Iowa News from across the Country
- 1849 -

Boston Courier
Boston, Massachusetts
February 19, 1849

Died, in Burlington, Iowa, January 19, Mr. Abiather White, 55, formerly of Massachusetts.

[transcribed by S.F., January 2018]

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Milwaukee Sentinel and Gazette
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Saturday, March 10, 1849

Died. At Maquoketa, Jackson county, Iowa, on the 12th inst., P.A.R. Brace, Esq., formerly of Prairie du Chien, aged 28 years.

[transcribed by S.F., January 2018]

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The National Era
Washington, D.C.
June 7, 1849
Vol. III No. 127 p. 91

MARRIAGE.
In Madison, Lake county, Ohio, on the 15th of May, by the Rev. A Saunders, Rev. Simeon Waters, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to Miss Frances A. Ensign, daughter of Deacon H. Ensign, of the former place.

[transcribed by C.J.L., December 2006]

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Arkansas State Democrat
Little Rock, Arkansas
June 8, 1849

Died - of Cholera, at Napoleon, Arks., on the 5th inst., Mrs. Marietta J. Murdock, consort of Samuel Murdock, Esq., and daughter of Dr. H. Buckner of Yell co.
Burlington, Iowa papers please copy.
[transcribed by S.F., January 2018 - transcription note: Yell co. Iowa is now defunct, being absorbed by Webster co. in 1851]

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Boston Daily Atlas
Boston, Massachusetts
Friday, July 13, 1849

Died. At Keokuk, Iowa, John B. Russell, late Editor and Proprietor of the Keokuk Despatch, about 50, formerly of this city.

[transcribed by S.F., January 2018]

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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, D.C.
Friday, August 3, 1849

Died. At Montrose, Iowa, on the morning of the 15th July, after a few hours' illness, of the prevailing epidemic, Richard H. Whiting, of Virginia, aged 26 years.

[transcribed by S.F., January 2018]

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Dover Gazette & Strafford Advertiser
Dover, New Hampshire
Saturday, October 6, 1849

Died. Near Council Bluffs, Iowa, of Cholera Morbus, Miss Lydia Hartford, daughter of Widow Mercy Hartford and formerly of this town. She left here in May last with the intention of joining the Mormons at their settlement in California.

[transcribed by S.F., January 2018]

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The Weekly Herald
New York, New York
Saturday, December 8, 1849

Married. At Andrew, Jackson county, Iowa, on the 29th ult., by the Rev. William L. Coleman, His Excellency Ansel Briggs, Governor of Iowa, to Mrs. Frances Carpenter.

[transcribed by S.F., January 2018]

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Boston Daily Atlas
Boston, Massachusetts
Monday, December 10, 1849

Died. At Sacramento City, Oct. 23d, Henry C. Kolburn, of Fort Madison, Iowa.

[transcribed by S.F., January 2018]



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