Iowa Old Press
The Weekly Ottumwa Courier
Thursday, January 4, 1866
MARRIED. – December 27th, 1865, at the residence of Mr. James Chisman, by Rev. W. A. Nye, Mr. Clark Canfield and Mrs. Ann Chisman.
By the same, Dec. 28th, 1865, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. John Cook and Miss Josephine Calvin.
By the same, Dec. 31st, 1865, in Chillicothe, Mr. Henry Nye and Miss Roda C. Warren.
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining, unclaimed in the Post Office Ottumwa, Iowa, on the 4th day of January, 1866.
“To obtain any of these letters, the applicant must call for ‘ADVERTISED LETTERS,’ give the date of this list and pay one cent for advertising.
“If not called for within one month, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
“Letters are not advertised until they have remained in the office one week.
“Place the postage stamp on the upper right-hand corner, and leave space between the stamp and direction for postmarking without interfering with the writing.
“N. B. – A REQUEST for the RETURN of a letter to the writer, if unclaimed within 30 days or less, written or printed with the writer’s name, Post Office and State, across the left hand end of the envelope, on the face side, will be complied with at the usual prepaid rate of postage, payable when the letter is delivered to the writer.” –Sec. 28, Law of 1863.”
| Allen, Mahala 3 | King, Daniel |
| Ashby, Lourah | Lyon, Smith |
| Brown, Jason W. 3 | Laughlin, W. T. |
| Butler, Alice | Lyons, Nellie |
| Bland, Scoot | Loper, Edward |
| Bomar, James | McCormack, Martha |
| Black H. & Bros | Mosteller, Wm. |
| Buckhanan, F. M. | Martin, Luther |
| Bowdre, Jues | Morris, Patrick |
| Cavanagh, Mary W. | McKiney, W. A. |
| Chance, John J. | McGee, Rebecca |
| Crossfield, John | McDonald, Alex |
| Cox, Florence | Miller, James H. |
| Crandall, Thos. L. | McVay, Josiah D. |
| Dexter, J. H. | Price, J. F. |
| Dearing, Wm. | Palmer, T. J. |
| Davis, Wilson S. 2 | Rogers, Isaac |
| Dear, Samuel | Randall, Benj. T. |
| Duffin, John | Roe, James |
| Finnell, James | Ruffing, Jacob |
| Fisher, Daniel | Robertson, William |
| Grilly, Geo. B. | Stevenson, Albert |
| Higgins, R. S. | Sanfrancisco, R. |
| Houver, Samuel | Signor, J. J. |
| Hammon, Charles S. | Stucker, Conrad |
| Humphreys, D. | Smith, G W H |
| Hemmise, David | Son, J. |
| Herndon, Flory | Strong, Henry |
| Hunt, John | Vaughan, James |
| Hamton, Persila | Vinton, Geo W. |
| Jackson, Richard | Washahoh, Wm H. |
| Johnson, Eliza A. | Webb, Oliver |
| Johnson, Samuel | Whittier, Ira |
| Kiloran, John | Williams & Dow G. |
| Kilby, L. |
~J. W. NORRIS, P. M.
[transcribed by L.Z., Nov 2021]