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The Liberty Tribune 1868
MARRIAGES IN CLAY COUNTY MISSOURI

The following marriages appeared in The Liberty Tribune, Liberty, Clay County, 
Missouri during the year of 1868.  Some the marriages did not occur in Clay 
County.  The date of publication is shown prior to the item(s).

Jan 10, 1868:
On New Year’s day, by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. J.P. Holland, and Miss Sallie M. 
Dale.

By Elder Asa N. Bird, on the morning of the 19th Dec., Mr. David Thorp, and 
miss Lydia A. alder, both of Clay co.

By same, on the 19th of Dec., Mr. W.H. Sanders, and Miss Mary F. Onan.

By the same, and under the same ceremony, Mr. D.E. Saighman, and Miss Laura A. 
Onan.

By same, on morning of December 24th, R.J. Stepp, Esq., of North Carolina, and 
Miss Nannie A. wills, of Clay co.

By the same, on the 24th Dec., Mr. James W. Reynolds, and Miss Mary A. Peters.

On the 29th ult., by Elder Franklin Graves, Mr. Martin McDowell, and Miss Kitty 
A. Guess, all of Clay co.

Jan 17, 1868:
In this city on the evening of the 9th inst., by Rev. D. Coulter, Mr. Wm. H. 
Anderson, to Miss Mollie Miller, daughter of Madison Miller, Esq., all of this 
city,
We tender our thanks for a basket of very delicious cake, and a bottle of 
wine.  We wish the young couple a long life of happiness.
“Thus may their lives glide gently by,
No buried hopes regretting
And, like the sun of summer’s sky,
Shine brightest at their setting.”

Jan 24, 1868:
On the 15th of Jan., Mr. Geo. W. Best, of Clay county, and Miss Amanda F. 
Holman, of Clinton county.

At the residence of the brides’ mother, on the evening of the 21st inst., by 
Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. A.P. Hieronymus, to Miss Laura F. Wills, both of Clay co.

By the same, on the same evening, Jno. N. Collier, Esq., and Miss Lizzie 
Adkins, both of Platte co. 

Jan 31, 1868:
At the residence of the bride’s mother, Jan, 23d, 1868, by Rev. D.M. Proctor, 
Mr. Henry Haynes, and Miss Mary A. Davidson, all of Clay co.
Greenback received.  Many thanks.
“Two hearts confiding, spread their sail
To voyage down life’s ebbing tide
May souls thus mingling, never fail
To reach the port where joys abide.”

Feb 7, 1868:
Married, Feb. 2, 1868, by Elder Wm. Warren, Mr. Dudley Bullock, t Miss Virginia 
H. Maddox, all of Platte.

On the evening of the 23d ult., by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. Jas. Y. Wilhoit, and 
Miss Lettie Kelly, both of Clinton.

Feb 14, 1868:
In this county, on the 6th inst., by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. R.S. Barnes, to 
Miss Fanny Nall, daughter of Henry L. Nall, Esq., all of Clay county.
Gold dollar (real genuine Benton mint drop) received.  It useless t wish the 
above couple happiness and prosperity.  There is no account given of a couple 
commencing life by remembering the printer as above, that has failed to be 
happy and prosperous.
“May life forever blissful prove
The type of pure and changeless love,
And fortune, favoring and fair,
Attend and crown the worthy pair.”

On the 12th inst., by Rev. X.X. Buckner, Mr. D. Morris James, of Charleston, 
Ind., and Miss Mariah J. Morris, of Clay county.  

Feb 21, 1868:
Feb. 13th, 1868, by Elder Wm. Warren, Mr. Chas. m. Norton, to Miss Eliza J. 
Munson, all of Clay county.

Married, by Elder J.W. Luke, on the 6th inst., at the residence of the bride’s 
mother in Clay co., Mr. Benj. Fay, to Miss Lizzie Bigelow.

In this city on Monday the 17th inst., by Elder A.B. Jones, Mr. Wm. L. Ecton, 
to Miss Fannie Ford, daughter of Col. James H. Ford, all of Clay county.
We acknowledge the receipt of another genuine gold dollar, which reminds us of 
the good old Whig and Democratic days before Radicalism and obtained a foothold 
with its blighting breath.  Also a basket of cake, raisins, &c. The cake was 
very fine indeed – and the lady that can make such will make a good wife, and 
no mistake.  Many thanks.
“May life with them flow smoothly on,
With naught to dim the flame of love;
And when their earthly joys are gone,
Sublimer find in realms above.”

