Source : Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage License, "Archibald E. Chew to Clara Inetta Martin, 1909"; 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
Mr. Archibald A. Chew
and
Miss Clara Inetta Martin
and for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority.
In Testimony Whereof, I, Frank Gillespie Clerk of the Jay Circuit Court, hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Portland, this 27 day of October 1909
Frank Gillespie Clerk
Jay Circuit Court
State of Indiana, Jay County, SS:
This Certifies, that I joined in Marriage as Husband and Wife, Archibald E. Chew and Clara Inetta Martin on the 27th day of October 1909
J.L. Marvin, Pastor
Lutheran Church
C.A.W. Chew
Frederick Martin, Witnesses
Frederick Martin, Witnesses
Source : Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage Return, "Archibald E. Chew to Clara Inetta Martin, 1909"; County Marriage Return Collection; Jay County Historical Society, Portland, Indiana.
INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Return of a Marriage to County Clerk
1. Full Name of GROOM Archibald E. Chew
2. Place of Residence Boyne City, Mich
3. Occupation Lumberman
4. Age Next Birthday 27 years. Color White Race Caucasian
5. Place of Birth Salamonia, Ind. Nationality American
6. Fathers Name Charles A.W. Chew
7. Mother's Maiden Name Rebecca Shumaker
8. Number of Groom's Marriage One
9. Full Name of Bride Clara Inetta Martin
10. Place of Residence New Corydon, Ind. Occupation Housekeeper
11. Age next Birthday 23 years. Color White Race Caucasian
12. Place of Birth New Corydon, Ind. Nationality American
13. Father's Name Fred Martin
14. Mother's Maiden Name Anna Permila Fennig
15. Number of Bride's Marriage One
16. Married at New Corydon in the County of Jay and State of Indiana, the 27th day of October 1909.
Marriage solemnized by J.L. Marvin
Pastor New Corydon Lutheran Church
Dated at New Corydon, Ind. this 28th day of October 1909
This record of the marriage of Archibald E. Chew to Clara Inetta Martin was located at the Jay County Historical Society in Portland, Indiana.
Archibald was my paternal first cousin three times removed, the son of Charles Alexander West Chew and Rebecca F. Shumaker. Before locating this record, I did not have any biographical data on Clara, and this is the last record researched so far for this couple.
Witnesses to the marriage were the fathers of the bride and groom. Archibald's middle initial was incorrectly listed as "A" in the license.
