White River Standard
Bedford, Indiana
March 30, 1854

[NOTE: The items below were abstracted by Randi Richardson from a microfilm image of the original available at the Lawrence County History Center. Unfortunately, the microfilm reader/printer would not print, the abstractions were done by hand and then typed.]

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John Bristow's infant of died of scarlet fever on March 27.

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Mrs. Horton, age 68, died on March 6 of apoplexy.

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Myra, wife of John W. Johnson, died of palsy on March 13 at the age of 32. She was a member of the M. E. Church.

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Sallie Darnal [consider Darnell a spelling variant], "consort of Rel la [sic] Darnal, died on March 12 at the age of 38 of bilious cholic [sic]. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

[Sallie Darnal is believed to be one and the same as Sarah Darnell the apparent wife of Raleigh Darnell. They were noted as residents of Indian Creek Twp., Lawrence County, Indiana, in the 1850 census record.]

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Cynthia Ann Herton [consider Horton a spelling variant] died on March 27 of typhoid erysipelas. She was the wife of John Herton.

Typed and donated by Randi Richardson.