Marriages at Phoenixville Methodist-Episcopal Church 1846-1916, Chester Co., PA

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Marriages at Phoenixville Methodist-Episcopal Church 1846-1916

Rev. Nicholas Ridgely:

10/14/1846  William DEAN was married to Isabella Cordelia GRIFFIN, at the parsonage, 
            in the presence of Mary H Ridgley and Sarah J Tilden.

12/20/1846  James RUSSIL(RUSSEL) to Harriet CORRNET?/COWNET, at John Rorke's tavern? 
            witnesses: John Rorke, Jr., Sarah Rorke, and Sarah J Tilden.

12/24/1846  David MOSES of Coventry to Catharine FREEZE, at the parsonage, present: 
            Caroline Lancaster, Mary Lancaster, Sarah J Tilden.

12/24/1846  Leonard QUIDLAN to Hannah BROOMALL, at the parsonage, witnesses: Caroline 
            Lancaster, Mary Lancaster, Mary H Ridgley, and S J Tilden.

12/27/1846  John AUSTIN to Catharine BATZELL, at the parsonage, witnesses: Henry Batzell, 
            Theresa DeWees, Mrs. Ridgely, and Sarah J Tilden.

12/31/1846  Thomas BASTON to Susanna H VALENTINE in Lumberville, witnesses: Robert Valentine, 
            Thomas Valentine, etc.

2/9/1847    Isaiah WELLS of West Chester, to Mary Elizabeth RUSSELL of Philadelphia, at James 
            Stuneback's?, witnesses: James and Lucy Ann Stuneback? and others.

2/10/1847   Ezra McNUTT of Philadelphia to Rebecca YARNELL or Norristown, at Thomas Valentine's 
            Phoenixville, witnesses: Thomas Valentine and Elizabeth Yarnell.

2/11/1847   Isaac HINTON to Mary Ann COLE, both of Phoenixville, at Mr. Vanderslice's, witnesses: 
            John McMullin, Caroline Lancaster, Mary Lancaster and others.

3/8/1847    Thomas WILLIAMS to Mary MILLS, both of Phoenixville, at Jacob Austin's, witnesses: 
            Mahlon G Bailey, Jacob Austin, and others.

3/25/1847   John McMULLIN to Mary E. LANCASTER of Phoenixville, at Mrs. Lancaster's, witnesses: 
            Mary Dorsey, Mary G Dorsey, Ann McMullin and others.

5/20/1847   Henry HOLLMAN to Elizabeth WILLIAMS at the parsonage, witnesses: Mary H Ridgley and Mary 
            Bateman.

5/20/1847   John OTTINGER to Rachel PETERSON, both of Phoenixville, at his brother's, witnesses: M G 
            Bailey, Evan Ray, and many others.

5/27/1847   Davis EMERY to Eleanor CROZIER? of Phoenixville, at the parsonage, witnesses: Mrs.Ridgley 
            and Sarah J Tilden.

5/30/1857   Harmon HARTENSTINE to Catharine SPENCER of Phoenixville, at the parsonage, witnesses: 
            Mrs. Ridgley and Sarah J Tilden.

6/1/1847    Peter RORKE to Mary Ann LACEY, at her father's, Samuel LACEY's, in Phoenixville, witnesses: 
            Ann Buck, Elizabeth Yarnell, and others.

6/6/1847    Job FINDLEY to Wilhelmina STACKHOUSE, at her father's, Caleb STACKHOUSE, witnesses: Caleb 
            Stackhouse and Ann Stackhouse.

6/10/1847   Alexander JOHNSON of Mispillion Hundred, Kent Co Delaware, to Williamina RIDGLEY, at her 
            father's in Dover Delaware, witnesses: Mary M and Sally Ann Ridgley, and many others.

6/17/1847   George WELLS to Margaret SHUSTRY both of Phoenixville, at the parsonage, witnesses: Mahlon G 
            and Mary Bailey.

6/20/1847   Adam G LIBHART to Catharine FULMER, at Mrs. Harding's, Phoenixville, witnesses: Peter and Mary
            Ann Rorke, Mrs. Harding and others.

7/4/1847    Charles MOYER to Anna CARLISLE, both of Norristown, at Nathan Moore's Phoenixville, witnesses: 
            N and Catharine Moore and S J Tilden.

8/26/1847   Robert NIXSON to Rebecca MUTZBAUGHER, both of Phoenixville, at her mother's, witnesses: Rev. 
            Andrew Manship and many others.

10/17/1847  Edward CONNER to Abby Maria BORDEN, both of Phoenixville, at her father's, witnesses: Mary H 
            Ridgley, Mr and Mrs. Borden, and others.

