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Newspaper from 1854 Henry County or Des Moines County Iowa

Newspaper from 1854 Henry County or Des Moines County Iowa

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 5:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Long
My ancestor was buried in 1854 in Henry Co Iowa, Abraham Long (found the grave)

There appears to be no death records that far back.

I'm trying to find a possible obituary or a newspaper about his death.

Any insight is appreciated.

Sean.

Re: Newspaper from 1854 Henry County or Des Moines County Iowa

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 6:59PM GMT
Classification: Query
How about a name? Occupation or name of family member?

Re: Newspaper from 1854 Henry County or Des Moines County Iowa

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 8:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi,

His name is Abraham Long 1774-1854 he was a farmer and lived with his son Simeon Irvin Long, also a farmer.

They might have lived in Des Moines co, or Henry.

Sean

Re: Newspaper from 1854 Henry County or Des Moines County Iowa

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 9:59PM GMT
Classification: Query
I did not find anything online - if you check this site:
http://web.stanford.edu/group/ruralwest/cgi-bin/drupal/visua...

you can move the date slider across the top to 1854 and then click on Des Moines - it will show you the newspapers in the area at that time.

Check http://www.digitalstatearchives.com/iowa for some newspapers - and also http://www.iowahistory.org/libraries/index.html

Good Luck!

Re: Newspaper from 1854 Henry County or Des Moines County Iowa

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 2:49PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 19 Apr 2015 2:50PM GMT
The standard reference for locating library holdings of American newspapers published between 1821 and 1936 is:

Winifred Gregory, Editor, "American Newspapers, 1821-1936: A Union List of Files Available in the United States and Canada" (New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1937; Reprinted Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1967)

If you tell us which city is closest to your location I can tell you the nearest cities with library holdings of Des Moines and Henry Co. newspapers published during 1854.

Major collections of microfilmed Iowa newspapers are in Des Moines and Iowa City.

Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants;
Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project
Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net
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