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CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE - Addison Carr and Nancy J. Tarpenning - May 28, 1865

The information in this file was transcribed by Vicki L. McAlister from the
original marriage certificate.  Submitted to the Saunders County NEGenWeb Project,
July 2001, by Vicki L. McAlister (vmcalist@csulb.edu).

CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE

         Territory of Nebraska, Cass County,

      Plattsmouth,                           1865


  This Certifies, That on the 28 day of May

      A.D. 1865, at Mr P Tarpennings

in Saunders County, according to law, and by authority, I duly Joined in

Marriage, Mr. Madison Carr

and Miss Nancy J Tarpenning and that there

were present as witnesses Marcus Brush + Hubert Brush


      Given under my hand, the 28 day of May

A.D. 1865

                                 G. W. Anderson

TRANSCRIBERS NOTES:

• the top left corner of the document contains a stamp with "5" on each corner, a picture of George Washington in the middle, "INTER. REVENUE." at the top, "CERTIFICATE" at the bottom, written over the stamp is the date 1865 May 28
• on the line beginning "in Saunders", the document has "in said county" with said lined through and Saunders written above
• on the line beginning "Marriage", the name is written Madison and someone has written Addison in pencil above
• on the line beginning "were present" the name of the second witness has some pencil corrections to Herbert
• the bottom left corner of the document bears the name of the printer "CARTER, HUSSEY, CURL, Printers, Des Moines, Iowa"
• the reference to "P. Tarpenning" is William Perry Tarpenning, Nancy Jane's father