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From: Terry Jackson <>
Subject: Re: [EDWARDS-L] Old newspaper obits
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 12:19:03 -0500
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Cathy,
Try the LDS. They film a lot of newspapers.

I think I would try the Oklahoma State Archives first.


Cathy Ray wrote:

> Can any of you Edwards researchers help me? My grandfather was James Madison Edwards b.11/9 1861 or 1869 d.7/4/1930 in Strong City (Roger Mills County) OK and is buried in the Strong City cemetery. I have been trying to find a newpaper obituary on him but I have hit a dead end. I have contacted the Cheyenne library and the OK Historical Society and attached is their response. Does anyone have any other ideas? I am trying to find out if the obituary listed any other relatives.
>
> Also trying to find the same on George and Sarah Taylor who are buried in the same cemetery and were the inlaws of my father Floyd James Edwards who married their adopted daughter Dena. Their death dates were George 5/24/1929 and hers 1/22/1930. George Taylor was (supposedly) a long time resident and the Sheriff of Strong City for a time as I understand, and was killed with his own shotgun during a hunting or fishing trip. My father Floyd Edwards was with him and carried him back to town. I would think that something like that would have warranted a pretty big write up.
>
> Any ideas where else I might look? Any help is much appreciated! Thanks in advance, Cathy Ray at
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Library
> To: Cathy Ray
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Old newspaper obits
>
> Cathy Ray: Strong City is in Roger Mills County and we have newspapers for that town. We have the Strong City Herald from August 1912 to April 1925. We have the Strong City Press from November 1934 to 1938. IT doesn't seem that we have the 1929 or 1930 issues of a Strong City newspaper. I can not tell you where you might find those. I wish I could. I am sorry that I could nt help you. Thank you for writing the Oklahoma Historical Society.
> Sincerely,
>
> Nancy Laub
>
> Cathy Ray wrote:
>
> I am trying to locate newspapers from the Strong City Herald for the years 1929 & 1930. The local library in Cheyenne said that they do not have those years' editions so I am hoping that you can tell me where I might look next. Sincerely,Cathy Edwards Ray
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