Clay County MO Archives News.....Marriages in Newspaper 1875
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The Liberty Tribune 1875
MARRIAGES IN CLAY COUNTY MISSOURI

The following marriages appeared in The Liberty Tribune, Liberty, Clay County, 
Missouri during the year of 1875.  Some the marriages did not occur in Clay 
County.  The date of publication is shown prior to the listed item(s).

Jan 8, 1875:
Married, in Platte City, on 23d Dec., 1874, by Eld. McClary, of Leavenworth, 
Mr. Allen R. Hall of Clay county, to Miss Dora daughter of Dr. F.M. Johnson, of 
Platte City.
“A tender heart she gives to thee,
And in thy love confiding.
She hopes her happiness will be,
Secure and long abiding.”

Married, on Thursday eve., Dec. 24th, at the house of the officiating 
clergyman, by Rev. H.M. Richardson, Mr. Wm. J. Thompson, and Miss Addie E. 
Spicer, of Lawrence, Kansas.

Married, in Missouri City on the 1st inst., by Elder Preston Aker, Mr. Edwin 
Mitchell of Clay county, to Miss Sallie Orr, of Maysville, DeKalb county, Mo.
“May your joys be many
As the glistening dewdrops fair,
And your days be sunny
And free from blighting care.”

Married Dec. 29th, 1874, at residence of bride’s father Mr. Thos. Liggett, by 
Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. Henry C. Byers, and Miss Sallie J. Liggett, both of Clay 
county.

Jan 22, 1875:
Married on Wednesday evening, Jan. 6th at the residence of Mr. E.E. Lindsey by 
Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. Wm. Pope, and Miss Ninnie Clause.

Married, on Thursday evening, Jan. 14th at Smithville, by Elder Asa N. Bird, 
Mr. Joseph H. Jenkins, and Miss Julia G. Powell.

Jan 29, 1875:
Married in this city on Wednesday, 27th inst., by Elder A.B. Jones, Mr. Wm. F. 
Gordon to Miss Lou Oliver.

Married at the residence of James Benson, in Clay county, Mo., Jan. 21st, 1875, 
by Elder C.M. Brown, Mr. N.J. Powers and Miss Minerva Arbuckle; all of Clay 
county.
May your joys be many
And the glistening dew drops fair,
And your days be sunny 
And free from blighting care.

Feb 12, 1875:
Married on the 27th Dec., 1874, at First Platte Church, by Elder T.W. Todd, Mr. 
J.T. Corum, to Miss Eugenie B. Everett, both of Clay county, Mo.
“May fortune’s smile ne’er be withdrawn,
Nor Hymen’s pleasures cease?
A happy journey through life’s morn,
And in its evening – peace.”

Married near this city on Tuesday eve., Feb. 3, 1875, by Elder Waller, Mr. A.P. 
Hieronymous and Miss Mary Berkley, daughter of the late Edward Berkley.

Married on the 10th inst., by Justice Sam’l H. Holmes, Mr. John Clemmons and 
Miss Malinda C. Icenhower, all of Clay.

Married near Barry on the 28th ult., by Eld. Waller, Mr. D.A. Chance and Miss 
Lizzie, daughter of Col. G.W. Thompson.

Married on the 4th inst., at the residence of W.B. Arnold, near Liberty, by 
Rev. W.R. Rothwell, Mr. A.J. Wilson and Miss Mollie Arnold.

Married, in Kansas City on the 9th of Feb., 1875, by Rev. H.M. Richardson, 
Judge Philander Lucas and Mrs. Virginia Etchison, of Washington, D.C.

Married on Sunday evening, Feb. 7th at the residence of N.B. Bush, by N.B. 
Bush, J.P., Mr. Francis M. Shelton to Miss Malinda M. Groom, all of Clay.

Feb 26, 1875:
Married on Tuesday February 23d, at the residence of Mrs. S.A. Quisenberry of 
Clay co. Mo., by Eld. J.W. Luke, Mr. G.L. Moberly of Clinton co., Mo., to Miss 
S.M. Quisenberry.

Mar 5, 1875:
Married in this city on Tuesday March 2, 1875, by Elder A.B. Jones, Mr. Thomas 
H. Frazier to Miss Mary E. Tillery, both of Clay county. 

Married near Kearney, Feb. 11th by Elder Graves, Mr. Geo. P. Tapp and Miss Mary 
Combs.

Mar 19, 1875:
Married at the residence of Mr. Wm. T. Brassfield by Elder Asa N. Bird, on 
Thursday the 11th inst., Johnson Dale, Esq., and Miss Amanda Brassfield.

Married on Thursday eve., March 11th, at the residence of the bride’s mother, 
Mrs. Fannie Marsh, by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. Lycurges Shipp and Miss Katie 
Marsh, both of Clay county.

Apr 2, 1875:
Married at the residence of the bride’s father (Mr. Arthur Nicholson, three 
miles north of this place) by Rev. Thos. H. Graves, Mr. John Dagley and Miss A. 
Nicholson.

Mr. Geo T. Nelson is happy – gloriously so, and with good cause.  He was 
married on Sunday night last, by Rev. Mr. Devlin, to Miss Terza Dawson, one of 
Liberty’s fairest gems.  May long life and happiness be their portion.

Apr 9, 1875:
Two children were married in Callaway county, a few days ago.  A Mr. A. Allen, 
aged 81, and Margaret Brown aged 73, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony.

Married, in Glasgow last week, Mr. J.H. Wayland, of Kearney, to Miss Jennie 
Iglehart, of Glasgow.

Apr 16, 1875:
Married at the Catholic Church in Easton, Mo., on the 6th inst., by Rev. Father 
Wright, Mr. John Barry, of Buchanan county, (formerly of Clay county) to Miss 
Hattie Allgaier of Clinton county, daughter of Mr. Michael Allgaier.
Many thanks for the $1 greenback.
Around this loving pair may joy serene,
On wings of balm, forever wind and play;
And laughing Health her roses shake between,
Making their life one long, sweet flowery way!

Apr 23, 1875:
Married in this city on the 15th instant, by Rev. H.M. Richardson, Mr. Samuel 
L. Long of ????, Mo., and Miss Annie Allen, daughter of Col. Trigg T. Allen of 
Liberty.

May 7, 1875:
Married at Missouri City, April 27th, 1875, by Rev. S.H. Carter, Mr. Thomas H. 
Ballard and Miss Victoria George.
Dollar received!
“May life forever blissful prove
The type of pure and changeless love,
And fortune, favoring and fair,
Attend and crown this happy pair.”

Mr. Mason S. Peters, formerly of this county, and late Clerk of the Clinton 
County Court, was married in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 22d of April t Miss 
Annie Ingles, daughter of Charles Ingles, of Plattsburg, Mo.

May 21, 1875:
Married, at the residence of the bride’s mother near Mo. City, May 16th, 1875, 
by Rev. S.H. Carter, Mr. George Clemmons to Miss Emmie George.

Jun 4, 1875:
Married, on Sunday evening, May 23d, 1875, at the residence of Samuel Aikens, 
by N.B. Bush, J.P., of Gallatin Township, Mr. John J. Fay to Miss Nancy Ellen 
Groom, daughter of Frank Groom.

Married, on afternoon of May 30th, by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. George Harris and 
Miss Mary Mayhugh both of Clay county.

Jun 11, 1875:
Married, on Wednesday evening, June 9th, 1875, at the residence of Samuel Hunt, 
by N.B. Bush, J.P., Mr. Mariman Shelton to Miss Alice Caroline Hickman, 
daughter of James S. Hickman; all of Clay county.

Jun 18, 1875:
Married at Lathrop, Mo., by Elder J.W. Luke, on the evening of Thursday June 
10, Mr. W.H. dudfield, of Clay co., to Miss Mrs. Mary E. Hayes, of Lathrop.

Aug 6, 1875:
Married, on Sunday evening, August 1st, 1875, by Esquire N.B. Bush, at the 
residence of the same, Mr. William Nelson Ballew to Miss Mary Allen Monson, 
daughter of the late Wm. Monson; all of Clay county.

Aug 20, 1875:
Married at the residence of the bridegroom, near Liberty, Mo., on 17th inst., 
by Rev. Wm. Ferguson, Maj. A.J. Calhoun, clerk of the circuit court, and Miss 
Bessie W. alder, of same county.

Married, August the 12th, 1875, by Elder Wm. Warren, Mr. Silas O. Jesse to Miss 
Nancy C. Wilkerson – all of Clay co., Mo.

Aug 27, 1875:
Married, on the 22d Aug. by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. J.S. Cook, of Illinois, and 
Miss Mary M. Allnutt, of Haynesville, Mo.

Sep 3, 1875:
Married in Fishing River Township on the 12th Aug., by Rev. Mr. Prather, Mr. 
Lewis Vermillion and Miss Octavia Cooley – all of Clay.

Sep 10, 1875:
On Tuesday, 9 o’clock A.M., Aug. 31, 1875, at the residence of the bride’s 
father, Thos. Bledsoe, near Chappell Hill, Lafayette county, Mo., Mr. J.F. 
Justus, a prominent teacher of Platte county, to Miss Mildred Bledsoe. – 
Plattsburg Register.

Sep 24, 1875:
Married, on Thursday eve., Sept. 9th, by Elder Asa N. Bird, Mr. James Cox and 
Miss Ella Cole – both of Clay co.

Mr. Loren M. Tullar and Miss Maggie sparks were married at St. Joseph on the 
20th inst.  The bride is a granddaughter of Mr. A.I. Turpin, of this city.  The 
bridal presents numbered over seventy-five, many of them very valuable, and all 
of them elegant and appropriate, and the donors were the most honored and 
aristocratic citizens of St. Joseph.

Oct 8, 1875:
Married at Plattsburg, Sept 30, ’75, by Rev. T.O. Reilly, Mr. J.M. Sherrin, of 
Kansas City, to Miss Mollie C. Ryan, of Lathrop.  No cards.

Married on Sunday 27th Sept., by Justice M.D. Gow, Mr. Solomon George to Miss 
Nannie T. Spreadling – all of Washington Township, Clay co.

George D. Green, a young attorney of St. Joseph, and Miss Lizzie Belt, were 
married on the 29th ult.

Nov 5, 1875:
Married on the 28th inst., at the residence of the bride, by Elder P. Aker, Mr. 
J.B. Holton, of Clay county, to Mrs. Kate Osborn, of Ray county.  The Tribune 
wishes the newly-married couple a long and joyous life, and at last an entrance 
into that Better Kingdom.

Nov 12, 1875:
By Rev. W.A. Crouch, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. Jas. M. 
Watkins, on Thursday eve., 5th inst., Mr. Wm. W. Francis to Miss Laura B. 
Watkins.  No cards.  But Demetrius received a nice lot of cake, which made him 
wish he were a boy again.  Mr. Francis has won a prize in his bride, as she is 
one of the best young ladies old Clay ever produced.
“How fondly then will she repay
The homage offer’d at her shrine
And blend, while ages roll away,
Her name immortally with thine!”

Nov 26, 1875:
Married, in Clinton county on the 11th inst., by Rev. Mr. Saunders, Mr. Edward 
P. Pickett, to Miss Belle McDaniel, both of Clinton co.

Nov 26, 1875:
Married on the 15th inst., near Barry, by Rev. M.B. Irvine, Mr. L. Tillery, to 
Miss Amanda Gragg, daughter of Col. John Gragg, both of Clay county.  The 
Tribune’s best wishes to the young couple for health, happiness, prosperity and 
all other felicities of life.

Mr. Wallace Williams, of the Fulton Telegraph, was married to Miss Laura 
Brandon, on the 17th inst.

Dec 3, 1875:
Married on Thursday the 18th inst., near this city, by Elder J. Waller, Rev. 
Robert Thompson, to Miss Dora Lightburne, daughter of Mr. John S. Lightburne – 
all of Clay county.

Dec 10, 1875:
Married at Pleasant Valley School House on the evening of Nov. 30, 1875, by 
Elder James Via, Mr. William N. Leitch, to Miss Elizabeth Hoodlemeyer, all of 
Clay county.

Dec 17, 1875:
Married, Nov. 30th, 1875, at the residence of Mrs. Mary Lyons, in Barren  
county, Ky., Mr. Ephraim Smith, of Liberty, MO., and Miss Kate A. Ellis, of the 
former place.  Ceremony by Sam’l A. Kelley, of the Christian Church.

Married at the residence of B. Prather, Esq., by Rev. Mr. Taylor, Mr. C.W. 
Broadhurst, of Platte county, to Miss Belle Prather, of Clay county.

Dec 24, 1875:
Married on the 19th inst., by Elder Asa N. Bird, Fred. Fightmaster, Esq., and 
Miss L.A. Bryant.

Married on the 2d inst., by Squire Holmes, Mr. P.O.Caldwell, of Kansas, to Miss 
Dora A. Allen, of Clay county.

Married on the 1st inst. near Barry, by Rev. Mr. Irvine, Mr. D.C. Endicott, of 
Platte co., to Miss Ella S. Mosby, of Clay county.

Married at the residence of the bride’s father, in this county, on the 10th 
inst., by Rev. Mr. Hyder, Mr. C.W. Fry, of Denver, to Miss Sallie A. Gill, of 
this county.


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