Feb 28, 1867:
At the residence of the bride’s father, on the 20th inst., by Elder Josiah 
Waller, Mr. Isaac McCarty, of Kansas City, to Miss Kate Price, daughter of John 
Price, Esq., of Clay county.
Cake received.
“May roses strew their future path.”

Mar 6, 1868:
In this city on the evening of the 27th ult., by Rev. D. Coalter, Mr. S.F. 
Conley, of Columbia, to Miss Kate Singleton, daughter of Col. M.R. Singleton, 
of this city.

Mar 13, 1868:
On the 5th inst., by Elder Wm. Warren, Mr. Benj. Clarke to Miss Mary E. Arnold 
daughter of Wm. H. Arnold, all of Clay county.

Mar 20, 1868:
In this county, on the 12th inst., by Rev. David Coulter, Col. Dudley M. Steel, 
of St. Joseph, to Miss Minnie Withers, daughter of Abijah Withers, Esq., of 
this county.

On the 17th inst., by Rev. X.X. Buckner, Mr. Valentine Kile, of Kansas City, to 
Miss Sarah Bugle, of this city.

In this city, on Thursday morning, March 19th, 1868, by Rev. D. Coulter, Mr. 
G.R. Beauchamp to Miss Maggie Shrader, daughter of Col. Stephen R. Shrader.
Gold Dollar received.
“Round your paths may fairest flowers,
As in amaranthine bowers,
Bloom and bossom bright and fair,
Load with sweets the ambient air;
Be your paths with roses stewn,
And your hours to care unknown;
Sorrow cloud you pathway never,
And happiness be yours forever.”

Mar 27, 1868:
On the 24th inst., by Rev. D. Coulter, at the residence of the bride’s father, 
Mr. Wm. Hawkins, of Centreville, to Miss Jane, daughter of Mr. Amos Grooms, all 
of this county.

Apr 3, 1868:
At the residence of the bride’s father, in this county, on the –th ult., by 
Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. W.D. Wright, of Fort Worth, Texas, to Miss Rachel a. 
Anderson, daughter of Capt. Spencer Anderson, of Clay county, Mo.
Gold dollar received, for which we return the happy couple our thanks and wish 
them happiness in this and the life to come.  It is useless to say that the 
fair bride is a treasure – the accompany gold dollar is evidence conclusive on 
that point.
“May life forever blissful prove
The type of pure and changeless love,
And fortune favoring and fair,
Attend and crown the happy pair.”

Apr 10, 1868:
Married in Clay county, on the 5th isn’t., by Squire Arthur T. Taul, Mr. Geo. 
Huff, to Miss Louisa M. Carrel.  May they live and die happy, and rest in 
paradise.

Apr 17, 1868:
At the Christian Church, in this city, on Sunday morning 12th inst., by Elder 
A.B. Jones, C. M. Ewing, Esq., of Missouri City, to Miss Anna L. Ford, daughter 
of Col. James H. Ford, of this city.
With the above notice we received a bright little gold dollar and a basket of 
excellent cake, over which our devil is yet smacking his mouth, and for which 
we return our thanks.
“As down the stream of life they float;
May skies be blue above them,
No storm to darken o’er their way,
But softest breeze to move them,
And flowers to fill the enchanted air
With sweetest perfumes ever;
No tears but such as come from joy
And love and hoe forever.”

On the 9th inst., by Elder Haley, Mr. Thos. S. Jesse, and Miss Margaret F. 
Hardwick, daughter of Capt. John M. Hardwick, all of Kansas City. 

May 15, 1868:
Married in this city, at the residence of Maj. A. Lightburne, Miss Juliet M. 
Ready, to Maj. John T. McWhirt, of Leavenworth, Kansas.
May they long live in the enjoyment of that happiness to which their merit and 
circumstances of justly entitle them.
Change and cake sent which is cordially received and appreciated.
“May their summer be gay as the roses,
That hang on the bushes in June;
Their autumn made up of reposes,
And calm as the sleeping lagoon.
And when the cold blasts of December
Assail them in later years
May this be their fate – to remember
No hour that was shadowed by tears.”

