Marriage License & Return: Ernest L. Chalfant to Edna A. Haley, 1920

Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage License,"Ernest L. Chalfant to Edna A. Haley, 1920"; County Marriage Returns Collection; Jay County Historical Society, Portland, Indiana.

MARRIAGE LICENSE

State of Indiana, Jay County, ss:

To All Who 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. Ernest L. Chalfant

and

Miss Edna A. Haley

and for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority.

In Testimony Whereof, I, Hanson F. Mills Clerk of the Jay Circuit Court, hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Portland, this 13th day of March 1920

Hanson F. Mills Clerk

Jay Circuit Court

State of Indiana, Jay County, ss:

This Certfies, That I joined in Marriage as Husband and Wife, Ernest L. Chalfant and Edna A. Haley on the 14 day of March 1920

Rev. E.D. Haley Minister

Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage Return, "Ernest L. Chalfant to Edna A. Haley, 1920"; 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 Ernest L. Chalfant

2. Place of Residence Portland Ind.

3. Occupation Salesman

4. Age Next Birthday 26 Color White Race [blank]

5. Place of Birth Muncie Delaware Co Nationality American

6. Father's Name Jesse B. Chalfant

7. Mother's Maiden Name Lavona J. Simmons

8. Number of Groom's Marriage First

9. Full Name of BRIDE Edna A. Haley

10. Place of Residence Portland R.R. 3 Occupation Saleslady

11. Age Next Birthday 23 years. Color White Race [blank]

12. Place of Birth Jay Co Ind. Nationality American

13. Father's Name Andrew F. Haley

14. Mother's Maiden Name Emma C. Leonhard

15. Number of Bride's Marriage First

16. Married at Evangelical Parsonage Linn Grove Ind. in the County of Adams and State of Indiana, the 14 day of March 1920

17. Witness to the Marriage Dr. & Mrs. C.O. Haley

Marriage Solemnized by Rev. E.D. Haley

Linn Grove Ind.

Dated at March Linn Grove this 14 day of March 1920

This record of the marriage of Ernest L. Chalfant and Edna A. Haley was located at the Jay County Historical Society in Portland, Indiana.

Edna A. Haley was my paternal first cousin twice removed, the daughter of Andrew Frank Haley and Emma Catherine Leonard.  Before locating this record, I didn't have much biographical information, and had the marriage listed as taking place in Jay County, since that was where the license was from.  Without the return, I would not have known that the wedding took place in neighboring Adams County.

The minister who performed the ceremony was Rev. George David Ellsworth Haley, uncle of the bride.  The witnesses to the ceremony were the bride's brother and sister-in-law, Clarence and Julia Haley.

Willard B. King family - Madison Co., IN

The Willard B. KING family was enumerated in the 1920 & 1930 census of Pipecreek Twp., Madison Co., IN. Willard was the son of Thomas J. and Eliza J. (Johnson) King.

In the 1920 census, there is a 74-year old widow, Emma SIMMONS, born in Indiana, and her son, Charles, age 28 living with the family. I do not know how they are related. In the 1930 census, Lydia O. LITTLE, Willard's mother in law, was living with the family.

Willard's occupation was that of a garage mechanic. According to the 1930 census, he married at age 23 to wife Flossie. By 1930, they had two children, Winnifred and Willard.

Willard B. KING b. ca. 1892 Indiana, d. after 1930 census, m. April 5, 1913 to Flossie F. LITTLE, daughter of ________ and Lydia O. (________) LITTLE. Flossie b. ca. 1893 Indiana, d. after 1930 census.

Known children of Willard B. and Flossie F. (LITTLE) KING are as follows :
i. Winnifred A. KING b. ca. 1915 Indiana, d. after 1930 census
ii. Willard R. KING b. ca. 1921 Indiana, d. after 1930 census