NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST GENEALOGICAL RECORD; VOLUME XI; PART 1; JANUARY, 1933 ARTICLE: EARLY NEBRASKA VITAL RECORDS NEBRASKA CITY NEWS PAGES 8 - 11 As transcribed by the submitters from the original publication. Submitted to the USGenWeb Nebraska Archives, February, 1998, by Ted and Carole Miller (susieque@pacbell.net). USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. *************** (page 8 cont.) EARLY NEBRASKA VITAL RECORDS NEBRASKA CITY NEWS Abstract by Raymond E. Dale, A.B., Lincoln, Nebraska (original text is single spaced) These abstracts of vital records published in the Nebraska News, (later Nebraska City News), were taken from the files belonging to the Nebraska State Historical Society. These files begin with volume III, number 2, and many numbers are missing. The Record would be glad to receive abstracts from the missing numbers. 1857, Feb. 21. - "On the 15th inst.; on Camp creek, by Judge Wm. E. Pardee, Miss Eveline Sears to Mr. Jacob Jamison; all of Otoe county." 1857, Feb. 21. - "On the 17th inst., in Nebraska City by Rev. H. M. Giltner1: Miss Harriet E. Boughton to Mr. Henry C. Norton; all of Otoe county." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Pastor of Presbyterian Church ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGICAL RECORD 9 1857, Feb. 21. - Petition for divorce, Otoe county, Robert P. Rich from Rosetta P. Rich 1857, Feb. 28. - Administrator's Sale: David W. Poe, deceased, Mary Ann Poe, administratrix, "at the house of A. W. Poe." 1857, March 28. - "In Marysville, California, on Dec. 17, 1856, Geo. W. Redman of typhoid fever." - Marysville (Cal.) Eagle, Dec. 21 1857, April 4. - "Died at his residence near St. Mary Mills county Iowa, on the 19th inst., after a lingering illness, Maj. George Hepner, in the 52d year of his age." - Bugle. 1857, Nov. 28. - "By Rev. Mr. Bowen on Tuesday evening, the 24th inst, Wm. McLennan2 and Miss Sarah B. Hall, all of this city. Madison, Indiana, papers please copy." 1857, Dec. 5. - "Died at the residence of her son-in-law, Hon. J Sterling Morton, on Monday evening, the 30th the Ult., Mrs. Gynthise French,3 Consort of the late David French, Esq., of Detroit - aged 67 years." Mrs. French outlived her husband by only a few months. She had arrived at Nebraska City the day before accompanied by Mr. Morton. 1857, Dec. 10. - "In Nebraska City of consumption, on Saturday the 12th inst. at half-past 11 o'clock, P. M., Jane B., wife of George Boughton, aged 40 years." 1858, Jan. 2. - "On the 25th inst., by the Rev. J. G. Bowen,4 Wm. Kirkwood to Minerva Lindsey, both of Kearney City." 1858, Jan. 9. - "At Delaware City, on the 7th inst., by W. H. H. McArty, Esq., Mr. Judge S. Bachelder and Miss Mary L. Benton, both of Otoe County." 1858, Jan. 30. - "At his residence in Nebraska City, Jan. 10th, 1858 Mr. E. W. Proctor of dropsy. The deceased was formerly a resident of Leominster, Mass." 1858, Feb. 13. - "Mr. John Harvey, a young man from Washington City, formerly a clerk in the House of Representatives, was found dead on Thursday the 4th inst., a few miles west of this place." 1858, March 6 - "On Sunday the 28th of February, by James Fitchey Esq., at the residence of the bride's father, on Camp Creek Mr. Henry Vollman5 to Miss Ursule Schindler,5 all of Otoe County, N. T." 1858, March 13. - "Married, on the 10th of March, by Rev. D. H. May, Mr. Lee P. Gillette to Mrs. Etta B. Barnum; all of Nebraska City, N. T." 1858, March 27. - "Thomas B. Cumming died at his home in Omaha on Tuesday morning last. - - - - Mr. Cumming graduated in the first class of the University of the State of Michigan." He was the first secretary of Nebraska Territory and acting governor after the death of Governor Burt. 1858, March 27. - "On the 22nd inst., at his residence, by Rev. J. G. Bowen, Winlian De Bay and Hannah Worrel, all of Otoe county." 1858 March 27. - "On the 24th inst., by the Rev, H. M. Giltner, Mr. A. A Brookfield and Miss Emily Lorton, all of this city." 1858, March 27. - "On the evening of the 20th inst., by Judge Pardee, Mr. Theodore B. Van Horne and Miss Ella S., daughter of John L. Armstrong, Esq., all of this city." 1858, April 3. - "On Wednesday, March 31, at the residence of the bride's brother, Wm. Buchanan,6 by the Rev. H. M. Giltner, Mr. Orin Jackson and Miss Nancy Buchanan, all of Nebraska City." ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2. For biography, see Chapman, Portrait and BiographicaI Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, p. 331. 3. Mrs. David French was the foster mother of Caroline Joy, wife of Hon. J. Sterling Morton. Mrs. Morton's own mother died when she was four years old and she was reared by Mr. and Mrs. David French of Detroit, Mich. 4. Pastor of Baptist Church. 5. Chapman Otoe and Cass Counties, pp. 276, 720. 6. Ibid, p. 609. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 10 THE NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST 1858, April 10. - "On the 4th instant, by Hon. Wm. E. Pardee, Probate Judge, at the house of Mr. Whitten, Mr. Ephraim Clark to Miss Phebe A. Whitten, all of Otoe County." 1858, April 10. - "By W. H. H. McArty, Esq., on the 28th day of March, 1858, at the residence of his father, Mr. Thomas Helvey to Mrs. Hannah Fisher, all of Otoe County." 1858, April 17. - "On the 10th inst. by Rev. H. M. Giltner, at the residence of Mr. Brwnill, (sic) Mr. George W. Warner to Miss Elizabeth Bownill, all of Otoe County, N. T." 1858. April 17. - "In this city, March 29th, Tuch-A-Lix-Tah, or the man that has many horses. son of Cha-Hicks-Staca-Nash-Ho, or White Man Chief, who was noted as a brave of the Pawnee tribe of Indians." 1858, April 24. - Petition for divorce, Otoe County, Elizabeth Thompson against James W. Thompson, asking custody of her two children. 1858, May 15. - "On the 2d instant, by Rev. H. M. Giltner, Mr. James Wallon to Miss Harriet Densley, all of Nebraska City." 1858, May 22. - "On the 16th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Adams, Miss Mary F. Hawk of Hemme's Landing, Mo., and Houston Nuckolls, Esq., of St. Stephen, N. T." 1858, July 10. - "On the 8th inst. by Rev. J. G. Bowen, Mr. Albert K. Rhodes and Miss Addie M. Bradford, both of this city." 1858, July 31. - "On the 5th inst., at Brownville, by Rev. Mr. Tipton, Chas. R. Manning, formerly of Orleans Co., N. Y., to Miss Mary J. Sears of Nebraska City, N. T." 1858, Aug. 7. - " - - - the death of Mr. J. J. Sample - - - residing upon his farm five miles west of this town. --- He leaves a family - - - ." [No date.] 1858, Aug. 7. - "At Weeping Water, Cass Co., on the 1st inst., Mr. Josiah H. Bellows, late of Ashtabula County, Ohio." 1858, Aug. 14. - "On the 10th inst., Oliver Perry Reeves, infant son of Mills S. and Rosanna C. Reeves, of this city, aged three months and twenty days." 1858, Aug. 21. - "By W. H. McArty, Esq., at the residence of J. W. Oliver, on the 12th day of August, 1858, Mr. Adam C. Mann to Miss Sarah Ann Work, all of this county." 1858, Aug. 21 - "On the 13th inst., Mrs. Sarah B.,7 wife of Wm. McLennan, aged 23 years." 1858, Sept. 25. - "Died, near Pittsburgh, Penn., on the 10th inst., the Rev. Andrew W. Black, D.D., aged about 50 years. The deceased was the eldest brother of our fellow citizen, Judge [Samuel W.] Black." 1858, Oct. 2. - "On the 26th [of] Sept., by Rev. H. M. Giltner, Mr. Adolph Albright8 and Miss Louise Smidt, all of Nebraska City, N. T." 1858, Oct. 2. - "On the 27th of Sept., by the Rev. H. M. Giltner, at the residence of Mr. Croxton, Dr. R. H. Matthews and Miss Amelia Ruckenbroad, all of Nebraska City, N. T." 1858, Oct. 2. - "On the 25th ult., by Rev. J. G. Bowen, Mr. Robert B. Hood and Miss Isabella Clayton, all of Otoe County." 1858, Oct. 2. - "On Saturday 25th ult. by Rev. E. Adams, Mr. George Gawthorne to Miss Mary Bignel, all of this city." 1858, Oct. 2. - "At the residence of the bride's mother in Atchison Co., Mo., on Tuesday, Sept. 21st, by the Rev. Mr. Miller, P. J. Widasill, Esq. to Mrs. Lucrecia Beal, all of Atchison Co." 1858, Oct. 9. - Estate of E. Y. Cassel, dec'd, of Otoe County; John Cassel, administrator. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 7. See marriage record, Nebraska City News, Nov. 28, 1867. 8. Chapman, Cass and Otoe Counties, p. 353. ----------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGICAL RECORD 11 1858, Oct. 15. - "Monsieur Lamarque - - - died at the residence of Mr. Osborn on Tuesday of the present week. [He] had been a resident of this place some three years. - - - A heavy colony [of French] settled upon the Blue about seventy miles west of Nebraska City during the present season mainly through the representations of Mr. La Marque." 1858, Nov. 20. - "On Tuesday, 16th inst., at 7 A. M., at the residence of his brother-in-law, H. C. Blackman, Esq., of this city, Theodore B. Van Horne,9 aged twenty-nine years, of bronchitis, after an illness of several months." 1858, Nov. 20. - "Departed this life at Saint Deroin, Richardson county, Nebraska, on Saturday, 13th day of November, 1858, Charles M. Greever in the twenty-ninth year of his age. Deceased was a native of Smyth county, Va., whence he emigrated to Missouri, about the year 1844, where he resided until the year 1856, when he removed to this Territory." 1862, Jan. 11. - "Of hydrocephalus, John Eugene Williamson, on the 6th day of January, 1862, aged 8 months and 24 days - son of R. W. and Martha Williamson." 1862. Jan. 18. - "Wm. L. McLothlin, Co. H. 1st Nebraska Regiment, died in hospital at St. Louis, on the 7th of January." 1862, Jan. 18. - "On Wednesday evening, Jan 1st, 1862, at the residence of A. Lemon, Esq., by Judge Francis Bell, Mr. John R. Steele10 and Miss Margaret Jane Biggs, all of this county." 1862, Feb. 1. - "On Thursday the 28th inst. [sic], by Judge Bell, at the house of Peleg Redfield, Esq., J. W. Foster and Mrs. Mary J. Vosburg, all of Otoe County." 1862, Feb. 1. - "On Wednesday the 29th inst. [sic], by Judge Bell, at the house of Peter Y. Morse, Esq., Levi Pond and Mrs. Osa Ann Pancost, all of Otoe County." ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Marriage record, News, March 27, 1858. 10. Chapman, Cass and Otoe Counties, p. 738.