I see now if anything was printed it would not have been in the Kingwood Chronicle. I will try to get to Morgantown this summer and research the microfilms. Harry > Do you know if either of the Preston County papers printed obituaries back > then? My GGGrandfather, George Skidmore, died at Fellowsville in 1908 due > to falling from a horse. > > Harry > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/1186.1 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> The Kingwood Chronicle Jan 26, 1861 - Aug 17, 1861 is on microfilm at >> the >> WV Archives and WVU Library. This newspaper was discontinued due to >> rumors that the press would be destroyed and the Row brothers hanged. >> >> There is a biographical sketch on George Row in the Biographical and >> Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania, >> by >> John M. Gresham & Co., 1891, pages 141-143 (Indiana Co) which also >> mentions his brother Amos and contains information regarding the >> Kingwood >> Chronicle. >> >> Roy Lockhart >> >> >> >> ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== >> Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most >> helpful site >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> > > > Harry > Harry