Genealogical Notes from the Porter County Vidette, September 21, 1882 -
March 13, 1884
Abstracted, Compiled and Indexed by Nancy J. Waillancourt
Valparaiso Porter County Public Library System
March 1, 1883 Married: Samuel E. Rigg - Carrie E Reif/Raef
Dau. of Joseph
Raef
Jim Hildreth is in Kansas
Died: Son of James & Jane Lewis
Exchange of property: E. & D. T. Sigler -
Charlie
White
Ella Carter in Kentucky
Married: Harrison D. Alyea - Mary Blanchard
Jerry Mott - Mrs. Silvey Johnson
Nixon Reade of Kansas is visiting relatives
in Jackson Center
James Cape has left for Kansas
J. E. Way returned to Pattonsburg, Mo.
Marsha Furness is going to school in Ann Arbor,
Mich.
Miss Mina Hacket's bro. is Willie Hacket of Otis
John Peoples' b-i-ls family is moving to
Iowa from the east
Lawsuit: W.J. Barnes vs. Mesrs. Clifford & Co.
George Lewis' s-i-l is renting Tom Ward's farm
Ward Agnews returned to Iowa
Born: Peter Lyons - boy
Died: J.C. James in Winnipeg
Exchange of property: Geo. E. Field - W. E.
Pinney
F. J. Knapp - J. W.
Fairfax
Silas Jones -
Anthony farm
Henry Borun - Nathan
Dawson
Thomas Blake charged with the shooting of Chas.
Hanstrum
Born: Chas. Allen - girl
Died: Ernie Fleming, son of Jacob
Marriage licenses:
Samuel E. Rigg - Carrie Reif
Charles Donalson - Louisa Peterson
Born: Frank Benham - boy
Public Sale: David Thatcher on the A. D. Bartho-
lomew farm
Henry A. Cobb contemplates move to Iowa
Exchange of property: Henry A. Cobb - H. Homfeld
Ben Pennock - Link
Flemming
Born: Nathan Dawson - girl
Edward Adams charged with assault and battery
By Tony Massey
Married: Eddie Hayward - Nettie McPhail
in Santa Barbara, California
Died: Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Johnson - obit
wife of Minard T. Johnson and dau. of
Thomas J. and Paulina S. Merrifield
John Merrifield of Chicago, attended Catherine
Johnson's funeral
Mrs. Hamilton nee Mary Dunning, is living in
Detroit, Minn.
Mrs. Dr. Pagin is sis. of Mrs. Talcott
Circuit Court News:
Divored - John M. & Mary A. Brooks
March 8, 1883 Born: Hail Bates - boy
John Sane found Robert Nethany's lost wallet
Amos Weggen is renting Zack Green's farm
Sumner Wheeler has died in Iowa
P. O'Donell farm for sale
David Wood left for Troy, Mo.
Exchange of property: Ur Wiliams - George
Sheffield
Sheffield moved to Lake Co.
Dau. of Will Cunningham returned from Missouri
George Harter, of Dalton, Ill is cousin of
C. M. Harter
Exchange of property: Joe Quinn - Silas Jones
Dave Stoner has moved to LaPorte Co.
Geo. Babcock to move to Colorado
Joe Comer to move to Kansas
Mrs. Lyman Able is mother of Mrs. Gogan
Exchange of property: J. S. Fulton - A. J.
Grant
Grant to move to Kansas
Billy Bently family has moved to Nebraska
Died: Caleb Hayden - obit - father of Mrs.
Frederick Tilley
Died: John Fluellen - obit - husband of the
deceased Mary C. Heddon, and Mrs.
Armind
William B. Engler - obit - son of Jacob
and Louisa Engler
Joseph T. Massey - obit - husband of
Esther Johnson
Born: L. Gooly - infant
Exchange of property: Lewis Erickson - Finestte
Randall
Thos. Blake aquitted in assault charge
H.I.F. Wasika going on trip to Texas & New
Mexico -- contemplates permanent move
John Junker arrested for assault against Conrad
Brown
Petit Jurors: W.P. Fish, Robert G. Boone,
Fletcher
White, Harmon Grieger, Oliver Stell, Charles
Height, Nathan Cooper, John Johnson, Elias
Axe,
John Fleming, Nathaniel Dick, E. J. Jones
Miss Crocksford returned to England to be
married.
Born: P. Schultz - infant
Exchange of property: Nathan Demass - Catherine
Winters
David Maxfield & dau. have moved to Ottumwa,
Iowa
Exchange of property: Wm. Bartholomew - Maude &
Wm. Bundy
Marriage Licenses:
Jaxkson Kimerer - Ida Schneider
Edward Wallace - Cora Alma Essec
Wm. B. Candier (?) - Belle Augusta Bailey
Calvin R. Parish - Paulena Arnt
Mr. P. S. Corkins, now living in Reedsburg,
Wis.,
has purchased 1/2 interest in Wisc. Newspaper
Born: Joe Laforce - boy
Exchange of property: Jos. Luddington - Link
& A.
Flemming
Jesse Devore - Jacob
Seivers &
F.
Harbeck
Married: Jackson Kimerer - Ida Schneider
John Ault arrested for assault against Peter
Wheeler
Married: Howard B. Joseph (Plymouth) - Ada Evans
(Donaldson)
G. W. Babcock is moving to Peere, Dakota
Died: Earny Fleming, son of J. Fleming
Jarvis Leake, of Amboy, Ills. is bro. of Fred
Leake
John Dalson is back from Minnesota
Fort Kellogg, of Battle Creek, Mich., is
visiting
relatives in Valpo
Thomas Cancannon, of Westville, is bro. of
Washington
Rawley Babcock has moved to Dakota.