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The Liberty Tribune 1869
MARRIAGES IN CLAY COUNTY MISSOURI

The following marriages appeared in The Liberty Tribune, Liberty, Clay County, 
Missouri during the year of 1869.  Some the marriages did not occur in Clay 
County.  The date of publication is shown prior to the item(s).

Jan 8, 1869:
On the 24th Dec., by Judge Franklin Graves, James M. Gow, of Kearney, to Miss 
Maggie Arnold, all of Clay county.

On the 24th ult., at the residence of the bride’s father, by Elder Thomas L. 
Lewis, Mr. Wm. Hafferty, of Olathe, Kansas, to Miss Dicy Munson, of Clay county 
Mo.

Mr. Harlow Johnson and Miss Kate Doniphan were married in Clinton county on the 
24th ult.

Capt. H.B. Johnson, the recently elected Attorney General of this State was 
married on the 24th inst., to Miss M.B. Marriner, of Independence, Jackson 
county.

Jan 15, 1869:
At the residence of Mr. Ellis near Liberty, Mo., on the 13th inst., by Justice 
Henry Smith, Mr. David Michel and Miss Alice J. Warren, both of Clay county.

Jan 22, 1869:
On the 18th inst., by Esq., Henry Smith, Mr. Francis Burns and Miss Melissa A. 
Bryan, both of Clay county, Mo.

Hymenial. – Dr. E.J. Feehan, of St. Louis brother of Bishop Feehan, of 
Tennessee, was, on the 30th of December last, united in marriage to Miss Annie 
E. Hughes, of New York city.  The ceremony was performed at St. Paul’s church 
(the Rev. Father Hecker’s), New York.

Feb 5, 1869:
Married, Jan. 30th, 1869, at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. D. 
Coulter, Mr. John Fredericks and Miss Lizzie Faller, all of Liberty, Mo.

On the 28th ult., at the residence of the bride’s father, by Elder Richard C. 
Morton, Mr. Joseph S. Everman, to Miss Lizzie Butchart, all of Clay county, Mo.

On Thursday evening, Jan. 28th, by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. Owen Boggess and Miss 
Maggie Creek, both of Clay county.

Feb 12, 1869:
In Kearney, on the 4th inst., by Elder F. Graves, Mr. Thos. Dyke, to Miss Emma 
Green, all of Clay county.

Mar 19, 1869:
At the residence of the bride’s father, on the 3d inst., by Rev. D. Coulter, 
Mr. Wm. Linn, to Miss Maggie Denny, only daughter of Mr. Levi Denny, all of 
Clay co.

On the 11th of March, 1869, by Rev. D. Coulter, at the residence of the bride’s 
mother, Mr. William Roberts and Miss Mary M., daughter of the late Josiah 
Crossett, all of Clay county.

On the 11th inst., by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. H.M. Scruggs, to Miss Lucy J. 
Barrett, all of Clay.

In this county, on the 11th March, by Elder A.B. Jones, Mr. Lewis C. Atchison, 
to Miss Alice Bivens, all of Clay.

On the 11th inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, in Liberty , by 
Elder T. Montgomery, Mr. Johnson D. Hildebrand,to Miss Nellie C. Allison, all 
of Clay county.

In Plattsburg, on the 16th inst., by Elder A.B. Jones, Dr. I.N. Green and Miss 
Sallie F. Gordon.

Mar 26, 1869:
In this county, on the 11th inst., by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. H.M. Scruggs, and 
Miss Lucy E. Maret, all of Clay.

In this county on the 9th inst., by Rev. Wiley C. Clark, Mr. Lewis Brock and 
Miss Mary Hardwick, all of Clay county.
“She is mine own;
And I as rich in having such a jewel,
AS twenty seas, if all their sands were pearl,
The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.”
“Postage stamps received.”

Apr 2, 1869:
Married, by Rev. D. Coulter, on the 25th ult., 1869, at the residence of the 
bride’s father, in Clay county, Mo., Mr. James M. Cook, and Miss Martha F. 
Frick.

Apr 16, 1869:
Married on Thursday evening 8th inst., by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. Samuel H. 
Lewis of Clinton Co., and Miss Sallie E. Taul, of Clay county.

In this county on the 8th April, 1869, by Elder Henry Hill, Mr. W.L. Luck, to 
Miss Mettie Wilson, daughter of Judge Thomas M. Wilson, all of Clay county.
Cake received.
“As two soft rays of morning light,
As two soft sighs bent close together,
So their two souls in love unite,
And from this hour are one forever.”

Apr 23, 1869:
In this county on the 15th inst., by B.B. Corbin, Esq., Mr. Wm. H. Perego, to 
Miss Sarah J. Neal, all of Clay county.

In this county, on the 14th inst., by Elder R.C. Morton, Mr. J.E. Mailes, to 
Miss Agnes Meek, all of Clay.

Apr 30, 1869:
In Missouri City on the 25th inst., by Rev. J. Prather, Mr. Thos J. Mitchell, 
to Miss Amelia Allcorn, all of Clay county.
Greenback received!
“JOY to the happy married pair,
In holy wedlock joined;
Bright be their skies – their garlands fair,
With many a rose entwined!

May 7, 1869:
Married, on the 4th inst., at the residence of W.S. Embree, by Elder Henry 
Hill, Mr. Wm. W. Tillery, to Mrs. Maria C. Vermillion, of Clay county.
Gold dollar received!
“May love’s true link that now unites
Two happy souls in Hymen’s chain,
Be strengthened by renewed delights,
And ever bright and pure remain.
May earth to them an Eden prove,
Where all the joys of Heaven abound;
With not a care to mar their love,
And not a foe their faith to wound.”

Married in Chillicothe on the 14th of April, Dr. A.M. Dockery, t Miss Mollie E. 
Bird, daughter of Greenup Bird – all of Chillicothe.

May 14, 1869:
On Tuesday, May 4th, 1869, at the Central Presbyterian Church, by Rev. S.J.P. 
Anderson, Mr. P.H. Rea, of Helena, Montana Ter., to Miss Mattie E., daughter of 
E.M. Samuel, Esq., of St. Louis.

In Lee’s Summitt, Jackson county, May 11th Mr. J.N. Thompson, to Miss Mollie 
Wilson, formerly of Liberty.

Mrs. Mary Stover, widow of the late Col Stover, and daughter of ex-President 
Johnson, was married in Greenville, on the 20th ultimo, to Mr. Wm. Brown, a 
merchant of Greenville.

May 21, 1869:
Married, on the 18th inst., by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. Thos. R. Peters, and Miss 
Mollie N. Best.

May 28, 1869:
Holmes and Ecton. – Married on the evening of 24th of May, at the residence of 
the bride’s father, by Elder F.R. Palmer, Mr. L.C. Holmes, of Chicago, to Miss 
Bettie Ecton, of Clay county, Mo.
Wine, cake and green back received!
They have started right.  May their days be tranquil, and their bark glide down 
an easy current without a ripple, save the wave of gladness, and no murmur 
except the sweet whisper of love.  May adverse winds never find an entrance 
into their domestic bower, no cloud ever o’ershadow their sky of felicity and 
their future eternal happiness.
“Without the smile from radiant beauty won,
Oh! what were man? a world without a sun.”

In Ray county on the 19th inst., Mr. Wm. Ewing, of Chariton county, and Miss 
Mollie Duval, daughter of Elder James Duval.  

Jun 11, 1869:
Married on Sabbaath morning, June 6th, 1869, by Eld. Asa N. Bird, Mr. Taylor 
Bush and Miss Sallie A. Soddith, both of clay co.

Married, on the 16th inst., at Liberty Female College, by Rev. X.X. Buckner, 
Mr. J.B.T. Cates, of Humboldt, Kansas, and Miss Nellie Wilhoite, of Platte 
City, Mo.
The fair bride had graduated with distinguished honors, amid the plaudits of a 
brilliant audience, but one brief hour before.
“O saw ye not fair Nellie?
She’s gone into the west,
To dazzle when the sun is down,
And rob the world of rest;
She took our daylight with her,
The smiles that we love best,
With morning blushes on her cheek,
And pearls upon her breast.”

Jun 25, 1869:
In this city on the 7th inst., by Rev. T. Ledwith, Mr. Timothy Hallissy, to 
Miss Mary Ledwith.

Married, on Tuesday Morning, June 22d, 1869, by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. James 
Eads, and Miss C.J. Jones, both of Clay county.

Jul 20, 1869:
In Greenville, South Carolina, on Thursday evening, June 24, 1869, Prof. John 
F. Lanneau, of Wm. Jewell College, to Miss Louise S. Cox.

Married, June 27th, at the residence of J. Bernard, Esq., by Elder Asa N. Bird, 
Mr. Robert J. Adkins, to Miss Alice J. Wright, all of Clay county.  Cake 
received!
“Joy to the happy married pair,
In holy wedlock joined;
Bright be their skies – their garlands fair,
With many a rose entwined!
God crown their lives with peace and love!
May many years be given
Of bliss on earth – and then above
Bright be their home in heaven!

Jul 9, 1869:
On 9th ult., by Elder J.W. Luke, Mr. Albert Towler, to Miss Henrietta Blakey, 
all of Clay county.

By Elder J.W. Luke, on 1st inst., Mr. Simeon T. Robinett, to Miss Virginia J. 
Hatfield, late of McCoupin co., Ill.

Jul 30, 1869:
In this county, on 22d inst., by Elder A.B. Jones, Mr. J.C. Bunds, of 
California, to Miss M.E. Woods, of Clay county, Mo.

Aug 13, 1869:
Married, on Thursday morning, August 5th, by Elder A.N. Bird, Mr. James Leitch, 
to Miss America Baker, all of Clay county.

Aug 27, 1869:
On the 29th inst., 1869, by Elder Franklin Graves, in Liberty, Mr. Jackson 
Pence, and Mrs. Fannie Varble, all of Clay county.
“May life for them have every joy,
For which their soul may sigh
May worldly troubles ne’er annoy,
Nor sorrow dim their eyes.”

Sep 3, 1869:
Married on Wednesday evening, August 25th, by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. Wm. D. 
Holman, and Miss Cora J. Wilds.

Sep 17, 1869:
Married, at the Baptist Church, in Columbia, Mo., by Rev. X.X. Buckner, of 
Liberty, Mr. R.T. Prewitt, Esq., to Miss Sallie Ruby.

At the residence of Mr. Horace P. Anderson, in Fremont county, Iowa, Sept. 7th, 
1869, Mr. Handel Vance, to Miss Lizzie J. Anderson.  

Joined to his Idol. – Mr. James G. Magaun, late editor and proprietor of the 
Sedalia Times, was married at Newport, Ky., on the 9th inst., to Miss Carrie 
Thornton, of that place.

Oct 1, 1869:
By Rev. D. Coulter, at the Parsonage, in Liberty, Mo., on the 26th of August, 
1869, Mr. R.T. Ferguson and Miss Ninnie E. Luttrell, all of Kansas City, Mo.

By Rev. D. Coulter, in Ray Co., Mo., on the 23d of September, 1869, Mr. T.J. 
Elston, and Miss Mary E. Cummins.

On the 28th of September, 1869, by B.B. Corbin, Esq., George W. Harvey to Miss 
Martha A. Short.

Oct 8, 1869:
Married, by Rev. D.Coulter, at the residence of the bride’s father, on the 3d 
of October, 1869, Mr. Charles DeEnde, of Burlington, Iowa, and Miss Louisa 
Thusnelda Theodora Leopold, of Liberty, Mo.
“May love’s true link that now unites
Two happy souls in Hymen’s chain,
Be strengthened by renewed delights,
And ever bright and pure remain.

May earth to them an Eden prove,
Where all the joys of Heaven abound;
with not a care to mar their love,
And not a foe their faith to move.”

Oct 29, 1869:
In clay county., Mo., Oct., 20th, 1869, by the Rev. Geo. W. Smith, Mr. Willard 
H. bohart, to Miss Lizzie N. Pixlee, daughter of Maj. P.C. Pixlee.
Thanks for a basket of as nice cake as ever greeted a bride or an editor.
“What is life,
Without a wife?  A bubble vain
An interval of toil and pain,
A period passed in sullen gloom
Betwixt the cradle and the tomb.

Then why will men cling
With so much fondness to a thing
That brings not happiness.”

“Go, loving pair, and gently glide,
Adown life’s troubled river;
May joy and peace with you abide,
And love live on forever.”

Nov 12, 1869:
Married, by the Rev. D. Coulter, on the 4th inst., at the residence of Samuel 
Holmes, Esq., in Liberty, Mo., Mr. Alfred Fuller and Miss Harriet Wilson.

Nov 26, 1869:
At the residence of Mr. Powell, near Liberty, on Tuesday evening, the 23d 
inst., by Rev. Jesse Bird, Mr. Joseph Y. Clark, to Mrs. Lou W. Price, all of 
Clay county.
Dollar received!  We have been looking for it for many years.  Captured at 
last, Jo! Better late than never.  We wish you and your fair bride joy and 
happiness:
“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.”

On the 11th inst., by Justice Henry Smith, Mr. George W. Fightmaster, to Miss 
Paulina Francis, both of Clay county, Mo.

On the 9th inst., by Rev. J.P. Keen, Mr. John Flemming, to Miss Mary J., 
daughter of Capt. McMillan, all of Clay.

Dec 3, 1869:
At the residence of the bride’s father, by Elder Geo. W. Stout, Mr. Oliver P. 
Waddle, of Carroll county, Mo., to Miss Sallie A. Moor, of this county.
May happiness and peace attend
Their way on earth below
So God’s Salvation kindly tend
The ways to heaven, Christ to know.    S.

Dec 24, 1869:
Mr. William Gilmer, of Missouri City, was married on the 12th inst., to Miss 
Gertrude Bell.

Hymeneal. – A wedding came off in this city last Wednesday, at the residence of 
E.B. McDill, Esq., Rev. Wm. Holmes performed the ceremony, and united in 
marriage Capt. J.H. Rickards of Liberty, and Miss Sallie E. Miller, of St. 
Louis.  We wish the gallant Captain and his fair bride the fullness of domestic 
happiness.  May their honey moon last through a long and prosperous lifetime.  
Kansas City Journal.  







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