Records say the Darnedest Things!
Taken from the Ancestry Insider pub. March 11, 2016
We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about the past. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Some are amusing or humorous. Some are interesting or weird. Some are peculiar or suspicious. Some are infuriating, or downright laughable.
We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about the past. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Some are amusing or humorous. Some are interesting or weird. Some are peculiar or suspicious. Some are infuriating, or downright laughable.
“Mac,” who shared the following marriage return with me, wrote, “It appears that the good reverend wanted to make very clear in writing that he was within the law in conducting the nuptials. The ceremony took place late in the evening, in the middle of winter, on a public road between Missouri and Kansas. There were five (count 'em five) witnesses who attended the 'happy' event (and might have suffered frostbite for their efforts). We can only hope the marriage lasted after this auspicious beginning.”. . .
This is to certify that the undersigned a regular minister of the
Gospel in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Wednesday
Feby 10th 1875 at 10 Oclock P M. in Jackson County Missouri
near the state line between the states of Mo. and Kansas
in the Public Road opposite my residence in Johnson Co Kan.
did solemnize the rights of Matrimony between Mr Charles
Caldwell and Miss Fannie P. Robinson in the presense of
Jospeh Bryant, George Caldwell, Thomas W. James, W. F. Morrow and
Mrs. E.C. Morrow J W. Morrow {seal}
Filed for Records Feby 15th 1875.
C.D.Lucas Recorder
By W.A. Symington D.R
Yes, records say the darnedest things!
Gospel in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Wednesday
Feby 10th 1875 at 10 Oclock P M. in Jackson County Missouri
near the state line between the states of Mo. and Kansas
in the Public Road opposite my residence in Johnson Co Kan.
did solemnize the rights of Matrimony between Mr Charles
Caldwell and Miss Fannie P. Robinson in the presense of
Jospeh Bryant, George Caldwell, Thomas W. James, W. F. Morrow and
Mrs. E.C. Morrow J W. Morrow {seal}
Filed for Records Feby 15th 1875.
C.D.Lucas Recorder
By W.A. Symington D.R
Yes, records say the darnedest things!
IMAGE SOURCE
Jackson County, Missouri, marriage records, v. 7 (1872-1879), p. 224, last paragraph, county clerk’s office, Independence; digital image, “Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-35905-7300-67 : accessed 2 January 2016), path: Jackson > Marriage records 1872-1881 vol 7-8 > image 152 of 500; FHL microfilm 1,019,758.
Jackson County, Missouri, marriage records, v. 7 (1872-1879), p. 224, last paragraph, county clerk’s office, Independence; digital image, “Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-35905-7300-67 : accessed 2 January 2016), path: Jackson > Marriage records 1872-1881 vol 7-8 > image 152 of 500; FHL microfilm 1,019,758.