Iowa Old Press
Davenport Gazette
Davenport, Scott, Iowa Territory
Thursday, July 7, 1842
MARRIED.
In Burlington, on the 25th inst, by Rev. I.I. STEWART, Mr.
Philander A
GOODRICH to Miss Elizabeth ASHMORE, both of that city.
In Iowa City, on 28th ult. James W. STONE to Miss Elizabeth
BROWN, both of
Johnson co.
Died.
In Bloomington, on the 27th ult, Frances A. , consort of John B.
RUSSELL,
editor of the Herald, aged 21 years.
MARRIED.
Near Parkhurst, on Sunday the 10th inst. by Parge BARBER, Mr.
Anthony
PHILLIPS of Boone Co, Illinois, to Mrs. Sarah PAST of Scott
county, Iowa.
In Bloomington, on 30th ult. By Robert STUART, Esq., Mr. George
G. SPURGEON
of Cedar county to Miss Margaret HATTEN of Muscatine Co.
Death by lightning- We regret exceedingly to learn that the lady
of Col.
SHUFFLETON, of Fairfield, Jefferson county, Iowa, was killed on
Tuesday of
last week by lightning. She was a lady of excellent worth,
beloved and
respected by all who enjoyed her acquaintance.-Ter. Gaz.
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Davenport Gazette
Davenport, Scott, Iowa Territory
Thursday, July 21, 1842
DIED.
In Davenport, on Wednesday evening, 13th inst., Augusta M.,
youngest child
of John H. and Emma THORINGTON, aged 6 mos.
Thursday, July 28, 1842
DIED.
In Iowa City, on the 16th inst., Mr. James M. HAWKINS, Post
Master, in that
place, aged 24 years.
Accidental death- Mr. Anson COWLES, a citizen of Linn county,
came to a
sudden and affecting death on Thursday the 30th ult., while on a
hunting
expedition many miles remote from the settlement of the whites,
from the
fall of a tree by which his skull was so fractured that he
survived but a
few hours. Mr. COWLES was about 35 years of age, one of the
earlies settlers
of the county, and the original proprietor of the town of
Ivanhoe. He was
acquainted with the classics, and at one time a teacher in
Jefferson
College, Miss.
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