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McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society

 

Index to Death Notices Appearing in The Sentinel (Woodstock, IL), 1856-1894

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Surname Age Date of Death Date of Issue
ILLSLEY, — [twin dau. of W.H.] -- -- 25 Jul 1889
IMESON, Robert - - 31 Mar 1892
INGALLS, Alpheus O. 62 - 18 Sep 1890
INGALLS, Mrs. Fiddy (Wilkinson) - 15 Sep 1892 22 Sep 1892
INGALLS, Samantha (Simmons) 68 - 1 Nov 1894
INGERSOLL, Jacob 89 - 09 Jul 1891
INGERSOLL, Mrs. G.A. 37 - 26 Jun 1879
IRISH, Eliza Ann (Wheeler) 71 09 Mar 1888 15 Mar 1888
IRISH, James A. - 13 Feb 1891 19 Feb 1891
IRISH, Luthera Elizabeth (Reed) 41 26 Nov 1885 03 Dec 1885
IRWIN, Mayer T. 74 14 Oct 1891 22 Oct 1891
IRWIN, Mrs. Dr. -- -- 03 May 1883
IRWIN, Susan (Enos) Breed Tew 70 02 May 1883 24 May 1883
ISLAND, Richard 28 - 15 Oct 1891
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.
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