May 29, 1868:
In this county on the –th inst., by Rev. Mr. Reed, Mr. W.H.C. Dryden, of 
Jackson co., to Miss Emma Harsel, daughter of Capt. A. Harsel, of Clay county.

Gen. John B. Hood was married at New Orleans, last week, to Miss Anna Kennon.  
Generals Buckner, Bragg, Hays, Wheeler, Maury and Scott were present at the 
ceremony.

Jun 5, 1868:
On the 3d inst., by Elder J.W. Luke, at the residence of the bride’s father, 
near Haynesville, Mr. Thos. b. Sellers, to Miss Mattie C. Dagley.

On the 17th ult., by Elder J.W. Luke, Mr. John Nokes, to Miss Hattie P. Fore.

Jun 19, 1868:
On the 16th inst., by Rev. X.X. Buckner, at the residence of the bride’s 
father, Mr. E.C. Balch, of Clinton county, and Miss Jennie Watkins, daughter of 
Jas. M. Watkins, Esq., of Clay county.
Gold dollar received – an indication of a return to the good old democratic 
days when gold was our currency, and peace and good will prevailed from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific.
“Now, before all they stand; the holy vow
And ring of gold – no fond illusions now
Bind her as his.  Across the threshold led,
And every tear kissed off as soon as shed,
His house she enters, there to be a light.
Shining within when all without is night;
A guardian angel o’er his life presiding,
Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing.”

By Rev. D. Coulter, on the 17th inst., at the residence of Mr. Levi Denny, near 
Greenville, Mr. Thomas Hamilton, of Elkhorn, Ray co., and Miss Maggie Clark, of 
Clay co., Mo. 

Jun 26, 1868:
By Rev. D. Coulter, on the 21st inst., Mr. Jas. Donaldson, late of Kentucky, to 
Mrs. Myra Rice, of Clay county.

Jul 10, 1868:
In this county on the 2d inst., by Elder F.R. Palmer, Mr. Harry H. Donaldson, 
to Miss Mary E. Stackhouse, all of Clay.
No gold dollar, but a well painted pair blinds, which is better.
“O! if there’s a scene in human life
That angels bless above,
‘Tis when man clasps his faithful wife
In pure and holy love
When on her breast
He sinks to rest,
(the couch of wedded joy,)
And beneath her gaze,
In frolic plays,
The pledge of love – her BOY!”

Jul 17, 1868:
On the 18th ult., MR. Thos. Cavender, to Miss Sarah Hiple.

On the 24th ult., Mr. Elijah Stout, formerly of Clay county, to Miss Lizzie 
Priest.

Jul 31, 1868:
On the 29th July, 1868, by Justice Joh Chrisman, Mr. Roman Beitter, to Miss 
Laura Pary, all of Clay county, Mo.
Bottle of wine received.
“May love and peace in all your ways,
Follow you throughout your days;
May darkness, gloom, nor sad despair,
Never fall in your path to snare,
But truth and virtue all be thine,
And happiness around you shine.”

Married at the Parsonage in this City by Rev. D. Coulter, on Wednesday, July 
29th, Mr. Caleb Wilson and Miss Margaret Crossett, all of Clay county.

Aug 7, 1868:
Married, July 16th by Elder J.W. Luke, Mr. Wm. McIntire, to Miss Rebecca J. 
Hiple, all of Clay county.

Sep 11, 1868:
On the 3rd inst., by Rev. G.W. Rodgers, at the residence of the brides father, 
Dr. S.N. Denham, of Kearney, Clay county, and Miss Georgia A. Leavell, daughter 
of Judge L.W. Leavell, of Clay county.
Dollar received.
May life with them flow smoothly on,
With naught to dim the flame of love;
And when their earthly joys are gone,
Sublimer find in realms above.

On the 3d inst., by Elder James Duval, Mr. Wm. Letcher, (a hard old bachelor,) 
to Miss Lucretia Bush, all of Clay.  Poor old fellow!

Sep 25, 1868:
Married on Thursday evening, Sept. 17th, by Rev. Asa N. Bird, Mr. G.W. 
Crabtree, and Miss Virginia A. Brassfield, both of Clay co.

