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Name City of Publication Publication Date More Info Additional Information
Ray, Sylvester H. Petersburg, IL 11/25/1910 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Petersburg Observer
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 5
Notes:
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Ray, Velda D. Springfield, IL 05/06/1993 Other:
Maiden:
Source: State Journal Register
Section:
Page: 17
Column:
Notes:
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Ray, Virgil Lowell Toledo, IL 02/15/1973 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Toledo Democrat
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 7
Notes:
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Ray, W. R. Havana, IL 06/16/1979 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Mason County Democrat
Section:
Page: 7
Column: 7
Notes:
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Ray, William W. Greenville, IL 06/25/1903 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Greenville Advocate
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 2
Notes:
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Ray, William Ava, IL 10/19/1928 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Ava Citizen
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 5
Notes:
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Ray, Winefred V. Chicago, IL 05/01/1984 Other:
Maiden: Trainor
Source: Chicago Sun Times
Section:
Page: 74
Column: 6
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rayborn, Harold Rock Island, IL 10/02/1995 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Rock Island Argus
Section:
Page: A5
Column: 1
Notes:
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Rayburn, Ida B. Springfield, IL 08/07/1974 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Journal
Section:
Page: 37
Column: 4
Notes:
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Rayburn, Okey D. Genoa, IL 02/21/1958 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Genoa Republican
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 6
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rayburn, William E. Bloomington, IL 09/05/1933 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Bloomington Daily Pantagraph
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 4
Notes:
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Rayburn, William E. Bloomington, IL 09/08/1933 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Bloomington Daily Pantagraph
Section:
Page: 10
Column: 2
Notes:
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Raycraft, Donald Bloomington, IL 12/13/1968 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Bloomington Pantagraph
Section:
Page: A-8
Column: 3
Notes:
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Raycraft, Edward W. Bloomington, IL 04/05/1923 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Bloomington Pantagraph
Section:
Page: 7
Column: 3
Notes:
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Raydl, Bozena Chicago, IL 10/07/1913 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Denni Hlasatel
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 6
Notes:
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Raydl, Joseph Chicago, IL 09/27/1930 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Denni Hlasatel
Section:
Page: 4
Column: 4
Notes:
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Rayle, Emily Danville, IL 02/18/1916 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Danville Commercial-News
Section:
Page: 10
Column: 3
Notes:
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Raymond, Andrew J. Libertyville, IL 05/07/1915 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Lake County Independent
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 5
Notes:
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Raymond, Benjamin Wright Chicago, IL 04/06/1883 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Tribune
Section:
Page: 2
Column: 5
Notes:
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Raymond, Clarence W. Chicago, IL 08/27/1944 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Tribune
Section:
Page: 18
Column: 7
Notes:
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Raymond, Cora A. Chicago, IL 03/03/1953 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Tribune
Section:
Page: F9
Column: 7
Notes:
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Raymond, Frank Stewardson, IL 05/19/1921 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Stewardson Clipper
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 1
Notes:
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Raymond, John V. Libertyville, IL 12/29/1949 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Libertyville Independent
Section:
Page: 9
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Raymond, John V. Chicago, IL 12/29/1949 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Daily News
Section:
Page: 32
Column: 8
Notes:
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Raymond, Lovina Waukegan, IL 03/13/1915 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Waukegan Daily Sun
Section:
Page: 1,7
Column: 1,3
Notes:
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Raymond, Mary Brandow Tonica, IL 12/17/1892 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Tonica News
Section:
Page: 4
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Raymond, William Alton, IL 02/08/1946 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Alton Evening Telegraph
Section:
Page: 10
Column: 5
Notes:
Duplication Request
Raynor, Frances Gillespie, IL 10/31/1934 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Gillespie News
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 6
Notes:
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Raynor, Robert Gillespie, IL 04/05/1933 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Gillespie News
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 5
Notes:
Duplication Request
Raysay, Rufus N. Springfield, IL 11/12/1894 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Journal
Section:
Page: 4
Column: 1
Notes:
Duplication Request
Razdik, Frantiska Chicago, IL 11/03/1929 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Denni Hlasatel
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 6
Notes:
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Razdik, Pavel Chicago, IL 08/21/1943 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Denni Hlasatel
Section:
Page: 5
Column: 4
Notes:
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Rea, Bessie Pauline Roodhouse, IL 10/02/1924 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Roodhouse Record
Section:
Page: 6
Column: 3
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rea, Inez C. Belleville, IL 11/12/1954 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Belleville Advocate
Section:
Page: 13
Column: 2
Notes:
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Rea, Inez C. Belleville, IL 11/11/1954 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Belleville Advocate
Section:
Page: 2
Column: 5
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rea, John Benton Litchfield, IL 02/27/1922 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Litchfield News-Herald
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 5
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rea, John P. Benton, IL 07/13/1964 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Benton Evening News
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 1
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rea, Norma K. Benton, IL 12/02/1942 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Benton Evening News
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 3
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rea, Sarah Rantoul, IL 11/19/1909 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Rantoul Press
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rea, William A. Benton, IL 09/16/1904 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Benton Republican
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rea, Wilson Benton, IL 08/19/1853 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Benton Standard
Section:
Page: 2
Column: 5(M-5)
Notes:
Duplication Request
Read, Charles F. Rockford, IL 03/11/1946 Other: Dr.
