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Name City of Publication Publication Date Additional Information
Read, Lafayette Fairfield, IL 10/31/1889
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Source: Wayne County Press
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Page: 1
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Read, Lafayette Fairfield, IL 10/17/1889
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Maiden:
Source: Wayne County Record
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Page: 8
Column: 2
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Read, Newton S. Jacksonville, IL 11/30/1942
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Other: Dr.
Maiden:
Source: Jacksonville Courier
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Page: 3
Column: 4
Notes: [????-1942; Chandlerville pioneer. Biographical and historical article.]
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Read, Opie Springfield, IL 11/02/1939
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Source: Illinois State Register
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Page: 1
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Notes: [????-1939; Last of pioneer American authors.]
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Read, Philander Mt. Carmel, IL 06/21/1932
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Source: Mt. Carmel Republican-Register
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Page: 1
Column: 8
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Read, Philander Mt. Carmel, IL 06/24/1932
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Maiden:
Source: Mt. Carmel Republican-Register
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Page: 2
Column: 2
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Read, Philander Mt. Carmel, IL 06/22/1932
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Maiden:
Source: Mt. Carmel Republican-Register
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Page: 1
Column: 8
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Read, Warren Olney, IL 12/09/1939
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Maiden:
Source: Olney Daily Times
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Page: 4
Column: 4
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Read , William Shelbyville, IL 06/25/1894
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Maiden:
Source: Shelbyville Democrat
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Page: 8
Column: 3
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Reading, William McCune Taylorville, IL 06/03/1909
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Source: Taylorville Breeze
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Page: 8
Column: 4
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Readnour, Samuel Danville, IL 05/13/1896
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Source: Danville Daily News
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Page: 2
Column: 4
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Ready, Alberta Effingham, IL 04/06/1932
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Maiden: Chamberlain
Source: Effingham Daily Record
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Page: 1
Column: 3
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Reagan, Charles A. Rock Island, IL 12/21/1942
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Source: Rock Island Argus
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Page: 1
Column: 2
Notes: [1888-1942; Rock Island labor leader.]
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Reagan, Mary Carlyle, IL 05/14/1891
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Maiden: O'Neill
Source: Carlyle Constitution & Union
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Page: 3
Column: 1
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Reagan, Mary Carlyle, IL 05/13/1891
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Source: Carlyle Union Banner
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Page: 1
Column: 2
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Reagan, Nelle Dixon, IL 07/26/1962
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Maiden:
Source: Dixon Evening Telegraph
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Page: 1
Column: 1
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Reagan, Nellie Chicago, IL 05/02/1946
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Maiden:
Source: Chicago Tribune
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Page: 34
Column: 8
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Reagan, Nellie Chicago, IL 05/02/1946
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Maiden:
Source: Chicago Daily News
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Page: 34
Column: 4
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Reak, Henry C. Elizabethtown, IL 07/29/1915
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Maiden:
Source: Hardin County Independent
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Reak, Henry C. Elizabethtown, IL 08/12/1915
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Source: Hardin County Independent
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Reak, Rebecca J. Elizabethtown, IL 01/15/1924
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Source: Hardin County Independent
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Reaktenwalt, Louis Mackinaw, IL 01/30/1919
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Source: Mackinaw Enterprise-Gazette
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Real, Ada Chicago, IL 02/09/1937
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Source: Chicago Daily News
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Page: 29
Column: 5
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Real, Leroy Patrick Nauvoo, IL 07/11/1923
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Maiden:
Source: Nauvoo Independent
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Page: 1
Column: 5
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Real, Leroy Patrick Carthage, IL 07/18/1923
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Maiden:
Source: Carthage Republican
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Page: 3
Column: 3
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Ream, Mary E. A. Chicago, IL 09/29/1922
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Maiden:
Source: Chicago Tribune
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Page: 21
Column: 8
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Reamer, Jerald Anderson Carlinville, IL 10/15/1981
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Maiden:
Source: Macoupin County Enquirer
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Page: 3
Column: 3
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Reams, Essie Champaign, IL 09/30/1975
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Maiden:
Source: Champaign News Gazette
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Page: 8
Column: 5
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Reams, Eva May Mattoon, IL 03/23/1951
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Maiden: Claybaugh
Source: Mattoon Daily Journal Gazette
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Page: 1
Column: 2
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Reams, H. Metropolis, IL 10/25/1945
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Maiden:
Source: Metropolis News
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Page: 5
Column: 4
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Reams, H. Metropolis, IL 10/18/1945
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Maiden:
Source: Metropolis News
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Page: 3
Column: 5
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Reanis, Isham T. Greenville, IL 08/15/1961
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Maiden:
Source: Greenville Advocate
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Page: 2
Column: 1
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Rearden, James S. Cairo, IL 06/12/1909
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Maiden:
Source: Cairo Citizen
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Page: 1
Column: 2
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Reardon, Frances Lillian Chicago, IL 03/02/1928
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Maiden:
Source: Chicago Daily News
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Page: 51
Column: 4
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Reardon, George Chicago, IL 01/02/1940
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Maiden:
Source: Chicago Daily News
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Page: 26
Column: 2
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Reardon, John E. Waukegan, IL 12/14/1949
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Maiden:
Source: Waukegan News-Sun
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Page: 1
Column: 3
Notes: [1879-1949; Waukegan civic and educational leader (picture).]
