Marriage: James Banister/Mary Wright, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Dorothy Wheat ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** STATE OF LOUISIANA, Parish of Ouachita To an Ordained Minister of the Gospel, domiciliated within the Parish and State Aforesaid, or to any Justice of the Peace legally authorised according to law to Celebrate marriages within the same place, Greeting: You are hereby authorised and empowered to unite in the bonds of matrimony and holy wedlock, Mr. James Banister and Mifs Mary Wright, both residents of said Parish and State; and to solemnize and celebrate the said marriage between the parties as above named, according to the laws and customs of the State of Louisiana, and make your return hereof as the law directs: and this your authority For so doing. Given under my hand, and Seal of Office, on the ? day of March A.D. 1835. Signed: Lewis Lamy, Parish Judge State of Louisiana, Parish of Ouachita. I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That, I have on this day, in pursuance of the foregoing Licence, celebrated and solemnized a marriage between Mr. James Banister and Mifs Mary Wright agreeably to the laws and customs of the State of Louisiana. In Testimony Whereof, I have together with the parties, and in the presence of the Undersigned witnesses signed the present, on this twenty second day of March A.D. 1835. his Signed: James (X) Banister Mark Mary Wright Witnesses: John Huey Junr Absalom Wright Isaac Dickeson