MARRIAGE LICENSE State of Illinois County of DeWitt The People of the STATE OF ILLINOIS, To any Person Legally Authorized to Solemnize Marriage, GREETING: You are Hereby Authorized to join in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony, and to celebrate within this County the Rites and Ceremonies of Marriage, between Mr. HARRISON EDWARDS and Miss MARTHA E. WHEELER of DeWitt County, and this shall be your good and sufficient warrant; and you are required to return this License to me within thirty days from the celebration of such Marriage, with a Certificate of the same appended thereto and signed by you, under the Penalty of One Hundred Dollars. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County this 2nd day of April AD 1867. JAMES LISENBY, County Clerk DeWitt County, Ill. April the 2nd, 1867 I, SAMUEL E. ARNOLD, Justice of the Peace, hereby certify that on this day I joined in Marriage, Mr. HARRISON EDWARDS with Miss MARTHA E. WHEELER agreeably to the authority given on the above License. SAMUEL E. ARNOLD, JP This is Marriage License No. 559 Issued April 2, 1867 Marriage April 2, 1867 Registered April 13, 1876 Page 19 of Marriage Register (there is a stamp placed on the bottom of this document that appears to have a picture of George Washington on it and the number 5 inside a dark colored circle on each of 4 corners of the stamp) --------------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: