SOURCE: INDEX TO EARLY MARION COUNTY DIVORCES - 1856-1881 AS PRINTED IN FOOTPRINTS OF MARION COUNTY, FALL 1987 - VOL. 12, NO. 2 EDITION (OUT OF PRINT) Plaintiff index and date divorce granted: ABERNATHY, Mary E. and James R. ABERNATHY - 23 Aug 1873 ABERNATHY, Mary E. and James R. ABERNATHY - 3 Nov 1871 ADAMS, Ann E. and John ADAMS - Aug 1862 ADAMS, John Q. and Sarah A. ADAMS - 12 Feb 1872 AIRD, Fannie and James AIRD - 15 Apr 1881 ALBERT, Joseph and Martha ALBERT - 14 Aug 1878 ALDRIDGE, Peter and Rebecca ALDREDGE - 25 Jan 1870 ALEXANDER, Feitta and Abner T. ALEXANDER - 11 Aug 1880 ALLEN, James H. and Nancy ALLEN - Mar 1865 21 Aug 1870 ANDERSON, James H. and Martha L. ANDERSON - 12 Aug 1870 ARMSTRONG, Rebecca and Wm. ARMSTRONG - Mar 1864 ARNOLD, Felix W. and Sarah J. ARNOLD - Aug 1858 ARNOLD, George N. and Lucy I. ARNOLD - 18 Aug 1868 ASHTON, James and Sarah ASHTON - 2 Apr 1868

Source: FOOTPRINTS OF MARION COUNTY, 1987 Fall edition (Vol 12, No 2) Complete information, as requested, on the County's First Census... etc. PAGE 65 THE COUNTY'S FIRST CENSUS Following is one of George ROSS' newspaper columns. It was on January 24, 1823, that Gov. Edward COLES signed the legislation creating Marion County. Brink-McDonough's history states, "The fortunate discovery of the first county census, taken by R.C. CHANCE in the autumn of 1825 and filed with the clerk of the county on the 26th of November of the said year, renders it possible to give our readers a complete list of the early residents of the county. We here introduce the names of the heads of families and call the attention of the reader to other interesting incidents. "Samuel HUFF; Isaac McCLELLAND - a member of the county board (1836-38 and 1842-48) and associate county judge 1857-61, died March 18, 1881, aged 81; Eli McKINNEY; James MARTIN; Samuel MARTIN - owner of a horse mill; James YOUNG, son of Samuel, the first settler; Matthew YOUNG, brother of James; Aaron HICKS - member of the first county board, contacted for and built the first courthouse; Ebenezer DAGGETT; Henry LEE; Dorcas TULLY; Christiana TULLY; Malachi WARE; Michael RADCLIFFE; William CARRIGAN; D.R. CHANCE, of the first justices-of-the-peace and the census commissioner in 1825; Henry WALKER; William TAYLOR; Simon ALBERT; Richard PILES; William ALBERT; Hardy FOSTER - a native of Georgia, township and village named for him, county commissioner and member of the legislature, died in 1864; Thomas NEAL - removed to Effingham County, lost his life by accident, being crushed to death by a wagon in 1854; John S. DAVIS; Thomas FULTON; William KING; Darrington BALDRIDGE (Footprints Editor's Note: His correct given name was Dornton.); William PURSLEY; John DAVIDSON; Samuel DAVIDSON; Green DEPRIEST; John WARREN; Robert NICHOLS; James PILES; Henry McDONALD; Jesse GRIFFIN; William GUNNERSON; John W. NICHOLS; William MARSHALL - first justice-of-the-peace, county surveyor and member of the legislature from 1830 to 1834; Joseph HENSLEY - justice-of-the-peace for many years and owner of a horse mill; Isam WATSON; Robett (this is the spelling in Footprints) SNODGRASS; John WILSON - was called 'St. John'; John PHELPS; John EDDINGTON; Montgomery INGRAM; Nathan HUFF - removed to Texas in 1859; Jesse NICHOLS; Zadoc PHELPS; Henry C. NICHOLS; Rubus RICKER - county clerk, circuit clerk, probate judge, postmaster and innkeeper; Leonard P. PILES; Mark TULLY - owner of a horse mill, first coroner, collector adn sheriff, county commissioner, and contractor for the building of the second court-house; John TULLEY; William NICHOLS - owner of a horse mill and a slave holder; Thoams ASH - revolutionary soldier, North Carolina continentals, pensioned 1833; Robert NICHOLS; George KELL; William GASTON; Henry RODES; Jacob FULFER; Mary GALETON; William INGRAM; Cowles DUNHAM; Isaac FULFER; William BALDWIN; Patrick COWEN; David FULTON; Abraham ROMINE - county commissioner, Romine Township named after