definite hostile purpose? Were Jerome Gorin and James Millikin the sort of men that would arm themselves and keep watchful guard unless they felt certain there was an active enemy in their midst? Go and look at the picture of Judge Emerson as it hangs up in the courthouse, and say whether a man like that would be likely to brace himself and his neighbors to stand up against the threatened shock of nothing more substantial than a shadow. The present generation will never realize how near we came to insurrection and civil strife right here in Macon County in the fall and winter of 1863, or how critical conditions remained until after the presidential of 1864, when the triumphant return of Lincoln to power cut off the last hope of the enemy behind the lines. MARRIAGES PERFORMED BY REV. N. M. BAKER IN MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS-1861-1921. 1861. 1862. Silas H. Gepford and Margaret Jane Wheeler, August 15, Robert N. Baker and Sylvira Gilpin, October 24, 1861. Milton Z. Davis and Emma Eichinger, September 13, 1864. Jeremiah P. Nicholson and Catharine A. Wallace, January 26, 1865. 1865. John Herman and Lydia E. Sandham, February 2, 1865. Jacob F. Black and Maggie J. Scott, August 16, 1866. Robert Cook and Lydia A. Zinn, January 1, 1867. Chas. A. Stewart and Eliza A. Davis, September 19, 1867. James Jones and Louisa Nicholson, date unknown. Probably outside county. 1875. 1876. James W. Myers and Mary J. Sanders, November 28, 1867. Andrew M. Haynes and Nancy Goodpasture, January 27, William H. Rannebarger and Mary E. Wilson, February 24, 1876. 1876. G. Selwin Allison and Ellen E. Mariner, May 2, 1876. Abner P. Cobb and Marilla M. Dennis, August 22, 1876. James M. Horton and Mary J. Wheeler, October 19, 1876. Virgil D. Ross and Sarah E. D. Taylor, December 10, 1876. Martin B. Harner and Julia A. Chance, January 11, 1877. William M. Dickey and Jennie M. Tucker, February 13, 1877. (Outside Macon County.) Martin Van Buren Lonergan and Mary Jane Wilson, November 14, 1878. 1879. Bartley Goren Henry and Mary Ann Cowan, January 9, George Washington Jones and Nannie Cedora Hodge, February 26, 1879. William Calvin Baker and Mary Gillispie, March 19, 1879. Charles Andrew Heckel and Minerva Ellen Clark, July 3, 1879. Jacob Albert Price and Nancy Ann Ferre, October 2, 1879. Joseph Armstrong and Fidilla Elizabeth Spangler, October 29, 1879. Samuel Adams Price and Laura Bell Cox, April 8, 1880. Andrew Ferdinand McDonald and Frances Lacell Davidson, April 15, 1880. James Allison Rucker and Catherine Josephine Merritt, August 18, 1880. Charles D. Stearns and Proctor Bell Nicholson, September 30, 1880. William Raker Wynn and Sarah Antoinette Sanders, October 21, 1880. 1881. 1881. Augustus Reeser and Effie Bell Briggs, December 21, 1880. William Horton Rucker and Ellen Veech, January 13, Leander Levi Wheeler and Maryettie Matilda Rucker, February 24, 1881. Thomas Hugh Grantham and Mary Isabel Elliott, September 16, 1881. William Hodson and Catherine Fick, November 1, 1881. Charles Jacob Pettyjohn and Nancy Bell Roberts, December 21, 1881. Joseph Rankin Tedford and Emma Catherine Riber, December 29, 1881. Lewis C. Ruddock and Jennie Merritt, January 23, 1882. Thomas Grundy Cheathem and Catherine Alice Elder, January 26, 1882. 1882. Joseph F. Helmick, and Zuritha Marilla Wilson, May 25, William Morrison Henry and Mary Ellen Henderson, May 31, 1882. Benedict Martin Brookshier and Rosetta Viola Price, December 9, 1882. Leonidas Equa Morris and Clara Ann Talitha Davis, December 21, 1882. Benjamin Franklin Jennings and Myrtie Ellis Wheeler, February 21, 1883. 1883. William J. Applegate and Letitia C. Davidson, May 31, Arthur C. Dresback and Ada Wallace, July 5, 1883. Benjamin Franklin Travis and Samara E. Glazebrook, August 9, 1883. 1883. 1885. 1885. Marvin Davis Kizer and Nettie Wallace, August 9, 1883. Charles Britton and Julia Armstrong, April 24, 1884. James H. Calver and Mary L. Wheeler, January 28, 1885. George R. Merritt and Eliza Alsbury, September 3, 1885. 1885. 1887. 1887. 1887. John A. Merritt and Phoebe A. Horton, December 31, William Stoner and Bettie Davis, October 13, 1886. Joseph O. Merritt and Ada Veech, February 17, 1887. Samuel B. Waldorf and Hattie Henry, September 28, Joseph L. Reavis and Etta A. Barnett, November 24, 1887. Thomas Goodpasture and Ada F. Rucker, August 9, 1888. John A. Veech and Clara Bowman, September 12, 1888. Eli Schroll and Estella M. Peck, September 23, 1888. Edwin P. Hall and Leonora Antoinetta Moffett, October 10, 1888. 1888. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. Ezra Troutman and Sallie Sheets, October 11, 1888. Henry Harpstrite and Ida B. Stahl, October 9, 1890. George E. Florey and Elsie B. Rucker, August 23, 1891. Thomas H. Foster and Frances L. Foley, June 28, 1893. William D. Moffett and Anna M. Cottle, February 1, 1894. |