McMullen Co., TX: Marriage License - Samuel Houston Ratcliff & Serletha Y. Yarbrough 1883 This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Renee Pierce Smelley 10/29/2004 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm **************************************************** STATE OF TEXAS, McMullen County. To any Judge of the County or District Court, ordained Minister of the Gospel, or Justice of the Peace, in and for said County of McMullen, Greeting: You are hereby authorized to solemnize the RITES OF MATRIMONY between Mr. S. H. Ratcliff and Miss S. Y. Yarbrough and make due return to the Clerk of the County Court of said County, within sixty days thereafter, certifying your action under this License. Witness my official signature and Seal of office, at office in Tilden this 27 day of December A. D. 1883. W. A. Lowe Clerk of the County of McM Co. I, J. F. Kimball, herby certify, that on the 27 day of December A. D. 1883, I united in Marriage S. H. Ratcliff and Miss S. Y. Yarbrough the parties above named. Witness myhand, this 27 day of Decmember A. D. 1883. J. F. Kimball Minister of the Gospel Filed for Record this 4 day of January A. D. 1884 W. A. Low County Clerk. by C W Barnes Deputy. Samuel Houston Ratcliff, son of Margaret Ann Little and Samuel Ratcliff, was born on July 26, 1861 in Texas and died on January 20, 1906. He was buried in the Old Cotulla Cemetery, Cotulla, La Salle Co., TX. Serletha Y. Yarbrough, daughter of Lorenzo Dow and Nancy White Yarbrough, was born on December 31, 1864 in McMullen Co., TX and died on January 31, 1925 in Somerset, Bexar County, Texas. She was buried on February 02, 1925 in Somerset. (Note: I have seen her name spelled Serletha and Sirletha, so I am not sure of the correct spelling.)