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The Liberty Tribune 1863
MARRIAGES IN CLAY COUNTY MISSOURI
The following marriages appeared in The Liberty Tribune, Liberty, Clay County, Missouri during the year of 1863. Some the marriages did not occur in Clay County. The date of publication is shown prior to the item(s).
Jan 16, 1863:
At Platte City, Mo., on the 7th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Cope, R.P.C. Wilson, Esq., of Leavenworth City, and Miss Carrie F. Murray, only daughter of John D.
Murray, Esq., of the former place.
Feb 27, 1863:
In this county on the 19th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by Squire D.J. Adkins, Mr. Andrew J. Wilson, to Miss Martha A. Collins, daughter of Simeon Collins, Esq., all of Clay county.
Were it not for the "union of hearts" this world would indeed be a desert without a single rose. It is the uniting of hearts and the joining of hands, that gives life its zest, and in the communion of hearts we enjoy a foretaste of the bliss of the eternal city, where all is love. May the happy couple, who have thus joined hand to hand and heart to heart, be visited lightly with the sorrows of this life, but together go down the vale of time, their pathway strewed with flowers, with no clouds to obscure their sun, which now so brightly beams in this the morning of their life and love. A "Greenback"
received.
Mar 20, 1863:
In this county, at the residence of the bride's father, on the 12th inst., by Prest. Thompson, Mr. Geo. W. Mothershead, to Miss Lucinda Ann, daughter of John A.S. Major, Esq.
Poor George! We knew him well. Such is life! A single man to-day - a married man to-morrow. We long expected our young friend would get his name in the papers, and at last he's done it. Well, George has done well, and between you and I, is now the better or the worser half of one of the prettiest, and sweetest maidens that ever danced a minuet or stood before the altar and "spoke the fitting word." Long may they enjoy "love's young dream," and their affections ne'er grow old.
Silver dollar received
April 24, 1863:
On April 7th, near Paradise, in this county, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. A.F. Payne, Mr. William Hall to Miss Mary Fry.
On the 9th inst., near Paradise, at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. George Owen, Mr. James Faddis to Miss Mary Wade, (after wooing her ten years.)
Mar 13, 1863:
Married in Carroll county on the 24th ult., Mr. Wm. L. Ligon to Miss Mildred Thomas.
Mar 20, 1863:
Married, on the 5th by Elder Payne, Mr. Duff Duncan, of Clinton county, to Miss Mollie Davenport, daughter of Col. Rice B. Davenport, of Clay county.
Sep 4, 1863:
On the 20th of August, by the Rev. R. Scott at Locust Grove, Clinton county, Mr. Charles H. Lincoln to Miss Angie D. Smith.
Sep 11, 1863:
In this county on the 17th inst., by Judge James M. Jones, Mr. George J.
Cockrell, of Kansas City, to Miss Martha J. Mereness, of Clay County.
Oct 2, 1863:
In this city, on Tuesday, the 29th ult., by Judge James M. Jones, Mr. Nathan D.
Tarr, to Mrs. Lina B. Potter, all of this city.
We confess the receipt of a little shining bit of ore, impressed with the image of the "Goddess of Freedom," and on the reverse wher is stamped 1 Dollar.
We hope kind Heaven will shower the richest blessings upon the happy pair, and guide them only thro' the rosy paths of peace and connubial felicity.
"How near is he to happiness
That earth exceeds not? not another like it.
The treasures of the deep are not so precious
As are the concealed comforts of a man.
Locked up in woman's love. He scents the air
Of blessings, when he comes but near the house,
What a delicious breath marriage sends forth!
The violet-bed's not sweeter."
In this city, on the morning of the 29th ult., by the Rev. Father Kennedy, Mr.
Rhodham Guylfoil to Miss Mary Fuller, all of this county.
Nov 20, 1863:
At the residence of the bride's broth-in-law, Judge J.M. Jones, on Wednesday morning the 18th inst., by Elder R.C. Morton, Capt. Jos. H. Riccards, of the
12th Missouri Cavalry, to Eliza J. Graham, of this city.
Again we have been gladdened by the arrival of one of those little angels - whose visits are now, indeed, so few and far between-a bright, glistening silver dollar. Thanks - all thanks - to the happy, rosy pair who have just plighted to each other their mutual love. Beauty and chivalry do well agree - the warrior's manly form and the lady's graceful figure are fitly mated; and if we were a poet, we would sing as 'twas sung at Alexander's feast - "None but the brave deserve the fair."
"And what unto them is the world beside,
With all its change of time and tide?
Its living things - its earth and sky.
Are nothing to their mind and eye.
And heedless as the dead are they
Of aught around, above, beneath;
AS if all else had pass'd away,
They only for each other breathe;
Their very sighs are full of joy
So deep, that did it not decay.
That happy madness would destroy
The hearts which feel its fiery sway."
At the residence of the bride's father, in this city, on Thursday morning, November 19th by President Thompson, Mr. Ambrose M. Griffith, to Miss Maggie E.
Smithey, daughter of James Smithey, Esq., all of this city.
Nov 27, 1863:
On Wednesday, 12th Nov., by Eld. J.W. Luke, at the residence of Mrs. Rives, near Elk Horn, Ray county, Mo., Mr. Robert Offutt, lately of Platte county, to Miss Nannie Allen, of Ray county, Mo.
Dec 18, 1863:
In this city, on the 15th inst., at the residence of Mrs. Hunt, by Prest.
Thompson, Mr. Richardson Terrill to Miss Henrietta Jacobs of Clay county.
In this county, on the 17th inst., by President Thompson, Mr. Samuel White, of Platte co., to Miss Mary M. Cathcart, of Clay county.
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