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Local Newspapers for the Wells Cemetery ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of the Wells Cemetery.

Our newspaper information for the Wells Cemetery is based on data supplied by the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

Hint: When we started searching newspapers, we only looked for obituaries. Eventually we realized that our search was too narrow and there was much that we were missing. Now we include things like around-the-town and gossip columns, birth and death announcements.

We have some family members who owned businesses and now we search for articles and advertistments for those businesses. Some family members could have been better behaved and a search of police blotters contained some surprises.

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of the Wells Cemetery. These papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in the order of their distance from the Wells Cemetery.

  • Published In Lamar   [Darlington County, SC]
  • Published In Bishopville
    • Lamar Sentinel (from Bishopville Eagle)
    • Bishopville Eagle (from Bishopville Enterprise)
    • Bishopville Enterprise (from Lee County Messenger)
    • Lee County Messenger (from Lee County Observer)
    • Lee County Observer (from Lee County Vindicator)
    • Lee County Vindicator (from The Leader And Vindicator)
    • The Leader And Vindicator (from The Mirror)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Bishopville.
  • Published In Timmonsville   [Florence County, SC]
    • Lamar Sentinel (from Florence County Journal)
      • Years of publication:  Florence County Journal to 1929
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Lamar Sentinel
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93067830
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28402052
    • Bishopville Eagle (from The Advertiser)
    • Bishopville Enterprise (from The Farmers' Friend)
    • Lee County Messenger (from The Timmonsville Enterprise)
    • Lee County Observer (from The Timmonsville News)
    • Lee County Vindicator (from The Timmonsville News)
    • The Leader And Vindicator (from The Timmonsville News)
    • The Mirror (from The Timmonsville Times)
      • Years of publication:  The Timmonsville Times to 1958
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Mirror
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93067824
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28385727
    • Florence County Journal (from The Watchman And Defender)
    • The Advertiser (from Timmonsville News-Argus)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Timmonsville.
  • Published In Sumter   [Sumter County, SC]
    • Lamar Sentinel (from Evening News)
    • Bishopville Eagle (from Evening News)
    • Bishopville Enterprise (from Semi-Weekly Watchman)
    • Lee County Messenger (from The Banner Of Freedom)
    • Lee County Observer (from The Defender)
    • Lee County Vindicator (from The Freeman)
    • The Leader And Vindicator (from The Item)
    • The Mirror (from The Peoples Informer)
      • Years of publication:  The Peoples Informer to 1941
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Mirror
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92065449
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25313033
    • Florence County Journal (from The Recon Record)
    • The Advertiser (from The Samaritan Herald And The Voice Of Job)
      • Years of publication:  The Samaritan Herald And The Voice Of Job to 1950
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Advertiser
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92065566
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25968670
    • The Farmers' Friend (from The Samaritan Herald)
    • The Timmonsville Enterprise (from The Spirit Of The Times)
    • The Timmonsville News (from The Sumter Advance)
    • The Timmonsville News (from The Sumter Banner)
    • The Timmonsville News (from The Sumter Daily Item)
    • The Timmonsville Times (from The Sumter Dispatch)
    • The Watchman And Defender (from The Sumter Herald)
    • Timmonsville News-Argus (from The Sumter News)
    • Evening News (from The Sumter News)
      • Years of publication:  The Sumter News to 1873
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Evening News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84026916
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10744424
    • Evening News (from The True Southron)
      • Years of publication:  The True Southron to 1881
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Evening News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86053242
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13365156
    • Semi-Weekly Watchman (from The Watchman And Southron)
    • The Banner Of Freedom (from Tri-Weekly Watchman)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Sumter.
  • Published In Olanta   [Florence County, SC]

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wells Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0671, Longitude: -80.1645       In this case, the coordinates for the Wells Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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