Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties
History of Shelby County, Iowa
CHAPTER VI (CONT'D).
THE MARRIAGE RECORD.
The first marriage certificate issued in Shelby County was granted to John Budd to marry Sereldne Jordan. It is dated April 18, 1853, and the ceremony was performed by County Judge Vanausdall. The following gives the number of marriages for each year since the time the county was organized until the present -- 1888:
| 1853 | 4 |
| 1854 | 2 |
| 1855 | 4 |
| 1856 | 5 |
| 1857 | 7 |
| 1858 | 12 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 13 |
| 1861 | 8 |
| 1862 | 14 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1865 | 6 |
| 1866 | 13 |
| 1867 | 14 |
| 1868 | 32 |
| 1869 | 24 |
| 1870 | 24 |
| 1871 | 36 |
| 1872 | 45 |
| 1873 | 37 |
| 1874 | 41 |
| 1875 | 55 |
| 1876 | 68 |
| 1877 | 63 |
| 1878 | 74 |
| 1879 | 86 |
| 1880 | 106 |
| 1881 | 143 |
| 1882 | 129 |
| 1883 | 170 |
| 1884 | 200 |
| 1885 | 168 |
| 1886 | 120 |
| 1887 | 210 |
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| TOTAL | 1,775 |
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass August, 2015 from "Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties", Chicago: W. S. Dunbar & Co., 1889, pg. 255-256.
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