months, died Wednesday night. She leaves a husband and seven children, the youngest being but two years old. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community. Funeral services were held in the M.E. Church Friday. Interment in Camp Hill Cemetery." - The Morgan Messenger, 21 July 1898 "Mrs. CRABTREE of Cumberland, Miss McCULLOUGH of Oldtown, Miss GOLDEN of near Cumberland, and Mr. and Mrs. John MORELAND of Maryland were here attending the funeral of Mrs. John LYONS." - The Morgan Messenger, 21 July 1898 NOTE: This is the obituary for Amanda Rebecca MORELAND LYONS. More info is available at http://combsfamily.tripod.com/lyons.html I got this info during my recent genealogy research trip. This info came from the WV Archives in Charleston, WV. I highly recommend a trip there. The grounds are beautiful. The staff is friendly. You will notice these are from the Morgan Messenger newspaper. If you have Morgan County family and haven't found info elsewhere, I recommend trying this paper. It is available at the WV Archives and at the Martinsburg, WV library. The WV Archives have a wonderful death certificate archive, starting with 1917 (by year for the entire state). I was looking for William S. COMBS death info, and found this index to be invaluable. I didn't find him by the way. Did find he was listed in the Morgan Messenger as not paying his taxes for 1932 at Lineburg, WV. He reportedly died in 1933. The Archives also has the Morgan County death records on Microfilm (going back to mid 1800's). I found some people there, but not my William S. COMBS. That set of films is invaluable as well. They also have the 1900 and 1910 Soundex index. It lists the names by Soundex code, then alphabetically. It is really useful. Matt Combs Clemmons, NC _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail