Marriage License & Return : Wesley F. Metzner to Nora Axe, 1898

Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage License, "Wesley F. Metzner to Nora Axe, 1898"; County Marriage Returns Collection; Jay County Historical Society, Portland, Indiana.

MARRIAGE LICENSE

State of Indiana, Jay County, ss:

To all who shall see these presents, Greeting:

Know Ye, That any person empowered by law to solemnize Marriages is hereby authorized to join together as Husband and Wife,

Wesley F. Metzner and Nora Axe

and for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority.

In Testimony Whereof, I, E.V. Fitzpatrick Clerk of the Jay Circuit, hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Portland, Indiana, this 19th day of Oct. 1898.

E.V. Fitzpatrick Clerk

STATE OF INDIANA, JAY COUNTY, SS:

This Certifies, That I joined in Marriage as Husband and Wife,

Wesley F. Metzner and Nora Axe

on the 20 day of October 1898

Fred Stovenour  Minister of Gospel

Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage Return, "Wesley F. Metzner to Nora Axe, 1898"; County Marriage Returns Collection; Jay County Historical Society, Portland, Indiana.

MARRIAGE RETURN

1. Full name of GROOM Wesley F. Metzner

2. Place of residence Jay Co. Indiana

3. Age next birthday 27 years

4. Color White

5. Occupation Farmer

6. Place of Birth Jay Co. Indiana

7. Father's Name Adam Metzner

8. Mother's Maiden Name Clara Moulton

9. No. of groom's marriages 1st

10. Full name of BRIDE Mary Nora Axe

11. Place of Residence Jay Co. Indiana

12. Age next birthday 21 years

13. Color White

14. Place of Birth Jay Co. Indiana

15. Father's Name George Axe

16. Mother's maiden name Eliza Kimble

17. No. of bride's marriages 1st

18. Place of marriage Noble T.P. Jay Co. Ind.

19. By Rev. F. Stovenour

20. Date of marriage October 20 1898

This record of the marriage of Wesley F. Metzner and Nora Axe was located at the Jay County Historical Society in Portland, Indiana.

Wesley was my paternal great granduncle, the son of John Adam Metzner and Clara Moulton.  Before locating this record, I had his wife's name as Elnora M. Axe.  These same names keep appearing in the closely knit families of Haley, Metzner, Axe, Kimble, etc.