Index to Death Notices Appearing in The Sentinel (Woodstock, IL), 1856-1894
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| Surname | Age | Date of Death | Date of Issue |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAKIN, Samuel | 83 | 07 Mar 1884 | 13 Mar 1884 |
| EARING, Samuel | - | 18 Sep 1878 | 17 Oct 1878 |
| EARLEY, Mrs. C.H. (Henry) | - | 04 Dec 1856 | 25 Dec 1856 |
| EARNGEY, Samuel L. | 32 | 12 Dec 1893 | 21 Dec 1893 |
| EASTMAN, — [daughter of A.] | - | 13 Aug 1894 | 23 Aug 1894 |
| EASTMAN, Mrs. Amanda | 65 | 04 May 1864 | 08 Jun 1864 |
| EASTON, — [daughter of Louis] | - | - | 1 Nov 1894 |
| EASTWOOD, Martin | -- | -- | 03 Nov 1881 |
| EATON, Thomas | - | - | 22 Feb 1865 |
| ECKERT, — [child of Michael G.] | -- | -- | 18 Nov 1880 |
| ECKERT, — [dau of Michael] | 3 | -- | 28 Oct 1880 |
| ECKERT, — [son of Geo. F. | - | - | 28 Apr 1892 |
| ECKERT, — [son of Geo. F.] | - | 3 Oct 1894 | 4 Oct 1894 |
| ECKERT, Amy | 44 | 15 Oct 1888 | 18 Oct/25 Oct 1888 |
| ECKERT, Chester Louis | - | 25 Sep 1891 | 01 Oct 1891 |
| ECKERT, Dora | 8 | 16 Jan 1864 | 27 Jan 1864 |
| ECKERT, Henry | 66 | 04 Dec 1892 | 08 Dec 1892 |
| ECKERT, Michael G. | 55 | 13 Nov 1893 | 16 Nov 1893 |
| ECKERT, Michael S. | - | - | 18 Oct 1894 |
| ECKERT, Michael S. | 62 | 17 Oct 1894 | 1 Nov 1894 |
| ECKERT, Willis G. | 1 | 05 Nov 1871 | 16 Nov 1871 |
| EDDY, Cora A. | 4 | 26 Oct 1884 | 30 Oct 1884 |
| EDDY, Harry Lewis | 1 | 20 Oct 1859 | 23 Nov 1859 |
| EDDY, James | 80 | 07 Mar 1888 | 15 Mar 1888 |
| EDDY, John | -- | -- | 09 Sep 1886 |
| EDDY, May Louisa (Wicks) | 71 | 06 Feb 1886 | 11 Feb 1886 |
| EDDY, Robert | 34 | 30 Dec 1859 | 22 Feb 1860 |
| EDWARDS, Clark | - | - | 30 Nov 1892 |
| EDWARDS, Frank | 2 | - | 08 May 1890 |
| EDWARDS, Fred O. | 32 | -- | 17 Oct 1889 |
| EDWARDS, Jennie | - | - | 28 May 1891 |
| EDWARDS, Joseph | 65 | 19 Mar 1882 | 20 Apr 1882 |
| EDWARDS, Lulu | 11mo. | 03 May 1864 | 11 May 1864 |
| EDWARDS, Mr. | -- | -- | 23 Mar 1882 |
| EDWARDS, Mrs. | - | - | 12 Mar 1891 |
| EDWARDS, Mrs. Alfred | - | - | 21 Dec 1876 |
| EGGLESTON, — [4 children of Oscar] | - | - | 08 Feb 1877 |
| EGGLESTON, Mabel E. | 12 | 27 Oct 1889 | 07 Nov/21 Nov 1889 |
| EHLE, G.L. | 61 | 04 Jan 1880 | 29 Jan 1880 |
| EHLE, Jane Ann | 2 | 05 Mar 1866 | 15 Mar 1866 |
| EHLE, Jane Anna | 12 | 05 Mar 1861 | 13 Mar 1861 |
| EHLE, John | 76 | 28 Mar 1871 | 13 Apr/20Apr 1871 |
| EHLE, Mrs. -?- | - | - | 30 Sep 1869 |
| EHRKE, — [child of Fred] | - | - | 21 May 1891 |
| EHRKE, — [child of Fred] | - | - | 03 Sep 1891 |
| ELDRED, — [child] | - | - | 19 Nov 1879 |
| ELKINS, Henry A. | 37 | -- | 31 Jul 1884 |
| ELLET, Eichard K. | - | 06 Sep 1876 | 14 Sep 1876 |
| ELLET, John A. | 53 | 13 Apr 1892 | 28 Apr 1892 |
| ELLIOTT, — [child of Joe] | - | - | 19 Feb 1891 |
| ELLIS, Charles | - | - | 12 Jul 1894 |
| ELLIS, Joseph J. | - | 03 Dec 1863 | 23 Dec 1863 |
| ELLIS, L.W. | 83 | - | 13 Dec 1877 |
| ELLIS, T.S. | - | - | 28 Jun 1894 |
| ELLIS, Thomas Jefferson | 83 | 24 Jun 1894 | 28 Jun 1894 |
| ELLISON, Nelson | - | 26 Feb 1862 | 12 Mar/19 Mar 1862 |
| ELLSWORTH, — [child of Henry] | - | - | 24 Sep 1874 |
| ELLSWORTH, Charles L. | 39 | 29 Aug 1884 | 18 Sep 1884 |
| ELLSWORTH, Daniel | -- | -- | 05 Jul 1883 |
| ELLSWORTH, Edith | -- | -- | 13 Dec/20 Dec 1888 |
| ELLSWORTH, Emily | - | - | 01 May 1890 |
| ELLSWORTH, Lewis | -- | -- | 17 Feb 1881 |
| ELLSWORTH, Mrs. -- | - | - | 13 Mar 1873 |
| ELLSWORTH, Phoebe (Brunson) | 37 | 13 May 1888 | 17 May/07 Jun 1888 |
| ELLSWORTH, Willie | 2 | 27 Jul 1875 | 29 Jul 1875 |
| ELLWOOD, Reuben | -- | -- | 02 Jul/09 Jul 1885 |
| ELSTON, Anna | -- | 17 Jan 1883 | 25 Jan 1883 |
| ELSWORTH, Barbara | - | 27 Jan 1872 | 08 Feb 1872 |
| EMMEL, — [child of Peter] | - | - | 14 Jul 1892 |
| EMMONDS, -?- [child] | - | - | 01 Oct 1868 |
| ENDERS, Thos. O. | - | - | 26 Jul 1894 |
| ENGEL, Mrs. Margaret | - | - | 30 Aug 1894 |
| ENGLAND, Anna (Gilbert) | 67 | - | 15 May 1890 |
| ENNERSON, A. | - | - | 16 Aug 1893 |
| ENO, Dell | - | - | 16 Oct 1873 |
| ENOS, Eben | -- | -- | 07 Apr 1881 |
| ENOS, P. Brink | - | 07 Apr 1872 | 18 Apr 1872 |
| EPPEL, George | 18 | 7 Dec 1893 | 14 Dec 1893 |
| EPPEL, Laura | 11 | 9 Dec 1893 | 14 Dec 1893 |
| EPPEL, Mr. -- | - | - | 10 Apr 1873 |
| EPPEL, Mrs. A.M. | 86 | - | 11 Sep 1890 |
| ERCANBACK, John R. | - | - | 18 Mar 1863 |
| ERCANBRACK, Catherine | 72 | 16 Dec 1883 | 20 Dec 1883 |
| ERCANBRACK, Ernie | 7 | 24 Feb 1886 | 01 Apr/29 Apr 1886 |
| ERCANBRACK, Frankie | 9 | 19 Feb 1886 | 01 Apr/29 Apr 1886 |
| ERCANBRACK, George | 19 | 9 Oct 1893 | 12 Oct/19 Oct 1893 |
| ERCANBRACK, Ray | 1 | 30 Jan 1886 | 04 Feb/01 Apr/29 Apr 1886 |
| ERICSON, Mrs. -- | - | - | 19 Mar 1874 |
| ERKENBRACK, — [son of Charley] | - | - | 17 Apr 1890 |
| ERKENBRACK, Virtue | 91 | 04 Nov 1876 | 09 Nov 1876 |
| ESPLIN, Elizabeth | 71 | 16 Jul 1880 | 29 Jul 1880 |
| ESUS(?), Roswell | 70 | 08 May 1858 | 12 May 1858 |
| ETTLESON, John | -- | -- | 06 May 1886 |
| EVANS, John D. | - | - | 30 Mar 1871 |
| EVANS, Mrs. | - | - | 27 Mar 1879 |
| EVEREST, Anna Mary (Foot) | -- | 02 Mar 1885 | 26 Mar 1885 |
Research Note: The Woodstock Sentinel is the oldest extant newspaper in McHenry County. The first issue was published on July 17, 1856, a single sheet containing no local news and only four columns of advertisements. As its popularity grew, the editors added local news, including death notices and marriage announcements. Not a single birth notice appears in the issues from 1856 through 1869. Researchers should be aware that obituaries, as we know them today, were very rare in the early issues of this newspaper. Instead, death notices were published—usually a line or two providing the name, age, death date, and sometimes the names of parents or a spouse. These early issues are extremely difficult to read; variant spellings and misspellings of names were frequent.