12/30/1847  Evan RAY to Anna PYLE, at her father's, witnesses: John and Ann Pyle, John Morris, and many others.

1/20/1848   John D. JUNKINS of Maryland, to Ann McMULLIN of Phoenixville, at her mother's, witnesses: June 
            McMullin, John and Mary McMullin, and others.

1/25/1848   Israel ZUG of Lebanon Co, to Rachel JOHNS of Upper Providence, Montgomery Co.,  at the parsonage, 
            witnesses: Mrs. Ridgley and Sarah J Tilden.

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Marriages of Rev. H R Callaway:

5/2/1848   Thomas VALENTINE to Ann WILLIAMSON at his house in Phoenixville.

6/26/1848  Thomas TAGGERT to Elizabeth R PRICE at the parsonage in Phoenixville.

4/29/1849  John M HOWELL to Phebe GEARHART, both of Phoenixville, at the parsonage in Phoenixville, witness: Mrs. 
           Callaway.

5/26/1849  A E DeNormandie to Mrs. Mary J TAYLOR, at the house of the latter, both of Phoenixville, witnesses 
           - others

5/29/1849  Jacob HEABNER to Hannah RISBING, at the house of Rudolph ESSICK in Phoenixville, witnesses: Rudolph 
           Essick and his wife and others.

5/29/1849  William BANKS to Elizabeth DEAN, at the house of the former, in Phoenixville, witnesses: James and 
           Harriet Banks, Mrs. Callaway, and others.

10/1/1849  Isaac MARSHALL to Miss Elizabeth BREILSAY? at the parsonage in Phoenixville, witness: Mrs. Callaway.

10/2/1849  William M SMITH to Hannah SHOWALTER, at the parsonage in Phoenixville, witness: Mrs. Callaway.

10/6/1849  Levi MEANS to Mary J ANDERSON, at the parsonage in Phoenixville, witness: Mrs. Callaway.

11/22/1849 Walter J HOWELL to Maria MILLER, both ofPhoenixville, at the home of her mother, witnesses:
           Charles Renshaw and others.

11/29/1849 John W CHRISTY to Miss Mary A PICKEL, both of Phoenixville, at the parsonage, wits: Mrs. Callaway and 
           Harriet Stackhouse.

12/6/1849  James WILLIAMS to Miss Ann COX, at the house of Robert Carr, both of Phoenixville, wits: Robert Carr, 
           Charles Renshaw and others.

1/6/1850   Jesse ACHEY to Miss Catharine STETLER, at the parsonage in Phoenixville, witness: Mrs. Callaway.

2/?/1850   George W DEVINNEY to Miss Elizabella RUSSELL, both of Birdsboro, at the parsonage in Phoenixville, 
           witnesses: Mrs. Callaway,  Borden, and others.

4/9/1850   Ellis L GRIFFITH to Miss Hannah FUNDERWHITE at the house of Mr. Charles Knapp, both of Phoenixville, 
           witnesses:  Mrs. Callaway and others.

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Marriages by Rev. James G Ashton:

4/28/1850 Samuel GRIFFIN to Hetty Virginia CURRY.
5/14/1850 Whane FILMAN to Mary E McMILLIN.
5/16/1850 Samuel A McCLINTOCK to Eliza H NICHOLS.
8/18/1850 Lewis RAPP to Mary A. EACHUS.
11/3/1850 Robert H FLETCHER to Hannah HARLEY.
1/3/1851  Levi WHITMAN to Rebecca WILLIAMS.
1/16/1851 George QUINTER to Margaret FRANCIS.
2/2/1851  Charles PAGE to Catharine MOSTELLER.

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Marriages by Rev. Stearnes Patterson:

9/13/1851  Josiah SPEESE to Sophia WENTSEL.
12/2/1851  Nathaniel FLOUNDERS to Maria WOLF.
12/25/1851 Jacob LAUBER to Mary GREIN.
12/25/1851 Joseph SERGINSON to Sophia ESSICK.
2/29/1852  William STOTT and Amanda Ann M CARLILE.
4/13/1852  Joseph H VANAMAN and Ann M RENSHAW.
6/26/1852  Henry HALFORD and Eliza HARDEN.
8/10/1852  Jesse FORCE and Catharine WHITE.
8/24/1852  James MARSHALL and Mary TIMLIN.
9/21/1852  Samuel BANKS and Mary STOTT.
12/30/1852 George FREAS and Mary Ann MILLER, both of Coventry, Chester Co Penn.
1/30/1853  George STOTT and Angeline LININGER.
3/16/1853  Samuel WAGNER and Mrs. Sarah PECK, at Mrs. Peck's in Schuylkill Twp.

