Elkhart and Goshen News Roundup Highlights
Local notices report illness and social events at Clifton House and nearby towns, with updates on theater openings, lectures, auctions, and church matters. Multiple named residents, venues, and dates appear, including Elkhart per New Year stories and Goshen correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Mack Hackathorn
Beardsley
Clifton House
Indianapolis
Martin Sage
Elkhart
L. R. Royce
Episcopal Society
South America
Brodrick
Mishawaka
Wabash
First White Marriage in St Joseph Country and Early Birth
The Register from South Bend notes the first white marriage in St Joseph Country at Ben Coquillard's home. Capt Madore Cratee wed Miss Reynolds with Judge Evarts officiating. It also records Isaac McCoy as the first white child born in May 1824, and mentions Jim Fisk killer James Stokes being found guilty and sentenced to hang February 28. The notice promotes an auction house selling a Marseilles quilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Bishop
Brodrick’s Opera House
St. John’s P. E. Church
Elkhart
Bishop
Goshen
Elkhart Observer
Mitchell
Blake
Gosher Democrat
Vescelius Sisters
South Bend
Brodrick
Opera House
Theodore Tilton
Hill & Miller’s
Jas. E. Murdoch
Gen. Kilpatrick
John B. Gough
Register
St. Joseph
Ben Coquillard
Madore Cratee
Miss Reynolds
John Reynolds
Terrecoupee
Evarts
Isaac McCoy
I. McCoy
Cary Mission
St. Joseph Country
Also Mentioned on This Page
Round Town
Geo. Greene
California
Harson Smith
Cassopolis
Fieldhouse Bros
Jas. Miller
Elkhart Aid Society
Dr. Frink’s
H. B. Sherwood
A. M. Worden
Lagrange
Marion Proctor
Wm. Proctor
Notre Dame
Proctor
Indiana
A. E. Faber
George Robinson
W. Cooper
Frank Davis
J. R. Stienbarger
Nelson Upham
D. 8. Beardsley
Whitson
J. T. Kelloge
Kane Ledge
C. E Greene
C. Theis
J. A. Cassler
J. W
Jacob Atandler
Jacob Arisman
G. Upham Tyler
Jap Sweet
P. W. Huston
Epsom
Hannaford
Peter Funk
Joseph
The
Baptist Church
Common Pleas Court
Angie W. Hart
San Francisco
Cal
Ed Davis
G. Forsythe
E. Foster
Ella Sheldon
Emma Lamb
Luther McCoy
George Stuck
George
Prince of Good Fellows
Geo. W. Greene
Henry Clark
Oshen
Perkin’s
Pulaski Lodge No. 60
E. A. Russell
Daughters of
Historical
Stokes
Jim Fisk
Marseilles
Observer Office
Main Street
Isaac Bucklen
Main and
Jackson Streets
Elkhart, Ind
Elkhart County
Jules Robins
Jamaica
Holland
Catawba
Irondequoit Wine Company
London
Central Prescription Drug Store
Straits and
Isaac Bucklen & Son
Corner Main and
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