The Dearborn County, Indiana Newspaper Index is split into multiple parts. This section gives births, marriages, divorces, and deaths found in Dearborn County newspapers from 1840 to 1849. Visit the Dearborn County Newspaper Index page to learn more about the index and how to access the newspapers.
Digital copies of the newspapers listed in this index are available through the Record Requests Page.
| Given Name | Surname | Event | Newspaper | Issue Date | Pg | Col |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | McCollum | Divorce | Political Beacon | 6 Feb 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Lucinda | McCollum | Divorce | Political Beacon | 6 Feb 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Davis | Russell | Marriage | Political Beacon | 6 Feb 1841 | 3 | 3 |
| Sarah B | Clark | Marriage | Political Beacon | 6 Feb 1841 | 3 | 3 |
| Anderson | Marriage | Political Beacon | 6 Mar 1841 | 3 | 2 | |
| E D | John | Marriage | Political Beacon | 13 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Sarah R | Parry | Marriage | Political Beacon | 13 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Adam | Bruce | Marriage | Political Beacon | 20 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Elcy | Ross | Marriage | Political Beacon | 20 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Jeremiah | Smith | Marriage | Political Beacon | 20 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Rebecca Ann | Vaughan | Marriage | Political Beacon | 20 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Daniel | Milliken | Marriage | Political Beacon | 20 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Julia Ann | Early | Marriage | Political Beacon | 20 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| James | McMullin | Marriage | Political Beacon | 20 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Nancy | Kenedy | Marriage | Political Beacon | 20 Mar 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| L N | Bush | Marriage | Political Beacon | 27 Mar 1841 | 3 | 4 |
| Eliza | Norris | Marriage | Political Beacon | 27 Mar 1841 | 3 | 4 |
| John | Test | Marriage | Political Beacon | 3 Apr 1841 | 3 | 3 |
| Penelope Gay | Sawkins | Marriage | Political Beacon | 3 Apr 1841 | 3 | 3 |
| Henry | Kelso | Marriage | Political Beacon | 2 Jul 1841 | 3 | 4 |
| Catharine | Carrol | Marriage | Political Beacon | 2 Jul 1841 | 3 | 4 |
| Henry K | Hobbs | Marriage | Political Beacon | 9 Jul 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Mary | Hunt | Marriage | Political Beacon | 9 Jul 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Jabez | Percival | Death | Political Beacon | 9 Jul 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| Lucinda | Hart | Death | Political Beacon | 9 Jul 1841 | 3 | 5 |
| John | Weaver | Death | Political Beacon | 6 Aug 1841 | 3 | 2 |
| Samuel | Plummer | Marriage | Political Beacon | 6 Aug 1841 | 3 | 2 |
| Mary F | Posey | Marriage | Political Beacon | 6 Aug 1841 | 3 | 2 |
| Betsy Ann | Shattuck | Death | Political Beacon | 24 Dec 1841 | 3 | 3 |
| James | Hudson | Marriage | Political Beacon | 2 Dec 1842 | 3 | 1 |
| Hester | Dickinson | Marriage | Political Beacon | 2 Dec 1842 | 3 | 1 |
| Andrew | Adams | Marriage | Political Beacon | 2 Dec 1842 | 3 | 1 |
| Mrs. | Bellamy | Marriage | Political Beacon | 2 Dec 1842 | 3 | 1 |
| William | Gibson | Marriage | Political Beacon | 2 Dec 1842 | 3 | 1 |
| John | Bean | Marriage | Political Beacon | 16 Dec 1842 | 3 | 3 |
| Sarah | Hughes | Marriage | Political Beacon | 16 Dec 1842 | 3 | 3 |
| Mark | McCracken | Death | Political Beacon | 16 Dec 1842 | 3 | 3 |
| Mary | Graves | Divorce | Political Beacon | 10 Feb 1843 | 3 | 6 |
| Hiram | Graves | Divorce | Political Beacon | 10 Feb 1843 | 3 | 6 |
| David | Crocker | Marriage | Political Beacon | 21 Dec 1843 | 3 | 6 |
| Nancy | Jumper | Marriage | Political Beacon | 21 Dec 1843 | 3 | 6 |
| John M | Mullin | Marriage | Political Beacon | 21 Dec 1843 | 3 | 6 |
| Hannah M | Wicks | Marriage | Political Beacon | 21 Dec 1843 | 3 | 6 |
| Wilson | Wright | Marriage | Political Beacon | 21 Dec 1843 | 3 | 6 |
| Harriet | True | Marriage | Political Beacon | 21 Dec 1843 | 3 | 6 |
| Otho | Henry | Marriage | Political Beacon | 28 Dec 1843 | 3 | 5 |
| Louisa Jane | Dixon | Marriage | Political Beacon | 28 Dec 1843 | 3 | 5 |
| Zadok | West | Marriage | Political Beacon | 28 Dec 1843 | 3 | 5 |
| Jane | Hudson | Marriage | Political Beacon | 28 Dec 1843 | 3 | 5 |
| Ephraim | Moorison | Death | Political Beacon | 28 Dec 1843 | 3 | 5 |
| Thomas A | Glass | Death | Political Beacon | 4 Jan 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| David | Hiner | Marriage | Political Beacon | 25 Jan 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| Melinda | Roberts | Marriage | Political Beacon | 25 Jan 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| Joseph | Bartholomew | Marriage | Political Beacon | 25 Jan 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| Anna Mary | Sherlich | Marriage | Political Beacon | 25 Jan 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| Nancy | Ferree | Death | Political Beacon | 25 Jan 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| John | Ferree | Death | Political Beacon | 25 Jan 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| Aurelia | Beel | Death | Political Beacon | 1 Feb 1844 | 3 | 5 |
