Menard Co. Illinois Marriage selected licenses 
© Submitted by: Matthew Ferricks <Rlferricks2@aol.com>


Marriage records for:
Henry Baum and Miss Alice Workman
Mr. Henry Balster and Miss Sarah F. Luckin
James M. Derry and Martha J. Pollock

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     Marriage License.  The People of the State of Illinois and Menard
     County to any Person Legally Authorized to Solemnize Marriage.
     Greeting.  Marriage may be celebrated between Mr. Henry Baum of Tice,
     in the county of Menard and state of Illinois of the age of thirty nine
     years, and Miss Alice Workman of Tice in the county of Menard and state
     of Illinois of the age of thirty years.

     Witness:  H.M. Levering, County Clerk and the seal of said county at
     his office in Petersburg in said county this 12 th day of April A.D.
     1897.  H.M. Levering, County Clerk

     I, Geo. Koch, a Minister of the Gospel hereby certify that Mr. Henry
     Buam and Miss Alice Workman were united in marriage by me at Petersburg
     in the county of Menard and state of Illinois on the 15th day of April
     A.D. 1897.  Geo. Koch

     (on the back of the license her parents names are given as Joseph
     Workman and Amanda Metcalf)

     
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Mr. Henry Balster and Miss Sarah F. Luckin
     Marriage License.  The People of State of Illinois Menard County 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. Henry Balster and Miss Sarah F. Luckin now both of said
     Menard County according to the customs & laws of the State of Illinois,
     and you are required to return this License to me within thirty days
     from the celebration of such Marriage with a Certificate of some
     assented 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 Twelfth day of March A.D. 1865.  (illegible), County Clerk

     I, Charles G. Schuricht an ev.-luth Minister hereby certify that on the
     thirteenth day of March 1866 I joined in Marriage Mr. John Henry
     Balster with Seede F. Lucken agreeably to the authority given in the
     above License & the custom & laws of this State.  Given under my hand &
     seal this tenth day of March A.D. 1866.  Charles G. Schuricht, ev-luth.
     Minister

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James M. Derry and Martha J. Pollock
     The State of Illinois, Menard County 

     The People of the State of Illinois, To all who shall see these
     Presents, Greetings:  Know Ye, That License and Permission has been
     granted to any Minister of the Gospel, authorized to Marry by the
     Church or Society to which he belongs; any Justice of the Supreme
     Court; Justice of an inferior Court, or any Justice of the Peace, to
     Celebrate and Ratify the Marriage of James M. Derry and Martha J.
     Pollock now both of this County, according to the usual custom and Laws
     of the State of Illinois.

     Witness, Cornelius Rourke Clerk of the County Court in and for the
     County of Menard and the Seal of said Court hereunto affixed at
     Petersburg this 16th day of October A.D. 1861.  Cornelius Rourke Clerk

     I hereby certify, that on the 17 day of October A.D. 1861, I joined in
     the holy state of Matrimony James M. Derry and Martha J. Pollock
     according to the custom and Laws of Illinois.  Given under my Hand and
     Seal this seventeenth day of October A.D. 1861.  AC. McDougall.

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