Freestone County, Texas Marriages Freestone County, Texas 1898 Marriages and Divorces as recorded in 1898 "The Fairfield Recorder" newspaper articles [EDITOR COMMENTS: Question marks indicate unreadable parts in original paper. Usually the whites are unmarked and are listed first. I have listed in ascending date order. "The Fairfield Recorder" was always published weekly on Friday. The marriage license column was usually on page 5. These images are available on the Texas History Portal online. Also they are on microfiche at the Freestone County museum in Fairfield and at Baylor University. The actual marriage books are a better source for getting all the marriages. However, they are hand-written and have signatures. The newspaper is better for legible names.] ============================================== January 28, 1898 Page: 4 ...No. 2302, wherein Addie Godley is plaintiff, and York Godley is Defendant, and said petition alleging that the residence of the defendant is unknown to plaintiff; that plaintiff was legally married to defendant on November 17th 1887; that plaintiff and defendant lived together as husband and wife till on or about December the 18th, 1889; that on or about said date December the 18th, 1889, defendant left and abandoned plaintiff with the intention of abandonment, ... that the marriage between her and defendant be dissolved, ... WITNESS: J. B. ROBERTSON, Clerk of District Court, Freestone Co. ... --------------------------- [same issue, Page: 5] The RECORDER did not learn until last week, after the paper had been printed, of the recent marriage of our well known citizen, Mr. G. N. Henderson, who lived last year near Cade, but has now returned to his farm a few miles north-east of Fairfield. Mr. H's wife was Mrs. Leta Gregory, who lived with her mother near Birdston. She is a daughter of Mr. Kelsey Webb, a well known resident of the northern part of the county, who died some years ago. Mr. Henderson will certainly have the best wishes of his many friends in his newly wedded life. --------------------------- [same issue, same page] On Wednesday, Jan. 26th 1898, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. C. C. Cornwell, at Butler, Mr. Bragg Dunbar and Miss Lula Cornwell, Rev. J. W. Wood, officiating. The groom is a well known young farmer living a few miles east of Fairfield, and was born and reared in this county. "Bragg" as we all call him, is an energetic, industrious young gentleman sober, steady and of exemplary habits, and is esteemed by all that know him. The bride is a pretty and popular young lady of Butler, and has many friends in her section of the county. ... ============================================== The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, February 11, 1898 Page: 2 Mrs. Minnie Cushman, a white woman and teacher in the Fort Shaw schools, at Great Falls, Mont., has been clandestinely married to Garrett White, a full blood Piegan Indian at Dupuyer Reservation. The bride is a daughter of C. C. Bateman, chaplain of the the United States Army at Fort Belknapp, and formerly at Fort Assinaboine. She is a handsome brunette, 26 years old, and has been in the employ of the government since she was 10 years old. Two weeks ago the couple applied for a marriage license here, but it was refused. They then proceeded to the Blackfeet Agency, where Major Fuller declined them a marriage license. Next they drove to a ranch near Dupuyer, where they were met by a notary and it is alleged that he, under a misrepresentation, secured them a license. The ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace. Mrs. Cushman, by a former marriage, has a daughter 9 years old. She has deserted her post and with her husband has gone East on a wedding trip.