him; James GOUDY; Rosana FULTON; John BOUCHER; Cartsworth P. BLACK; Samuel EBLEN - revolutionary soldier, private Virginia continentals, pensioned April 12, 1834; John EBLEN: Israel JENNINGS - a slave holder and member of the legislature; Caswell WANTERES; Robert BANDY; Dorcas BANDY; J.P. GAINES; Jacob ALBERT; Samuel SHOOK; Lete DUNKIN (Letitia DUNCAN probably); Nathaniel LITTERAL (LUTTRELL, a revolutionary soldier); Alfred RAY; Henry WARE; William TULLEY; Pegg BROCK; Thomas HOW - hunter and a fiddler; Solomon ALLEN; Benjamin VERMILLION; Frederick PHELPS; John LITTLE; Thomas PARTENSON; Daniel PHELPS; Wily BURTON; G. BURTON - a blacksmith; Lodrick PHELPS; John COLES; Robert MAN; Polly McKINNEY; Charles RADCLIFF; Josiah FYKE and Mr. ROGERS." There were one hundred and four heads of families, including five widows, with a total population of five hundred and fifty-seven, of which two hundred and seventy-three were white males, two hundred and eighty-two white women, one black man and one white woman - both slaves. Brinkerhoff wrote, "At this time there were but one hundred and seventeen voters in teh county. Money was scarce and stock low in price, a good cow not being worth more than from six to ten dollars, and horses from twenty to forty dollars; hogs at two cents per pound were considered well sold., and grain in proportion. Of the entire population, only one was a blacksmith - G. BURTON, who was a blacksmith - all the rest were farmers and more or less hunters, both as pasttime and as a means of adding to the family larder." These people had principally come from the southern states - Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, and Virginia; a few from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Even though they came from teh south and with the system of slavery still tolerated in this state, there was scarcely any slavery in the county at the time of the census from whcih Brink-McDonough infers that the population was drawn from the poorer class of the states mentioned. Ninety-five of the one hundred families recorded remained squatters of the land for many years. Scarcely any land entries were made between 1823 and 1836. "How these people whose worldly possessions did not average $27 per head, came to burden themselves with the expense of a county administration, is a question to which we could not find an answer, nor even an explanation," summarized Brink-McDonough. Sources: (1) Brink-McDonough "Combined History of Marion and Clinton Counties," 1881; (2) Brinkerhoff "History of Marion County," 1909"

Sorry, forgot to add the source: It was the Centralia Sentinel on Aug 21, 1871. [email protected] iant.com To: [email protected] cc: 05/09/01 Subject: [ILMARION] James PHELPS murdered by 02:05 PM Virgil SCOTT - 1871 Please respond to ILMARION-L "On Aug 26, James PHELPS was stabbed to death by Virgil SCOTT at Sandoval." ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 12 OCT 1871 "Albert, 23-year-old son of D. P. SNELLING, died from accidental gunshot wounds sustained while hunting near Kinmundy."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 12 OCT 1871 "Boyd ELDER, 45, died at Kinmundy on Oct 7."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 5 OCT 1871 "Married in Centralia on Oct 3 by Rev. E. SCOFIELD, Mr. George H. MORSE and Miss Caroline H. BROWN, all of Centralia." "Married in Bloomington, Ill. on Sept. 21, A. T. LAWRENCE of Bloomington and Miss Jennie M., second daughter of John P. WILSON of Centralia." "Died at Centralia on Oct 2, Miss Lizzie LEMMERT, only daughter of Andrew and Kate LEMMERT, aged 15y, 3m, 14d."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 21 SEPT 1871 "Died at Salem on Sept 11, Samuel W. GREEN in his 29th year. He was the son of Samuel (deceased) and Martha GREEN, the fourth of 13 children, living in Salem since 1842."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 14 SEPT 1871 "Married on Sept 6 by Rev. J. CELL, Mr. Charles E. MERRILL to Miss Anna McCLURGE, all of Centralia."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 31 AUG 1871 "On Aug 26, James PHELPS was stabbed to death by Virgil SCOTT at Sandoval."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 24 AUG 1871 "Married at the home of the bride's parents near Centralia in Clinton Co. by Rev. J. CELL, Mr. M. WILSON and Miss R. E. PENN." "A. S. MERRITT, formerly of Centralia, died at St. Louis, aged. 57." "James COPPLE, old county resident, died on Aug. 23."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 10 AUG 1871 "The estate of Margaret A. GIBSON, decased, is in probate; A. GIBSON, executor."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 27 JULY 1871 "Married near Ashely on July 16, Mr. Joseph I. WHEELIS to Miss Sally A. LANS, both of Washington Co." "Died in Centralia on July 26, infant daughter of Charles and Addie EATON, aged 1 month."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 20 JULY 1871 "Mr. and Mrs. PHILLIS were parents of a new son born July 15 at Centralia." "Married July 13 at the residence of the bride's mother at Olney, Mr. Henry D. BUCK of Centralia and Miss V. L. BABBITT of Olney."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 13 JULY 1871 "Married at Salem on July 4, Mr. O. R. WINTON of Mt. Vernon and Miss Benicia O'MELVENY of Centralia." "Died on July 11 at Centralia, Mrs. Rev. Thomas BROWN in the 57th year of her age. Remains were sent to Ohio for burial." "Died in Paxton, Ill. on July 8, R. Bolivar McKEE, formerly of Centralia and lately of California. He was the son of the late James McKEE, and was 48 years of age." "The estate of Charles A. F. ROEDENBECK, deceased, is in probate; John ZICK, administrator."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 6 JULY 1871 "Married at Salem on June 28 by Rev. Barnett MILLER, Mr. Jesse WILLIAMS and Mrs. Amy BRADY, both of Centralia." "Married at the residence of Mr. ROSS in Centralia on July 4 by Rev. J. A. ROBINSON, Mr. John GAY and Mrs. Elizabeth MAXEY, both of Washington Co." "Mr. _______ KLEIN, Sandoval merchant for 14 years, died on July 4 from injuries he received when run over by a train. Catholic service and burial at Carlyle."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 29 JUNE 1871 "Married on June 20 by Squire Henry KURTH, William F. MALTIMORE and Miss Sarah E. OSTRANDER." "Married at the residence of J. W. SKIPWORTH, the bride's father, by Rev. J. D. GILLHAM, Mr. Albert AUTON and Miss Vera SKIPWORTH." "Married at the residence of J. A. FLOWERS on June 25 by Rev. J. A. ROBINSON, Mr. W. J. STRANG and Miss Emma E. FLOWERS." "Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. BOHN on June 27, a daughter. Mr. W. L. BRIDDELL is the grandfather."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 22 JUNE 1871 "Married at Effingham on June 21, Miss Belle WARREN and Mr. G. L. WILSON, both of Centralia." "Married on June 14 at the Odin home of Mr. W. G. FERGUSON by Rev. J. CELL, Mr. Alexander DONALD to Miss Mary F. FERGUSON."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 15 JUNE 1871 "Died in Centralia on June 9, William BENSON, aged 58 years." "Died on June 12 in Centralia, Josie Mae, infant daughter of Joe S. and Mary A. HOBBS, aged 3 weks."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 1 JUNE 1871 "State Senator Samuel K. CASEY died at Mt. Vernon on May 31." "James COLLINGSWORTH of Centralia, about 22, was killed by a train near DuQuoin on May 29. He was a Civil War vet, having served three years with the 111th Ill. Vol. He was buried at City Cemetery." "Died on May 26 at her home near Sandoval, Sarah, wife of George W. HERED, aged 34 years. An infant son also died on May 22."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 25 MAY 1871 "Married at the residence of Mr. H. L. LOWE by Rev. J. D. GILLHAM on May 21, Mr. Minord M. TAYLOR to Miss Mary E. BARNEY, all of Centralia."