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Reardon, Marie Cecelia Chicago, IL 03/01/1917
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Maiden: Byrne
Source: Chicago Daily News
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Page: 19
Column: 8
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Reardon, Owen Jacksonville, IL 01/13/1923
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Maiden:
Source: Jacksonville Journal
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Page: 4
Column: 5
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Reardon, Patrick Joliet, IL 10/10/1893
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Source: Joliet Daily Times
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Rearick, George F. Danville, IL 11/23/1949
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Source: Danville Commercial-News
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Page: 1
Column: 3
Notes: [1863-1949; Dean of Vermilion County bar; Danville mayor during World War I and former city attorney and corporation counsel (picture).]
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Reason, Wilmer B. (W.B.) McLeansboro, IL 04/12/1973
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Source: McLeansboro Times-Leader
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Page: 1
Column: 4
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Reasoner, Matthew Alton, IL 06/21/1947
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Other: Col.
Maiden:
Source: Alton Telegraph
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Page: 1,2
Column: 4,6
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Reasons, Charles Eldorado, IL 12/05/1950
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Maiden:
Source: Eldorado Daily Journal
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Page: 1
Column: 3
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Reaugh, Edith Olney, IL 01/15/1931
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Maiden:
Source: Olney Advocate
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Page: 4
Column: 2
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Reaugh, Sprague Fairfield, IL 02/02/1940
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Maiden:
Source: Wayne County Record
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Page: 7
Column: 4
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Reaveley, Mary Springfield, IL 11/21/1893
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Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Journal
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Page: 8
Column: 1
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Reaves, Sarah Edwardsville, IL 01/11/1905
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Maiden:
Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer
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Page: 4
Column: 3
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Reaves, Sarah Edwardsville, IL 01/18/1905
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Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer
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Page: 3
Column: 2
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Reaves, Wesley Edwardsville, IL 05/20/1903
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Maiden:
Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer
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Page: 3
Column: 4
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Reavill, Fred A. Carmi, IL 05/04/1939
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Maiden:
Source: Carmi Democrat-Tribune
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Page: 1
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Notes: [1888-1939; Had been in State legislature since 1934. Prior to being representative had been prominent in Crawford County affairs.]
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Reavis, Ed Cerro Gordo, IL 08/31/1922
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Maiden:
Source: Cerro Gordo News
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Page: 1
Column: 3
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Reavis, Ed Cerro Gordo, IL 08/24/1922
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Source: Cerro Gordo News
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Page: 3
Column: 2
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Reavis, Hiram Greenville, IL 02/18/1897
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Maiden:
Source: Greenville Advocate
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Page: 5
Column: 2
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Reavis, James Whitfield Decatur, IL 01/08/1903
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Maiden:
Source: Decatur Herald
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Page: 2
Column: 1
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Reavis, Miles Decatur, IL 05/17/1968
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Maiden:
Source: Decatur Review
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Page: 20
Column: 2
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Reavis, Richard F. Decatur, IL 03/13/1901
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Maiden:
Source: Decatur Herald
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Page: 6
Column: 4
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Reavis, Samuel Decatur, IL 11/12/1943
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Maiden:
Source: Decatur Review
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Page: 18
Column: 8
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Reavis, Samuel Decatur, IL 11/13/1943
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Maiden:
Source: Decatur Herald
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Page: 3
Column: 6
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Reavis, Samuel Decatur, IL 11/14/1943
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Maiden:
Source: Decatur Herald
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Page: 3
Column: 7
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Reavis, Samuel Decatur, IL 11/13/1943
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Maiden:
Source: Decatur Review
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Page: 8
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Reavley, Thomas Springfield, IL 06/04/1919
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Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Journal
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Page: 5
Column: 3
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Reavley, Thomas Springfield, IL 06/05/1919
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Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Journal
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Page: 7
Column: 3
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Reavley, William Springfield, IL 11/20/1952
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Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Journal
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Page: 36
Column: 3
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Reavley, William Springfield, IL 03/03/1904
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Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Journal
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Page: 6
Column: 4
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Reay, Thomas M. Springfield, IL 02/07/1952
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Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Journal
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Page: 18
Column: 1
Notes: [1903-1952; Managing editor of the La Salle News-Tribune; former newspaperman at Waukegan and Evanston and Associated Press man at Springfield and Chicago.]