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Marriages by Rev. C. S. Crouch:

6/18/1853  John JAY of Skolkill Co. Penn to Miss Mary Ann MOORE, Cornwale England, at Phoenixville.
7/14/1853  Elhanon BANNER of Willmington Delaware, to Sarah BATT of Chester County Penn.
11/29/1853 Joseph WILSON and Elizabeth BAILEY, all of Chester Co, formerly of ???land.
1/1/1854   Levi REINER and Sarah CULP, both of Montgomery Co. Penn.
1/12/1854  Frederick QUAY and Elmirah V KING, both of Chester Co Penn.
1/17/1854  John SCOTT and Sarah MONTGOMERY, both of Chester Co PA.
1/20/1854  Warren WATTERSON and Mary Ann HOSTERTERALSON sp??, both of Chester Co Pa.
2/11/1854  Nathanial WATTERSON and Mary HARE, all of Chester Co PA.
           William DORSEY to Miss Catharine ESSECK, both of Phoenixville, Chester Co Pa.
4/8/1854   Andrew J QUIDLAND to Margaret M PERCH, both of Montgomery Co PA.
4/22/1854  Boyer REINHER and Miss Amy COTRAN, all of Chester Co Phoenixville.
5/2/1854   John SHARPLESS and Amelia CONWAY, all of Chester Co.
5/6/1854   Edward H SITER and Elizabeth WEIDNER, all of Chester Co.
6/9/1854   Samuel CONRAD to Margaret LILENING, all of Chester Co.
10/22/1854 Adam MILLER to Ann SHUTT of Montgomery Co.
10/22/1854 Samuel L VANDERSLICE to Mary Ann BUCKWALTER, all of Chester Co.
11/2/1854  William LEOVIS(sp) of Cornwall, England to Hannah PIERCE of Phoenixville.
12/16/1854 John D FINCH of West Philadelphia to Miss Hannah LANDIS of Phoenixville
1/17/1855  Rev. John F Meredith of Phila. Annual Conference to Miss Bell SCHEFIELD, all of Chester Co.
1/17/1855  Jacob LEAVER to Miss Mary Jane DILLINGER, all of Chester Co.

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Marriages of Rev. H. R. Gillingham:

7/7/1855   Wm. J WALTON and Bridgeitt LAFERTY both of Chester Co.
7/12/1855  Alfred RAMSEY of Lewisville KY [sic]  and Elizabeth RAMSEY of Phoenixville.
11/7/1855  Rev. John O'NEILL of Phila. conference to Miss Mary Elizabeth BROOKE, all of Chester Co.
11/6/1855  Jonathan LEWIS to Miss Mary Ann BOUES(sp) all of Chester Co.
12/24/1855 George THORNBY/THORNLEY to Miss Erma LAY, all of Montgomery Co PA.
12/25/1855 Isaac W PICKEL to Miss Sarah SHUTT, all of Chester Co PA.
3/6/1856   David H BENAMON to Miss Mary E COONRAD, all of Phoenixville, Chester Co.
3/18/1856  Wm. JONES to Miss Mary MINKER, all of Chester Co.
5/1/1856   Wm. FLOTT to Miss Harriet CARR, all of Phoenixville, Chester Co.
8/10/1856  John DAVIS to Miss Sarah Ann PAGE, all of Phoenixville, Chester Co.
9/6/1856   Jonathan CARR to Miss Mary Elizabeth PYLE, all of Phoenixville, Chester Co.
9/13/1856  John BERRY to Miss Eliza Ann BOYER, all of Phoenixville, Chester Co.
10/16/1856 Henry WISMER to Miss Elizabeth FUNTERWHITE, all of Chester Co.
10/23/1856 Samuel J CAMPBELL to Miss Jane Ann BARNETT, all of Chester Co.
11/13/1856 E Lane SCOFIELD to Miss Isabel T HYAAS, all of Chester Co.
11/22/1856 Wm. MITCHEL of Montgomery Co. to Miss Mary Jane SHOFRIES (sp)  of Chester Co.
11/27/1856 James B McLAUGHLIN to Miss Elizabeth McELHANEY, both of Chester Co.
12/4/1856  David W CARTER to Miss Phoebie S. SHIMPLE/PHIMPLE?, both of Chester Co.
2/22/1857  Milton W THOMPSON to Miss Emma WESLER, both of Phoenixville, Chester Co.

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Marriages of Rev. John Shields:
 
9/17/1857  William E BISHOP to Maria Ann HARRISON, both of Phoenixville.
11/9/1857  Leonard Thomas COPE of Norristown to Ruth Ann URNER of Valley Forge PA.
1/1858     Gaberal CORE to Rachel RANDOLPH, both of Chester Co.
1/28/1858  Josiah CHEPPELL to Ann M GOLDRISK, both of Chester Co.
4/6/1858   Henry F LUKEMIRE to Eliza H NICHOLS, both of Phoenixville.
1857       Henry DUNBY and Mary SMITH (no exact date given, out of order on top of a page)
5/1/1858   George W ROYER and Mary F RAPP.
no date    George RENSHAW and Sarah CHRISTY.
12/16/1858 Caleb JONES and Maria BALL, both of Phoenixville.
2/15/1859  John FERSON and Mary Eliza COLBRAITH, both of Phoenixville.
2/18/1859  Theodore BUZZERD and Sarah Ann HAAS, both of Quinceyville, Montgomery Co Pa.
3/14/1859  William JACKSON and Mary McCORMICK, both of Montgomery Co Pa.  at Phoenixville.

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Marriages by Rev. Allen Johns: (all in Phoenixville unless noted)

5/26/1859  Charles E PARRISH to Drusilla GARBER, both of Montgomery Co PA, wit: Mrs. M A Johns.
5/29/1859  John O.K. ROBARTS to Mary Emma THOMSON, both of Phoenixville, Chester Co PA
9/18/1859  James LACEY of Philadelphia to Mary K. MOORE of Birdsboro, Berks Co.
9/25/1859  John Henry STEWARD to Mary A. SMITH (colored), both of Phoenixville.
10/6/1859  Samuel H CONWAY to Mary A BOYER, both of Montgomery Co PA.
10/6/1859  William FORCE to Catharine COLEHOWER, both of Montgomery Co PA.
10/10/1859 William HUTCHINSON of Lancaster Co to  Ann HANES of Chester Co PA.
10/20/1859 Anthony WINN to Ellen CAMBELL, both of Phoenixville.
1/5/1860   Joseph F OVERHOLTZER to Matilda METZ, both of Chester Co.
1/15/1860  Jacob C BEYER to Susan LANDIS, both of Phoenixville.
1/16/1860  Joseph TAGGERT to Fanny FRENCH, both of Phoenixville.
3/21/1860  Wm E KENNEDY to Amanda B LANDIS, both of Phoenixville.
3/22/1860  John SHEELER to Mary Emma SHULER, both of Phoenixville.
4/11/1860  William WALL to Dosiah PRITCHART, both of Chester Co.
4/12/1860  Edwin HOUGH of Bucks Co to Martha CLEGG, of Chester Co.
4/10/1860  George POWNALL of Lanc Co to Harriett MOORE of Lancaster City, wit: E Sprowl and E Moore
5/18/1860  Edward YOUNG and Sarah MILLER both of Phoenixville.
7/14/1860  Michael LONGABAUGH to Eliabeth Ann KAIN, both of Montgomery Co PA.
8/18/1860  H Malin AFFLICK of Phoenixville to Lizzie W DeHAVEN of Montgomery Co., in Port Providence.
10/13/1860 James H BUCK to Ann H PAGE, both of Phoenixville.
10/23/1860 Allen QUARMBY to Jane KAY, both of Chester Co PA.
12/31/1860 James G FAVINGER, of Phoenixville to Mary A M'BRIDE of Chester Co PA.

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Marriages by Rev. William Major:

9/5/1861   Aaron S HAWK to Martha J WILLIAMS, both of Phoenixville, at the parsonage.
11/7/1861  Cyrus L MOSER, of Allentown, Lehigh Co to Mary A KEELEY, Phoenixville, at Mr. Keeley's.
12/3/1861  Jos. H CLEVENSTINE, Upper Providence to Mary E HARTLEY, Montgomery Co., at Mr. E Price's.
12/22/1861 John DYER of Phoenixville to Selina M PENNYPACKER, Port Providence at Mr Pennypacker's.
12/22/1861 Moses LACEY to Angeline STROMAN, both of Phoenixville, at the parsonage.
12/28/1861 Thomas DEEDS to Celestia E BYAR, both of Lower Providence, at the parsonage.
3/8/1862   John EDELMAN to Jane Ellen MOODEY, both of Phoenixville, at Mr. Moodey's.
8/3/1862   Alfanza PURSALL to Annie M F VANAMAN, both of Phoenixville, at Mr Vanaman's.
11/9/1862  Joshua G WILLIAMS to Annie HAWK, both of Phoenixville, in the parsonage.

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Marriages by Rev. J. Pastorfield:

6/9/1863   Wm. G HAMILTON to Miss Catharine WRAY, both of Phoenixville, wits: the parson's family, just from Ireland.

6/30/1863  Franklin SHEIVLY of Port Providence to Miss Sarah TROUT of Mont Clare, wit: the parsons at the parsonage.

11/23/1863 Wm. H PETERSON of Philadelphia, to Martha WILLIAMS, Port Providence, wits: friends of the couple, at the parsonage.

2/3/1864   Zainer P MOORE to Rebecca BUFFINGTON, both of Penningtonville, wit: Rev. W P Clark and the family,  at Philadelphia.

2/9/1864   Charles C KEEBLER to Miss Lizzie ?. STAUFFER, both of Chester Co, wit: Mrs. Tastefield and daughter, at the parsonage.

6/30/1864  J D BAKER to Miss Lydia B CLARK, both of Chester Co, wits: Mrs. Tastefield and dau, at the parsonage.

7/6/1864   Joseph L MEIGS to Margaret ?. ULLMAN, both of Chester Co, wits: Dr. Cauffman, David Enon and others, at the Phoenixville Hotel.

8/20/1864  John TOHLAN to Hannah G FINCH, both of Chester Co, wit: Miss Mary Buckwalter and others, at 
the parsonage.

1/14/1865  HENRY LONGSTRETH to Sarah HUNSICKER, both of Montgomery Co, at the parsonage, the parson's family.

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Marriage by Rev. A. Johns:

4/18/1865   Thomas McCLINTOCK to Susan I CHAPPELL, both of Chester Co, near Valley Forge.
7/6/1865    Theodore M CRAN, Port Providence, to Lizzie A WEIDNER, Norristown, in Phoenixville, wit: Mrs.
 		M A Johns and Abie Hall.
9/6/1865    Charles FULLER, MD, Wilmington DE to Mary D HALL, Chester Co, at John Hall's.
11/14/1865  John R ELLIOTT to Emma M CROSSLEY, both of Warwick Twp., at Mr. Walter's.
12/7/1865   Isaac DENNIS to Mary C. BUCKWALTER, Phoenixville, at her parents' home.
12/31/1865  Levi MOCK to Leah BAYLITTS, at the parsonage.

There was a note that these were added by Rev. Geo. Heacock in 1869,  based on a piece of paper by Rev. Johns 
that had been left in the church book.

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Marriages of Rev. James Flannery:

5/31/1866   Charles S YARNELL of Phoenixville to Mary C MOSIER, at Paul S Reeves's, wits: Thomas Shaffer,
 	        Kate K Reeves, Paul S Reeves, and V N Shaffer.
9/6/1866    Hamilton VANDERSLICE to Henrietta L Buckwalter, Phoenixville, at the bride's residence, wits:
 		Theodore Quay, J. Baugh, Kate Vanderslice.
9/10/1866   William M KIRBY to Anna E MILLER, Phoenixville, at the parsonage.
9/16/1866   William GLARPY?  to Rachel RENARD, Charlestown, at the parsonage, wits: R E Boyle, E Flannery.
11/28/1866  Cornelius DuBOIS, Philadelphia, to Harriet P LUKEMINES, Phoenixville, at the home of the
 		bride's parents, wits: the parents and family of the bride.
12/24/1866  Thomas PICKERING to Jane RILEY, Phoenixville, at the residence of bride's parents, wits:
 		Henry, Angie, Randal, M?  ,L  Morris, and parents of the bride and others.
3/5/1867    Henry D HAMILTON and Mary BROWN, both of Phoenixville, at the parsonage.
3/23 or 24/1867  William KILLEN, Phoenixville, to Mary Ann PRITCHARD, at the parsonage.
5/19/1867   John H KITE to Hester A PHIPPS, both of Philadelphia, at the parsonage, wits: the bride's
 		mother Maria Phipps.
5/21/1867   Charles DOUGHERTY to Elizabeth L RAYSOR, both of Phoenixville, wits: Margarett Flannery and
 		Louie Flannery.
6/19/1867   Frank HOWARD to Hannah U PRICE, Phoenixville, residence of the bride.
10/15/1867  Samuel D HUNTER, Phoenixville, and Harriett E EVANS, at residence of bride's father, wits:
 		family and others
12/24/1867  Joseph L ENTWISLE(sp), Phoenixville, to Clementina F WESLER, Port Providence, at Port
 		Providence, wit: mother of bride and William L Shaffer.
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Marriages of Rev. George Heacock: