Putnam County Illinois Births

Taken From The Marshall County Republican and Putnam County Register, Henry, IL


March 19, 1868

Born at Snachwine, March 13, a daughter to Samuel A. Wilson, photographer in Henry and grandchild to W. H. Williams of Snachwine.


Taken From The Henry Republican

September 24, 1868

At Snachwine, Sept 20, a daughter to G. Munroe Locke

At Snachwine, Sept 20, a son to Dwight Morgan

October 8, 1868

At Hennepin, Oct. 4, a daughter to James Gowdey

November 5, 1868

At Florid, Oct. 30, a son to J. B. Albert

November 12, 1868

Born in Hennepin, October 7, a daughter to Joseph Bush

November 19, 1868

Born at Snachwine, November 16, a daughter to J. Spencer Burt, principle of the Snachwine public school.

December 10, 1868

Born in Magnolia township, November 27, a daughter to Morris Huffman.

March 4, 1869

In Magnolia, February 23rd, a daughter to James E. Henderson

October 20, 1870

Born in Magnolia township, Putnam county, Oct. 14, a daughter to Mr. Hatzen Beuler

June 22, 1871

AT Magnolia, June 14, a son to William Davis and grandson to Robert Davis of Henry.

October 13, 1871

Born in Snachwine, a son to Charles Brown and grandson to Daniel Strout.

In Magnolia township, Oct. 1, a son to Moses Purdieu and grandson to James Henderson of this city.

November 2, 1871

At Snachwine, Oct. 29, a son to Clarence E. Burt

November 23, 1871

At Snachwine, Nov. 12, a daughter to Samuel Haines

January 4, 1872

Born in Snachwine, Putnam county, December 25, a daughter to Dwight Morgan

January 25, 1872

At Snachwine, Jan. 17, a son to Ira Barnhart

February 15, 1872

In Magnolia township, Feb. 7, a son to Anton Reavy - 11 pounder

February 29, 1872

In Snachwine, Putnam Co., Feb. 22, a daughter to Robert Haines

April 18, 1872

At Magnolia, April 9, a daughter to Capt. William Haws, Sr.

April 25, 1872

At Snachwine, April 15, a daughter to H. W. White

May 16, 1872

In Magnolia township, April 23, in the castle, a son to Fabian Halblibe.

August 15, 1872

In Magnolia, a son to H. Griffeth

November 28, 1872

At Snachwine, Nov. 18, a son to Henry Soper

At Magnolia, a son to George Marsh - 12 pounds

January 23, 1873

At Snachwine, Jan. 22, a son to Sidney L. White.

April 3, 1873

Born At Snachwine, April 1, a son to Charles Grubbs

April 17, 1873

Born at Magnolia, March 16, a son to James Henderson, Jr.

July 31, 1873

In Snachwine township, July 17, a son to Jared W. Jones, and grandson to Dr. J. G. Baker.

August 14, 1873

Born at Snachwine, August 10, a daughter to John Galvin

August 28, 1873

Born at Snachwine, August 23, a daughter to John Dally.

October 2, 1873

Born at Snachwine, Sept. 26, a son to George Finley - 12 pounder.

November 20, 1873

At Snachwine, Nov. 10, a daughter to Ira Barnhart.

January 1, 1874

Born at Snachwine, Dec. 25, a son (Christmas gift) to Aaron POOL

January 22, 1874

In Magnolia township, twin boys to Oscar Bumgarner

January 29, 1874

At Snachwine, January 20, a son to Henry D. Winship

February 26, 1874

Born in Snachwine, a son to Henry Dally

March 5, 1874

Born at Snachwine, March 2, a son to Rev. J. L. Ferris, M. E. pastor

April 2, 1874

Born at Snachwine, March 28, a daughter to Henry Soper

April 9, 1874

At Snachwine, April 2, a son to George Griswold, and grandson to H. D. Hawkins.

