Monica Schirmer Eshelman has been on a mission to index the obituaries and death notices in Buchanan County newspapers. Unfortunately, there is currently a problem with Google Newspapers which prevents further work on this project.
Please contact Monica directly if you have questions about these.
1845 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette and other Newspapers
1846 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette and other Newspapers (each cited)
1847 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette and other Newspapers (each cited)
1848 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette and other Newspapers
1849 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette and Various Newspapers
1850 Death Notices from St. Joseph Gazette and St. Joseph Adventure
1851 Death Notices from St. Joseph Gazette, Savannah Sentinel, St. Joseph Adventure and Other Newspapers
1852 Death Notices from Savannah Sentinel and Other Newspapers
1853 Death Notices from Newspapers
1854 Death Notices from Newspapers
1855 Death Notices from St. Joseph Commercial Cycle and Other Newspapers
1856 Death Notices from North West Democrat, St. Joseph Commercial Cycle and Other Newspapers (each cited)
1857 Death Notices from North West Democrat and Other Newspapers
1858 Death Notices from newspapers
1859 Death Notices from St. Joseph Weekly Free Democrat (Aug-Dec) and The Weekly West (May-Dec)and Other Newspapers
1860 Death Notices from St. Joseph Weekly Free Democrat and The Weekly West (Jan-Apr)and Other Newspapers
1861 Death Notices from St. Joseph Weekly Free Democrat (Jan-Apr) and Other Newspapers
1862 Death Notices from St. Joseph Weekly Herald & Tribune (Mar-Dec)and Other Newspapers
1863 Death Notices from St. Joseph Daily Herald and St. Joseph Weekly Herald & Tribune
1864 Death Notices from St. Joseph Weekly Herald and Tribune, St. Joseph Morning Herald [partial] and Other Newspapers
1865 Death Notices in the Holt County [Missouri] Sentinel and Other Newspapers
1866 Death Notices in the Holt County [Missouri] Sentinel, Atchison [Kansas] Daily Champion and Other Newspapers
1867 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Heraldand some other newspapers
1868 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Herald & Daily Gazette
1869 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Herald & Daily Gazette & Weekly Gazette
1870 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Herald & Daily Gazette & Weekly Gazette
1871 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Herald & Weekly Gazette
1872 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Herald & Daily Gazette & Weekly Gazette
1873 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Herald & Daily Gazette
1874 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Herald & Daily Gazette
1875 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Herald & Gazette
1876 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Morning Herald & Gazette
1877 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Herald and Gazette
1878 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Heraldand Daily Gazette
1879 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Daily Herald and Daily Gazette
1880 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald and Daily Gazette
1881 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald and Daily Gazette
1882 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald and Daily Gazette
1883 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald and Daily Gazette(Herald- July-Dec; Daily Gazette- complete)Bold entries under Burial have been located at Find A Grave or other cemetery source*indicates African-AmericanNote: "Potter's Field" sometimes means County Cemetery, sometimes means City CemeteryContact Monica at meshelman1@cox.net with questions.
1884 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald and Daily Gazette
1885 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald and Daily Gazette and Daily News`
1886 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald and Daily Gazette
1887 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald and Daily Gazette
1888 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald, Daily Gazette and Daily News
1889-1899 Obituaries from The Catholic Tribune, St. Joseph, Missouri
1889 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald, Daily Gazette and Daily News
1890 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald, Daily Gazette and Daily News
1891 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald, Gazette and Daily News
1892 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald, Gazette and Daily News
1893 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Herald, Gazette and Daily News
1894 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald, Gazette and Daily News
1895 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald and Daily News
1896 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri Herald, Gazette and Daily News
1897 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Herald, Gazette and Daily News
1898 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Herald, Gazette and Daily News
1899 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Herald, Gazette and Daily News
1900-1909 Obituaries from The Catholic Tribune, St. Joseph, Missouri
1900 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Herald, Gazette and Daily News
1901 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Gazette-Herald and Daily News
1902 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Gazette-Herald (Gazette) and Daily News
1903 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Gazette and Daily News
1904 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Gazette and News and Press
1905 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Gazette and News-Press
1906 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Gazette and News-Press
1907 Death Notices in the St Joseph, Missouri, Gazette and News-Press
1908 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Gazette and News-Press
1909 Death Notices in the St. Joseph, Missouri, Gazette and News-Press
1910-1919 Obituaries from The Catholic Tribune, St. Joseph, Missouri
1910 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press, and The Eye
1911 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press,and The Eye
1912 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette and St. Joseph News-Press
1913 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph Observer and The Eye
1914 Death Notices from the St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press, The Eye and The Observer
1915 Death Notices from The St. Joseph Observer, St. Joseph Gazette & St. Joseph News-Press
1916 Death Notices from St. Joseph Observer, St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press and The Eye
1917 Death Notices from The St. Joseph Observer, St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press
1918 Death Notices from St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press & St. Joseph Observer
1919 Death Notices from St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press & St. Joseph Observer
1920-1924 Obituaries from The Catholic Tribune St. Joseph, Missouri
1920 Death Notices from St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press & St. Joseph Observer
1921 Death Notices from St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press & St. Joseph Observer
1922 Death Notices from St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph News-Press & St. Joseph Observer