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From: "Galati 4" <>
Subject: Re: [KSCHEROK-L] Need Guidance - Death information 1903-1909
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 16:53:52 -0500


Jan,
Hi! Try the Cherokee County Genealogy Society. They have great
Cemetery and obit indexes.
Good Luck,
Cyndi
-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Wind Nixon <>
To: <>
Date: Friday, July 02, 1999 3:22 PM
Subject: [KSCHEROK-L] Need Guidance - Death information 1903-1909

>Fellow Cherokee County Listmembers,
>
>I seem to have a brain block, and need guidance.
>
>Silas Monroe Pearce, b. November 1876 was an inhabitant of Galena,
>Cherokee County, KS from 1900 until his death. Death is estimated to
be
>between 1903 and 1909. He was a zinc miner and family lore states that
>he died as a result of a mining accident.
>
>Since death certificates were not issued prior to 1911, how to I find
>out his death date, and/or circumstances.
>
>His wife, Bertha May MILLER PEARCE, b 23 April 1877, worked for the
>Galena School District as a "truant officer". She died 4 April 1959,
in
>Galena, and according to her death certificate is buried in Galena
>Cemetery. Would this be Galena City Cemetery? There is a possibility
>that she could be buried next to her husband, Silas Monroe PEARCE.
>
>I need to know who to ask, and the best way to ask for the death
>information on Silas PEARCE.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Jan
>Shingle Springs, CA
>Researching: PEARCE and NOBLE in Galena, Cherokee County, KS
>
>

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