Marriage License & Application of Oscar Strother & Ellie Mae Johnson, Rapides Parish, LA 
Submitter: Lisa Franklin 
Date: 25 April 2006 



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Marriage License & Application of 
Oscar Strother (4 Nov 1891 - 10 Aug 1965)& Ellie Mae Johnson (30 Mar 1895 - 3 Nov 1983), 
Rapides Parish, Louisiana 
Source: Rapides Parish Clerk of Court;, #1983, 3 Jul 1916 

No. 1983 69
State of Louisiana, }
Parish of Rapides }
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ,
CLERK’S OFFICE
Be it Known, That in order to obtain and put of record the data as required by 
Act No. 104, of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, July 8th, 1912, 
the following questions must be answered by the party making application for a 
Marriage License:
Name of Man? Oscar Strother
Age? 24 Residence? Glenmora
Name of Father: Alexander Strother Living? Yes
Residence? Tillman
Name of Mother? Mary Ann Strother Living? No
Residence? (blank)
Previously Married: No Name of former wife, if any? (blank)
Former Wife, dead or alive? (blank)
Race? W

Name of Woman? Mrs. Ellie Cloud
Age? 21 Residence? Glenmora
Name of Father: D C Johnson Living? Yes
Residence? (blank)
Name of Mother? Elizabeth Johnson Living? Yes
Residence? (blank)
Previously Married: Yes Name of former husband, if any? Marion C Cloud
Former Husband, dead or alive? Dead
Race? White

(Sign Here) Oscar Strother


No. 1983
Marriage License

State of Louisiana, Parish of Rapides,
Clerk’s Office, Thirteenth District Court,

To Any Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Judge or to any Justice of the Peace, 
Greeting:
You are hereby authorized and empowered to unite in the bond of

Matrimony and Holy Wedlock,
Mr. Oscar Strother (white)
Mrs. Ellie Cloud (white)
Both residents of the State aforesaid, and to solemnize and to celebrate
said Marriage between said parties according to the laws and customs of
this State, and to make your return hereof as the law directs and this you
authority for so doing.

Given under my hand and seal of office, this 3
day of July, 1916.
R. M. Hetherwick
Clerk of District Court

State of Louisiana, Parish of Rapides

I Hereby Certify That I have on this day, in pursuance of the foregoing license, 
celebrated and solemnized a marriage between:
Mr. Oscar Strother 
and Miss Ellie Cloud
agreeable to the laws and customs of the State of Louisiana.
In faith whereof I have, together with the parties and undersigned witnesses, 
signed this present on this 3rd, day of July, 1916.
Three Witnesses:
H. D. Johnson
M F. Holloway Jr.
J. M Blalock

(signed)
Oscar Strother
Ellie Cloud
L?----- L. ? ----
City Judge

Note: R M Hetherwick is Robert Hetherwick b 1887 in household 397/446 of 
the 1920 Rapides Parish Census. Occupation listed as Rapides Parish Clerk 
of Court. Was unable to determine the name of the City Judge who married them. 
First name appeared to start with an "L", middle initial was an "L" and then 
last name.