Marriage License & Return: Walter C. Martin to Bertha E. Chew, 1907

Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage License, "Walter C. Martin to Bertha E. Chew, 1907"; County Marriage Returns Collection; Jay County Historical Society, Portland, Indiana.

MARRIAGE LICENSE

State of Indiana, Jay County, SS:

To any Person Empowered by Law to Solemnize Marriages, Greeting:

You are hereby authorized to join together as Husband and Wife:

Mr. Walter C. Martin

and

M Bertha E. Chew

according to the laws of the State of Indiana

In Testimony Whereof, I Francis L. Crowe Clerk of the Jay County Circuit Court, hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at my office in Portland, this 27 day of March  A.D. 1907

Francis L.Crowe Clerk

Jay C.C.

STATE OF INDIANA, JAY COUNTY, ss:

This Certifies, That I joined in Marriage as Husband and Wife, Walter C. Martin and Bertha E. Chew on the 27th day of March 1907

Rev. C.E. Line Minister

Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage Return, "Walter C. Martin to Bertha E. Chew, 1907"; County Marriage Returns Collection; Jay County Historical Society, Portland, Indiana.

INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

Return of a Marriage to County Clerk

1. Full Name of GROOM Walter C. Martin

2. Place of Residence New Corydon

3. Occupation Laborer

4. Age next Birthday 25 years.  Color White Race Cau-

5. Place of Birth Iowa Nationality American

6. Father's Name Lansing Martin

7. Mother's Maiden Name Nancy Scholl

8. Number of Groom's Marriage First

9. Full name of BRIDE Bertha E. Chew

10. Place of Residence New Corydon

11. Age next Birthday 20 years. Color White Race Cau-

12. Place of Birth Indiana Nationality American

13. Father's Name Charles Chew

14. Mother's Maiden Name Rebecca F. Shoemaker

15. Number of Bride's Marriage First

16. Married at Portland, in the County of Jay and State of Indiana, the 27th day of March 1907

17. Witnesses to Marriage Mrs. C.E. Line & Ruth Line

Marriage solemnized by Rev. C.E. Line, Minister

Dated at Portland, this 27th day of March 1907

This record of the marriage of Walter C. Martin and Bertha E. Chew was found at the Jay County Historical Society in Portland, Indiana.

Bertha was my paternal first cousin three times removed, the daughter of Charles Alexander West CHEW and Rebecca F. SHUMAKER (Shoemaker).  Before locating this record, I did not have anything further than Bertha's date of birth in my files.

I do not know the denomination of the minister who performed the ceremony.

Marriage Application : Archibald E. Chew (1909)

APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE - MALE

1. Full christian and surname of the man is Archibald E. Chew

2. Color white

3. Where born Salamonia, Ind.

4. When born 1883 - May 6

5. Present residence Boyne City, Mich.

6. Present occupation Lumberman

8. Is the male contracting party of nearer blood kin to the female contracting party than second cousin?  No

9. Full christian and surname of father C.A.W. Chew

10. His color white

11. His birthplace Marshall Co. Ind.

12. His occupation Farming

13. His residence New Corydon, Ind.

14. Full christian and maiden name of mother Rebecca F. Shoemaker

15. Her color white

16. Her occupation housework

17. Her birthplace Salamonia, Ind. Ohio

18. Her residence New Corydon, Ind.

19. Has the male contracting party been an inmate of any county asylum or home for indigent persons within the last five years? No

21. Is this his first marriage? Yes

26. Is the male contracting party afflicted with epilepsy, tuberculosis, venereal or any other contagious or transmissible disease? No

27. Is he an imbecile, feeble minded, idiotic or insane, or is he under guardianship as a person of unsound mind? No

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This application was signed by Archibald E. CHEW on October 27, 1909.  He was my paternal 1st cousin 3 times removed.  He married Clara I. MARTIN on October 27, 1909 in Jay County, Indiana.

Ancestry.com has record of the marriage license in their database as well.

This application for a marriage license was part of the collection found at the Jay County Historical Society.  The society has made copies of many of the marriage application books, making research easier on days when the courthouse is closed.

Widow Emeline Moulton - Licking Co., OH & Livingston Co., MO

The widow Emeline MOULTON appears in the 1860 census of Licking Co., OH and the 1870 census of Livingston Co., MO. Emeline was my paternal 3rd-great grandmother, the daughter of Joel and Sally (FOX) PHILBRICK and widow of Albert MOULTON.

In the 1860 census, Emeline is living with her mother-in-law, the widow Lydia (FENNEL) MOULTON in St. Albans Twp., Licking Co., OH. She is listed as being aged 38 and born in Ohio. Her daughters, Clara, aged 16, and Lydia, aged 11, both born in Ohio are also living in the household.

In the 1870 census, Emeline is living with daughter Lydia in the household of Charles HAGAMAN. In this census she is listed as aged 48, born in Ohio.

Emeline was born May 29, 1817 in Johnstown, Licking Co., OH., and died January 16, 1882. One source states that she may have remarried to a Seth W. SHOEMAKER, but I have not confirmed this.