Source: reprint of "Clarke County History," Lewis Pub., Chicago, 1886. p. 266-7.
These early marriages are copied from the county judge's record, and most of the ceremonies were performed by the county judge.
GROOM |
BRIDE |
DATE |
| Emanuel J. Hinkle | Annie K. Snow | April 29, 1852** |
| David D. Waynick | Martha E. Sherer | Sept. 2, 1852 |
| A.P. Munn | Nancy Star | Sept. 23, 1852 |
| A.C. Wheat | Isabel Smith | Oct. 7, 1852 |
| Edward T. Woodward | Lydia Jane Dierdoff | Nov. 4, 1852 |
| Pleasant S. Roberts | Mary Ann Collier | Feb. 22, 1853 |
| James Cummins | Sarah Dierdoff | April 13, 1853 |
| Mordecai Smith | Elizabeth Williams | April 17, 1853 |
| Edwin Montgomery | Eleanor Glen | May 8, 1853 |
| Israel Miller | Rachel Sherer | July 2, 1853 |
| Edward Courter | Lydia Jane Field | Jan 1, 1854 |
| George B. Williams | Melissa Jane Harper | Jan 1, 1854 |
| William J. Getty | Eliza Jane Arnold | Jan 1, 1854 |
| Hiram Lamb | Sarah Jane Emery | Jan 1, 1854 |
| A.C. Cameron | Emily C. Vanvorse | Oct. 4, 1854 |
| Nathan McGrew | Elizabeth Fowler | Oct. 15, 1854 |
| Joseph Wry | Rosetta Hart | Nov. 11, 1854 |
| Othaniel Case | Barbara Huff | Nov 23, 1854 |
| John B. Otis | Elizabeth Gregg | Dec. 3, 1854 |
| Elijah H. Lowe | Nancy Husted | Dec. 21, 1854 |
| Burnett D. Truman | Phoeba A. Cunningham | Dec. 24, 1854 |
** According to an article in the April 14, 1904 Osceola Sentinel this was the first marriage license granted in the county.
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