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Rebbe, Charles Petersburg, IL 06/08/1917
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Source: Petersburg Observer
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Page: 2
Column: 3
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Reber, Anna Marie Peoria , IL 08/03/1919
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Maiden:
Source: The Peoria Transcript
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Page: 9
Column: 1
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Reber, Charles B. Oregon, IL 06/06/1888
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Maiden:
Source: Ogle County Reporter
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Page: 1
Column: 3
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Reber, Samuel Wheaton, IL 09/16/1892
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Maiden:
Source: Wheaton Illinoian
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Page: 8
Column: 1
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REber, Winnifred Mae Leaf River, IL 11/28/1925
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Maiden:
Source: Leaf River Mirror
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Page: 8
Column: 2
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Rebholz, Richard Lacon, IL 11/28/1957
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Maiden:
Source: Lacon Home Journal
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Page: 1
Column: 7
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Rebicek, Jiri Chicago, IL 07/26/1922
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Source: Denni Hlasatel
Section: 1
Page: 3
Column: 6
Notes: obituary Umrti column found section 1 page 1 column 2
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Rebicek, Marie Chicago, IL 10/11/1923
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Maiden:
Source: Denni Hlasatel
Section: 1
Page: 3
Column: 5
Notes: obituary Umrti column found section 1 page 1 column 1
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Rebman, Frank Bloomington, IL 02/23/1920
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Source: Bloomington Pantagraph
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Page: 7
Column: 5
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Rebman, Frank Bushnell, IL 12/30/1964
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Source: Bushnell Democrat
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Page: 4
Column: 5
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Rebman, Henry Forreston, IL 05/01/1886
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Source: Forreston Herald
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Page: 1
Column: 4
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Rebtz, Margaret Quincy, IL 10/04/1929
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Maiden: Bolte
Source: Quincy Herald-Whig
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Page: 18
Column: 8
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Rebtz, Margaret Quincy, IL 10/06/1929
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Maiden: Bolte
Source: Quincy Herald-Whig
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Page: 16
Column: 7
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Rebuck, Henry D. Oregon, IL 03/21/1963
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Maiden:
Source: Oregon Republican Reporter
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Page: 1
Column: 5
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Rebuck, Rachel T. Dixon, IL 01/24/1922
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Maiden:
Source: Dixon Evening Telegraph
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Page: 1
Column: 4
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Recah, Edith Grayville, IL 05/01/1972
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Maiden:
Source: Grayville Independent
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Page: 6
Column: 2
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Recek, Anna Chicago, IL 12/22/1905
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Maiden:
Source: Denni Hlasatel
Section: 1
Page: 2
Column: 6-7
Notes: umrti published pt 1 page 1 column 6
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Recek, Anna Chicago, IL 04/29/1911
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Source: Denni Hlasatel
Section: 1
Page: 2
Column: 6-7
Notes: Umrti column published part 1 page 1 column 4
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Recek, Antonin Chicago, IL 07/02/1910
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Source: Denni Hlasatel
Section: 1
Page: 3
Column: 6-7
Notes: umrti column published part 1 page 2 column 1
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Reck, Otto Chicago, IL 09/15/1915
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Maiden:
Source: Chicago Daily News
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Page: 18
Column: 4
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Recker, Mike Springfield, IL 01/20/1984
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Other: Lefty
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Source: Illinois State Journal
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Page: 10
Column: 3
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Reckford, Mabbett K. Rockford, IL 12/26/1946
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Source: Rockford Register-Republic
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Page: 17
Column: 7
Notes: [1896-1946; General Director of the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society.]
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Recklein, Anne East St. Louis, IL 05/23/1937
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Source: East St. Louis Journal
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Page: 3
Column: 6
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Recklein, Charles East St. Louis, IL 04/02/1926
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Maiden:
Source: East St. Louis Journal
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Page: 10A
Column: 6
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Recksieck, Anna Marie Quincy, IL 10/21/1942
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Maiden:
Source: Quincy Herald
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Page: 12
Column: 6
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Recksieck, Louis A. Quincy, IL 09/10/1973
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Maiden:
Source: Quincy Herald Whig
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Page: 10
Column: 4
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Recob, Alonzo Mt. Carmel, IL 07/01/1958
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Maiden:
Source: Mt. Carmel Daily Republican Register
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Page: 1
Column: 7
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Recob, Edith Jane Mt. Carmel, IL 05/01/1972
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Maiden:
Source: Mt. Carmel Daily Republican Register
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Page: 6
Column: 2
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Record, Anna Mae Canton, IL 02/08/1955
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Maiden:
Source: Canton Daily Ledger
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Page: 2
Column: 6
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Record, Catherine Lewistown, IL 04/28/1976
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Maiden:
Source: Fulton Democrat
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Page: 6
Column: 2
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Record, Eliza Jane Mt. Vernon, IL 11/18/1938
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Maiden: Jordan
Source: Mt. Vernon Register-News
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Page: 1
Column: 2
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Record, Johnny Wayne Mt. Vernon, IL 08/11/1954
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Maiden:
Source: Mt. Vernon Register-News
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Page: 2
Column: 2
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Record, Lemuel Lothair Mt. Vernon, IL 10/12/1954
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Maiden:
Source: Mt. Vernon Register-News
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Page: 2
Column: 1
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Record, Mathilda F. Charleston, IL 08/27/1925
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Source: Charleston Courier
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Page: 1
Column: 2
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Record, O. L. Mt. Vernon, IL 08/01/1919
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Maiden:
Source: Mt. Vernon Daily Register
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Page: 1
Column: 2
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