[Note- this is the marriage certificate of Edward Monroe Watson, Sr. 
(son of Alexander Tazewell Watson and Martha Elizabeth Whitaker) and 
Angie Angelina Compton (daughter of Dewitt Kimble Compton and Nancy Theodosia
Jones).  They were both born, raised and returned to Freestone
County for the rest of their life.]

The STATE OF TEXAS
McLENNAN COUNTY

To any regularly licensed or ordained minister of the gospel, Jewish rabbi, or
to any legally authorized officer - greeting:

You, or either of you, are hereby authorized and empowered to solomnize 
THE RITES OF MARRIAGE
between Mr. Ed. M. Watson
and Miss Angie Compton and due
return make hereof in sixty days from date.
  IN TESTIMONTY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and the impress of my official 
seal, at my office in the CITY OF WACO, on this the 
21st day of Dec 1918.
  By Anna Mae Wood, Deputy    
  J. W. Baker, Clerk County Court, McLennan County, Texas
  
  I HEREBY CERTIFY, That the within License was executed by me, joining the 
  within named parties in the HOLY UNION OF MATRIMONY, on the 21st
  day of December 1918.
                          Signed  Robert E. Goodrich
						          Methodist Minister
					The within License returned into my office this 30th
					day of Decr. 1918.
					   J. W. Baker, Clerk County Court, McLennan County, Texas
     By_________ Deputy

[Gold court seal in lower left]