Marriage Brown and Bass, Catahoula Parish, LA
Submitted by Betty Jean Weems Neathery
Date: 26 Aug 2005
Source: Catahoula Marriage Book B:20 



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STATE OF LOUISIANA      }
                        }    12th District Court
Parish of Catahoula     }

KNOW ALL MEN by these Presents, that I Manson Brown as principal, and
Sheppard Brown as his Security, are held and firmly bound unto J.
Madison Wells, Governor of the State of Louisiana, or his successors
in office in the just and full sum of Three Hundred Dollars for the 
full and final payment of which sum we hereby bind ourselves, our 
heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents.  This
the 16th day of April, A.D. 1886.
    The condition of the above obligation is such that if there
exists no legal impediment to the Celebration of a Marriage between
the above bounden Manson Brown as aforesaid, and Mrs. Amanda Bass, 
then the above obligation to be null and void, otherwise to remain in
full force and effect.
    In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names the day
and date above written.

                                 /s/ Manson Brown
                                 /s/ Shepherd Brown



      STATE OF LOUISIANA - - PARISH OF CATAHOULA
        Twelfth District Court, Clerk's Office

    To, Revd John P. Blake or any Justice of the Peace for the Parish
of Catahoula, or any legally authorized Minister of the Gospel, for
said Parish and State - GREETING:  You are hereby authorized and
empowered to celebrate a MARRIAGE between Mr. Manson Brown and Mrs.
Amanda Bass of this Parish, and of your doings in the premises you
will make return to this office, according to law.

         Witness my Signature and the Seal of said Court, this
         16th day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and Sixty-six.
                     
                       /s/ R. G. Wootan, Clerk

     STATE OF LOUISIANA - - PARISH OF CATAHOULA
                        ***
    Be it Remembered, That in pursuance and by authority of a License
that issued from the office of the Clerk of the Twelfth District
Court for said Parish and State, I, John P. Blake in and for said 
Parish, proceeded, at the residence of the above in said Parish, to
celebrate a Marriage between Manson Brown and Amanda Bass of said
Parish, present and consenting to said Marriage.
    In Witness Whereof, I have caused the said parties to sign this
act in presence of Shepeard Brown John J. Wilks David Adams witnesses
above the age of twenty-one years, and residing in said Parish, who
were present at said Marriage, and who sign this act with the parties
and me
          on this 18th day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred Sixty-six

WITNESSES:
/s/ David Adams                /s/ Manson Brown
/s/ Shepherd Brown             /s/ Amanda Bass
/s/ John J. Wilks              /s/ John P. Blake


**Submitter's notes: This was Ellen Amanda Thacker Bass' second 
marriage.  She was the daughter of William Davis Thacker and MaLinda
Jones Thacker and was born circa 1842, died 10 August 1893.  Manson 
Brown was the son of James Brown and Elizabeth Simmons Brown and this
was his second marriage.  He was born circa 1816 and died circa 1879.
Yes, there was a 26-year gap between their ages.