Index to Death Notices Appearing in The Sentinel (Woodstock, IL), 1856-1894
| A | Ba-o | Br-z | C | D | E | F | G | Ha-e | Hi-z | I | J | K | L | Ma-e | Mi-z |
| N | O | P | QR | Sa-k | Sl-z | T | UV | W | XYZ |
| N | O | P | QR | Sa-k | Sl-z | T | UV | W | XYZ |
| Surname | Age | Date of Death | Date of Issue |
|---|---|---|---|
| NANDY, Mrs. -?- | 54 | 23 Dec 1862 | 31 Dec 1862 |
| NASH, Orlando | - | - | 28 Jan 1863 |
| NAUGHTON, Mr. | -- | -- | 11 May 1882 |
| NAUGHTON, Thos. | -- | -- | 13 Oct 1881 |
| NEALEY, -- | - | - | 15 Aug 1894 |
| NEALEY, Joseph | 58 | 23 Mar 1862 | 09 Apr 1862 |
| NEIL, Joseph | 45 | -- | 03 Jun 1880 |
| NEIWORTH, Mrs. | 79 | 01 May 1891 | 07 May 1891 |
| NELSON, Mrs. John | -- | -- | 17 Mar 1887 |
| NEMYR, Barbara | 27 | 26 Jul 1858 | 28 Jul 1858 |
| NETTLETON, — [son of H.T.] | 1 | -- | 09 Nov 1882 |
| NETTLETON, Freddie H. | 2 | 29 Mar 1864 | 06 Apr 1864 |
| NEW MYER, Phillip | - | - | 17 Apr 1879 |
| NEWBOLD, Edwin | - | - | 02 Jan 1890 |
| NEWCOMB, Alice (Russell) | 39 | 04 Jul 1887 | 07 Jul/21 Jul 1887 |
| NEWCOMB, Daniel | - | 25 Dec 1875 | 27 Apr 1876 |
| NEWCOMB, Horatio | 6 | - | 27 Apr 1876 |
| NEWCOMB, Horatio A. | - | - | 10 May/17 May 1877 |
| NEWCOMB, Mamie (Russell) | -- | -- | 24 Apr/08 May 1884 |
| NEWELL, Ambrose | - | - | 10 Dec 1891 |
| NEWELL, Mrs. Eunice C. | 89 | 06 Oct 1861 | 09 Oct 1861 |
| NEWMAN, -- | -- | -- | 01 Mar 1883 |
| NEWMAN, Eliza Ann | 6 | 23 Feb 1861 | 27 Mar 1861 |
| NEWMAN, Polly | - | - | 11 Aug 1892 |
| NEWMANN, — [infant child of —] | - | - | 2 Aug 1894 |
| NEWTON, Alonzo | 69 | 07 Oct 1891 | 22 Oct 1891 |
| NICHOLS, — [son of Charles] | - | - | 09 Jul 1891 |
| NICHOLS, Dethiah A. | 53 | 11 Nov 1865 | 15 Nov 1865 |
| NICHOLS, James | - | - | 20 Sep 1894 |
| NICHOLS, Jane (Turner) | - | - | 11 Sep 1879 |
| NICHOLS, Mrs. Surdila | 33 | 31 Aug 1858 | 22 Sep 1858 |
| NICHOLS, Sarah Deette (Hoyte) | -- | -- | 09 Mar 1882 |
| NICKERSON, Gay | -- | -- | 16 Jun 1887 |
| NICKLES, — [child of John] | - | - | 17 Dec 1891 |
| NICKLES, — [infant child of Charles] | - | - | 23 Nov 1893 |
| NICKLES, John Sr. | - | - | 02 Apr 1891 |
| NIHAN, Daniel | 83 | 05 Feb 1892 | 18 Feb 1892 |
| NISH, John | - | - | 25 Sep 1890 |
| NISH, John Alexander | 10 | - | 20 Feb 1890 |
| NISH, Nathan | - | - | 15 May 1879 |
| NIVER, John | - | - | 07 Jan 1892 |
| NIXBAUR, — [child of Frank] | 4 wk. | -- | 26 Dec 1889 |
| NIXBOUER, Frank | -- | -- | 02 Jul 1885 |
| NIXON, Artemus | - | - | 27 Nov 1890 |
| NIXON, Caroline Matilda | - | 29 Nov 1867 | 05 Dec 1867 |
| NIXON, Ida | - | - | 27 Oct 1858 |
| NIXSON, Alex. H. | - | - | 03 Feb 1864 |
| NOBLE, Nelson | - | - | 08 Jun 1876 |
| NOLAN, — [dau. of John] | - | - | 04 Feb 1892 |
| NOLAN, — [daughter of T.C.] | - | 8 Mar 1894 | 15 Mar 1894 |
| NOLAN, — [infant child of T.C.] | - | - | 29 Mar 1894 |
| NOLAN, Agnes | 18 | 28 Jan 1892 | 04 Feb 1892 |
| NOLAN, Catherine | - | - | 12 Jan 1893 |
| NOLAN, J.J. | —1894 | 7 Aug 1894 | 9 Aug 1894 |
| NOLAN, Smith | -- | -- | 04 Nov 1880 |
| NOLAN, son of T.C. | - | - | 22 Mar 1894 |
| NORSE, Ira | - | - | 31 Aug 1893 |
| NORTH, Mrs. A. | - | - | 14 Jan 1892 |
| NORTHRUP, Mrs. | - | - | 21 Dec 1893 |
| NORTHRUP, Mrs. (Abbott) | - | - | 30 Mar 1893 |
| NORTHRUP, Ruth E. (Bunker) | 93 | -- | 09 Jun 1887 |
| NORTON, Arthur Elois | 1 | 21 Jan 1863 | 25 Mar 1863 |
| NORTON, B.F. | - | 14 Oct 1892 | 27 Oct 1892 |
| NORTON, D.D. | 58 | 11 Oct 1882 | 19 Oct 1882 |
| NORTON, Edward | 21 | -- | 14 Jun 1888 |
| NORTON, Harvey D. | - | - | 28 Jan 1863 |
| NORTON, Klementine | 24 | 06 Jun 1870 | 16 Jun 1870 |
| NORTON, Marietta | - | - | 28 Jun 1877 |
| NORTON, Mary | - | - | 21 Sep 1864 |
| NORTON, Mrs. | -- | -- | 30 Aug 1883 |
| NORTON, Silvia | 53 | 16 Apr 1868 | 30 Apr 1868 |
| NOTTINGHAM, Robert | 46 | - | 30 Jan 1890 |
| NOURSE, Mrs. Amanda L. | 27 | 08 Apr 1870 | 14 Apr 1870 |
| NOWLAN, Mary (Minard) | - | - | 23 Mar 1893 |
| NUGENT, Francis R. | 22 | 28 Feb 1883 | 01 Mar 1883 |
| NUGENT, John | 10 | - | 26 Nov 1862 |
| NUGENT, Maggie | - | - | 22 Nov 1894 |
| NUGENT, Mary | - | - | 26 Oct 1893 |
| NUGENT, Philip | 27 | 29 Mar 1894 | 5 Apr 1894 |
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.