April 23, 1874

At Snachwine, April 14, a daughter to William Soper

April 30, 1874

At Snachwine, April 22, a daughter to F. A. Wood

May 7, 1874

Born in Magnolia township, April 30, the seventh son to Moses Perdew - 12 1/2 lbs.

June 25, 1874

At Snachwine, June 19, a daughter to Mrs. William Ball.

July 16, 1874

At Snachwine, July 3, a son to J. F. N. Parker

August 20, 1874

In Snachwine, August 12th, a son to Charles McKeel. Also a son to Charles Grubes

September 10, 1874

In Magnolia township, Augut 26, a daughter to Henry K. Smith, editor Magnolia News.

October 15, 1874

At Snachwine, Octobe 9, twin boys to A. S. Dawson the pair weighing 12 pounds.

November 19, 1874

At Snachwine, Nov. 13, a daughter to Sidney White, and granddaughter to J. R. Taliaferro.

November 26, 1874

In Snachwine township, Nov. 24, a son to James Kelley, and grandson to mr. H. Earl of this city (Henry).

January 28, 1875

Near Mt. Palatine, a son to George M. West

In Snachwine, January 11, a son to Rev. William Birch
Snachwine - A son was born to Rev. Mr. Birch on January 11th. A babe in the house is a well spring of joy. In this instance doubly so as this one fills the place of any only cherub gone before.

February 4, 1875

Born at Snachwine, January 28, a son to Ezra J. Townley.

March 18, 1875

Born at Snachwine, March 4, a son to Miles Judge.

At Dana, LaSalle county, March 12, a son (Isaac Eddy) to H. J. Stansell, and grandson to Eddy Ketchum of Whitefield, and I. M. Stansell of Mt. Palatine.

April 23, 1875

In Magnolia Township, April 12, a daughter to Fabien Halblibe.

May 6, 1875

At Magnolia, a daughter to L. C. Morrille.

October 21, 1875

At Snachwine, Oct. 15, a son to Henry Koch

At Snachwine, Oct. 15, a son to Ira Barnhart

October 28, 1875

In Hennepin township, Oct. 26, a son (Philip Henry) to Aaron Pool.

In Arispe, Oct. 10, a son to Ethan Baker, and first grandson of Mrs. Win. Ball of Snachwine.

December 23, 1875

In Springfield, a daughter to T. J. Nicholls, late of Hennepin.

January 6, 1876

At Snachwine, Dec. 29, a daughter to Fred. Wood

At Snachwine, Jan. 2, a daughter to George Sparling (the 15th branch of the family tree.)

April 20, 1876

In Snachwine township, April 15th, a son to John Sparling.

In Snachwine township, April 15, a son to James Quinn.

May 18, 1876

Born at Council Bluffs, may 8, a son to Charles Hobbs, and grandson to W. H. Williams of Snachwine.

June 8, 1876

Born at Snachwine, May 20, a son to James Kelly and grandson to Mr. Earle of this city.

June 15, 1876

In Snachwine, June 7, a son to Harry Soper.

June 22, 1876

At Snachwine, June 17, a son to Cyrus Taliaferro

July 6, 1876

At Snachwine, June 30, a daughter to James Bidulph

July 13, 1876

In Snachwine township, July 10, a daughter to M. McBride, and granddaughter to Jacob Kocher.

October 5, 1876

In Snachwine, Sept. 29, a daughter to Sidney White.

October 12, 1876

Born at Snachwine, Oct. 9, a daughter to Daniel Rich

October 19, 1876

At Snachwine, October 14, a son to Henry Dally.

At Snachwine, October 16, a daughter to William Wheeler.

October 26, 1876

Born at Snachwine, October 16, a son to J. Brunt and grandson to John Williams

November 2, 1876

Born at Snachwine, October 27, a son to Patrick McCormick

November 16, 1876

Born at Hennepin, Nov. 6, a son to August and E. Shepherd; Nov. 8, a son to N. Barnherd

November 23, 1876

At Snachwine, November 18, a daughter to Belinda Wheeler

December 7, 1876

At Hennepin, November 2?, a daughter to Joseph Bush

December 21, 1876

Born at Granville, Dec. 10, a daughter to Frank and Cornelia Whiting.

