1883 History of
Franklin & Cerro Gordo Counties
Early Marriages
It would doubtless be of interest- to
many to give the record of marriages for the first ten years of the county's
existence, but they are too numerous; therefore, only the first three years are given, as taken from the
record in the office of the clerk of court.
| GROOM |
BRIDE |
DATE |
OFFICIAL |
| | | | |
Henry Allen
|
Margaret Long
|
03 Jan 1856
|
John B. Long
County Judge |
| | | | |
Allen Gounkee
|
Elizabeth Jane Haskins
|
31 Jan 1856
|
John B. Long
County judge |
| | | | |
| William Kearns |
Hannah M. Gibbs |
27 Feb 1856 |
Robert Clark, JP |
| | | | |
Patrick Hayes
|
Eliza M. Gardner
|
23 Mar 1856
|
John B. Long
County judge |
| | | | |
William Reynolds
|
Sarah Trusdal
|
08 Jun 1856
|
John B. Long
County judge |
| | | | |
| Ebenezer Cockerton |
Esther Wiltfong |
07 May 1856 |
C. L. Bunce, Esq. |
| | | | |
| Enoch Wiltfong |
Julian Hunt |
31 Aug 1856 |
Rev. Thomas Tenney |
| | | | |
| Simeon Van Patter |
Lucina Thompson |
16 Sep 1856 |
Elisha Randall, JP |
| | | | |
| Robert Clark |
Rebecca Brentner |
16 Nov 1856 |
Solomon Zuver, JP |
| | | | |
| Thomas Andrews |
Rachel A. Long |
16 Nov 1856 |
Solomon Zuver, JP |
| | | | |
George W. Henderson
|
Martha Ann Randall
|
18 Dec 1856
|
J. S. Church
County judge |
| | | | |
The following are the names of those who were married during 1857 and 1858,
without particulars as to dates:
| GROOM |
BRIDE |
OFFICIAL |
| | | |
| Jarvis S. Church |
Sabra L. Van Patter | |
| | | |
| George W. Swanger |
Mahala Crum |
Charles W. Tenney |
| | | |
| John Garrard Kortee |
Wilhelmina Schmitt | |
| | | |
| Nelson E. Fletcher |
Emma Morris | |
| | | |
| Mitchell Jackson |
Sylvia Jane Reece | |
| | | |
| William Reddington |
Augusta A. Brown | |
| | | |
| William A. J. Sutton |
Temperance Decker | |
| | | |
| John Blowers |
Sarah Belt | |
| | | |
| Ira L. Williams |
Ann C. Wariser (Mrs. Blake) | |
| | | |
| John Claus |
C. A. Campbell | |
| | | |
| Nathan M. Jeffords |
Mary A. Williams | |
| | | |
| George R. Griffith |
Susan G. Thompkins | |
| | | |
| Silas Noyes |
Miss F. M. Thompkins | |
| | | |
| Ethan Ames |
Louisa Alloway | |
| | | |
| Elias Pattee |
Mary Bennett | |
| | | |
| E. Rounds |
Jane Walton | |
| | | |
| John Whitenill |
Mary P. Tucker | |
| | | |
| C. C. Doolittle |
Melisa Coon | |
| | | | |
| Truman H. Judson |
Emma M. Mead | |
The names and titles of those who performed the marriage ceremonies during 1858
and 1859, in the cases mentioned, are as follows:
Judge J. S. Church, Revs. J. S. Saxby, W. P. Holbrook and D. B. Mead; Justices
of the Peace, Charles Tenney, T. S. Palmer, G. L. Bunce, T. B. Willson and H. G. Parker.
During the last few years of the records of marriages, we notice the names of
many, both ladies and gentlemen, who are sons and daughters of
the parties mentioned in the foregoing, and who have themselves taken partners
to their joys and sorrows. Thus a new generation has come to the front.
The following shows the number of marriages contracted from the years 1859 to 1882, inclusive:
1855 ... 1
1856 ... 11
1857 ... 9
1858 ... 9
1859 ... 9
1860 ... 11
1861 ... 11
1862 ... 12
1863 ... 8
1864 ... 9
1865 ... 14
1866 ... 22
1867 ... 33
1868 ... 23
1869 ... 26
1870 ... 42
1871 ... 58
1872 ... 57
1873 ... 60
1874 ... 54
1875 ... 95
1876 ... 81
1877 ... 80
1878 ... 107
1879 ... 102
1880 ... 87
1881 ... 106
1882 ... 120
Total 1,257
Chapt. V. "Matrimonial." History of Franklin & Cerro Gordo Counties, Iowa. p. 614. Continental History Co. Springfield IL. 1883.
Contributed by Sally Youngquist, 2008
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