Source Information

Weant, Kenneth E., comp. Lincoln County, Missouri Deaths, 1866-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data:

  • Weant, Kenneth E., comp. Lincoln County, Missouri 6001 Deaths Reported in and Chronological Index to Selected Articles from the Lincoln County Herald, the Herald and the Free Press 5 January 1866 to 29 December 1899. Volume 1. Missouri: Kenneth E. Weant, 2001.
  • Weant, Kenneth E. comp. Lincoln County, Missouri 5603 Deaths Reported in and Chronological Index to Selected Articles from the Troy Free Press 5 January 1900 to 26 December 1913. Volume 2. Missouri: Kenneth E. Weant, 2001.
  • Weant, Kenneth E., comp. Lincoln County, Missouri 5016 Death Records and Chronological Index to Selected Articles from the Troy Free Press 2 January 1914 to 26 December 1924. Volume 3. Missouri: Kenneth E. Weant, 2001.
  • Weant, Kenneth E., comp. Lincoln County, Missouri 6841 Deaths Reported in and Chronological Index to Selected Articles from the Troy Free Press 2 January 1925 to 25 December 1936. Volume 4. Missouri: Kenneth E. Weant, 2001.
  • About Lincoln County, Missouri Deaths, 1866-1936

    This database is an index to deaths reported in three Lincoln County newspapers, the Lincoln County Herald, the Troy Herald, and the Troy Free Press, from 5 January 1866 to 25 December 1936. The Lincoln County Herald was a four-page weekly paper. The Troy Herald was an eight-page weekly paper and the Troy Free Press was a six- to eight-page weekly paper. Many of the deaths reported in these newspapers took place throughout the state as well as the country, as reported deaths included relatives of residents, former residents, and current residents of Lincoln County. Information that may be found in this index includes name of deceased, age at time of death or birth date, date of death, and date of newspaper report. In addition to death information, this database also contains information gathered from the World War I draft registration lists of 22 June 1917, 14 June 1918, and 30 August 1918 published in the Troy Free Press. Other county newspapers, many of which are available at the Missouri Historical Society, should be checked for additional information found in this index.