| James | Carothers | Death | Political Beacon | 1 Feb 1844 | 3 | 5 |
| Aurelia Buell | Sylvester | Death | Political Beacon | 8 Feb 1844 | 2 | 6 |
| Wm Silas | Gould | Death | Political Beacon | 8 Feb 1844 | 3 | 5 |
| Susannah | McCarty | Divorce | Political Beacon | 8 Feb 1844 | 3 | 5 |
| Samuel | McCarty | Divorce | Political Beacon | 8 Feb 1844 | 3 | 5 |
| James | Trotter | Marriage | Political Beacon | 22 Feb 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| Julia | Lockhart | Marriage | Political Beacon | 22 Feb 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| John | Lawrence | Marriage | Political Beacon | 22 Feb 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| Amanda | Major | Marriage | Political Beacon | 22 Feb 1844 | 3 | 4 |
| Lawrence | Hayes | Marriage | Political Beacon | 7 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Mary | Donehue | Marriage | Political Beacon | 7 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Joshua | Lewis | Marriage | Political Beacon | 7 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Ellen | Kelso | Marriage | Political Beacon | 7 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Israel | Loring | Marriage | Political Beacon | 7 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Jeanette | Younge | Marriage | Political Beacon | 7 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| William | Sturm | Divorce | Political Beacon | 7 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Hannah | Sturm | Divorce | Political Beacon | 7 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Ann | Buell | Death | Political Beacon | 28 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Ann | Lane | Death | Political Beacon | 28 Mar 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Nancy | Morehead | Divorce | Political Beacon | 28 Mar 1844 | 4 | 3 |
| Robert | Morehead | Divorce | Political Beacon | 28 Mar 1844 | 4 | 3 |
| James M | Gardiner | Marriage | Political Beacon | 6 Jun 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Harriet | Tuthill | Marriage | Political Beacon | 6 Jun 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Ann Eliza | Anderson | Death | Political Beacon | 13 Jun 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Joseph H | Oliver | Marriage | Political Beacon | 13 Jun 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Eliza Ann | Percival | Marriage | Political Beacon | 13 Jun 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Buffington | Marriage | Political Beacon | 14 Aug 1845 | 3 | 3 | |
| Marth A | Corvil | Marriage | Political Beacon | 14 Aug 1845 | 3 | 3 |
| Cyrus H | Akers | Marriage | Political Beacon | 14 Aug 1845 | 3 | 3 |
| Miss | Cornelius | Marriage | Political Beacon | 14 Aug 1845 | 3 | 3 |
| Emily | Cable | Death | Political Beacon | 14 Aug 1845 | 3 | 3 |
| Wm | Sturm | Marriage | Political Beacon | 23 Oct 1845 | 3 | 4 |
| Miranda B | Moore | Marriage | Political Beacon | 23 Oct 1845 | 3 | 4 |
| Charles | Fletcher | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Jan 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Elizabeth | Shockley | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Jan 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Elizabeth | Rabb | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Jan 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Ruth | Guard | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Jan 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Jane Lane | Huntington | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 23 Jan 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Elizabeth | Monroe | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 13 Feb 1840 | 3 | 2 |
| Leroy H | Wager | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 27 Feb 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Elbridge G | Brown | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 5 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Adeline A | Stiles | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 5 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| James B | Johnston | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 5 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Mary | Carbaugh | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 5 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Geo W | Lane | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 19 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Sally Maria | Buell | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 19 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| David | Grove | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 19 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Susanna | Davis | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 19 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| David S | Ackerman | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 19 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Eliza J | Jones | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 19 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Jedediah | Scogin | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 19 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| Mary | Chase | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 19 Mar 1840 | 3 | 1 |
| John | Andres | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 2 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Elvy | Wood | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 2 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| William D | Swan | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 2 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Alvina | Mitchell | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 2 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Spencer F | Ball | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 2 Apr 1840 | 3 | 4 |
| Dwyght | Sheldon | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Mary | Oathout | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Ezra Jr. | Lambkin | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Mary | Reed | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Charles | Hammond | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Peter Lucas | O'Neal | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 23 Apr 1840 | 3 | 4 |
| Sally | Porter | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 23 Apr 1840 | 3 | 4 |
| John F | Richards | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 30 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Susanna | Bronson | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 30 Apr 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Rachel R | Bailey | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 7 May 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Rebecca Maria | John | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 21 May 1840 | 3 | 2 |
| B N | Sheldon | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 4 Jun 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Ursula | Levingston | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 4 Jun 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Vance | Chamberlain | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 4 Jun 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| Mary | Gookins | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 4 Jun 1840 | 3 | 3 |
| William | Porter | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Jul 1840 | 2 | 6 |
| Lucinda | Baldridge | Marriage | Dearborn Democrat | 9 Jul 1840 | 2 | 6 |
| Charity | Seth | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 30 Jul 1840 | 3 | 4 |
| George Clarence | Sutton | Death | Dearborn Democrat | 30 Jul 1840 | 3 | 4 |
| Hugh | Goliker | Marriage | Western Commercial | 9 Dec 1848 | 4 | 6 |
| Mary Ann | Demoss | Marriage | Western Commercial | 9 Dec 1848 | 4 | 6 |
| Joseph | Bookwalter | Marriage | Western Commercial | 9 Dec 1848 | 4 | 6 |
| Mary Jane | Armstrong | Marriage | Western Commercial | 9 Dec 1848 | 4 | 6 |
| Thos T | Matthews | Death | Western Commercial | 9 Dec 1848 | 4 | 6 |
| Daniel B | Lawrence | Death | Western Commercial | 23 Dec 1848 | 3 | 1 |
| J C | Tuny | Marriage | Western Commercial | 6 Jan 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Rosalinda | Corkling | Marriage | Western Commercial | 6 Jan 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| William McF | Bruce | Death | Western Commercial | 13 Jan 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| David J | Cell | Death | Western Commercial | 13 Jan 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| James | Pumroy | Death | Western Commercial | 27 Jan 1849 | 3 | 3 |
| West | Marriage | Western Commercial | 10 Feb 1849 | 3 | 1 | |
| Sarah | Reed | Marriage | Western Commercial | 10 Feb 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| James M | Mitchell | Death | Western Commercial | 10 Feb 1849 | 4 | 2 |
| James | Griswald | Marriage | Western Commercial | 17 Feb 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Eliza Ann | Aug | Marriage | Western Commercial | 17 Feb 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Hasel | Suit | Marriage | Western Commercial | 17 Feb 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Priscilla | Hays | Marriage | Western Commercial | 17 Feb 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| David Jr | Guard | Marriage | Western Commercial | 17 Feb 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Nancy | Miller | Marriage | Western Commercial | 17 Feb 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| James | Pumroy | Death | Western Commercial | 17 Feb 1849 | 3 | 3 |
