Columbia County PA Archives Marriages.....Misc. marriages mostly 1856-85 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie Perry gwyllian53@gmail.com ************************************************ Marriages - random extracts of some marriages from Columbia County, PA newspapers. Columbia Democrat, January 2, 1842 Married - Andrew CRAWFORD of Rhorsburg to Miss Arminta JACOBY, daughter of the late John Jacoby of Bloomsburg on December 24, 1841, by the Rev. George C. Drake. Columbia Democrat, November 19, 1842 Married - On Sunday October 30, by Isaac W. Musgrave, Esq., Mr. John JOHNSON to Miss Catharine CRAWFORD, daughter of Joseph Crawford, all of Mt. Pleasant township, Columbia Co., Vol. V1, No. 30, page 3, under 'Hymenial'. Star of the North, July 23, 1856 Married - William RITCHIE and Sarah J. CRAWFORD on the [10 or 19] day of July 1856. Star of the North, December 23, 1856 Married - On December 15, In Berwick, Mr. Hiram KEEN to Miss Elizabeth Minerva KECK, both of Nescopeck, Luzerne Co., married by Rev. I. Bahl. Star of the North, December 23, 1856 Married - On December 13, by Rev. W. Goodrich, Mr. Evan THOMAS and Miss Henrietta ERASMUS both of this place. Star of the North, December 23, 1856 Married - On the evening of December 12, Jackson KARNES and Miss Lydia Ann CRAMER both of this place. Star of the North, Wednesday, March 4, 1857 Married - On February 19, by B.P. Foriner, Esq., Mr. William REITZ to Miss Savilla MARTZ, all of Franklin township, this county. Star of the North, Wednesday, March 4, 1857 Married - On Tuesday, February 24, by Rev. J. A. DeMoyer, Mr. William KRESSLER of Scott township and Miss Louisa HENRY of Fishingcreek township, Columbia Co. Star of the North, Wednesday, April 22, 1857 Married - at Willow Grove on April 5, by Jesse Hicks, Esq., Mr. Henry A. DEITTRICH and Miss Tamar EVANS, both of Briarcreek township, Columbia Co. Star of the North, Wednesday, May 27, 1857 Married - On Thursday last [May 21], by Rev. D. J. Waller, Mr. William P. LEIDY of Buckhorn to Miss Mary Alice WELLIVER. Star of the North, Wednesday, November 4, 1857 Married - In Lewisburg on October 29, by Rev. R. A. Fink, Elisha B. PURSEL of Espy, Columbia Co., and Miss Mary E. BRIGHT of Lewisburg, Pa. Star of the North, Wednesday, February 3, 1858 Married - On Thursday evening 19th inst in Bloomsburg by Rev. D.J. Waller, Mr. Samuel BROOKS of Cattawissa to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Harman LABOR, Esq. of Orange township. [This doesn't add up because 'inst' means 'the current month' but publication was the 3rd and marriage was the 19th. The 19th did not fall on a Thursday for Jan. Feb. or March of 1858.] Star of the North, Wednesday, February 24, 1858 Married - On Thursday evening, February 18, by the Rev. Wm. Goodrich, at his residence, Mr. Jacob JACOBY to Miss Lavina DEITRICH both of Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. Star of the North, Wednesday, June 23, 1858 Married - On Tuesday evening, June 17, by the Rev. William Goodrich, Mr. Henry GEIGER and Miss Mary Catharine ERASMUS both of Montour township, Columbia Co., Pa. Star of the North, Wednesday, June 23, 1858 Married - On the 17th ult. [ult =previous month], in Bloomsburg by Rev. William Goodrich, Mr. Peter BECHTEL of New Columbia, to Miss Mary E. YOST of Montour County. Star of the North, Wednesday, September 22, 1858 Married on September 10, by the same (Rev. I. Bahl), Daniel MAURY of Light Street to Savilla HESS of Centre Township. Publication name not documented, July 4, 1880 Married - Mary CRAWFORD to John LOREMAN, Franklin Township, Pa. at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Catawissa, Columbia Co., Pa. The Bloomsburg Daily Sentinel, September 24, 1895 Marriage Licenses Granted - Peter MORRIS and Miss Jennie MANN, both of Bloomsburg. [Orphans' Court of Columbia County Marriage License Docket - License No. 2874, ceremony performed on September 21, 1895]