Maiden:
Source: Rockford Register-Republic
Section:
Page: 17
Column: 5
Notes: [1876-1946; Managing officer of Elgin State Hospital.]
Duplication Request
Read, George Washington Lincoln, IL 09/11/1916 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Lincoln Courier-Herald
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 7
Notes:
Duplication Request
Read, Helen Batavia, IL 01/06/1916 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Batavia Herald
Section:
Page: 1
Column:
Notes:
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Read, Jean Marie Chicago, IL 11/28/1943 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Tribune
Section:
Page: 24
Column: 7
Notes:
Duplication Request
Read, Lafayette Fairfield, IL 10/31/1889 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Wayne County Press
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 1
Notes:
Duplication Request
Read, Lafayette Fairfield, IL 10/17/1889 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Wayne County Record
Section:
Page: 8
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Read, Newton S. Jacksonville, IL 11/30/1942 Other: Dr.
Maiden:
Source: Jacksonville Courier
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 4
Notes: [????-1942; Chandlerville pioneer. Biographical and historical article.]
Duplication Request
Read, Opie Springfield, IL 11/02/1939 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Register
Section:
Page: 1
Column:
Notes: [????-1939; Last of pioneer American authors.]
Duplication Request
Read, Philander Mt. Carmel, IL 06/24/1932 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Mt. Carmel Republican-Register
Section:
Page: 2
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Read, Philander Mt. Carmel, IL 06/21/1932 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Mt. Carmel Republican-Register
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 8
Notes:
Duplication Request
Read, Philander Mt. Carmel, IL 06/22/1932 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Mt. Carmel Republican-Register
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 8
Notes:
Duplication Request
Read, Warren Olney, IL 12/09/1939 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Olney Daily Times
Section:
Page: 4
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Read , William Shelbyville, IL 06/25/1894 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Shelbyville Democrat
Section:
Page: 8
Column: 3
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reading, William McCune Taylorville, IL 06/03/1909 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Taylorville Breeze
Section:
Page: 8
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Readnour, Samuel Danville, IL 05/13/1896 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Danville Daily News
Section:
Page: 2
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Ready, Alberta Effingham, IL 04/06/1932 Other:
Maiden: Chamberlain
Source: Effingham Daily Record
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 3
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reagan, Charles A. Rock Island, IL 12/21/1942 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Rock Island Argus
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 2
Notes: [1888-1942; Rock Island labor leader.]
Duplication Request
Reagan, Mary Carlyle, IL 05/13/1891 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Carlyle Union Banner
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reagan, Mary Carlyle, IL 05/14/1891 Other:
Maiden: O'Neill
Source: Carlyle Constitution & Union
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 1
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reagan, Nelle Dixon, IL 07/26/1962 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Dixon Evening Telegraph
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 1
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reagan, Nellie Chicago, IL 05/02/1946 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Daily News
Section:
Page: 34
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reagan, Nellie Chicago, IL 05/02/1946 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Tribune
Section:
Page: 34
Column: 8
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reak, Henry C. Elizabethtown, IL 08/12/1915 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Hardin County Independent
Section:
Page:
Column:
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reak, Henry C. Elizabethtown, IL 07/29/1915 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Hardin County Independent
Section:
Page:
Column:
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reak, Rebecca J. Elizabethtown, IL 01/15/1924 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Hardin County Independent
Section:
Page:
Column:
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reaktenwalt, Louis Mackinaw, IL 01/30/1919 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Mackinaw Enterprise-Gazette
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Real, Ada Chicago, IL 02/09/1937 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Daily News
Section:
Page: 29
Column: 5
Notes:
Duplication Request
Real, Leroy Patrick Carthage, IL 07/18/1923 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Carthage Republican
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 3
Notes:
Duplication Request
Real, Leroy Patrick Nauvoo, IL 07/11/1923 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Nauvoo Independent
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 5
Notes:
Duplication Request
Ream, Mary E. A. Chicago, IL 09/29/1922 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Tribune
Section:
Page: 21
Column: 8
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reamer, Jerald Anderson Carlinville, IL 10/15/1981 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Macoupin County Enquirer
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 3
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reams, Essie Champaign, IL 09/30/1975 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Champaign News Gazette
Section:
Page: 8
Column: 5
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reams, Eva May Mattoon, IL 03/23/1951 Other:
Maiden: Claybaugh
Source: Mattoon Daily Journal Gazette
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reams, H. Metropolis, IL 10/18/1945 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Metropolis News
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 5
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reams, H. Metropolis, IL 10/25/1945 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Metropolis News
Section:
Page: 5
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reanis, Isham T. Greenville, IL 08/15/1961 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Greenville Advocate
Section:
Page: 2
Column: 1
Notes:
Duplication Request
Rearden, James S. Cairo, IL 06/12/1909 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Cairo Citizen
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reardon, Frances Lillian Chicago, IL 03/02/1928 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Daily News
Section:
Page: 51
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reardon, George Chicago, IL 01/02/1940 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Chicago Daily News
Section:
Page: 26
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reardon, John E. Waukegan, IL 12/14/1949 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Waukegan News-Sun
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 3
Notes: [1879-1949; Waukegan civic and educational leader (picture).]
Duplication Request
Reardon, Marie Cecelia Chicago, IL 03/01/1917 Other:
Maiden: Byrne
Source: Chicago Daily News
Section:
Page: 19
Column: 8
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reardon, Owen Jacksonville, IL 01/13/1923 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Jacksonville Journal
Section:
Page: 4
Column: 5
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reardon, Patrick Joliet, IL 10/10/1893 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Joliet Daily Times
Section:
Page: 1
Column:
Notes:
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Rearick, George F. Danville, IL 11/23/1949 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Danville Commercial-News
Section:
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 Other:
Maiden:
Source: McLeansboro Times-Leader
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reasoner, Matthew Alton, IL 06/21/1947 Other: Col.
Maiden:
Source: Alton Telegraph
Section:
Page: 1,2
Column: 4,6
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reasons, Charles Eldorado, IL 12/05/1950 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Eldorado Daily Journal
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 3
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reaugh, Edith Olney, IL 01/15/1931 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Olney Advocate
Section:
Page: 4
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reaugh, Sprague Fairfield, IL 02/02/1940 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Wayne County Record
Section:
Page: 7
Column: 4
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reaveley, Mary Springfield, IL 11/21/1893 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Illinois State Journal
Section:
Page: 8
Column: 1
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reaves, Sarah Edwardsville, IL 01/11/1905 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer
Section:
Page: 4
Column: 3
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reaves, Sarah Edwardsville, IL 01/18/1905 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reaves, Wesley Edwardsville, IL 05/20/1903 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 4
Notes:
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Reavill, Fred A. Carmi, IL 05/04/1939 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Carmi Democrat-Tribune
Section:
Page: 1
Column:
Notes: [1888-1939; Had been in State legislature since 1934. Prior to being representative had been prominent in Crawford County affairs.]
Duplication Request
Reavis, Ed Cerro Gordo, IL 08/24/1922 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Cerro Gordo News
Section:
Page: 3
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reavis, Ed Cerro Gordo, IL 08/31/1922 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Cerro Gordo News
Section:
Page: 1
Column: 3
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reavis, Hiram Greenville, IL 02/18/1897 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Greenville Advocate
Section:
Page: 5
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reavis, James Whitfield Decatur, IL 01/08/1903 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Decatur Herald
Section:
Page: 2
Column: 1
Notes:
Duplication Request
Reavis, Miles Decatur, IL 05/17/1968 Other:
Maiden:
Source: Decatur Review
Section:
Page: 20
Column: 2
Notes:
Duplication Request

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