| John | Madaris | Marriage | Western Commercial | 10 Mar 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Martha | Perry | Marriage | Western Commercial | 10 Mar 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Buell | Lane | Death | Western Commercial | 17 Mar 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Esther Eliza | Vail | Death | Western Commercial | 24 Mar 1849 | 3 | 3 |
| Lucy Agatha | Vail | Death | Western Commercial | 24 Mar 1849 | 3 | 3 |
| Daniel R | Edwards | Death | Western Commercial | 14 Apr 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Aaron | Lewis | Marriage | Western Commercial | 28 Apr 1849 | 2 | 5 |
| Esther A | Porter | Marriage | Western Commercial | 28 Apr 1849 | 2 | 5 |
| Thomas | Harrison | Marriage | Western Commercial | 9 Apr 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Mary L | Hudson | Marriage | Western Commercial | 9 Apr 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Robert K | Taylor | Marriage | Western Commercial | 28 Jul 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Rosanna C | Churchill | Marriage | Western Commercial | 28 Jul 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| John | Milam | Marriage | Western Commercial | 28 Jul 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Sarah | Foster | Marriage | Western Commercial | 28 Jul 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| John N | Stank | Marriage | Western Commercial | 25 Aug 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Angeline | Curance | Marriage | Western Commercial | 25 Aug 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Amos | Lane | Death | Western Commercial | 8 Sep 1849 | 2 | 1 |
| William McF | Fenton | Marriage | Western Commercial | 15 Sep 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Phebe N | Bailey | Marriage | Western Commercial | 15 Sep 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Thomas N | Bush | Death | Western Commercial | 22 Sep 1849 | 2 | 5 |
| John | Cole | Marriage | Western Commercial | 29 Sep 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Electa Ann | Lemon | Marriage | Western Commercial | 29 Sep 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| David | Turner | Death | Western Commercial | 29 Sep 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Catharine | Arnel | Death | Western Commercial | 6 Oct 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| William | Bailey | Marriage | Western Commercial | 6 Oct 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Sarah | Grear | Marriage | Western Commercial | 6 Oct 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Arthur S | Vance | Death | Western Commercial | 13 Oct 1849 | 2 | 5 |
| Jonathan | Montgomery | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Hannah Mary | Littlefield | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| James | Gordon | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Mary | Withrow | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Samuel | Plasket | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Minerva | Cochran | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Joseph | Curtis | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Arminda | Riggs | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| William | Green | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| William | Green | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Elizabeth | Gullit | Marriage | Western Commercial | 20 Oct 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| John W | Folbre | Death | Western Commercial | 27 Oct 1849 | 2 | 1 |
| Joseph M | Grove | Marriage | Western Commercial | 27 Oct 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Helena J M | Lure | Marriage | Western Commercial | 27 Oct 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Mary | Stafford | Death | Western Commercial | 27 Oct 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Jourdon | Death | Western Commercial | 10 Nov 1849 | 3 | 1 | |
| John | Bancraft | Marriage | Western Commercial | 24 Nov 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Elizabeth | Johnson | Marriage | Western Commercial | 24 Nov 1849 | 3 | 1 |
| Joseph F | Watkins | Marriage | Western Commercial | 8 Dec 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Jane | Bruner | Marriage | Western Commercial | 8 Dec 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| L R | Booth | Marriage | Western Commercial | 8 Dec 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Rebecca | Chamberlain | Marriage | Western Commercial | 8 Dec 1849 | 3 | 2 |
| Newton | Watts | Marriage | Western Commercial | 15 Dec 1849 | 2 | 5 |
| Clemenza A | Jones | Marriage | Western Commercial | 15 Dec 1849 | 2 | 5 |
| Warren W H | Lawrence | Marriage | Western Commercial | 22 Dec 1849 | 2 | 5 |
| Elizabeth | Buffington | Marriage | Western Commercial | 22 Dec 1849 | 2 | 5 |
| Leonard | Spignal | Marriage | Western Commercial | 22 Dec 1849 | 2 | 5 |
| Rachel A | Selles | Marriage | Western Commercial | 22 Dec 1849 | 2 | 5 |