Marriage: Charles H. Busey, Lamanda E. Ehrman, 1861, Emigsville, York County, PA

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Summary

   * Name of Groom: Charles H. Busey
   * Name of Bride: Lamanda E. Ehrman
   * Date of Marriage: 18 Aug 1861
   * Place of Marriage: home of Daniel and Ellen (Busey) Roland (the groom's
     sister), Emigsville, York Co., PA
   * Name of Minister: Rev. J. B. Jones
   * Sources: newspaper item, military pension records (see below)

Source 1

York Gazette (English edition) (microfilm #G13 - Historical Society, York
County, Pennsylvania). Sep 3 1861, Number 17, p. 3 of 4:

MARRIED. On the 18th ult., at Emigsville, Manchester twp., York county, by
the Rev. Wm. Jones, Mr. Charles H. Bussey and Miss Amanda Ehrman, both of
this county. [Mistake in all three names - see Civil War pension records.]

Source 2

Index to Military Pensions [microfilm roll #65 - National Archives]:

Busey, Charles H.; Widow: Busey, Lamanda E.; Service: Sgt K, 87 Pa. Inf.

   * 1878 June 4; Invalid Class; Appl#256,230; Cert#161,108
   * 1890 Jan 24; Widow Class; Appl#413,253; Cert#368,836; filed from Pa.

[copied 23 Nov 1990 by N. Taber]

   * On a separate sheet of paper:

     "York County SS. Personally appeared before me a Justice in & for the
     County aforesaid Mrs. Ellen Roland of the Borough of Emigsville, who
     after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that she was
     personally present at the marriage of Lamanda Busey, on the 18th day of
     August A. D. 1861. Which took place at her House in Emigsville in the
     presence of herself and husband, the latter now residing in Emigsville
     and that she the said Ellen Roland is a subscribing witness to the
     marriage certificate."

        Sworn & subscribed to   Mrs Ellen Roland
       before me this 2nd day
          of April A. D. 1888
             Geo. E. Sherwood
                         J.P.
       Certificate on file in
           Pension Department

   * On a separate sheet of paper:

     "York County SS. Personally appeared before me a Justice in & for the
     County aforesaid Daniel Roland of the Borough of Emigsville, who after
     being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was
     personally present at the marriage of Lamanda Busey, to Charles
     [squeezed in "H"] Busey, late pensioner of the United States under
     certificate No. 161108 [underlined; maybe filled in later] on the 18th
     day of August A. D. 1861. That said marriage took place at his own
     house and that he is a subscribing witness on the certificate of
     marriage which ceremony was performed by [squeezed in "Rev. "] J. B.
     Jones."

          Sworn & subscribed
       to before me this 4th
            April A. D. 1888   Daniel Roland
            Geo. E. Sherwood
                        J.P.

   * On a separate sheet of paper:

     "York County SS. Personally appeared before me a Justice in and for the
     County aforesaid Lamanda Busey, widow of Charles H. Busey, dec., late
     pensioner of the United States under certificate No. 161108 [line
     through and numbers in different ink; may have been filled in later]
     who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that she
     was married to Charles H. Busey on the 18th day of August A. D. 1861 at
     Emigsville by Rev. J. B. Jones, whose present whereabouts is unknown to
     her, and that Daniel Roland and Ellen Roland were present when the
     ceremony was performed and that both of them subscribed as witnesses to
     the marriage certificate."

        Sworn & Subscribed to
       before me this 4th day
          of April A. D. 1888   Lamanda Busey
             Geo. E. Sherwood
                         J.P.

   * On form titled "Widow. Claim for Pension. Act June 27, 1890.", stamped
     "Pension office, Jun 30, 1891", and signed by Lamanda E. Busey
     (underscores indicate filled-in blanks in a preprinted form):

     "...that she was married under the name of _Lamanda E. Ehrman_ (Name
     before marriage to said soldier) to said _Charles H Busey_ (Name of
     soldier) on the _18th_ day of _August_ A. D. 18_61_, by _Rev. J. B. Jones_
     (Name of clergyman or other person officiating) at _Emigsvile Pa._ ,
     there being no legal barrier to such marriage..."

Confirmation source

The Histories of the Pennsylvania and Central Pennsylvania Conferences of
the Evangelical United Brethren Church, by Charles R. Miller and William L.
Raker, 1968:

While the United Brethren Church in Emigsville was not built until 1871, the
area appears to have been served out of Dover, York, and Manchester. In
1861, Jeremiah B. Jones was serving the Liverpool (Manchester) Circuit.