Ross County OhArchives Marriages.....Clark, Rosa - Hester, Frank November 2, 1902
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Marriage Record Book #7, Page 166, Probate Court, Ross County, Ohio.
Certificate No.:     330


          The following transcription of the marriage license application and 
marriage certificate for Frank Hester and Rosa Clark is from page 166 of  
Marriage Record Book # 7 in the Ross County, Ohio Probate Court:

         "In the matter of Frank Hester and Rosa Clark.
          Probate Court, Ross County, Ohio.
          No. 330.  MARRIAGE LICENSE. APPLICATION.
          To the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court of said County:    
          The undersigned respectfully makes application for a Marriage 
License for said parties, and upon oath states:  that said Frank Hester is 24 
years of age, on the 6th day of October, 1902; his residence is Buckskin Tp., 
Ross Co. O., his place of birth is same, his occupation is farmer, his 
father's name is Joseph Hester, his mother's maiden name was Hannah Long; that 
he was not previously married and that he has no wife living.
         That said Rosa Clark is 19 years of age; her residence is Frankfort, 
Ross County, Ohio, her place of birth is Ross Co. Ohio, her occupation is 
housekeeper, her father's'name is Wesley Clark, her mother's'maiden name was 
(blank); that she was not previously married, and is not a widow or divorced 
woman; that she has no husband living.  Said parties are not nearer of kin 
than second cousins, and there is no legal impediment to their marriage.
         It is expected that Rev. Wilson is to solemnize the marriage of said 
parties.
         Signed/ Joseph L. Hester.         
         Sworn to before me and signed in my presence, this 1st day of 
November 1902, Signed/ Huston J. Robins, Probate Judge, By Joseph P. Rigney, 
Deputy Clerk.   
.........................................................................  
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.  No. 330.
The State of Ohio, Ross County, ss.
         I do hereby certify, That on the 2nd day of November A.D. 1902, I 
solemnized the Marriage of Mr. Frank Hester with Miss Rosa Clark.
         Signed/ W. Wilson,   Frankfort, Ohio.
Filed and Recorded, Nov. 3, 1902. 
         Signed/  Huston J. Robins, Probate Judge."
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Additional Comments:

The following story was told to me by my parents, Howard and Viola Cokonougher:
	
	Rosa Clark, also known as Rosie, was a very slender, good looking 
blond girl when she was a young maiden.  She was considered to be quite a 
catch for the man lucky enough to convince her to marry him.  Rosie's family 
lived near Lattas Ville, now Lattaville, and she was courted by quite a few of 
the boys in the area.  The competition was quite strong, and when Frank Hester 
from Lower Twin Creek became a suitor, the boys in Lattas Ville decided that 
they had had enough competition.  
	When Frank drove his horse and buggy through town one day, a group of 
boys stepped in front of him and stopped his horse.  "Where do you think 
you're going?", one of them demanded to know.
	"Why, over to see Rosie Clark," Frank good naturedly answered.
	"No, you're not," the boy shot back.  "You're going to turn your horse 
around and go back where you came from.  You're not going to see Rosie Clark 
anymore!"
	Frank was thin and not very big, and because of his size, he wasn't as 
strong as the crowd of boys he was facing.  He seemed to be in quite a fix.
	Then, suddenly, Frank and the crowd of young boys heard another voice 
boom out from behind the crowd, "No!  That's not right! Frank is going on to 
the Clarks' now, and he's going to keep on going to the Clarks' as often as he 
wants!"
	Everybody froze in place.  Then, looking back behind them, they saw 
that it was John Cokonougher who was speaking.  John Cokonougher usually meant 
what he said, and he was big enough and strong enough to back it up, so the 
crowd very quickly dispersed.   Frank went on to Rosie Clark's and had no more 
trouble from the boys in Lattas Ville.  Eventually, he married Rosie Clark and 
took her home to Lower Twin where they lived together for almost 50 years.
	The story didn't end there though.  It ended many years later, when 
Frank and Rosie's granddaughter, Viola Hester, married John Cokonougher's son, 
Howard Cokonougher.  Both John Cokonougher and Frank Hester had many a chuckle 
when they told their children how John made it possible for Frank to continue 
his courtship of Rosie Clark so that the two of them would eventually be born 
later and meet and marry too.


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