On the 12th inst., by Rev. Mr. Rice, Mr. John Sydner, Jr., of Platte county, to 
Miss Sallie White, daughter of Col. C.J. white, of Kansas City, Mo.

Oct 2, 1868:
Married, on the evening of September 14th, by Eld. J.W. Luke, at the residence 
of Mr. Robinett, (“Arthur’s farm,”) Mr. Wm. H. Moody to Miss Sophia V. Lloyd.  

Oct 9, 1868:
In this city, on Thursday Oct. 1st, by Ev. D. Coulter, Mr. R.G. Sallyards, one 
of the Editors of the “Liberty Union,” to Miss Helena Baker, of this city.
Accompanying the above notice was a large cake gotten up with that taste and 
elegance for which ladies are so proverbial on wedding occasions.  The cake was 
as good as it looked.  We congratulate the young couple on their good fortune 
and happiness, and trust their lives may be prosperous and joyous.
“And as time flies from year to year,
May all their days in pleasure glide;
Still may He learn how far more dear
The loving wife is than the bride.
And may this world for each young heart,
So lately joined in wedlock’s tie,
Prove but the worst and shortest part
Of that grand life beyond the sky.”

In Virginia, on the 10th of September, 1868, by a Presbyterian Minister, Mr. 
Llewellyn Tillery, of Clay co., Mo., to Miss Loulie A. Couger, of Augusta co., 
Va.

On Sabbath morning , Sept 27th, by Elder J. W. Luke, Mr. Wm. Rhodus, to Miss 
Henrietta Heiple, all of Clay co.

Also, at Greenville, Clay co., Mo., on the evening of Oct. 1st, by Elder J.W. 
Luke, Mr. John H. Ketron, to Miss Elizabeth Wilson.

On the 6th, by the same, at the residence of bride’s father, Mr. Richard 
Laffoon, and Miss Lucie, youngest daughter of Mr. Samuel Woods, all of Clay 
co., Mo.

By the same, on the 7th inst., at the residence of Mrs. M.J. Crossett, aunt of 
the Bride, Mr. Thomas Schoolfield and Miss Mollie Crossett, all of Clay co.

Oct 16, 1868:
On the 12th inst., by Elder J.D. Wilmot, at the residence of J.J. Davis, Mr. 
Robt. Allen, to Miss Lucy J. Davis, all of Clay co., Mo.
Dollar received!
“May their summer be gay as the roses, that bang on the bushes in June;
Their autumn made up of reposes,
And calm as the sleeping lagoon.
And when the cold blasts of December
Assail them in life’s later years
May this be their fate – to remember
No hour that was shadowed by tears.”

On the 6th , by D. Coulter, at the residence of bride’s father, MR. Richard 
Laffoon, and Miss Lucie, youngest daughter of Mr. Samuel Woods, all of Clay 
co., Mo.

By D. Coulter, on the 7th inst., at residence of Mrs. M.J. Crossett, aunt of 
the Bride, Mr. Thomas Schoolfield and Miss Mollie Crossett, all of Clay Co.

Married, October 8th, 1868, by Elder Wm. Warren, Mr. John W. Nickolson, of 
Platte county, to Nancy C. Walker, of Clay co.

At the residence of the bride’s father, Col. F.R. Long, of Kansas City, Oct. 
13th, by Rev. J.W. Warder, Mr. R.S. Quinn, of Kentucky, to Miss Mary H. Long.

On the 14th, by Elder J. Warder, Mr. Robert Trimble, of Jackson co., to Miss 
Eliza Ann Jeffries, of Clay co.

Oct 23, 1868:
In this county, on the 8th inst., by Rev. D. Coultor, Mr. Elihu J. Park, to 
Miss Sallie Trabue.

At the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. J.C. McCoy, two miles south of 
Kansas City, on the evening of October 21st, Mr. Webb. Withers, of Kansas City, 
Mo., to Miss Cara Lee. 

Oct 30, 1868:
On the 14th instant, at the residence of the bride’s father, by Elder James 
Duval, mr. James S. Collier, to Miss Alice A. Collins, all of Clay county.
Dollar received.
“Two hearts confiding, spread their sail
To voyage down life’s ebbing tide
May souls thus mingling, never fail
to reach the port where joys abide.”

On October 21st, by Elder J.W. Luke, of Clay county, at the residence of the 
bride’s father, Mr. R. Thompson Craven to Miss Eliza J. McIvor, both of Ray 
county.

Nov 6, 1868:
On Thursday, Oct. 22d, by Elder F.R. Palmer, Mr. W. Worldly, to Miss mary E. 
Burns, daughter of Col. James Burns, all of this county.

Nov 13, 1868:
Married, on the evening of the 4th inst., by Rev. Asa N., Bird, Mr. J.H. Jacks, 
of Platte co’ty to Miss E. Pence, of Clay county.

On Wednesday, Nov. 4th, Hon. J.W. Wood of Idaho, to Miss Anna Hamilton, of Clay 
county, Mo.

Nov 20, 1868:
Married, Nov. 11th, 1868, at the residence of the bride’s mother, Martha A. 
Withers, by Elder H.H. Haley, of Kansas City, Rev. J.Waller, of Plattsburg, to 
Mrs. Henrietta Moore, of Clay county, Mo.
Cake received!
“May love his golden chain entwine
Forever round these happy hearts;
May life to them be hope divine,
And sweetest faith that God imparts.”

At the residence of the bride, in Kansas City, on the 17th inst., by Elder A. 
Proctor, Maj. Dallas Duvall, to Mrs. Anna Adkins, widow of the late J.C. 
Adkins, and daughter of Meret Fisher, both of Kansas City.

At the same time and place, by same, Mr. Chas. D. Lucas, of Independence, to 
Miss Laura Fisher, daughter of Meret Fisher, of Clay county.  

Nov 27, 1868:
At the residence of the bride’s father, by Elder G.H. Waller, on Thursday 
evening, Nov. 12th, 1868, Mr. George W. Long, of Barry, Mo., to Miss Bettie 
Baker, of Clinton co.
“There’s a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told,
When two that are linked in one heavenly tie,
With brow never changing and heart never cold,
Love on through all ills and love on till they die.”     G.

On the 24th inst., at Kearney, Clay co., by Rev. Franklin Graves, Mr. John T. 
Hall, and Miss Mollie Cravens.  Also, at the same place and time, by the same, 
Mr. John J. Pollock, and Miss Artela Cravens.
Greenback received!
“May all the joys of wedded bliss
Endure till life’s last closing year;
And nectar, sweet as lover’s kiss,
To grace the daily board appear.
For Hymen oft such blessing shows,
And none deserves them more then those.”

Married. – Mr. William Neill to Miss Jane Tier.
A sad event, we rather fear,
She turned to kneel, and dropped a tear.
On Monday, by the Rev. Mr. Seals, H.W. Wright to Miss Orilla Buck.
The parson seals his fate – ‘tis clear
She’s right for once – the buck has got its dear. 

Dec 4, 1868:
At the Christian Church, in this city, on the evening of the 1st inst., by 
Elder A.B. Jones, R.L. Raymond, Esq., to Miss Mattie R. Wilson, all of this 
city.
Benton mint drop received.
“A woman’s deep love in the heart,
Is like the violet flower,
That lifts its modest head apart
In some secluded bower
And blest is he who finds that bloom,
Who sips it gentle sweets,
He heeds not life’s oppressive gloom,
Nor all the care he meets.”

In this city, at the residence of the bride’s father, on the 1st inst., by 
Elder A.B. Jones, Mr. James T. Riley, to Miss Mollie Stone, daughter of George 
Stone, Esq., all of this city.
“For you may life’s calm stream unruffled run,
For you its roses bloom without a thorn,
And bright as morning shine its evening sun.”
“Not for this span of life alone,
Which as a blast doth fly,
And like the transient flower of grass,
Just blossom, droop and die;
But for a being without end,
This vow of love they take.”
The two wedding parties left for St. Louis on a bridal trip the same evening – 
three times as happy as Kings and Queens.  We wish them a pleasant and safe 
trip.  

Dec 25, 1868:
Mr. Henry F. Paine, of Kansas City, was married to Miss Susan Null, of Clay 
county, on the 17th inst.






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