December 28, 1876

Born in Snachwine township, Dec. 24, a daughter to George Bowersock, and granddaughter of John Lykins.


Taken From The Henry Republican

January 11, 1877

Born at Snachwine, Jan. 10, a son to David Stephens

January 25, 1877

At Hennepin, Jan. 6, a son to Wash and Gertie Warnock.

February 8, 1877

At Snachwine, Feb. 2, a son to John F. M. Parker.

February 15, 1877

At Snachwine, Feb. 8, daughter to Thomas Steele; also a son to William Soper.

At Hennepin, Feb. 7, a daughter to S. and S. Bexendale.

At Hennepin, Feb. 8, a son to P. and H. Barmore.

February 22, 1877

At Hennepin, Jan. 13, a daughter to Will and Maud Ellis.

March 8, 1877

Born at Hennepin, February 27, a daughter to W. and Edna Sparks; 17, a son to John Zeurse

March 22, 1877

At Snachwine, March 20, a son to S. H. Condit

March 29, 1877

Born at Snachwine, March 3, a son to George Griswold - 11 pounder.

April 5, 1877

Near Strawn’s church, Putnam county, March 26, a daughter to William and Emily Allen, and granddaughter to Mat. Durley.

April 26, 1877

At Hennepin, April 17, twin daughters to George and Bertha Zenor; April 22d, a son to Samuel and Jennie Smith.

May 10, 1877

At Hennepin, May 3, a son to Clem and Maggie Forney

May 24, 1877

At Hennepin, May 13, a daughter to G. H. Seaton, county superintendent of schools, Putnam county.

At Snachwine, May 14, a son to Robert Haines; 18th a son to Charles Cox

May 31, 1877

At Hennepin, May 21, a daughter to Joseph and Eliza Leech.

June 14, 1877

In Hennepin, June 4th, a son to John and Maggie Coleman

August 9, 1877

In Snachwine township, July 30, a son to Ferdenand Balleweg

August 23, 1877

At Hennepin, Aug. 12th, a daughter to Rev. A. J. Bailey.

August 30, 1877

In Snachwine township, August 29, a son to Fred A. Wood, and grandson to Mr. George Sparling.

October 11, 1877

Born at Granville, October 2, a son to Wilson and Mary Shepherd

October 18, 1877

Born at Snachwine, October 12, a daughter to O. P. Carroll

November 1, 1877

At Hennepin, October 26, a daughter to Scott and Clara Thomas.

November 8, 1877

At Snachwine, October 27, a son to Dwight Morgan and grandson to N. B. Whitney of this city.

November 22, 1877

Born in Hennepin, November 14, a daughter to George and Mary Glass

December 6, 1877

Born in Saratoga township, Dec. 3, a daughter to Albert C. Blood, and granddaughter to Mr. A. M. Pool

December 13, 1877

In Snachwine township, Dec. 2, a daughter to Cornelius Ryan, and granddaughter to Thos. Halligan.


Taken From The Henry Republican

January 3, 1878

Born at Snachwine, Dec. 11, a daughter to George Finley

At Snachwine, Dec. 23, a son to William Bracken

January 24, 1878

Born in Snachwine township, Jan. 18, a son to George Sparling - 20th child.

February 7, 1878

At Snachwine, Jan. 30, a son to John T. Kisler, and grandson to John Williams.


The Putnam Record, April 19, 1878

Putnam, April 14

Born April 8th, a daughter to Frank Bruce.


Born in this city, July 17, a son to George B. Koehler of Mt. Palatine, and grandson to S. Keyzki of the city.

September 12, 1878

Born in Hennepin, Sept. 6, a daughter to John Toole, and granddaughter to I. H. Cook of the Hennepin Record.

October 10, 1878

Born in Snachwine, October 9, a daughter to George W. Griswold - 10 pounder

October 17, 1878

In Snachwine township, October 13, a daughter to James Quinn

November 21, 1878

Born in this city, Nov. 18, a son to Michael Balenseifen of Magnolia township.

November 28, 1878

In Snachwine township, Nov. 22, a daughter to John Sparling.

April 3, 1979

Born in Snachwine township, Putnam county, March 25, a son to James Wherry.

April 17, 1879

Born in Snachwine, April 8, a son to Alvin Perkins - 10 pounder.

July 10, 1879

At Granville, Putnam county, June 30, a daughter to Z. H. Smith.

October 30, 1879

Born in Snachwine township, Oct. 24, a daughter to Rev. H. C. Birch, and granddaughter to George Sparling.

February 5, 1880

At Hennepin, Jan. 28, a daughter to William Weeks, and first granddaughter to G. P. Deyoe of this city.

February 19, 1880

Born in Magnolia township, Feb. 14, a valentine, (10 1/2 pound boy) to Harrison Edwards.

July 1, 1880 - Hennepin

Ed Spencer boasts of his new boy, and Burt Thomas claims that his boy baby beats them all, and so comes the world.

August 26, 1880

In Clear Creek, Putnam county, a son to Harry Beck, and eighth grandchild to Lewis I. Beck, Esq.

September 30, 1880

Born in Magnolia township, Sept. 24, a daughter to Moses Perdew.

October 14, 1880

Born at Mt. Palatine, Oct. 4, twins to J. A. Wood. Almost a little forest.

November 18, 1880

Born in Snachwine, November 9, a daughter to Michael McBride.

December 30, 1880

Born at Clear Creek, Putnam county, December 19, a son to Joseph Boyle

July 7, 1881

At Putnam, July 1, a son to George H. Freeman of Ida Grove, Iowa and grandson to Samuel Condit, Esq.

November 10, 1881

Born at Putnam, Oct. 25, a daughter to O. P. Carroll.

November 24, 1881

Born in Magnolia township, November 29, a son to Frank M. Endsley and grandson to W. J. Coulter of Saratoga township.

December 29, 1881

Born at Snachwine, December 27, a daughter to Michael Louis and granddaughter of Mathias Louis.

March 16, 1882

Born at Putnam, March 9, a daughter to Henry Soper

In Hennepin township, Putnam county, March 9, a son to William J. Perdew, and grandson to William Lormis

Henry Republican, Henry Illinois, May 11, 1882

Born in Snachwine township, May 10th, a son to J. Howard Williams

June 1, 1882

At Isadora, Mo., May 20, a son to J. R. Mills, and grandson to William Bell, formerly of Magnolia township, Putnam Co Ill.

Henry Republican, Henry Illinois May 4, 1882, June 21, 1882

Born at Chicago, May 31, a daughter to Marshall Beck, Esq., and granddaughter to Mr. Lewis I. Beck of Clear Creek, Putnam County.


Putnam Record, April 6, 1893

Putnam, April 3

Born, March 30, to Mr. And Mrs. Henry Timson of Iowa, a son and daughter, Hazel and Harold, weight each 8 pounds. They are grandchildren to Mr. And Mrs. John Williams.


Taken From the Putnam Record
January 19, 1899
Local New Items - Granville

George Grossenback and wife are rejoicing in the birth of a son who arrived Monday morning, January 16.

Taken From the Putnam Record
January 19, 1899
Local New Items - Granville

Mrs. Ella Martin went to Peoria Thursday in response to a telegram received from her brother-in-law George Sucher. Arriving there she found four children in the family instead of three. The last one is a boy. This is the forty-first grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Gunn.

The Putnam Record
April 13, 1899 - Florid News

Born, a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Forestal April 6

The Putnam Record
April 13, 1899 - Local  News

A little daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Nolte, Mt. Palatine, April 9

Putnam Record, Hennepin, Illinois
May 18, 1899

Granville - May 15

A 9 ½ pound boy arrived at Bert Child's Sunday, May 14.


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