SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 18 MAY 1871 "Married at Waterloo, Iowa on May 9, Mr. James TRACY, formerly of Centralia, and Miss Eliza CONRAD of Centralia."

I hope these postings I've been doing of old Centralia Sentinel records are of some use to those of you on the board here. It might be a good time for a roll call of the surnames we are researching from this county. I am searching for RANKIN, GRIER/GREER, ERICKSON, PETERSON... to name just a few for now.

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 11 MAY 1871 "Mr. and Mrs. J. S. HOBBS are parents of a daughter born on May 8."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 4 MAY 1871 "Married on Apr 30, Henry MASTERMAN of Amboy, Ill. and Mrs. Isabelle DALY of Centralia."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 27 APR 1871 "Married in Centralia on Apr 20 by Rev. J. A. ROBINSON, Mr. W. B. SURLES of Kansas City and Miss Mary J. MORSE of Centralia." "Married on Apr 26 in Centralia by Rev. J. A. ROBINSON, Mr. Horace BRONSON and Miss Sarah E. FITZGERALD, both of Centralia." "Died on Apr 21, Mrs. M. C. CASEY, wife of W. M. CASEY of Centralia, aged 35y, 5m, 16d. She was buried at Salem." "Died at Centralia on Apr 26, Richard S. NELSON, son of the late Judge NELSON, in his 25th year. Remains were buried at Mt. Vernon." "Thomas WELSH, about 60, of St. Louis committed suicide while stopping over at the Meinzer House at Centralia." "The estate of Nancy WOODS, deceased, is in probate; Thomas QUICK, administrator."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 20 APR 1871 "Married on Apr 19 at the residence of the bride's parents by Rev. J. CELL, Mr. Charles H. CARPENTER to Miss Mary E. HILTON/HELTON, all of Centralia." "Died in Centralia on Apr 17, Blanche, infant daughter of George C. and Jennie NEWTON, aged 4m and 26d." "The estate of John AVERY, deceased, is in probate; Harriet AVERY, administratrix."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 6 APR 1871 "Married at the residence of B. F. CLARK on Apr 5 by Squire S. L. HAND, Mr. James W. FAULKNER and Miss Modina BOURLAND."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 30 MAR 1871 "Died in Mt. Vernon on Mar 26, Major Franklin S. CASEY, aged 67 years."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 16 MAR 1871 "Miss _________ SEARL, a teacher at Sandoval, died of quick consumption." "Mr. James CONNOR died at Sandoval on Mar 9. he was employed by the IC as section boss." NOTE: IC is the IC Railroad.

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 9 MAR 1871 "Mr. and Mrs. W. A. JENKINS of Sandoval observed their 10th wedding anniversary on Mar 8."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 2 MAR 1871 "Married on Feb 23 at the home of the bride's father near Sandoval by Squire John S. HARVEY, John D. McCANCE and Miss Margaret HALEY, all of Marion Co."

SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 23 FEB 1871 "Married at the residence of H. L. LOWE in Centralia on Feb. 16 by Rev. J. D. GILLHAM, Mr. Thomas C. ELLIOTT to Miss Mary SHARP, all of Centralia." "Married at the residence of the bride on Feb. 19 by Rev. J. D. GILLHAM, Mr. Daniel C. DOLLAHAN of Olney and Miss Mary A. BRAMAN of Centralia." "Died on Feb. 19 of lung disease, Mrs. Clarissa WILLIAMS, aged 52y, 11m, 8d."

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SOURCE: CENTRALIA SENTINEL - 16 FEB. 1871 "Alexander PTOMEY of Sandoval died on Feb 10 of consumption, aged 49 years. He has been in the employ of the IC Railroad 12 years. The IC provided a passenger train to transport friends and relatives from Sandoval to Harrison Cemetery, 7 miles north, to attend burial services."

Source: Centralia Sentinel, 2 Feb. 1871 "Married Dec. 27, 1870, at the residence of the bride's father near Cato, Kan., W.S. HARRIS, formerly of Centralia, to Miss Sarah Florence LARGE." "Married at the residence of the bride on Jan. 31, by Rev. E. SCHOEFIELD, Mrs. H. A. ELDROD (formerly of Alexandria, Va., now of Centralia) to Mr. B. F. MERRILL (formerly of Hyde Park, near Chicago, now of Clinton Co., near Centralia)." "The estate of S.W. LEONARD, deceased, is in probate; A. J. LEONARD, administrator."

Source: Centralia Sentinel - Jan. 12, 1871 "Married at the residence of Mrs. LeSTURGEON at Centralia, Mr. avid VAN BENTHUYSEN of Clinton Co. and Mrs. Susan S. HARDING of Centralia." Correction: I made a typo, it is supposed to be Mr. David VAN BENTHUYSEN. [email protected] iant.com To: [email protected] cc: 05/09/01 Subject: [ILMARION] LeSTURGEON, VAN 01:04 PM BENTHUYSEN, HARDING, CARDWELL, CELL, TAYLOR Please respond to ILMARION-L Source: Centralia Sentinel - Jan. 12, 1871 "Married at the residence of Mrs. LeSTURGEON at Centralia, Mr. avid VAN BENTHUYSEN of Clinton Co. and Mrs. Susan S. HARDING of Centralia." "Married on Jan. 4 at the residence of Mr. Thomas CARDWELL by Rev. J. CELL, Mr. Joseph G. TAYLOR of Centralia and Miss Emma CARDWELL of Clinton Co." ==== 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, Jan. 26, 1871 "Married at the residence of R. SAYLES of Centralia by Rev. J. CELL, Mr. John AMBLER of DuQuoin, Ill. and Miss Hannah SMITH of Centralia." "Died at Macedonia Oct 7, 1870, Margaret J. DARE, resident of Centralia and consort of H.W. DARE, and daughter of Rev. H. G. JOHNSON, aged 27y, 11m and 24d. She was born Oct 13, 1842 in Green Co., Tenn." "The estate of S.A. BOGGS, deceased, is in probate; John G. BOGGS and John TELFORD, administrators."

Source: Centralia Sentinel, Jan. 19, 1871 "Died in Centralia on Jan. 12, Mr. John C. KEHOE, of consumption, aged 37 years. Mr. KEHOE was born June 9, 1833 at Portsmouth, Ohio, and was married in Centralia to Miss Josephine C. WAKEMAN on May 8, 1860. His wife and son Charles survived."

Source: Centralia Sentinel - Jan. 12, 1871 "Married at the residence of Mrs. LeSTURGEON at Centralia, Mr. avid VAN BENTHUYSEN of Clinton Co. and Mrs. Susan S. HARDING of Centralia." "Married on Jan. 4 at the residence of Mr. Thomas CARDWELL by Rev. J. CELL, Mr. Joseph G. TAYLOR of Centralia and Miss Emma CARDWELL of Clinton Co."

Source: Centralia Sentinel, Jan. 5, 1871 "Married at the residence of R. SAYLES at Centralia by Rev. J. CELL, Mr. Edward HAYES of Pittsburgh, PA and Miss Hettie SMITH of Centralia." "John HILL, son of George HILL, 16, living near Mt. Vernon, accidentally shot and killed himself on Dec. 29, 1870."