MARRIAGE RECORDS OF MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES; In this, and the succeeding volumes of Macon County Marriage Records, there are certain abbreviations which we feel should be explained. The f ollowing abbreviations have been used throughout this s e ri e s: C.........Clergy C.J.........County Judge CP.........Catholic Priest Comm......Commissioner E.........Elder J.P.........Justice of Peace M.G........Minister of The Gospel P.M........Police Magistrate Due to -Lack of space on, the following pages we have been forced to delete all unnecessary data from our compilation. For example: line 1. page 1 under the date of 1861 reads: Daniel Gahman - Lucinda M. McFarland Jan. I R.W. Travis MG 5 This shows us that Daniel Gahman and Lucinda K. McFarland were married'. January I, by R, W. Travis,. a Minister of the Gospel. The number 56, following the letters M.G., refer to the page number of the volumes in which this marriage is recorded in the series of Marriage Records in the office of the County Clerk. The page number as shown in the index, refers to the page of this volume. 1851 Ferdinand Taggard - Dorinda Renshaw Mar 5 Wm. Crissy M.G.18 1855 G.W. Renshaw - Mary I.Stewart Feb. 18 W.M. Crissy M.G. 25 1860 John Renshaw - Anna Steele Mar 27 R.W. Travis M.G. 46 1867 Silas Noble - Mary J. Renshaw Oct. 22 Levi C. Pitner M.G. 144 1873 John Binnison - Eva Renshaw Aug. 19 N.P. Heath M.G. 31 1876 Henry Renshaw - Susan Spangler Dec. 14 D.P. Bunn M.G. 62 1880 John F. Montgomery - Minnie Renshaw Jan. 14 D.P. Bunn M.G. 47